The Old School questions thread

[Lil' Bitch 0]

What was the name and artist of the song used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre intro? Its sounds like a 1950s song.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

What was the name and artist of the song used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre intro? Its sounds like a 1950s song.

I think it was the Betty Boop theme song.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Attention WCW marks: Scott Hall won the US title from Piper in Feb of 99, then I believe he got his foot run over after the show which put him out of action....

 

Anyways I'd just like to know the status of the US belt, as No one held it until Jarrett recieved it one way or another in Jan of 00 (According to the PWI almanac) Did Hall really hold it all year? (I seem to recall him having the US and TV belts at Mayhem 99)

[Lil' Bitch 0]

^ Hope this helps

 

US Title:

 

Scott Hall

February 21st, 1999

Won the title at SuperBrawl 1999 in Oakland, California. He held the title for about a month before being stripped of the title.

 

 

---vacant---

March, 1999

WCW president Ric Flair stripped Hall of the title due to the fact that Hall was unable to compete due to personal problems.

 

 

Scott Steiner

April 11th, 1999

Won the title at the 1999 Spring Stampede in Tacoma, Washingston over Booker T in a tournament final. Scott was stripped of the title due to ingury two and a half months later.

 

 

David Flair

July 5th, 1999

Was awarded Big Poppa Pump's title by the WCW president and his father Ric Flair. He held the title for just over a month.

 

 

Chris Benoit

August 9th, 1999

Won the title on Nitro in Nampa, Idaho and held it for a month and a few days.

 

 

Sid Vicious

September 12th, 1999

Won the title at Fall Brawl 1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and held the title for just under a month and a half.

 

 

Bill Goldberg (2)

October 24th, 1999

Won the title at Halloween Havoc 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada due to the match being stopped. He lost the title the following night.

 

 

Bret Hart (4)

October 25th, 1999

Won the title on Nitro in Phoniex, Arizona but quickly relinquished the title due to the fact that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall had interfered in his match.

 

 

---vacant---

October 28th, 1999

Bret Hart, Sid Vicious, Bill Goldberg and Scott Hall all had laid claim to being the champion. So after Hart gave up the title, a four way ladder match was set up for Thunder.

 

 

Scott Hall (2)

November 8th, 1999

Won the vacant title in a four way ladder match in Indianappolis, Indiana. He would be stripped of the title due to his knee ingury and inability to compete just under a month and a half later.

 

 

Chris Benoit (2)

December 19th, 1999

Was awarded the title at Starcade 1999 in Washington, D.C. and beat Jeff Jarrett in a ladder match to vindicate the award. He lost the title the following night.

 

TV title:

 

Scott Hall

November 20th, 1999

Was a awarded the title when Rick Steiner was unable to defend his title against him in their scheduled Mayhem 1999 match. He relinquished the title just over a week later on Thunder dumping it in a garbage can in an effort to retire the title.

 

---Title Abandoned---

November 29th, 1999

Scott Hall and Kevin Nash dumped the World Television Title in a grabage can on Thunder in Denver, Colorado. In doing so he vacated and seemingly retired the title.

[Nighthawk 0]

What was the name and artist of the song used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre intro?  Its sounds like a 1950s song.

I think it was the Betty Boop theme song.

It used the "boop boop be doo" thing, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't. I think it was an original style parody. The lyrics seemed a bit too contrived for it to be anything else.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

^ Hope this helps

 

US Title:

 

Scott Hall

February 21st, 1999

Won the title at SuperBrawl 1999 in Oakland, California. He held the title for about a month before being stripped of the title.

 

 

---vacant---

March, 1999

WCW president Ric Flair stripped Hall of the title due to the fact that Hall was unable to compete due to personal problems.

 

 

Scott Steiner

April 11th, 1999

Won the title at the 1999 Spring Stampede in Tacoma, Washingston over Booker T in a tournament final. Scott was stripped of the title due to ingury two and a half months later.

 

 

David Flair

July 5th, 1999

Was awarded Big Poppa Pump's title by the WCW president and his father Ric Flair. He held the title for just over a month.

 

 

Chris Benoit

August 9th, 1999

Won the title on Nitro in Nampa, Idaho and held it for a month and a few days.

 

 

Sid Vicious

September 12th, 1999

Won the title at Fall Brawl 1999 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and held the title for just under a month and a half.

 

 

Bill Goldberg (2)

October 24th, 1999

Won the title at Halloween Havoc 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada due to the match being stopped. He lost the title the following night.

 

 

Bret Hart (4)

October 25th, 1999

Won the title on Nitro in Phoniex, Arizona but quickly relinquished the title due to the fact that Kevin Nash and Scott Hall had interfered in his match.

 

 

---vacant---

October 28th, 1999

Bret Hart, Sid Vicious, Bill Goldberg and Scott Hall all had laid claim to being the champion. So after Hart gave up the title, a four way ladder match was set up for Thunder.

 

 

Scott Hall (2)

November 8th, 1999

Won the vacant title in a four way ladder match in Indianappolis, Indiana. He would be stripped of the title due to his knee ingury and inability to compete just under a month and a half later.

 

 

Chris Benoit (2)

December 19th, 1999

Was awarded the title at Starcade 1999 in Washington, D.C. and beat Jeff Jarrett in a ladder match to vindicate the award. He lost the title the following night.

 

TV title:

 

Scott Hall

November 20th, 1999

Was a awarded the title when Rick Steiner was unable to defend his title against him in their scheduled Mayhem 1999 match. He relinquished the title just over a week later on Thunder dumping it in a garbage can in an effort to retire the title.

 

---Title Abandoned---

November 29th, 1999

Scott Hall and Kevin Nash dumped the World Television Title in a grabage can on Thunder in Denver, Colorado. In doing so he vacated and seemingly retired the title.

Damn WCW was fucked up!!! I wonder why PWI Almanac choose to ignore all the changes listed here....???????????????

[Guest Flang]

There's a lot of errors in the almanac, mostly in the results section. For the US title history, it most be a computer error, since so many title changes are missing.

[Lil' Bitch 0]

What was the reason for Bearer turning on Taker for Mankind at SS 96?

[JoeDirt 0]

After the MSG incident in 96, why do you think the WWF picked Austin to win the KOTR instead of Vader, who was set for a big push and to face HBK at Summerslam?

[JoeDirt 0]

Also, did the WWF only bring Sid back in 1996 because of the Warrior situation, or were they probably going to bring him back anyways?

[The Decemberists 0]

After the MSG incident in 96, why do you think the WWF picked Austin to win the KOTR instead of Vader, who was set for a big push and to face HBK at Summerslam?

 

Shawn said he wouldn't job to belt to Vader, only to his friend Sid.

[JoeDirt 0]

After the MSG incident in 96, why do you think the WWF picked Austin to win the KOTR instead of Vader, who was set for a big push and to face HBK at Summerslam?

 

Shawn said he wouldn't job to belt to Vader, only to his friend Sid.

That still doesn't explain why Vader wasn't picked to win KOTR, since he was set to be the next big heel. Not complaining, of course, since the Austin decision was gold. Just curious.

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Maybe it was to show HHH that another mid carder could replace him with no problem, and that Trips wasn't nearly as important as he might've thought.

[deancoles 0]

Also, did the WWF only bring Sid back in 1996 because of the Warrior situation, or were they probably going to bring him back anyways?

They brought Sid in because apart from Undertaker(in a feud) and bret Hart(taking time off) there was no credible face they could use.I would have kept Warrior in the match and jobbed him to Vader and release the bitch.

[The Decemberists 0]

That still doesn't explain why Vader wasn't picked to win KOTR, since he was set to be the next big heel. Not complaining, of course, since the Austin decision was gold. Just curious.

 

Him winning King Of The Ring was just so he could be a more credable contender to HBK's title and then a more credable champion.

 

Remember, as far as Vince is concerned the WWF fans had never even seen Vader before Rumble 96 and didn't know he was a former WCW Champion etc.

 

So when Shawn said he wouldn't job the belt to Vader there was no point in having him win King Of The Ring to get himself over a a credable title guy.

[Guest Astro]

What happened to Randy Savage in 99 after he came back from his arm injury and main evented for 4 months he fell off the face of the earth again?

 

 

 

2> Did he and Beniot ever wrestle on a Nitro in 96/7 when it had **** posibilities?

[JHawk 0]

2> Did he and Beniot ever wrestle on a Nitro in 96/7 when it had **** posibilities?

February 5, 1996 (with a "rematch" on the 2/10 WCW Saturday Night that had been taped a few weeks prior).

 

Good matches but nothing spectacular, IIRC

[cawthon777 0]

2> Did he and Beniot ever wrestle on a Nitro in 96/7 when it had **** posibilities?

February 5, 1996 (with a "rematch" on the 2/10 WCW Saturday Night that had been taped a few weeks prior).

Was that when Woman, who started appearing with Savage beginning with January's Clash of the Champions, joined Flair / Anderson / Benoit? I remember it being a few weeks before SuperBrawl.

 

If the date of that match is correct, it would have been a world title defense for Savage.

[Guest MikeSC]

2> Did he and Beniot ever wrestle on a Nitro in 96/7 when it had **** posibilities?

February 5, 1996 (with a "rematch" on the 2/10 WCW Saturday Night that had been taped a few weeks prior).

Was that when Woman, who started appearing with Savage beginning with January's Clash of the Champions, joined Flair / Anderson / Benoit? I remember it being a few weeks before SuperBrawl.

 

If the date of that match is correct, it would have been a world title defense for Savage.

It was a title defense, if memory serves. I'm liquidating my tape collection and I'll be eventually seeing the match again, but I'm almost positive it is a World Title defense.

-=Mike

[JHawk 0]

2> Did he and Beniot ever wrestle on a Nitro in 96/7 when it had **** posibilities?

February 5, 1996 (with a "rematch" on the 2/10 WCW Saturday Night that had been taped a few weeks prior).

Was that when Woman, who started appearing with Savage beginning with January's Clash of the Champions, joined Flair / Anderson / Benoit? I remember it being a few weeks before SuperBrawl.

 

If the date of that match is correct, it would have been a world title defense for Savage.

The Nitro match was a defense for Savage, and that was the day Woman joined Flair and company.

 

The Saturday Night match was billed as title defense for Savage on TV but had actually been taped before Savage won the title (I want to say 1/17 but I'm not totally positive about it).

[JoeDirt 0]

This has probably been answered a million times before, but why/when did Mr. Perfect leave the WWF in 1993 after Summerslam? And why did he come back to screw over Luger at WM10 and then disappear again after that? And why did he return again in 95/96?

[deancoles 0]

Did WCW ever show footage of Steven Regal winning the Television Title from Lex Luger in 96?

[Guest Frank_Nabbit]

Did WCW ever show footage of Steven Regal winning the Television Title from Lex Luger in 96?

Yes indeed , I watched that episode myself (One of only like 12 WCW SN's I ever got to watch, due to having no cable)

 

Hall/Nash did a run in and posted Luger, then Regal finished him off. I remember being shocked that that had a title switch on the "B" Show.

[JoeDirt 0]

Why did Bossman beat Nailz at Survivor Series 92 when Bossman was leaving the WWF a few months later and Nailz was about to be put into a big feud with Undertaker?

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Did WCW ever show footage of Steven Regal winning the Television Title from Lex Luger in 96?

Yes indeed , I watched that episode myself (One of only like 12 WCW SN's I ever got to watch, due to having no cable)

 

Hall/Nash did a run in and posted Luger, then Regal finished him off. I remember being shocked that that had a title switch on the "B" Show.

I remember it airing on my birthday 8/31/96. Yippie a TV Title change on my birthday! Weeeeeee!!!!!!!!

[cawthon777 0]

Why did Bossman beat Nailz at Survivor Series 92 when Bossman was leaving the WWF a few months later and Nailz was about to be put into a big feud with Undertaker?

Bossman didn't actually leave the WWF until late 93, right before he showed up in WCW and pinned Rude in a non-title match on Saturday Night. I'm not sure what his situation was with being off TV during that time but he was used as a guest referee in a series of Bret vs. Jarrett matches in November 93.

 

Nailz still had his monster heel image going for him, despite the loss to Bossman. If you watch the match, he totally no sells the sidewalk slam and is up almost immediately after. I'm thinking that was to keep some heat on him and portray the win as a fluke.

[JoeDirt 0]

What was the deal with the Savage/Elizabeth thing after the Savage/Warrior retirement match at WM7? Was it just something to send Savage out a good guy, or did he just want to take some time off and they already were planting the seeds to the Jake the Snake feud that would come later? Or did he decide later that he wanted to wrestle again?

[cawthon777 0]

Was it just something to send Savage out a good guy, or did he just want to take some time off

Basically. Savage became somewhat of a tweener (leaning towards face) color guy beginning shortly after the PPV.

 

Jake had nothing to do with anything at that point.

[JoeDirt 0]

Was it just something to send Savage out a good guy, or did he just want to take some time off

Basically. Savage became somewhat of a tweener (leaning towards face) color guy beginning shortly after the PPV.

 

Jake had nothing to do with anything at that point.

So did he want to take time off, or was it Vince's idea to make him an announcer? I assume he then decided he wanted to come back, so they came up with the wedding and the Jake heel turn.

[Tony149 0]

Was it just something to send Savage out a good guy, or did he just want to take some time off

Basically. Savage became somewhat of a tweener (leaning towards face) color guy beginning shortly after the PPV.

 

Jake had nothing to do with anything at that point.

So did he want to take time off, or was it Vince's idea to make him an announcer? I assume he then decided he wanted to come back, so they came up with the wedding and the Jake heel turn.

IIRC, Savage wanted time off because him & Liz planned on starting a family. Obviously that didn't happen and he was back in storylines by the end of the year.