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Post by JokerFC on Jan 23, 2024 19:04:38 GMT -5
watched WW3 95 today(had it on as background noise) and it dawned on me this is basically Royal Rumble 1992 WCW style.
Title is vacated after shenanigans in a Hogan match vs a new monster heel
PPV Battle Royal is for the vacated title
Hogan's booking around his elimination completely backfires and the crowd boos the f*ck out of him
man its take for take stuff here really!!
I also found the closing moments of WW3 battle Royale oddly entertaining LOL.
thoughts/memories of this?
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Post by The Brain on Jan 23, 2024 19:14:20 GMT -5
Loved the fact Mach won Big Gold for first time here Fans booing Hogan was the cherry on top  |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 23, 2024 19:37:35 GMT -5
Loved the fact Mach won Big Gold for first time here Fans booing Hogan was the cherry on top and boy did they boo him. Who on earth in creative thought him reacting like that was a good idea...LOL. Also since Hogan had so much control over his creative it shows you he was pretty disconnected. He wasnt after though....Bischoff said on 83 weeks that this & a couple of Nitros afterwards prompted "the talk" & the 1st mentions of his heel turn. |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 23, 2024 19:44:35 GMT -5
Loved the fact Mach won Big Gold for first time here Fans booing Hogan was the cherry on top and boy did they boo him. Who on earth in creative thought him reacting like that was a good idea...LOL. Also since Hogan had so much control over his creative it shows you he was pretty disconnected. He wasnt after though.... Bischoff said on 83 weeks that this & a couple of Nitros afterwards prompted "the talk" & the 1st mentions of his heel turn.Yeah they had to start the talks after this They really got louder into early 96 as well. Both SuperBrawl and Uncensored crowds werent fond of em to say the least. It was def time... |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 23, 2024 19:48:04 GMT -5
and boy did they boo him. Who on earth in creative thought him reacting like that was a good idea...LOL. Also since Hogan had so much control over his creative it shows you he was pretty disconnected. He wasnt after though.... Bischoff said on 83 weeks that this & a couple of Nitros afterwards prompted "the talk" & the 1st mentions of his heel turn.Yeah they had to start the talks after this They really got louder into early 96 as well. Both SuperBrawl and Uncensored crowds werent fond of em to say the least. It was def time... TNT started showing WCW Nitro and the PPVs here in Ireland around March 1996. Nitro was on Friday and if there was a PPV the Sunday before it would follow on afterwards and I remember watching Uncensored 96 with my pal Greg. We both noticed the boos for Hogan...they were clear as a bell. Although I watched the Clash before BATB 94 a while back and the boos were damn loud for Hogan when he came out at the end of that show. It was a thing from Day 1 but got louder gradually. |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 23, 2024 19:55:37 GMT -5
Yeah they had to start the talks after this They really got louder into early 96 as well. Both SuperBrawl and Uncensored crowds werent fond of em to say the least. It was def time... TNT started showing WCW Nitro and the PPVs here in Ireland around March 1996. Nitro was on Friday and if there was a PPV the Sunday before it would follow on afterwards and I remember watching Uncensored 96 with my pal Greg. We both noticed the boos for Hogan...they were clear as a bell. Although I watched the Clash before BATB 94 a while back and the boos were damn loud for Hogan when he came out at the end of that show. It was a thing from Day 1 but got louder gradually. Still shake my head at his creative control during this time. The crowd were just over em as a babyface and yet he books himself to be Superman by fending off the DOD in the cage at SB and that ridiculous ''Doomsday cage'' match Just awful |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 23, 2024 19:57:35 GMT -5
Plus gotta say this.... His chair shots were weak as hell I mean come on lol  Devastating I tell you!  |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 23, 2024 20:05:43 GMT -5
yeah he wasn't comfortable with chairs at all LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 5:23:13 GMT -5
I have a soft spot for the WW3 matches.
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 24, 2024 5:30:29 GMT -5
Great show tbh
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Post by Old Zeke on Jan 24, 2024 5:32:20 GMT -5
"It is what it is, brother."
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 24, 2024 6:44:57 GMT -5
Plus gotta say this.... His chair shots were weak as hell I mean come on lol Devastating I tell you! That’s the power of Hulkamania, brother! That’s one of the worst chair shots I’ve seen! |
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Post by hbkjason on Jan 24, 2024 6:50:02 GMT -5
I haven't seen this show in years! You have inspired me to give it a watch. Crazy to think that less than a year prior Vince thought Savage was too old and wanted to put him out to pasture and here he is the world champ!
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Post by Old Zeke on Jan 24, 2024 7:29:52 GMT -5
I haven't seen this show in years! You have inspired me to give it a watch. Crazy to think that less than a year prior Vince thought Savage was too old and wanted to put him out to pasture and here he is the world champ! Vince was a fool to think that. Savage could still go at a pretty high-level up until about 1998. But you know what? I'm glad he got that WCW run - it's probably my favourite of his whole career. |
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Post by MKSavage on Jan 24, 2024 9:38:54 GMT -5
A glorious site indeed.  Hogan here trying to steal Macho's spotlight:  |
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Post by Old Zeke on Jan 24, 2024 9:47:39 GMT -5
A glorious site indeed. Hogan here trying to steal Macho's spotlight: Man, I'm a self-admitted Hulkamaniac, but this has always bothered me. Hogan overshadowed Macho's entire 1st WWF title reign, and then tried to do the same here with his 1st WCW title reign. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 9:53:37 GMT -5
I haven't seen this show in years! You have inspired me to give it a watch. Crazy to think that less than a year prior Vince thought Savage was too old and wanted to put him out to pasture and here he is the world champ! same here and since im watching rumbles lately, its right up the same ally of sorts im watching all the ww3 battle royals |
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Post by MKSavage on Jan 24, 2024 13:51:02 GMT -5
A glorious site indeed. Hogan here trying to steal Macho's spotlight: Man, I'm a self-admitted Hulkamaniac, but this has always bothered me. Hogan overshadowed Macho's entire 1st WWF title reign, and then tried to do the same here with his 1st WCW title reign. Hogan tried to do that the 2nd time Macho won the belt, but Randy called him out on it. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 24, 2024 14:13:48 GMT -5
I really liked WCW World War 3 for the 1995 year. It was a fun twist in battle royals. It's like they took Battle Bowl and gave it steroids to add that 3rd ring to it.
I went back and watched WCW Nitro from the beginning of 1995 - around Hall debuting in 1996, and I gotta say, even the before NWO era of WCW Nitro was wildly entertaining! I think it was because we were seeing story lines and matches on the Nitro events and on the PPVs, that we never usually see or haven't seen in a long time.
The first half of 1995 was pretty bad, but the second half once Vader left and Luger returned seemed to be really enjoyable, especially leading into 1996 with seeing Malenko, Benoit, Guerrero, and others debut or make an impact.
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 24, 2024 14:49:22 GMT -5
I've listened to all the episodes of 83 Weeks concerning 1995 PPVs recently & Im finding it fascinating.
Currently on Starrcade 95
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