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Post by ryan93 on Jul 1, 2014 19:47:55 GMT -5
Sandow could become a great mid-carder and might have a short run in the main event scene but he needs to turn it around. And there is one person who could help him get back to his serious intellectual gimmick. If they could put Bob Backlund with him for a little while and he learns the Crossface Chickenwing and snap back to the aggressive way he used to wrestle.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 24, 2014 10:19:51 GMT -5
I went and bought the Usos and Harper and Rowan and it was 42 just a few dollars short of the requirements for free shipping on TRU so I threw in a basic RVD and got it for 54 dollars and no shipping cost. The extra 4 dollars is worth it for not having to search for the hard to find ones. They never have them on the first wave, the rare ones are always gone and if they have revision cases then you're screwed. I would say they will be hard to find for a while until the second or third case comes in.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 24, 2014 1:35:21 GMT -5
I would still have Vader debut at Royal Rumble 96. He would come in and get about 6 to 7 eliminations including eliminating Yokozuna after having a stare down after they team up and clear out the ring early into it. Vader would toss Yokozuna and then Yokozuna would get back in the ring and throw Vader out which would lead them to brawl to the back.
Leading up to In Your House 6, Vader and Yokozuna would try to coexist as a tag team. They face the tag team of the Smoking Gunns and lose which would lead to more tension. Next week they would team again with Vader walking out on Yokozuna. Yokozuna would confront Vader challenge him to a match at IYH 6 but Vader, Owen, and Bulldog would attack Yokozuna. At In Your House 6 Vader would face Yokozuna where Yokozuna would win by disqualification when Owen and Bulldog interfered but Jake Roberts and Ahmed Johnson would even the odds.
That would lead to a 6 man tag team match between Vader, Owen, and Bulldog going against Yokozuna, Jake Roberts, and Ahmed Johnson. On the way to WrestleMania Vader would face squash lower tier superstars but leading up defeat Jake Roberts and go to a double countout or disqualification against Ahmed Johnson. At WrestleMania 12 Vader would lead his team to victory by pinning Jake Roberts.
The next night on Raw Vader would face Yokozuna where he would win and then go on to injury Yokozuna. The next week Ahmed Johnson would challenge Vader for IYH 7 to gain revenge for WrestleMania and Yokozuna. Both men would squash their opponents leading into the match. Vader would defeat Ahmed Johnson.
Then 2 weeks after IYH 7 Yokozuna would return and confront Vader wanting another one on one match with him at IYH 8. Yokozuna would brawl with Vader and get the upperhand going into the match. At the event Vader would defeat Yokozuna easily showing his dominance.
Vader would be in the first round of the King of the Ring and face Ahmed Johnson in a match that would end in a double countout. Vader would get the upperhand on Ahmed and attempt to injury him. Vader would not be booked on the King of the Ring card. The next night Owen would face Shawn Michaels. After the match Vader and Bulldog would attack Micheals with Ahmed coming out but would go down as well. Then Sid would return and clear the ring. This would lead to the 6 man tag team at IYH 9. Vader would get the win for his team by pinning Shawn Michaels earning a title shot at Summerslam.
Going into Summerslam Vader would face and defeat Sid. Shawn Michaels would evade meeting up with Vader going into their match. At Summerslam Vader would win the title after defeating Shawn Michaels due to interference by Cornett.
This would lead to a rematch at IYH 10. Vader would win by disqualification when Sid interfered to stop Vader from hitting a second Vader Bomb on Shawn Michaels.
At IYH 11 Vader would defend against Sid and win after Shawn Michaels' attempt to interfere goes wrong costing Sid.
At Survivor Series, Shawn Michaels gets one last shot in a No Holds Barred match against Vader. They go back and forth until Fake Razor and Diesel show up and Sid comes out and takes them both out. Sid looks to help Shawn but turns on him giving him a Powerbomb and Vader pinning him.
Leading up to IYH 12: It's Time Bret Hart returns and wants to get a title match against Vader. Vader accepts the challenge and loses the title to Bret Hart. Vader wants his rematch the next night and loses again to Bret Hart. Vader then takes some time off.
Paul Bearer says he has a surprise opponent for the Undertaker at the Royal Rumble. Vader comes out and defeats the Undertaker.
At IYH 13 Steve Austin wants his title match but Vader also wants to face Bret again. Undertaker comes out wanting the WWF World Title so they have a Fatal 4 Way elimination match. In the match Vader is eliminated by Undertaker but Vader cost Undertaker by attacking him before leaving.
This will lead to Vader vs. Undertaker at WM 13. Undertaker will win and lead to Vader's downfall in the WWF.
Vader will team with Mankind and still carry a feud with the Undertaker going into IYH 14. Vader would face Undertaker in a casket match which despite interference from Mankind, Undertaker would still win.
Vader would turn on Mankind in a tag team match, turning Mankind good. Vader would go on and lose to Mankind at IYH 15.
Vader and Ken Shamrock would fight a double countout in the first round of the King of the Ring tournament which would be on Raw. This would lead to them facing each other in a No Holds Barred match at IYH 16 where Shamrock would win.
Vader takes some time off selling the injuries from the match and misses Summerslam. Vader returns defeats The Patriot but decides to save him after Bret Hart comes out to attack him. This leads to Vader and The Patriot facing Bret and Bulldog at Badd Blood in a Flag match but they lose.
Vader leads Team USA against Team Canada in a losing effort as Vader fails at coming back from being down 4 to 1 and gets eliminated by Bulldog.
After this Vader spends his time jobbing out to other mid-card and high level heels in December and January. Vader gets 1 or 2 eliminations before being eliminated by Austin, the eventual winner. That would be Vader's last appearance as he contract would be expired. If not he would probably spend time in mid-card feuds and losing out in some high profile feuds to build up and coming top heels and faces. He would never make it back to the title picture.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 23, 2014 23:38:10 GMT -5
Vickie done her job great. She was suppose to draw heat and she did that each and every time she grabbed the mic. She always got the reaction and boos that most heels can only hope to get when they are out there.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 23, 2014 19:52:43 GMT -5
I'm trying to figure out which Bray is better. Their attires are similar but the scans are different. Not sure which to get.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 2, 2014 3:37:40 GMT -5
I think that they need to try to build Smackdown back up. When it first debuted it was up there with Raw with star quality and ratings. Then the brand split and it lost some momentum. With the brands you had to watch Smackdown since your favorite superstars might be on that brand. Once they did away with the brands it got even worse. Sometimes I don't see how Smackdown and Raw connect. They never plug matches for Smackdown on Raw they just plug Main Event since it's live now. They need to make Smackdown live even if it's just on the network then air it later on Syfy. If it's live then they will put more effort in it. Right now it's usually just the people who got left on Raw or just matches that make little to no sense. Usually Smackdown just plugs Raw with a few matches to get some of the midcard feuds some more air time like 3MB vs. Los Matadores. Make it live or do a brand split to try to make Smackdown like it used to be a few years ago since it will never get back to what it was the first year or two after it debuted.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 2, 2014 3:30:15 GMT -5
They both had good matches but I have to give the edge to Takeover because they gave the big matches plenty of time. They had three really good matches plus I think the diva match of the year. I think it was just as good Paige and Emma. Breeze and Zayn was a main event quality match and NXT Title match showcased two great superstars. Kidd is a great wrestler who just keeps getting overlooked but in NXT he should be a top guy.
I'm not taking anything away from Payback since they had 2 really good matches in the 6 man tag and Last Man Standing. The undercards of both shows were average though. They really missed out on a really good US Title match but was cut short before it got heated. Bo vs. Kofi is another match that I was looking forward to when it was announced that disappointed.
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Post by ryan93 on Jun 2, 2014 3:21:41 GMT -5
I've had two that I had in my hand but decided to pass. The first one was Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble heritage figure. It was a few months before I started collecting Mattel. The other was on Black Friday when I saw Elite Yokozuna. I passed on it since the lines would had taken over 2 hours to get through. Both are over 50 on ebay which is way too much.
On the bright note I've only been collecting for 18 months and have 1 of each person made in the basic line. I've gotten all the flashbacks or legends that I liked growing up except for Yokozuna. Should have stuck out the long lines that night.
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Post by ryan93 on May 25, 2014 17:54:02 GMT -5
I always remember seeing prototype pictures of these and thought the set was going to be MVP/Mark Henry, Ziggler/Morrison, and Kozlov/Jackson. I know this is probably wrong but I remember seeing these and they never being released. What year would this had been released and I'll go see if I can find the Toyfair pictures for that year.
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Post by ryan93 on May 25, 2014 17:47:56 GMT -5
This thread again. The answer is: Pretty much nobody. In the 80s/early 90s era... Mr Perfect, Ted DiBiase, Rick Rude, Jake Roberts etc were never better world champion choices than Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior and Randy Savage. Do you really think Hulk Hogan vs Ted DiBiase would've been a better main event for WrestleMania V than seeing the Mega-Powers explode? Do you really think Hulk Hogan vs Mr Perfect would've been a better main event for WrestleMania VI than The Ultimate Challenge? Belts didn't change hands all the time in those days. It's silly to view 1980s wrestling through the prism of today where every main event guy wins the title. In the new generation era... It was slim pickings for top guys, but this is the only era that has much of a case for a couple of guys that could have been champion. You could argue Lex Luger should've won it from Yokozuna, or that heel Razor should've been a transitional champion from Diesel to Bret (or Diesel to Shawn even). In the attitude era... Everybody that was at that world champion level did get a run with the belt because we were in the era of it changing hands more often. Same with the Ruthless Aggression era and the current era. I couldn't agree more with this. Back then you had 2 major events from 1988 to 1990 and that's WrestleMania and Summerslam. WrestleMania has to be the big match like the Ultimate Challenge and the Mega Powers exploding to draw tickets and viewers. Survivor Series and the Royal Rumble were useless. Now I do agree that DiBiase, Piper, Perfect, Roberts, and Rude should had been champions during this era but there wasn't enough main stream exposure for them to get a shot or win it. The World Title changed one time during that era and it was Andre winning it from Hogan at the Main Event. Once you had more PPVs we saw more title changes. In 1991 when they had singles matches on Survivor Series the title changed hands, when the World Champion wasn't in the Royal Rumble we saw it change hands when Warrior dropped it to Slaughter. If they had more PPVs like they did now there is a good chance we see those deserving win the title. Hogan just can't run off PPV win after PPV win he would had dropped the title and picked it back up around WrestleMania and Summerslam for the big draw matches. I do agree that they had missed opportunities like Owen should had won the title instead of Backlund and losing it to Diesel in that short of time could had helped his career. Luger should had beat Yokozuna at Summerslam or WrestleMania leading to Luger vs. Bret. Although his reign would had only been about an hour he would had at least won the thing. If they had more events and been smarter about trying out some new main stars many people could had won the World title. Also I don't think anybody has mentioned Tatanka yet. He was a good competitor had this long winning streak and feuded with top stars. Should had won the title before losing it back to Yokozuna giving him his first loss instead of Borga would only last 4 months before getting injured and leaving WWE.
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Post by ryan93 on May 24, 2014 20:19:43 GMT -5
We need a face authority figure to be commissioner. The best options would be Mick Foley or Steve Austin but it looks like we will eventually get Hogan somehow since Foley isn't under contract at the moment and this might not be big enough to bring Austin back. I would rather see Teddy Long be GM again. Just think about it, every time the Authority would make a handicap match Teddy could come out and make it a tag team match.
Being serious though I think we need Commissioner Foley or Sheriff Austin back since both have had their issues with HHH and Stephanie.
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Post by ryan93 on May 16, 2014 0:19:21 GMT -5
For Jakks WWE lines every figure that had a rubber vest that had molded sleeves. It ruined so many figures since I love to play with back in the day. For example, Simon Dean and Carlito's first figure just to name some of the ones that really disappointed me to the point of not buying them.
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Post by ryan93 on May 11, 2014 2:14:13 GMT -5
I used to go to OVW all the time when it was owned by WWE. The first wrestlers I actually got to meet and talk to were Eugene and Elijah Burke. First diva I got to meet and talk to was Maria. First Hall of Famer was Jerry Lawler.
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Post by ryan93 on May 9, 2014 21:54:58 GMT -5
Doink was a good enough wrestler and character to get to that level but could never win the title. They missed out on giving him the IC title since Michaels was champion during most of his heel run. Only chance was beating Jannetty since they did have some great matches on Raw around that time but Michaels won it back quickly.
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Post by ryan93 on May 8, 2014 21:17:20 GMT -5
Quite a few big men missing in this list. Umaga, Khali(when he first debuted), Kane, Henry, and Mabel are just a few off the top of my head.
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Post by ryan93 on May 6, 2014 23:07:19 GMT -5
FAVOURITE..:
1: Current male wrestler - Bray Wyatt
2: Current female wrestler - Paige
3: All time male wrestler - Ric Flair
4: All time female wrestler - AJ Lee
5: Tag team - The New Age Outlaws
6: Match(es) - HBK vs. Razor WMX, HHH vs. Taker WM 28, Flair vs. Steamboat Chi-Town, Savage vs. Steamboat WM3
7: Ring gear - The Wyatt Family
8: Pay per view - WrestleMania 2000
9: Entrance theme - Triple H King of Kings
10: Stable - Four Horsemen
11: Champion - World Heavyweight Championship
12: Match type - Casket Match
THE BEST..:
13: Looking diva - Emma
14: Looking superstar - Dolph Ziggler
15: Technical wrestler - Daniel Bryan
16: Gimmick - Adam Rose
17: Championship design - IC Title
18: Feud - Vince vs. Austin
19: Mic worker - Triple H
20: Slogan/tag line - Anything the Rock says
21: Wrestling video game you have played - 2k14
OTHER:
22: Worst entrance theme - TL Hopper
23: Worst gimmick - Duke The Dumpster
24: Which wrestler would you like to see make a return? - Chris Jericho
25: Do you follow any independent promotions? - Yeah, OVW
26: One unpopular opinion of yours - Managers need to be more relevant again
27: Who do you consider underrated? - Santino Marella
28: What about an over-rated wrestler? - John Cena
29: Someone who you think would be great with some ring improvement? - Ryback
30: You get to make your own stable. Who would it consist of? What is their name? - The Future - Cesaro, Bad News Barrett, and Rusev
31: Who would you like to be in a tag team with? - Santino Marella
32: Who would you like to be in a mixed tag team with? - Emma
33: Why do you love wrestling? - It's entertaining
34: What/who first got you into wrestling? - My brother and sister
35: Raw, Smackdown or NXT? - Raw
36: Were you devastated when Alberto Del Rio hit Santa with his car in 2012? - Only because it was Mick Foley
37: If you were on the original NXT who would you choose as your pro? - Chris Jericho
38: Have you ever considered becoming a professional wrestler? - Yeah
39: What is your best wrestling related memory? - Nexus debuts on Raw
40: Do you watch wrestling by yourself or with others? - Both
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Post by ryan93 on May 5, 2014 19:42:42 GMT -5
I had to go with Beth. It took "The Best in the World" to eliminate her from the match. She also lasted the longest out of the three as well.
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Post by ryan93 on May 4, 2014 19:06:23 GMT -5
I've always wanted to start a pic fed but I never had the time. So I've considered a text fed where I play through the matches and then write them and do promos. One thing that I struggle with is my roster. I have over 100 people that could be on the roster. I need help with splitting them and getting started which has always been my downfall. Any help is appreciated.
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Post by ryan93 on Mar 26, 2014 23:22:33 GMT -5
Does anybody think the New Age Outlaws will be a Battle Pack in the future? I'm a basic collector but sometimes I make an exceptions for Legend or Flashbacks. They just came out in the Elite sets but I would rather have the basic versions if they make them. So do you think they will make it to a Battle Pack or Basic set or do I need to start looking for their Elites that just came out?
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Post by ryan93 on Jan 18, 2014 1:14:02 GMT -5
I think it's all three and without one of those people in Hogan's career I think he wouldn't have been as successful or even relevant. Matsuda gave Hogan the training needed to get him in the AWA. In the AWA Gagne made Hogan popular which led him to being wanted by Vince. After Vince signed him he gave the Hogan the worldwide exposure and the title that made him one of the greatest stars of the 80s and 90s and still relevant to this day.
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