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Royal Rumble 1990. i really love the Garvin/Valentine submission match (okay they go for pinfalls a LOT, but look past that and there's some cool shit in there). and the actual Rumble match is brilliant, one of the best ever. nearly 15 years later and i was still marking for the Hogan/Warrior confrontation.
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Smack 'Em Whack 'Em, since it had a Shawn/Bret ladder match, as well as Bret winning his first WWF Title from Flair
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What percentage of the WWE roster do you enjoy..
brighty replied to The Mandarin's topic in General Wrestling
RAW: Batista, Benoit, Jericho, Christian, Edge, Bischoff, Eugene, JR, Kane, Hardy, Foley, Orton, Flair, Michaels, Benjamin, Tajiri, Rock, HHH, Trish, Regal SD: Big Show, Carlito, Haas, Chavo, Eddie, JBL, Angle, Heyman, London, Mysterio, Tazz, Long 32/89 which is just shy of 36% -
its so wierd to see Internet stuff from my mark days, this is great.
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No Mercy main event ended with Rock hitting Austin with a sledgehammer to cost him the match against HHH. what were the long term plans for the top storyline before Austin got injured? would Rock turn fully heel, or would Austin snap and turn heel on him? or was it just that Austin wouldn't job clean to Hunter (a la SummerSlam from the same year) so they did a screwy finish?
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i will DEFINITELY buy the Flair shirt.
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Hall Of Fame parade took up 10 minutes (but theres a case for that being a key part of the show), as did Jesse Ventura interviewing some bloke sat ringside (but there isnt for this).
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that's the match where HBK busts open UT with 2 chairshots at the end, right?
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it's got the HBK/Austin v. Owen/Bulldog tag title switch. that alone makes it worth buying.
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thats one thing i never understood. why not just have Bret lose the belt to Diesel at Survivor Series instead of doing the one week Backlund reign. they were really intent on pushing Diesel, and surely it would be a bigger deal if he beat the guy that had pretty much dominated the company for the previous 2 years rather than someone who was a major player 12 years ago.
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in between losing the World Title to Flair at Starrcade 83, and debuting with the WWF - what was Harley Race doing?
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this has been a TV show over the last 2 days in the UK, showing the Top 100 UK films of all time, judged by number of box office admissions (rather than money drawn, which is why it isn't totally skewed to modern films like most lists are). release dates are UK. http://www.channel4.com/film/newsfeatures/...film/index.html 1. Gone With The Wind (1940) 2. The Sound Of Music (1965) 3. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1938) 4. Star Wars - A New Hope (1978) 5. Spring In Park Lane (1948) 6. The Best Years Of Our Lives (1947) 7. The Jungle Book (1968) 8. Titanic (1998) - okay, shame on my country for this one. 9. The Wicked Lady (1946) 10. The Seventh Veil (1945) 11. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (2001) 12. Grease (1978) 13. South Pacific (1858) 14. Jaws (1976) 15. Jurassic Park (1993) 16. Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001) 17. The Courtney's Of Curzon Street (1947) 18. Thunderball (1966) 19. Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003) 20. The Bell's Of St. Marys (1946) 21. The Ten Commandments (1957) 22. Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 23. The Full Monty (1997) 24. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (2002) 25. Mary Poppins (1964) 26. The Third Man (1949) 27. Goldfinger (1964) 28. Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (1999) 29. The Blue Lamp (1950) 30. Ben Hur (1959) 31. E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial (1983) 32. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) 33. The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) 34. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) 35. The Great Caruso (1951) 36. Doctor In The House (1954) 37. Toy Story 2 (2000) 38. Random Harvest (1943) 39. The Towering Inferno (1975) 40. Fanny By Gaslight (1944) 41. The Jolson Story (1947) 42. Picadilly Incident (1946) 43. The Guns Of Navarrone (1951) 44. Doctor Zhivago (1967) 45. The Sting (1974) 46. The Godfather (1972) 47. Independance Day (1996) 48. Carry On Nurse (1959) 49. I Live In Grosvenor Square (1945) 50. Mrs. Miniver (1942) 51. Superman - The Movie (1979) 52. Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) 53. Monsters Inc. (2002) 54. A Clockwork Orange (1972) 55. Crocodile Dundee (1987) 56. Finding Nemo (2003) 57. Men In Black (1997) 58. For Whom The Bell Tolls (1944) 59. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1976) 60. High Society (1956) 61. Moonraker (1979) 62. I'm Alright, Jack (1959) 63. 49th Parallell (1941) 64. Lost Horizon (1937) 65. Star Wars - Attack Of The Clones (2002) 66. 101 Dalmations (1961) 67. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 68. Saturday Night Fever (1978) 69. Live And Let Die (1973) 70. The Great Dictator (1941) 71. The Big Country (1958) 72. Bambi (1942) 73. Rebecca (1940) 74. Oliver (1968) 75. Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994) 76. Ghost (1990) 77. Love Actually (2003) 78. Reach For The Sky (1956) 79. My Fair Lady (1965) 80. Die Another Day (2002) 81. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1978) 82. The Citadel (1939) 83. Pinnochio (1940) 84. A Bug's Life (1999) 85. Lawrence Of Arabia (1962) 86. The Dambusters (1955) 87. Star Wars - The Return Of The Jedi (1983) 88. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) 89. The Swiss Family Robinson (1960) 90. You Only Live Twice (1967) 91. The Excorcist (1974) 92. The King And I (1956) 93. Chicken Run (2000) 94. The Lion King (1994) 95. Notting Hill (1999) 96. The Matrix: Reloaded (2003) 97. The Private Life Of Henry VIII (1934) 98. Cindarella (1951) 99. Gladiator (2000) 100. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
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all information from silvervision.co.uk Andre DVD is available late Febuary in the UK, so probably mid-January in the states: Andre the Giant was a man larger than life, so large his nickname was “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Lord Alfred Hayes hosts the matches that built the legend of this Hall of Famer. Matches Include: vs. Moondog Rex 8.1.1981 18-Man Battle Royal with Sgt. Slaughter, Big John Studd, Jimmy Snuka, Pat Patterson, “Hollywood” Hogan, Paul Orndorff, The Iron Sheik & Tito Santana. vs. Black Gordman & Great Goliath 1.12.1976 vs. Jack Evans, Johnny Rodz, & Joe Butcher Nova vs. Gorilla Monsoon with the Grand Wizard Andre the Giant & Jimmy Snuka vs. the Wild Samoans 2.18.1983 vs. the Masked Superstar 2.20.1984 Andre the Giant & S.D. Jones vs. Big John Studd & Ken Patera with Bobby Heenan 12.15.1984 This is the legendary haircut match. vs. Ken Patera 1.21.1985 Revenge of the Giant. vs. Big John Studd 3.31.1985 WrestleMania® commentary by Michael Cole & Tazz. (This title was previously released on VHS) and WrestleMania 5/6 Tagged Classic: Wrestlemania 5 Hercules vs. Haku Akeem & Big Bossman vs. The Rockers Brutus Beefcake vs. Ted DiBiase Bushwhackers vs. Jacques & Raymond Rougeau Mr. Perfect vs. The Blue Blazer Demolition Axe & Smash vs. The Powers of Pain & Mr. Fuji Dino Bravo vs. Ronnie Garvin Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Tito Santana & Rick Martel "Piper's Pit" with Morton Downey, Jr. and Brother Love Jake Roberts vs. Andre the Giant (special referee John Studd) The Hart Foundation vs. Honkytonk Man & Greg Valentine Intercontinental Title Match Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior Jim Duggan vs. Bad News Brown Red Rooster vs. Bobby Heenan World Title Match Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage Wrestlemania 6 Rick Martel vs. Koko B. Ware World Tag Titles Match Demolition vs. Andre the Giant & Haku Earthquake vs. Hercules Brutus Beefcake vs. Mr. Perfect Bad News Brown vs. Roddy Piper The Hart Foundation vs. Nikolia Volkoff & Boris Zuhkov The Barbarian vs. Tito Santana Dusty Rhodes & Sapphire vs. Randy Savage & Sherri Martel The Orient Express vs. The Rockers Jim Duggan vs. Dino Bravo Ted DiBiase vs. Jake Roberts Big Bossman vs. Akeem Rick Rude vs. Jimmy Snuka World Title Match Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan
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i like the Eddie "Scarface" shirt.
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here's what's on the RVD DVD, from silvervision.co.uk; There's nobody in sports entertainment like Rob Van Dam. Period. Opponents and fans alike expect the unexpected when the self-proclaimed "Whole F'n Show" strikes with his high-flying, martial arts-based style. Follow his amazing career on this 2-disc, 6-hour journey from WCW, to ECW, and finally, WWE, with 16 complete matches, hosted and introduced by RVD himself. Plus...over an hour of bonus features, interviews, promos and more. RVD truly is ONE OF A KIND. Match Listing: vs. Pat Rose (WCW Saturady Night 23/01/93) vs. Scotty Flamingo (WCW Worldwide 08/02/93) vs. Axl Rotten (ECW Hardcore TV 05/01/96) vs. Sabu (ECW Hostile City Showdown 20/04/96) vs. Sabu (ECW Hardcore Heaven 22/06/96) Sabu & RVD vs. The Eliminators (ECW Crossing The Line 01/02/97) vs. Lance Storm (ECW Barely Legal 13/04/97) vs. Jeff Hardy (Raw 12/05/97) vs. Tommy Dreamer (ECW November 2 Remember 30/11/97) vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (ECW Hardcore TV 04/04/98) vs. Jerry Lynn (ECW Living Dangerously 21/03/99) vs. Balls Mahoney (ECW Anarchy Rulz 16/09/99) vs. Jerry Lynn (ECW Guilty as Charged 07/01/01) vs. Jeff Hardy (WWE Invasion 22/07/01) vs. Chris Jericho (WWE King of the Ring 23/06/02) vs. Christian (Raw 29/09/03)
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Wrestler - Chris Benoit Tag Team - Other: William Regal and Eugene Newcomer - Gene Snitsky Most Improved Wrestler - Triple H (compare him in 02 and 03 to this year and the improvement is extremely noticeable). Finisher - Other: Benoit's crippler crossface Angle - Other: wedding from hell Feud - Other: Eddie Guerrero v. Kurt Angle Match - HHH v. HBK v. Benoit (WrestleMania XX) TV Match - Other: Evolution v. Benoit, HBK, Foley, Benjamin (RAW, week before Backlash) PPV - WrestleMania XX
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yesterday i watched Flair/Luger from Starrcade 88. Flair makes Luger look like gold. and in times where nowadays matches last 5 minutes on TV its really wierd to see a match where you're 15 minutes in and have it be ALL Luger before Flair starts getting back into it. it also had the stip that Flair could lose the belt by DQ, so of course they teased that a few times, Flair throwing Luger over the top while JoJo Dillon had the ref distracted, and later on the ref got bumped and Flair whacks Luger in the knee with a chair and just beats the crap out of it. Ending is one i love, too. Luger gets the Torture Rack, but his leg gives way and he just collapses, with Flair on top of him getting the feet-on-ropes pin.
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The drizzling shits for the most part. IIRC, the UK got Worldwide or Pro on Satellite TV for a while, I think from mid-1990 to mid-1991. Then, from later in 1991, WCW Pro aired on network television on Saturday nights, but usually past Midnight, sometimes as late as 3am. Then, they got Worldwide, which aired on a Saturday afternoon timeslot. While the audience grew, obviously, the network that showed it edited it to oblivion. Anything remotely graphic was cut out, so that a 45 minute program would usually wind up lasting about 25 or 30 minutes. This continued until late 93, when the network shifted Worldwide back to a post-Midnight slot on Thursday nights. By this point, Worldwide was being taped in Disney, yet the show still got cut by around 10-15 minutes each week, despite nothing overtly violent being shown. For a while, around late 1995, Worldwide was back in the Saturday afteroon slot, and was actually pretty good, as they tended to show a UK version, and had some good matches. In April of 1996, Nitro was brought to the UK version of TNT. When Nitro went to 2 hours, though, the UK Version wound up being cut down to 1hr, so they didn't see everything, which made for some confusing storylines. Eventually, I think in early 1998, they began to show the full versions, and when Nitro went to 3hrs they showed that uncut. and when Thunder started we had Friday nights of Nitro from 8-11 and Thunder from 11-1 and repeats of WorldWide have been shown since mid 2002, basically starting from early 1990 (run up to Flair dropping the belt to Sting) and we're now at mid-late 1992 (last week Ron Simmons' world title win and Jake The Snake attacking Sting was shown). but this show is being dropped at the end of the year due to low ratings. Five also showed WCW Worldwide at 7:00pm on a Friday from July 1999 (the one with the return of Eddie Guerrero) until the end of the company in March 2001. I also think that the last one they showed was a repeat of the first one they showed. I might be wrong with that though but I knew the first show was repeated at some point. oh god yeah, with the batman graphics when there'd be chairshots and stuff - what a joke.
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The drizzling shits for the most part. IIRC, the UK got Worldwide or Pro on Satellite TV for a while, I think from mid-1990 to mid-1991. Then, from later in 1991, WCW Pro aired on network television on Saturday nights, but usually past Midnight, sometimes as late as 3am. Then, they got Worldwide, which aired on a Saturday afternoon timeslot. While the audience grew, obviously, the network that showed it edited it to oblivion. Anything remotely graphic was cut out, so that a 45 minute program would usually wind up lasting about 25 or 30 minutes. This continued until late 93, when the network shifted Worldwide back to a post-Midnight slot on Thursday nights. By this point, Worldwide was being taped in Disney, yet the show still got cut by around 10-15 minutes each week, despite nothing overtly violent being shown. For a while, around late 1995, Worldwide was back in the Saturday afteroon slot, and was actually pretty good, as they tended to show a UK version, and had some good matches. In April of 1996, Nitro was brought to the UK version of TNT. When Nitro went to 2 hours, though, the UK Version wound up being cut down to 1hr, so they didn't see everything, which made for some confusing storylines. Eventually, I think in early 1998, they began to show the full versions, and when Nitro went to 3hrs they showed that uncut. and when Thunder started we had Friday nights of Nitro from 8-11 and Thunder from 11-1 and repeats of WorldWide have been shown since mid 2002, basically starting from early 1990 (run up to Flair dropping the belt to Sting) and we're now at mid-late 1992 (last week Ron Simmons' world title win and Jake The Snake attacking Sting was shown). but this show is being dropped at the end of the year due to low ratings.
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from after that match when Juvi's about to unmask: Heenan: wouldn't it be something if Okerlund was under there?
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here in the UK we get old episodes of Worldwide every week (which is ending after this year unfortunately) and that match was on a couple of months ago. i hadn't seen it since it happened, but loved it when i watched it again, brilliant stuff. the next week Austin defended the title against Brian Pillman in another excellent match, with Schiavone going nuts about Paul E. grabbing the belt and maybe using it to cheat(since Austin beat Windham with a beltshot).
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same email also talked about a 2 disc Divas DVD (God no - who's gonna buy that? who the hell even buys the one disc stuf) and WM21 being a 2-disc set - so the RVD DVD could be months away yet.
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Best and Worst Entrances and Music ever
brighty replied to hbkhhhmark4life's topic in General Wrestling
best entrance - Kane and X-Pac when they were a tag team the few occasions they came out together. in ring, the duelling pyro looked fucking cool. best entrance music - Ric Flair, Honky Tonk Man, Tazz, Diesel (guilty pleasure), Big Show. -
i believe it started off 1 on 1, then every 5 minutes (or probably 2 minutes come the late 90s editions) another person would come in - and which team got to come in first would be decided by a "coin toss" (i.e. heels would win it every year) and (this is the bit i'm not sure if i'm right or not) it could only end once all members of every team were in the ring, by pinfall or submission only.
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http://www.wwe.com/news/headlines/1282851 "The WWE released Johnny Stamboli, Rodney Mack, Jazz, Gail Kim, Chuck Palumbo and Nidia from their contracts today. We wish them the best in their future endeavors."