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Initium · 11-06-2010 3:21pm

Hey it´s not too late, it´s @ 10:00 but west coast time so I still have a couple of hours! Thanks a lot!!!

EdK · 11-06-2010 3:28pm

Initium wrote: »

Hey it´s not too late, it´s @ 10:00 but west coast time so I still have a couple of hours! Thanks a lot!!!

WWEREY aswell apparently

Initium · 11-06-2010 3:32pm

Thanks again! I have just found that one too

2nd Row Donkey · 24-06-2010 11:58am

Somone mentioned 'the spirit squad' in another thread and I was wondering if anyone could give me a quick summary of their times/achievements in the WWE. (I kinda drifted away from watching WWE at the time

).

How did their gimmick get over, how long did it last, what caused their downfall and where are they now etc...

Bounty Hunter · 24-06-2010 12:09pm

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Somone mentioned 'the spirit squad' in another thread and I was wondering if anyone could give me a quick summary of their times/achievements in the WWE. (I kinda drifted away from watching WWE at the time ).

How did their gimmick get over, how long did it last, what caused their downfall and where are they now etc...

well i ll leave the rest for someone else but Nick Nemeth aka Dolph Ziggler came out of the Spirit squad after briefly filling the role of Chavo (kerwin White's caddy) is the obvious stand out that remains despite people talking up Kenny Doane more than any of the others at the time

Headshot · 24-06-2010 12:23pm

I never knew Ziggler came out of the spirit squad :eek:

Penn · 24-06-2010 12:23pm

Didn't watch too much wwe back then myself, but from what I saw, they were Vince's team in a way, they did his dirty work, particularly when it came to dealing with HBK who vince and Shane were feuding with, then the reformation of DX

They held the tag titles, I dunno how many times. But they could contest it under the Freebird rule (any two could defend it).

As BH said, the obvious success story is Dolph Ziggler, who I think was Nicky. Kenny Dykstra also became a solo wrestler but didn't have much luck, even though he was pretty talented. I think he was last seen being tied up and thrown into a van by Jesse and Festus

michael.etc... · 24-06-2010 1:53pm

^^^

Kenny's been working for Evolve. He had a really good match with Jimmy Jacobs at their first show. Haven't seen him anywhere else though.

jaykhunter · 12-07-2010 6:37pm

So with so many stars injured/gone, do WWE's main shows (RAW and Smackdown) have more wrestling content? Has the wrestling gotten better these last two months? (I never catch SD and only catch RAW if it's recommended)

Machismo Fan · 12-07-2010 6:49pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

So with so many stars injured/gone, do WWE's main shows (RAW and Smackdown) have more wrestling content?

Here's the stats for TV wrestling this year, though they're not too useful without being able to compare to previous years but interesting nonetheless. I was shocked to see that iMPACT! has the most wrestling so far: www.pwinsider.com/article/48998/by-the-numbers-looking-back-at-the-week-in-wwe-tna-and-ring-of-honor-tna-impact-passes-wwe-smackdown-for-most-wrestling-will-ring-of-honor-pass-wwe-raw.html?p=1

Total Wrestling Time (Twenty Weeks)
TNA Impact: 513 Minutes for 112 Matches
WWE Smackdown: 512 Minutes for 99 Matches
WWE Raw: 492 Minutes for 110 Matches (over forty-two hours)
Ring of Honor: 406 Minutes for 56 Matches (over seventeen weeks)
WWE Superstars: 391 Minutes for 67 Matches
WWE NXT: 233 Minutes for 53 Matches
[Season 2: 62 Minutes for 13 Matches (five weeks)]
[Season 1: 171 Minutes for 40 Matches (fifteen weeks)]

Hourly Averages
Ring of Honor: 23.88 Minutes (up from 23.38 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 19.55 Minutes (down from 19.68 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 12.83 Minutes (up from 12.61 Minutes)
WWE Smackdown: 12.8 Minutes (up from 12.76 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 11.71 Minutes (down from 11.83 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 11.65 Minutes (down from 11.68 Minutes)
[Season 2: 12.4 Minutes (down from 12.75 Minutes)]
[Season 1: 11.4 Minutes]

Per Match Averages
Ring of Honor: 7.25 Minutes (up from 7.06 Minutes)
WWE Superstars: 5.84 Minutes (no change)
WWE Smackdown: 5.17 Minutes (up from 5.16 Minutes)
TNA Impact: 4.58 Minutes (up from 4.52 Minutes)
WWE Raw: 4.47 Minutes (up from 4.46 Minutes)
WWE NXT: 4.4 Minutes (down from 4.44 Minutes)
[Season 2: 4.77 Minutes (down from 5.1 Minutes)]
[Season 1: 4.28 Minutes]

Three Longest Matches
Davey Richards versus Eddie Edwards: 20 Minutes (ROH April 26)
American Wolves versus Christopher Daniels and Roderick Strong: 19 Minutes (ROH July 5)
Sheamus and Edge versus Randy Orton and John Cena: 16 Minutes (Raw June 14)

Shortest Matches
Rob Terry versus Ken Anderson: 1 minute (Impact February 25)
David Otunga versus Darren Young: 1 minute (NXT February 23)
John Cena versus Batista: 1 minute (Raw February 22)
Jack Swagger versus Santino Marella 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Zack Ryder versus Montel Vontavious Porter: 1 Minute (Raw March 1)
Doug Williams versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 4)
Evan Bourne versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
John Morrison and R Truth versus Big Show and The Miz: 1 Minute (Raw March 8)
Sting versus Rob Van Dam: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Eric Young versus Sean Waltman: 1 Minute (Impact March 8)
Cryme Tyme versus David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Michelle McCool versus Tiffany: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Drew McIntyre versus Aaron Bolo: 1 Minute (Smackdown March 12)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus Caleb Conley: 1 Minute (Ring of Honor March 8)
Kelly Kelly versus Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 15)
Angelina Love versus Daffney: 1 Minute (Impact March 15)
Michelle McCool, Layla, and Maryse versus Gail Kim, Eve Torres, and Beth Phoenix: 1 Minute (Raw March 22)
Tomko versus Rob Terry: 1 Minute (Impact March 22)
Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Mickie James, and Beth Phoenix versus Michelle McCool, Vickie Guerrero, Layla, Alicia Fox, and Maryse: 1 Minute (Raw March 29)
Jack Swagger versus Chris Jericho: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)
R Truth and John Morrison versus Cryme Tyme: 1 Minute (Smackdown April 2)
Dark City Fight Club versus The Set: 1 Minute (ROH April 5)
Daniel Bryan versus William Regal: 1 Minute (NXT April 13)
Daniel Bryan versus Skip Sheffield: 1 Minute (NXT April 27)
Skullkrusher Rasche Brown versus James Stone: 1 Minute (ROH April 26)
Dolph Ziggler versus Hornswoggle: 1 Minute (Raw April 26)
Maryse versus Nikki Bella: 1 Minute (Raw May 3)
Beth Phoenix versus Rosa Mendes: 1 Minute (Superstars May 6)
R Truth versus William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw May 10)
Vladimir Kozlov versus Ryan Mitchell: 1 Minute (Superstars May 13)
Tara versus Taylor Wilde: 1 Minute (Impact May 13)
Matt Morgan and his voices versus Scott Hall and Kevin Nash: 1 Minute (Impact May 13)
Chavo Guerrero versus Kane: 1 Minute (Smackdown May 14)
Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins versus Jeremy Barner and Brent Roberts: 1 Minute (Smackdown May 21)
Vladimir Kozlov versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (Superstars May 20)
Edge versus Undertaker: 1 Minute (Raw May 17)
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd versus Vladimir Kozlov and William Regal: 1 Minute (Raw May 24)
David Hart Smith and Tyson Kidd versus Hornswoggle and Great Khali: 1 Minute (Raw June 7)
Drew McIntyre versus Matt Hardy: 1 Minute (Raw June 7)
Matt Morgan and Hernandez versus The Band: 1 Minute (Impact June 10)
Drew McIntyre versus Teddy Long: 1 Minute (Smackdown June 18)
William Regal versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (Raw June 14)
Kelly Kelly versus Rosa Mendes: 1 Minute (WWE Smackdown June 25)
Natalya versus Tamina: 1 Minute (WWE Raw June 21)
Vladimir Kozlov versus Santino Marella: 1 Minute (Raw June 28)
Kane versus Luke Gallows: 1 Minute (Smackdown July 2)
Alicia Fox versus Eve Torres: 1 Minute (WWE Raw July 5)

jaykhunter · 12-07-2010 9:27pm

Thanks, that's very helpful!

So what have WWE been doing to try distract people from the lack of stars on both shows?

DM_7 · 12-07-2010 9:33pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Thanks, that's very helpful!

So what have WWE been doing to try distract people from the lack of stars on both shows?

RAW have done a better job. Bringing in Nexus and creating Cena v Nexus. A locker room split thanks to nexus. Orton v Edge. Also pushing Evan Bourne.
A mystery GM storyline on the go. I'm not sure RAW are lacking stars when they have Cena, Orton, Edge, Jericho.

Crowning two new Champs in Sheamus and Rey.

Smackdown: Pushing Swagger and having Kane look for Takers "Attacker". Not too much else on Smackdown.

glenjamin · 08-08-2010 3:57am

Why didn't Goldberg want to wrestle Chris Jericho in WCW?

geeky · 08-08-2010 10:15am

glenjamin wrote: »

Why didn't Goldberg want to wrestle Chris Jericho in WCW?

At the time, Goldberg was being pushed to the moon while Jericho was knocking around the midcard. He felt that having a feud with Jericho taken seriously would be a step back for his character.

Also, according to Jericho's book, he wasn't exactly happy with the way Jericho's promos actually managed to make him look a bit ridiculous.

flahavaj · 08-08-2010 10:32am

geeky wrote: »

At the time, Goldberg was being pushed to the moon while Jericho was knocking around the midcard. He felt that having a feud with Jericho taken seriously would be a step back for his character.

Also, according to Jericho's book, he wasn't exactly happy with the way Jericho's promos actually managed to make him look a bit ridiculous.

And yet when it came to a shoot fight, jericho OWNED him.:pac:

GTR63 · 23-08-2010 3:14am

I'm just wondering if anyone knows is the next WWE ppv Night of Champions on Sky Sports or is it on Sky Box Office.

MegaAwesomeOne · 23-08-2010 3:17am

GTR63 wrote: »

I'm just wondering if anyone knows is the next WWE ppv Night of Champions on Sky Sports or is it on Sky Box Office.

It's on Sky Sports 1

jaykhunter · 23-08-2010 5:26pm

How many WWE PPVs do we have to pay for per year these days?

Degag · 23-08-2010 5:34pm

flahavaj wrote: »

And yet when it came to a shoot fight, jericho OWNED him.:pac:

When did this happen?

23-08-2010 6:05pm

Whats happens if you go to a WWE TV taping and you have front row tickets on the opposite side of the hard camera but you have an old WWF scratch logo shirt on? + you don't have a jumper or jacket with ya

Stupid question but I've always wondered what WWE would do.

jaykhunter · 23-08-2010 6:34pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Whats happens if you go to a WWE TV taping and you have front row tickets on the opposite side of the hard camera but you have an old WWF scratch logo shirt on? + you don't have a jumper or jacket with ya

Stupid question but I've always wondered what WWE would do.

most likely you'll be denied entry until you have get another shirt or are re-seated.

CMpunked · 23-08-2010 6:40pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Whats happens if you go to a WWE TV taping and you have front row tickets on the opposite side of the hard camera but you have an old WWF scratch logo shirt on? + you don't have a jumper or jacket with ya

Stupid question but I've always wondered what WWE would do.

I'd say you'd get given one of those generic wwe workmen shirts to put on while it's being taped.

chordtype · 23-08-2010 7:41pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Whats happens if you go to a WWE TV taping and you have front row tickets on the opposite side of the hard camera but you have an old WWF scratch logo shirt on? + you don't have a jumper or jacket with ya

Stupid question but I've always wondered what WWE would do.

I'd say it's no different from brining a sign that they don't want it. You either cover it up or you aren't getting in. Gotta love ROAR.

D2D · 24-08-2010 10:19pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

How many WWE PPVs do we have to pay for per year these days?

There's 13 in total, Sky and WWE agreed that 5 PPV's (the April PPV, June PPV, July PPV, September PPV and last PPV in October) would be shown on Sky Sports/Sky Sports HD in the new contract so there's 8 you pay for on Box Office

rossie1977 · 26-08-2010 1:36pm

Degag wrote: »

When did this happen?

you never heard the jericho/goldie story

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

Charisteas · 28-08-2010 10:17pm

I got not one, not two, but a whopping THREE questions.

First question, is Maryse any relation to one of The Quebecers - Pierre (Carl Ouellet)?

Second and third questions are Youtube aided-

From this ECW house show - was this John Rocker sign guy planted or real, or in other words, was it a Heyman shoot or scripted?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BPtWhf177o

And was the fan who jumped in the ring after Hogan turned Heel and joined the nWo in 1996 planted or real? Because Kevin Nash's kicks don't look very hard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuErl4Hjy-c

chordtype · 28-08-2010 10:17pm

Charisteas wrote: »

And was the fan who jumped in the ring after Hogan turned Heel and joined the nWo in 1996 planted or real? Because Kevin Nash's kicks don't look very hard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuErl4Hjy-c

I would suspect that this was real. The last thing that you want is to be encouraging fans to jump over the barrier. Nash's 'kicks' are more like pushing movements to try to get the guy out of the ring. Fans jumping into the ring occurred quite often in WCW.

I know it's not related to this but as a general rule usually if the commentators mention it more that once while it's happening and after they've been moved on then it's most likely a plant.

jaykhunter · 28-08-2010 11:59pm

Charisteas wrote: »

First question, is Maryse any relation to one of The Quebecers - Pierre (Carl Ouellet)?

No, they're not related, they just happen to have the same last name. It doesn't help that they're also both from Montreal, Quebec!

Charisteas · 29-08-2010 12:14am

jaykhunter wrote: »

No, they're not related, they just happen to have the same last name. It doesn't help that they're also both from Montreal, Quebec!

Yeah I noticed they were also from the same city. I did google it before I asked here, but I only saw something on wiki answers which isn't always too reliable. I was going to ask if they are father/daughter, but there is only about a 15 year age gap, so I thought maybe uncle or cousin, but thanks for clearing that up for me.

MitchKoobski · 29-08-2010 1:50pm

paddyirishman85 wrote: »

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)

Triple H would have been the one leading team WWF the whole way through. Nothing was really set in stone, and the invasion angle hadnt really gotten into full swing when he was injured so they were able to adjust it pretty easily.
I remember reading somewhere that Benoit was rumoured to become part of the WCW team, but probably would have fallen to the side for a mid-card feud instead of being on one of the main teams. Couldn't say for sure.
Kane was always going to be in the main event team because he was paired with Taker and the fans had really gotten behind the two of them when the time came to make the changes to the teams.

Butch Cassidy · 30-08-2010 2:23am

Deleted User wrote: »

Whats happens if you go to a WWE TV taping and you have front row tickets on the opposite side of the hard camera but you have an old WWF scratch logo shirt on? + you don't have a jumper or jacket with ya

Stupid question but I've always wondered what WWE would do.

I would assume that you can be ejected for no reason as that's essentially what tickets say these days. You could also be reseated as someone mentioned but they might just blur the logo out like they did at SummerSlam 2009. Todd is interviewing someone in the crowd or something and some bloke appears in shot with an old WWF smoking skull belt and a big shiney smile on his face. On the DVD it's just blurred out but I dunno what the "live" broadcast was like.

Butch Cassidy · 30-08-2010 2:25am

Was Vader's blood at In Your House 13 Final Four legit hardway caused by Taker's boot to the chair into Vader's face or was it a bladejob? I could never figure it out on the video.

Also, was Vince's blood at Vengeance 2003 in a match against Zach Gowen hardway? I've rewinded and fast fowarded and paused so much that it's too hard to tell. Vince seems to either grab or touch his head as he's turning over but then you see his hand and there's no blade in it.

Butch Cassidy · 30-08-2010 2:54am

mr.mayo wrote: »

For anyone who remembers "Exposed! The Secrets of Pro Wrestling", can you tell me the names of any of the wrestlers involved, I'm pretty sure Colossus is Golddust but I'm not sure who the rest are, here's a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03LsMmM0lFs

It wasn't a great doc by any means but it did get its points across, shame they treated it like a conspiracy, seemed very patronising and that's probably why it got such bad reviews

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499206/

All American Boy is Mike Modest who was seen in the fantastic documentary Beyond the Mat.

Gary Wolfe and Anthony Durante were "The Pitbulls" in ECW. I don't know who the others were. You're right, it did seem like a conspiracy as if you were being cheated. You could do a whole thread on it actually...

Penn · 30-08-2010 7:32am

Pretty sure Haku was one of them. Skullduggery if I remember correctly

jaykhunter · 30-08-2010 11:44am

I have a question - why was Kip's name "Kip James" in TNA? He was part of the "james gang" -- yes, ok, from Road Dogg Jesse/Brian James.

In team Angle, did it feature Charlie Angle and Shelton Angle? No! :pac:

So, did Kip marry Road Dogg at some stage and take his name? Effectively becoming the b!tch in the relationship?

YungJoshy · 31-08-2010 10:31pm

True Legend and along with Austin will always be my favourite wrestlers.

Anyone know where I can get D-Lo Browns' theme music?

Thanks.

dtbDublin · 31-08-2010 11:25pm

I agree, the man was a legend! It's a shame the Droz accident happened as WWE never seemed to build him up after that.

His music is available on WWE Anthology which you can still get in HMV and Tower or online. You can also download the track by itself on itunes, it's on disc 2 of WWE Anthology. It's Track 9- The Real Deal.

Everybody needs to own this and Regal's theme from this set.

YungJoshy · 01-09-2010 8:43pm

Thanks a bunch

Peyton Manning · 04-09-2010 9:22am

This is probably more a question of opinion, but I was reading Power Slam (think it was last months edition, with Batista as the cover story) and they were lamenting WWE's lack of main event stars. It also said that Kurt Angle's contract with TNA was due to expire/be renewed in August.

Did Kurt sign a new contract? What are the chances he would ever wrestle for WWE again?

CMpunked · 04-09-2010 10:53am

Considering he is on the tna website listed as one of the main stars coming over for the tour I'd assume he's staying.

jaykhunter · 04-09-2010 11:06am

Kurt's at least staying until Bound For Glory but I'd imagine he'll stay for another year.

However, it's very likely he'll do one last stint in WWE for a big paycheque for a last run, and setting up further down the line HoF, best of DVD, legends deal etc

jaykhunter · 04-09-2010 7:10pm

Are Owen and Benoit the only ones to get a tribute show?

Rjd2 · 04-09-2010 7:46pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

Are Owen and Benoit the only ones to get a tribute show?

Eddie got one did he not?:o

Machismo Fan · 04-09-2010 7:53pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

I have a question - why was Kip's name "Kip James" in TNA? He was part of the "james gang" -- yes, ok, from Road Dogg Jesse/Brian James.

In team Angle, did it feature Charlie Angle and Shelton Angle? No! :pac:

So, did Kip marry Road Dogg at some stage and take his name? Effectively becoming the b!tch in the relationship?

He took the name Kip James as a showing of respect to BG as part of the never-ending 3LK break up storyline.

Charisteas · 04-09-2010 8:02pm

Rjd2 wrote: »

Eddie got one did he not?:o

Eddie got two, the Raw and Smackdown

I don't remember them too much, they might have even been taped the same night actually. The Raw started with all the wrestlers on the ramp and a 10 bell salute, and the Smackdown started with Batista driving onto the ramp in a low-rider. Both shows featured a few matches, and wrestlers talking about their Eddie memories.

God bless you Eddie. We lie, we cheat, we steal

jaykhunter · 04-09-2010 8:05pm

thanks guys. Certainly more than 3 wrestlers have died in the last 11 years! It makes me wonder just who is big enough that they'd have a tribute show for, it's an ongoing disgrace that they won't even have a graphic for people's deaths.

Jolt2007 · 04-09-2010 8:19pm

jaykhunter wrote: »

thanks guys. Certainly more than 3 wrestlers have died in the last 11 years! It makes me wonder just who is big enough that they'd have a tribute show for, it's an ongoing disgrace that they won't even have a graphic for people's deaths.

Think they got the tribute shows because they were under contract and active performers in the WWE when they died. Actually, that leads to another question. Have any others died in the last 11 years while still working for them? So many have died I can't recall

jaykhunter · 04-09-2010 8:43pm

Jolt2007 wrote: »

Think they got the tribute shows because they were under contract and active performers in the WWE when they died. Actually, that leads to another question. Have any others died in the last 11 years while still working for them? So many have died I can't recall

That's quite a good point. The only one i can think of is Pillman.

Charisteas · 05-09-2010 12:39am

Jolt2007 wrote: »

Think they got the tribute shows because they were under contract and active performers in the WWE when they died. Actually, that leads to another question. Have any others died in the last 11 years while still working for them? So many have died I can't recall

Russ Haas

jaykhunter · 05-09-2010 12:42am

Charisteas wrote: »

Russ Haas

Agreed, but he was still in developmental. I'd think you'd have to be on the main roster to get a mention.

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