The "Rated R Superstar" Edge's Wrestling Thread

I haven't watched wrestling in a while, I'm more interested in the goings on backstage and the rumormongering then the actual product on tv.

It's sad.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']They could bring back Goldust and he could aggressively try to join the KMA club. Only to have Vince terrified and disturbed by Goldie's actions. I think that'd be hilarious.

I do like the idea of someone just attacking people when they're giving a boring interview. Have to be someone really big. The guy could just run in and clothesline the person doing the promo then look into the camera and smile like an idiot. Maybe Viscera could do this... or a developmental talent.[/QUOTE]

Or get a guy to be the "you've been kicked in the nuts." guy. That would be cool.
 
Commentary from Lance Storm's website about Gregory Helms' injury:

I’ve had a lot of people sending me emails about Gregory/Shane Helms, and his recent neck injury, so I figured I could dedicate a commentary to my good buddy and both discuss and update you on his condition as well as perhaps tell a few good Hurri-Shane stories.

I use the name Hurri-Shane, because despite him not using the Hurricane gimmick anymore that is what I still tend to call him. I’m not sure why, generally I stick with whatever name a guy was using when I first meet him but Shane some how became Hurricane to me even though he was Shane Helms the first time we met. Perhaps it is due to the fact that we started traveling together and really became friends while he was the Hurricane character and that just stuck. I was after all part of the Hurri-league with him when we first joined the WWF, so to a certain extend Shane will always be The Hurricane to me.

Over the course of my career I’ve had the pleasure of both working with and tagging with The Hurricane. I made my WCW debut hitting a springboard drop kick to the back of his head, and we’ve been friends ever since.

As I mentioned before Hurricane and I became good friends when we started traveling together in WWE. Hurricane, Christian and I were travel partners during our time there so we spent a ton of time together. Everyone has heard about how hard life is on the road so good travel partners are important. Travel partners not only share the road expenses but the workload of the road. The road is tough; booking hotels, rental cars, getting directions, following maps, and doing all the driving is a lot of work, so the right travel partner, as I said is important. That being said, Hurricane did absolutely none of the above mentioned tasks, NONE. Christian booked hotels, he and I split booking the cars and doing all the driving, and I would print maps, directions, etc. Hurricane did NOTHING.

So why did we travel with him? The entertainment! Hurricane would always joke that we just kept him around for the entertainment value and that was absolutely true. Christian and I would arrive at the airport and Hurricane would be wandering around looking for us, with absolutely no clue where the shows were, how we were getting there, or where we would be staying. We’d meet him at baggage claim, he’d follow us to the car, climb into the back seat, and off we’d go. He always paid his share of the bills but that, apart from the entertainment, was the extent of his contribution. This may sound unfair on his part, but believe me the level of entertainment provided was well worth it. Hurricane is one of the funniest guys I know.

Since leaving WWE there have only been a small handful of guys I’ve kept in touch with. Hurricane is one of those select few. He more often than not has been the one to call me but we’ve managed to call each other every few months over that last 2 years. I first found out about his current neck injury when he text messaged me the day he got the MRI. It was short and sweet and just said, “ I didn’t want you to find out second hand but I’ve got a fractured vertebrae in my neck.” I called him immediately and we’ve been talking to each other every day or two since.

With the amount of guys who have had broken necks, we get a little numb to the situation, but even with as common as this type of injury has become, I don’t mind admitting I was a little worried for my friend. When he told me he was having surgery on Monday I told him I’d call him Tuesday or Wednesday to check up on him and plan to reach out as much as possible. For those of you, who are worried, let me assure you Hurricane does in fact have super powers and is doing quite well. He actually text messaged me a few hours after surgery. I was shocked. I expected him to be laid up for a few days but he was back on his phone the day of surgery.

He is in such good spirits he has already started ribbing me. Tuesday (the day after surgery), before I had called him, I get a text message from him asking me to call him and gave me his hospital room phone number. At first I was worried that something was wrong, so I called him back immediately, and guess what, the numbered he sent me was for a Gay Chat Line. I laughed so hard, and text messaged him back, this message, “You Bastard! I actually called that number.” To this he replied, “LOL Yah but how long did you chat.” Not to be out done, I returned his text with, “I’m actually still chatting, for some reason Christian answered the call.”

So for those of you are concerned, he certainly seems to be doing fine. Not 24 hours, after having neck fusion surgery he’s finding the time and motivation to rib his friends over the phone. I’m scared to death what the next year holds, because as he gets better and better he is going to have more and more time on his hands to rib and annoy me!!!

Get well my friend!!
Citizen Storm
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That part about Christian and the gay chat line literally made me laugh out loud.
 
Did you guys know RVD won the Undisputed title from Undertaker once? Then Ric Flair came out.. told them to restart the match.. and UT won it back?

The more you know..

066aRVD.jpg
 
[quote name='PhrostByte']Did you guys know RVD won the Undisputed title from Undertaker once? Then Ric Flair came out.. told them to restart the match.. and UT won it back?

The more you know..

066aRVD.jpg
[/quote]

This memory does seem somewhat familiar to me. I believe I disliked sweaty ass crack man at the time, so I was pleased Taker held the title.

I wonder what Flair will do wrestling-related if he really does retire from regular in-ring action this year.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']I wonder what Flair will do wrestling-related if he really does retire from regular in-ring action this year.[/QUOTE]

Become a poster child for road rage. ;)
 
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eyJ4Npl900&NR=1[/media]

Watch until the very end.

Click on the username to see dozens more "laws of wrestling" videos. There's one with a "musical chairs" segment from Raw from years ago, that's only funny to see Flair push Stacy Keibler out of the way.
 
He went to NOAH and wrestled again KENTA/Marufuji alongside Ricky Marvin. Great match too.

[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFqrppW9N0c[/MEDIA]
 
[quote name='PhrostByte']Did you guys know RVD won the Undisputed title from Undertaker once? Then Ric Flair came out.. told them to restart the match.. and UT won it back?

The more you know..

066aRVD.jpg
[/QUOTE]
It was like a caricature of what really happens in the back.
 
[quote name='DJSteel']the one wrestler wrecking the house had a juventud/pyschosis outfit on..i was just making fun..[/QUOTE]

That's Jyushin "Thunder" Liger. If Saucy Jack were around, he'd have your hide for thinking Liger was ripping off those luchadors. :lol:
 
[quote name='mykevermin']That's Jyushin "Thunder" Liger. If Saucy Jack were around, he'd have your hide for thinking Liger was ripping off those luchadors. :lol:[/quote]

Looked to me like Liger was trying to get one of those other wrestler's hides in the video.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']"Mark out," did we?[/QUOTE]
"Mark out loud", more like it.

I laughed so hard, a co-worked raced into the studio I'm in.

(At work.)
 
[quote name='Brak']It was like a caricature of what really happens in the back.[/quote]
What? Are you making a homoerotic reference to his facial expression?
 
[quote name='PhrostByte']What? Are you making a homoerotic reference to his facial expression?[/QUOTE]
Huh? No...

I'm saying that the event was a caricature of what happens in the WWE. The glass ceiling, if you will.
 
[quote name='Brak']Huh? No...

I'm saying that the event was a caricature of what happens in the WWE. The glass ceiling, if you will.[/quote]
Oh yea that's for damn sure dude... I mean imagine when they told him that.

Vince: "Hey Rob, we're gonna have you win the WWF/WCW belt tonight, but only for like 10 minutes then you're gonna have to job to Taker, oh and we're not even going to count the win as a win the record books... You cool with that?"

RVD: "RVD is cool with that. :cool:"


Btw that Steiners/3D segment was awesome.
 
TNA needs to fire VKM and Lance Hoyt.

And I want to hump Christy Hemme.
 
[quote name='Brak']And I want to hump Christy Hemme.[/quote]

I haven't watched TNA in a while, but I just turned it on and I agree.

I agree
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']This is great! I love the Steiners sticking it to Team 3D.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree. It's fun to mock Scott's promo hijinks, but they're rarely of the Sid Vicious "you're half the man I am, and I have half the brain you do" variety. Between his *solid* mic work tonight, and his interview with Jeremy Borash on YouTube last week, I'm becoming more and more of a Steiner fan than I was before.

The thing is, up until Devon took the mic to play the role of sense-making arbitrator, Team 3D looked like chumps, and the Steiners like legendary babyfaces. I know few people care for 3D (or, specifically, too-fat-to-wear-the-belt Bubba Ray), but aren't they supposed to be the good guys here?

And, I can't help but wonder if the fact that "ECW" is now a very tarnished promotion really helped make Scott's rundown of what a joke "ECW World Tag Team Champions" is a very poignant and meaningful point (IOW, if Vince hadn't shit all over what "ECW" means, Scott's "ECW City Champions" remark would have been far more heelish than babyface).

And, let's be honest, he was totally dead on in the Dudley's "WCW Tag Champions" moment.
 
Nope, nothing yet, and I really hope they don't bring it up beyond stating that Jarrett lost part of his battle. An in memorian screen would be nice.
 
Yes, and it's true - WCW and New Japan had a co-promotional show in North Korea. It aired on PPV as Collision in Korea, and Flair detailed how horrible the experience was in his book.
 
I thought Impact was terrible tonight, despite the cool Steiners/3D promo. The Christko/LAX match was bad. That clothesline/senton combo that LAX did looked weak. The main event was also pretty bad. Joe wasn't looking as strong as usual... and he won with a samoan drop? WTF? Who's writing this shit?

If Jarrett goes over AJ next week... I might have to boycott TNA :\
 
After last week's really good show, I doubted that TNA could equal it, but they ended up surpassing it by a wide margin. Every match was given enough time, which I don't remember being the case since they came to Spike TV, and the Steiners-3D segment, with Scott and Ray dueling it out (and Scott winning), with Rick rattling off a Jericho-esque list of their accomplishments, and then Ray saying that they're as old-school as the Steiners was fantastic stuff for a variety of reasons. Cage/Tomko-LAX was a good tag match, and I was glad to see Konnan out of the wheelchair and just using a crutch now.

I expected the worst from Joe-Sting given how they blew Sting-Angle, but TNA did a mostly good job with this match, although I didn't like how they each applied their finishers within two minutes. The end result was a good match that built to Daniels-Sting at the PPV, but also hurt Joe, who could have used a clean win over Sting. I guess they'll save that for a PPV match, which they should hold off on until at least the memory of their match tonight fades.

Tenay - Welcome to a VERY SPECIAL EDITION of TNA IMPACT!
DW - That’s right! Tonight, Samoa Joe faces STING one-on-one!
DW - IT’S A DREAM MATCHUP!
DW - You can tell that Jim Cornette’s a fan like us - he wants to see Team 3D faces the Steiner brothers!
DW - It’s a DREAM MATCUP, and it’s even a dream that we’re able to see the Steiner Brothers together!
Tenay - Anyone who cares about wrestling history as much as Team 3D gives them respect.
Tenay - It’s a show of RESPECT from Team 3D and the fans in the Impact Zone.
Tenay - WOW, IT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THE RESPECT IS RETURNED FROM THE STEINERS!
Crowd - 3D SUCKS! 3D SUCKS! 3D SUCKS!
Scott Steiner - See, that’s the difference between you and us - when we were world tag team champions and actually defended our titles around the world. We went to the Tokyo Dome in from of 69,000 fans, and we went to North Korea and wrestled in front of 120,000 fans. There are no world champions in ECW - and you whould know that judging by the paychecks.
Tenay - OH IS THAT EVER STIFF!
Rick Steiner - Here’s who we beat - Midnight Express, Rock and Rolls, Horsemen, Doom, Ron Simmons and Butch Reed, Sting and Lex Luger, Hase and Kensuke…
Scott Steiner - HOW MANY NAMES DO YOU SEE THERE THAT WILL GO IN THE HALL OF FAME, AND HOW MANY OF THEM DID YOU FACE!?
Ray - I don’t understand why you’re so hot and mad at us, we’re old-school wrestlers, like you. We’re giving you the respect you deserve, and I don’t know why you can’t get that through your steel-covered head!
Tenay - YOU CAN TELL THAT COMES FROM THE HEART OF BROTHER RAY!
Scott Steiner - What it comes down to is that your legacy don’t mean shit!
Cage - I was talking to Tomko before he even talked to you and he said you were fat - yeah, that’s right saddle bags!
Hoyt - Unlike Kip here, who is chivalry in the flesh, I’m not a afraid to hit a girl!
Tenay- Christy Hemme seems to think that women in general, and her in particular, have a place in TNA.
Joe - After Sacrifice, I found myself in an all-too-familiar position - without a purpose or direction. Sting, I respect who you were, but you’re in the worst possible position here in TNA - you’re in my way, and I will destroy who you are!
Roode - Robert Roode is gonna be the next TNA World Champion!
DW - I’m looking at Hernandez now and I’m reminded that you can now go to Hot Topic and buy your favorite TNA shirts!
DW - I gotta be honest - I’m surprised at how well Christian and Tomko are working together!
Tenay - Homicide splashes the champ!
DW - Hector Guerrero is fired up!
Tenay - WHY ARE THEY GETTING INVOLVED!?
Tenay - I’m so intrigued by what Joe said about Sting earlier tonight!
DW - This is the first time these two have been in the ring. Together. In a match.
Tenay - I think he’s surprised that Sting would vary his usual offensive pattern!
Ad - TNA Impact, brought to you by Motel 6.
Tenay - This Impact Spotlight is brought to you by Bug!
DW - This isn’t like a title match - if you lose this match, you might be out of the title picture!
Tenay - HEY! HEY!

[quote name='mykevermin']170,000. It's true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollision_in_Korea

Apparently, 150,000 and 190,000 on consecutive nights.[/QUOTE]
That Wiki has some off info - it aired in August of '95, not '96.

Edit - I corrected that.
 
And for another trip down memory lane...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdywmRYI2vQ[/media]
Vince McMahon gets a STUNNER!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQifyY8fwMA[/media]
Kurt Angle impersonates HBK.
 
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