nofuture Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Yeah, I'm pretty sure the WCW title had about three times as many changes in the last two years they were open than the entire decade before. I went to wikipedia and the belt changed hands or was vacated 24 times in the year 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 If I'm not mistaken (which I might be, I just skimmed Wikipedia) - compare that to 1999 and 2009, where the WWE title changed hands 9 times. I think that's the most it's ever changed in a single year. Alarmingly, a real good chunk of those title reigns in 2009 was between Cena and Orton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 10 hours ago, Raziel said: International was really only Rude, Sting, Rude, Vacant, Sting. Flair and retired. Vacant won so many WCW titles he should be in the WWE Hall of Fame. 22 minutes ago, cwoy2j said: I went to wikipedia and the belt changed hands or was vacated 24 times in the year 2000. Included in this is FIVE straight title runs ended with the title being vacated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I almost forgot about that time Flair got the title because Nash gave it to him and it was just like Ving Rhames giving Jack Lemmon his Golden Globe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Off the top of my head, 1999, 2009 and 2011 were bad for the number of WWF/E Championship changes in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 So, does Undertaker return on RAW tonight? Does he return as the Biker 'Taker? I'd say yes to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Victator said: What are some wrestling angles that make you say "Fuck this, I'm done"? Seeing the McMahon family grinning with Trump in the oval office like a bunch of hicks who had finally made it to the big city did it for me. Haven't watched their product since, won't watch again until the big orange turd is voted out or dragged out or Vince gives up the company or dies. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Psst, that's not a wrestling angle. But if we're including real life events, I jumped off the WWE train from 2007 to 2011 after the Benoit murders/suicide. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.K.o.S. Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 10 hours ago, Victator said: What are some wrestling angles that make you say "Fuck this, I'm done"? Stopped watching for the duration of Hulk's last WWE title reign in 2002. Kind of dumb, but I'm not sure I missed anything amazing either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rows Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 So on top of that rumble and all those title matches, they're doing HHH/Cena as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 37 minutes ago, S.K.o.S. said: Stopped watching for the duration of Hulk's last WWE title reign in 2002. Kind of dumb, but I'm not sure I missed anything amazing either. I don't begrudge you your opinion, but IMO 2002 wily veteran Hogan was a lot of fun while it lasted. I went to a Smackdown taping shortly after they put the title on him, and ive never heard a louder pop in that building for anyone, not even The Rock or Flair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 I wasn't aware of the behind the scenes details of this, one of the best promos ever: The Miz delivered a career-best promo on the 23 August 2016 edition of Talking Smack. Losing his cool, he berated Daniel Bryan and started to shoot on how important his work had been to the WWE machine when others undervalued it. The promo only happened because Miz was irked by officials backstage telling him they "didn't have time" to feature the Intercontinental Title. On Booker T's Heated Conversations podcast, Miz told how he stood slack-jawed as WWE informed him they wanted to push the new Tag Team and Women's Titles to the forefront of SmackDown, and that would mean less TV time for him and the IC belt. Immediately after hearing he wouldn't be on that night's show, Miz requested time on Talking Smack. Unbeknownst to WWE, they were the ones who pushed Miz's buttons and pulled a fiery verbal performance out of him. Frustrated and angry that management seemingly didn't value him or the title, The Miz lost it on Talking Smack and forced his way back into WWE's plans. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 What is with all the speculation that Undertaker is coming back as Bikertaker? Is it because Kid Rock's going into the HOF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, Michael Sweetser said: What is with all the speculation that Undertaker is coming back as Bikertaker? Is it because Kid Rock's going into the HOF? That, Cena bringing up Undertaker's wife, Biker Taker giving Cena props when Cena debuted against Kurt Angle in 2002 so things going back full circle. 'Taker posted a photo of him as Bikertaker back in the day also. There's also the joke riding a bike at WrestleMania will be quicker than the Dead Man's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 It's funny how the whole time he was Biker Taker everyone wanted him to go back to the deadman gimmick. Now here we are, 14 years later doing the opposite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 4 minutes ago, CreativeControl said: It's funny how the whole time he was Biker Taker everyone wanted him to go back to the deadman gimmick. Now here we are, 14 years later doing the opposite Most of those 14 years have been filled with dogshit angles and promos. It's never hurt Taker because he was already bulletproof, but the supernatural stuff he's had to do would have screwed up most other wrestlers' careers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 And in 2032, at age 67, we'll want The Undertaker to come back as Booger Red to face Tyler Bate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 The hilarious part is that Undertaker's "last run" as the Dead Man has lasted longer than his original Dead Man run, AND the American Badass, AND Big Evil, combined. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 23 hours ago, sabremike said: Wait, they're stealing R Kelly's gimmick now? For the record I just want everyone to know I came up with that line while I was trapped in a closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 You're a scientologist? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Is it April, yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 hours ago, (BP) said: Most of those 14 years have been filled with dogshit angles and promos. It's never hurt Taker because he was already bulletproof, but the supernatural stuff he's had to do would have screwed up most other wrestlers' careers. Forget fourteen years. Here's a quick reminder of what was happening a little more than three months after his return as the Deadman: Spoiler 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Rows said: So on top of that rumble and all those title matches, they're doing HHH/Cena as well. They also confirmed that there would be no women on the show but pretty please don't focus on that. REVOLUTION~! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Michael Sweetser said: What is with all the speculation that Undertaker is coming back as Bikertaker? Is it because Kid Rock's going into the HOF? Just to clarify - it all started because of random internet speculation, not because anyone reported it Some of it came from people made the leap because of Kid Rock and some people made the leap because of linking it to McCool We should know either tonight or next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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