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    I remember my friends and I all thinking 2 Cold Scorpio was just the coolest wrestler at the time. Pretty funny actually...all the money and time they put into trying to make PN News and Van Hammer look "cool" couldn't match someone like Scorpio who just had natural charisma.
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    Yeah, just agreeing...great stuff. Also, Austin drops in a "the bottom line is...." which made me smile.
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    This is like the 4th Zubaz appearance and we're only a few weeks into the year.
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    I like the notion that Vader goes through all the trouble to lure him in for THAT. I feel like he could have convinced Sting to have a Tug o War in any arena in the country. I would've been so relieved if I was Sting, but also annoyed because, I mean, I rented a helicopter for this.
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    Vince is incredulous about this. I like how they used to insert crowd reactions, until they started reusing them. I swear Kevin Dunn just had dozens of buttons marked "young girl scared" and "teenage boy booing" ready to use over and over. Also, I've been watching Superstars eps from 92 and Slaughter semi-regularly was doing squash matches so kind of weird to see him in his "offical" suit-and-tie role.
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    First time I've seen this match. Great stuff. The last few minutes are especially crazy.
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    Adding to the Douglas love...he looked great here. My favourite match so far...
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    Ooooh yeah, "Sugar" Shane Helms. Speaking of cruiserweights in the WCW, what about Air Paris? He was treated on the same level as AJ Styles. I mean, I don't recall the commentators hyping Styles particularly more than Paris, in fact I seem to remember him being the kind of flashier member. It doesn't seem like he did anything at all post-WCW so he missed out on at least the chance to become a future "Sugar" Shane Helms
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    His delivery was so good on that line, I had to audibly laugh.
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    Sushi X was the number that introduced me to the Skytel network. I think he advertised on some wrestling website that would have been popular around 1997. Possibly something simple like wrestling.com because I didn't even own a computer...just used one at a friend's house. I called his number enough and at the end he would "plug" other lines and eventually someone had a contest to win a free line, which I won and found out how to hack them and there were, no exaggeration, at least 300 other wrestling fans who had a line or two. They were from every corner of the US and then I'd say about 20% of the people were Canadian. And the other guy, I believe was actually called Lord Nikon (but a pun on Lord and Icon). He was probably the 2nd or 3rd line I ever called and maybe the most remembered as he seemed to have a quick jump on all the news, was very rarely wrong and updated his number constantly.
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    I believe that is the best move Luger ever did in pro wrestling.
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    I'm not ashamed to admit (maybe I should be) that I have a Madonna tattoo so this thread is surreal and hilarious.
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    We had the exact same deal in Jacksonville. You called a number, then entered an extension for horoscopes, soap operas etc. One was wrestling and I probably called that religiously (think it updated twice a week...Tues & Fri maybe?) from 1996 until I finally got a home computer in 2000. Even then it was still going though. In 97 I started using Skytel lines for wrestling info and unearthed an entire network of wrestling fans that went back and forth for a year or 2, when the highly illegal operation (the lines were stolen by use of phone hacking) was shut down. One of the people on there was the future Chris Masters. I was friendly with his group of friends and still have tapes of him backyard wrestling in a Shawn Michaels gimmick. Well actually he just wrestled AS Shawn Michaels because almost every kid just assumed an already established wrestling personality.
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    Based on the guys they used (and Savage's Ultimate Maniacs attire) I'd guess that Warrior turned down the offer to be on the song. Lucky break for the WWF if so. Woulda sucked to have 2 guys you just fired on a #4 song in the UK. Also, the Boggs thing reminds me of the story he told at the Hall of Fame.
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    Watching the 1992 yearbook proves that with the Ron Simmons push. I couldn't disagree more with Helms being considered for this. All for reasons which have been mentioned already. I mean, I'm not an expert on the final months of WCW (I did watch, but not too closely) but I can't even recall what he was doing there at the time. But I can tell you a bit about his run as The Hurricane, and I didn't watch a single second of WWE programming from 2002-2007. I've since gone back and watched bits and bobs though, and it seemed he was a consistent midcarder. As for DDP, he seemed to have a job for life there. I mean, we can't say for sure where WCW would be in recent years but I think his odds of still having a job there in some capacity, if he wanted it, are pretty good. Bagwell also was there from 92 through closing, so I think we can at least agree if WCW had lasted until the end of 2001, he still would have had a job...barring some major incident. I think he could have thrown water bottles at most anyone he chose to in WCW circa 1999/2000. The saddest part is that the performers who probably gained, financially, the most from WCW closing are the women. Torrie Wilson, with a couple Playboy appearances, in particular (wasn't she actually gone before WCW was bought though? Can't remember...) But Stacy Keibler wouldn't have gotten on Dancing with the Stars (and all that has come with that!) as a "former WCW superstar". Both of those girls had decent WWE runs, when it seemed like WCW had already replaced them with "cheaper" (in $ terms and in looks terms) women.
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    Throwing my hat in (...heh) to say I thought it was a general's hat and he was channeling Maurice Starr. But yeah, I hate pandering babyface Ron Simmons. Always seemed wrong.
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    Every time I watch it, I'm still surprised how much blood there is. And I must be getting a weaker stomach as I get older, because I used to be amused by it but now when I see it, I'm turning away after 2 mins or so especially when it's still actually dripping off of him at that point.
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    I like Madusa's ascot. Very Lord Steven Regal.
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    Memphis is bizarro world where Lawler is a babyface and Koko is a heel. But Lawler sums it up with the whole "I hate those fans in the north, I love my hometown" line and it makes total sense. Good promo from both guys.
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    I thought it was a really fun match. Those moonsaults onto the floor weren't perfect but they sure did look impressive!
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    Kind of awkward to have both Flair and Razor talk about beating Bret for the title. Especially Flair, who is supposed to have a shot first. You'd think he would take exception to Razor even assuming Bret would make to to the Rumble with the title.
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    I'd like to think Jeff still watches this about twice a week.
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    This is definitely one that is better in theory than in execution. In other words, I'll say "Yeah that's a good match" in conversation but I'd probably never put it on.
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    I guess you'd have to be soulless to not appreciate this. The way that girl sold his arm length was pretty solid.
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    Is this from the 11/21 show?
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