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Milenko
12-08-2008, 05:08 PM
Is this true?
Rick Rude made The Ultimate Warrior & Sting look great, Yokozuna made nobody look good.
Just wanted people's thoughts after Rude beat Yokozuna in the Legends Tournament.
Papa Shango
12-08-2008, 05:12 PM
Of course it's true. Yokozuna never went over anyone clean until he was too fat and sloppy to be taken seriously.

Bret Hart got a pin over Yokozuna because Zuna's fat ass broke the turnbuckle and stunned him.

Hulk Hogan beat Zuna cuz Mr. Fuji threw powder in his face on accident.

Taker beat Zuna cuz Chuck Norris wanted it to happen, and Chuck Norris always gets his way.
klunderbunker
12-08-2008, 05:59 PM
Main thing I see: the person makes it sound like only Rude could do that. Sting was great on his own. Rude hardly made him look good. Give the painted one some credit.
Papa Shango
12-08-2008, 06:28 PM
Main thing I see: the person makes it sound like only Rude could do that. Sting was great on his own. Rude hardly made him look good. Give the painted one some credit.

But see that same exact comment can be made about Warrior.
Milenko
12-08-2008, 07:50 PM
Yeah but Shango Sting>Warrior in every way, shape and form.
Papa Shango
12-08-2008, 07:52 PM
Except drawing power.
Monkey Winchester
12-08-2008, 08:01 PM
Lawlz.
Milenko
12-08-2008, 08:16 PM
What's so funny Monkey?
Monkey Winchester
12-09-2008, 12:54 AM
Probably what Shango said. Warrior was a one trick pony. Sting drew consistently.
NightShiftLoser
12-09-2008, 01:08 AM
I don't see Warrior as a one-trick pony...Winning the belt from Hogan when he had the IC Belt was huge at the time, and so was his steel cage match with Rude. That may be my favorite cage match ever. He also had a decent feud with Papa Shango, and Nitro drew big ratings with the build-up of One Warrior Nation.

Sting was definitely a great, and I won't take anything away from him, but Warrior was as big for WWE (if not bigger), then Sting was for WCW...
Papa Shango
12-09-2008, 01:12 AM
At the peak of their careers, Ultimate Warrior was a much bigger draw that Sting.
Y 2 Jake
12-09-2008, 02:17 PM
I'm right in my negative rep comment.

When Yokozuna lost to Bret Hart at Mania 10, he didn't elevate him by getting pinned. Bret Hart was in exactly the same position after as he was just before Mania 9. Lex Luger never benefited from any matches with him. It was the slam & The Lex Express that got that angle over. The watches were a total washout. Undertaker wasn't elevated by being in the ring with him. Super-over before and after, with or without Yokozuna.

He hadly did anything for The Smoking Gunns either.
klunderbunker
12-09-2008, 02:20 PM
At the peak of their careers, Ultimate Warrior was a much bigger draw that Sting.

Arguable. Warrior had Hogan at WM 6 in a huge match, but Sting/Hogan, despite the fact that it was the biggest disaster in wrestling history, drew money. Big money.
Y 2 Jake
12-09-2008, 02:21 PM
Sting drew consistently.

Must be why WCW PPV's were drawing so much in 2000 & TNA PPV's draw so well now.
jmt225
12-09-2008, 02:42 PM
Eh, Yokozuna elevated Lugar. Without that slam and match at Summerslam, Luger doesn't get anywhere near as over as he did.

And I think Zuna could've done some great things for Bret Hart if it weren't for Hogan's shenanigans at Wrestlemania 9.
mattitude2007
12-09-2008, 06:30 PM
Except drawing power.

No. Sting is better there too. Comparing their biggest PPVs; WM6 to Starrcade 97, and television ratings. Sting > Warrior in everyway.

Except music, Warrior had the best music ever. Ever.
Mighty NorCal
12-09-2008, 09:05 PM
Probably what Shango said. Warrior was a one trick pony. Sting drew consistently.

no guys, he means pictures. Stick figures and the like....
Monkey Winchester
12-12-2008, 01:00 AM
Must be why WCW PPV's were drawing so much in 2000 & TNA PPV's draw so well now.

This is a ludicrous statement. I expected better from you Jake. I really did.

Sting was just "enhancement" talent so to say. In 2000 when his biggest feud was against Vampiro. I believe he only wrestled in one main event that year also. He wasnt in any high profile feuds. He was simply building up the younger talent. Which didnt work because of the poor state of WCW at the time anyways.

And Not even Kurt Angle can sell TNA PPV's.
Papa Shango
12-12-2008, 01:04 AM
Actually, I believe TNA's highest selling PPV's feature Kurt Angle in the Main Event.
jmt225
12-12-2008, 02:01 AM
Actually, I believe TNA's highest selling PPV's feature Kurt Angle in the Main Event.

And Samoa Joe.

But that was a great match though. 'Net fans shit on it, but the build-up to it was well done and the match turned out to be great, in my opinion. Unfortunately, everything else about TNA stunk at the time and it didn't garner new fans from that pay-per-view.