[1996-06-17-WWF-Raw] Contract Signing: Brian Pillman

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Brian Pillman does a press conference announcing his arrival to the WWF. He actually plays it calm and is nearly in tears, considering the direction his life has taken. I expect him to snap at a moment's notice, but it doesn't happen ... yet.

[Tim Evans]

What's the deal with D-Lo sitting by JJ Dillon? That seemed odd.

[Robert S]

Interesting that they showed Dillon. Was he visible more often on WWF television?

[PeteF3]

JJ showed up a few times when they needed the brigade of suits. He was one of the guys trying to get Nailz out of the ring in his debut, and was in on the Rick Rude/Roddy Piper Brother Love attack. This is probably the only time his name was outright mentioned on TV, though.

 

Pillman plays this straight--if I remember right, he *did* go off after this and the transcript was posted on the old WWF AOL board, but nothing on TV.

[El-P]

The big What If of the MNW years. What if Pillman didn't had this horrible car accident that pretty much fucked him up to the point he couldn't work and couldn't live without pilling up. He looks like a star there. He probably would have been a star by 98 if he had been healthy enough. Also a notable one up by the WWF on WCW after the defections of Nash & Hall.

[soup23]

Good debut entrance of him signing a contract. More than the JJ and Dlo mentions, Fink being in the crowd here seemed odd and out of place.

[dawho5]

Pretty restrained for a Pillman segment, but I'm sure there is craziness to come.