THE WRESTLING THREAD: HHH KEEPS DOING HHH THINGS.....

[XXXplosive]

Not trying a back and forth with you as I legitimately am curious but what AEW hardcores HERE is making this a competition?

Someone just literally on the last page shared a tweet (among countless others posted in this thread) about how this week's Dynamite beat Raw in the "key demo". If there is no competition between AEW and WWE here, why do folks constantly care about who beat who in the key demo?

 

[XXXplosive]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

My favorite wrestler as a kid in the WWF was The Ultimate Warrior. I also liked the Million Dollar Man because of the character.
Like a lot of kids (and to some extent still to this day), I was more attracted to the big characters and not so much the technical experts.
It's why I never really cared much for Brett Hart growing up.

In WCW (which I got into a bit later in the early 90s), it was Ric Flair, Sting and Doom.
Early 90s WCW while not financially successful, was maybe my favorite era of WCW.

 

[XXXplosive]

Macho Man and Mr T. I have uncles that look like Macho Man and always thought he was black.

Odd favorite Arn Anderson. Quiet, didn't take shyt, I feel like a lot of action movie characters were based on him.

LOL, I used to think Macho Man was black too. Glad I'm not the only one. Same with Dusty Rhodes. Thought he was just light skinned

 

[EPDC]

I liked what I saw from her in the Jade match. She has promise. Congrats to her getting a contract. From my understanding she was trained by Booker T.

I was watching a YouTube news video and it was said people backstage, and Cargill herself were blaming her for the awkwardness of their match.

I thought she did fine. Liked what I saw with her.

 

[fu2]

I was watching a YouTube news video and it was said people backstage, and Cargill herself were blaming her for the awkwardness of their match.

I thought she did fine. Liked what I saw with her.

I thought she did well too. And it's worth it to keep her around.

 

[XXXplosive]

I liked what I saw from her in the Jade match. She has promise. Congrats to her getting a contract. From my understanding she was trained by Booker T.

So which bucket does she fall into? A) Lesbian or B) Bendwench

 

[EPDC]

So which bucket does she fall into? A) Lesbian or B) Bendwench

A lesbian bedwench.

 

[mrcmd187]

wasnt she in NXT for a minute
It’s bugged out AEW not only took NXT spot as the WWE mainstream super Indy alternative but NXT effectively became development for AEW. It seems like half their wrestlers are NXT favs that WWE ignored, didn’t use or were fired before getting a chance.

Vince wants 80's type wrestlers (cartoon characters, giants and super heroes)

 

[chrislee]

My favorite wrestlers as a kid were ...

Great Muta/Keiji Muto
Ric Flair
Dusty Rhodes
Nikita Koloff
Bruiser Brody
Sting
Jushin "Thunder" Liger
Ricky Steamboat

What was your odd fave? Koloff is unusual.

 

[chrislee]

So which bucket does she fall into? A) Lesbian or B) Bendwench

I was trying to find her social media accounts Wednesday. She was signed to NXT in 2019. Good for her regardless. We got a couple brothas giving the white women the Blacked treatment now.

 

[Coldplay]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

I was a big fan of Ron Garvin and Gentleman Chris Adams. I think they qualify as unusual...lol.

 

[chrislee]

I was a big fan of Ron Garvin and Gentleman Chris Adams. I think they qualify as unusual...lol.

Yeah I never even heard of Gavin.

 

[chrislee]

 

[Mastermind2002]

What was your odd fave? Koloff is unusual.

Odd fave would be the "Boogie Woogie man" Jimmy Valiant. Dude had me LMAO as a kid. Loved his gimmIck.

 

[Mastermind2002]

Yeah I never even heard of Gavin.

They use to call him the hands of stone Ronnie Garvin. I remember watching him late on a friday night back in '87 beat Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship. He would lose it back to Flair three months later at Starrcade 87.

 

[tarizo312]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

My favs were Roddy Piper, Ric Flair, Midnight Express, Road Warriors, and Jake the Snake. Unusual would be George the Animal Steele heel version. I mostly liked the heels.

 

[chrislee]

Thinking back we didn't have many brothas to cheer or root for during my childhood. There was JYD who I don't think u ever really saw on tv besides the cartoon show. We had KoKo B Ware who was cool. Kamala& Bad News Brown were just a heels (i remember his feud with Piper evolving sewer rats HaHa). Doom and Ron Simmons got a face push.

 

[Mastermind2002]

Thinking back we didn't have many brothas to cheer or root for during my childhood. There was JYD who I don't think u ever really saw on tv besides the cartoon show. We had KoKo B Ware who was cool. Kamala& Bad News Brown were just a heels (i remember his feud with Piper evolving sewer rats HaHa). Doom and Ron Simmons got a face push.

Don't forget Abdullah the butcher and Tony Atlas.

 

[chrislee]

Don't forget Abdullah the butcher and Tony Atlas.

Before my time. Butcher was still around but don't think he was in WWF.

 

[ScottyPiffen745]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

I was a 90s kid, I didn't get into wrestling until like 97-ish

Rock and Austin
Jericho
Kane
OG ECW - Rob Van Dam, Rhyno, Dudley Boys
D-Lo Brown
Godfather
DX (but not HHH & HBK)
Filithy Animals
Booker T
Chris Benoit
2000s HBK
Hardy Boys

 

[0utsyder]

I was watching a YouTube news video and it was said people backstage, and Cargill herself were blaming her for the awkwardness of their match.

I thought she did fine. Liked what I saw with her.

So the wrestler who has been classically trained was awkward vs the one who is still green as hell?!?! Yep Jade is gonna fit in JUST fine into this wrestling industry! Next we'll start calling HER the golden shovel!

 

[0utsyder]

Someone just literally on the last page shared a tweet (among countless others posted in this thread) about how this week's Dynamite beat Raw in the "key demo". If there is no competition between AEW and WWE here, why do folks constantly care about who beat who in the key demo?

Honestly I took that as talking points or conversation starters, but I understand your perspective on that.

We may hate the product but we don't want WWE to fail. The current landscape isn't big enough to support all the wrestlers if WWE were to go under. We're just tired of the product that Vince thinks is superior and we don't understand the WWE apologists. It isn't a competition for one to defeat the other it's a "competition" to get Vince to change course.

 

[datboi]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

Ric Flair, Midnight Express, Savanah Jack (Savat Kick) now known as the Super kick was sweet. Odd Fav Shane Douglas, Barry Windham and Billy Jack Haynes.


I had too edit after reading others I liked Bad News Brown and Doom.

 

[tajshan]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

Sting.
The Great Muta fan here too.
Jushin Thunder Liger
Magnum TA
Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown
Superstar Billy Graham
Colonel Nanuchka (spelling? Yes that from the old GLOW days )
Junkyard Dog
Brickhouse Brown (good at talking shit )
Jimmy Valiant here too fam
Too many name.

 

[theoriginalgreatone]

People keep saying that's his girl IRL

I need to see more...

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

Odd, I'm not sure off the top of my head... Bruno samartino maybe?

The ultimate warrior of course
Great Muta
Raven
Road warriors
Macho man
Nikita Koloff
Andre the giant
I did enjoy the 4 horsemen & nWo at times

 

[Mastermind2002]

Before my time. Butcher was still around but don't think he was in WWF.

He wrestled a few matches in WWF but most of his work was in NWA, WCCW, and All Japan.

 

[Mastermind2002]

I had to go back and watch this match because I don't watch SmackDown and was surprised by how good it was. They actually gave Naomi and Charlotte time to tell a story. The finish was a little awkward but it was very solid. As far as Charlotte/Ronda they're just doing that to sell tickets. The match will probably suck but they don't care. As long as it puts people in seats that's all that matters.

 

[Mastermind2002]

Should be good high spot, daredevil Madness. Looking forward to it.

 

[Mastermind2002]

Hobbs needs to win this. I want to see Hobbs against Keith Lee.

 

[Mastermind2002]

I don't know how long they have Jay for but Kenny needs to come back so we can get White/Omega II.

 

[XXXplosive]

They use to call him the hands of stone Ronnie Garvin. I remember watching him late on a friday night back in '87 beat Ric Flair for the NWA World Championship. He would lose it back to Flair three months later at Starrcade 87.

The Garvin Stomp was the shit back in the day

 

[BK Pop]

Question here for everyone.

Who were y'all favorite wrestlers as a kid? Did anyone have an odd unusual wrestler they were fans of?

My faves were Hogan, Macho Man, Sting, Warrior.

My one odd fave was Barry Windham. That superplex and vaulting over for the pin was cool looking.

I'm a Homer for Memphis Mid South wrestling. I was fan of all that came through. Jimmy Hart kept a rotation of mufuccas in his First Family faction the came in an fought the hometown hero Jerry Lawler. I would say Jerry is my favorite because he made most of the big time wrestlers famous But never held A WWE title.

 

[XXXplosive]

I had to go back and watch this match because I don't watch SmackDown and was surprised by how good it was. They actually gave Naomi and Charlotte time to tell a story. The finish was a little awkward but it was very solid. As far as Charlotte/Ronda they're just doing that to sell tickets. The match will probably suck but they don't care. As long as it puts people in seats that's all that matters.

Like it or not, Charlotte vs. Rhonda is a bigger draw than with Naomi.
Looks like Naomi is getting a bit of a push now tagging with Rhonda at Elimination Chamber.
Hopefully she doesn't get forgotten about as soon as its over. She's pretty much the female Kofi Kingston.

 

[fu2]

I had to go back and watch this match because I don't watch SmackDown and was surprised by how good it was. They actually gave Naomi and Charlotte time to tell a story. The finish was a little awkward but it was very solid. As far as Charlotte/Ronda they're just doing that to sell tickets. The match will probably suck but they don't care. As long as it puts people in seats that's all that matters.

I watched Smackdown on fast-forward last night, but I watched that from start to finish. Naomi can go in the ring. And is crazy over. The problem is, with Becky, Charlotte, Sasha, and Bayley to extent, they only know one way to book a female champion. They seem to just fumble faces as champions, and even worse when the champion is female.

But they have who they have to carry the weekly shows, and have who they want to use for ppvs. It's like they have this booking algorithm.

 

[chrislee]