Loss Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Ricky Steamboat is coming in. Just don't call him that. 10-second spot. I don't think I saw his face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Interesting year for Steamer. Comes back to the WWF. Gets the silly Dragon gimmick. Mid-card feuds, which he wins literally every one of them (I'd have to look close to see if he did even a single job). Not much of a push... just rolled out in the mid-cards. Not terribly happy. Gets the offer from WCW. Gives his notice. Refuses to job on the way out. Shows up in WCW in one of the most memorable "surprises" ever (which is the second time he's done that), and gets the tag belts. Then he has a pretty decent run in WCW the rest of his career, treated fairly well. You do wonder what would have happened without the injury and how he would have done first in the Hogan Era, then the Early Nitro Era, then the nWo Era. He was still a fine worker at the time of the injury. But the insanity of the nWo Era... wonder how long he would have lasted before getting annoyed. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 It was in the WON at the time that he quit the WWF because they wanted him to lose a three-minute squash to Undertaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I think the opposite: he gave his notice at the taping, they wanted him to do jobs on the way out (i.e. taped at that Superstars taping and possibly the next night at the Challenge taping), which he refused and they simply sent him home. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 I had always heard he balked at doing a stretcher job to Undertaker because he had done one for IRS at the same taping and he thought it was a blatant breaking of kayfabe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm so glad he got the hell out if dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Their big idea for Steamboat, as I recall from WWF Magazine, was to feud him with Skinner. You know, reptile-hunting and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 A little flash of fire and you can briefly see Steamboat’s face. I remember him saying on his DVD that he was brought back but told there wasn't an open spot for him at the top of the card but if something happened to one of those guys he would be in consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 The Dragon is coming in. These spots are really too brief to resonate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 There isn't much here except Steamboat throwing a fireball, just like there wasn't much to this whole run. If a feud with Keirn was the best thing Vince had to offer, Ricky was better off with Turner. Strummer has the story right over why Ricky left, at least according to Ricky's shoot. I've always thought it was a way for Vince to get rid of someone he had neither plans nor any need for while also getting payback for his departure in '87 and possibly damaging his reputation within the business. Of course, it all backfired spectacularly, as he was an important player in WCW right up until the time he was injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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