The Natural 29,464 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) 30 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said: I don't know what they reference but I remember Bret saying he's glad they had him when doing promos. At least for the first few years he had this nervous energy and would look in all kinds of directions. So the shades helped him out a ton because they hid all that and it seemed he was a lot calmer than he really was. EDIT: Just saw the Jannetty post. What in the ever-loving fuck is wrong with him?! That's right about Bret Hart and why he wore sunglasses. Might be taken from Bret's long awaited DVD: The Best There Is, The Best There Was and The Best There Ever Will Be from 2005. I have that DVD and will never sell it. Lots is the answer to your Marty Jannetty question. Edited August 5 by The Natural 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Zakk_Sabbath 2,799 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Jamaican Jealousy is going to be my new top female heel in WWE 2K19 3 Link to post Share on other sites
hammerva 4,499 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Janetty has been fucked up for at least 5 -10 years but wrestlers kind of played along because it was funny to them. Link to post Share on other sites
Peck 4,865 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 8 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I'm watching some old Survivor Series. Right now 1988. Gorilla calls Bret "Excellence of Execution" I hadn't noticed that before. When did Bret first get the nickname? Also, did Bret and Tully Blanchard ever have a singles match? I've been binging some 1986 Prime Time lately and Gorilla has definitely used it a few times. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Log 1,147 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 4 minutes ago, Peck said: I've been binging some 1986 Prime Time lately and Gorilla has definitely used it a few times. For all the talk about Gorilla burying guys on commentary, he made Bret. When I was a kid, I didn’t pay attention to who was better at wrestling in-ring and that stuff. I liked guys who looked cool. Gorilla always drove home that Bret was an amazing wrestler. I seriously think that (combined with the fact that Bret WAS great) contributed a ton to Bret’s singles run being taken seriously. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
joseph2112 1,440 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 The lesson today is as it is always-Never go full Janetty. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,359 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, hammerva said: Janetty has been fucked up for at least 5 -10 years but wrestlers kind of played along because it was funny to them. I mean, jeeze, that post is still a bit funny. Shit, his eventual death might be a comedy of horrors. Link to post Share on other sites
SturmCRF 161 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Is it baseless and unfair to add this Marty thing to my hunch that quite a lot of 80's wrestlers probably murdered people back in the day? It was already a bit of a golden age (wrong phrase, but hey) for serial killers back then. Add in wrestlers' itinerant lifestyle, love of substances and well documented propensity for violence and perversion, and I do wonder... Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,359 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Let’s check... Survey says... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Natural 29,464 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 CM Punk with the Mortal Kombat Fatality. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,359 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Wow, totally forgot they did that. Why do they always fuck over the UK fans? Do they need to really save that many main event caliber matches for NA? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Natural 29,464 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) 2 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: Wow, totally forgot they did that. Why do they always fuck over the UK fans? Do they need to really save that many main event caliber matches for NA? Time differences I suspect. It's bullshit. UK fan base has supported the WWE for a long time. Edited August 5 by The Natural Link to post Share on other sites
LoneWolf&Subs 6,359 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Plus, streaming age, and other stuff. I can’t imagine them taking a bath on a big show like that. Although the UK has soured on the product. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AxB 9,895 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 So, anyone happen to visit righttocensor.com recently? 6 Link to post Share on other sites
For Great Justice 1,153 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Was in a discussion today. What is the best monster face vs smaller faster heel match? Link to post Share on other sites
Shartnado 151 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 You can argue the semantics as this was in the UK, but Vader vs Owen Hart from One Night Only UK PPV from 1997 is really good. Probably nowhere near the actual best but must be in the discussion. This topic came to me as well recently, as I described the Keith Lee vs Adam Cole match to my lapsed fan friend as "the love child of Ahmed Johnson and Vader facing the love child of HBK and the 123-Kid, and the skinny one is the heel!" Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 11,225 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Gorilla was the person that came up with "Excellence of Execution" and they went from there, right? Link to post Share on other sites
AxB 9,895 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Austin Aries has had a few good matches against monster babyfaces. But I'm wondering if Takayama vs Yoshinari Ogawa would count? Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 11,225 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Takayama/KENTA? KENTA was always a semi-heel to me. EDIT: Considering that I don't think Takayama counts, he was never really, really a face to me either. Coolest heel ever though. Edited August 5 by Curt McGirt Link to post Share on other sites
odessasteps 13,166 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Andre v Ronnie Garvin ? Link to post Share on other sites
Zakk_Sabbath 2,799 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 53 minutes ago, For Great Justice said: Was in a discussion today. What is the best monster face vs smaller faster heel match? There's kind of a recency thing at play with this answer, but I liked Brock vs Bryan at I think it was Survivor Series 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shartnado 151 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Yes, Gorilla must have come up with the phrase "excellence of execution" since I distinctly recall him referring to other technically superior wrestlers by the exact same nomenclature in mid to late eighties. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Control 1,149 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 4 hours ago, joseph2112 said: The lesson today is as it is always-Never go full Janetty. More like Farty Janetty amiright? Link to post Share on other sites
clintthecrippler 1,776 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: There's kind of a recency thing at play with this answer, but I liked Brock vs Bryan at I think it was Survivor Series And I might be biased because I was there live for this one, but Brock vs Finn Balor at Royal Rumble 2019 I would put probably in my Top Five for that type of formula. Link to post Share on other sites
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