Paid Members air_raid Posted April 20, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 20, 2016 Bret vs Doink then Jerry Lawler from SummerSlam 93 ticks a lot of boxes. Good wrestling, a story told, Lawler being an amazing cock end, Bruce Hart being made to look a pillock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbafish Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 This is a REALLY random one but has bugged me for ages. When I was a young 'un, I bought a wrestling magazine and there was a 4 or 6 page bit just about the Pillman/Liger feud, how their style was crazy and dives to the outside was ruining wrestling. I thought it was PWI but it appears not after checking the covers of what they did at that time. Can anyone think what wrestling magazines would have been available in the UK about 91? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted April 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 21, 2016 This is a REALLY random one but has bugged me for ages. When I was a young 'un, I bought a wrestling magazine and there was a 4 or 6 page bit just about the Pillman/Liger feud, how their style was crazy and dives to the outside was ruining wrestling. I thought it was PWI but it appears not after checking the covers of what they did at that time. Can anyone think what wrestling magazines would have been available in the UK about 91? The original WCW Magazine was definitely on the go over here then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 This is a REALLY random one but has bugged me for ages. When I was a young 'un, I bought a wrestling magazine and there was a 4 or 6 page bit just about the Pillman/Liger feud, how their style was crazy and dives to the outside was ruining wrestling. I thought it was PWI but it appears not after checking the covers of what they did at that time. Can anyone think what wrestling magazines would have been available in the UK about 91? Jeez - there were loads. PWI, The Wrestler, Inside Wrestling, Wrestling USA, Wrestling Eye, Sports Review Wrestling, Wrestling Fury, Gold Belt Wrestling, Wrestling Superstars and Wrestling All Stars - they were just a few you could get during that first UK boom period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted April 22, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2016 Who is running Smackdown in storyline? Shane is running Raw, and that makes no sense, but is The Authority still running Smackdown, just not on TV? Or should I just not think about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted April 22, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2016 Â This is a REALLY random one but has bugged me for ages. When I was a young 'un, I bought a wrestling magazine and there was a 4 or 6 page bit just about the Pillman/Liger feud, how their style was crazy and dives to the outside was ruining wrestling. I thought it was PWI but it appears not after checking the covers of what they did at that time. Can anyone think what wrestling magazines would have been available in the UK about 91? The original WCW Magazine was definitely on the go over here then. Â Â Yeah, if it was colour photos, it was probably WCW Magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted April 22, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2016 Who is running Smackdown in storyline? Shane is running Raw, and that makes no sense, but is The Authority still running Smackdown, just not on TV? Or should I just not think about it? Smackdown kinda runs itself. Â Kane was effectively GM when he was Director of Operations or whatever it was, but since then it's not really had an authority figure presence on screen. Â It's better for it, I think - it's presented as a card of matches laid out in advance (presumably still by The Authority) rather than everyone turning up in gear and finding out "your opponent... Right now... Will be... THIS MAN!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted April 22, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 22, 2016 But the matches on Smackdown seem to follow the storylines laid out on Raw, which have been put in motion by Shane. If the Authority is running Smackdown, why do they go along with what Shane is doing on Raw? This whole thing makes zero sense man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 On-screen show booking has seldom made sense anyway. The "THIS MAN" surprise booking almost never makes any sense at all. Let's go and talk about how I'm beating Dean Ambrose at SummerSlam, but keep Mark Henry by the curtain in case Dolph Ziggler interrupts me. Â It's odd that they specified Shane having control of Raw. Did they ever even explain how Vince got his power back after that time Triple H tearfully put him out to pasture a few years back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted April 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) When and why did The Rock have an operation on his tits in the late 90's?? I never knew about his boob job before someone mentioned it in another thread. Edited April 23, 2016 by Gus Mears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinton Morrison Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Gynecomastia caused by steroid use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Watching 1998 Raw's keeps opening up new questions for me. Â 1. What happened to Raw after SummerSlam 1998? There were a few shows there that were like shitty pre-taped things without the proper set and they had time slot changes. Was it to do with the dog show, or launching Heat, or something else? Â 2. It seems like there were never more than a few weeks without doing a fake DX split and an "lol not really" resolution. Where I'm up to, it's a bit where Billy Gunn was having singles matches because Road Dogg had a sunburnt neck, then Billy walked out on DX, then came back and made up. Was there stuff on Heat that made more sense of it? Were there plans to split the group up that got cancelled or was it all for the sake of two weeks of drama? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 23, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2016 Watching 1998 Raw's keeps opening up new questions for me. Â 1. What happened to Raw after SummerSlam 1998? There were a few shows there that were like shitty pre-taped things without the proper set and they had time slot changes. Was it to do with the dog show, or launching Heat, or something else? Â US Open always pre-empted Raw that time of year on USA Network so could be down to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonworden Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Looking at basic show reports 2 weeks were on Saturday Night. i'm guessing WWE decided to not bother putting much effort into them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Aside from the back injury suffered in the plane crash in the 70's, did Ric Flair ever miss any long periods of time in the ring due to injury? Â I don't remember hearing about any serious injuries right through to his retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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