Ryan Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 14 hours ago, odessasteps said: Presumably, every subsection of Twitter is as bad as every other. from the things that showed up in my timeline, it seemed like it was just people saying Jericho was old and fat All I follow is friends and a few comedians and I still get things that enrage me. I think twitter brings out the anger in everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 30 minutes ago, Peck said: lol Prince Charming era Drew Mac looks so out of place in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Merry Christmas! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Dude, I follow some Rockets fans on Twitter and they are some of the most sensitive folks on the app. And they love to "whatabout" everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Ramo2653 said: Dude, I follow some Rockets fans on Twitter and they are some of the most sensitive folks on the app. And they love to "whatabout" everything. @Lawful Metal? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Andy in Kansas said: @Lawful Metal? I quit Twitter this year. Thank God b/c I probably would’ve lost my mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 I thought you lost your mind when they traded for Westbrook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Yup. That's why they banned Twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Sus-fest. Note to self, never play Among Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Jon Huber's (Brodie/Harper) passing has been moved to its own thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edwin Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hold up, Mourinho in the crowd at RAW when he was managing Chelsea? Chelsea Football Gaming @The Natural @Jiji @sabremike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Bayley will appear on Steve Austin's Broken Skulls Sessions next month. 10th January 2021. Will be one to watch. First woman on the show. About time. Edited December 27, 2020 by The Natural 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) Jim Ross was discussing HBK's career on his Grilling JR podcast and said that Vince kept Shawn on the payroll during Michael's retirement and paid him $750,000 a year from '98-2002. Anyone know how much active guys were making during that period? Just wondering how 750K compares to whatever Shawn was making when active. JR said Vince resisted pressure to cut or void the contract because "that's just the kind of guy he is." Seems Vince has a lot of affection for Shawn. Of course, JR also pointed out that Shawn was interested in going to WCW to work with Hall and Nash, so Vince also had a very good business reason to keep HBK under contract. His comments about WCW are interesting. JR didn't really express an opinion, but still gave me the impression that he thinks Michaels "lost his smile" due to the pressure of being a top guy in the company more than the back injury. There's been some talk over the years that WCW would have liked to have Michaels in the NWO if he had gotten out of his contract. HBK leading the nWo would have been something. Though, as much as I dislike Hogan, he put 100% into the heel turn and completely reinvented himself. I tend to think most guys wouldn't have embraced the role the way he did. Edited December 27, 2020 by Eoae Typos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 41 minutes ago, Eoae said: Jim Ross was discussing HBK's career on his Grilling JR podcast and said that Vince kept Shawn on the payroll during Michael's retirement and paid him $750,000 a year from '98-2002. Anyone know how much active guys were making during that period? Just wondering how 750K compares to whatever Shawn was making. JR said Vince resisted pressure to cut on void the contract because "that's just the kind of guy he is." Seems Vince has a lot of affection for Shawn. Of course, JR also pointed out that Shawn was interested in going to WCW to play with Hall and Nash, so Vince also had a very good business reason to keep HBK under contract. i've said for years that it's pretty "miraculous" that HBK's back was so bad he couldn't wrestle for years, but just when his contract was up and he was about to stop getting paid, he could work a full time schedule again. i've pondered for a long time whether the "back injury" was an excuse to get out of his contract so he could join his buddies in WCW. or at least, to what extent the damage was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 4 hours ago, Eoae said: HBK leading the nWo would have been something. Though, as much as I dislike Hogan, he put 100% into the heel turn and completely reinvented himself. I tend to think most guys wouldn't have embraced the role the way he did. While Hogan changing it up is commendable, watching it all back is excruciating. The only reason any of it worked was because Hogan during WCW’s peak was off filming bad movies, while Hall & Nash + the rest carried the nWo brand. If it was all Hogan, it wouldn’t have lasted more than six months. The initial turn did legitimize the group, but it was the WWF invaders who brought it down to earth, where it belonged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 19 minutes ago, LoneWolf&Subs said: While Hogan changing it up is commendable, watching it all back is excruciating. Watching it THEN was excruciating! Shawn and Hogan both in the NWO... good lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 I think Hulk's creative control would have dashed much of the HBK in the NWO fantasy booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 As entertaining as Hall & Nash were as the "Invaders", all that went out the window when Hogan joined up. The dude had past his shelf-life in 1987, I had no interest watching him soil WCW with his unwelcome presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Watching it THEN was excruciating! Shawn and Hogan both in the NWO... good lord. I lived through Hogan in WCW (and wish I didn't), the very idea of Michaels in WCW nauseates me strangely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSJ Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 4 hours ago, twiztor said: i've said for years that it's pretty "miraculous" that HBK's back was so bad he couldn't wrestle for years, but just when his contract was up and he was about to stop getting paid, he could work a full time schedule again. i've pondered for a long time whether the "back injury" was an excuse to get out of his contract so he could join his buddies in WCW. or at least, to what extent the damage was. Wanna bet he had the same back doctor as Ric Rude? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 The best thing about the Monday Night Wars may have been the ability to flip back and forth between the shows when a bad segment happened. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Watching it THEN was excruciating! Shawn and Hogan both in the NWO... good lord. You know some things back then I absolutely hated. But looking at this stuff again I completely had a 180 on. Things like Mongo, Buff Bagwell, the actual Blood Runs Cold matches, Colonel Parker, etc... Hogan’s act is still impossible to get into. I would even say that Steiner in the nWo dragged it down further when he was Hogan’s sidekick, and then Hogan’s shit rubbing more onto Bischoff, who’s ego exploded. Edited December 27, 2020 by LoneWolf&Subs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 5 hours ago, odessasteps said: The best thing about the Monday Night Wars may have been the ability to flip back and forth between the shows when a bad segment happened. And that's why from sometime in 2000 on I didn't catch much WCW Nitro at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I don't want to clutter up the Brodie RIP thread with this, but hey fuck Bruce Mitchell and Jon Alba 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 7 minutes ago, Casey said: I don't want to clutter up the Brodie RIP thread with this, but hey fuck Bruce Mitchell and Jon Alba I take it they did something to offend you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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