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  1. Dooley
    Certain people work very hard to be offended by things that may or may not be there.
  2. Dooley
    Common thread with every post-Hogan babyface champ until Austin.
  3. Dooley
    Humble black guy vs. cocky black guy "who doesn't know his place." Who are you speaking about here?
  4. Dooley
    Disagree on that point. Warrior got super over with his schtick but as soon as he became champ, it was all about changing everything that people dug about him. Vince only wanted a new Hogan on top, he did the same thing with Luger and Diesel later.
  5. Dooley
    Reading some '92 Observers and seeing that Warrior-Kamala headlined a house show run. Is there any video of this? I have an odd desire to see this pairing.
  6. Dooley
    This actually didn't play well in real time but kudos to WWF's production team because the video montage that came from it was almost note-perfect and really got people into the angle.
  7. Dooley
    It really takes some astonishing hubris to classify wrestlers as independent contractors while pulling crap like this. I don't think the no-compete would hold up in court. It would be like telling a TV actor that if they're fired from the show they're on, they're not allowed to pursue a career in hockey.
  8. Dooley
    The off-air end to this show was even better, with Foley coming out to make the save but failing, then Taker coming out and finally turning the tide for the babyfaces. Then Austin, Foley and Taker had a beer bash together. Shame it never made air, although there's a shot of the three of them cheers-ing each other from this that they used in the Foley retirement video the next year.
  9. Dooley
    The idea behind doing the double KO finish was to set up a 3 way with Austin at Mania. But Shawn Michaels for whatever reason decided to pitch a fit about it backstage and they decided to go with the 1-on-1 Rock-Austin Mania main event that we got.
  10. Dooley
    When Kitao shouted that it was fake, Tenta should have grabbed the mic and retorted with "his name is Fred Kitao!"
  11. Dooley
    Did Diesel outright say it on Raw the night after SS '95 or just allude to it? It certainly wasn't the first, but the funniest allusion I remember was Henry Godwinn of all people on Raw in '97. He started pointing at Vince after a loss and screaming "this is all your fault"! Vince completely no-sold it from the commentary booth, starting to laugh and saying "I guess everything's my fault".
  12. Dooley
    Exactly. So taking a one-off kayfabe commentary gig would suddenly invalidate that and impugn his credibility? It's ludicrous. It really isn't ludicrous to say a reporter would harm his credibility by taking a paying promotional gig for a company he covers. Again, this is really basic ethical stuff in journalism. What if Dave took the job and then a wrestler died or was seriously injured on 1/4 because of some promotional negligence by NJPW? You'd have the most respected reporter in wrestling suddenly unfit to cover a major story on the second biggest wrestling promotion in the world. Is that scenario unlikely? Sure, but those are the kinds of instances we guard against by not creating the appearance of conflict. Now, Dave didn't pursue the job, so this is all theoretical. And it's certainly not anything to get heated about. But as someone who has to deal with these kinds of issues in everyday life, I find the line here to be clear. It's more like a media member playing themselves in a quick movie cameo. It doesn't mean they can't ever mention the media conglomerate that produced the film without cynicism and suspicion.
  13. Dooley
    Exactly. So taking a one-off kayfabe commentary gig would suddenly invalidate that and impugn his credibility? It's ludicrous.
  14. Dooley
    Dude, it's a kayfabe gig. We're not talking about Woodward working for the White House here.
  15. Dooley
    The camera angle at the end was a killer, but it was really fun up to that point. Rock's running commentary on this is a legit laugh a minute. "Stop making a mess!" "It's mild sauce, you baby!" This was hella entertaining.
  16. Dooley
    This. Certain people are looking to make a mountain out of a molehill.
  17. Dooley
    That Bruno-Larry stuff is FANTASTIC. Although I can't stop laughing at Bruno's hair. Agreed with the general consensus on Bruno's appeal vs Hogan's appeal. Bruno appealed to the everyman, Hogan appealed to kids who watched saturday morning cartoons and wanted a real-life He-Man. Also, people think that Randy Savage wasn't a cartoon character? I need to experience your reality.
  18. Dooley
    Steve Austin picked Bart to win. Sigh. Even after Bart KO'd JR's hand-picked winner, the company again asked him to take a dive for Bradshaw in the finals. Knowing now that Bradshaw can be KO'd by Joey Styles, maybe Bart vs Butterbean isn't so bad after all.
  19. Dooley
    That's a shame between what would come out with the leaks and then Vince's reaction. I would have loved the inevitable Vince "we will NOT negotiate with TERRARISTS" rant.
  20. Dooley
    Yeah this was a very tepid response for a major Hogan comeback. These seemed to have diminishing returns with every hiatus he took. Agree that the segment really dragged despite only being 10 minutes or so. No one cares about Beefcake in '93 and people aren't exactly clamouring to see Jimmy Hart as a babyface.
  21. Dooley
    "Rack the planet" would have been a great catchphrase for him.
  22. Dooley
    Luger submitted him with the rack in '97.
  23. Dooley
    You're putting "The Barber" against a bald guy? C'mon.
  24. Dooley
    You would think that WWE would limit sponsorship to one company per market.
  25. Dooley
    Horowitz wins! Horowitz wins! Horowitz wins!
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