a bit of Stone Cold Appreciation...

SlickRic

i didn't know where to put this, but i just had my lunchbreak, and spent it revelling in some Stone Cold promos.

these are both examples from his 'What?' days, and i'm fully aware he did 'better' promos during his career, but for pure entertainment, i just loved some of the stuff he did here.

enjoy.

chopperbyrne

That second promo is awesome. Cole just loses it and can't stop laughing.

Mr.Nice Guy

Amazing guy on the mic. This was the great thing about wrestling before the PG era. No way he can do promos like this any more when he makes an appearance.

SlickRic

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Amazing guy on the mic. This was the great thing about wrestling before the PG era. No way he can do promos like this any more when he makes an appearance.

and it'll hurt me every time he comes back.

i'll expect something close to that standard, but the fact is it just won't happen, because he'll be too constrained.

that Royal Rumble/bar analogy, using the 'What?' gimmick, is just awesome. so brilliant.

EdK

Great wrestler and a fantastic character not too fond of his shark stories though

One of my favourite Stone Cold moments

Dancor

What a man. The dude defined the greatest period of pro-wrestling, pure attitude. The glass breaking entrance, huge crowd pops and JR saying ''all hell is gonna break loose''

He wasnt the greatest wrestler but what a charecter.
Drinking beer, hunting, drove a pick-up truck, stuck the middle finger up to everyone, said what he wanted and kicked his bosses ass every week.
For me, he saved the WWF in the war with WCW, although they did themselfs no favours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5VprWqVcgc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHvDTowDWQ

ayatollah

do you want some oranges you son of a bitch hahah - priceless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWW2YO7dFys

man that man could work a crowd.

all wrestlers should be forced to watch his old promos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53LMIIVj8vs&feature=related


ah the bedpan

D2D

ayatollah wrote: »

do you want some oranges you son of a bitch hahah - priceless

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWW2YO7dFys

man that man could work a crowd.

all wrestlers should be forced to watch his old promos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53LMIIVj8vs

ah the bedpan

FYP:):)

antomorro-sei

Havn't watched wrestling in years, but this thread has brought a smile to the face! Stone Cold, what a fookin hero.

flahavaj

I know this board reeally loves the Rock, but I always thought Stone Cold was better than him at just about every facet of pro wrestling.

EdK

flahavaj wrote: »

I know this board reeally loves the Rock, but I always thought Stone Cold was better than him at just about every facet of pro wrestling.

This is true,the Rock was a very average wrestler he was just so damn entertaining though,Dont sleep on Austins wrestling skills though guys he could go in the ring, but "Stone Cold" wasn't technical and the neck injury obviously effected him

grames_bond

Dancor wrote: »

He wasnt the greatest wrestler but what a charecter.

as edk just said dont knock austins wrestling skills, before the neck injury he was one of the best technical wrestlers going, his time in wcw as stunning steve austin and when he was the million dollar champions illustrate this, he was one of the best, but his mobility went to sh!te after the accident, but where as most wrestlers would have floundered he styepped up to the plate and became the toughest sob in the ww(F)e

Legend!

Dancor

grames_bond wrote: »

as edk just said dont knock austins wrestling skills, before the neck injury he was one of the best technical wrestlers going, his time in wcw as stunning steve austin and when he was the million dollar champions illustrate this, he was one of the best, but his mobility went to sh!te after the accident, but where as most wrestlers would have floundered he styepped up to the plate and became the toughest sob in the ww(F)e

Legend!

Im not knocking him. I know what Austin could do pre injury. He was a brilliant technition, but no Benoit or Bret.

chopperbyrne

Dancor wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHvDTowDWQ

I know most people love this segment, but they ruined it for me by showing the backstage footage. Should have just been the WWF guys getting beat in the ring and then the glass smashes and all hell breaks loose!

Cactus Colm

Even after his neck injury Austin was a great brawler. But much more than that he was able to bring the big match feel, which can be a bit lacking in modern wrestling.

D.Q

chopperbyrne wrote: »

I know most people love this segment, but they ruined it for me by showing the backstage footage. Should have just been the WWF guys getting beat in the ring and then the glass smashes and all hell breaks loose!

for me, nothing can ruin that moment. It was THE moment for me growing up, and probably the first thing i ever youtubed (youtube is apparently a verb). I still absloutely mark out watching it.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMSN4Djn6k8

Jazzy

one of the big 3. between him, the rock and ric flair you have the 3 best pro wrestlers to ever lace a pair of boots

ricero

Jazzy wrote: »

one of the big 3. between him, the rock and ric flair you have the 3 best pro wrestlers to ever lace a pair of boots

what no undertaker ?

the most shocking moment ever in wrestling was when austin betrayed the wwf still hurts me to this day

Dancor

Jazzy wrote: »

one of the big 3. between him, the rock and ric flair you have the 3 best pro wrestlers to ever lace a pair of boots

I wouldnt have Rock in my top 5, unless you are talking about mic skills.

flahavaj

Dancor wrote: »

I wouldnt have Rock in my top 5, unless you are talking about mic skills.

Personally out of the three Jazzy named, Stone Cold, Rock and Flair, I'd only have Flair in my top five ever. But thats just me.

But I'm shocked people are knocking Austin' in ring skills. He was brilliant. The Hollywood Blondes were unreal. Before the injury he was an amazing technician who could do it all. The way he re modelled himself as a worker after his injury and invented style that fit his character so perfectly is a feat that only an exceptionally talented wrestler could pull off.

Handsome Bob

Loved Stone Cold and still do, he was the first wrestler to make appreciate a compelling character and not just the faces. He was the first heel I supported and through Stone Cold I was able to look back at other heels like Flair and Jake the Snake to see how awesome they were too.

I hated when they made Stone Cold such a joke with the Invasion angle. People would say his character had gone stale at the time and needed shaking up. But I don't care what anyone says, Stone Cold should have been the leader of the WWF against WCW, and he should have been the old Stone Cold we all know and love. Not this guitar strumming, jealous of Kurt ****ing Angle because Vince McMahon didn't love him as much idiot. I mean WTF was that ****.

And if it wasn't for WCW's big players sitting on their hands I'm sure we would have gotten an epic Invasion angle with Stone Cold in his rightful place as the leader of team WWE.

Jazzy

nah, the rock is absolutely incredible. had a way of making any main event exciting and 'electric'.

grames_bond

LZ5by5 wrote: »

I hated when they made Stone Cold such a joke with the Invasion angle. People would say his character had gone stale at the time and needed shaking up. But I don't care what anyone says, Stone Cold should have been the leader of the WWF against WCW, and he should have been the old Stone Cold we all know and love. Not this guitar strumming, jealous of Kurt ****ing Angle because Vince McMahon didn't love him as much idiot. I mean WTF was that ****..

it was them making stone cold heel and judging your reaction it worked a treat! the rattlesnake could never be heel, the character always got cheered so they had to make him that whiney kiss ass b!tch coz everyone hated him - classic heel!

Handsome Bob

grames_bond wrote: »

it was them making stone cold heel and judging your reaction it worked a treat! the rattlesnake could never be heel, the character always got cheered so they had to make him that whiney kiss ass b!tch coz everyone hated him - classic heel!

I didn't care for it though, it disgusted me. It just made no sense whatsoever within the context of the Stone Cold who hated his boss and who would rather be sacked than toe the line with Vince McMahon.

tdv123

His match with Bret at WM13 is still my fav match of all time. The sheer intensity of it was amazing.