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It's probably why they also built the blue cage. Climbing a mesh fence in wrestling boots can't be easy.
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^ Were they the first ones to invent that particular stipulation?
I don't think Trump would associate with someone who didn't make him money, or simply "broke even", let alone participate in a stupid angle showing off how rich him and Vince are.
I've seen this. Apparently the audience is quite dumbstruck by it all, or just doesn't care.
To me, it hits the nail on the head of how tragic the whole Von Erich debacle was. I have 3 siblings, and cannot imagine life without any of them. That's what Kevin has to deal with each day. And it's nothing short of miraculous that he's come out of it how he has, businessman with a family of his own now. It also gave me a good idea of how big wrestling was in Texas then. During that time in the early 80's, they were the eye of that storm of popularity in that regional area that was being duplicated by Vince & co. on a national level. Days gone by wrestling fans will never see again.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=simmons/110524 Really good article about Randy from Bill Simmons.
It's funny you say that. When news about Liz's death came out, and the speculation began to his involvement or lack thereof in it, I thought about this period of his career, and specifically things like this interview or what I read in WWF Magazine. Luger's persona at the time was meant to reflect Vince's idea of patriotism, which gave the character a more personal touch. It's clearly the antithesis (in some ways) to Hogan's downright jingoism, and meant to be more a reflection of the American everyman, which is what these segments were designed to present him as. One can say it was a fore-runner to what John Cena's character is a reflection of. Rather than being this beastly caricature of the alpha male strong-man, he dresses in street clothes and speaks his mind. And as down as I am on the product as opposed to their 80's-90's heyday, this is one area in where they've improved. I'm sure what Loss says about how WCW ruined him speaks a lot for other guys too. I always looked at it as if WWE was prohibition and WCW was the swankiest speakeasy of the south. Not just steroids, but everything else.
Considering they even did something with Bret Hart of all people, I understand Savage would want to come back too and actually do something. Now that he's gone I wonder if the reason he was basically blacklisted will finally surge. I've never seen anyone else say this, but maybe it was Randy who black-listed them. It's entirely possible (and even understandable) that being put in the broadcast booth and being inexplicably scaled down was demoralizing enough for him to resent Vince and WWE, that when the time comes after WCW is sold and they are knocking on his door to come back like they did with Hogan, Randy didn't answer. If what people say is true about his money, then he wouldn't have had any of those motives to come back like some did and still do (Flair in TNA, for instance) to recapture what magic they did have one more time.
I'd love it if someone made a tribute video, with "Guiding Light" by Muse as the soundtrack.
Gotta give big props to Bix for his wonderful articles at CagesideSeats about Randy's career.
For whatever reason, I was really hoping WWE would make him guest referee for the Cena/Rock match in Miami next year. It would take the generational element already in the feud to another level.
On top of everything else that's been said, I give him major credit for walking away from it all and not sullying his legacy by working when it was clearly past his due date. Even in WCW, when WWF was easy to label him a has-been "Nacho Man", he could still turn it up to 11 inside the ring.
I've had this debate one time before with my brother; when was he more scary, when he first started or in '98-'99 when his gimmick took a Satanic slant?
Compared to what I've seen so far (Beyond The Mat and Wrestling With Shadows), I think it is. It has some dubious qualities to it, mostly in the production of it but I thought it was quite a startling look at the sad story of the Von Erichs
Not weird to me at all, it's a trump card for the face to use, especially in this case. It's saying to the heel "put up or shut up". I really thought Del Rio was going to win, starting that feud, so Miz and Riley could start their program.
The Sting & Luger/Steiners match is quite good, but I can't get over how it was voted PWI's MOTY over Bret/Perfect from that year's SummerSlam (which is my addition to this thread, for obvious reasons). It's awfully short, and the finish was just to set up Sting/Nikita.
I like how Rock kept his patriotic spiel concise and to the point, and how the show (other than the opening and the Cena clip later on) kept it at that. Now I gotta pull one of my favorite Family Guy exchanges Meg: "Chris, change the channel. I want to watch George Lopez." Chris: "That show just furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny."
In the crowd?
Not really wrestling news but President Obama, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner last night, came out to do his bit to "Real American". Surely combined with Seth Meyers' speech, the Donald didn't have a pleasant Saturday night from the look of it.