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Lanny Poffo - greatest ever camp/effeminate heel?
Matt D replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in The Microscope
His shoot is really interesting actually. I heard it while stuck on a train marooned in the snow once. He mentions getting absurd levels of heat in texas to the point where they dialed things back, and I believe that. He has a certain athleticism that Adrian Street did not, but Street had the amazing wrestling and more of an uncomfortable physicality. Poffo was cowardly. Street was coy. -
[1996-10-21-WWF-Raw] Hunter Hearst Helmsley vs Marc Mero
Matt D replied to Loss's topic in October 1996
I was tuned out in 96, VERY tuned out. I scramblevision watched Bash at the Beach's main event because of the hype (which is underrated these days. people forget the ad campaign for that) but the only other memory I have of the year was being excited for the idea of Perfect wrestling again.- 12 replies
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Obviously someone needs to start a kickstarter project to buy the rights to unseen footage we ALL want to see.
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I think even with guys like Arn and Tully, they WERE rebranded. They were the Brainbusters. Heenan was stressed in their success. Tully in WWF wasn't Tully in NWA. It's slight and subtle, but you can tell that thre's a difference in how Vince even talks about them as an announcer. Now The Nasty Boys are just the Nasty Boys.
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[1994-08-13-USWA-TV] Jeff Gaylord update / Interview: Sid Vicious
Matt D replied to Loss's topic in August 1994
Honestly, the three words in the english language I never want to see together are "jeff gaylord update" -
Could someone look into what Dave said in that interview (the one on Graham's site) about house show takes being cut? We haven't talked about that, right?
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in the late 90s, early early 00s, during the boom, those WWF games were HUGE. Just huge social things amongst teenagers.
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http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/mehaffy40.htm Nothing earthshattering but it's actually a good sum up of a number of things we've covered here over the years.
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it's not even Cole. It's Scott Stanford.
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6%
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I hope it involves a MMA bear.
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Gary Oldman. I can't explain it, but he could do it.
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I have no idea what DREAM is, but I just watched a Doink promo I thought was awesome! At least I'm on the right board, title-wise, right?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeNSBPi5e14...be&t=12m38s I will be AMAZED if I come across a WWF promo in 93 I dig more than this.
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And then we'll start making WBF complaints!
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I think 35% is pretty damn reasonable. Alternatively, I think as someone who is a pro wrestling fan and doesn't care a lick about MMA, stories matter to me only so far as they DIRECTLY affect what will happen in wrestling in the future.
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That he couldnt talk about but was bracing for it mentally. WWE Network? Vince stepping down? MMA crap? If it's the same thing I heard about yesterday and was sworn to secrecy on, it's definitely not #1 or #2. #3 depends on your definition of "MMA crap." I can't really say more than that but it is big. (And if it's a separate story then this is going to be a big day) I think MMA crap would be defined as "anything that has to do with MMA with less than a 35% pro wrestling component."
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I'm not sure if Punk learned anything in developmental but he's sure as hell a lot better now than he was in 2008. Watch the Punk vs Jericho matches vs this year and then the KOTR Punk vs Jericho (or ECW Punk vs Benjamin which is even worse) match from 08. They're trying to accomplish the same thing but there's a hell of a lot more restraint and nuance and common sense.
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I never gave Hogan any credit as a kid. Never. I remember watching The UNREAL story of Professional Wrestling on A&E as a teenager and hearing one of the old timers say that he only knew three moves and probably shouted "Thank you!" at the TV. But I probably saw Hogan vs Giant RIGHT after the heel turn a few years after it happened and while I didn't love the match I did love Hogan's chickenshit heel performance. He was holding it in for years and you could tell.
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How do you feel about the 12-29-91 Hogan/Flair match?
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Anyone (Dylan?) want to chime in on Drew vs Christian from Superstars?
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Tenta was a great combination of knowing when to give and what to give, having super credible offense including one of the best elbow drops in the history of wrestling, and being super strong and athletic.
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You'd be surprised how much of America still didn't have cable television in the early 90's Nah, it was way worse in England.
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Best Ottman match I can suggest right now is Summerslam 92 Disasters vs Beverly Brothers. Totally slept on match. Honestly, the disasters were pretty great. I don't think there's anyone in 92 WWF I would rather watch than Quake. He was the Mark Henry of the early 90s. Maybe Nord. Typhoon also had the best big splash in wrestling history. And there's ONE jobber match in 92 where he does this crazy cool double underhook roll-back move that he never does again. Best jobber match of theirs is 10/3/92 vs Horowitz and Bob Bradley.