2012 Pro Wrestling Thread

Mystery Meat II · Sep 14, 2012

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
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Here's when Buff joined nWo:

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I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

KYSportsWriter · Sep 14, 2012

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
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Here's when Buff joined nWo:

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I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

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Huh. I don't really remember that.

I typed in "Buff joins nWo" in on google, and my link is what popped up.

Mystery Meat II · Sep 14, 2012

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

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Huh. I don't really remember that.

I typed in "Buff joins nWo" in on google, and my link is what popped up.
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Right, but I never said he joined the nWo. I said he tore off his shirt to reveal nWo colors. Everyone thought he was turning face after the injury, but instead he attacked Steiner and went confirmed his being a heel.

JosephC.Myers · Sep 14, 2012

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

Click to expand...

Huh. I don't really remember that.

I typed in "Buff joins nWo" in on google, and my link is what popped up.
Click to expand...

Right, but I never said he joined the nWo. I said he tore off his shirt to reveal nWo colors. Everyone thought he was turning face after the injury, but instead he attacked Steiner and went confirmed his being a heel.
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I remember that angle and I remember groaning when it happened. Just another reason why WCW went down the drain.

proudpittsburgher · Sep 14, 2012

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

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KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
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Here's when Buff joined nWo:

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Interesting you posted this link, because the first person I saw upon opening it was Larry Zbyszko. If he and Vince can get past the legal stuff, I think he would be really good as a King replacement until he gets back.

Baron Scicluna · Sep 14, 2012

proudpittsburgher said:

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

Click to expand...

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

Interesting you posted this link, because the first person I saw upon opening it was Larry Zbyszko. If he and Vince can get past the legal stuff, I think he would be really good as a King replacement until he gets back.
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He would be good, but they'd never use him. For one thing, he hasn't been on TV in over 10 years and hasn't been in WWE for over 30. All the kiddies would be saying, "Larry Who?"

That, plus Larry is very good friends with Bruno, who hates Vince, and the whole thing where Larry no-showed some shows to get more money out of Vince Sr. (It's a long story, not as bad as it sounds, he tried to talk money and getting the belt on him from Backlund so he could drop it to Bruno at Shea, Vince Sr. said "forget the whole thing," and Larry Z. used that to claim Sr. fired him), and it's highly unlikely they would do anything with him.

As for the Buff Bagwell thing, that was a prime exhibit in WCW's overbooking. The simple thing would have been to keep Buff as a babyface after his injury. Instead, they had to pull a swerve, make the fans feel stupid for feeling sorry for him, and ended up ruining a great moment.

Gutter · Sep 14, 2012

Arn Anderson has called a match on Raw before:

JosephC.Myers · Sep 14, 2012

Baron Scicluna said:

proudpittsburgher said:

Mystery Meat II said:

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

I don't mean when he joined the nWo because he was already with them when he had his injury on Nitro. He came back a few months later, everyone was happy to see him come back from his real life injury, he forgave Rick Steiner, then Scott comes out to be the bad guy and ...

Click to expand...

KYSportsWriter said:

Mystery Meat II said:

I'm curious whether they'll have Cole address the Lawler situation early and then spend the rest of the show in his heel-ish persona, or will he drop that until Lawler is all the way healthy, or will he drop it for good, or what? It would feel weird having Cole go back to being that guy so soon after last week, and you don't want to think about him resuming any sort of rivalry with Lawler if he comes back. Back when WCW started circling the drain, Buff Bagwell was nearly paralyzed by a Rick Steiner bulldog. A few months later, he came back in a wheelchair and did a thanks-for-your-support interview. Rick Steiner came out, they hugged, then Buff jumped out of the wheelchair and attacked him, ripping off his shirt to reveal nWo colors (I think). That left a lot of sour tastes in a lot of mouths, and I hope they don't even tease going that route here.
Click to expand...

Here's when Buff joined nWo:

Click to expand...

Interesting you posted this link, because the first person I saw upon opening it was Larry Zbyszko. If he and Vince can get past the legal stuff, I think he would be really good as a King replacement until he gets back.
Click to expand...

He would be good, but they'd never use him. For one thing, he hasn't been on TV in over 10 years and hasn't been in WWE for over 30. All the kiddies would be saying, "Larry Who?"

That, plus Larry is very good friends with Bruno, who hates Vince, and the whole thing where Larry no-showed some shows to get more money out of Vince Sr. (It's a long story, not as bad as it sounds, he tried to talk money and getting the belt on him from Backlund so he could drop it to Bruno at Shea, Vince Sr. said "forget the whole thing," and Larry Z. used that to claim Sr. fired him), and it's highly unlikely they would do anything with him.

As for the Buff Bagwell thing, that was a prime exhibit in WCW's overbooking. The simple thing would have been to keep Buff as a babyface after his injury. Instead, they had to pull a swerve, make the fans feel stupid for feeling sorry for him, and ended up ruining a great moment.
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WCW and overbooking? Never.

Gehrig · Sep 14, 2012

Sunny not looking to hot:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/14/ex-wwe-diva-tammy-sytch-arrested-3-times-in-3-days/

RickStain · Sep 14, 2012

Gehrig said:

Sunny not looking to hot:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/14/ex-wwe-diva-tammy-sytch-arrested-3-times-in-3-days/
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I still would.

JosephC.Myers · Sep 14, 2012

Gehrig said:

Sunny not looking to hot:

http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/14/ex-wwe-diva-tammy-sytch-arrested-3-times-in-3-days/
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Looking rough. Maybe she'll stay away from the guy for a while.

Bradley Guire · Sep 14, 2012

Never gonna happen but ...

Tony. Shivone.

Yeah.

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