Where does Pro Wrestling Go From Here?

#29
#29
GAVol said:
They don't make them like Piper anymore. I saw Piper on TV last night. I knew exactly how the segment was going to play out, but I kept watching just to hear what Piper ad libbed.
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I love Piper's line in that clip "They think they know the answer, then I change the question!" lol

I think thats the funniest quote in wrestling.
 
#31
#31
GAVol said:
To you and me it's apples and oranges, but to the mouth breather crowd it's got the same appeal. Although I think MMA is succeeding in becoming mainstream. But I agree with you about the packaging being very important. It's all about the personalities . . . not goofy angles.
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During the NwO/Attitude Era boom, the crowds I encountered at house shows were more like rock concert crowds than sports crowds.
 
#32
#32
That was the best its ever been Hat.When the NWO was at its height. Who was goin to the NWO and who would stay a good guy, double crosses. Do you have a favorite period of wrestling?
 
#33
#33
hatvol96 said:
During the NwO/Attitude Era boom, the crowds I encountered at house shows were more like rock concert crowds than sports crowds.
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It was fun while it lasted. Too bad Hall couldn't stay sober, Nash was lazy, Hogan was old and WCW put the belt on David Arquette. :drive2:
 
#36
#36
kptvol said:
Are you serious? How did that happen?
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WCW was promoting that horrendous wrestling movie. I can't remember the name of it, but it starred Oliver Platt and he wrestled Diamond Dallas Page.
 
#38
#38
Remember THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR

I LIKED THE DUDLEYS AS A TAG TEAM. Bubba Dudley was a cool guy away from the ring I hear.
 
#40
#40
GAVol said:
It was fun while it lasted. Too bad Hall couldn't stay sober, Nash was lazy, Hogan was old and WCW put the belt on David Arquette. :drive2:
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The biggest mistake Bischoff, et al made was wiping out all credible competition to the NwO. Had Curt Henning actually joined the Four Horesemen, and Steve McMichael been replaced with a big time wrestler, WCW would have had a rivalry for the ages on their hands.
 
#41
#41
Those were the days when Ted Turner put wrestling on TBS, Vince McMahon put it on USA and wrestling became less regional.
 
#42
#42
GAVol said:
WCW was promoting that horrendous wrestling movie. I can't remember the name of it, but it starred Oliver Platt and he wrestled Diamond Dallas Page.
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So did Arquette legitimately defeat the WCW champ, or did something strange happen?
 
#43
#43
hatvol96 said:
The biggest mistake Bischoff, et al made was wiping out all credible competition to the NwO. Had Curt Henning actually joined the Four Horesemen, and Steve McMichael been replaced with a big time wrestler, WCW would have had a rivalry for the ages on their hands.
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All the talent and mic skills of the Horsemen were wasted in useless angles while guys with no personality like DDP/Luger/Sting were killing the NWO angle slowly.

...and then they put the belt on Goldberg to prove that WCW was the place to be if you had 3 moves and no ability to cut a promo and have any staying power.
 
#44
#44
allvol123 said:
That was bascially the resurgence right? Or the eruption if resurging is the wrong term?
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I pick that period because, for most of that time, you had three major companies all putting out generally interesting product. Regional companies were also still vibrant and gave the business character.
 
#45
#45
kptvol said:
So did Arquette legitimately defeat the WCW champ, or did something strange happen?
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It was an illegitimate win in an illegitimate sport. :eek:lol: It rendered the title belt irrelevant which is death.
 
#46
#46
Who did Mr. Wrestling No. 2, or whoever wrestle for? I lived in the GA/SC area and do remember him and the Junk Yard Dog on TV. Were they a reginonal thing or national? It seemed regional?
 
#47
#47
allvol123 said:
Who did Mr. Wrestling No. 2, or whoever wrestle for? I lived in the GA/SC area and do remember him and the Junk Yard Dog on TV. Were they a reginonal thing or national? It seemed regional?
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#2 was in the NWA wrestling in Georgia, Florida and I think Smokey Mtn. JYD was in various places but was most popular in the WWF.
 
#48
#48
GAVol said:
All the talent and mic skills of the Horsemen were wasted in useless angles while guys with no personality like DDP/Luger/Sting were killing the NWO angle slowly.

...and then they put the belt on Goldberg to prove that WCW was the place to be if you had 3 moves and no ability to cut a promo and have any staying power.
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Goldberg had a third move?
 
#49
#49
hatvol96 said:
1980-1988.
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I agree with the NWO years second. I was born in '82 but I loved wrestling in the '80s. Saturday Night Main Event was awesome and I would just sit and watch anything that had to do with wrestling. I love watching old matches and tapes from that era. I could name more wrestlers from that era than today's wrestlers.
 
#50
#50
GAVol said:
#2 was in the NWA wrestling in Georgia, Florida and I think Smokey Mtn. JYD was in various places but was most popular in the WWF.
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yea, I remember JYD in the WWF. But I also remember him on a smaller level in the same league with #2.

I still remember that storyline of anyone and everyone trying to unmask #2. ha ha ha. Was there also a #1?
 
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