Q&A thread - Your Questions Answered! **no chat**

gimmick

This thread is basically for asking a question which you want answered, but it does not lead to chat. Basically, if you want to know about the ratings of a PPV, who Bret Hart wrestled in his first match for WCW or whatever, put it here.

Much like the daily news thread, if someone feels something is discussion worthy, by all means start a thread for that.

This may work, it may not.

Degag

Ok, i'll start this off.

When the lights go out and Taker suddenly appears in the ring, where does he come from. I've heard varying opinions such as from under the ring, from the crowd or that he is dressed as a cameraman ringside etc but does anyone have a definative answer?

jaykhunter

It'd have to be under the ring, as the 'lights out' segment only lasts a few seconds. Far too short to be changing clothes or running down the ramp. And he'd stand out if he was in the crowd, waiting. Whenever I've read fan notes of a show, Taker would run down and get under the ring during the ad break beforehand. But there'd be a distraction (lights out, video package etc) so (most of) the crowd doesn't see him do it.

Headshot

what wrestling moves have wwe banned?

waltersobchak

Piledriver. The Vertibreaker, The 450 Splash and Shooting Star Press, where all banned by WWE but can now be used with management and agents permisson ie Evan Bourne, and now Justin Gabriel.. And Jerry Lawlor with the Piledriver

D2D

What was the 1st WWF PPV that didn't have a generic theme song???

waltersobchak

I think the song was AC/DC's Highway to Hell, and it was Summerslam 1998

mitchmeister

Degag wrote: »

Ok, i'll start this off.

When the lights go out and Taker suddenly appears in the ring, where does he come from. I've heard varying opinions such as from under the ring, from the crowd or that he is dressed as a cameraman ringside etc but does anyone have a definative answer?

ok when I was at Summerslam last year and taker appeared instead of hardy at the ladder match this is what happened....before the match started, they cut to the big screen to play the promo between punk and hardy while the arena goes black apart from the big screen, while this was playing I happen to see a load of security escort a tall person in a hoodie down to the ring, its obv taker and he hides under the ring till its his cue, but while the vid is playing your attention is diverted for him to make his entrance, tho have to say even tho I knew it was him, i was still suprised when the switch was made!

Penn

Are there any differences between the following match types:

No holds barred
Extreme Rules
Street Fight
Hardcore
No disqualification

D2D

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Are there any differences between the following match types:

No holds barred
Extreme Rules
Street Fight
Hardcore
No disqualification

Hardcore matches are named due to the hardcore/garbage style of wrestling in the match and they originally took place in unusual environments compared to a normal wrestling match. Extreme Rules is PG-WWE's version ofd a hardcore match. It's mainly a watered down version of a hardcore match. The No Holds Barred match was made so the wrestlers couldn't be disqualified and, originally, didn't involve weapons. The Street Fight match was made so wrestlers could fight in their normal "street" clothes but it has now turned into the same gimmick as a hardcore match. A no-DQ match mainly takes place in the ring.

jaykhunter

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

Are there any differences between the following match types:

No holds barred
Extreme Rules
Street Fight
Hardcore
No disqualification

Street Fight usually has wrestlers wrestle in their street clothes, and is also falls-count-anywhere. And all of the above usually include foreign objects. "No DQ" and "No Holds Barred" is more "usual" items, like chairs, announce table; that kind of thing, while all others, you'll probably see a Kendo Stick, trash can, 'rarer' items not usually lying around the ring.

Of course WWE/TNA etc change the rules of the archetypes to suit whatever they're booking that night

waltersobchak

waltersobchak wrote: »

Piledriver. The Vertibreaker, The 450 Splash and Shooting Star Press, where all banned by WWE but can now be used with management and agents permisson ie Evan Bourne, and now Justin Gabriel.. And Jerry Lawlor with the Piledriver

Diving Headbutt (although Primo uses it sometimes). I think anyhow.

Handsome Bob

Did Stone Cold Steve Austin really have issues with Brock Lesnar and Eddie Guerrero?

LZ5by5

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Did Stone Cold Steve Austin really have issues with Brock Lesnar and Eddie Guerrero?

I only know the Lesnar side of the story.
Austin was pissed at creative because he didn't agree with the way they were feuding him with Lesnar. Austin refused to work a match that he was scheduled to lose and explained that it would make him look weak to lose to a rookie.And that the stage wasn't set for Lesnar to beat a star like Austin.He eventually walked out when they wanted him to lose to Lesnar.
I don't think it was an issue with Lesnar rather an issue with Creative in the way they were pushing Lesnar to the moon.

Mr.Nice Guy

I've always been curious about WWE's ability to prevent certain names being used. Obviously they cannot prevent wrestlers using their real names in other promotions, such as Kurt Angle, but say hypothetically a wrestler decided to use his middle name and his mother's maiden name for his character. Could they block a person doing so in another promotion?

jaykhunter

From what I've heard in Austin's interviews it was more that he was scheduled to lose to Lesnar on RAW, clean, without build-up, and Austin wasn't having any of that -- he did say that he was fine with losing to Lesnar if it built to a PPV but I have my doubts about that. Austin was pretty bitter by 2002; as his time in the direct spotlight was up (98, 99, Unforgiven 2000 - start of 2002) and WWE wanted to push newer stars. Although this scheduled loss was still in the infancy of Lesnar's monster push.

jaykhunter

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I've always been curious about WWE's ability to prevent certain names being used. Obviously they cannot prevent wrestlers using their real names in other promotions, such as Kurt Angle, but say hypothetically a wrestler decided to use his middle name and his mother's maiden name for his character. Could they block a person doing so in another promotion?

It really just depends on what ring-name the wrestler was using in WWE and who owns the rights to the name. WWE can't copyright a real name (hence Daniel Bryan) but as long as the name isn't the same as on the person's passport, WWE can copyright it.

Say Kurt Steven Angle, who's mother was (for example) Deborah Morgan before becoming Deborah Angle.

Here's some names :

Kurt Angle : WWE can't copyright
Curt Angle : WWE can copyright
Kurt Morgan : WWE can copyright
Steven Angle : WWE can copyright
Steven Morgan : WWE can copyright.

Anyway, interestingly enough, if you slightly alter your name, you can copyright it - see Rhyno (now Rhino in TNA), Christian using Christian Cage in TNA; he could've spelled it differently - say Chrystian...

Rjd2

jaykhunter wrote: »

From what I've heard in Austin's interviews it was more that he was scheduled to lose to Lesnar on RAW, clean, without build-up, and Austin wasn't having any of that -- he did say that he was fine with losing to Lesnar if it built to a PPV but I have my doubts about that. Austin was pretty bitter by 2002; as his time in the direct spotlight was up (98, 99, Unforgiven 2000 - start of 2002) and WWE wanted to push newer stars. Although this scheduled loss was still in the infancy of Lesnar's monster push.

Austin was VERY protective of his character, some blame him for Jericho's forgettable title reign in 2002. I share your cynicism about Austin been cool about losing clean on PPV as well.

I dunno if their was any bad blood between Eddie and Austin, their was always rumors they would feud but it never materialized.

Fozzy

Rjd2 wrote: »

I dunno if their was any bad blood between Eddie and Austin, their was always rumors they would feud but it never materialized.

I think that in Eddy's book he said that when he returned to WWE for his second run and he was clean that Austin was initially apprehensive about working with him because he remembered the days when he was unreliable. When he realised that Eddy had changed then they got along

Penn

What were the original plans for WWF Invasion, before Triple H and Benoit got injured? I would presume Triple H would be in the main event, probably replacing Kane, so what would Kane have done? Or would he have replaced Jericho and have Jericho and Benoit remain the tag champs in a match?

(Sorry, I watched Backlash 2001 - Invasion over the past few days)

Otis Driftwood

Deleted User wrote: »

I only know the Lesnar side of the story.
Austin was pissed at creative because he didn't agree with the way they were feuding him with Lesnar. Austin refused to work a match that he was scheduled to lose and explained that it would make him look weak to lose to a rookie.And that the stage wasn't set for Lesnar to beat a star like Austin.He eventually walked out when they wanted him to lose to Lesnar.
I don't think it was an issue with Lesnar rather an issue with Creative in the way they were pushing Lesnar to the moon.

I read/saw somewhere a long while ago that Austins beef was that Lesner was spanking everyone and Vince wanted Austin to be one of the spankees.He balked at this maintaining that he was the top guy and should be the last person Lesner should have beaten to cement his image as a monster heel instead of being (what he saw as being) a mid card jobber.(Austin I mean)

*tripsi*

How do wwe transport the ring from europe to america??

waltersobchak

*tripsi* wrote: »

How do wwe transport the ring from europe to america??

I believe they have a seperate set up in storage in the UK for tours in this part of the world

D2D

*tripsi* wrote: »

How do wwe transport the ring from europe to america??

I believe they transport all equipment for all tours via heavy-duty plane. An example would be a tour of the UK. WWE neither owns or hire's a heavy duty plane for these kind of tours. All equipment e.g the ring, ropes, titantron, safety mats etc.. are put in the bottom half/section of the plane while all the superstars,refs and other personal are at the top half/section of the plane.

Headshot

What makes a good ref and what kind of money are they on ?

D2D

Headshot wrote: »

What makes a good ref and what kind of money are they on ?

A good ref shouldn't be biased to anyone but have something that makes them unique (e.g. Charles Robinson's nickname is lil'Naitch due to his hair) and A WWE referee makes about $50 per show

chopperbyrne

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

A good ref shouldn't be biased to anyone but have something that makes them unique (e.g. Charles Robinson's nickname is lil'Naitch due to his hair) and A WWE referee makes about $50 per show

You sure they only make $50 per show?

There is no way they could live off that.

D2D

chopperbyrne wrote: »

You sure they only make $50 per show?

There is no way they could live off that.

Sorry, I was wrong with that.

Just found this:

The WWE referees make about $1000 and the TNA officials working on a smaller budget would make around $750 for Impact and the ppvs.

Degag

Dare_2_defy wrote: »

A good ref shouldn't be biased to anyone but have something that makes them unique (e.g. Charles Robinson's nickname is lil'Naitch due to his hair) and A WWE referee makes about $50 per show

THe referee isn't there to officiate the match though as obviously it is predetermined. He is there to remind the wrestlers of upcoming moves, make sure it keeps flowing, make sure he is position for any bumps, that his back is turned for any illegal activity etc... The referee is just as much a "sports entertainer" as any of the wrestlers...

Also, i'd imagine that the referees are on a pretty fixed salary.... have no real idea though.

Motley Crue

Could someone explain to me why the watered down version of 'ECW' was recently cancelled on American TV and whether it will be picked up by anyone else?

Also, could I ask, what happened to Mr Perfect in 2002, when he left the WWE for the last time about 6 months before his death....why did they release him at that time? His last match was apparently in the UK against Goldust...a dark match....does anyone know if this is available anywhere?

Bounty Hunter

was re-branded: its now NXT and its pretty damn good tbh Bryan danielson and co

waltersobchak

Motley Crue wrote: »

Could someone explain to me why the watered down version of 'ECW' was recently cancelled on American TV and whether it will be picked up by anyone else?

Its now a new show called WWE NXT


where WWE developmental rookies are paired with "Superstars" One of the rookies is Bryan Danielson now known as Daniel Bryan its well worth watching as its a cool new concept

Rjd2

Motley Crue wrote: »

Could someone explain to me why the watered down version of 'ECW' was recently cancelled on American TV and whether it will be picked up by anyone else?

The ratings got worse and worse, so the Network asked Vince to make some changes.

newballsplease

Are Bret Hart and Vince McMahon actually going to wrestle on sunday?

flahavaj

newballsplease wrote: »

Are Bret Hart and Vince McMahon actually going to wrestle on sunday?

Nope they're going to FIGHT.:pac:

Tricity Bendix

Wrestle is a such a strong word...

Rjd2

newballsplease wrote: »

Are Bret Hart and Vince McMahon actually going to wrestle on sunday?

Expect some swerves and interference, both are clever men and I assume know they can't wrestle a proper match.

JP Liz V1

newballsplease wrote: »

Are Bret Hart and Vince McMahon actually going to wrestle on sunday?

They are going to sing with George Lopez as ref

geeky

Motley Crue wrote: »

Also, could I ask, what happened to Mr Perfect in 2002, when he left the WWE for the last time about 6 months before his death....why did they release him at that time? His last match was apparently in the UK against Goldust...a dark match....does anyone know if this is available anywhere?

He was on the 'plane ride from hell', where many WWE wrestlers got truly twisted and started misbehaving. He got in a row with Lesnar about who was the better amateur wrestler and, as the story goes, they decided to settle the matter there and then. Cue 'future endeavours'.

starviewadams

Has there ever been a british WWE or World Heavyweight Champion?

jaykhunter

Unfortunately not. Wrestlers like Bulldog, Regal etc only rose to Intercontinental and European titles. Sheamus is the only European to hold a world title in WWF/E or WCW.

The list of world champions who are not American or Canadian is a very short list.

tdv123

When the was the last time Kane & Undertaker had a storyline that involved the both them or had any type of interaction with each other?

D2D

tdv123 wrote: »

When the was the last time Kane & Undertaker had a storyline that involved the both them or had any type of interaction with each other?

I think it was WM 20 when they fought each other,

Bodhisopha

What happened between John Bradshaw and Steve Blackman?

D2D

Bodhisopha wrote: »

What happened between John Bradshaw and Steve Blackman?

Found this:

One day Blackman, who was a legit tough guy with a martial arts background (he currently owns an MMA gym in Harrisburg, MA), had a run-in with JBL, a known bully, in the airport.

JBL was giving him hell, as he is wont to do, and Blackman warned him to knock it off. JBL didn't knock it off, so Blackman flattened him with a punch and then reared back to take his head off with a soccer kick.

Anyway, JBL was saved because when Blackman reared back he got his foot caught in a woman's bag or something and it was broken up.

The next day in catering, Blackman went up to JBL in front of pretty much everyone and demanded he stand up and apologize or they were going to go at it again.

So JBL stood up and said he was sorry.

Penn

tdv123 wrote: »

When the was the last time Kane & Undertaker had a storyline that involved the both them or had any type of interaction with each other?

They kinda semi-reunited I think early 2008 as the Brothers of Destruction when Undertaker was being attacked by Big Daddy V and Mark Henry. They teamed a few times and helped each other out if I remember correctly.

newballsplease

Is there any particular reason why WCW was sold? Or who owned it before McMahon? and was there a price on it or how did the deal go through?

newballsplease

Have WWE acknoledged that Edge and Christian are 'brothers' since his return? Or have they even been mentioned in the same sentence?

Penn

newballsplease wrote: »

Have WWE acknoledged that Edge and Christian are 'brothers' since his return? Or have they even been mentioned in the same sentence?

They met backstage after Christian won the ECW title at Backlash 2009. Christian walked over to Edge and he asked what happened to Edge, he used to be fun. Then Edge started talking about how it's all John Cena's fault. I think that was pretty much it. Sorry, couldn't find a clip for you

jaykhunter

tdv123 wrote: »

When the was the last time Kane & Undertaker had a storyline that involved the both them or had any type of interaction with each other?

November 20th 2009 edition of SD; Taker and Kane wrestled JeriShow to a no contest.

starviewadams

newballsplease wrote: »

Is there any particular reason why WCW was sold? Or who owned it before McMahon? and was there a price on it or how did the deal go through?

I think WCW was sold because Turner broadcasting(who owned WCW)were taken over by another company and WCW was a massive money loser plus the new CEO of AOL-TimeWarner didnt want wrestling on his new TV networks.
There were a few other groups interested in buying WCW at the time including one led by Eric Bischoff,but once WCW's tv shows were cancelled Bischoff's investors backed out,allowing Vince to pick up WCW for a bargain,around $4 or $5 million I think.