Everything posted by Sidebottom
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WCW's Highway to Hell
Agree with Hollinger. It has its moments, but lets not get carried away...
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WWECW
Bob Holly had his best ever match with RVD in ECW. Both went into the back slice match with seemingly something to prove, and holy shit did they do it! Excellent stuff.
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Ted Dibiase runs the gauntlet
Money INC vs The Steiners in a cage a few days prior to SummerSlam 93 was an amazing match which doesn't nearly get mentioned enough.
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RVD vs. Sabu
I have a lot of time for both. From around 1998 - 2001 I thought they were the shizzle! Watching a lot of their stuff back, it's all very spotty, but great fun and fits the era well. Both could go in unfamiliar circumstances also. For instance Sabu vs Justin Credible at Anarchy Rulz 99 was one of my favourite matches of 99 and it wasn't your A typical Sabu offering. Likewise RVD vs Undertaker at Vengence 2001 wasn't your typical RVD, but it was great fun too.
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Andre the Giant
I love watching Andre for the spectacle. he was presented as larger than life when I was a child so part of that mystique has always, and will always stick with me. It doesn't change the fact I think his in ring work was the pits though, even in the 70's. Still, I have a lot of love for the man. Princess Bride was a brilliant film also...
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Red Flags in Wrestling
Oh, any announcer says something along the lines of: "That's it, it's over.... one.... two...." expect a kick out.
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Current WWE
I order my PPV's in HD, simply because I enjoy watching the events in the best possible quality. I spent a lot of money on my system, and I like to get the most out of it. That said, I only order events I know I'm going to enjoy. This year I've only ordered Rumble, Mania and Summerslam and thought they were all excellent.
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Red Flags in Wrestling
Ric Flair goes to the top rope.
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WCW's Highway to Hell
Heel Don West calling people pricks was fine with me.
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Shoots Review and Preview thread
Matt Striker shoot preview looks...... great!?
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
Published 1986... I was a bit confused before I read that bit...
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Current WWE
Haha, Twitter is seriously the best thing to happen to wrestling IMO. Ever.
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Shoots Review and Preview thread
This could be interesting. Really enjoyed Justin on Art of Wrestling, and obviously this was an interesting year. Justin has a cool YouTube account if you haven't checked it out. He talks about various aspects of wrestling. The dude has been sober for a while, comes across as a nice bloke, so good for him. 2000 was certainly a great year for Justin, and an interesting year (perhaps for the wrong reasons) for ECW. Should be a good watch.
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Dave Meltzer stuff
Was he talking in terms of a box office draw or atmosphere though? I'd certainly say I've looked forward o Angle / Michaels matches far more than Cena's - and those two more regularly delivered the goods in the ring as well.
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Pro Wrestling Ring Gear!
I just can't take my eyes off Shawn's lifts, baby! Futuristic height gaining advantage!
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WWE acquires the Watts video library
Always found something very fake about it. I used to hate Joey Styles pretend awe on certain ECW VHS releases back in the day, considering its obvious he knows what is going on. If you listen to a lot of the Bobby Heenan and JR calling (post dub) 1992 WWF footage, they often piss about too long knowing what they are doing isn't strictly relevant also. But the World Class commentary I'm sure will be great. JR probably has something to prove and went all out, and likely when he was calling matches - he has long forgot who won etc, so it's probably organic.
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Current WWE
Dusty, Dustin and Cody vs Shield would be a riot...
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WCW's Highway to Hell
See I remember the Nash Thunder "shoot" but I don't recall Goldberg ever doing one? I'll have to dig it out. And for the record, 2001 WCW was excellent, I was excited o see where it was going until, well you know.
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Is it Fine for Someone to Develop an Opinion by Just Reading Results?
To the original point:anybody can have an opinion. It's how much that opinion is worth that counts. The person giving it may think their opinion is very important, somebody else may think it is baseless, worthless and irrelevant.
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Edge: King of the ****+ main event??
Captain Charisma of 2004/2005 was superb. One of the only legit WWE exits that has ever shocked me. Considering the Smackdown roster was pretty thin in late 2006, he probably would have faired well sticking around for a bit, but it all worked out well.
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Is TNA the worst wrestling promotion in history?
Anybody seen the new Sky / Sabin bit? It's cringe worthy bad. Sky is such a useless drip, and I don't think its ever been highlighted quite as badly as this. It's really, really bad. Sabin isn't exactly shining himself, actually far from it. Coupled with the disaster "shoot" AJ did, when are TNA going to stop booking talent outside of their comfort zones?
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What are you watching?
USWA had some pretty mental stuff going on at times. Check out Lawler vs Leatherface. They actually run clips from the film to get the message across that this guy actually wants to kill Jerry. Proper mental stuff. Not sure what year is from though.
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Current WWE
Very kind of you mate, but I imagine its a case of the work computer having disabled something, I imagine it will be good when I'm on my home PC. Thanks all the same though!!!!
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Current WWE
HHH video wont load for me, I get the first frame and a message saying "Video unavailable" which is a shame as it seems to be good lunch length fodder :-(
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Comments that don't warrant a thread - Part 3
It would be a massive mood killer to a guilty pleasure thread.