WWE Thread

[hatvol96]

Steamboat, Sting, Snuka, Duggan, Mysterio, Kerry Von Erich, JYD all come to mind.

Snuka was a heel in the early days of ECW.

 

[hatvol96]

At long last, a Hennig captures WWE world championship gold.

 

[Volwark]

Is Big Show laughing?

 

[Crew]

Is Big Show laughing?

...it sounded like a Bear giving birth.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Looks like Miz and Alex Riley will start beefing like Virgil and the Million Dollar Man back in the day.
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[Volwark]

Miz is good enough that he can even turn Alex Riley face. He also sold some stuff from Riley that really wasn't that good. Cena should take notes.

 

[Hound]

Nice tribute to the Macho Man.

 

[VolBuck24]

CM Punk's attire is great.
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[Crew]

CM Punk's attire is great.
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....lotta respect for Punk.

 

[Volwark]

Haha Punk doing the side russian leg sweep in front of the Hit Man.

 

[chavisut]

Punk needs the belt asap.

 

[Regulator]

Nice touch with the Macho Man tribute trunks.
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[Crew]

Punk needs the belt asap.

...word is, he and Cena are getting their feud going again.

 

[chavisut]

That's what I read. Hopefully he doesn't leave.

 

[Hound]

Nice avatar, Chavis.

 

[justingroves]

Punk needs the belt asap.

Yes, the sooner the better.

 

[Volwark]

The show tonight wasn't great, but it was much better than the last few weeks. Cole is better when he's toned down like tonight.

 

[MG1968]

Snuka was a heel in the early days of ECW.

I remember in the late 70's when Snuka and Paul Orndorff beat Baron von Raschke and Greg Valentine for the tag team titles. They were both faces then. Snuka became a pretty major heel when he was being managed by Buddy Rogers.

 

[crusse10]

I'm watching last night's M.E. and loving Punk's tribute trunks. Fantastic seeing someone give it up for the Macho Man.

 

[chavisut]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDvXVP2iSNs[/youtube]

 

[crusse10]

If Savage shaved his head and beard he'd be Benoit's twin

 

[chavisut]

If Savage shaved his head and beard he'd be Benoit's twin

With a billion times more charisma.

 

[crusse10]

With a billion times more charisma.

You may still be shorting Savage there...

But when I look at younger videos of him, he looks EXACTLY like Benoit

 

[crusse10]

Just watched the Savage tribute again, really well done. Wonder if Vince is smart enough to induct Savage regardless

 

[Volwark]

Probably. Vince just wrote an article in TIME about Savage:

"It's important in sports and it's important in entertainment to stand out. Randy knew that. Right away, he wanted to leave his mark, and to do that he was aware he had to make himself different from everyone else. One way he did this was concentrating on his outfits, those brightly colored costumes with foot-long fringe that became his trademark. He brought to wrestling a unique look and style.

"Randy, who died in a car crash May 20 at age 58, was one of the building blocks of what is now WWE (previously known as the World Wrestling Federation). He had a very unusual voice --remember his "Snap into a Slim Jim. Oh, yeah!" commercials?--and was extremely charismatic. Perception is very important in this business, and he also had a very high opinion of himself, something he needed in a locker room full of performers who had been around for a while and had big personalities and followings--like Hulk Hogan, Today, Randy is remembered as one of wrestling's all time greats. No question about it--he certainly was."

Whatever happened between them - and I still have to assume it was something bat **** crazy - has to be put behind now. The guy has passed on.