i was well aware of who ric flair, dusty rhodes, harley race, etc. were living up here in the north, but my mom's side of the family came up here from florida so that's probably the only reason why.

Same as Indy guys now, if you follow more than one promotion you knew who guys like Punk/Bryan etc were and what they were capable of, otherwise you're kinda going solely by how they're presented when they debut.

There was those who are in the "Bubble" and those who are out.

I grew up in the Southeast, so I was a bit more out of the "Bubble" than most (A big WWF fan back then (never said I had sense), but quite aware of folks like "Mean" Mark Callous, Sid, etc.)

Then again, I was even more out of the bubble than most, as I also watched Global after school and got to see folks like the Ebony Experience, The Patriot, and Scotty Flamingo.

We never got WCW in Australia until the mid-late 90's. Even at the video stores there was only really WWF. Yet I still knew who Ric Flair was when he debuted in WWF, admittedly due to a book I got in the late 80's that had a brief mention of him in it, but I just knew he was a big deal.

I grew up in buffalo, and was a huge wwf fan. But I would still see wcw on tbs all the time. Then I started watching it more because their weekly shows had big names and not just squash matches. I thought it was so cool to watch wwf on Saturday morning. Then wcw Saturday night. I never saw them as competition just different shows.

So because one faggy little kid never heard of them means that the rest of the world didn't?

WCW was always the minor leagues.

Did WCW ever have a Saturday or Sunday morning show like the WWF?

Remember watching some WCW once in a while as a kid but not sure if it was just the Saturday night shows.

No I remember waking up at like 7 in the morning and there would be a WCW show on. I want to say it was Worldwide or something like that.

Nikki Bella has done a great deal (as far as looks are concerned) to set herself apart from her twin.

Grew up in Michigan. Was vaguely aware that there WAS a WCW, because I'd flashed past it flipping channels, but I had no idea who Flair was as a 9-year-old when he debuted. I wondered who this old guy was and why was he going after Macho Man.

I had TBS, but never really watched it. I did used to watch Global, though. Can't remember which channel had it, but I remember being more excited when Patriot showed up in the WWF years later than I was to see Flair.

I always saw it on ESPN.

heh you high?

They sold it so much that it's one of Bam Bam's moves in the very first (albeit godawful) Wrestlemania video game for the NES

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Start vid at 1:10, he's the guy's first opponent luckily.

Here is a random WWE Paige interview

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Anyway, how could you not know about silver haired Ric flair? Didn't you ever go to rasslin? R-a-s-s-l-i-n that's rasslin

Didnt we run.this uneducated asshole wehhtam outta here months ago?

Std might be mentally retarded but wehhtam is worse

I thought it was funny. I would have never seen this if it was buried in your giant gay spam thread

Thanks for the chuckle, noyaperez20. Keep up the good work

It looks like Noya has given up on Tee Pee Double Double...Alright who scared her off?

Surprised you didn't know about WCW because Steiner Brothers. Weren't they supposed to be the gods of all of Michigan, or some such shit?

I knew about NWA/WCW mostly because of my brother. He would tell stories about visiting family over in Akron that had cable (back when that was kind of a big deal, and not taken as granted in every household you walk into) and seeing, and subsequently telling me about guys like (apparently pre-King) Harley Race, or Road Warriors, or Magnum TA or the 4 Horsemen from some channel he'd be able to catch it on there. Mom cosign'd on Flair (and "hated that bastard"), which led me to learn about other wrestlers that weren't in WWF... it was like a whole other side to wrestling I wasn't able to see, and that kinda made it exciting. I didn't know shit about Terry Funk (again, mom did) until I saw him later on in WCW and recognized him as "that guy who always gets beat up in movies" (he's always someone's bodyguard or lackey, and he always get's his ass kicked. Example: Roadhouse.)

9:05 Saturdays the WCW Power Hour. An hour before WWF Mania.

Probably STD and his big-ass spray can of vagina repellant.

He probs still thinks they all have cooties too.

Current poster for the Rumble:

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I think he's prob bitter because of the infection.

I didn't know about any non-wwe wrestling until I was in the 6th or 7th grade. I was at my grandma's house, then all of the sudden there's wrestling on tv, but it wasn't WWF wrestling. I was mildly confused, then bored. Later on, after Hogan joined WCW, I was watching TV and all of the sudden I see Hulk Hogan with a pair of brass knuckles holding at least 6 heels at bay. Part of me died seeing that. It was the first instance as a wrestling fan that I couldn't allow my sense of disbelief to kick in. I watched Papa Shango use voodoo and bought it, but not Hogan with a pair of brass knuckles holding off 6 guys.

Got into wrestling around the time of wrestlemania 6. Mom bought me the PWI 500 of that year shortly afterwards, so I knew a bunch of dudes outside of WWF very early on.

WCW weren't on WWF's level, but they still had their own magazines and toys and stuff, so I knew who Flair, Luger, and Sid were before they arrived in WWF.

Looks like Savior and Shisen were harassing her... on behalf of owenbrown.

Yeah, I lived in California. WCW was on TBS which wasn't a strictly southern station obviously. You could find the action figures and stuff in stores right there along with the WWF ones. It definitely wasn't some obscure company outside of the south.

WCW also got an NES Game in like 1990. It was shit but it got a national release.

NWA used to run a lot of shows here in the late 80s because Baltimore was their northern hub for big shows
first show I went to I was 6

Seriously guys, how did they fuck this up? Rhodes Bros were sooooooo hottttttt

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Still think they missed the boat with not extending the Rhodes/Shield/Usos feud to TLC and having a TLC match for the tag team titles (which would have been won by The Usos)

Even if they teased it out and did the easy thing and split them it was something.

But FUCK how hot were they just to....nothing? And Cody so hot to.....Become another person?

You mean "dropped the boat".

It's sad, I actually believed as a WCW Fan, Johnny B. Badd and Z-Man were the most badass wrestlers ever.

Droford

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Sheamus McFly II

That's kind of funny.

Should show up on RAW with every single title and say "I went back in time to win every championship."

Baldo Last Ride

Is that Lance Russell?!?!?!

Yikes.

Lol he's 88 years old, what are you expecting.

Only if they edit the title history accordingly... a win, and then a new title won via tournament by the actual historically correct winner.

Hell, they could even make this a show (or a "mini show"- like a 5 minute spot filler) on the network: Sheamus' Improbable History. They CG him into these old matches where he wins the titles, then runs into the parking area, jumps in the DeLorian, and heads to another time.

WCW wasn't a bad game. I'd take it over Wrestlemania or Tag Team Wrestling. It was an above average NES wrestling game, complete with NES difficulty.

Lesnar is seriously one ugly mother fucker.

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3 years ago "The Next Generation" of Superstars

lol

:'(

vince said none of them went for the brass ring

Has it really been three years since Cody brought back the old IC title? Shit!

The current version of that would be funny

Ziggler (empty space) Rusev
Miz Nikki Mizdow

How many years has Cody been on deck for a big push?

He looked primed when I saw him at Mania 27, so... At least four.

Cody Rhodes the new American dream is at least he's got a job

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Brock's cheating on Jimmy Johns

I really hope Cody gets a good main event run some day. He's had such a history in the WWE and has really developed so much, so naturally.

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One of the great things about Cody's history is how each change came about so fluidly and was so well written that it was just completely natural. He's managed to pull each persona off, and has been able to connect with the audience. He has a great look, is great in the ring and great on the mic. I really see no reason why he can't some day shed the Stardust persona and move on to better things:

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Uh-oh...

He wouldnt be looking forward to sharing bad news (thats wade barrett's gimmick)

He's joining Bone Thugs N Harmony?

For those in the UK, Sky Sports is changing time slots and ppv fees for WWE shows starting next year.

http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircl..._wwe_coverage/

and people say hogan can't work or sell

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Just needs WWE logo.

Im betting they pulled the plug on Cesaro/Kidd which is a shame

They can go fuck themselves then.

Guess there's no threat of is getting a fully-functioning Network then? Unless they're trying to get every penny out of those that don't convert?

No way I'm paying £20 for a ppv, don't think many will, £12 and a proxy server and you've got the network so fuck them.

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I cannot get behind the Ascension for one reason and one reason only.

I don't find a guy named Connor intimidating. Even as big as he is, I think "This dude's named Connor, what a puss." And while Victor can be an intimidating name, for what they are presenting, it doesn't work.

There is only one Connor that was awesome, and that was the late Bone Crusher.

It'd be like if the Road Warriors came out, with the war paint, the shoulder pads, and everything, but were called Mike and Joe. Or if Demolition came out with the paint, the S&M tights, and everything, but called themselves Bill and Barry.

I'd make it a thread, but I don't find it threadworthy.

Same match that featured a front flip into a cross-arm breaker... by Hogan.

Read another rumour from the front page about Undertaker going in the HOF for 2015....

I want to see that happen.... but I swear to God if he does his induction in character I will go full Liam Neeson-Taken on his ass.

John Connor/Sarah Connor.

Connor from Angel (nah not him)

Dirtsheets:

Some other sheet news include the final tally for 2014's RAW endings were 24 shows (46%) ending in a DQ or shenanigans, 10 shows (19%) ending with a promo or talking, and 18 shows (35%) ending with a clean win/loss result.

18 clean win/loss main events actually seems higher than I thought it would be.

John and Sarah don't count because their first names aren't Connor. I'm talking about people whose first names are Connor. And I didn't watch Angel, so fuck that Connor. :p

OK, I was mistaken. There are 2 Connors that are bad ass. But it's not a name that inspires the kind of fear that a team that looks like they do should.

I don't think they'll get to face each other at WrestleMania, but I think that in the wake of it, we might see Goldust turn on Stardust, Cody snap out of the gimmick, and then get a bit of his feud with his brother before becoming a very strong pick of people to win the 2015 Money in the Bank Ladder Match.

It's his only name so it counts as first and last both.

Had completely forgotten about her.

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Last dirty sheets of the year:


Some other sheet news include TNA redesigned their belts as part of the move to Destination America.

Shame about Kurt, coming back at the Rumble to beat down Rusev could have been huge :(

Ungodly pop of epic proportion!

That thing about being "banned from MMA or wrestling for a year" surely can't hold up.

No, but they feel like it would be too hard and costly for them to fight in court. CM Punk proved you can't have a non-compete on an independent contractor. They be trolling.

No way Lesnar resigns with the WWe now.

He'll be the exception. Is fighting at Brock's age a smart move anyway? I mean, he's clearly still a beast, but he could make a lot of money doing UFC dates with WWE for a few more years, couldn't he?

I'll profess to now knowing much about MMA. I heard that Punk had signed and thought it was weird.

Did it with Brock when he left, Brock wrestled and competed in MMA during his 'no compete' clause and I'm sure a court sided with him, Del Rio got his thrown out fairly easily, pretty sure unless they're getting paid you can't deprive them of a living.