Web Conn Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) This one is rough. I don’t know how to put it into words. I grew up watching Scott on TV from WCW to WWE to TNA and everywhere in between. It took me years to realize how good Scott really was as his personal issues were interfering with his professional performance when I first saw him. It was when ESPN Classics started airing the old AWA show, and I saw a young almost unrecognizable Scott Hall teaming up with Curt Hennig that I started to see it. Then you watch the Razor Ramon run and you realize why the guy was considered one of the best ever. Dude got it. He knew how to work. He was also unselfish, understood his position and was more than happy to put people over hell at the height of the nWo’s run he put over Chris Jericho and Hector Garza. I’m happy Scott got clean and was able to rebuild his reputation over the last 8 or so years. This is a loss the man was a wealth of knowledge go on YouTube and watch shoot clips the man is teaching lessons he got it and he wasn’t afraid to share it. Edited March 15, 2022 by Web Conn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Pete said: Tana paying tribute at today's show. Love me my Hiroshi Tanahashi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Go watch this! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 here's a match that Scott Hall might have referred to during his Ladder Match watchalong with Shawn Michaels (it's not on Cagematch): 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I would have wished for Scott Hall to have another 10-20 years, whenever I heard him talk, I never got the impression he tried to babyface, justify, apologize any of his behaviour. He was a great worker, and probably my second favourite to Bret in the new generation era. He was so good, he could easily loose clean to guys lesser than him and never seemed to cool off or anything. Perfect No. 2 guy imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, ReiseReise said: I would have wished for Scott Hall to have another 10-20 years, whenever I heard him talk, I never got the impression he tried to babyface, justify, apologize any of his behaviour. He was a great worker, and probably my second favourite to Bret in the new generation era. He was so good, he could easily loose clean to guys lesser than him and never seemed to cool off or anything. Perfect No. 2 guy imo. I think he was the Savage of his generation.. just without the top belt. He was bulletproof. People loved him even when they were supposed to hate him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) I thought he'd be Hunter's Pat Patterson or have the position Shawn is in NXT, 5 years ago I wouldn't expect Michaels so be fully hands on in wrestling like he is now. I would have expected Hall to be that involved in NXT with Hunter. Besides Waltman I don't think any other kliq member was more intune to the business overall. I'm 34 and I obviously been watching for a long time. I enjoy wrestling from different eras, Territories. I can understand guys from his era being very critical of this modern Era because I too have alot of those same criticisms but I also enjoy guys like him, Austin and Waltman being fans and enjoying what they see today as much as anything else they've liked. It's cool knowing these guys enjoy the current product and even when they do have criticisms its very constructive. It never gets old to hear or see the gleam in Austin when he is podcasting a current wrestler and you got the same sense from Scott Hall, you get it from Pac too. You don't really get the sense of alot of former top wrestlers where their world view of a wrestler should be is WWE or WWF style Edited March 15, 2022 by Ziggy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) I don't have much to contribute, but back when DVDVR was green and on a different server, my first profile picture was this: It's still my favorite. Random, but it's the small things that can bring joy sometimes. Edited March 16, 2022 by _MJ_ 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 a bunch of people could have had Hall's gear and switched from Red to White and people would have told them "hey, that looks like..." but with Hall, it was like "okay, let's not mention anything" 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BloodyChamp Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, ReiseReise said: I would have wished for Scott Hall to have another 10-20 years, whenever I heard him talk, I never got the impression he tried to babyface, justify, apologize any of his behaviour. He was a great worker, and probably my second favourite to Bret in the new generation era. He was so good, he could easily loose clean to guys lesser than him and never seemed to cool off or anything. Perfect No. 2 guy imo. I didn’t agree with some of the stuff he had to say in his informal shoots (WWE DVD interviews, Darkside of the Ring etc) and he came off as Mic Foley crybabyish over a couple issues but besides that it was great listening to him. I mention that now only to reinforce that I mean what I say when I say he was great, and that I’m not just laying it on thick. Because besides that he was great. He was so dang great and I loved him. Edited March 15, 2022 by BloodyChamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 One of my friends sent me this Quote I was listening to an interview where Hall talked about how after one of his first matches for Crockett, Tully went up to him and told him what he did right and wrong in the match. Ha said "Thank you Mr Blanchard, that means a lot etc" and Tully said "I don't give a shit about you kid, I just don't want you killing the crowd before it's time for my match" 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I missed Kris posting this yesterday. I looked for it on YT but I presume the network copy has canned music over it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just Dave Posted March 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2022 I was probably ten the first time I got in trouble for getting two toothpicks from the little thing by the door at Shoney's, sticking one behind my ear, and flicking the other one at my sister or whoever. When my dad asked my why I did it, I said "because I'm the Bad Guy." A few years later, I'm sitting watching Nitro, minding my own business. Scott Hall is on tv and my mom walks by. "Wait, is Scott Hall his real name?" She asked incredulously. "Uh, I think so. I know it isn't Starship Coyote." My mom left the room without saying another word. She came back a few minutes later with her high school yearbook. She opened to a certain page and showed me a giant half page picture of her and Razor goddamn Ramon cutting up in the hallway. Apparently they'd been super close in high school just before Hall had to move to Germany. They were both Army Brats. Some ten years after that, I'm sitting in a bar in Smyrna, Ga. I'm watching Brock Lesnar murder John Cena on my laptop while enjoying a couple of cold ones. This real tall kid comes up behind me. "You like wrestling?" "Yeah. I'm trying to figure out if I like this match or not." The tall kid laughed. We shot the shit a minute or two before he stuck out his hand. "I'm Cody. Cody Hall. My dad wrestled for a long time." It took me a minute to figure out who it was. After we talked another minute, I mentioned that my mom had gone to high school with his dad. He pulled out his phone and called Scott Hall. Scott was elated. Cody hung up after a few minutes. "Me and dad are gonna be watching football in here on Sunday. He said you could join us if you want." And that's how, on a random Sunday in 2012, I watched a full Sunday slate of NFL games with the greatest wrestler to have never won a World Title. He was unassuming, engaging, humorous, and more patient than he needed to be for a full grown man who turned into a mark the second he shook the hand of one of his all time favorites. We called mom and I heard a couple good stories from their high school days. He told me a couple real good AWA stories and texted Sean Waltman. Part of me wishes I'd gotten a photo or video from that day, but I had such an amazing experience that I didn't want to ruin it by acting like a mark. When it was time to go, he shook my hand, gave me a "too sweet," and that was it. That was my day with "The Bad Guy." He will be missed. What I remember most, however, was how proud his son was of his sobriety. Hall probably bought himself an extra decade+ of life by battling his demons and embracing the joys of life. 39 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Thanks for sharing that great story, @just drew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 17 hours ago, The Natural said: Hoping to watch some of the following today: Razor Ramon vs. Bret Hart. WWF Royal Rumble 1993. Razor Ramon vs. Bret Hart. WWF King of the Ring 1993. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels. WWF WrestleMania X. *****. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels. WWF SummerSlam 1995. Haven't seen that since I was a kid. Was so excited for it. Scott Hall/Kevin Nash vs. Sting/Randy Savage/Lex Luger. WCW Bash at the Beach 1996. WCW vs. nWo. WarGames match. WCW Fall Brawl 1996. Some thoughts: I forgot how tall Scott Hall was. One of the best punchers in wrestling history. The Fallaway Slam. Didn't Scott Hall refer to it as the sack of shit? Nobody kicked out of the Razor's Edge, right? Bret Hart was one of Scott Hall's best opponents, ditto for Kevin Nash and Sean Waltman. When I think of the WWF Intercontinental Championship - Razor Ramon, Bret Hart, Mr. Perfect and Chris Jericho. A real shame Hall never held a world title. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 There’s a super great Razor/Kid vs. Diesel/HBK tagger from I think Action Zone in 1994 I’m trying to track down… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, just drew said: There’s a super great Razor/Kid vs. Diesel/HBK tagger from I think Action Zone in 1994 I’m trying to track down… I know the one. Haven't seen that in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil4126 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Watching the Resurection of Jake the Snake made me appreciate Dallas Page so much more. Were it not for DDP, who knows how the Scott Hall story would have ended. As it was, Dallas helped put him on the path where we all are remembering everything he gave us, everything he gave to wrestling. Scott Hall was one of the coolest sumbitches ever to grace pro wrestling, and as much as it hurts he's gone, it's heartwarming to know his friends and his family got to enjoy the last few years where he was sober and in good spirits. And as one of the many young punk kids who tried(and failed)to look as cool as him with a toothpick in my mouth, who had that one strand of hair down in my face like him, and said "hey yo" to start way too many conversations, thanks for everything, Scott. May God grant you lie still 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eikerir Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Never forget when the Bad Friends invaded AEW 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I have no recollection of him putting over Hector Garza and that's crazy because I was as in to WCW as I ever was. I was probably watching something on Raw at the time that had my attention so much that a didn't switch to catch what Nitro had going on at that moment. Obviously Bischoff wouldn't put something like that over. If He and Nash or Pac never brought in up occasionally I probably would have never known it happened. I think it might have been posted here a time or two but that crazy it happened. I was a fan of Garza and Juvi in those Lucha tags on Nitro and PPVs in '97 -'98. I would have loved to been on messageboard to see fans reactions to it at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGuCwfpmfg/ Chris Jericho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 29 minutes ago, Ziggy said: I have no recollection of him putting over Hector Garza and that's crazy because I was as in to WCW as I ever was. I was probably watching something on Raw at the time that had my attention so much that a didn't switch to catch what Nitro had going on at that moment. The Garza flash win was great, but the Scott Hall revenge squash was even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beech27 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 hours ago, just drew said: There’s a super great Razor/Kid vs. Diesel/HBK tagger from I think Action Zone in 1994 I’m trying to track down… https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1227i4 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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