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| Big Evil | Feb 6 2008, 06:43 PM Post #21 |
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Harmony Yes, I would have still gone on with the InVasion angle. But let's face it, there's no way it could've been done properly. If all things were in the WWE's favor and things worked out, I would've brought over Booker T., Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, DDP, Sting, Ric Flair, Goldberg and a bunch of other people that actually had name value. Not Shawn Stasiak. Not Chuck Palumbo. I would've had Eric Bischoff be the leader, not Shane McMahon. I wouldn't of made the war about The McMahon Family Crisis. I would've gotten ECW involved, and I'll tell you what, if there was one thing they did great, the ten men they had representing ECW (Taz, Dudleys, Raven, Storm, Awesome, Dreamer, RVD, Rhyno & Justin Credible) was a great line-up to represent ECW. I would've found a way to add The Sandman and Sabu (who were not contracted) as well as adding Tajiri and Spike Dudley (who were WWF sympathsizers) and making the perfect ECW regieme. They should've never had WCW and ECW team up, that was ridiculous, because if anything, WCW and ECW hated each other more than ECW and WWF. It was very possible to make it a three way feud. How? Simple: War Games. Build up to Survivor Series '01 and make it a War Games match. So many people were embarassed, misused and mistreated upon arriving to the WWF. The only thing I liked about the InVasion was the night ECW came into the fold and the very last night, S.Series '01, which was a great PPV and had one of the best endings ever...Vince slamming his jacket down and throwing his arms in the air, which was kind of symbolic. Vince McMahon and the WWF were "finally" the only game in town. CM Pyro It was obvious that Hogan was going to have to break away from the nWo. He practically killed the Rock with a Semi-Truck, yet was getting bigger pops than anybody, mainly because his return to the WWF was long over due. If they really had to move Hogan away, I would've made sure Nash stayed healthy and Hall stopped drinking. Adding X-Pac was a good move, as was adding Big Show. HBK and Booker T were stupid, stupid moves. If it was a perfect world, I would've just found some way, some goddamn way to keep Hogan red-hot heel. WCW did it, I'm sure the WWF could've found a way to do it. Hogan, Hall and Nash could've had a good six month to year run in the WWF as a great heel nWo. Maybe even do the long awaited nWo vs. DX program at Survivor Series '02, which was when Michaels was already back. It wouldn't surprise me if those, indeed, were the plans somehow, some what originally. They watered it down in a way I didn't think possible. WCW watered it down by having 2/3 of their roster being nWo. WWF watered it down by putting people that didn't belong in there in it. Ric Flair, HBK, Booker T., Goldust had no business in the nWo. That ruined it, and those four are great preformers, but they're not nWo. Also, once Hogan left, it seemed the "poison" schtick was dropped and it was just another stable. It's ashame Nash was so injury prone and Hall was still a drunkard. |
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| The Southside Kid | Feb 6 2008, 11:06 PM Post #22 |
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Bigguh, I'm going to give you a guy that has been gone for a while. Gregory Helms, who I feel is a very capable in ring performer. What I would like to know is when he is supposed to come back, how would you book him? |
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| Big Evil | Feb 6 2008, 11:51 PM Post #23 |
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I'm not sure when exactly Helms is supposed to be back, I'd venture to say somewhere around the summer time because I do believe that was around the time he was injured. When he comes back, I would re-book him back into the Cruiserweight Division as a way to bring that title back. I could also see him on RAW going after the IC Title, a feud with him vs Jeff Hardy could be very well done and progress Jeff onto the Main Event fully. Hell, I'd love to see him feud with Punk over the ECW Title, infact, that could be just god damned epic. I just hope he doesn't get released or buried upon his return. He seems to be one of the guys who became legit WWE guys after the purchase of WCW. |
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| The Amish Porn★ | Feb 7 2008, 12:44 AM Post #24 |
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From a business standpoint, if you were Vince McMahon would you bring back the Warrior and Macho Man for the potential money making opportunity, also would you try and give enough money for Sting to enter the WWE for the first time for the same premise? Give detailed reasons in each case as to why or why not. |
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| CM Pyro | Feb 7 2008, 12:47 AM Post #25 |
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Your favorite wrestler is the Undertaker, if you had to change one thing about Taker what would it be and why? |
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| Big Evil | Feb 7 2008, 01:15 AM Post #26 |
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TAPS The Ultimate Warrior: Absolutely not. The Ultimate Warrior never drew a dime in his life. Think about all of his high profile matches, the people that worked against him were the ones drawing the money. Hogan, Savage, Rude, Andre. Warrior's test to make money was in his Title defense against Sgt. Slaughter at Royal Rumble 1991, which ended up being one of the lowest rated rumbles and one of the poorest at drawing money. Add that in with the fact that he was a legitimate and proved steroid abuser and mental incompetant, and adding in Vince's past beef with Warrior holding Vince up for money at Summerslam and no-showing all those events in 1996, the answer is absolutely, positively 100% no. Merchandise, yeah, Warrior was a merchandise hog. But guess what, so was Bobby Lashley. The most money Warrior ever made Vince was the DVD they produced BURYING the Warrior completely. Randy Savage: Absolutely. The fact that Savage has not been at least inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond me. It's a damn shame, too, because Savage was not only one of the biggest names ever, he was one of the greatest talents ever. Not alot of talent from the 80's WWF era can have that said about them. I guarantee you if Monday Night on RAW the opening strums of "Pomp & Circumstance" began to play and out strutted Macho Man twirling his hands, still "thinkin' thinkin'", it would be a pop that rivals Austin, Rock and Hogan. Savage could draw Vince a dime in some way or form. Whether it be HOF induction, one last run, an angle or two, a one night stand or a DVD, Savage still has that "one big pop" left in him. Sting: Sting's debut in the WWE is the most long awaited debut in wrestling history. It's safe to say that he's the greatest wrestler in history to have never worked for the WWF/E, and with great reason. He's seen what Vince has done to pretty much everyone aside from Jericho, Flair, Big Show and Benoit. He's embarassed them, he's manipulated them, and when the time came, he disposed of them. Not that it would neccesarily happen to Sting, but there IS reason to believe it would. It is Vince McMahon we're speaking of. If Vince was a smart business man, he would haggle a way (even though it's impossible at this point) to have found a way to make Sting be Flair's last opponent at WrestleMania XXIV. CM Pyro As I said to you on MSN, this is one of the questions I've been waiting for somebody to bring up since the first day I joined a wrestling message board. Grant it, I love Taker, no matter what he does, what he says, who he faces, who he beats or who he puts over. It doesn't matter. Taker can do no wrong in my eyes. But, I agree with many various comments he's made about disliking the fact that he's once again "The Phenom" character. He loved, loved, loved being the American Bad Ass/Big Evil Red Devil for a simple reason...[/i]because it was HIM.[/i] It was him to a T and there's no arguing that. He got to be himself and quite frankly, 2000 - 2004 was my favorite period in Taker's timeline. Something about how sadistic and bad ass he was when he was the monster Bad Ass Big Evil character from late '01 to mid '02 was epic. And even when he was face with the same character from mid '02 to late '04, he was just so epic. I would've let him finish out his career in the style he wanted to. Austin got to be Austin. Rock got to be Rock. Trips got to be Trips. Flair got to be Flair. Punk gets to be Punk. Fuck, let Taker be Taker. |
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| The Southside Kid | Feb 7 2008, 01:27 AM Post #27 |
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Brock Lesnar, what would have done differently with him, if anything at all? |
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| CM Pyro | Feb 7 2008, 02:28 AM Post #28 |
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What potential mega feuds did we miss out on between WWE and WCW guys? And not Austin/Goldberg plz. |
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| Big Evil | Feb 7 2008, 03:09 AM Post #29 |
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| Harmony | Feb 7 2008, 04:07 PM Post #30 |
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If you had had control of John Cena's return to WWE from injury, how would you have done it differently? |
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| The Amish Porn★ | Feb 7 2008, 04:32 PM Post #31 |
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What were some of your favorite storylines in the WWE, WCW, and ECW? What made them so great in your mind? Also, what could Vince McMahon do to make pro-wrestling hit the ratings and popularity it attained during the Attitude era? |
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| CM Pyro | Feb 7 2008, 04:48 PM Post #32 |
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What if Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman didn't hate each other and had actuallu joined forces during the Monday Night Wars? Name the top 5 greatest wrestling managers of all time and explain why they're so great. Do that again with the top 5 stables also. Then, tell me how you would book Undertaker finally losing at WrestleMania. Book from the beginnign of the feud all the wya through the match. |
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| xela | Feb 7 2008, 08:01 PM Post #33 |
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How would you book Matt Sydal's debut and the weeks following? Be it you know who Matt Sydal is. And, name a couple indy talents you think would fare well in or WWE should sign in the near future. |
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| Big Evil | Feb 8 2008, 01:11 AM Post #34 |
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shit im getting in the shower now but expect me to answer these as soon as i get out ftw |
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| Deleted User | Feb 8 2008, 01:47 AM Post #35 |
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Do you ever see TNA gaining the heights the WWF, or even WCW did back in the days of the Monday Night War? if so, do you see WWE going back to the attitude era ways that it did to compete with WCW? |
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| Lolo | Feb 8 2008, 07:59 AM Post #36 |
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I'm a fellow Taker fan. Taker talk is one of the few wrestling topics I still enjoy talking about, and I was wondering what (if anything specific) angle/feud/match/character perk first got you interested in the character? And gimme a few of your favorite matches while you're at it. Mine mostly stemmed from the fact that he was the first wrestler I saw, when I was 5 or 6 years old, and I remember telling my dad "that guy looks cool!" Apart from a short period in 99, he's been the only one I've been known to (and secretly still do) mark out for. |
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| Big Evil | Feb 8 2008, 01:46 PM Post #37 |
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Southside Kid Personally, the only beef I ever had with Lesnar was the fact that he got the title as early as he did. I think that was one of the things that, in the long run, went to his head. He thought he was bigger than the sport of professional wrestling, much like until Frank Mir made his ass tapped out, he thought he was bigger than the world of MMA after ONE FIGHT in a dingy, minor league MMA company (can't remember the name). So I definetely would've waited to put the belt on him, perhaps when he won it the 2nd time at WrestleMania XIX, I would've had THAT be his first title win, because that seemed more important than the first anyway now that we look back upon it. However, other than that, I feel everything the WWE did with him was great. I thought that towards the end of his WWE run, he was an absolutely AWESOME heel. I didn't care for him much as a face. But even in his first heel run he was a good heel. I think his feud with Taker in the fall of '02 really brought him into his own. The whole cornering a pregnant Sara Calloway in the corner of a locker room and placing his hand on her belly was one of the most heelish things I've ever seen. Just the look in his eye and the way he did it was STILL to this date one of the most heelish things I've seen. Just something about it. It's ashame his wrestling career ended the way it did with the WWE because the guy after two years was set to be a certified Hall of Famer some day, but now, who knows. Before I forget, let me just say that his program with Kurt Angle from Survivor Series '02 to WrestleMania XIX is STILL my favorite WrestleMania program of all-time. CM Pyro God, what a question. There's so many answers, I suppose, but it'd be hard because of the way business works and the way people's health can deteoriorate. Look at Scott Steiner. At the closing of WCW, he was still great in the ring. A year later he comes to WWF, a YEAR later, and he was absolutely abissmal in the ring. And that was one guy that could've had many big dream and money matches with people in the WWF. Him vs. Triple H COULD HAVE BEEN a big money dream match. I think Ric Flair vs. The Rock would've been epic to see. Sting vs. The Undertaker. Steve Austin vs. Hulk Hogan. We got to see Y2J vs. Goldberg but that's something I would've loved to see in an extended program instead of the 3 weeks they gave it back then. The list goes on and on and makes me too depressed to even think about Harmony Oh, I wouldn't have done a thing differently. That was the biggest surprise that WWE has somehow been able to keep away from its fans and the dirtsheets in probably close to 5 years. That was absolutely awestriking when Number 30 was called and his music hit. It still took me a good two minutes after his music hit for me to realize it was actually John Cena. However, now that I think about it, I think it's bogus that they're having Cena vs. Orton at No Way Out because that's the feud everyone's been waiting to see end, that's the feud that before Cena got injured people were like "Okay, this feud is going to MAKE Orton and it's giving Cena something interesting to do for once." It had so much promise and potential. Now, I mean come on, it's clear as the eye can see as far as I'm concerned. Cena's using his "WM Main Event ticket" at No Way Out so Triple H is guaranteed the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. Ever since I started putting two and two together back at the Rumble, as far as Trips is concerned, I've had a grown distaste for him yet again. Cena/Orton should be the sole Main Event for WrestleMania, especially because of the awesome job Orton has done as WWE Champion. And it's ashame that Orton will probably be lost in the shuffle or just thrown into the Money in the Bank match. It's a damn shame. TAPS I'll give you one from each company: WWF/E: My favorite storyline of all-time in the history of the WWF/E HAS to be "Who Ran Over Steve Austin?". I wasn't really into it back when he first got hit by the car at Survivor Series '99. But when they started hyping his return at Unforgiven '00 and they were having the big investigation and everyone thought it was either Triple H or the Rock and it turned out to be Rikishi, I was like "oh shit". It was a major swerve. It was my favorite storyline to date. It just seemed to be so real to life but at the same time so far out of the box. Just the reactions of Steve himself. Like when he was on the cell phone at one point and was telling somebody "That something in the pit of his stomach wasn't right, something just didn't feel right". And moments later, he narrowly missed a large crate getting dropped on him from somewhere. I don't know, call me markish, but that storyline was my favorite. His matches with Rikishi and Triple H at No Mercy and Survior Series 2000 respectively were also awesome. 25 foot crane drop ftmfnw. WCW: If we're talking OLD WCW as in NWA Presents World Championship Wrestling, then my favorite storyline is the Four Horsemen vs. Dusty Rhodes, hands down, bar none. There's never been a better storyline in wrestling than that. But if we're talking modern WCW, then it has to be the formation of the original nWo. I'm not talking the watered down shit that had 80 guys. I'm talking Hogan, Hall, Nash. Everything that led up to that. Once jobbers like Buff Bagwell and Syxx were joining, I lost alot of interest. Hall's first promo "You want a war? You're gonna get one." Nash's first promo. Hogan's first promo after joining so unsuspectedly. Tony Schivaonne's reaction (still the only good/funny thing that tool ever did/said.). I remember it word for word. "I am shocked. Literally shocked and appaled, ladies and gentlemen. I don't know what else to say. For Bobby the Brain, Dusty Rhodes...disgusting...Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell...I'm Tony Schivaonne...straight to hell." I loved that hahaha. ECW: God, for me being where I am growing up, for me going to so many of the shows and watching it religiously, it's so hard to pick JUST one. But if I had to pick JUST one, I'm going to have to say the epic feud between Sandman and Raven. Raven befriends and dates Sandman's ex-wife, Lori Fullington. Brain washes his son Tyler to do the Raven poses and quoth the raven. Sandman breaking down in the middle of the ring when his OWN son played a swerve on him. Raven crucifying Sandman. If you can't feel that shit emotionally, then you're not a human being. My favorite storyline in ECW, bar none. As far as your second question, look at the three storylines I just named above. There's your answer. Do shit like that again. Not "a midget is my son". Not "this biker beat up his girl". Not "i fucked my sister omg". CM Pyro 1.) If Eric Bischoff and Paul Heyman joined forces during the Monday Night Wars, or at any point to be quite honest, the results would've been epic. But during then, with Bischoff controlling Turner's check book and with Heyman's just absolutely amazing creative and booking skills, my god, I can't even begin to think. You combine the talent from ECW and WCW at the time, and as long as the politics that were in WCW ceased to be (which, good luck trying to have happen) I can guarantee you the WWF would've closed it's doors and folded probably in 1996 or 1997. We'd be watching WCW/ECW Monday Night Nitro every week, and who knows, it might even be better. 2.) In order: Bobby Heenan. Jimmy Hart. Freddie Blassie. Ted DiBiasie. James Mitchell. The reason? Because they all have those unique qualities that make them so great, that make them stand out. Heenan was so smart, you hated him, but would say the dumbest things. He was still to this date the most comedic person in the history of the biz. He managed more World Champions than you can count. When you got put with Bobby, it wasn't because you needed help, it was because you were SO GOOD, you got to have Bobby Heenan with you. Unless your name was Hercules. Jimmy Hart was that annoying fuck that when he was heel, you wanted to see him die in a fiery car wreck, but when he was face, those same qualities made you love him and want to get a megaphone of your own. Freddie Blassie was just the best. He had a very dry sense of humor. When he managed the Iron Sheik and he would just stand in the background of a Sheik promo "praising Allah" with his cane and head dress on, those were some funny moments. Sheik would go off in Iranian and look at Blassie waiting for him to agree and Blassie would just go "Oh. YEAH. PRAISE ALLAH!". Ted DiBiasie, even as a wrestler, had one of the best gimmicks ever and had a gimmick that fit perfectly as a manager. His time managing Money Incorporated and then the nWo was great. He was a great mouth piece. While he was great in the ring, he was even better on the mic. And James Mitchell is just, in my book, top 5 promoers of all-time. Going back to his Sinister Minister days where he managed Mikey Whipwreck. He's also a very, very funny man that I would love to drink a beer with. I suggest downloading some of his music, he's got a great voice, too. 3.) In order: Four Horsemen. D-Generation-X. Evolution. Nation of Domination. nWo. The Four Horsemen need no explination, hands down, the greatest faction of all-time. You could relate with any of them. Everyone wanted to be Flair because he was the man. Everyone wanted to be Tully because he was an arrogant prick who was just so fucking cool. Everyone wanted to be Barry Windham because he could kick your ass. Everyone wanted to be like Arn Anderson because he'd hurt you with his words and murder you with his moves. The ORIGINAL D-X, HBK, Chyna, HHH, when they were actually EDGY, CUTTING EDGE and INNOVATIVE, back in 1997, was epic. While I was a fan of the new DX (HHH, Xpac, Outlaws), nothing will compare to HHH and HBK in their heyday DX. Evolution was a great successor (albeit 20 years later) to the Horsemen and it's ashame they didn't get more time. It made Triple H the best heel ever. It made the careers of Randy Orton and Dave Batista, two of the biggest stars in this industry today. That's one thing the Horsemen never really did was make stars THAT big. Nation of Domination was pretty much ORIGINAL at the time. And I don't mean the original one with Faarooq, Crush and Savio. Gay. Although the Gang Wars aspect that came out of that after wards was pretty cool. I'm talking Faarooq, Mark Henry, Godfather, D'Lo, Owen, Rock. That shit was epic. That was just an all around bad-ass heel stable. And of course, how can you not mention the nWo? Even when that shit was watered down and weak, it was still the coolest thing in wrestling. 4.) I refuse to answer this question, good sir, because he will never lose at WrestleMania. I'll bet the house on that one. xela I'm not too keen on the stuff Matt Sydal has done, although, I do know who he is. From what I hear, he's a great talent that could fare well on SmackDown or ECW. Let's face it, no new guys are going to make a name for themselves starting out on RAW, and it's ashame, but that's how it is. I would love to see some of his OVW and INDY work if you could direct me to some links please. As far as the INDY scene, I'd love to see Nigel McGuinness in the WWE (I coulda swore he signed a contract already). I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see the Briscoe Brothers in the WWE. I know TNA isn't really INDY, but some of their guys do work INDY, so I'd LOVE to see Samoa Joe and LAX in the WWE. Delirious would be awesome. Mistico. I'd love to see some of the bigger Japanese and Mexican guys come over to WWE for some sort of angle as well. Phenetic No. Plain and simple. TNA's had close to six years to make a name for themselves and outside of the normal wrestling fans (i.e., us) nobody has a fucking clue what TNA is. Aside from watching Spike TV, have you seen any advertising or promotion for their PPV this Sunday? Does half the wrestling world even know about it? Add that in with their piss poor booking since Russo combined his "powers" with Mantel and Jarrett and the fact that Dixie Carter supports this, I never see TNA being legit competition to the WWE. But I never say never, really, so who knows. Lolah When he killed Hulkamania, babydoll. At that point, even as a kid, I was so weary and tired of Hulkamania that when Taker rolled out the Hulkamania casket and was going to end the career of Hogan, I couldn't wait. And when Taker actually WON the title from Hogan at Survivor Series '91, I was mtfo. After that, things just got better for him and for me as a fan. His feud with Jake Roberts. The shit with the Ultimate Warrior. The shit with Randy Savage and his wedding. His epic feud with Yokozuna which was Yoko's best program ever. The shit with Kane. The shit with Mankind. A few of my favorite matches: Undertaker vs. Hogan Survivor Series '91, Undertaker vs. Jake Roberts WrestleMania VIII, Undertaker vs. Yokozuna Casket Match Royal Rumble 1994, Undertaker vs. Mankind Buried Alive 1996, Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels HIAC Bad Blood '97, Undertaker vs. Mankind HIAC KotR '98, Undertaker vs. Steve Austin SummerSlam Highway to Hell '98, Undertaker/Kane/Rock vs. HHH/Shane/Vince KotR '00, Undertaker vs. Kane Summerslam '00, Undertaker vs. HHH WrestleMania X-7, Undertaker vs. RVD Unforgiven '01, Undertaker vs. Ric Flair WrestleMania X-8, Undertaker vs. Hulk Hogan Judgment Day '02. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle vs. The Rock Vengeance '02. Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar HIAC No Mercy '02. Undertaker vs. Big Show, No Way Out '03. Undertaker vs. Kurt Angle Iron Man Match on SmackDown, Undertaker vs. John Cena Vengeance '03, Undertaker vs. Kane WrestleMania XX, Undertaker vs. Dudley Boyz GAB '04, Undertaker vs. Booker T vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL at Armageddon '04. Undertaker vs. Randy Orton HIAC Armageddon '05. Undertaker vs. Ken Kennedy, First Blood Match, Survivor Series '06. Undertaker vs. Batista WrestleMania 23. I guess that's more than a few. Oh, and <3. |
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| CM Pyro | Feb 8 2008, 03:09 PM Post #38 |
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THen pretend he'll lose at Mania one day you twit.
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| xela | Feb 8 2008, 04:47 PM Post #39 |
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Honestly I haven't seen too much of Sydal myself, but I found a decent highlight video - minus the shitastic music that goes along with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbhutdpT2aM |
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| Harmony | Feb 8 2008, 06:44 PM Post #40 |
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Ok Bigs, book what you would consider a PERFECT WWE PPV, using stars past and present. |
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