Matt D
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No way. Everyone loves an asshole bully that it's socially acceptable to root for.
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People like bullies.
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They worked SO SO hard not to have Cena do anything bad last year. They went out of their way to prevent him from FUing Orton even when Barrett ordered him to. It was amazing.
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I think it's an effective promo. It just goes against my personal sensibilities and love of heel Young Pistol Tracy.
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I can't even begin to tell you how much I loathe this interview. "Things got right out of hand thar. I'm mighty sorry for being so goldurned awesome in WCW at the end. hayuck."
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he enjoyed beating up the genius way too much
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Why the hell doesn't Bigelow get to celebrate in the ring with Hogan at the end of Survivor Series?
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I really don't know much about St. Louis. I should just read that book.
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I wonder what fun summer angle they screw up next year.
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Most of us are veterans of fighting King Hippo.
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Was the draw between Rotunda and Flair from 1/84 taped?
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So Harley Race, on one of his shoots, talked about how in Kansas City(I think), in the 60s, they used to wrestle in front of posh attendees who were eating expensive dinners. I find that whole thing concept sort of fascinating. Is there any place I can learn more about all that?
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I do completely buy the APW stuff being a breath of fresh air. I don't think that people really liking their stuff (and even the Nitro match and what they were TRYING to do) at that time is illogical or doesn't make sense.
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I learned how to watch wrestling sitting on the scaly, creepy online knees of the DVDVR. I remember this stuff... sort of. Movez, action, and stiffness meant a hell of a lot more than they do now.
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The workrate reports are only archived to the start of the the Russo stuff right?
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I could buy Spike as a giantkiller because his finisher was hit out of nowhere and could theoretically knock a guy out. I buy the Giant squashing Loch Ness because The Giant is huge too. I don't think this happens in unbelievable ways all that much. Even on WCW SN, Roadblock would always be a tough opponent for a bigger name (that happened to be smalleR).
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I had forgotten Hyatte too, to be honest, and I'm pretty sure I read his stuff just about every week when I was 17. But my main point is that 1) there was a pretty solid hive mind back then 2) It was very excited about the Modest vs Daniels match before it happened and 3) it tried to spin it as a positive after the fact, certainly enough so that Wade got pissed off about it. There are a ton of distinct wrestling memories I have from back then. Getting frustrated by the lack of acknowledgment of Benoit's TV title wins. Being EXCITED for Russo and Ferrara going to WCW because from what little we knew at that point, it seemed exciting for a guy who was primarily a WCW fan surrounded at college by people who were primarily wwf fans. The first time I saw the .rm file of the SAT/Red vs Brian XL/Devine Storm
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I remember everyone being REALLY excited about the fact that match was going to even happen before hand, though, like it was going to change wrestling, and then afterward, we were an internet full of apologists. I didn't search for long. but this sums ups all sorts of viewpoints from them time. and hey, Hyatte. http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/...-Suck:--Reason-
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I want them to make an episode of Leverage about Ric Flair. I'm going to try to forward that article to John Rogers.
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Didn't we all really like Daniels in 98 or so? I don't think he changed. I think we did and I think wrestling did.
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I always felt like this was a pretty surreal match. Reed plays the face in this right?
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Back during the Monday Night Wars, they hyped thing from segment to segment because they were so afraid of people switching.
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Reigns that really hurt or devalued a title
Matt D replied to JerryvonKramer's topic in Megathread archive
It put him over to us hardcores. For WWF Fans, TV pushed the Hogan-Sid finish. How important was it to the WWF? The doctored the audio to support their Mania main event plans. John As someone who was a 10 year old kid in 1992, albeit one who was pretty contrary, I feel like at the time, they put over the sheer miracle of what Flair did in a big way, and a lot of that was Heenan and the post match interview. -
Did the Sid squash match from 1/25 Superstars not make it on the set? That one really stood out for me considering how amazingly over Sid was as a face. It's one of the biggest WWF reactions of that era that I can remember.
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[1992-02-01-WWF-Superstars] Funeral Parlor: Sensational Sherri
Matt D replied to Loss's topic in February 1992
It's funny. As a kid, I always remembered there being a show where Dibiase GIFTS Sherri to Shawn as an act of recognition for his heel turn. But it never happened. It's just one of those things I remember falsely.