sydneybrown Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Manny's not that good on the mic, but guys like Ron Garvin or even Magnum at times are significantly worse to the point that Manny doesn't even make me cringe when he talks, at least during this watch-through. I'm at the point where they stuck Mannywith Valiant, who I cannot fucking stand on the mic (though I'm not saying that Valiant is ineffective; I just really hate everything about his act), so by that time, I was ready to hear him talk some more. On another note, Dusty Rhodes is the Poochiest Poochy to ever Poochy up a show in '85-'86 right up until HHH's Reign of Terror in '02-'03. My goodness, when Dusty's not out there, people are talking about what Dusty is doing or asking "Where's Dusty?" I watched '88 awhile ago and don't remember it being this bad. Hell, I enjoyed the Midnight Rider stuff...the James Boys stuff, not quite so much. Whoa, the Midnight Rider shit was the epitome of Dusty's ego. Those few weeks it existed literally every promo was required to mention him. It would be like if Kevin Owens was in JCP, you'd have probably constantly heard about what a badass HHH was. That's how bad it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irving Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Manny's not that good on the mic, but guys like Ron Garvin or even Magnum at times are significantly worse to the point that Manny doesn't even make me cringe when he talks, at least during this watch-through. I'm at the point where they stuck Mannywith Valiant, who I cannot fucking stand on the mic (though I'm not saying that Valiant is ineffective; I just really hate everything about his act), so by that time, I was ready to hear him talk some more. On another note, Dusty Rhodes is the Poochiest Poochy to ever Poochy up a show in '85-'86 right up until HHH's Reign of Terror in '02-'03. My goodness, when Dusty's not out there, people are talking about what Dusty is doing or asking "Where's Dusty?" I watched '88 awhile ago and don't remember it being this bad. Hell, I enjoyed the Midnight Rider stuff...the James Boys stuff, not quite so much. Whoa, the Midnight Rider shit was the epitome of Dusty's ego. Those few weeks it existed literally every promo was required to mention him. It would be like if Kevin Owens was in JCP, you'd have probably constantly heard about what a badass HHH was. That's how bad it was. Those Midnight Rider promos by the fire are the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trocar Slush Weasel Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Can we get Asuka to pop up every so often while browsing the Network? "Hmm, maybe you should watch that episode of Raw from 1995." "Ooh, Undertaker looks scary" "SOCKO!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I now want nothing more out of life then to see a smiling, exuberant Asuka say "SOCKO!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Everyone go watch the 6/27/77 MSG card for the awesome Andre the Giant & Chief Jay Strongbow vs Ken Patera & Nikolai Volkoff tag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Been binge-watching NWA World Championship Wrestling from around Starrcade 85. Man, how excited must JJ Dillon have been to over the course of six weeks transition from managing Buddy Landell, Black Bart, and Thunderfoot to managing Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and the Andersons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Hey ..the Thunderfeet(?) could've gone places! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovchunky Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 The Misty Blue Simmes/Linda Dallas match on the 2/28/87 episode gets a little NSFW. They cut away from it for the Ole leaving the horsemen angle. Not sure if that was a coincidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Kinda think it was. Tony and David were pretty much talking about the Horsemen angle the whole way through the match. That said, MGFanJay could fill a medium-sized server with stills from that match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kronos Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Wish we could get some more 1990 USWA. It's so deliciously trashy-looking. And that way overweight heel manager with the bad teeth who inserts himself into color commentary is awesome. He makes really lazy jokes of the "your fans are stupid" sort, but somehow it works. I was bummed when I jumped to the next ep only to find he'd been replaced by Percy Pringle. Percy's a lot nicer to listen to and even look at, but he's not as fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 A few more Nitros went up, including an episode from '99. Hopefully that means that two years' worth will go up in the near future, as the rest were concentrated in '98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovchunky Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I feel like those 3 years' worth of 3 hour Nitros would take up a lot of server space. I'm still hoping for more Prime Time. Also, any guesses as to if they'll be doing another Black History Month? Probably my favorite thing the Network has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Went back and watched WMXV, and had forgotten how bad Gorilla Monsoon looked when he was a ringside judge for Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn. This had to have been a few months before his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Hey look.....what we've all been waiting for, MORE ROAD DOG CONTENT! http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2016/0115/606713/new-jbl-special-airing-after-monday-wwe-raw/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 If they don't spend the whole show on the Attitude Era, it could be really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Went back and watched WMXV, and had forgotten how bad Gorilla Monsoon looked when he was a ringside judge for Butterbean vs. Bart Gunn. This had to have been a few months before his death. Yeah, he'd lost a shit ton of weight. He was looking bad. In that same vein, Fuji looked awful at his HOF induction. I know he was 70 or so at the time but I thought he looked like he was gonna go tits up at any point. He's still hanging around though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorman Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Thoughts on WrestleMania XII This show really got changed around. We were supposed to get Vader vs. Yokozuna, and a Miami Street Fight between Razor Ramon and Goldust. Even though Steve Austin beat Savio Vega by using the Million Dollar Belt, it was clear that Austin didn't need DiBiase at all, and that partnership would end shortly. The tag team title was really an afterthought here, as the Bodydonnas' win over the Godwinns in the tournament final was relegated to the Free for All match. Yoko was supposed to get 5 minutes with Jim Cornette if his team won, but they lost. Usually, the babyface gets his five minutes with the manager and then someone else attacks him to save the manager. Hunter Hearst Helmsley got crushed by the Ultimate Warrior but immediately started a feud with Marc Mero, which took away some of the attention from his quick defeat. Sable was mentioned several times during her debut, and she was also present for the Mero-Hunter brawl, so it was clear that she was not just Hunter's weekly arm candy. Diesel looked very good against the Undertaker, hitting two jackknife powerbombs and losing due to his own cockiness. Piper and Goldust had a very dangerous looking brawl. Piper seemed to have hurt his hand while bashing the car window, because it was bandaged when he arrived at the arena. Also, Piper looked like he could have been seriously hurt by riding on the hood of Goldust's car, but in retrospect that may have been a stuntman. It was hilarious how far the WWF went to get the OJ Simpson video footage joke. They made sure we saw that Piper was getting into a white Ford Bronco, and we could hear police sirens when Piper called Vince on the phone (twice) while chasing Goldust. The Iron Man match doesn't get enough love. Bret and Shawn didn't go crazy for 60 minutes, but they kept up a very good pace, so the match shouldn't be considered RestHoldMania. Shawn gets the slight edge for the MVP award thanks to his jaw-dropping zip-line entrance from the top of the arena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I have no recollection of anything with Piper and Razor building to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 The streetfight was supposed to be Razor vs. Goldust. Razor got suspended for his drug problems and Piper was inserted in. Goldust basically just took the promos he was going to use on Razor and switched them to Roddy as if they had been feuding all along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Was there a reason why Vader/Yoko was changed to a six man tag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 That might've been when he started getting massively heavy, and WWF may not have wanted him wrestling singles matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Plus I think it was done to protect Vader who was still recovering from shoulder surgery. WrestleMania was his first match after killing Gorilla Monsoon two months prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Was the original plan to leave Owen, Davey and Ahmed off of Mania then? I never figured out what they would've done if they hadn't been thrown into the 6 man tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 It seemed like a match built on convenience, Yoko's weight was out of control, Vader was coming back from surgery, Owen, Bulldog and Ahmed were too high profile to be left off the card, and they had to clear a huge chunk of time for the Ironman. Im guessing if the singles match had happened those other guys just would have had the night off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovchunky Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Mike Jackson is quickly becoming my favorite "jobber" of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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