The TNA Wrestling Five Year Anniversary & Sherri Martel Memorial Topic

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[quote name='Genocidal']Wow. I didn't see that coming at all.[/quote] Eegh.
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I liked her version of HBK's theme song much better than the current one. Also, her angle with Michaels/Jannety is especially memorable to me.
 
Now, of course, we'll see how classy the WWE is, as they'll barely mention a real death in order to further an angle centered around the most poorly kayfabed death (not that there is much basis for comparison) in all of wrestling history.

RIP Sherri.

On another note, the dividends seem to be rolling in from the Jackass angle already:

Jackass star Steve-O recently wrote the following on his MySpace blog, "As for upsetting the WWE, too bad for them-- they're stuck plastering the television screen with commercial, starring only me (representing the entire cast of Jackass by myself ) and Umaga, promoting the Pay Per View event. As for "almost shutting down the Jackass match", that's just hype to let everyone know we're comng (sic). As for the choke-outs, Ryan Dunn choked me out six times in one day. Umaga actually knows what he's doing, he's very capable of safely choking me out, and he's the current champion of the WWE, of course I was a complete nightmare for those people doing everything in and out of my power to get footage of Umaga choking me out, and then have him sign a release form, which I was packing on the bod."
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Umaga the champ? :lol:

Glad to see he cares about the WWE so much. Yet again, :lol: This is going to be FUN to watch.

Which reminds me: did anyone notice the pisspoor rendition of "Corona" playing during the Summerslam commercial? I suppose giving Mike Watt $7 to use the song was too much? :lol:
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Now, of course, we'll see how classy the WWE is, as they'll barely mention a real death in order to further an angle centered around the most poorly kayfabed death (not that there is much basis for comparison) in all of wrestling history.[/quote]

Yea, that's about what I'm expecting too. You knew something was going to happen to make this angle blow up horribly in their faces (no pun intended).
 
[quote name='Purple Flames']Damn Sherri's death came straight out of left field.[/QUOTE]

Oh, I don't know about that. It's surprising in one respect, but she was never an angel, y'know? She was clearly on *something* during her Hall of Fame speech a couple years back. I don't necessarily think that her death is drug-related, but I don't think she was taking care of herself as best as she should have.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Oh, I don't know about that. It's surprising in one respect, but she was never an angel, y'know? She was clearly on *something* during her Hall of Fame speech a couple years back. I don't necessarily think that her death is drug-related, but I don't think she was taking care of herself as best as she should have.[/quote]

I was about to say the same thing.
 
Easily one of the best women's performers ever, and arguably THE best. Was a decent wrestler, but a fantastic manager. Very solid promo, could be annoying as hell when necessary, and she bumped better than half the current WWE roster, male or female.
 
Horrible, horrible news, she was my favorite woman in wrestling history. I have a friend who (apparently according to wiki so I took it with a grain of salt) lived in the same town as her and even just recently I was pestering him to see if she was in the phone book so I could write her a crazy fan letter.

*sigh* this is depressing news indeed.
 
Here's a video preview of TNA's Best Of Abyss. Tho I would have to say this is seriously the WORST work their voice over guy has ever done. He sounds like a fucking robot.

"He. Is. The. Monster. Abyss."

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Dude, seeing Vickie out there during that bogus tribute was disgusting! I think they are taking this shit way to far man.......what if HHH died tommorrow? Would they break storyline to honor him?
 
[quote name='Purple Flames']How disrespectful. Vince's fake death practically gets a 21-gun salute again on SD!, and Sherri isn't even a blip on the radar.[/QUOTE]

Seeing that it was only reported earlier today that Sherri has passed away it would of been very hard to reedit Smackdown even to put in a "In Memory Of Sherri" picture.

:rofl: @ the Parental Advisory at the start of the show warning about depictions of Vince's fatality would be shown. Okay... so what's so "graphic" about watching a limo blow up. I've seen worse shown on "Smallville" than that (the season ender this year comes to find in fact).
 
[quote name='cdeener']Why the fuck did they have Sgt. Slaughter speaking about Vince in military terms on Smackdown!?[/QUOTE]
To spit in the face of wrestling ang logic fans everywhere.
 
That first match was a disaster, a spot fest. I mean, it had some really exiting parts, but there was no substance. It was all over the place. The part I loved the most was Low Ki's crazy kicks and his general craziness. Oh, and all of the other videos were choppy for me.

Oh, and yes. This entire thing is a perfect examle of how wreslting is today. Basically, you can pull off the same stuff that you could 20 years ago. No ones going to be there to support your storyline. THey want ratings too, so they'll broadcast on national TV that MacMahon is alive, that the entire thing is fake, and how exactly it was done. Same goes with any other form of media. They need to cut this RIGHT NOW.

P.S, death storylines in wrestling are always stupid ( unless they involve Undertaker, then they are more/less entertaining yet insulting ).
 
Wonderful, it only took them two weeks to tell anyone publicly that Scott was hurt. As for SD, I loved the matches, but found the Vince stuff to be a mix of funny and stuff that hit far too close to home given who they used (Vickie, Chavo) and how they did it (the roster showing up on the ramp). The video tributes were funny, as was JBL's commentary about it.
 
Was shocked to turn on Smackdown and see Chavo Gueurro, as well as a match between a lot of cruiserweight's who just kind of disappeared over the months.

But I turned it off about 30 seconds later.
 
JBL's crap about Vince being dead and the fans not respecting him got a little bit annoying, everyone knows he's not dead so I really don't see the point of any of this.

The tributes were fairly piss poor, jeez it's not like this angle is particularly interesting, it's just annoying.

I guess this is what happens when you don't have any serious competition, the product goes down in quality real fast.
 
[quote name='moonknight25']Dude, seeing Vickie out there during that bogus tribute was disgusting! I think they are taking this shit way to far man.......what if HHH died tommorrow? Would they break storyline to honor him?[/quote]

I know we are supposed to realiaze Vince is a storyline, but that's the bad thing about wrestling pulling things from realife. It's different compared to the same situation in say, a network drama or something.
 
I wonder which fans will hate worst now? This or the Katie Vick storyline?

If McMahon ever does show up on TV again, I hope that it isn't some "his body was burned, but his soul still lives" crap that they'd do with Undertaker.

Wonder if they'll do a another remembrance, this time on Raw.
 
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Decent model, but he looks like he is about to be propelled across the room by a giant crap he is about to unleash. :lol:
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I know we are supposed to realiaze Vince is a storyline, but that's the bad thing about wrestling pulling things from realife. It's different compared to the same situation in say, a network drama or something.[/QUOTE]

I'm trying to think of examples of actors/actresses who have died while on a major show. Only John Ritter comes to mind, and I never watched the show he was on, so I have no idea how they handled it. I'm sure there are other examples.

Nevertheless, it's easy to point out how wrestlers and actors differ. When news people interview actors/actresses, they're talking to Johnny Depp and James Gandolfini, not Jack Sparrow or Tony Soprano. Actors and actresses don't have "kayfabe" to uphold. Simply put, good wrestling has the "actors" (for lack of a better phrase) playing characters 24/7. You're asking for Undertaker's autograph in TGI Friday's, not Mark so-and-so. You talk to HBK about how awesome it was when he wrestled the WM10 ladder match against Razor - but framed in terms of what a legendary match it was, not how they put such a good match "together."

That makes the "memorial" aspect of wrestling shows very different. I don't know that it's disrespectful - after all, the WWE's absolute *BULLSHIT* "wellness policy" is FAR more disrespectful, IMO. If WWF meant what they said in 1991, they wouldn't be having steroid/pill problems 16 years later. Look at the guys getting away with pumping up their bodies a mere 1.5 years after Eddie's death. Not every wrestling death could be prevented, but allowing your employees to continue to fuck their bodies up and ruin their lives, all the while putting on a public attitude of "we care about our athletes and they don't do drugs" is so much more frustrating than this whole angle it's ridiculous.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']Decent model, but he looks like he is about to be propelled across the room by a giant crap he is about to unleash. :lol:[/quote]

i think its quite nice.... i have an official wcw porcelain one that looks pretty nice but someone fucking dropped it and broke the base...


this is a wwe figure... i totally have to get it... i wonder how much $
 
[quote name='Matt Young']Lillian injured herself somehow. And ZL, what are your sources?[/quote]

I believe those two were from prowrestling.com (have your pop-up blocker ready)


[quote name='Psykoboy2']I'll just hold up a mirror here since you are taking word from their website as fucking gold.[/quote]

True, true, but I really believe there are people that are dumb enough to believe this crap. In other knew, how about ya try to be a bit more of douchebag, that'd be cool.

Edit, NVM, you're already there :roll:... [quote name='Psykoboy2']I'm glad Undertaker got hurt.[/quote]

[quote name='Demolition Man']You mean the December 2 Dismember PPV that has already been cancelled? ;)[/quote]

#-o already? So much for ECW anyway.
 
I kind of hope they turn Vince into Dr. Claw

- edit [quote name='mykevermin']I'm trying to think of examples of actors/actresses who have died while on a major show. Only John Ritter comes to mind, and I never watched the show he was on, so I have no idea how they handled it. I'm sure there are other examples.[/QUOTE]

Phil Hartman died in the middle of NewsRadio.

Both times they just killed off the character and had an episode where the characters mourned the loss.
 
[quote name='KaneRobot']Easily one of the best women's performers ever, and arguably THE best. Was a decent wrestler, but a fantastic manager. Very solid promo, could be annoying as hell when necessary, and she bumped better than half the current WWE roster, male or female.[/quote]

I was gonna go with Sherri instead of Liz for that topic too, but changed my mind after watching a bunch of Savage videos.

Pretty F'd up. Now how does WWE approach that? She's in the freakin' HoF. She definitely deserves a 10 bell salute. Yet, with this Vince crap going on, who knows. When something random like this happens I always can't help but think who's next?
 
The greatest thing I remember regarding Sherri was from the Harlem Heat interview when Booker says, "Hulk Hogan, we're coming for you, nigger!"
The look on her face after he said that was pretty fucking priceless.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']The greatest thing I remember regarding Sherri was from the Harlem Heat interview when Booker says, "Hulk Hogan, we're coming for you, nigger!"
The look on her face after he said that was pretty fucking priceless.[/quote]

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In the wake of WWE Hall of Famer Sherri Martel's death yesterday, there was a significant push within WWE to drop the "McMahon death" angle as quickly as possible, citing bad taste and timing. And of course, they are others who are against dropping it. The angle is expected to go on
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- Rajah


Take that Vince! While Sherri's passing is certainly horrible, an event like this should make Vince rethink his plans next time he wants to pull this kind of crap.

Perhaps they should've had a stuntman run out on fire and fall down and be taken to the hospital, while still ridiculous, I think WWE would've got the shock value they desired. Then they could've just said Vince was on life support.

Oh well, good news for TNA I suppose.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']*snip*[/QUOTE]

Reminds me of Mean Gene's outburst on live ppv

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If you listen closely you can actually hear Vince say "nice move" after he says Ultimate Warrior.
 
That bit from 'Rajah' actually came from today's Observer site update. Here's the exact statement they got their 'news item' from.
--There was serious talk within WWE yesterday regarding the McMahon angle due to the timing of the death of Sherri Martel. There was a significant push to drop the angle as quickly as possible, citing taste and timing, and another school of thought (that most expect would win out) to keep going.
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[quote name='mykevermin']I'm trying to think of examples of actors/actresses who have died while on a major show. Only John Ritter comes to mind, and I never watched the show he was on, so I have no idea how they handled it. I'm sure there are other examples.[/quote]

Nancy Marchand, who played Olivia Soprano, died in the midst of filming season 3. They wrote her death into the show (Episode 3 IIRC) and did a fantastic job of having most of the other characters tell us what a complete joyless bitch she was.
 
TNA Slammiversary notes:
Jerry Lynn and Ron Killings (I thought he was injured) were added to the Wycheck/Storm match to make it a tag affair, according to TNAwrestling.com.

Not mentioned on the site, but advertised on the TNA Road to Slammiversary special, is the fact that Senshi has apparently replaced Chris Harris as Rhino's partner. Could this mean Chris Harris will take the place of Jerry Lynn (who was never announced on TV as being in the match) as Frank Wycheck's partner, which would make more sense?
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']Perhaps they should've had a stuntman run out on fire and fall down and be taken to the hospital, while still ridiculous, I think WWE would've got the shock value they desired. Then they could've just said Vince was on life support.

Oh well, good news for TNA I suppose.[/quote]

So, he could come back as a burn victim, like the Sting/Vampiro feud?

Wonder who they'll point out who "killed" him?
 
[quote name='Genocidal']In case anyone forgot about the supplemental draft (and really, who didn't), London and Kendrick to Raw.[/quote]
That will be nice if they keep the Hardys together and put them in a feud with those two.

BTW, I'm guessing that the mystery man for tonight's KOTM match is Abyss. They're going to stick him in there cause of Christian and since the match thursday never finished.

*Edit- They're sending Kenny to Smackdown.
 
London and Kendrick to Raw? Good for them. Move Matt Hardy to Raw too and I'm pretty sure I won't be watching Smackdown much. He needs to stay though because now theirs lack of faces to go after the US or even the World title.
 
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