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Warrior had more range, I think the problem was his moveset. He was limited and needed to mix it up. His wild flailing used to distract from what was a very basic moveset. 

A darker warrior, minus those antics would probably be quite boring to watch in the ring. 

He did need to add a few more moves. 

I do think Michael's if his head was right, would have made Warrior look a million bucks in him beating Michael's for the title. 

Big show arguably looking his worst 

Can you believe he's 34 here 

26 minutes ago, elisarcabrera said:

Flatliner No Surprises 2 in 2000

Nova When Thunder Strikes 2001

Guido and Jasmin No Surprises 3 2001

Thank u. 

Always remember flatliner looking like Scott steiner then. Kinda looked a big deal as alot of the other wrestlers were considerably smaller in comparison. 

Funny what you remember nearly 20 yrs later (flatliner was in camo pants). 

Having just looked it up flatliner just turned 40 in May this year (2018) making him only 22 in 2000. Incredible has he looked about 35 then. 

For some reason a show at the Pyramids centre in Portsmouth sticks out in my mind around 2000 with Flatliner on it. Wasn't that one of the first FWA shows? 

Also seem to remember seeing Lil Guido and Nova at some shows

3 hours ago, scratchdj said:

Our local £1 shop are selling these amazing boxing figures. They didn’t have a price on, though.

 

Those figures have 

Guaranteed to last 1 second in a kids hand and pure choke hazard written all. Over them 

What was the story or alleged one? 

The old 'gay for pay'??? 

Please upload so we can read. 

Ive never known the facts on this. 

I fear though this is going to totally destroy the persona conveyed in all those pre death YouTube vids

That one of Foley staring down with that look...fantastic 

Such a shame that Foley from 2000-now spent such time almost trying to make us forget how fantastic he was back then by decending into borderline  self parody.

Foley's ecw promos were epic!

On 27/01/2018 at 6:02 PM, LWOLeN said:

Are Wrestling schools regulated in the sense, that trainers and promoters, have a valid "certificate of good conduct"?

What if an underage person gets seriously injured during a wrestling match, will the promoter be insured?

Do parents need to legally sign of on their underage kids to participate in a wrestling match?

We often hear about wrestlers "stiffing" and "shooting" during matches unnoticed to fans.. How is the pro wrestling business classified as a "safe working environments" for kids to participate in?

As a father of two young kids, I am truly interested in these answers.

 

There are some sick c**ts about.

When I boxed there was a kid who was soft (not in a bad way, just soft natured)  and who patently hated it and yet his dad (bit of a "I want my kid to be ard" sort) brought him twice a week. The trainers used to get a sick kick of putting him with some right vicious little thugs who showed no mercy. He took some right hammering's (weekly) whilst the trainers called him names. Even then at 13 it sickened me to see it. 

It may well.be since the lack of chest tattoo would coincide with that time period

56 minutes ago, Pinc said:

I suppose the closest precedent in WWE is Diesel beating Backlund for the title. Fair bit more than 15 years ago, mind. I assume that was well received at the time? The crowd reaction suggests so.

That was a house show and nota major ppv. 

Do u think its just that we've had so much TV and exposure were all burned out and over saturated by it?

Goldberg has been a joy but the rest is meh.

There's just so much TV hours now out there that each year alone there's about 15 solid days of TV excluding ppvs.

The comparison is sketchy but look at EastEnders, home and away, neighbours, etc. 20 years ago it was getting 15m viewers now its 4-5.  There's just been so much TV that eventually everything gets recycled and you've seen it all before and this leads to apathy and watching different stuff.

Its hard to have the same enthusiasm when you've seen every permutation of every matchup 1000x before.

Not that it wasn't great but that we cheered a guy (without that much love) silly for 2 moves and a 60 sec win says it all (cos it was different) 

15 years ago a main event match booked like Brock vs berg (SS and WM)  would have been sh*t on if WWE served that up!

Goldberg looked meatier here than when he first returned and IMHO looks great.......until he moves and then there's just an awkwardness to it that i just can't put my finger on.

He's defo struggling doing the Jackhammer, you can tell as he no longer holds it like he used to (only times he didn't hold it was when doing it on guys like Big Show).

I don't care though, Goldberg has done the best stuff on WWE TV in years.

There was an official Michinoku Pro video with the match in full, plus highlights of the previous night in Portsmouth (Danny Collins-Sasuke among others). There was also an unofficial video by Ross Hutchinson at Suckerpunch which had a camcorder (from front row) of the match plus an interview with Sasuke.

 

Don't remember the precise details, but I believe a Michinoku office guy called Hiroshi Arai was over here for some reason and pitched the idea of them flying over to do the matches on All Star shows to create something interesting for the Japanese magazines.

I was actually at that one.

Its great hes got in this shape but also sad that it took him till his mid 40s and near end of his his career to do it.

Had he done this in the early 00s he could have done serious business.

I agree jeans and a tank top for attire and hed look badass. Always hated the 'big show' moniker as well.

Sorry m8, no bollocking intended

Have just been enjoying these that's all.

The classic that is 92, featuring a staggeringly cuntish act by Hogan in eliminating Sid 100% unfairly after Sid 100% legit eliminated him.

Hogan did have some Heelish tenendices didn't he!

Apologies for impatience m8

Take your time RR 92 is such a star studded one for me it's the best rumble ever

Need the next instalment bro

Seeing a tombstone get no-sold must be up there with watching The Rock doing the people's elbow to no crowd reaction in terms of "bizarre as fuck to see today" wrestling

It's odd when moves that before and since are match finishers get no sold. Others that spring to mind are

Pedigree: warrior vs hhh

Savage elbow; every Hogan vs savage match! - also hated it when savage used it to wake Hogan in wcw...... ugh

DDT: jake vs taker wm8

The greatest (and probably most terrifying) shoot ever would be a 24 he rolling shoot with vince on truth serum!

I'm loving these.

Can't wait for SS 91 and Tuesday in Texas

This was the first time I'd seen Hogan's star losing its lustre in WWF. I suppose nigh on 7 years at the top will do that tho

I hated Slaughter and that fantastically smug look - ergo he was doing his job perfectly.

Kinda hated how his turn was a random run in saving Duggan out of nowhere! Was all abit pointless as was never going to go anywhere. Really the payoff was transitioning the belt back to Hogan. After tht I had no interest in him when the feud ended.

He was only 42-43 at the time But seemed really old. Mad that he was actually 3-4 years younger than Jericho is now and just a few older than AJ.

TBH they all looked old then. Hogan was 38 in 91 for Christ sake.

It's true of music too. My main bugbear in the charts of the last twenty years is the lack of mature voices. You'd never get the likes of Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes leading the soundtrack of a movie like Dirty Dancing nowadays. It would be someone aged 19-24 squeaking about what a long, hard road they've travelled.

 

Anyway, bring me my slippers and get off my lawn.

Your not alone! I prefer the older adult look of yesteryear!

It's actually mad but Quake was 26 when he had his Run with Hulk (looked 45), and when he left in 93 (and was seen as done as top level) he was barely 30. Madness really

Saying that King Kong Bundy was only 28 during his Hogan run.

Everyone looked older then, He'll Jake was only 32-33 during his peak.

Easily best stuff WWE has done in years!

God i wish Goldberg had these promo skills 17 years ago. WCW may still be in business!

Hate how Brock looks, so pasty!

TBH say what you want but Warrior really did invest in the gimmic more so than anyone didn't he??

I think given the short amount of time in the business he musta had the most sets of attires, coats and tights of anyone in history (for tights only rude comes close)

This is why I don't like wrestling that much anymore, there's just no real standouts! I mean custom dungarees and even trousers for normal life is just a shining example.

Part of me thinks warrior probably had his own custom:

Condoms

Pyjamas

Toothpaste

That he used in day to day life.

He'll even his gym was totally custom and every piece of equipment was painted a certain colour and had the logo (now that's commitment)