<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Andy Kaufman, 16 year old Paul Heyman and Freddie Blassie backstage at MSG in 1982. <a href="https://t.co/QUOowDEbEL">pic.twitter.com/QUOowDEbEL</a></p>&mdash; Allan (@allan_cheapshot) <a href="https://twitter.com/allan_cheapshot/status/1579189727197962240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Just read a thing on reddit that Gallows and Anderson may be returning to RAW soon.

Meh.

Makes sense. Think HHH is building a Trios division to rival AEW’s.

AJ & Good Brothers
Finn/Priest/Dominick
Legado Del Fantasma
Imperium
Brawling Brutes
The Bloodline

Clearly been keeping an eye on TK’s Big Leagues.

Gallows/Anderson not v good......

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Petey Williams German Suplexes AJ Styles off the APRON into the BARRIER - TNA Genesis (11.13.2005) <a href="https://t.co/ekoLwfgpwJ">pic.twitter.com/ekoLwfgpwJ</a></p>&mdash; Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PuroresuFlow/status/1579469215039631360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Every trio in AEW is just poor mans rip-off New Day.

Except Death Triangle. They rule.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">sandman just be doing things. <a href="https://t.co/0iMgRw6N8t">pic.twitter.com/0iMgRw6N8t</a></p>&mdash; backfliptopancake (@Jasffy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jasffy/status/1579353249278480384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I would swear to god that tape recorder naturally looks like a cell phone in Paul E's hand... but it would in no way be that small in 82.

I've always felt that wrestling's boom period had shit loads of factions, and that helped a lot of guys get some air-time/direction that they wouldn't have otherwise had.

More trios/factions could lead to more interesting interactions.

Factions can also be a lazy way to try and jam people through the door too. Wrestling is full of factions that no one gave a crap about.

Judgment Day could be so much better as individuals, if you think about it.

* Finn Balor could be moving towards a feud with AJ Styles that isn’t bogged down by Gallows & Anderson (who suck).

* Dominik & Rhea would work on their own.

* Damian Priest could do his own thing. Hell, he’d be a better choice for the Karrion Kross push than Karrion Kross.

lolkarrionkross

I was up all night again, and caught the Dark Side of the Ring episode with Johnny K9.




What a crazy fucking story man.

"I think Sabu did this once"

I stand by this, Anderson and Gallows only have value when they are standing behind actual stars and their "humor" is reigned in Russo-style.

Before you mention how crap they were with Omega, reread what I said about "actual stars."

Yeah I like the idea of G&A with Styles but they do suck.

:y:

I guess as heavies they aren’t too bad. Gallows has got a sneaky charm about him. He reminds me of Nash (minus a bunch of charisma obviously). Anderson isn’t TERRIBLE as a worker, but the Gallows team does nothing to help him. It’s kind of funny having a New Japan champion in WWE though. That’s the most interesting thing about this so far.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Six year old me probably shouldn’t have been watching Torrie Wilson and Sable bikini challenges. But I’m glad I did. <a href="https://t.co/oZdTF9n60Y">pic.twitter.com/oZdTF9n60Y</a></p>&mdash; WWE Ruthless Aggression Era (@BonafideHeat) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonafideHeat/status/1579893658379485184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Torrie in her prime was something else

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RVD &amp; Bam Bam Bigelow going absolutely f*cking wild in Buffalo. 🔥 <a href="https://t.co/w8GPz1xYUi">pic.twitter.com/w8GPz1xYUi</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1579844801503322113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Heyman was the only guy who seemed to get Bigelow, and the only one who consistently booked him properly.

We need to have a conversation about how we all let Bill Alphonso happen

Fucking hated him

Brett Lauderdale of GCW wants Stephanie McMahon to loan him Omos for awhile.

Bonkers.

He was booked great in Memphis but yeah that's it

Going to seek out that Van Dam/Bigelow match.

The Rock is now referring to himself as the head of the table. And so it begins.

have you not seen it? Damn. Lucky guy. Id love to watch it blind again

My friend was there for it. Still ranks it as one of his all time favorite matches he saw live.

I was supposed to go too, but my mom found out it wasn't a wwf event like I told her but ecw which she basically forbid me from watching lol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If I make this, I’m going back to <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> �� <a href="https://twitter.com/Windham6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Windham6</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Smackdown</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EvaMarie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EvaMarie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SisterAbigail?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SisterAbigail</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWE</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WWEonFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WWEonFOX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/peacock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peacock</a> <a href="https://t.co/duowcEyXkg">pic.twitter.com/duowcEyXkg</a></p>&mdash; Eva Marie (@natalieevamarie) <a href="https://twitter.com/natalieevamarie/status/1580685545000562691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I will do my best to let it wash over my ignorant ass.

Lol, she’s probably just mucking around. But I bet they haven’t lost her number.

I’m not ready to let myself believe.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is really happy <a href="https://t.co/E2OLM3Psw5">pic.twitter.com/E2OLM3Psw5</a></p>&mdash; OVP - Retro Wrestling Podcast (@ovppodcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/ovppodcast/status/1580745204591493120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Gotta appreciate Akeem’s acting depth there. An American playing an African playing a German.

Impressive

Slick is underrated.

I’d be down with that. Could really see it working. As long as she doesn’t wrestle or talk.

She got people behind Doudrop. So there is a use for her.

Potential best heel in the company and they totally ruined her.

I would love to see this full match.

It's a fantastic match

I’ve never been the biggest RVD fan, but those clips make it look amazing.

Van Dam was the most exciting worker on the planet for 3-5 years. WWF didnt get him and they hand cuffed him creatively and athletically. They lost millions on mishandling him.

He seemed like the best guy to try and take them forward in 2001. It was basically there for them to take and they just…didn’t.

I never saw ECW so I never "got" RVD.... just seemed like a guy who was content to just "coast on his rep" for decades and never change/adapt... and his punches were terrible... not Shane McMahon level bad, but terrible....

I do have to admit that it must be some "rep" that he got in ECW because he did make a lengthy career of coasting on it.

I get what you’re saying. I was never a Van Dam guy. That being said, I was never a Rock guy either. But remember how stonkingly over he was in 2001? It bothered me how popular he was. Taking me out of it, he could have done way more for the company.

And if he got pushed better, who knows if he would have fallen into his patterns as hard. It’s not like he couldn’t work. Imagine if he got to have a real run up there with Kurt Angle, Austin and Rock while the the chance was there.

RVD agrees though. He says it sucked the life out of him after he realized they didnt get him and never were going to get him. He resigned himself to earning paychecks; he completely checked out. Thats the tragedy. His career ended in 2001. There was a spark when ECW was getting its revival but that was it. He phoned it in and got paid. The end.

It was like he couldn't work though. You saw one RVD match you saw them all. (In WWE and after... again, can't speak for ECW)

It would be deflating as shit to take bumps and know that you’re never going beyond a certain point no matter what you do.

It was what was best for business.

Yeah, he was over.... but they also realized he wasn't actually that good and it was his "rep" and the "rep of ECW" that people were cheering... and that he could only ever be a B+ player in the big leagues, if that.

He went out, did his routine match, got paid, and went home. He truly didnt care. He's on the record about this.

I don’t think that many people saw him in ECW. He had the rep with a certain segment of the audience, but RVD’s cool factor is what really got him, I think (even though he didn’t appeal to me personally).

Now this is where you're re-writing history. He was the most over guy in the company in 01 and had been the hottest act in the business in the eyes of everyone who knew who he was since 97. His 01 wwf run was electric and his matches were creative and exciting. The cut him off by the balls and killed him completely because he was an ecw guy. He stayed over because everyone knew how good he was even if he wasnt good right then.

Instead of being a wrestler he became a caricature. Stoner surfer guy. Had the same match for a decade.

Nah, he sucked. His matches were exciting like the first couple of times I saw him, then if he "gave up" after only a few matches, it says a lot about him and his bad attitude. Why should I push that?

A convenient way to excuse your career.......

RVD sheep,,,,,,,,

Is there a timeline where RVD got picked up by WCW in 1998 or an unfucked 1999? I want to go there.

I saw "Robbie V" on some random VHS tape that had some WCW on it.... grandpa used to tape like every WCW show, or at least a lot... there's like 70-something tapes still at my parent's house somewhere...

Was never an RVD fan. Always looked like he was punching underwater and never though his work looked sharp.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Masato Tanaka x Rob Van Dam (2000) �� <a href="https://t.co/1ymL1l9Vv6">pic.twitter.com/1ymL1l9Vv6</a></p>&mdash; Vintage Puroresu プロレス (@vintagepuro) <a href="https://twitter.com/vintagepuro/status/1581044495176458247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I watched ECW all the time during this period and I have no recollection of this match

I’m going to have to go on an RVD binge.

Truly shocked at how many “never got into RVD” comments there are in here

Dude was a generational talent.

Guy was in an angle with Steve Austin, the Rock, Chris Jericho, the Undertaker, Kurt Angle, Booker T, and multiple McMahons and got the most over despite his side losing.

The Jerry Lynn/RVD series is probably still in my top 10 feuds of all time

At least we can all agree that RVD is way better than that loser christian.

you shouldn't push that. No one did. No one is claiming otherwise.

If we’re ranking the Alliance members Christian is definitely top 10. But nowhere close to Robert Van Dammit

Well yeah. With rvd at least he was over :lol:

I kid Christian was pretty ok

I love Christian. Randy Orton vs. Christian is probably my favorite Orton program.

Cant stop watching this

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sami my dawg, help. <a href="https://t.co/W4jWkk2kin">pic.twitter.com/W4jWkk2kin</a></p>&mdash; DreamR. (@vivaladream2) <a href="https://twitter.com/vivaladream2/status/1581103187989532672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With everything we know about CTE, seeing stuff like this just makes my stomach turn. smh <a href="https://t.co/DooCBC4Vs6">pic.twitter.com/DooCBC4Vs6</a></p>&mdash; Ryan / WrestleBotch (@WrestleBotch) <a href="https://twitter.com/WrestleBotch/status/1581000886515482625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

HUGE RVD fan in ECW. Got to see him wrestle CW Anderson at a ECW show in 2000. Their only Canadian show.

Welp, I threw some money at WWE for some Bray merch. Love the new logo and overall look. Bray is also great.

Almost as bad as the lance storm vs rvd chair shot lol

what

Lol I remember that.

Can't figure out how to embed it, so here's a link:
Edit: nvm, 403 for linking from external source -_-

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The crowd hated RVD and cheered on Lance Storm in this match. That all changed when Lance delivered the 2 softest chair shots in ECW history. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECW97?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECW97</a> <a href="https://t.co/ufqVZKJxof">pic.twitter.com/ufqVZKJxof</a></p>&mdash; Jus⛏in�� (@Justin_SofOK) <a href="https://twitter.com/Justin_SofOK/status/1165724305226895376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Wish AJ Styles had brought back Jesse and Festus instead.....

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Was Lance Storm doing that on purpose? It’s a pretty clever way to get the ECW fans to turn on you if you want to be a heel. I don’t agree with the psychology of throwing a weak chair shot unless you’re supposed to be ineffective though.

Lance does seem like the sort of guy who wouldn’t like hitting someone over the head with a chair.

Even after a stroke he was still holding his own in the ring :

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The last Bret Ropes Elbow :
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I don’t know why, but it just register with me that Bret Hart worked that much for WWE. Just fucking weird. Everything seemed so spaced apart back then, but 2010 was only 3 years after Chris Benoit. We’re almost as far removed from 2010 as 2010 was from 1997.

Imagine being Heath Slater and how surreal it must have been working Bret at Madison Square Garden. When’s that guy getting out of Impact Wrestling and taking his throne back in WWE?

Waiting for Slater to come back to fulfill the 3MB destiny and become world champion

Sadly, I think he’ll be the Xavier Woods of the group. But he should still get a Hall of Fame nod.

Jinder got a new theme.

So the only good thing about him is gone.

Damn.... liked his theme....

It pains me to agree with Destor in any way, but I'm going to have to on this occasion.

He was crazy over in 2001. Definitely the most "must watch" guy on the roster. That match he had with Jeff Hardy was so great.

Lol Sweet Jesus

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rick &amp; Scott Steiner in late 92-94 WWF - the wreckage <a href="https://t.co/CVT4QAaWYh">pic.twitter.com/CVT4QAaWYh</a></p>&mdash; Rob Naylor (@NINaylor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NINaylor/status/1581082577372614656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

that doomsday ddt is disgusting

I’ve still got the playlist for the ill-fated Steiners watch-along. Chock full of amazing squashes.

One day...

Okay, Scott Steiner was pretty good, I guess…

He's no Christian thats for sure

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per <a href="https://twitter.com/wrestlenomics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wrestlenomics</a>, WWE Day 1 2023 is cancelled. There is currently no PLE scheduled between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble. <a href="https://t.co/q5X1eeiQib">pic.twitter.com/q5X1eeiQib</a></p>&mdash; Will Washington  10/26 (@WilliamRBR) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamRBR/status/1581662216243228672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

More time for Royal Rumble qualifying matches!