Things that people remember incorrectly

[Guest LooneyTune]

No argument from me about the Flair/Hart thing, but I can see where people are coming from, which is why I make sure to note stuff as "television tapings/untelevised" and "house shows".

[Steve J. Rogers 0]

Another one was the Rockers split, I can't count the number of times I've heard someone say 'I loved it when Michaels Superkicked Jannetty through the window', which isn't how it happened. Michaels Superkicked Jannetty and then picked him up and threw him through the window.

Didn't Shawn himself say that in a promo with Jeff Hardy where Shawn was saying how in order to do something extrondinary in order to get noticed he superkicked his partner into a window

 

 

Here is another one, Andre The Giant passing on soon after WM III which Hogan seems to think (he said it in that A&E special) Okay, around 6 years isn't too long, but its long enough to not be considered "soon after" or "right after" That may have been his last "big time match" (err not counting his win the next year and their "rematch" of course) but also not the end of his career

[Some Guy 0]

Shawn may have said that but he also claimed in 2003 that he was in the WWF for 20 years and that he and HHH's feud was nearly ten years in the making when he had been in the WWF for 14 years and HHH had only been in the WWF for 8 and they weren't even on screen partners until Sept. 97, which was 6 years.

 

HBK can be slightly delusional at times, in case you hadn't noticed.

 

I think Booker and Benoit's "Best of Seven" was actually nine matches, not 8, but I could be wrong.

 

People, marks especially always get dates and such wrong, so that type of thing is not really worth mentioning. Like the Hogan heel speech on Nitro being the week after BatB, which I had forgotten about until I found the tapes a few weeks ago. The show after BatB saw the Outsiders doing shit like putting an nWo logo over the big metal WCW one on top of the arena at Disney and invading the production truck, I think.

[chuck415 0]

Ric Flair's Royal Rumble win was an elaborate ruse on the part of the company to cover for the fact that Buddy Landell actually won the WWF World Title in a shoot at a house show the night before. In a complicated retcon involving a massive Jungian hallucination on the part of the fans, Flair's Rumble win was spliced together from previous months' tapes, and he was handed the title during a small backstage ceremony. (Flair's drunken staggering was later used, as a rib, in the Rumble 'footage.' Heenan played it off like he was selling his fatigue, when in fact he was just smashed and nearly naked.)

Thanks for finally clearing that up. I had always been suspicious of that match. Great job by Heenan on the cover-up.

[Guest LooneyTune]

If we believed everything wrestlers said, then Andre The Giant was 800 pounds at Wrestlemania III, the earth shattered the night Hogan slammed Andre at Wrestlemania IV, and Triple H is God.

[JHawk 0]

People still claim that Roddy Piper beat Rick McGraw so badly that Piper essentially killed McGraw. McGraw died of a drug overdose shortly after that match was taped.

[tominator89 0]

People talk about the Ultimate Warrior dying as though it's a commonly known thing. "Yeah, the second Ultimate Warrior, right?" People seem to have no doubt that there were multiple Ultimate Warriors.

[Guest LooneyTune]

Maybe people define "Ultimate Warrior" as "Complete Idiot"? That's really the only explanation other than people being too dumb to notice it's always been the same guy.

[JoeDirt 0]

In the clip with HHH dropping a guy on his head with a sick pedigree, people think it's HBK in the ring with him.

[Jingus 0]

Ric Flair's Royal Rumble win was an elaborate ruse on the part of the company to cover for the fact that Buddy Landell actually won the WWF World Title in a shoot at a house show the night before. In a complicated retcon involving a massive Jungian hallucination on the part of the fans, Flair's Rumble win was spliced together from previous months' tapes, and he was handed the title during a small backstage ceremony. (Flair's drunken staggering was later used, as a rib, in the Rumble 'footage.' Heenan played it off like he was selling his fatigue, when in fact he was just smashed and nearly naked.)

...what the fuck are you talking about? This is the first time I've ever heard that.

[Guest LooneyTune]

I think he was playing around.

[BUTT 0]

Back in May 2000, WCW had Slamboree scheduled for the Kemper Arena, the same place where Owen Hart died the year before.

 

The internet wrestling scene was in an uproar, saying "WCW better not have Sting descend from the rafters at Slamboree", as he recently had just started doing again for the first time since Owen's death.

 

Sting did not descend from the rafters at Slamboree.

 

In the RSPW year-end awards for 2000, number 11 on the "Worst Promotional Move" list: "WCW has Sting drop from the rafters in Kemper Arena".

[BorneAgain 0]

Back in May 2000, WCW had Slamboree scheduled for the Kemper Arena, the same place where Owen Hart died the year before.

 

The internet wrestling scene was in an uproar, saying "WCW better not have Sting descend from the rafters at Slamboree", as he recently had just started doing again for the first time since Owen's death.

 

Sting did not descend from the rafters at Slamboree.

 

In the RSPW year-end awards for 2000, number 11 on the "Worst Promotional Move" list: "WCW has Sting drop from the rafters in Kemper Arena".

Though Booker T did a zipline at the next month's PPV the Great American Bash. Just thought I'd mention it.

[Guest Fook]

It's quite amazing the number of people I meet who are convinced that Hogan won the title from Andre at WM3 rather than successfully defending it.

[CBright7831 0]

Many people apparently think the Hogan/Piper III Steel Cage match at Halloween Havoc was for the WCW World Heavyweight title. The title wasn't on the line though, and Piper won.

[BUTT 0]

Back in May 2000, WCW had Slamboree scheduled for the Kemper Arena, the same place where Owen Hart died the year before.

 

The internet wrestling scene was in an uproar, saying "WCW better not have Sting descend from the rafters at Slamboree", as he recently had just started doing again for the first time since Owen's death.

 

Sting did not descend from the rafters at Slamboree.

 

In the RSPW year-end awards for 2000, number 11 on the "Worst Promotional Move" list: "WCW has Sting drop from the rafters in Kemper Arena".

Though Booker T did a zipline at the next month's PPV the Great American Bash. Just thought I'd mention it.

Yeah, he did, and Sting was also doing that a lot at the time. The reason why people were offended was because they thought Sting was going to drop from the rafters in the same arena where Owen Hart died attempting the same stunt. WCW didn't do it, but that didn't stop forgetful fans from saying they did.

[Guest Pariah]

I think Booker and Benoit's "Best of Seven" was actually nine matches, not 8, but I could be wrong.

Its was three-all going into the final match on Thunder, but the nWo interfered to help Benoit win as they were trying to recruit him but when Benoit saw the replay he demanding that that match be counted null and void and they have a final match on PPV.

 

That's how it went down as far as I remember

 

 

In the clip with HHH dropping a guy on his head with a sick pedigree, people think it's HBK in the ring with him.

 

Indeed, its Marty Gardner who used to wrestle for OMEGA and later went on to be one of the Dupp Brothers.

[Guest MikeSC]

Back in May 2000, WCW had Slamboree scheduled for the Kemper Arena, the same place where Owen Hart died the year before.

 

The internet wrestling scene was in an uproar, saying "WCW better not have Sting descend from the rafters at Slamboree", as he recently had just started doing again for the first time since Owen's death.

 

Sting did not descend from the rafters at Slamboree.

 

In the RSPW year-end awards for 2000, number 11 on the "Worst Promotional Move" list: "WCW has Sting drop from the rafters in Kemper Arena".

Though Booker T did a zipline at the next month's PPV the Great American Bash. Just thought I'd mention it.

Yeah, he did, and Sting was also doing that a lot at the time. The reason why people were offended was because they thought Sting was going to drop from the rafters in the same arena where Owen Hart died attempting the same stunt. WCW didn't do it, but that didn't stop forgetful fans from saying they did.

I thought Kanyon's stunt was what offended people at Slamboree.

 

Well that, and David Arquette being the defending World Champ and all.

-=Mike

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Darth Vader did say 'Luke, I am your father' but Captain Kirk never ever said 'Beam me up, Scotty'.

[Guest LooneyTune]

I watched the Empire Strikes Back last week...

 

Darth Vader: Obi-Wan never told you what happend to your father.

Luke: He told me enough... he told me you killed him.

Darth Vader: No... I am your father.

(Luke cries like a girl)

[Special K 0]

He said 'I am your father.'

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Oh okay, it's to do with calling him by name.

[MikeJordan23 0]

1) Hogan beating Andre wasn't a passing of the Torch. Also, some people think Hogan beat Andre for the title at WM 3, when he just retained it.

[MikeJordan23 0]

Others

 

That Bret Hart made Hennig retire by injuring his back at SS 1991. Hennigs back was fucked up months before that

 

Bret Hart is trhe first triple crown winner in WWE history, he isn't, Pedro Morales is.

 

WM 1 was a Pay Per View

 

Hogan won the WWE title in his first match in his return (1983)

 

Hogan vs. Jarrett at BATB 2000 was a shoot. No it was a work. Russo's interview was a shoot.

[Guest LooneyTune]

According to the History of WWE website, Wrestlemania 1 was available in a very few PPV markets, but I have no idea where the source is from.

[Jericholic82 0]

well wrestling fans do typically have short memories I guess. I however have tons of seemingly useless dates and info burned into my brain like a massive hard drive.

[Jericholic82 0]

According to the History of WWE website, Wrestlemania 1 was available in a very few PPV markets, but I have no idea where the source is from.

Ive heard that as well, ppv was very small in 85. the first real ppv is wrestling classic.

[Guest MideonMark]

The Rock won the 2000 Royal Rumble. No he didn't, the Big Show did.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

The Rock won the 2000 Royal Rumble. No he didn't, the Big Show did.

The referee's decision is final.

 

The referee's decision was that The Rock won the Royal Rumble.

 

So, that is correct.

[Nighthawk 0]

In the clip with HHH dropping a guy on his head with a sick pedigree, people think it's HBK in the ring with him.

That's also supposed to be the original version of the pedigree.