KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[klunderbunker]

The WOlfpac was a spinoff and wore red. They were the face team. If you can keep up with all the turns and versions of the NWO at that point, you're a lot smarter than I am.

 

[Baller]

Name all the 5 star women's matches. And have any main evented a show (Raw, SD, IW)

I believe Lita & Trish main evented a Raw once before.


And with HHH being relieved of his duties and Awesome Truth reinstated will we see Kevin Nash back any time soon?

 

[This Is My Name Thank You]

Nope I couldn't keep up with it as it was all a huge cluster fuck by then. I just liked the colors and Stings face paint.

 

[klunderbunker]

Probably, because he adds so much to the show you know?

 

[Joeezy^^]

Why was the “Mike Adamle era” considered an unsafe working environment.?

 

[klunderbunker]

He was making fun of Adamle. The environment was fine.

 

[Joeezy^^]

Lulz^^Figured. I can't remember anything that happened in that time :l

 

[Aeon Mathix]

Why is Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25 considered a classic, while Triple H vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania 27 is considered a letdown when they were both basically the same match? As far as starting out fast paced then going into nothing but finishers and kickouts?

 

[AnthonyM4]

What do you think of Ring of Honor?

 

[klunderbunker]

Why is Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 25 considered a classic, while Triple H vs Undertaker at Wrestlemania 27 is considered a letdown when they were both basically the same match? As far as starting out fast paced then going into nothing but finishers and kickouts?

When I watched Taker vs. Shawn at 25, I was literally on the edge of my bed with every kickout.

With HHH vs. Taker, I watched every big move HHH did and never once did I think Taker's streak was in danger. Not once.

What do you think of Ring of Honor?

Can't stand the style.

 

[AnthonyM4]

Can you elaborate as to why you hate the roh style? If you don't want to post a long post here you can PM me. ROH(right now) is my favorite wrestling product. I wish the other two were like it.

 

[klunderbunker]

From this past weekend's ROH TV.

ROH World Title: Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards

Strong is part of the House of Truth which is Truth Martini’s heel stable. There’s a lot of time for this, provided they don’t end three minutes before the hour again this week. Feeling out process to start and Richards hooks on a modified surfboard which I remember Pillman using a few times. Strong counters it and we get this idiocy: Kelly: “Look at this!” That sounds fine, but they cut to a shot of Martini as he said it. Brilliant guys. Brilliant. They speed things up and Richards is sent to the floor as he tries an ankle lock.

They head to the floor with Richards missing a baseball slide so that Strong can take over. They chop it out because you have to have at least three strike exchange sequences in an ROH match. Martini distracts Richards and Strong gets in a shot for two as we take a break. Back with a video of more striking during the break. Richards gets a belly to back suplex and both guys are down.

More strikes and Strong goes down this time. Out to the floor and there’s a big suicide dive by Richards and then a missile dropkick gets two. More striking and we get it: they can throw forearms at each other. Crucifix gets two for Richards and then Strong fires off a kick for two. We head to the apron where Richards takes a belly to back suplex on the apron for two. They strike some more which Richards no sells and then a clothesline takes Strong down.

I know I say this a lot, but here are more strikes which take up a lot more time than it should. Richards fires off kicks in the corner but Strong shrugs them all off and hits a gutbuster for two. The fans say it’s awesome and I’m going to think I disagree. A superplex into a falcon arrow gets two for Richards and it’s into an ankle lock which is one of Richard’s finishers I guess.

Martini gets on the apron and Strong taps but Richards, ever the face idiot, lets it go to chase Martini. Strong gets a big boot and puts on the Strong Hold (Boston Crab) but Richards rolls through to the ankle lock. That is escaped also so Strong spits on him, gets kicked a lot and the ankle lock ends it at 22:14.

Rating: C-. This match sums up everything I don’t like about Davey Richards and ROH. There was no flow, there was no story, there was ZERO psychology, the selling was all over the place and as someone else I read talking about this match, you could watch the last thirty seconds and get most of the match. The striking is so repetitive it’s unreal and when they just stop selling them and hit something else it makes my eyes roll.

Then we get to the finishers. Here’s the thing: a hold like the ankle lock is stupid to use as a finisher (and yes Kurt, I’m talking to you too) if you don’t try to use it from the very beginning of the match or work on the ankle throughout the match. In short, if you can get the submission that fast on an ankle lock, why would you get your brains kicked in for twenty minutes beforehand? Look at someone like Ric Flair: he uses a leg lock but before he goes for it, he at least uses a knee crusher and a chop block to soften it up. It’s about building to a finisher rather than just hooking one all at once which is what makes a match work.

This was all about striking each other in the head and trying to make a match flashy without putting any real thought into it. “But KB! That makes it more realistic!” Good for it. Here’s the thing though: PRO WRESTLING IS NOT REAL! Also, look to something like UFC: when people get hit in the face over and over again, THEY GO DOWN. It doesn’t make it look realistic. It makes it look stupid and goes against the point of pro wrestling in general. I could go on for days about how stupid these matches are but I’ll cut myself off here.

 

[Remix]

Can you elaborate as to why you hate the roh style? If you don't want to post a long post here you can PM me. ROH(right now) is my favorite wrestling product. I wish the other two were like it.

Because it emphasises doing stupid moves for no reason over storytelling and psychology which makes for varying degrees of spotfests.

 

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Would you rate Money In The Bank with the best WWE/F PPV's of all time? If so where?

 

[Daniel]

With HHH vs. Taker, I watched every big move HHH did and never once did I think Taker's streak was in danger. Not once.

Not even when Triple H hit the tombstone and 'Taker looked out? I knew throughout the whole angle and match who would win, but for a second, Triple H had me. That made the entire thing worthwhile and the best match on the card.

Anyway, onto my question. What (or who) actually killed WCW?

 

[klunderbunker]

Would you rate Money In The Bank with the best WWE/F PPV's of all time? If so where?

Probably not. Too early to say if it's that high up or not.

Not even when Triple H hit the tombstone and 'Taker looked out? I knew throughout the whole angle and match who would win, but for a second, Triple H had me. That made the entire thing worthwhile and the best match on the card.

Anyway, onto my question. What (or who) actually killed WCW?

You mean the same move that Taker has made a spot out of countering or kicking out of when someone does it to him? Not particularly no.

I don't think there was one specific thing. Their momentum was stopped dead at Starrcade 97 though and I don't think they ever recovered. I think once the Radicalz left though there was no way they could catch up.

 

[Ferbian]

What would you rather have watched at this weeks Raw? The idea of a 4 man show, or the actual show that carried on after Triple H got relieved of his duties?

 

[klunderbunker]

4 man show.

 

[Ferbian]

Would've definitely been more entertaining, and probably even better quality wrestling.

 

[CleverName51]

Would it have been a 4 man show tho?

IMO, wouldn't doing the Sheamus vs Cena match and actually concluding it say around the 55 minute mark of the show have worked.

Have JR walk back in and say, he rethought his position since HHH gave him his job back, he wants to be back. At this point, have some faces come back with him (say the tag champs, JoMo and others) and this point, HHH says we have champions in the house.

he gets 3 teams together from the group, Air Boom, JoMo and Mason Ryan and a pair of mid card SmackDown faces, say Daniel Bryan and Zack Ryder...does a triple threat tag match for the tag titles from say the 1:10 mark to the 1:30 mark of the show.

with 35 minutes left of air time, Orton and Big Show come back to demand Mark Henry. CM Punk can ref, JR does commentary with say...Cena, match lasts 15 minutes leaving 20 minutes left in the show.

Do a commercial right after the match, after the break, HHH is outside with Otunga and the group that was taking action...he makes some sort of segment offer...only to have John Laurinitis and Vince McMahon show up to transfer power to Johnny Ace...

same ending to the show, same conclusions....way more clever given the build

 

[CleverName51]

Also, what's your favorite Dave Batista match in WWE?

 

[klunderbunker]

Well that and you could have a bunch of comedy stuff in there too. It could have been good.

And probably vs. Taker at Mania.

 

[AnthonyM4]

Do you think that wrestlers should have the rights to their names/gimmicks like the old days?

 

[Remy LaCroix]

This past Sunday was the very first time I've ever seen Hogan Hulk-up (I think that's what it was). A few weeks ago I was thinking about asking you for any recommendations on any of his matches prior to his launch to stardom, but now my interest was piqued by storytelling. Besides the classic Hogan vs Andre, what three matches of his would you recommend that had excellent storytelling?

 

[klunderbunker]

Do you think that wrestlers should have the rights to their names/gimmicks like the old days?

It doesn't really matter. They sign the contracts and know what's coming with them.