KB Answers Wrestling Questions

[Hollywood Naitch]

Guerrero isn't really that long as he won four years after debuting, not counting about a year out of the company

Just WWE Title:

Andre (difficult to say, at least ten years)
Sheik (around at least three years)
Slaughter (debuted in the early 80s but was in the AWA for most of the decade)
Bret Hart (6 years)
HBK (8 years)
Sid (4 years, wasn't there the whole time)
HHH (4 years)
JBL (9 years)
Edge (8 years)
RVD (had a few matches back in 1997)
Miz (4 years)

Then there's the mother of them all: Vince, who was on TV for about twenty years before winning the belt.

Wouldn't Jeff Hardy be on that list too? I know he had a couple of years out of WWE, but he was with them in 1998 or so and it was late 2000s when he finally won the big one?

 

[klunderbunker]

Yeah he would be.

 

[Bockwinkel's Class]

So, I've been reading your NXT reviews and it sounds pretty damn good. Do you think NXT style programming (ie booking, storylines, ect) would be successful if brought to Raw and Smackdown? I know it would require Junior vapor-locking and Trips getting full control of the on-air product; but, in future where that happens, do you think it could work?

 

[klunderbunker]

Nah it wouldn't make it. It's a show that works for a small audience who didn't have to pay much to get in. Also once you make it go for three hours, the magic stops working.

 

[Bockwinkel's Class]

Nah it wouldn't make it. It's a show that works for a small audience who didn't have to pay much to get in. Also once you make it go for three hours, the magic stops working.

Cut Raw to two hours?

 

[klunderbunker]

Not happening either unfortunately.

 

[Bockwinkel's Class]

Not happening either unfortunately.

Yeah, I figured THAT was a pipe dream I mean seriously though, would Raw really shrivel up and die if they dumped the divas and bunny gimmicks and other assorted detritus that drags down the show?

 

[klunderbunker]

I like the bunny. I can't help it.

 

[Bockwinkel's Class]

I like the bunny. I can't help it.

If it's any consolation I find Hornswaggle and El Torito annoying as hell

 

[Dowdsy McDowds]

Double barrel question - have you been reading Russo's WZ articles and if so, do you have an idea of how truthful they are? For example, his latest story about HBK getting in Austin's ear to dump Foley out of the main event of WM XV?

http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials/515885-russos-road-stories-vol-5

 

[Alex]

So if Heath Slater is pretty much doing the 3MB gimmick still with Titus O'Neil what was the point of getting rid of Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal arguably better workers than O'Neil??

 

[klunderbunker]

Double barrel question - have you been reading Russo's WZ articles and if so, do you have an idea of how truthful they are? For example, his latest story about HBK getting in Austin's ear to dump Foley out of the main event of WM XV?

http://www.wrestlezone.com/editorials/515885-russos-road-stories-vol-5

I haven't been reading them.

They're possibly true but the good thing for him is there aren't many people who can refute them.

So if Heath Slater is pretty much doing the 3MB gimmick still with Titus O'Neil what was the point of getting rid of Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal arguably better workers than O'Neil??

Two salaries gone.

 

[Wally Dangerously]

What is your favorite SummerSlam opening match?

 

[klunderbunker]

The cage match in 1997 followed by Mysterio vs. Angle in 2002. A surprisingly awesome opener is D'Lo Brown vs. Val Venis in 1998.

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

Who is Ric Flair's main rival?

 

[MrHashasheen]

How big a roster should a 2-hour weekly wrestling show require?

 

[klunderbunker]

Who is Ric Flair's main rival?

Sting.

How big a roster should a 2-hour weekly wrestling show require?

If that's all you've got? About 40 people. You can rotate people in and out to keep things fresh week to week.

 

[MrHashasheen]

If you had to set up a wrestling company, where would you locate it? And why?

 

[klunderbunker]

Chicago. It's big and doesn't feel cliched like New York.

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

Why didn't Orton take the submission at this year's WrestleMania?

If Rock didn't face Hogan at WrestleMania 18, who would he have faced instead?

 

[klunderbunker]

To show that Bryan could beat both guys. He had Orton knocked out and then made Batista tap.

Hall maybe?

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

Why hasn't the Authority angle ended yet?

When will it end?

 

[klunderbunker]

It's working fine.

Probably not for awhile.

 

[#MrScissorsKick]

I've been to 3 RAW's, 2 SmackDown's and 2 Pay-Per-Views this year alone. One thing I've noticed is that the fans at these shows act much more different than the members of the IWC. I've never witnessed anyone shouting "5 moves of doom" or "Workrate" at wrestlers during these TV shows like I read here on the IWC.

Too Long?

Why are fans at WWE shows more realistic than members of the IWC?

 

[klunderbunker]

Two reasons:

1. 95ish% of fans have either never heard of nor care about workrate. Most people watch the show, go to bed, and then maybe think about it one more time all week. We're in the very small minority of fans.

2. Most of us that go to the shows just have a good time. On here we can break everything down at a level that no one is going to think of and take a lot of the fun out of wrestling. Just going and getting into a show is fun because you can stop thinking and just enjoy the show.