Paid Members air_raid Posted September 1, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 1, 2015 Also, was the story not that it was originally to be Butch Reed that beat Steamboat but he no-showed the TV taping so they went with HTM instead? Â That's what I always was lead to believe but on the episode of telly that aired the title change there is footage from the celebration backstage and Reed is present. Unless they went to the trouble of filming a separate celebration at a later date. But then, is that any stranger than Butch showing up for a taping and not being used in a match? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members unfitfinlay Posted September 1, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 1, 2015 I'm putting two and two together here but maybe Reed was just late to the show? The way Honky tells the story, he happened to be walking past Vince and Hogan as they were discussing it. Hogan said "What about him?" and Vince went for it. If Reed had turned up after that decision was made, he wouldn't have had a clue that he was ever considered for the spot. It certainly sounds like Steamboat asking for time off really caught them off guard. Â While nowhere near the worst, Barry Windham had a good bit of bad luck. The U.S Express were really over just as the boom was beginning then Rotunda suddenly flew home, Barry assumed he'd quit so told Chief Jay Strongbow to go fuck himself. The end result was that Rotunda was back at work within a few days but Barry didn't get back until 1989 and never given a prominent role. In the NWA, he spent years being the guy who was always close to winning the big one, and yet, when he finally did win the NWA World Title, it was when it didn't really mean anything. Â Actually, thinking about it, Flair was going to drop the NWA/WCW Titles to Windham in 1991 until Jim Herd told Flair just to keep the Belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Duke Posted September 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 2, 2015 Magnum TA has to be up there for unluckiest doesn't he? Seemed to be heading towards the big time until a car accident due to adverse weather conditions not only scuppered his push, but his entire wrestling career. It'd be easy to say someone like Droz for similar reasons, but Magnum got snatched out of the air whilst he was heading right up to the stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted September 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 2, 2015 Magnum TA has to be up there for unluckiest doesn't he?  Good shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 There would have been a ceiling on Magnum's career anyway. He'd either have gone to the WWF and been no higher than third or fourth babyface, or he'd have stayed in the NWA and as such not meant a great deal. He didn't have the history of Dusty and Flair, and he didn't have the figures-in-Argos appeal of Sting (or even Luger). Had TA not been injured though, Sting's career probably would have gone very differently. Â Steve Austin had some lucky breaks as well. He only won King of the Ring 1996 because of Triple H being "buried" for a bit, and though that win didn't make Austin, the match with Jake that night did result in him coining the catchphrase that made him millions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackpot Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Drew Carey. Â He's the first fella Kane gets hold of in his record breaking Royal Rumble of 01, he's been a GM of RAW and he's in the Hall of Fame. Not bad for America's Clive Anderson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPW Kristian Zane Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Chris Jericho for lucky  Multi Time World Champion  Headlined Wrestlemania (under albeit not brilliant circumstances, I admit) Never had to take time off due to injury Able to take time off whenever to do Fozzy gigs Gets to work whenever he is free against talent like Harper and Owens currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 2, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 2, 2015 Steve Austin had some lucky breaks as well. He only won King of the Ring 1996 because of Triple H being "buried" for a bit, and though that win didn't make Austin, the match with Jake that night did result in him coining the catchphrase that made him millions. Â Austin wasn't even 2nd choice for King in 1996. After plans for Hunter got scrapped the Observer reported at the time Vader was due to win it, but that got changed after he threw a temper tantrum and nearly walked out on a match with Warrior on a house show (which he was scheduled to lose clean by pin like every other night) doing himself no favours. (I learned this from a previous SCG podcast, cheers Liam) Plans for that PPV were made and unmade as often as the plan for WrestleMania XIII. Â Speaking of Mania XIII.... if Shawn doesn't get injured and still works Bret at that show, does Austin still get launched into mega-stardom if he wrestles Davey Boy instead? Maybe he would have got there, you could argue, but nowhere near as quickly. And if his neck injury caught up with him as quickly before he actually achieved the level of "over" he did by SummerSlam 97 in real life, there's a possibility his career path becomes completely different. Â So yes, the stars lined up nicely for Steve a couple of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted September 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2015 Magnum TA has to be up there for unluckiest doesn't he? Seemed to be heading towards the big time until a car accident due to adverse weather conditions not only scuppered his push, but his entire wrestling career. It'd be easy to say someone like Droz for similar reasons, but Magnum got snatched out of the air whilst he was heading right up to the stars This cunt wins luckiest by a million miles. He's never even approached being anything other than completely fucking useless, yet WWE decided in 2001 that he's going to be a big star some day and pushed him like it for years and years. He beat John Cena and CM Punk in 2012. None of his pushes worked, they screwed over far better prospects in the process -- and even after they finally gave up on that dream, they threw the bastard loads of work in NXT. He's even fallen into the head coach spot because Bill DeMott made people get their arses out. Couple of really good shouts. Magnum was, by all accounts, going to be THE next big babyface. Hard to know just where that would have taken him but there aren't many wrestlers who've been debilitated to that level at such a stage of their career. Â Albert was utterly shit and as explained got chance after chance. Remember that time he got the spot ahead of Matt Hardy who was on fire while the big bastard was so cold, he was practically dead. No idea what they ever saw in him. He went on to get a pretty great position in NJPW. I only saw a little bit of him working there and he did seem better (not hard) but whoever was scouting for WWE must have been having a serious off day. To then fail so epicly as Tensai and then end up in such a privileged position in the performance centre is jammy as fuck. Â Of course the correct answer is Kevin Sullivan. How did he get away with those three murders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 3, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2015 Of course the correct answer is Kevin Sullivan. How did he get away with those three murders? Â On the flipside, he did accidentally book his own divorce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted September 3, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 3, 2015 Ron and Don Harris were never out of work in the big three from 1994 to 2001, then TNA and they're still there now. They are the worst wrestlers of all time, and Neo-Nazi's to boot. Parlaying their lack of talent and the fact that when they shave their heads they look like dildos into TWENTY YEARS OF GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT makes them the luckiest cunts of all time. Â Fuck the Harris Boys, and fuck their cousin Brian Lee for fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Ron and Don Harris were never out of work in the big three from 1994 to 2001, then TNA and they're still there now. They are the worst wrestlers of all time, and Neo-Nazi's to boot. Parlaying their lack of talent and the fact that when they shave their heads they look like dildos into TWENTY YEARS OF GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT makes them the luckiest cunts of all time. Â Fuck the Harris Boys, and fuck their cousin Brian Lee for fun too. We have a winner. Â They opened Wrestle Fucking Mania, as I believe it was called that year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 4, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2015 They opened Wrestle Fucking Mania, as I believe it was called that year  Twice. Don't forget about the tag team battle royal at Mania 14, although most of us (and a fair few of the competitors) probably have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Did anyone actually enjoy the Nation/DOA/Savios feud? I can't think of anything memorable between the three groups except The Rock's heel turn: Â Â What an abomination of a match that is as well. Neither of them wants to sell anything the other one's doing. Did Ron Simmons and Brian Lee hate each other in real life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted September 4, 2015 Moderators Share Posted September 4, 2015 When I was 12 I thought it was amazing as I liked bikers and didn't trust blacks as I'd not seen one in person, but now - no, it's fucking rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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