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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Oct 13, 2015 12:35:09 GMT -5
So I started to think about this the other day. Everyone now can come online and bitch and complain about what they like or don't like, about who is holding who down, about who is not getting pushed. So I thought what would it be like if the net was around in the 80s/early 90s and what are things that could have been complained about.
For example.
"Ugh... Hogan wins AGAIN! So much for that heel turn by Paul Orndroff, he will be facing George Steele in opening matches in no time now."
"Why the hell would the WWF have Owen Hart win one match over Bret and then job him out constantly now to him?? Owen's not gonna recover from this."
What other complaints would have been talked about back then if the internet was around??
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 12:38:56 GMT -5
BRENT HARDT IS OVERRATED! ANVIL IS BETTUR!
HALK HOGANN IS NOT STALE! HE TOTALLY DIFFRANT THEN HE WAS IN 84.
WWF SHOULD BRAING BAK BRUNO.
FOUR HORSEMEN OUR OVERRATAD
- WFigs, late 80s/early 90s edition
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Post by Mark Martin on Oct 13, 2015 13:08:57 GMT -5
"This Undertaker vs Undertaker match blows".
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Post by TheXtremisT on Oct 13, 2015 13:37:43 GMT -5
"Virgil's a nobody".
Yep would still be the same as today.
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Post by YES! YES! YES! on Oct 13, 2015 13:59:45 GMT -5
"Ugh. Ultimate Warrior is so stale. He barely has any moves!"
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Post by Starscream on Oct 13, 2015 14:27:42 GMT -5
¨SERIOUSLY!! ENOUGH WITH THE HOGAN PUSH! GIVE OTHERS A CHANCE¨ (WrestleMania VI happens) ¨OMG!! HE IS JUST HOGAN WITH HAIR!! JUST PUSH RUDE ALREADY!¨
¨So this freaking company is actually trying to convince us that Andre was never defeated nor slammed?! This company....¨
¨OMG! screw Shawn and his stupid friends! What the hell was that?! There is actually footage of these idiots breaking kayfabe in a house show!! (provides link) I am freaking done with wrestling, thoughts?¨
¨Virgil just has to be one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time and I promise you 20 years from now he will get the credit he deserves...¨
¨Ric Flair is just an internet darling that doesn´t deserve to co main event WrestleMania¨
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Post by K5 on Oct 13, 2015 14:33:10 GMT -5
well, it would be a different world to cater to if there was the internet then. but generally i imagine a lot of the criticisms and enjoyment of certain things that are what takes place in the discussion of this very board.
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Post by Weemanv1 on Oct 13, 2015 22:41:33 GMT -5
Some people would have one opinion, some people would have another, but there would always be those few guys who just say that it's everyone flip-flopping all the time just so they can talk down to them.
So basically the same as it is now but with dial-up sounds.
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Post by threehgame on Oct 14, 2015 7:08:40 GMT -5
This new Razor sux but the new Diesel can't be worse then the last one. WORST. CHAMPION. EVER. This story line has so much potential.
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Post by marino13 on Oct 14, 2015 15:30:14 GMT -5
I'll tell you this... Had the internet been around after WMV or WMIX you would have heard me throwing two of the biggest tantrums of all time.
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Post by JC Motors on Oct 14, 2015 19:32:39 GMT -5
Nailz is such a cheesy gimmick
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Post by mikey1974 on Oct 15, 2015 6:14:49 GMT -5
"The WrestleMania III Controversy!! Did Hogan pay off Joey Marella to not count the 3 ??!!!"
" This mortician guy, what the hell is Vince thinking?! An Old West Undertaker character will NEVER get over!!"
" Bob "Sparkplug" Holly and Prince Iaukea - The future of wrestling!!"
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Post by ricflair4ever on Oct 15, 2015 16:45:39 GMT -5
Depends on the time frame here, but if it were during the 80s, practically no one post Backlund/Bockwinkle/ Race would be a legend or HoFer to the standards they are now. Hot shotting titles, booking to internet fan tastes, and most long term booking would have been out the window.
With the 90s, it probably wouldnt have affected as much in terms of what we saw really. The shift toward smaller faster guys was already happening anyway,so it would have featured a lot of what we ended up getting around 93 forward. Aside from people complaining about Bret getting stale , or a more immediate backlash toward Diesel getting a WWF title run. As it would have affected WCW at the time, who knows. Probably just the same conplaints we really did get, just sooner than when they started. The other big thing that would have been affected would have to be the spoiling of 50-60% of the televised events. Both companies ran tv tapings to put almost a months worth of programming in the can. WCW ran almost 6 months worth of tapings over the course of a few days in 93. Even Raw wasn't live weekly, so ratings may never have reached the pinnacle they did if someone could just lookup a months worth of results and pick and choose which weeks they wanted to watch in advance.
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Post by HuskerTornado on Oct 17, 2015 0:21:20 GMT -5
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Post by A-Rob on Oct 17, 2015 2:14:17 GMT -5
Owen Hart would be Daniel Bryan, Diesel would be like Roman Reigns.
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Post by PJ on Oct 17, 2015 12:14:20 GMT -5
I will probably get some flack for this but if the internet was around in the 80's I honestly don't think there would have been a quarter of the complaining that is on the internet for today's product.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 6:32:42 GMT -5
"OMG Razor Ramon just showed up on Nitro! WTF is going on?!"
"OMG now Diesel's there too!"
"HOGAN HAS JUST TURNED HEEL, PEOPLE, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
-WF in 1996.
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Post by Sleazyness on Oct 21, 2015 6:37:49 GMT -5
BRENT HARDT IS OVERRATED! ANVIL IS BETTUR! HALK HOGANN IS NOT STALE! HE TOTALLY DIFFRANT THEN HE WAS IN 84. WWF SHOULD BRAING BAK BRUNO. FOUR HORSEMEN OUR OVERRATAD - WFigs, late 80s/early 90s edition The only things I never liked about Bret was that he always seemed to come off as a bitter person even when he was a face. I also wasn't a fan of his promos. His in-ring performance on the other hand was top notch! Always wanted to ask, what was your favorite matches of his?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 7:10:00 GMT -5
BRENT HARDT IS OVERRATED! ANVIL IS BETTUR! HALK HOGANN IS NOT STALE! HE TOTALLY DIFFRANT THEN HE WAS IN 84. WWF SHOULD BRAING BAK BRUNO. FOUR HORSEMEN OUR OVERRATAD - WFigs, late 80s/early 90s edition The only things I never liked about Bret was that he always seemed to come off as a bitter person even when he was a face. I also wasn't a fan of his promos. His in-ring performance on the other hand was top notch! Always wanted to ask, what was your favorite matches of his? Some of my favorite Bret Hart matches include: Vs. Mr. Perfect - King of the Ring 1993 Vs. Diesel - Survivor Series 1995 Anything vs. Stone Cold in 1996/1997 Vs. Undertaker at Summerslam 1997 Final Four Match
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Post by Sleazyness on Oct 21, 2015 7:12:54 GMT -5
The only things I never liked about Bret was that he always seemed to come off as a bitter person even when he was a face. I also wasn't a fan of his promos. His in-ring performance on the other hand was top notch! Always wanted to ask, what was your favorite matches of his? Some of my favorite Bret Hart matches include: Vs. Mr. Perfect - King of the Ring 1993 Vs. Diesel - Survivor Series 1995 Anything vs. Stone Cold in 1996/1997 Vs. Undertaker at Summerslam 1997 Final Four Match His feud with Stone Cold is forgotten by many which is sad. That feud was kick ass! I actually am currently watching RAWs from 1997 on the Network. I was born that year lol. The Taker match was fairly great also.
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