PetrolCB Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: To be fair, WCW went with a trap door which was dumb as fuck. How did this even work? Was there a C-shaped seam that was visible the whole night? I've never actually seen that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 23 minutes ago, mystman said: The Undertaker comes from a completely different dimension than the Warrior! Geeze. Parts Unknown and Death Valley...Warrior always spike of a spaceship, Taker rode his bike here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, AxB said: I wonder how they gimmicked the ring so you could cut your way through. Cut planks maybe, that can be slid out from underneath when it's time? Or do you have basically a hole in the ring all night, and tell people to work around it? I know in ECW they told the boys not to bump in a certain area when they were going to do the whole fall through a mat or through the ramp deal. It was probably the same in WCW when Sting came from underneath the ring in 1997. I think because many times they were doing it for the main event in WWF or late in the show and it would be incredibly hard to avoid one spot all night that they made it where whoever was underneath the ring (be it Mankind or Taker) could move the boards etc. out of the way. 35 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: How did this even work? Was there a C-shaped seam that was visible the whole night? I've never actually seen that show. They had the trap door for multiple shows when Warrior was there in 1998, which is amazing that more people didn't get badly injured. However, this was when WCW had the very large, nice looking logos that covered roughly 75% of the mat. Later in 1998 (around the time Warrior got there), Nitro switched from plain grayish (sometimes dark blue) mats to ones with the giant Nitro logo on top. I think they made sure you couldn't see the outline of where Warrior was suppose to come from. Edited May 30, 2020 by Elsalvajeloco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Ive also heard guys say that mats with logos on them back then often made footing slick and potentially haxardous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Ive also heard guys say that mats with logos on them back then often made footing slick and potentially haxardous. Boxing (and now MMA) has had this problem for several years. Add in the fact that you have people spilling water on the mat by way of cornermen drenching their respective fighter in water. Sidenote: I was watching Halloween Havoc 96 (the show where Piper makes his WCW debut) last week. I know it was suppose to be a sight gag, but still. After Hogan wins his match against Savage, they have Giant come out with this ridiculously huge bowl of ice water. It's so heavy even a man his size is having trouble carrying it. As he tries to slide it in the ring, he spills 3/4 of it on the ring apron and becomes clearly irritated with himself knowing he fucked up the sight gag. When he gets in the ring and drops the remaining water on Hogan so Hogan can do a cartoonish recovery and make goofy faces, it goes over like a fart in church. It wouldn't have been funny if Giant didn't botch it and executed it perfectly. So what the fuck was the point in making a giant mess on the mat? Although it's at the end of the show, Piper still has to come in so he can have a ten minute, awkward back-and-forth with Hogan. Imagine if Piper, a man with notoriously bad hips, makes his WCW debut and then hurts himself slipping on ice water Giant spilled on the mat. That would have been an unmitigated disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Nexus were scheduled to reunite for this year's WrestleMania weekend https://www.thesportster.com/news/nexus-scheduled-reunite-wrestlemania/ On the one hand, it seems a bit far-fetched that such idea(s) would be real, but it would have been a hell of a thing if true. I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me somewhat sad, being something I've hoped and dreamed would happen for years. Edited May 31, 2020 by The Green Meanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Would they have been faces with Bryan? Heels vs Bryan? What about Stu working for NWA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 7 hours ago, mystman said: I've heard a theory that it might be the hardest part of the ring. Big Bully Busick once threw me out of the ring onto the edge of the apron, and yes, it is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 It's the bi-weekly "Lamp asks for help building a compilation y'all won't actually get to see" post! This time I'm building a bump freaks compilation and I'm coming up short on obvious names. Here's who I have: Sabu Great Sasuke Hayabusa Dolph Ziggler Aero Star Rey Cometa Curt Hennig Shawn Michaels Who am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Eddie Gilbert RVD are you including job guys? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, odessasteps said: are you including job guys? That's an excellent idea. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Chris Hamrick. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 .Kota Ibudhi & Mayu Iwatani? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Feels like you have to have some Foley on there. Jerry Estrada? ETA: And obviously Psicosis Double Edit: Vic Grimes Insane Dragon Edited May 31, 2020 by Zimbra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Jerry Estrada? First name that came to mind. Excellent shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, grilledcheese said: First name that came to mind. Excellent shout. I feel like if you have a bump named after you that's an automatic inclusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Just now, Zimbra said: I feel like if you have a bump named after you that's an automatic inclusion. I just saw your Vic Grimes edit. I was going to list both him and Erin O'Grady. Crazy motherfuckers, both. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Adrian Adonis was a pretty good bumper. Edit: John Nord, too! Edited May 31, 2020 by gordi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 6 minutes ago, grilledcheese said: I just saw your Vic Grimes edit. I was going to list both him and Erin O'Grady. Crazy motherfuckers, both. I was thinking specifically of that Grimes/O'Grady dark match that got posted not that long ago. I'm really enjoying thinking of examples for this one. Devon Storm took some pretty stupid bumps on the indies. Great Sasuke Taka Michinoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Love her or hate her, Sasha Banks bumps like a crazy person when she wants to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Spike Dudley always looked like he was searching for paralysis with some of the crazy fucking bumps he took. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Zimbra said: I feel like if you have a bump named after you that's an automatic inclusion. Speaking of Jerry Estrada FWIW I watched this Estrada match (vs. Heavy Metal) in clipped form last night. However, the entrances are still intact. In another example of bringing out live animals in front of a ravenous audience and loud noises is a really, really, really BAD idea, I present you Jerry Estrada and a cougar. Edited May 31, 2020 by Elsalvajeloco 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Jesus wept, I was expecting that smoke to clear and see Jerry getting mauled. That was a very unhappy cougar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Blue Sam Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 3 hours ago, username said: Chris Hamrick. This was absolutely the first person I thought of. Mr Perfect loved a daft bump too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 15 hours ago, D.Z said: Powerbombs into the turnbuckles are now banned in WWE. Not sure if other moves like german suplex or else to turnbuckles will be banned, but they could eventually ban them too. Surprised it's taken till now and not 2015. If we're talking moves that need banning, the Diving Headbutt for how many people it's fucked up. I'd ban the Poison Rana/Reverse Rana as well. Makes me cringe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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