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Post by Jayman on Jan 27, 2022 20:31:49 GMT
I think Scott Hudsen and Madden were on commentary and they said something to the effect of "Nash did not follow the Script! Maybe he was supposed to do something that was gonna make him look bad. Now they are going to have to improvise!"
I felt sick to my stomach and that was one of the lowest moments in wrestling in my 40 years of being a fan. And there have been many of them.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Jan 31, 2022 20:55:07 GMT
Wasn't there something also with Goldberg, Steiner, and Nash? Where it was made to look like Goldberg wouldn't do the job, so Steiner was brought in as a "replacement" and the announcers applauded how Scott was a true professional for doing his job and losing.
I think this might've been Russo at his most worked shoot in WCW. Not counting the part where some wrestlers were going over their finish on-camera.
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Post by Jayman on Feb 1, 2022 5:28:39 GMT
Wasn't there something also with Goldberg, Steiner, and Nash? Where it was made to look like Goldberg wouldn't do the job, so Steiner was brought in as a "replacement" and the announcers applauded how Scott was a true professional for doing his job and losing. I think this might've been Russo at his most worked shoot in WCW. Not counting the part where some wrestlers were going over their finish on-camera. I don’t remember the exact scenario which is probably better that I don’t. |
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Post by autopsy_12 on Feb 10, 2022 19:35:59 GMT
Wasn't there something also with Goldberg, Steiner, and Nash? Where it was made to look like Goldberg wouldn't do the job, so Steiner was brought in as a "replacement" and the announcers applauded how Scott was a true professional for doing his job and losing. I think this might've been Russo at his most worked shoot in WCW. Not counting the part where some wrestlers were going over their finish on-camera. Yeah it was Goldberg that did that. It even had a TV advertisement for it. Something like "Goldberg did the unthinkable. He refused to follow the script!" edit: here is the video. Goldberg doesn't follow script
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Post by PreachCaleb on Feb 10, 2022 20:08:14 GMT
Wasn't there something also with Goldberg, Steiner, and Nash? Where it was made to look like Goldberg wouldn't do the job, so Steiner was brought in as a "replacement" and the announcers applauded how Scott was a true professional for doing his job and losing. I think this might've been Russo at his most worked shoot in WCW. Not counting the part where some wrestlers were going over their finish on-camera. Yeah it was Goldberg that did that. It even had a TV advertisement for it. Something like "Goldberg did the unthinkable. He refused to follow the script!" edit: here is the video. Goldberg doesn't follow script Wow. That was even more ridiculous than I remembered. The only person who should be following a "script" in pro-wrestling is the guy narrating the promo packages.
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Post by Jayman on Mar 2, 2022 18:50:39 GMT
That was always the biggest misconception about wrestling was that there was a script. But there never was. Until now. WWE guys can’t even go to the bathroom without a script to follow. And the product reflects that. Not to mention they are literally filming movie scenes with background music and all. They are the leaders in the industry so naturally everybody tries to follow their lead which negatively impacts the whole industry
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Post by PreachCaleb on Mar 3, 2022 15:35:00 GMT
Unfortunately, that's the landscape that we live in now. Fans and wrestlers who now mostly only know the WWE way of doing things.
I miss when WCW was an actual alternative to WWF.
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Post by Jayman on Mar 3, 2022 20:29:00 GMT
Unfortunately, that's the landscape that we live in now. Fans and wrestlers who now mostly only know the WWE way of doing things. I miss when WCW was an actual alternative to WWF. I saw it on the independent scene even going back to the late 90's and early 2,000's. You get these mark promoters who watched the WWE during the attitude era and know nothing else and they think that is the way wrestling is supposed to be so they copy them. The wrestlers as well. They see what they grew up watching and they are just going with the system that is set up.
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Post by PreachCaleb on Mar 4, 2022 16:01:40 GMT
The original nature of the business will soon be completely lost to time. Which is strange because there are still a lot of vets out there who grew up with actual professional wrestling and have a great mind for it, as well as countless hours of old school wrestling matches and interviews on youtube.
But the real problem seems to be the younger and younger generations just aren't interested. They want to do what they want and that's all there is to it.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Mar 13, 2022 19:06:15 GMT
All of that meta stuff pisses me off. Roman Reigns after losing to Lesnar at WM: "I knew there was something going on that night. Before I went put there Vince couldn't look me in the eye..." WTF kind of promo is that? Why am I to care about this storyline. You just told me it was a worked match, they changed the result to you losing clean in the middle of the ring and you're pissedd because you were originally met to go over. Why would I care about that as a fan sitting at home trying to suspend disbelief?
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Post by Jayman on Mar 14, 2022 23:11:53 GMT
All of that meta stuff pisses me off. Roman Reigns after losing to Lesnar at WM: "I knew there was something going on that night. Before I went put there Vince couldn't look me in the eye..." WTF kind of promo is that? Why am I to care about this storyline. You just told me it was a worked match, they changed the result to you losing clean in the middle of the ring and you're pissedd because you were originally met to go over. Why would I care about that as a fan sitting at home trying to suspend disbelief? The only way that kind of crap works is if people actually believe it's a shoot. And even if they do, who cares. That benefits nobody. IT's one thing when ECW did it as a subtle nod to their audience who the majority of which were sheet readers when the overall majority of wrestling fans were not.
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