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  1. flyonthewall2983
    He was also in a tag match, partnered with Bret in Japan right around the time he won the title from the Iron Sheik, too.
  2. flyonthewall2983
    I really believe Randy would not have taken him under his wing like Ric did.
  3. flyonthewall2983
    Yeah, same here I'm sure. Won't spoil it but there's one story that has stuck in my head since hearing it, and it obviously still sticks out in his memory too. Sad.
  4. flyonthewall2983
    This discussion was in another thread and something I think we can expand upon. Inherently, my instinct tells me no. He could have had a few hot angles to start out with, but eventually they would have moved on and repackaged him like they did virtually everyone else they got from the purchase.
  5. flyonthewall2983
    What exactly is at the heart of Irv's hard-on for taking Vince down?
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    One t. He wrote about it in his book.
  7. flyonthewall2983
    I maintain that the single greatest moment of the Monday Night Wars was when he appeared on both shows the same night, especially the shoot promo he cut on Vince. The look on Bischoff's face is fantastic.
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    I've never got the impression that Sting is a guy who keeps working because he needs the money. That could be a faulty impression. But he strikes me as a guy that is really happy to be a big fish in a small pond for the sake of being a big fish, and that he has enough money put away that when that loses its shine he can go home. He might have made some good coin in WWE doing the Sting vs. WWE Legend Series. Plus a DVD, maybe two. One for Sting pre-Crow and one post-Crow. But I think he'd rather just be the big fish in the small pond, and if he's happy, so am I. Sting had every right to turn WWE down once they marginalized and repackaged the WCW talent that had come in. I really don't think he would have been any different, unless someone like Flair (and maybe Hunter? did Sting ever work him when he was in WCW?) really vouched for what he could have done for the company if they didn't meddle with the character. Then maybe it could have worked. Otherwise I agree that he's the rare example of TNA being good for someone.
  9. flyonthewall2983
    Was Dusty that over in NYC? It would have been interesting to see them transition from a local hero to a southern guy.
  10. flyonthewall2983
    Love the story Zbysko told on his Timeline about Putski. Fans are screaming rather racist Polish jokes at him, but he goes after the guy who calls him short.
  11. flyonthewall2983
    It was supposed to be Sid. Then the Pillman thing happened and he was suspended, I believe.
  12. flyonthewall2983
    Is the squash match he did with Bret in Georgia anywhere online?
  13. flyonthewall2983
    He just recorded one with Bret yesterday.
  14. flyonthewall2983
    Assuming Sting even makes it to Wrestlemania 6 without blowing out his knee, the Hulkamaniacs would have resented him for beating Hogan just like they did Warrior. He gets the title just in time for a recession. His title run would underperform just like the Warrior's since Hogan will sabotage him by getting the program with the Earthquake, who was the only fresh heel WWF had left at the time. Vince still jobs him to Slaughter for his silly attempt to capitalize off the war. Sting settles into the upper mid card. Vince would have either got rid him during the steroid scandal or Sting would eventually jumped to WCW as Hogan's sidekick. I don't think it would have mattered. Sting wasn't going to be a mega star either way. Add to it that Sting never would have worked guys like Flair and Road Warriors, basically giving him his education that paid off later when Sting went around the horn with guys like Rude and Vader.
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    Maybe some misguided attempt to appeal to Japanese-Americans?
  16. flyonthewall2983
    Did they hint at a New Founation/Beverlys feud at all?
  17. flyonthewall2983
    It's the longest drawn out death rattle in history! A death rattle of the death rattle. I joked a long time ago that I thought TNA was like the undead combination of WCW and ECW leftovers.
  18. flyonthewall2983
    3-Count would have been a much better gimmick in WWE. Especially around this time when it seemed they were aiming at the Nu-Metal crowd. Doesn't make it any less perfect for WCW around this time, but they could have given it way more heat up north.
  19. flyonthewall2983
    A few rants somewhere on the web might be all it got. He was a mid-card guy employed during WWE's lowest period of positive visibility and business.
  20. flyonthewall2983
    I wonder what it was that precipitated Hogan's leave of absence, and more importantly why it was treated as a retirement. My first guess is that it was to maybe have more of a serious go at acting on Hulk's part (something I say very loosely). I'm guessing the end-game to it was to always bring him back, like they did do in '93.
  21. flyonthewall2983
    The good thing it did was bury the lead that Virgil was going to eventually turn on him.
  22. flyonthewall2983
    I think Bret said it in his book, actually. Big problem with it was the color, which was probably for TV as well. I like that they painted it black for the Austin/McMahon match.
  23. flyonthewall2983
    And Nash destroying everybody for awhile. That was the highlight of the night, watching it. Must have been the first time I knowingly cheered for a heel.
  24. flyonthewall2983
    He also mentioned something on Twitter about liking the Will Ferrell GWB HBO special.
  25. flyonthewall2983
    I have heard that the blue cage was more stiff than regular cages of the time. Yet it has the rep it does. Strange.
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