ohtani's jacket Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Give it a shot. FAVOURITE WORKERS: FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: FAVOURITE MATCHES: BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 Obviously, this decade sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I can't think of much as this was the decade that I finally tuned out of professional wrestling though I did really enjoy the Triple-H versus Chris Jericho last man standing match from Fully Loaded 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 FAVOURITE WORKERS: Finlay, Rey Mysterio, Cassandro, El Hijo del Santo FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWE 2000 & WWE Smackdown '02-'09. AAA '06-'08, CMLL '01-'03, IWRG '00-'01, Arena Coliseo de Monterrey '00-'01, IWAMS '01-'03 FAVOURITE MATCHES: Rock vs Benoit feud (especially the SD broken ribs match), Flair vs Michaels WM, Michaels vs Taker WM, Joe vs Kobashi, lots of Finlay, Navarro vs Dandy, Perro Jr vs Universo 2000, Blue Panther vs Santo series, Shocker vs Santo, Caifanes Rockeros vs Orientales, the IWRG trios match with the farthest tope contest, Hashimoto vs Corino vs Steele vs Knight, KENTA vs Danielson I, Marufuji vs McGuinness, Kobashi/KENTA vs Ohtani/Tanaka, Kobashi/Honda vs Akiyama/Saito, Kobashi/Shiga vs Akiyama/Saito, Morishima/Marufuji vs Kobashi/Honda, Lawler-Funk JAPW, and lots more I'd have to think about. BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: The best stuff was often on free TV. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: 2 of the Radicals die (one by his own hand after massacring his family), 1 disappears for several years to dodge child support after making up a story about getting shot while stopping an attempted rape, and the other dealt drugs to the first of the dead Radicals and then prostituted his name post-mortem. Not involving death: The end of non-WWE major league wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I guess I could say the worst part of this decade was that almost everyone WWE tried to push up to the top tier either quit, died, or killed their family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 1 disappears for several years to dodge child support after making up a story about getting shot while stopping an attempted rape, They found Perry Saturn? Where did Meltz find him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Lisa-Kuhlem...100000218943994 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 1 disappears for several years to dodge child support after making up a story about getting shot while stopping an attempted rape, That is really was Saturn was all about ? The rape story was a work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 1 disappears for several years to dodge child support after making up a story about getting shot while stopping an attempted rape, That is really was Saturn was all about ? The rape story was a work ? Well, at least one ex-wife was looking for him mentioned that he (obviously since he disappeared) hadn't paid child support and/or alimony in a long time. It's been mentioned that the police in the jurisdiction told people who called that it wasn't true, and even if whoever said that is lying, it never got any mainstream coverage, which seems unlikely since it involved someone who was a regular on WWF TV during the company's peak. 1Wrestling was the original source for the story (Posted 7/23/04 on CRZ's forum so it was from then or at most a few days earlier): Former WWE , WCW and ECW wrestler Perry Saturn will make his wrestling return after suffering a very serious injury this past April. This was a very serious, and private situation, which he did not want public until he was able to recover. We are proud to announce that he has recovered, and will return to the wrestling ring on Sept 17th for USA Pro (Jamaica, NY @ The Amazura Concert Hall). In April of 2004 Perry Saturn was driving his girlfriend to work when he heard what he thought was an argument next to a vehicle. When he approached the vehicle, he saw two men trying to restrain a woman as they were raping her. Without hesitation, he grabbed both men off her, and started fighting with them. As he was able to get the woman free from her attackers, he felt a burning sensation in his neck. He thought originally it was a cut stemming from a punch. However, he learned soonafter he was shot three times in the neck with a 25 caliber handgun. Perry Saturn now has a steel plate and 3 stainless steel screws where his C-5, C-6 and C-7 vertebra in his neck were badly injured. The good news is that after a very tough and extensive amount of physical therapy and training, he is able to return to wrestling. When you think about it, it's amazing he is even alive, or even able to walk! Unfortunately, we learned that he did not have medical insurance, and has incurred quite a bit of medical expenses. I'm sure if needed, the wrestling community will open up their arms and assist if the expenses become overwhelming. As far as his attackers, one man was arrested for attempted murder and rape. That case is still ongoing. No word if the other individual was arrested as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Wait... Bob.com was worked?!?! Nooooooooooooo! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Shocking, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd Posted January 10, 2010 Report Share Posted January 10, 2010 Give it a shot. FAVOURITE WORKERS: Bryan Danielson, AJ Styles, Eddie Guerrero FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWE (2000-2002), ROH (2002, 2005-2007), NOAH (2004-2005) FAVOURITE MATCHES: Cactus Jack Vs. HHH (Streetfight 2000), Misawa Vs. Kobashi (2003), Team ROH Vs. Team CZW (2006) BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Benoit & Guerero win World titles. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Deaths of Guerrero, Benoit and Misawa along with others. WWE buying up ECW and WCW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 FAVOURITE WORKERS: Benoit, Danielson, McGuinness, Kobashi, KENTA FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWF (00-03), NOAH (00-09), ROH (02-09) FAVOURITE MATCHES: Angle/Benoit RR '03, Kobashi/Misawa Mar '03, Danielson vs. KENTA/Joe/McGuinness/Morishima, Benoit vs. HHH vs. HBK, Orton vs. Foley, Cena/Umaga RR '07 BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Introduction of Ring of Honor, Flair retiring and not dying in the ring, Benoit & Guerrero becoming World champions, Kobashi returning from countless "career ending" injuries WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Too many workers dying, drugs in professional wrestling, NWATNA, Feinstein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artDDP Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Introduction of Ring of Honor, Flair retiring and not dying in the ring Flair didn't retire. He was back working for Hogan by the fall of 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 Let's see: FAVOURITE WORKERS: Chris Jericho, C.M. Punk, John Cena, Eddie Guerrero FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWE by default FAVOURITE MATCHES: Cactus/HHH Rumble match, Cena/Umaga Last Man Standing, Lesnar/Undertaker Hell in a Cell BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Explosion of media. Wrestling footage has never been more accessable. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Lack of truly viable second national company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tomelliott Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 I guess I'll give this a shot. FAVOURITE WORKERS: Undertaker, Foley/Cactus, Shawn Michaels, Kenta Kobashi, American Dragon FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWE, NOAH FAVOURITE MATCHES: Cactus/HHH Rumble match, Undertaker/Shawn, Shawn/Triple H (Summerslam '02), Ibushi/Marufuji vs. KENTA/Ishimori (NOAH '07) BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Much improved access to a wider variety of wrestling in a more timely manner. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: The disproportionate number of wrestling-related deaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DietSoda Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 FAVOURITE WORKERS: Rey Mysterio, Bryan Danielson, John Cena, CM Punk FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: ROH (03-07), WWE, NOAH (beginning of the decade). FAVOURITE MATCHES: Joe vs. Kobashi, Mysterio vs. Guerrero, Cena vs. Umaga BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: A lot of great wrestling on free tv. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Exploitation of deaths in wrestling; No rival promotions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 FAVORITE WORKERS: Edge, CM Punk, Eddie Guerrero, Bryan Danielson, Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Samoa Joe, Alex Shelley, Shuji Kondo, SUWA. FAVORITE PROMOTIONS: WWE, ROH, CHIKARA, New Japan, All Japan, NOAH FAVORITE MATCHES: KENTA vs. SUWA, AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe, Hero vs. Claudio from CHIKARA, Danielson vs. Roderick Strong, Guerrero vs. Lesnar, BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: The advent of DVDs and DVDRs making it more affordable for footage collectors to obtain footage. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: The staggering number of premature deaths in the business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Being way out of the loop as far as this decade goes, it's pretty hard for me to answer this... BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: amazing availability of wrestling footage online. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: so many premature death, WWE monopoly in the US, forearm shots exchange in every puroresu match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJH Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Better late than never... FAVOURITE WORKERS: Kobashi, KENTA, Eddy, Benoit, Austin, Jericho, Rey, Undertaker. FAVOURITE PROMOTIONS: WWF/E have had a fairly consistent product, certainly a much improved on in the ring, and a strong one at that early in the decade. NOAH, especially during Kobashi's run, had a lot of great epic main events and in KENTA/company some very spectacular junior matches which is one strength it has over the former All Japan. Toryumon/Dragon Gate, is always a fun, entertaining product short of over-saturating yourself on it. AJPW, in fairness to Mutoh, have had a much improved second half of the decade than one would've expected before. In Suwama and others (and I like Seiya Sanada from the bits and pieces I've seen in particular) they've got a nice base for the future and the Carnival final of '08 was one of the best moments of the decade; one of the strongest Korakuen Hall reactions I've recalled in recent years. FAVOURITE MATCHES: Kobashi vs. Misawa, Akiyama, Sasaki (you know which ones). KENTA/Ishimori vs. Marufuji/Ibushi, Kobashi/Go (/KENTA) vs. Sasaki/Nakajima. Austin/Rock, WM17. Rock/Jericho, No Mercy 01. Benoit/Austin, Smackdown. Eddy/Lesnar, NWO 04. Eddy/Rey, Smackdown 6/05. Toryumon 4-Way Trios, August '03. There's quite a few in fairness, more than I initially thought. BEST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Wrestling online, and the convenience and improved download speeds and such like too. Nothing like a 300MB match, great quality, good length, in a matter of 2 or 3 minutes. WORST THING ABOUT THIS DECADE: Deaths... In fairness the '90s were always going to be such a hard act to follow in the ring. But looking at the state of Joshi in particular as well as the business in Japan in general (doing OK but when 25,000 for NJ in the dome is considered a success, I mean comparatively speaking)... WWF/E has been much improved this decade (although all the "WWE Universe" and general corporisation does leave a bitter taste; overall the '90s with two major companies (TNA is fucking atrocious really, you feel sorry for anyone with genuine talent stuck there) in particular... I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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