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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 19, 2022 22:18:10 GMT -5
I remember really wanting to see the inferno match so WWF gets my vote for this month.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 14, 2022 19:21:43 GMT -5
I didn’t want to see Rock vs Cena 2 ten years ago, so no, I have no interest in seeing a third match.
Now, Luke Hobbs vs Jakob Toretto, that’s a different story.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 14, 2022 19:16:33 GMT -5
Wrestlemania gets my vote, the hype was all of the world and so many non wrestling fans were invested because of Tyson’s involvement. On paper, WCW actually had a few potentially good matches, but the world was talking about mania and rightfully so.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 11, 2022 19:52:26 GMT -5
Superbrawl would be my pick, but it’s a close one, WWF was good and so was WCW still. While I would have liked to have seen both, I can only pick one. WCW gets the narrow win because it seemed to be built on finishing and starting stories while WWF seemed more like a build-up show.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 8, 2022 21:48:22 GMT -5
Rumble gets my vote. Even though it was obvious Austin was winning, it was the first time I would see a rumble match, back then, rumbles were always fun to watch even if the winner was obvious. Plus the casket match intrigued me as well.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 6, 2022 18:52:50 GMT -5
I’ve been following this topic since the beginning, but I’m only starting to post now because December 1997 was the first time I watched both. Given the hype alone I would pick WCW. Sting/Hogan was promoted as the biggest match of all time, that alone would give Starrcade the buy. The thing is you aren't basing this off of WHICH you watched. You didn't have to watch any of these ppv's to play.
Pretend you never saw each ppv, you see the cards I posted and you decide if you had to choose WHICH ONE YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO WATCH
I know the rules, I didn’t start watching WWF until mid-1997 and started sparingly watching WCW during the buildup to Starrcade. I didn’t feel right voting on shows I haven’t seen from before I started watching.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 6, 2022 18:43:08 GMT -5
Hi All, Stumbled across you guys by mistake, thought I’d get involved! Fairly new to collecting figures mainly got 90s Hasbro. I’m looking at starting to collecting the WWE legends series as they seem to have some of the late 80s early 90s wrestlers that I love. Any tips, advice would be appreciated!! Hello and welcome.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 6, 2022 18:42:12 GMT -5
Hi everyone! Long story. I really have always been enamored by WWF aesthetics. It's probably because I'm an "Ethnic White" in the historical sense, and got treated that way, which does weird things to the head. 80s WWF was this great variety show of Manichean Cold War tropes: Hulk Hogan & pals, pimps, sleaze bag pimps like Bobby Heenan and Slick, real life Conan the Barbarians like Ultimate Warrior, Obia mystics like Papa Shango, commies, police brutality, anti-Americanism that most appealed to me. It was a great time. I used to buy the dolls. My brother broke a lot of them. And we're talking about an emotionally abusive dynamic within the family where my mother somewhat brainwashed me to think that I spent a lifetime fortune on these. Fast forward almost 30 years later, I've been in a relationship for a long time. Husband prods every few months that I should start a collection since he knew that I would sometimes, during bouts of insomnia, look at whatever has been released. I resisted in part because I thought the Elite bodies were ugly, in part because I'm really religious (temptation), in part because it's a lot of money, in part because I prefer to never look back in life except when you have to... One night, about 8 months ago, I had a bottle of champagne, then another, and I disclosed something very personal and dark to him. I have an inkling about what I said. I was in tears. It was very painful. I did say that the collections kept me alive. My mother and brother were very mean people, so I didn't have much to do, wasn't allowed to use my brain, and did checklists all the time (Medieval Scribe style) in my room, just looking forward to hearing about the next person to be released. No idea why, but something about that gave me just enough hope to stay alive, and I barely did. My husband knew all about _that_ - _that_ being that my mother had an understanding with someone under whom I worked when I was 12, work that I sought from a prophetic dream of a pre-Hasbro line having existed, then to find out months later that it did. I don't think he understood the neurotic dynamic to _that_ until I had two bottles of champagne and said more than I intended. He kept pressuring me for the next few weeks to start a collection. I had a near breakdown. He also told me to see a therapist - something I never wanted to do (and I think the whole experience only made me more religious). Finally, one night, I tallied in my mind every toy I ever had. I couldn't have spent more than $400, maybe $800 in all the collections, definitely not $10,000, as my mother said. I got upset because she does manipulate me a lot to this day. I haven't seen her in 7 years though we talk every few weeks with as much grace as I can tolerate. Either way, so this is about May, I bought some. Had no idea of the difference between Elite and Basic. Took me a few weeks just to grasp how their steel cage worked and the "authentic scale" and "real scale." I tried to sandbag the whole thing. I started to feel super bipolar and erratic. Then it got to "But you need at least 32 if you're going to buy them, then resell them" for a Royal Rumble. Then 32 became 42, since you need a Survivor Series (8-man tags, 5 of them, plus main event). I freaked when I realized that I had spent $3,000. (The card payment failed, but the system was down so no disaster.) I just didn't feel comfortable doing this collection. Then I got these in waves. Wow are they beautiful. But I have cats who are a hound kind of breed, so you can't have out the ring without the fatboy cat getting inside it. They're larger than the Hasbros. They're not as fun. They make for great decor! I'm probably close to an endpoint for now, having missed out on the Barbarian Classic Superstars, though I hate when they don't make them in their entrance gear with antlers and shoulder pads. I love all of the accessories! Anyway, that's my story. I still experience guilt from the collection but it's more in a spiritual sense that I'm playing with temptation. He's a psychologist. The way he framed it to me is "You're a Medieval Scribe. You scribe all day with your cross and translation works. Your first scribing project were these toys. You learned geography, history, some metric units. You wrote your first paper in the 1st grade on Canada. You only really get a bright eye when talking about 80s wrestling. I think you should just accept what it is instead of fighting it." I'm not totally sold but his rationale was good enough to keep me going Welcome to Wfigs. Thank you for opening up a sharing your story.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Nov 6, 2022 18:40:19 GMT -5
I’ve been following this topic since the beginning, but I’m only starting to post now because December 1997 was the first time I watched both.
Given the hype alone I would pick WCW. Sting/Hogan was promoted as the biggest match of all time, that alone would give Starrcade the buy.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Jul 10, 2022 21:25:35 GMT -5
Welcome back
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Post by Nick the Quick on Jun 29, 2022 14:21:15 GMT -5
Hey I am justaperson2000, and I am new to this website. How is everyone doing today??? Looking forward to my time on here. Welcome. I’m doing good today, hope you are too.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Jun 21, 2022 19:54:37 GMT -5
Welcome
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Post by Nick the Quick on Apr 14, 2022 20:27:15 GMT -5
Hello everybody. Big wrestling figure collector here. Toys in general really. Look forward to knowing you all. Hello and welcome
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Post by Nick the Quick on Mar 28, 2022 23:41:50 GMT -5
I was there live. I always say to myself I’ll enjoy any live show no matter how bad it is, but with this one it was hard to do. Most of the crowd stopped caring after Roman’s promo and a lot of people were leaving during the main event. Granted, the mania go home show is usually promo heavy and light on in-ring action, but it was just uninteresting.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Mar 10, 2022 19:19:53 GMT -5
Becky wanted to drop the title to Shayna at WM36 but Vince apparently soured on her so Becky retained.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Jan 9, 2022 20:56:46 GMT -5
This sucks. Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos were a big part of my childhood. Rest In Peace Bob Saget.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Sept 30, 2021 17:40:14 GMT -5
Hey everyone! Wish I'd known about this place long ago! Casual figure and memorabilia collector, longtime fan. Looking forward to chatting some old school wrasslin' with all of you! This is sort of what my grown up self likes to do, and I'm sure plenty of you have the same idea. For me, nothing is more fun than working in elements of wrestling history throughout the house. Welcome, enjoy your time here
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Post by Nick the Quick on Sept 3, 2021 18:23:25 GMT -5
Hi guys I'm new on here, I've got a Twitter and Insta for my wrestling page if anyone would like to follow I'd be very greatful Its - EllzWrestling Thankyou Welcome
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Post by Nick the Quick on Aug 21, 2021 9:19:08 GMT -5
Want a laugh? eBay search CM Punk ice cream wrapper. Someone is selling an unopened one for $1000.
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Post by Nick the Quick on Aug 19, 2021 17:56:13 GMT -5
Hi everyone, I am new here too Welcome!!!
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