KB Answers Wrestling Questions
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klunderbunker
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It's understandable. It was his baby.
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Did wrestlers used to stay in character in day to day life? Do any of them do that now?
Mustang Sally
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Do you have knowledge as to why AWA failed? Was Verne Gagne too old and out of touch to compete in the modern wrestling world? Did they lack (or lose) a TV contract? Did WWE take all their best wrestlers, causing AWA's demise?
There's a Wiki topic that names performers who worked there, and it's impressive a list as you'd ever want to see. Apparently, attracting top talent wasn't their problem.
There's a Wiki topic that names performers who worked there, and it's impressive a list as you'd ever want to see. Apparently, attracting top talent wasn't their problem.
Mighty NorCal
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Number of factors and things occured, but ill let KB get after it.
The main ones being trying to stiff Hulk Hogan, causing him to get pissed and leave, and WWE talent poaching (to a certain extent....I mean, its not like they took the preformers prisoner)
Many of the same reasons the majority of the territorials folded. Theirs was just a little more spectacular given they had so much talent.
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Where did the wwe drop the ball with lesnar?
klunderbunker
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They used to. Now, no and it's one of the reasons wrestling is hurting.
Hulk Hogan. If you can find it, get a copy of Super Sunday 1983 and watch Hogan's entrance for the title match against Bockwinkel. It sounds like a bomb went off when Eye of the Tiger starts playing. I think it's on one of Hogan's DVDs. The idea was Gagne wanted X % of Hogan's bookings and some of his merchandise sales or something like that. The problem was Gagne never did the title change and the fans got tired of seeing Bockwinkel and Gagne trade the belt for three year title reigns for like 12 years in a row. Then Vince called Hogan and said I'll make you world champion immediately, and in something like Hogan's third match back he won the title.
The idiocy of Gagne is that if you give Hogan the belt even without the terms Gagne insisted on, you make a FORTUNE with Hogan on top. WIth Hogan there, all the other people don't leave and you make bank. This is one of the few examples where Vince really didn't cause someone to go out of business.
Make no mistake about it: until Hogan left, the AWA was either the second or arguably top wrestling company in the country.
In no order:
Wyatt
Kruger
Paige
Ohno now that he's a face
Bronson when he actually shows up.
RVD
Lynn
Storm
Dudleys
The minute they turned him face.
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how many times have you been asked the same question in this thread?
klunderbunker
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17.
klunderbunker
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"She's got Herpes."
What do you make of these talents:
Corey Graves
Adrian Neville
Conor O'Brian as a singles guy
klunderbunker
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Good, not wild on the name Corey.
Not bad in an Evan Bourne role.
Not huge on him actually.
Not bad in an Evan Bourne role.
Not huge on him actually.
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do you think kane will win another world title before he retires?
Bernkastel
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Who was the better wrestler, Lita or Trish? And why?
klunderbunker
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No.
Trish. Lita's striking was so bad that it dragged her down.
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Do you think Marty could have became as big as shawn?
klunderbunker
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Not with his drug issues, no.
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Did Ted Turner actually care about WCW?
Would you say TLC matches are best suited for tag-team matches?
If you were Vince would you have continued a WCW Pay per view other than the Great American Bash?
Would you say TLC matches are best suited for tag-team matches?
If you were Vince would you have continued a WCW Pay per view other than the Great American Bash?
klunderbunker
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Quite a bit actually. It was the first big hit for him on his network and he always had a soft spot for it.
Yeah.
No. You can't just throw a name out there and expect people to care. It's the same reason DDP never caught on in the WWE.
Yeah.
No. You can't just throw a name out there and expect people to care. It's the same reason DDP never caught on in the WWE.
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I read your Thought of The Day about how in a few years a new generation of fans won't have a clue about WCW. WCW obviously made an impact on professional wrestling so why will the WWE not let fans rediscover what WCW did and was all about?
klunderbunker
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Because WWE wants its fans to think that WCW was a bunch of nitwits who stumbled into one good idea but WWE was doing perfectly fine all along, because Vince can't admit he was dead to rites until WCW screwed up.