The Ultimate Warrior's wrestling topic

[quote name='mykevermin']Dunno. I'll look into it.[/quote]

I appreciate that. I ask because Dusty's "common-man theme" is nowhere to be found on the WM6 dvd, and The Horsemen come out to a really crappy theme on Flair's dvd. Although, I'd still say the worst is Booker T's dubbed theme on the Benoit dvd.

[quote name='mykevermin']
Sounds just like the same thing he said after Eddie Guerrero died.

He sounded just as insincere then. :(

ZL, where was that video showing Dynamite Kid bitching? I couldn't find it.[/quote]
It was from Dynamite stories... like this one from the Mountie. I had to watch it twice to understand exactly what he was saying, you have been warned:

[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xPzwlPqM_L4[/media]

[quote name='Matt Young']Ah, I didn't even bother to check. I assumed that they would have been removed, at least the RF Video (or whatever ROH's video company is called now) ones.[/quote]

Yep, all youtube. The RF video's are just short clips, but there some full videos on there. RF wants you to buy the full length ones from their website. The Billy Jack Haynes tease is rather interesting... apparently he had a rough go of it.

[quote name='JJSP']For those keeping score, Sylvain Grenier was hired by the WWE at the recommendation of Pat Patterson. Credible sources (read: jobber friends who worked against him at an ECW taping) say he's Patterson's personal boy toy.[/quote]

#-o I didn't know that. I guess that's why Grenier still has a job, eh?

[quote name='mykevermin']When does the ECW contract with Sci-Fi expire?[/quote]

I believe this fall, matters not though. Sci-fi is guaranteed to re-new the contract if WWE wants to. ECW draws the highest consistant ratings of any show on the Sci-Fi network.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']I believe this fall, matters not though. Sci-fi is guaranteed to re-new the contract if WWE wants to. ECW draws the highest consistant ratings of any show on the Sci-Fi network.[/QUOTE]

How does it compared to, say, Battlestar Galactica and even to Stargate SG-1 when it was in its first run on Sci-Fi?
 
Ah fuck, my cable's acting up and some channels don't work, SpikeTV included, which means I can't watch Impact tonight.

Could someone be so kind as to post the results?
 
Christy Hemme needs to go back to her role as announcing what is coming next. Generic announcer guy who can't even say Kurt right just doesn't cut it.
 
TNA needs far more than RVD and 2 hours to become competition. If Angle couldn't help them reach the next level in ratings and exposure, then RVD certainly can't. Two hours also won't magically give them more exposure and brand recognition in the public eye.

Matt Young, ROH's shoots are just distributed by ROH themselves - RF Video has NOTHING to do with ROH anymore.

Purple Flames, so far, Roode has pinned Jerry Lynn, and Gail Kim will face Traci later. Harris vs. Storm is the main event. Oh, and TNA teased that Jericho will face Christian next week on Impact. Awesome - TNA showed news footage that had Jeff Hardy and Monty Brown in the video game promo shot. They also ran some awful-looking footage that appears to have been recorded off of a TV with a camcorder, as it got blurry at various points. Very bush league. Gail Kim just beat Ms. Brooks, and afterwards, Roode came out and flicked his sweat on Gail.
 
I think the two hours will really help TNA out. It needs to regain that it factor it had when it first got on TV and they need to get the X division hot again. More matches and time for matches will do wonders for them.


And LMAO hearing Lethal say that Robert's ruined my wedding cracked me up.
 
"Snake Roberts ruined my wedding."

Best. Non-sequitur. Ever.

Two hours will help TNA avoid the ADHD pace that it has had since its been on the air. It won't help the storyline problems, but it also won't force matches to be 4 minutes long so that they can get everyone on TV that week. It will be a substantial leap in the right direction, and, I hope, things will fall in place after that.
 
I wouldn't go that far, but it was a fabulous match. It was hurt by the cop-out ending, and Joe-Angle already fighting before it ended, which took all the emphasis away from what Harris and Storm had just put themselves through.
 
A phenomenal match, and one that made sense (the way they wrestled and countered each other showed that they are ex-partners, not just guys in a blood feud). I don't mind the finish because (1) it makes me want to see them wrestle each other again, and (2) neither of them should be in the KOTM match anyway (they'd fulfill the "Kane role" of "here's the guy filling out the match, but who stands no chance whatsoever of winning."

Catch the replay if you need to. Best TV match of the past few months, IMO.

'matter of fact, I very well may order Slammiversary.

EDIT: Sonjay's new persona was not as offensive as I had anticipated. I hope I continue to be wrong about it.
 
I meant to post this yesterday:

[MEDIA]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UCOjLDcTOaI[/MEDIA]


I can't believe it's been a year already, guys like John Tenta don't come around everyday. :whistle2:(
 
Wow, that was certainly one of the better youtube tribute videos I've ever seen. Good call on avoiding any Oddities clips... Not that I hold it against John Tenta, a job is a job.
 
Oh man, I remember watching Earthquake as a kid. Didn't he team up with someone who was about as big as he was way back when? I think that's one of the few memories I have of him.
 
[quote name='Mr. Beef']Oh man, I remember watching Earthquake as a kid. Didn't he team up with someone who was about as big as he was way back when? I think that's one of the few memories I have of him.[/quote]
Yeah he teamed up with Fred Ottman (a.k.a. Typhoon) and formed The Natural Disasters.
 
I just realized the other day that current OVW wrestler Jacob Duncan (he was a big dumb hick character, but now he's a big dumb mankind-meets-leatherface-meets-kane hick character) was one of the TNA "red shirt security" guys from its early days. Ryan Mitchell was his name, then, I think.
 
[quote name='DJSteel']didn't tenta beat yokozuna in a sumo match... and made yoko cry like a little baby??[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it was right when Earthquake returned to the Fed, and Yoko was starting to decline. They opened an episode of Raw with the ropes removed and had a boring-ass "sumo match" where they pushed each other around a few times, then exchanged hugs until Tenta knocked him off to the floor.

They showed footage of Tenta's sumo career in Japan the week(s?) beforehand to build him up. It amounted to...nothing.
 
Tenta's best was when he was feuding with Hulk Hogan. I remember how much he made me hate that Earthquake character. How brutal I thought he was and nasty for blind-siding Hogan and taking him out. Little did I know Hogan was the real villian, not taking time off for legit injury, but rather to go make crappy movies.

Really not fair that John Tenta died so young from cancer. Most wrestling deaths I reflect upon for awhile, but this one really hits close to home. My uncle has been fighting cancer for the past 6 years now, and now he seems to be falling behind in the battle. Just been going on for too long, and a person can only take so many treatments and so forth. Which reminds me my mom's 7th cancer surgery is next wednesday.

Apologies for the rant. RIP John Tenta.

Here's the two wrestling topics dedicated to him:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26909
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96586
 
The thing about John Tenta dying from cancer, as opposed to the way that so many other wrestlers die is that it wasn't his fault at all.

I miss Eddie Guerrero, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude and Brian Pillman as much as anyone but the fact of the matter is that their deaths were at least partially their fault. Now, that's not to say they didn't change their ways or that they deserved to die but of those four I want to say that Pillman was the only one still struggling with his demons.

With John Tenta though, he seemed like just a normal guy with a wife and kids who did everything right. He was just unlucky.
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']Tenta's best was when he was feuding with Hulk Hogan. I remember how much he made me hate that Earthquake character. How brutal I thought he was and nasty for blind-siding Hogan and taking him out. Little did I know Hogan was the real villian, not taking time off for legit injury, but rather to go make crappy movies.

Really not fair that John Tenta died so young from cancer. Most wrestling deaths I reflect upon for awhile, but this one really hits close to home. My uncle has been fighting cancer for the past 6 years now, and now he seems to be falling behind in the battle. Just been going on for too long, and a person can only take so many treatments and so forth. Which reminds me my mom's 7th cancer surgery is next wednesday.

Apologies for the rant. RIP John Tenta.

Here's the two wrestling topics dedicated to him:
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26909
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=96586[/QUOTE]


sucks about cancer. you can have it for years and never know it. My grandmother died of it back in June 1994... Never showed any signs. She fell in May 1994 and hurt her leg and said she didnt feel right. Went to the hospital and they said it was nothing. 2 weeks past and still didnt feel right. took blood test and found that she had cancer in her liver and it was all over her body. She only lasted around 3 weeks after being told she had cancer.

her sister died of blood cancer in feb 1994 noone really though we would lost 2 people in a matter of 4 months : (


friend died of lung cancer/ heart cancer (had nothing do with smoking ) back on March 2003 they went under a lot of operations but nothing could help them. They lasted around 18 months

sort of worry about my aunt now ... she used to weigh 225+ pounds but now is down to 140 and says she doesnt feel right (everyone is worry she has liver cancer cause we have no clue why she is loosing so much weight)

hell i myself have fallen from 180 to 162 (hopefully cause i dont eat that much the last few months
best of luck to your family members
 
Fearless Jack Bull has returned to OVW!!!! Awesome!

Chett the Jett Jablonski won a gauntlet match to take on MVP next Friday night at the OVW show at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. I *really* want to see MVP/Chett, but I have a meet and greet with the Minnesota Rollergirls that night, since our team is playing them the next day.

OVW has another $5 show in Cincinnati tonight as well (at the Lincoln Community Center on Linn Street in the West End), but I have to leave for a wedding in about an hour, so this marks the 2nd or 3rd show in a row I can't make it to.

On the topic of OVW, I can't figure out what they're doing with Pulaski/Roadkill. The first OVW show I attended, I asked him if he used to wrestle as Roadkill - he was sitting near the ring w/ Al Snow the whole show. However, he was also loading/unloading the ring truck before and after the show. He seems to show signs that he's high up in OVW as a trainer/employee (which may well be the case given Nova's prominence in the WWE corporate offices, and their background in ECW); at the same time, though, loading and unloading the ring is a rookie's job, and his in-ring attire seems to have that sort of "we're going to embarrass you into losing weight" look to it.
 
Need some help from you guys... I'm doing a wrestling contest and here's the question I need help with.

What was Magnitude Kishiwada's name when he wrestled in Osaka Pro?

I've found two different names and I'm not for sure if he wrestled under two different names or just one.
 
This isn't really new news or anything, but Vince McMahon is officially homosexual:

Madigan also said that when he wrote the WWE film See No Evil, Vince McMahon suggested a scene where Kane would masturbate on screen and it would show that he had a 36-inch penis.
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[quote name='Zenithian Legend']This isn't really new news or anything, but Vince McMahon is officially homosexual:[/quote]
36 inches... that's all? I always thought it would have been bigger...
 
[quote name='Zenithian Legend']This isn't really new news or anything, but Vince McMahon is officially homosexual:[/QUOTE]

You left out the best part.

He suggested that in a room full of people and Madigan was the only person who told him it was fucking stupid.
 
Well how do you like that? My cable wasn't messed up afterall. My provider just moved SpkeTV over to another channel and neglected to tell me.

I just tuned into the Impact rerun in time to catch last bit of the Harris-Storm match.
 
Whole bunch of SummerSlam news, thanks to the Lords Of Pain.

Early booking plans call for a couple of matches on the SummerSlam card featuring Jackass cast members, by themselves, or teamed with WWE faces vs WWE heels.

Shane McMahon is the one behind the upcoming Jackass angle to be played out on TV over the summer building towards SummerSlam. Shane has wanted to bring them back since the last time they were used in WWE, when they were laid out by Umaga. It was then that Shane wanted to do a longer term angle with them but Stephanie and Triple H disagreed because they felt the Jackass members could not be trusted to do the right thing for wrestling. Vince, in the middle, never gave an answer thus it was not given approval. Since the last time Jackass was on WWE TV, and up until WrestleMania, the ratings have been stong so there was no pressure for Vince to make a decision on the Jackass angle. Recently the USA Networks have come down on WWE for lower ratings and now Vince has agreed.

The last time the Jackass members were used in WWE they rubbed alot of people the wrong way by not selling to the wrestlers very good in matches. Umaga had even gotten rough with Steve O to send a message, but did not hurt him. When the WWE was in Tampa for Monday Night Raw on June 4th, Steve O was backstage pissing a lot of people off. Besides being his usual crazy self and not having dressing room etiquette, Steve O had a camera crew with him the entire time, secretly filming, for his upcoming Paparazzi Stuntman DVD. They filmed wrestlers going over finishes ahead of time. They tried filming the wrestlers changing but that was stopped. They even filmed creative going over promos and match details with wrestlers. When Vince found out about all of this he damn near cancelled the whole Jackass angle, but was talked out of it by Shane. Now it appears Shane will be playing backstage babysitter all summer and lots of people are expecting several incidents to happen.

Jackass members already signed for the angle are: Steve O, Chris Pontius, Wee-Man, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, and Preston Lacey. Johnny Knoxville has yet to agree because he is still in talks. Rake Yohn turned down the angle. Ehren McGhehey and Dave England were not offered a spot.

As previously rumored, Triple H is likely to return at SummerSlam for a match with Randy Orton. That match, along with the Jackass match(es) will be co-promoted as the main events.

SummerSlam was originally going to be used by WWE to build to the future. Original ideas included: DX vs Team RKO, Triple H vs Edge or Randy Orton, and Vince vs Rey Mysterio.
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[quote name='RawisJericho']Hopefully the Jackass crew won't sell any moves and just turn the main event into a circus.[/QUOTE]

Given that right now we are being subjected to Cena vs Khali.... well.... it can't be any worse. Can it?
 
[quote name='Demolition Man']Not to mention Wrestlecrap.[/QUOTE]

Bingo. It has the secret ingredient that surefire "Wrestlecrap" needs.

It's hopelessly outdated pop culture being used by WWE to come across as "hip" and "edgy."

Jackass? Are you fucking kidding me? When was the last time those guys were on television? When was the last time they mattered? The WWE might as well go dig up Captain Stuebing and the rest of "The Love Boat" for an eight-man tag against the New Breed.

fucking "Jackass." It really does help reinforce the "slow-witted wrestling fan" stereotype, because it makes us look like we're starving for something that was popular 7 years ago.

To be fair, I totally agree that it does have "clusterfuck" written all over it. It may be fun to watch pan out.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']I guess they didn't get the hint after TNA fans shit all over the whole Jackass thing they did.[/QUOTE]

And even worse now is that this shit is going to give fire to all the Kent Jones TNA fanboys who will claim the WWE is "ripping off TNA" or something like that.
 
myke, Jacob Duncan was in TNA, but his name then was Ryan Wilson, aka Trytan. He was backstage at WWE TV tapings lately and reports say he's close to getting called up.
 
[quote name='CaseyRyback']the movie they made last year did do pretty well at the box office[/quote]

And I believe Steve-o is doing a new show, although the "Dr Steve-o" bit I saw might've just been a joke. Either way I wanted to sign my friend up for the show, that'd learn him.
 
[quote name='pitfallharry219']myke, Jacob Duncan was in TNA, but his name then was Ryan Wilson, aka Trytan. He was backstage at WWE TV tapings lately and reports say he's close to getting called up.[/QUOTE]

Trytan? Really? Wow. I'm surprised that went over my head. I could easily see him on Raw or Smackdown soon - he may take the "scary dumb guy who can't wrestle but beats everyone" spot on ECW when they inevitably move Snitsky to Raw to feud with Cena.

[quote name='Zenithian Legend']And I believe Steve-o is doing a new show, although the "Dr Steve-o" bit I saw might've just been a joke. Either way I wanted to sign my friend up for the show, that'd learn him.[/QUOTE]

ok, ok...I guess I'm more out of the pop culture loop than Jackass. There's still something about those guys that seems *really* "yesterday's news" about them, and that it makes wrestling look out of touch - like they did with Kevin Federline, or Donald Trump (his reality show was tanking on TV during the Wrestlemania buildup, and they didn't use him when his show was ultra hot).

Don't get me wrong - WCW's storylines with Robocop and Chucky (the easy ones that come to mind) were *awful* beyond comprehension (though awesomely funny in hindsight). I just bristle whenever I see WWE using some kind of pop culture crossover, because it is rarely current popular culture. It worked with Cindy Lauper 20 years ago because she hit her stride at the same time she was doing the wrestling stuff...and the WWE can show that they are current when they do crossover work with Timbaland, because he's currently a very hot producer/artist (and, most importantly, came across as a total wrestling fan, which is more than I can say for damn near every celebrity ever involved in wrestling).

I still can't shake that using the Jackass guys isn't going to help the buyrate at all, though - and that's the goal, right?
 
Apparently Nigel and Danielson had a Match of the Year candidate last night in Philly, with people saying it was the best ROH match since Kobashi/Joe. (fixed!)

It will be on the second PPV.
 
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