BurningBeard Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Wow, 20 years. It's so weird thinking back - Superstars was pretty much the only wrestling you could get in the UK at one point, though we started to get RAW on a Friday tea time later on. As a result, I distinctly remember during squash matches when they started the switch over from Ringmaster to Stone Cold, the commentators would constantly go on about how cold and methodical and vicious Steve Austin had gotten since the Dibiase split and his promos were this really measured and monotonous tone not the antagonistic and in your face Stone Cold who lit the business on fire. Similarly I remember when Kama Mustafa begin to morph into The Godfather, he'd just come to the ring to second D'Lo or The Rock and would be wearing a fedora and smoking a cigar despite being in his NOD singlet and the commentators would constantly mention how much he looked like a gangster out of the Godfather. Fuck knows why all this has stuck in my head 20 years on when I can't remember my 9 times tables or my best friends birthday. EDIT - oh and I totally remember the Rock started referring to himself as the People's Champ and all that after Princess Diana died and the media were calling her the People's Princess all the time 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Oh and me and my missus were planning summer holiday excursions last night and she mentioned she'd really like to visit Jane Austen's home-museum. I tell you boys, I'll be pissed if they don't sell an Austen 3:16 t-shirt in the gift shop 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 5 hours ago, The Natural said: Classic promo. Just think In quick succession, there was this promo and Hulk Hogan's heel promo with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall from Bash at the Beach 1996: Wow. I love Heenan, but goddamn it, his "Who's side is he on!?" line still pisses me off. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 9 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: I love Heenan, but goddamn it, his "Who's side is he on!?" line still pisses me off. It used to bother me too, but then I got to thinking: I didn't even notice it as a kid watching the original broadcast. I think it's because I had been listening to Heenan trash talk Hogan on old WWF tapes for a while by then, and it really wasn't out of the norm for him to say something like that regardless of what was about to happen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Oh yeah, at the time (on scrambled ppv), I didn't think anything of it. Just classic Heenan. Looking back though, it minutely soiled what was to be, one of the biggest moments in wrestling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 5 hours ago, CreativeControl said: Oh and me and my missus were planning summer holiday excursions last night and she mentioned she'd really like to visit Jane Austen's home-museum. I tell you boys, I'll be pissed if they don't sell an Austen 3:16 t-shirt in the gift shop Austen 3:16 says, "There is no charm equal to tenderness of the heart." Aw hell yeahhhh. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 swig of beer for the dead novelist! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 45 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: Oh yeah, at the time (on scrambled ppv), I didn't think anything of it. Just classic Heenan. Looking back though, it minutely soiled what was to be, one of the biggest moments in wrestling. I feel you. I didn't watch the clip that was posted because I'm on mobile at work, but I'm surprised WWE left it in. I've seen it edited out in certain DVDs and things. Likewise with Nash's "Look at the adjective" line from Nitro a few weeks before this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 At the time it would have been far more suspicious if Heenan said "Hooray, Hogan will save the day!" since he trashed Hogan on a semi-regular basis. Watching it live at the time I thought nothing of it so I don't think it spoiled anything. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 It wasn't Heenan's fault...Bischoff didn't clue the announcers in on the angle. What a fucking goof. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I didnt think anything of Heenan's line as that was completely within his character after feuding for 20 years against Hogan. He always called him a coward that could not be trusted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Considering that Heenan apparently didn't know what was coming, and how he talked shit about Hogan for two decades, you're all being a bit harsh with the "why did he spoil it!?!" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Heenan being so excited about being right about Hogan after all these years was some awesome continuity though. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I didn't mind the line at all, and that match/show is easily the best commentary those three ever did together, and up there on my list for favorite single-match announcing performance (JR during the Taker/Foley HIAC is still probably number one, though). All three guys sounded legit amped up and on edge the whole night, and Tony sounded like he was about to cry by the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 48 minutes ago, Go2Sleep said: I didn't mind the line at all, and that match/show is easily the best commentary those three ever did together, and up there on my list for favorite single-match announcing performance (JR during the Taker/Foley HIAC is still probably number one, though). All three guys sounded legit amped up and on edge the whole night, and Tony sounded like he was about to cry by the end. Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell. Straight to hell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Who is Nattie's father? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 1 minute ago, Wyld Samurai said: Who is Nattie's father? I am ashamed at how long it took me to get this 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 14 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: Who is Nattie's father? Yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 14 minutes ago, Roman said: Yes. Which member? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 33 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: Who is Nattie's father? I get this and am kinda proud that I do but my answer is First Base James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Whose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Kevin Wilson said: At the time it would have been far more suspicious if Heenan said "Hooray, Hogan will save the day!" since he trashed Hogan on a semi-regular basis. Watching it live at the time I thought nothing of it so I don't think it spoiled anything. If WCW hadn't been stupid and let the announcers know, Heenan could have said something like "I never thought I'd say this, but thank God Hulk Hogan is here!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 6 hours ago, Web Conn said: Which member? Trevor Rabin? Stone Cold Jane Austen is still one of my favorite modern roller derby girl names. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Didn't Heenan or someone say that he was a tad bit drunk by that point in the show and that's why he blurted out "who's side is he on". It wasn't so much that was an accident with typical WCW, but Heenan was kinda sloshed. 20 years. I think I was getting ready to waste a summer in summer school for a math class I wasn't gonna pass so this was at least a fun way to start it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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