KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[klunderbunker]

Huge. No one at the time knew that, but yeah it was huge.

 

[The Crock]

Just read your review of that show, actually, good stuff.

It gave me another question, though: Do you think Bret Hart was basically destined to fail in the WCW environment?

 

[klunderbunker]

Yeah more or less I think so. It was way too based on gimmicks and insanity. This should sum up why Bret failed. Bret is known as a wrestling technician. Other than Bret vs. Benoit, what great matches (as in great wrestling) do you remember from WCW after Bret got there?

 

[The Crock]

Good point. The only two things I remember are the Owen tribute and his injury. It's quite sad that WCW couldn't use a talent like Bret, even if they were so gimmick-based. They easily could have given us a decent enough version of Bret, but what we got was one of, if not THE, biggest disappoinments in wrestling history (at least that's how I see it).

 

[klunderbunker]

Starrcade 1997.

It's the biggest show ever in WCW. Bret Hart is the talk of the wrestling world because of Montreal. He's free and clear to be on the show. He's one of the major drawing points of the show. Everything is set up.....

And he's a referee in a match he has nothing to do with while Eric Bischoff is the focal point of the match.

That could summarize Bret's entire time in WCW.

 

[The Crock]

It didn't help that the finish came when Eric Bischoff was disqualified for having a freaking steel plate in his shoe.

Honestly, I think that Bret Hart in WCW didn't love to wrestle anymore. To allude back to Survivor Series '97 -- he was doing it because he felt he had to.

 

[The_Misson]

Just wondering were you able to find the SuperWrestle show?

 

[klunderbunker]

Not yet no.

 

[The Crock]

How effective would it be if it went straight from the Royal Rumble to WrestleMania? (No PPV in between)

 

[klunderbunker]

It would be ok but they would have to have something in between to bridge the gap.

 

[The Crock]

Agreed. The build-up could be bigger, but they can do that with a PPV in between too.

 

[The_Reptile_]

Who do you think is more likely to break into the Main Event scene sooner, Dolph Ziggler or Cody Rhodes?

 

[klunderbunker]

Ziggler.

 

[The Man They Call WMD]

You said in the LD that their is no reason to turn Cena heal because he receives a reaction. Which is different from Hogan where you said he got no reaction. I tried to find an example of Hogan getting no reaction on youtube and I couldn't. Do you know of a event where he got no reaction.

 

[klunderbunker]

Try Uncensored 96. Not so much the reacton but the backlash of it. It was pure hatred over the next few days. Also check out Mania 9 for the tag match. It's weak at best.

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

You said on your review site that 2/1/2012 will be either Jericho or Taker and that dissapoints you. Who wouldn't dissapoint you?

 

[klunderbunker]

Someone that is a genuine surprise.

 

[Vega]

There's one thing I noticed today that really dumbfounded me:
When Bret was as old as Owen when he died, he hadn't even won the Intercontinental Championship and was just a two time tag champion in the WWF.

That in mind: If the fall never happened, would Owen have gone on to become a main eventer and world champion?
On one hand he was incredibly talented, had a good background and was well respected, on the other there where a lot of new guys rising (Rock, HHH, Show, Angle, Edge, Jericho (soon), Benoit (soon), ...), Owen wasn't really an attitude guy and it may be an indication that he got a comedy gimmick.

Another thing that struck me today:
Dynamite Kid lives? I could've sworn he died about 20 years ago.

 

[klunderbunker]

I think given the brand split, yeah Owen would have gotten a nostalgia title run, especially in 03 when you had to bring in Kevin Nash of all people to main event.

 

[Remix]

Wasn't Owen planning on leaving the buisness by then though?

 

[klunderbunker]

Not that I've heard of, but I think he could have gotten a quick title reign ala Shawn in 02.

 

[Daniel]

Thoughts on John Laurinaitis? He's really grown on me. He's bad, but entertainingly so.

 

[klunderbunker]

He's supposed to be a boring heel. I'd say that's working.

 

[Remix]

If an active wrestler loses all but about two matches in three years, but few of which are clean does that make them a jobber?

 

[klunderbunker]

Yeah but not in the truest sense of the world. You can be a main event jobber, who wins most of their matches and then loses the big ones.