MoistVaj Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Was Mongo McMichael supposed to be a commentator when he first joined WCW or was he injured at the time and they just gave him the job till he was fit again? The combination of him and Bischoff on those early Nitro's is up there with Mooney and Hayes as worst commentary teams of all time, as much as I love the Bisch, his commentating is brutal, he tries to call it like a sport 75% of the match, the other 25% he mumbles a load of shite that's got nothing to do with the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Been watching the 50 Greatest Superstars DVD, which was pretty good, but I digress.  My question is, what is the name of the 2nd bit of music that plays in the Nick Bockwinkel segment. (I cant find a link for it online)  I realise that it is probably a bit of stock music, however it is a remix/extended version of a track Ive been trying to find the name of for years as was also the intro music to Havoc 9   Can Anyone Help   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Screen Up Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Is Terry Funk up to anything of note these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 21, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) Was Mongo McMichael supposed to be a commentator when he first joined WCW or was he injured at the time and they just gave him the job till he was fit again? The combination of him and Bischoff on those early Nitro's is up there with Mooney and Hayes as worst commentary teams of all time, as much as I love the Bisch, his commentating is brutal, he tries to call it like a sport 75% of the match, the other 25% he mumbles a load of shite that's got nothing to do with the match. Mongo was doing punditry on a few pop culture based shows and was one of those "he's crackers this lad" type figures. It would be like Clive James doing commentary for IPW: UK or something. And the WWF wanted him (based on his pretty standout performance at WrestleMania XI), so WCW needed to sign him after hearing that. Bischoff always wanted to bring in people outside wrestling to do stuff like this on a wrestling show. Local superstar disc jockey DJ Ran and MTV's Ricky Rackman spring to mind when WCW fell off a cliff in 1999 and more recently Bubba The Love Sponge in TNA were examples of this. Mongo's a funny character and supposedly a top bloke, but on commentary he was worse than when he actually wrestled. No surprise that almost to the day he was replaced on commentary, ratings went up. Some say it was out to Hall and Nash, but this had to play a role as well. I still cant get "Bobby the Stain" and "Bobby Hernia" out of my brain even now. Â As far as whether he was meant to be a wrestler, I think he was training as he commentated, so it gave him something to do while he was training. Edited January 21, 2012 by The_BarbarIAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhenom Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Where WCW going to hire back Scott Hall for the Big Bang relaunch PPV in 2001 that was gonna see the return of Hogan, Sting, Goldberg & Nash etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 22, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Bischoff more or less said so on WCW Live in February 2001. He said if he was clean, he'd be a huge asset. And at the time, Scott Hall was clean. He even got custody of his kids in 2001, and was getting raves from New Japan officials for his conduct and his performances. He probably deserved a second chance based on how everyone thought he was doing at the time. Thats the reason WWF eventually hired him, because everyone was convinced he'd overcame his demons. WWF said in 2001 they would consider hiring Hall if he could prove he could stay sober, and they brought him in when Nash's contract was up. Then he got back on the road and it all fell apart. Shame. The WWF seemed keen to push Hall to the moon in 2002. Edited January 22, 2012 by The_BarbarIAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhenom Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Oh thanks. It's a shame really that the relaunch couldn't have gone through. I was just thinking as well that maybe if they had of given him a lighter schedule there wouldn't have been as much pressure, but he couldn't cope with the same sort of thing in his TNA runs either. Edited January 22, 2012 by ThePhenom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Screen Up Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 What is the regarded to be the best episode of wrestling television (non-PPV) ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulJCeler Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is the Pele kick AJ Styles does named after the footballer Pele? Â Is the fisherman's suplex so-called because you have to 'hook' the leg? Â Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is the Pele kick AJ Styles does named after the footballer Pele? Â Yes. Â Tenay often referred to it as a "soccer style kick made famous by Pay-lay" back when AJ first started using it regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepperPlunge Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Was going to ipw:uk 2006-8 ,guessing they've given up the game. But what happened to JC Thunder, Paul Robinson, Ashley Reed and Andy Simmons? I know Andy got injured badly. Â I think Paul Robinson does the London School of Lucha Libre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Was going to ipw:uk 2006-8 ,guessing they've given up the game. But what happened to JC Thunder, Paul Robinson, Ashley Reed and Andy Simmons? I know Andy got injured badly. Â I think Paul Robinson does the London School of Lucha Libre. Â Â What exactly happened to Andy Simmons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 What is the regarded to be the best episode of wrestling television (non-PPV) ever? Â A lot of people say the episode of Raw from the night after Wrestlemania 14 is. I'd say that's pretty thread worthy, if it hasn't been done already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I'd throw the Raw when ECW joined the Invasion in as one of the best too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhenom Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Is it the Sunday night airing or the Tuesday night that the latest episode of TNA Impact airs on Challenge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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