December 18, 201014 yr Author comment_5460547 Let's show three variations of a powerbomb while making fun of WCW wrestlers for not being able to do any moves!
January 13, 201114 yr comment_5461951 Was this Russo's first on screen camera debut? And who played Billionaire Ted? He looks familiar.
January 14, 201114 yr comment_5461971 One character was Russo ? Amazing, I never knew. Which one was he ?
January 14, 201114 yr Author comment_5461974 One character was Russo ? Amazing, I never knew. Which one was he ? Nameless suit. I always felt like it was a missed opportunity and lack of attention to detail to use actors with such New Yawk voices, when that wasn't the culture in WCW at all. Part of the purpose of these skits was supposed to be to make fun of WCW's Southern leanings. There's probably an interesting discussion to be had about the WWF hate of the South, considering that both Vince and his wife are from North Carolina.
January 14, 201114 yr comment_5461983 Self hatred. That's also why he hates wrestling as a whole I guess, because when you think of it, the best US wrestling comes from the South (Mid-South, Memphis, Crockett). No ?
January 14, 201114 yr comment_5461989 I always saw it as Vince trying to distance himself from his past. Funny thing is that despite that, he seems to have a fondness for Southern-based gimmicks. When he was an announcer, he always seemed way more excited to see Hillbillies and rednecks more than anyone else. Who else would have come up with a gimmick like Jimmy Wang Yang and kept it around as long as they did?
January 17, 201114 yr comment_5462163 Not very funny, though I did like Huckster's "At my age these feet don't leave the ground." True true.
January 29, 201114 yr comment_5463490 Agreed that it isn't funny, but this first skit doesn't appear to be as mean spirited as some have expressed looking back. I was 12 or so when these first came out so though I remember them I did not take the time to analyze them. Truth be told I always found them boring and worthless. This simply goes about explaining the differences between the WWF and WCW. Although the New Generation had been fueled by Diesel power for awhile, I see this as a big step in turning towards a new generation of fan. The WWF had a long way to go to get where that New Generation of fan was at, which they reached in the Attitude Era. I am curious to see if these skits turn real nasty as time goes by.
January 29, 201114 yr comment_5463491 The one where Nacho Mans training consisted of covering his bald spot was funny. One character was Russo ? Amazing, I never knew. Which one was he ? The douche bag.
February 6, 201114 yr comment_5464000 It's funny how two of the guys they were pushing ended up working for WCW in less than six months.
January 3, 201312 yr comment_5525815 Yeah by the time they did the "big" end to these skits at Wrestlemania it was already known that 2 of the guys they were most proud of were gonna be leaving. People give Bischoff a lot of (deserved) criticism for his petty swiping at the WWF but they did a lot of the same shit even years later, when they had all but won, with the DX invasions and stuff.
May 27, 201312 yr comment_5545578 Russo as Turner middle management is pretty funny if only because his New York accent is so apparent. I didn't watch wrestling for a few years up through mid-96, so this is my first time seeing these skits. This first one is more silly than mean, which I had read they were.
June 29, 201312 yr comment_5549276 As a WWF guy back in the day I thought this initial segment was fun. Taking shots at both Hogan and Savage. Nothing too sinister at this point.
May 24, 201411 yr comment_5604502 If Bischoff is going to take pot shots every week, why not fire back? Otherwise your just the nerd being bullied forever.
May 25, 201411 yr comment_5604567 The better option would have been to have Lawler do pot shots back instead of making a big production out of it.
December 2, 201410 yr comment_5643169 This wasn't offensive but not needed either. A couple of funny spoofs but this went on for way too long and lost its appeal very quickly.
December 18, 201410 yr comment_5645889 At the time, I thought it was overdue for the WWF to try to respond in some fashion. It was almost too insulting to keep pretending that WCW wasn't competition. This is actually a pretty effective, to-the-point first step. Of course it would go on too long and two of the WWF guys shown in the clips would be doing those fancy maneuvers in WCW in a matter of months.
March 16, 20223 yr comment_5977469 What struck me most about this was actually in the previous segment where Vince rattles off “Nacho Man” and “Huckster” which such pride in his voice. This was nothing, really but with Vince so invested, it was always going to turn sour
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