The Old School questions thread

[King Kamala 0]

Well to be fair Kamala and I think Doink The Clown were in the video and Mr. Perfect was certainly bigger than those two.

 

 

But basically the answer is I don't think anybody was trying to fuck over Hennig.

[Diamonddust 0]

Well to be fair Kamala and I think Doink The Clown were in the video and Mr. Perfect was certainly bigger than those two.

 

 

But basically the answer is I don't think anybody was trying to fuck over Hennig.

 

Yeah, while he might not have been on Hogan and Savage's level in terms of populartiy, Mr. Perfect was still one of their premiere talents in the early 90's and pushed as such. Hell, he was basically the top heel at one point.

[Epic Reine 0]

I would think Perfect was left out because he was still in the WWE around that time and I wouldn't think that they'd put someone who's supposed to represent the best WWE had to offer in there when he was jobbing every week like Perfect was.

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

I would think Perfect was left out because he was still in the WWE around that time and I wouldn't think that they'd put someone who's supposed to represent the best WWE had to offer in there when he was jobbing every week like Perfect was.

 

No, the "Lonely Road of Faith" video was done before the "nostalgia" brigade of 2002 (Perfect, Goldust, Val Venis, nWo) and was kind of a "Is This The WWF's Last Stand?" before Survivor Series sort of piece.

 

Also where exactly does Mr. Perfect fit? He kind of straddled both the 80s era and the early part of "The New Generation" so there wasn't really a set place to put him, and if they ran all the IC champs to that point, it would have been a longer piece.

[King Kamala 0]

I would think Perfect was left out because he was still in the WWE around that time and I wouldn't think that they'd put someone who's supposed to represent the best WWE had to offer in there when he was jobbing every week like Perfect was.

 

No, the "Lonely Road of Faith" video was done before the "nostalgia" brigade of 2002 (Perfect, Goldust, Val Venis, nWo) and was kind of a "Is This The WWF's Last Stand?" before Survivor Series sort of piece.

 

No, it was done before No Way Out '02 after Vince threatened to bring the nWo. I remember Ric Flair presented the video. So Perfect was in the company.

[Vern Gagne 0]

When was the decision made to make Jericho the first unified champion?

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

This has been on my mind for a while, but does anyone know the exact date/event that Steve Austin switched from his crappy Ringmaster dirge to the glassbreaking theme we all know and love? Thanks in advance.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

This has been on my mind for a while, but does anyone know the exact date/event that Steve Austin switched from his crappy Ringmaster dirge to the glassbreaking theme we all know and love? Thanks in advance.

 

It was at the Buried Alive PPV in October 1996.

[Epic Reine 0]

The Buried Alive PPV is where the theme debuted but it didn't have the glass breaking intro yet. I don't know when that came in initially.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

I think the glass breaking wasn't that audible due to the acoustics of the building rather than it not being there.

[tbondrage99 0]

How old was The Big Show when he won the WCW world title? I was wondering if he was younger then Orton when he won the World title a few years back.

[AntiLeaf33 0]

How old was The Big Show when he won the WCW world title? I was wondering if he was younger then Orton when he won the World title a few years back.

 

Accoring to wiki he was born in Feb of 72 and won the WCW title in Nov of 95, making him 23 years of age.

 

I think Orton was about 24 or so when he won the belt.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

I think the glass breaking wasn't that audible due to the acoustics of the building rather than it not being there.

 

Just watched the beginning of Buried Alive this morning, and you can hear the glass.

[majormayhem1 0]

Is the "Macho Man" in seclusion? Or, just enjoying retirement?

[Fartsauce 0]

Is the "Macho Man" in seclusion? Or, just enjoying retirement?

 

Probably a little bit of both. I expect them (WWE) to throw a few bucks at him for the 2008 HOF.

[Angle-plex 0]

Was there any serious discussion in WCW for Goldberg to lose a match before the match vs Nash at Starrcade? Was DDP ever seriously considered?

[bob_barron 0]

Why was Mr. Perfect omitted from the Kid Rock WWF desire video?

 

 

As far as I know, there is no reason. They probably just couldn't fit him in.

 

Mr. Perfect was never that big of a star in the WWF. Well, at least not at the level of the other guys depicted in the video.

 

Koko B. Ware was in the video, as was Tony Garea

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Is the "Macho Man" in seclusion? Or, just enjoying retirement?

 

 

More like enjoying irrelevance.

 

Neither WWE nor TNA want anything to do with him.

[MDH257 0]

Even before word of his "bannishment" got out, I heard Savage's asking price was outrageous.

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

Was there any serious discussion in WCW for Goldberg to lose a match before the match vs Nash at Starrcade? Was DDP ever seriously considered?

 

Hogan was supposed to get his win back and end the streak.

[majormayhem1 0]

Is the "Macho Man" in seclusion? Or, just enjoying retirement?

 

 

More like enjoying irrelevance.

 

Neither WWE nor TNA want anything to do with him.

 

Well, now, I don't expect him to be wrestling. He didn't even look like the same guy when he was seen last in TNA with the shaved head and all. He could hardly throw a punch. I'm just wondering what he's doing these days. There seems to be a lot of talk about him, but you never hear anything from the man himself.

 

[Cheech Tremendous 0]

Is the "Macho Man" in seclusion? Or, just enjoying retirement?

 

 

More like enjoying irrelevance.

 

Neither WWE nor TNA want anything to do with him.

 

Well, now, I don't expect him to be wrestling. He didn't even look like the same guy when he was seen last in TNA with the shaved head and all. He could hardly throw a punch. I'm just wondering what he's doing these days. There seems to be a lot of talk about him, but you never hear anything from the man himself.

 

 

Considering that he is more or less "banished" from WWE and TNA doesn't want/can't afford him, I don't know why we'd hear anything about him.

[Guest thekempo]

After reading that Austin question above, it made me wonder about something else. When exactly did he start using his Stone Cold gimmick? And did he just appear on a show with it or was there a build up for it?

[King Kamala 0]

Looking at Cawthon's site, it says his first appearence as Stone Cold was on March 11th, 1996 on RAW against Savio Vega but I don't think he really started using the gimmick we all know and love until King of The Ring that year.

 

I was watching casually at the time but I don't recall there being buildup with Austin changing from The Ringmaster to Stone Cold.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

The biggest change in that match was his name. He was still wearing his Hollywood Blondes white boots with black star.

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

There was also a bit where he "threw" a "Loser Leaves Town" match where Ted DiBiasie was forced to leave the WWF and Austin cut a blistering promo about it.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Yeah...pretty much after Dibiase left, he dropped the Ringmaster moniker, at least. His attitude changed. I remember him cutting promos on jobbers on Superstars, and losing at least one match by DQ because he refused to wrestle the guy, and then beat him up with a microphone, or something along those lines.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

There was also a bit where he "threw" a "Loser Leaves Town" match where Ted DiBiasie was forced to leave the WWF and Austin cut a blistering promo about it.

 

Yeah, that would have been the Tuesday PPV "Beware of Dog 2", making up for the power outage the Sunday prior. The Raw that advertised this PPV had DiBiase cut a promo saying if Savio Vega beat Austin in the strap match, he would leave the Fed forever. Austin had a bit of a smirk on his face when he said that.

[King Kamala 0]

Am I the only who thinks DiBiase's stint as a manager in the WWF was kind of lame? I'm a huge DiBiase mark but I don't remember him doing anything remotely cool (with the exception of buying off Santa and Jack Tunney) and The Million Dollar Corporation is probably one of my least favorite stables of all time. And his WCW run was even more forgettable.

 

Edit: Right after I posted this- I just thought of DiBiase's humiliation of Nikolai Volkoff. That was almost as good as anything he did in his hey day. Man, I loved that mini-angle.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

I think the problem with the Million Dollar Corporation was that they never had any big faces to really feud with. I guess they kind of feuded with Luger, and Lawrence Taylor to a point. Then there was the angle with Bam Bam Bigelow. It just seemed like the whole angle was really unfocused. With some better booking, they could have been WWF's version of the Dangerous Alliance, but they never really seemed to do much but wallow in the midcard.

 

Honestly, I think by 1994 or so, Dibiase's heart wasn't really in wrestling anymore. It looked like he was just doing stuff and cutting half-hearted cliche heel promos to get a paycheck, basically.