Old School Ask A Question Thread.

[TL]

Originally Posted by Hulkamaniac

SAvage had his chance to fight Hogan on more then one occasion, including backstage. Savage ahs always been more of a talker in that regard.

What was the angle that eric Bischoff saw that inspired the nWo angle? They mention it vaguely on wiki and in interviews, but no specifics. Thanks!

There aren't many specifics. Many say Bischoff took the idea from a Japanese faction back in the early 90's that ran roughshod on NJPW. The original idea wasn't to even have Hogan as the third wheel on the team. Of course, with a returning Hogan, he wanted to be in the spotlight...so he suggested being the 'third man'. Turns out, Hogan was right about it being a huge break for the faction. Although Hall and Nash didn't really get along with Hogan, it looked great on TV for quite a few years.

[johnbragg]

This came up in a Bischoff discussion.

Was he the first guy to use pyro? Was he the first guy to use lots of pyro?

Or, when did pro wrestling events start using pyro or start using pyro heavily?

[Freddy4190]

Does anyone know what REALLY happened between Macho Man and Vince? I heard something about him and Stephanie? I've been curious as to why there;s so much bad blood between the two.

[No Gimmicks Necessary]

Originally Posted by The Lariat

There aren't many specifics. Many say Bischoff took the idea from a Japanese faction back in the early 90's that ran roughshod on NJPW. The original idea wasn't to even have Hogan as the third wheel on the team. Of course, with a returning Hogan, he wanted to be in the spotlight...so he suggested being the 'third man'. Turns out, Hogan was right about it being a huge break for the faction. Although Hall and Nash didn't really get along with Hogan, it looked great on TV for quite a few years.

What do you mean, "there aren't many specifics"? It was largely based on the UWFi vs. NJPW angle.

[General Disarray]

Originally Posted by Freddy4190

Does anyone know what REALLY happened between Macho Man and Vince? I heard something about him and Stephanie? I've been curious as to why there;s so much bad blood between the two.

No one really knows what actually happened between them, but a lot of people believe it's because Savage was intimately involved with an underaged Stephanie. Nothing has been proven though and it's a lot of speculation, but that is what most people use as the reason for Savage not being in the HOF.

[Lord Sidious]

Originally Posted by johnbragg

This came up in a Bischoff discussion.

Was he the first guy to use pyro? Was he the first guy to use lots of pyro?

Or, when did pro wrestling events start using pyro or start using pyro heavily?

This is by no means an "expert" opinion, and I say that because I have no idea if you are including the Japanese and Mexican groups or not, as I am not familiar with what they did ....... but yes, WCW did use pyro on a regular basis before Vince McMahon began using it.

This would have been back around 1995 when Nitro went on the air.

However, WCW also used pyro sparingly even at their PPV's before Nitro. I remember being at Superbrawl in 1994 in Baltimore, and they were using it for some entrances.

But when Vince McMahon fired back in 1997, with his brand new Raw set with the TitanTron, it completely blew everything WCW was doing out of the water, in terms of pyro.

Hope that helps.

[Tastycles]

Originally Posted by Lord Sidious

This is by no means an "expert" opinion, and I say that because I have no idea if you are including the Japanese and Mexican groups or not, as I am not familiar with what they did ....... but yes, WCW did use pyro on a regular basis before Vince McMahon began using it.

This would have been back around 1995 when Nitro went on the air.

However, WCW also used pyro sparingly even at their PPV's before Nitro. I remember being at Superbrawl in 1994 in Baltimore, and they were using it for some entrances.

But when Vince McMahon fired back in 1997, with his brand new Raw set with the TitanTron, it completely blew everything WCW was doing out of the water, in terms of pyro.

Hope that helps.

To further that, this guy in the following video reckons the WWE started doing it in 1992-93, but it was only for Michaels alledgedly. However, having looked at all of his PPV matches in 1993, I'm led to believe that the pyro guy is mistaken, and it did start in WCW first. The WWE definitely had it going about the same time though, as Razor Ramon had pyro at some stage in WWE.

[TL]

Pyro was used with WCW first. As I recall, Sting used falling Gold pyro for his World Title match at the Great American Bash back in 1990 against Ric Flair. That's the first instance of me personally seeing pyro being used in American wrestling.

[Mat Mattitude]

This is a very basic question
Has the Ultimate Warrior ever faced Shawn Michaels?

[xfearbefore]

As far as I know those two have never faced off. Perhaps on an episode of Superstars or something in the late 80s, but odds are never.