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Britain’s Lord Steven Regal with a theme that sounded like it was performed by a marching band at an American Football game.

Yep. WCW actually had someone who the fans were invested in and could’ve been somewhat of a star (maybe not main event level but possibly upper mid card). That April 2000 reboot Nitro had Vampiro going to the ring at the start of the show and the crowd cheered loudly when he showed up. Turning Vampiro heel and forming a stable with the Insane Clown Posse pretty much killed his career in the States. Probably Russo’s idea.

23 minutes ago, RancidPunx said:

 

 

Love this one. No doubt it’s a complete rip off of some other song but i love it. 

 

This theme was from when Vampiro was being pushed as a face in late ‘99 to early 2000 when Kevin Sullivan was Head Booker. Probably about the only time I recall Vampiro being over and used properly in the United States.

1 hour ago, Tommy! said:

Not to question this, because it's right, but with benoit he did what he did with a brain like packet of smash by all accounts, where someone like Snuka can't have such an excuse made. 

Now again, benoit was always a mental case by all accounts but it's perhaps not so clear cut, which is tragic really. 

I see what you’re saying regarding Benoit’s brain damage but he was still liable (or at least would’ve been had he not killed himself too).

On 1/3/2022 at 4:58 PM, PunkStep said:

Everton fans are the strangest aren't they? They're all giving Balague's new book a one star rating because he's mates with Rafa. Weirdos. 

 

Interesting story from Grae though about Gollum and Rafa having their first kiss. Tolkien never came up with such ideas.

Chris Benoit killed his wife and his child. I’d say the thread title belongs to him.

1 minute ago, Keith Houchen said:

Hes 40 this year, he isn’t young. Wasn’t Heyman about that age at the start of ECW? Smelly Paul wasn’t considered so young. 

Heyman was 35 when ECW folded.

Tony Khan should’ve said nothing. There are a lot of things that should be dealt with behind closed doors and this was one of them. He’s the boss and the head Booker and his decisions over whether wrestlers are kept under contract or not don’t need explaining by him to the fans. Hopefully he’ll learn.

2 hours ago, stumobir said:

Look at the absolute state of this. There’s something really creepy about the Daily Express and it’s readers. 

Not sure anyone below the age of 65 reads the Express.

I would say I’d expect high level resignations over all this but with this Government, I’m not so sure.

Does anyone still own a VCR?

1 hour ago, WyattSheepMask said:

John Prescott in an M&S Food on the outskirts of Hull. He looked very ill and having to use a stick to get around

In his eighties now and has had a stroke. Very sad. Was a good politician. Labour miss him.

From what I can gather, Ric Flair spent more money than he earned and most likely still needs the money while he’s seemingly cancelled from the major promotions. Wouldn’t be surprised if the whole Becky Lynch/Charlotte Flair thing is a work though. From the belt dropping incident, the heated exchange backstage and Ric’s comments about Becky. All when “two people who legit hate each other have a match at Survivor Series”. All seems a bit too coincidental. Like WWE are trying to re-enact a women’s version of Bret v Shawn.

5 hours ago, Keith Houchen said:

Mark Morriss of The Bluetones is an abusive prick. 

 

I’m surprised the Bluetones are still together. Looks like he put a lot of effort into being a prick.

3 minutes ago, David said:

You think Liverpool would have taken a manager with no top flight English league experience straight from Scotland to replace Klopp? 

They already replaced Dalglish with Souness but that was in 1991.

A massive gamble that I respect him for taking. He’s now in a more difficult job after Villa sold their best player (and from what I heard are also missing John Terry as a coach).

Fair play to Steven Gerrard. Could’ve stayed at Rangers, challenged for trophies and managed in Europe but chose the tougher option of trying to keep Villa in the Premier League. Liverpool will also get a better idea of whether he’s capable of managing in the English Premier League.

Another take.

Pretty sure we were a week behind the States with WWF at the time and a lot of the programmes were being edited (especially the ones shown during the day - crowd shots when chair shots happened etc..). Guessing we were only a week behind due to the coverage being cheaper though. I’m almost certain the part with the gun wasn’t shown on Sky.

Think guns have been a sensitive subject on British TV for a long time (especially since the Dunblane Massacre which happened just a few months before that episode of Raw aired). I recall ITV pulling a James Bond film from their schedule in the week of the massacre. Think there was also an episode of the Simpsons where Homer bought a gun that Sky never showed (but was released on VHS, DVD and shown on BBC Two years later).

The segment didn’t air in full in the UK even during the late showing of Raw. Although I did manage to see it years later. The segment was terrible. A blatant attempt to increase ratings during a time when WCW were ahead in the Monday Night War. The segment generally wasn’t looked at positively at the time. Guns have no place in wrestling. Wonder if it was Bruce’s idea.

Ignore.

39 minutes ago, Snitsky's back acne said:

Vince [who will by that time be a Krang-style brain in a synthetic body barking out orders to Bruce and John Laurinaitis) wants.

I’m thinking more Mr. Burns with his head in a jar.

6 minutes ago, Supremo said:

Genuine question - how do you think Karrion Kross could have been used, “properly,” in order to make him succeed on the main roster?

Start by not making him wear a skirt, allow Scarlett to accompany him, give him his proper entrance that he used in NXT and not wear that gimp mask. And maybe not jobbing him in his first main roster match on Raw. Just a few thoughts.

2 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

That’s the whole point of being a promoter. He’s the most successful promoter of all time, I think it’s safe to say he knows exactly what he’s doing and won’t heed the advice being put forward in this thread. 

I realise that. Meanwhile, new stars can’t break through to main event level, viewers continue to switch off and attendances continue to drop. The big money deals have given WWE an excuse to continue to churn out a very poor product and get away with it. It’s like they’re not even trying anymore.