Your wrestling HOT TAKES

[SirSmUgly]

Lee Marshall was terrible in WCW on commentary, but he was actually a pretty fun backstage interviewer. My general rule is: Marshall at the Thunder commentary desk is awful; Marshall at the Compuserve desk is pretty good. 

[Raziel]

I'll die on the hill of Tony, Dusty, and Bobby were the best 3 man booth ever.

[BloodyChamp]

4 hours ago, Raziel said:

I'll die on the hill of Tony, Dusty, and Bobby were the best 3 man booth ever.

Nah…but that one ppv was GOAT work by them. 

[TheVileOne]

Now that he's turned heel, John Cena has to win at WrestleMania. Cody's life should be utterly ruined. And then Cena will throw a rubber chicken at him at the end of the show.

[Technico Support]

Cena should cut promos about actually making it as an actor, but that might be too sensitive a subject.  

[Contentious C]

I only clicked on this thread half out of curiosity, but in the 30 seconds I looked at it, I was reminded that, why yes, a fat tub of shit whose only talents were 1. bleeding (and not even in a good way like that guy from Australia who died), and 2. talking about how fucking great he was, happened to be the perfect person to call himself "The American Dream", since that, too, is a goddamned sickness at this point.

[Ace]

On 3/11/2025 at 7:55 PM, twiztor said:

i have Larry Z as the worst commentator of the WCW Nitro era. Yes, that means i would rather listen to the interminable Lee Marshall than Larry. His road reports were fucking awful and unfunny, but at least they were short. Better than hearing about Larry's money and golf game every damn match.

Have we all forgotten Mark Madden?

[Technico Support]

2 hours ago, Contentious C said:

I only clicked on this thread half out of curiosity, but in the 30 seconds I looked at it, I was reminded that, why yes, a fat tub of shit whose only talents were 1. bleeding (and not even in a good way like that guy from Australia who died), and 2. talking about how fucking great he was, happened to be the perfect person to call himself "The American Dream", since that, too, is a goddamned sickness at this point.

I’d say Dusty was a little more talented than that, but I really do like your metaphor a lot.  

Edited March 15 by Technico Support

[Contentious C]

23 minutes ago, Technico Support said:

I’d say Dusty was a little more talented than that, but I really do like your metaphor a lot.  

Luckily I read this before the edit, haha.

[WebConn89]

Randy Orton is boring.

[ka-to]

2 hours ago, WebConn89 said:

Randy Orton is the most boring.

of all time.

[AxB]

Michael Cole used to always say "If you could build a WWE Superstar from the ground up, you would create Randy Orton". But if Dave Meltzer could build a Pro-Wrestler from the ground up, he would build Will Ospreay.

If Vince Russo could build a wrestler from the ground up, he would build Vince Russo, but with massive tits.

[No Point Stance]

Finally watched the Cena turn and thought it was fucking dreadful. Nice in theory, maybe, but absolutely dire in execution.

[Gorman]

Lee Marshall was also grrrreat as a ring announcer during the LA portion of WrestleMania 2.

[Technico Support]

4 hours ago, AxB said:

Michael Cole used to always say "If you could build a WWE Superstar from the ground up, you would create Randy Orton". 

McMahon, who clearly fed Cole that line, never realized what a massive self-own that was.

3 hours ago, No Point Stance said:

Finally watched the Cena turn and thought it was fucking dreadful. Nice in theory, maybe, but absolutely dire in execution.

I still haven’t seen it but I don’t understand the fuss about a part timer in minute 14 of his career turning heel.  

Edited March 15 by Technico Support

[FourPostMassacre]

10 hours ago, ka-to said:

of all time.

People like to forget “Resthold Randy” or pass his work off as “main event style” but he is just bland. 

[Godfrey]

31 minutes ago, Technico Support said:

I still haven’t seen it but I don’t understand the fuss about a part timer in minute 14 of his career turning.  

The polar opposite of a 30 minute 'great' match that people forget the next day

[Contentious C]

7 hours ago, AxB said:

Michael Cole used to always say "If you could build a WWE Superstar from the ground up, you would create Randy Orton". But if Dave Meltzer could build a Pro-Wrestler from the ground up, he would build Will Ospreay.

If Vince Russo could build a wrestler from the ground up, he would build Vince Russo, but with massive tits.

When did Vince Russo ever let a woman ramble on the mic for 20 minutes to spout catchphrases?  Seems like a crucial component of Russo's stupidity.

[Mike Campbell]

12 minutes ago, Contentious C said:

When did Vince Russo ever let a woman ramble on the mic for 20 minutes to spout catchphrases?  Seems like a crucial component of Russo's stupidity.

Well if Russo had his way, that probably would have been Sable. I think it was Cornette who said: "She wears great tee shirts. But she can't work, she can't talk, she can't even act like she'd goddamn breathing!"

[The Great ML]

Hot take: This opinion may not be shared by some, but guys like Tito Santana and Greg Valentine had overstayed their welcome in the WWF by 1990. Valentine, probably earlier than that.

[Nice Guy Eddie]

4 hours ago, FourPostMassacre said:

People like to forget “Resthold Randy” or pass his work off as “main event style” but he is just bland. 

Blandy Orton

[zendragon]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Blandy Orton

More like Blandy Borton AMIRTE!

On a different note. Working through these early 90's VHS releases on The Vault I'm surprised how many matches have non-finishes. I would think if you are putting them out on video tape you would be ready to blow them off

[AxB]

Not having decisive finishes was (and is) a WWF/E trope since forever. We can't be having Superstars look weak, can we?

[Nice Guy Eddie]

3 hours ago, The Great ML said:

Hot take: This opinion may not be shared by some, but guys like Tito Santana and Greg Valentine had overstayed their welcome in the WWF by 1990. Valentine, probably earlier than that.

I'd agree with that, but they still had some use putting people over. There's always need for vets to work with younger guys. 

By early 92 you had a lot of turnover, probably partially due to the steroid trial. Off the top of my head guys like Valentine, Warlord, Barbarian, Hercules, Haku were all gone. 

Edited March 15 by Nice Guy Eddie

[SirSmUgly]

4 hours ago, Mike Campbell said:

Well if Russo had his way, that probably would have been Sable. I think it was Cornette who said: "She wears great tee shirts. But she can't work, she can't talk, she can't even act like she'd goddamn breathing!"

My hot take is that 1998 Sable is fine. She's actually a decent enough athlete to pull off a high spot when she needs to, and the crowd ate up her lady Goldberg act.

Mero, Jacqueline, Luna, and Goldust don't get enough credit for how much they helped her get over, though.