King Kamala

I went to a WCW Saturday Night taping two days after Slamboree '98 and the nWo Vs nWo Wolfpac feud was super super over with the crowd. Even after a three and a half hour taping, the crowd was really hot for the advertised Wolfpac Vs Black and White member main event (Which ended up being Konnan Vs The Giant). Contrary to popular belief, the nWo angle was still over in '98 with most of the wrestling audience just not with the IWC (and rightfully so). I just think think WCW dragged it out way too long without having a real ending in mind.

Arby's is O.K. I like the chicken tenders, curly fries and Jamocha Shakes (or whatever the hell they're called) but the roast beef sandwiches are shit. Which is kind of odd since that's Arby's bread and butter.

There's a new French Canadian barbecue restaurant (Yeah bit of an odd combination) that opened up around here and apparently they serve poutine with pulled pork on top. I've been meaning to go there for a while, I got to get me some of that.

We all know that Ric Flair was close to leaving WCW in '98 but I found out a couple days ago (don't know how true this is) that allegedly Flair sent out feelers to ECW about possibly coming in in case he left WCW. Let's say hypothetically this did happen and let's say Flair leaves WCW and joins ECW? What happens? Does Flair fit in ECW? What happens to WCW?

Jimmy Hart was a member of 60s one hit wonder, The Gentrys. So it's no real surprise that he can sing Hey----wait--- is that Barry Horowitz in there in the big group shot of all the heels singing? That's frigging awesome if it is.

I'm pretty sure Kronus had substance problems though I'm not positive. May have been the reason he didn't join Saturn in WCW. I don't think Mero ever wrestled Kronus unless it was in the indies or Mero had a brief ECW stint that I'm completely forgetting about. RIP Kronus

Yeah, I think it still would have been successful without Hogan but it wouldn't have been the huge mega successful angle it was. I think WCW was on its way to #1 regardless in the summer of '96 but I don't think it would have been as dominant and #1 for the length of time it was if Hogan didn't join the nWo. Hogan's career needed that as well. His career was on life support in early '96. There was really nothing more they could have done with him as face except maybe turn Sting or Savage heel but even then the fans seemed sick and tired of Hogan's babyface act.

Here's a good one; What if someone other than Hulk Hogan (let's say Sid) was the third member of the nWo? Does the angle become successful?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WXTI20W-ms Kane imitates The Rock and Hollywood Hogan on RAW circa April '02. See the term "Kaneinites" coined! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_Q4z37B6s...ted&search= I don't know if this has been posted but this is worth posting a 1000x. Hulk Hogan in a Japanese commercial circa '92.

Sort of skipped breakfast today due to waking up at 11 Late morning snack: Utz Baked BBQ chips and water. Lunch: Ham and swiss sandwich on oat nut bread with a glass of Ice Tea Dinner: Two beef hot dogs on wheat bread (out of buns! I hate when that happens), white macaroni and cheese, glass of ice tea Evening Snack: Two Garlic Breadsticks and water.

Knowing that, his boy Jeff probably would have main evented WrestleMania X. Here's a good question; what if WCW didn't bring in Russo in October of '99 and actually listened to the results of that fan survey they did around the time (more in ring action, less backstage skit)? WCW was pretty far behind by then but IMO, it wasn't so inconceivable that they could at least compete with the WWF with the right direction

Wasn't it to show that he didn't really care about his health or something stupid like that? And that'd somehow get him over as a heel. Amusingly enough, he was teamed up with alcoholic Scott Hall at the time. I think they should have signed Yokozuna and made them a trio. An alcoholic, a chain smoker and a morbidly obese guy on the same team. That's money!

WWF would have probably limped along for a couple of years (tops) and then collapsed. That leaves WCW as #1....I don't know maybe something similar to the territory system. I just don't see the WCW of the early 90s being a #1 company.

Yeah, as both a heel or a face, DBS seemed like a solid #2 or #3 guy but not a long term #1 guy

I'm sure he'll be fighting for the TNA World title before too long if he keeps this up.

He certainly would have had a lengthier IC title reign, that's for sure. He probably would have held it for a good 5-6 months and then dropped it to HBK. I know a lot might not disagree with me, but I don't think he would have been a long term main event guy had he not left. He might have gotten a short run as a main event heel against Bret Hart playing up the whole "I've beaten you before now I want your world title" storyline (Like what actually happened in late '95).

I don't know...didn't the WWF have a hand in producing the first couple Hogan movies (No Holds Barred and Suburban Commando IIRC)? And I doubt the studio would charge them that much to show them.

And it's not like Popeye was a huge hit when it came out. Speaking of Suburban Commando, an acquaintence of mine recently met Hulk Hogan at a TGI Fridays in St. Louis and asked him about the movie and Hogan told him that Christopher Lloyd used to smoke a lot of pot before every scene. I guess he either needed it to get through that crappy movie (understandable) or was more like his character on Taxi than I previously thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ZSspoyQw4 El Gigante challenges Ric Flair. Fun to see El Gigante speak English.

Yesterday I had... Breakfast: Apple Turnover with a bottle of water Lunch: Two turkey hot dogs with mustard and sauerkraut and some Sunkist Orange Soda. Dinner: Chicken Pot Pie with oven fries. Snack: Nachos with some water.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the triple threat match between Nash, Goldberg and Scott Steiner at New Blood Rising when talking about crappy Russo booking. Let's get back to the topic at hand; Speaking of crappy later WCW, here's Jeff Jarrett Vs Sting from Halloween Havoc 2000. With the immortal team of Tony Schiavone, Mark Madden and Stevie Ray on commentary.

I think that's the video where Dave Mustaine showed up to the shoot really strung out on heroin. The director talked about it on Megadeth's Behind The Music.

Great moment, sure. There are dozens of moments in there though that were completely unmemorable because they were hotshot gimmicks designed to fool and shock the audience rather than make any sense. I've gone on record saying Wrestlemania XV was the worst of the bunch. The '99 Royal Rumble was the worst rumble match in company history. At some point he went to WCW and booked Mayhem, featuring the worst good match I have ever seen between Chris Benoit and Bret Hart. And that was the highlight. Don't forget Starrcade in 1999, with a slew of screwjob finishes such as a color commentator getting the winning pinfall, Kevin Nash winning the Powerbomb match against Sid by telling the referee he'd hit the powerbomb while the referee had been knocked out, and the perennial favorite, a rehash of Montreal. Or winning the WCW World Heavyweight title in a cage match against Booker T after IIRC, Booker T threw him through the cage thus making Russo the victor via escape

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OkU3_W_DE...029&index=1 A clash of the titans! Booger-Kamala! The commentary by J.R. and Gorilla Monsoon is pretty hillarious

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