The Pro Wrestling Thread

[Old Time Hockey]

I loved the Brooklyn Brawler!

[steve784]

I still remember that Razor/1-2-3 Kid match like it was yesterday. I was like 10 and my parents had just got divorced and my dad had cable and my mom didn't, so I would always watch Raw on tape at my dad's house on Tuesdays. I still remember sitting there eating dinner and jumping up when Razor got beat.......that kind of stuff just doesn't happen anymore.

[JS©]

RAW needs more of this:
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"HORIWITZ WINS! HOROWITZ WINS!!"

and this....

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or more jobber on jobber matches in general

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(Reno Riggins FTW!)

[nocera]

Koko B Ware is not a jobber. How dare you.

[JS©]

Koko B Ware is not a jobber. How dare you.

midcarder at best.

Fun fact about Koko B Ware: he was the opponent in Undertaker's debut match and was the first to receive the tombstone.

[steve784]

That Horowitz/Skip video depresses me. It just shows how much better wrestling used to be. Did you hear the pop when Horowitz won?! They knew how to do storytelling back then. Also, don't even get me started on how much better the commentary was then than it is now (obviously JR being the announcer makes that not a coincidence).....but even the lame Jane Fonda references were more entertaining than what we get today. Although I will say that Michael Cole is growing on me since he's been embracing his role as the hated nerdy announcer.

[SolidSnake]

Koko B Ware is not a jobber. How dare you.

midcarder at best.

Fun fact about Koko B Ware: he was the opponent in Undertaker's debut match and was the first to receive the tombstone.

I loved the UT first entrance, no lights out no fog just his music playing a basic walk to the ring.

[nocera]

Koko B Ware is not a jobber. How dare you.

midcarder at best.

Fun fact about Koko B Ware: he was the opponent in Undertaker's debut match and was the first to receive the tombstone.

Definite mid-carder. But he got to be on the mid-card in front of 93,000 people so it's hard to hate on him.

He also got to sing "Piledriver."
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[shafnutz05]

Picked this up when I was out at dinner this evening...oh hells yea. I'll definitely be shelling out $20

[steve784]

It's a travesty that this is the best quality video of this on youtube:

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[DudeMan2766]

LOL Barry Horowitz had a match at SummerSlam. I said way back in this thread that wrestling was so much better when they had characters, rather than just personas. When most wrestlers had "other occupations" it seemed like those were the best days. A cop, barber, Repo Man, when the Undertaker was actually an undertaker , and a hockey player

[JS©]

That Horowitz/Skip video depresses me. It just shows how much better wrestling used to be. Did you hear the pop when Horowitz won?! They knew how to do storytelling back then. Also, don't even get me started on how much better the commentary was then than it is now (obviously JR being the announcer makes that not a coincidence).....but even the lame Jane Fonda references were more entertaining than what we get today. Although I will say that Michael Cole is growing on me since he's been embracing his role as the hated nerdy announcer.

I mentioned on HF during Raw that I didn't know whether to hate on Cole because of his ranting of Daniel Bryan or if I should laugh. I was really on the fence, until he said "I bet he doesn't even have a TV". I don't know why, but it reminded me of the 80s when the heel announcer would find the most minimal things to mention. I laughed, and then they mentioned that he was also a vegan. So I guess the Cole character is growing on me.

The jobbers always grew on me too. You knew they'd never win. If you were lucky, you might see a cheap shot to fire up the crowd. But to see somebody like Horowitz, Lombardi, Iron Mike Sharpe, SD Jones, Reno Rig....ok, that's pushing it....to see any of those guys win on Raw or even Saturday Night's Main Event was like the equivalent of hitting the powerball for the viewers and even the crowd. Cena and Orton might get their crowd pops every night, but sneak in a win by a random ham and egger every 3 or 4 months and watch the crowd's reaction.

[Spangler]

That 3 on 1 match with HHH was a really good display on how to do one of those matches. I doubt many current wrestlers could pull off a convincing 3 vs 1 match.

[nocera]

JS, I love that you pulled out the Brain's old "ham and egger" quip.

[JS©]

JS, I love that you pulled out the Brain's old "ham and egger" quip.

I mentioned it in the thread of randomness that I was gonna start mixing it into my vocabulary, and figured this was the perfect chance.
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[SolidSnake]

Captain Clothesline might of broke his leg another Nexus member down? so Darren Young maybe brought back? lol
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[JS©]

found this on HFboards

[SolidSnake]

I want a Daniel Bryan shirt (if one was actually made)

[DudeMan2766]

it really feels that not a single person in the crowd is paying attention to Sheamus.

[shafnutz05]

I am slowly trying to get back into watching Raw every week. That "email from the general manager" thing is the stupidest gimmick I've heard. The lights dimming and a loud email sound being played over the loudspeaker? el oh el

[JS©]

I am slowly trying to get back into watching Raw every week. That "email from the general manager" thing is the stupidest gimmick I've heard. The lights dimming and a loud email sound being played over the loudspeaker? el oh el

I love how the boos for it keep getting louder every week.

[Why Not Us]

I am slowly trying to get back into watching Raw every week. That "email from the general manager" thing is the stupidest gimmick I've heard. The lights dimming and a loud email sound being played over the loudspeaker? el oh el

I love how the boos for it keep getting louder every week.

I saw that last night and it just baffled me. So the "general manager" of a show that happens one night out of the week can't make said show, so he has to e-mail the announcer when a message needs to be sent?

[SolidSnake]

I am slowly trying to get back into watching Raw every week. That "email from the general manager" thing is the stupidest gimmick I've heard. The lights dimming and a loud email sound being played over the loudspeaker? el oh el

I love how the boos for it keep getting louder every week.

I saw that last night and it just baffled me. So the "general manager" of a show that happens one night out of the week can't make said show, so he has to e-mail the announcer when a message needs to be sent?

The GM prefers to be anonoymous

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

The angle is that the GM wants to be anonoymous so he isn't attacked by the Nexus since they beat up Brett Hart when he was acting as the GM.

[nocera]

The Miz/Cena match was really good. How many times has Miz proven that he can hang with the big boys? Nobody expected him to pin Cena, but it took a run-in from Danielson for Cena to get the better of him. It's only a matter of time before the Miz is a main eventer.