(BP) 5,748 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Considering Undertaker was out on his feet for 85% of the match it’s a miracle they got to the finish. Brock keeps his composure, but he’s not exactly a ring general leading Taker through it either. Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,473 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I know Cole has claimed he didn't know the finish. But, yeah, nobody believed Brock would win (and isn't that amazing in hindsight) and when the match didn't turn into something special or convince them otherwise, no one cared. Then the finish happened... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyLaw 3,428 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Zartan said: It was a perfectly fine match till the shitty NWO is Sting’s back-up started. They could have sent agents Arn, Malenko and Fit out there and it would make more sense. I never got this line of thought. By the time of that match, Sting had been a member of the NWO, so it wasn’t as strange as everyone made it out to be. It would be weird if they ignored WCW’s history and pretended Sting and the NWO had always been enemies. Link to post Share on other sites
JonnyLaw 3,428 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brian Fowler said: I know Cole has claimed he didn't know the finish. But, yeah, nobody believed Brock would win (and isn't that amazing in hindsight) and when the match didn't turn into something special or convince them otherwise, no one cared. Then the finish happened... I remember watching Brock hit the third F5 and thinking “Wow, they’re really going to have Taker kick out of thre... wait... what...” 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,473 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I said "I'd laugh if he actually pins him" I was wrong. I wound up just staring in shock for close to a minute. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
(BP) 5,748 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) I wonder how those follow-up Taker/Brock matches with all of the nut shots hold up. I recall them being somewhat well received, but that may have been in comparison to the XXX match. Edited March 23, 2020 by (BP) Link to post Share on other sites
Niners Fan in CT 15,602 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 "The Streak..............is over." Link to post Share on other sites
GodzillaPerez 701 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, JonnyLaw said: I remember watching Brock hit the third F5 and thinking “Wow, they’re really going to have Taker kick out of thre... wait... what...” Literally my reaction. "They're going to ruin the F-5 as a finish...the fuck?" 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Fowler 15,473 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 5 hours ago, (BP) said: I wonder how those follow-up Taker/Brock matches with all of the nut shots hold up. I recall them being somewhat well received, but that may have been in comparison to the XXX match. I remember liking SummerSlam, despite the weird finish, and really really liking the Cell. Probably the last high end Taker matches. But I haven't revisited them either. Link to post Share on other sites
Spontaneous 1,473 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I remember thinking it was genius to have Lesnar win because now he is a huge monster. And then crushing Cena at SummerSlam, I began to wonder if they were brilliant. Then we got the Roman-Brock build... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
nate 5,344 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 hours ago, Six String Orchestra said: I remember thinking it was genius to have Lesnar win because now he is a huge monster. And then crushing Cena at SummerSlam, I began to wonder if they were brilliant. Then we got the Roman-Brock build... I dunno, I look back fondly at that time when they both were trying to hug the belt. Such reckless abandonment of social distancing ... so brave. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites
For Great Justice 2,004 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 (edited) The Summerslam Cena squash was one of the damndest things I ever watched. Amazing match in many ways. I really thought, for a split second around WMXXX, that they were on the verge of something special. Not a boom per se, but the best business since the last one. With Bryan as red hot as a guy had been in a decade, Lesnar strong, Shield strong....and then it all went to hell in a matter of weeks with the Kane/Bryan feud, subsequent injury and botched Reigns ascent. Edited March 23, 2020 by For Great Justice 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ChesterCopperpot 4,657 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 2 matches added Link to post Share on other sites
TheVileOne 2,911 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 56 minutes ago, ChesterCopperpot said: 2 matches added Seems fitting to add such random matches for Fake-A-Mania. At least Lashley and Black aren't fighting over a shampoo commercial. Link to post Share on other sites
Spontaneous 1,473 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 See, now I'm getting worried Mania will be 2 eight hour blocks. Guess they can't exactly kill the crowd this year but goddamn! Link to post Share on other sites
TheVileOne 2,911 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Six String Orchestra said: See, now I'm getting worried Mania will be 2 eight hour blocks. Guess they can't exactly kill the crowd this year but goddamn! I'm not sure that will be the case with the taped format, lack of a crowd, and they can't really run the matches that long in this type of environment. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,553 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 On 3/22/2020 at 3:24 PM, w. josh said: The good news is they can just hire a stunt Undertaker for the actual match. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo~! 2,205 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, JonnyLaw said: I never got this line of thought. By the time of that match, Sting had been a member of the NWO, so it wasn’t as strange as everyone made it out to be. It would be weird if they ignored WCW’s history and pretended Sting and the NWO had always been enemies. In that case we needed tomato face paint Sting with Luger, Konnan, and Nash to hobble down for the save Edited March 24, 2020 by Sammo~! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hammerva 5,140 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I am just glad that Andrade and Angel Garza actually get to wrestle someone who is not Mexican for once. So is a Boneyard match basically that match Vampiro had in a cemetery against I think the Demon that really sucked? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,553 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I don't remember this but the first thing I thought of was I believe DDP and Randy Savage bowling over foam tombstones during a Halloween Havoc match. Link to post Share on other sites
Elsalvajeloco 9,326 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: I don't remember this but the first thing I thought of was I believe DDP and Randy Savage bowling over foam tombstones during a Halloween Havoc match. It's from BatB 2000. That PPV goes off the skids with the Wedding Gown match. This match feels like it was 15 matches later. The Hogan/Jarrett match is like 3 matches later. You will be praying for the sweet embrace of death before Russo even does that shoot promo, which was awful itself because Russo literally just walks around the ring looking down after every sentence with that grating ass accent and cadence. Link to post Share on other sites
GodzillaPerez 701 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 hour ago, hammerva said: So is a Boneyard match basically that match Vampiro had in a cemetery against I think the Demon that really sucked? As long as they can work this song into it, it'll be fine: 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,553 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) Oh man, this is some prime Wrestlecrap. Poor Little Naitch, having to stumble around in the dark with a flashlight then end up in the water because of these two clowns. Best part is Tony saying Vamp has been taunting Demon when he hasn't spoken a word yet haha. Second best is Madden (I think) having a coronary when they end up in the water. And what cemetery leaves a fucking empty coffin laying out next to an open grave?! Edited March 24, 2020 by Curt McGirt Link to post Share on other sites
Elsalvajeloco 9,326 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Tony Schiavone: he was in the tree. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt McGirt 13,553 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Another good exchange: "This nut could be hanging from a tree somewhere, like a vampire bat!" "Well, that's what he is, he's Vampiro." Then Tony says it could be miles or "hundreds of yards" back to the venue 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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