Also make sure to check out the Place to be Nation "Real World Champion" feature as several staff members voted on who was the best North American wrestler by factoring workrate, drawing ability, influence, and general overall presentation. This installment covers the years 1983-88, which features a few write ups from myself. So make sure to check that out and discuss that here too.
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-real-world-champion-1983-1988/
http://placetobenation.com/ptbns-real-world-champion-1983-1988/
Flair is my favorite but how is the answer anyone but Hogan?
ReplyDelete1 2 3 I gotta go pee
ReplyDeleteRegarding the PTBN piece?
ReplyDeleteA lot of Hogan's matches from 84-88 were tons of fun too. I watched those old PPV and SNME and I found myself loving the Hogan matches more than I figured I would. All factored Hogan would get my vote for 83-88.
ReplyDeleteHogan barely wrestled in 84 in North America. Yes he was the champ but spent like half of the year doing publicity and had a few runs in Japan. Piper definitely was the main WWF guy on TV That year.
ReplyDeleteHe was a lot better worker than people gave him credit for in the 80's.
ReplyDeleteFleury in prime mid-playoff goals letting in two soft ones early. Makes sense since he himself is S-A-W-F-T SAAAAWWWWFT
ReplyDeleteI was digging the hell out of Hogan's matches. He had a great brawl with Harley on an SNME.
ReplyDeleteFleury can't handle the flurry!
ReplyDeleteI love the movement the Rangers have right now. It's poetry in motion.
ReplyDeleteI think it has to be Hogan
ReplyDelete4 5 6
ReplyDelete84 Piper? He wasn't the champion ever.
ReplyDeleteHe was the man in 1984. Hogan spent half of the year in Japan and doing publicity tours.
ReplyDeleteEvening all.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty close to a perfect period of hockey by the Rangers. The Pens are rattled.
Scarlett Johannson wants a Solo Black Widow film. Hey, there's always room on Daredevil!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to have her drop in. I love the series. Although the constantly moving camera is a bit obnoxious.
ReplyDeleteI get that but he was never World champ. Interesting criteria I suppose
ReplyDeleteOne shot, one goal for Detroit. It's like playing EA's NHL game.
ReplyDeleteI loved the fight scene that got filmed in a single take.
ReplyDeleteDon't sleep on the Red Wings. They have talent.
ReplyDeleteI think it was more about who was the best wrestler than the best actual champion.
ReplyDeleteThat was amazing. What I'm talking about is more how the camera literally won't stop jiggling, even in scenes where they're just talking in a law office, or Ben Urich is just getting home to his apartment.
ReplyDeleteInteresting: this year's Bulls were actually outside of the top 10 for defensive rating.
ReplyDeleteI'd love for Widow to drop by for an episode or an arc. Make it happen Marvel.
ReplyDeleteReally? I never noticed any overbearing camera movement.
ReplyDeleteDatsyuk is still as dangerous as ever.
ReplyDeleteShaky goaltending
ReplyDeleteThat was the greatest.
ReplyDeleteWill they export the chain from Russia?
ReplyDeleteOh, so it's a strap match
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised at how many heavy matches Neville is getting already.
ReplyDeleteChina.
ReplyDeleteEveryone does but Marvel just wants to clutter up the schedule. She proved with Lucy she's a draw on her own, Black Widow would probably print more money than Thor at least
ReplyDeleteThat's how they need to be bringing some of these guys up.
ReplyDeleteIt's sonethung different than the usual coming up and squash geeks for two months stuff, I like it.
ReplyDeleteHave to build him up strong so when he loses to Big Show, Show gets the rub.
ReplyDeleteAnything could probably draw more than Thor.
ReplyDeleteSo Is this reset #3 or 4 for Bray? I lost track.
ReplyDeleteThe camera should be still while she stands there and moves her Johannsons
ReplyDeleteWNBA draft now on ESPN3!
ReplyDeleteYou would think that Chewie would have shared with Han what product he uses to keep his hair from graying. https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/1464697_10155350698315062_3788566119040903082_n.jpg?oh=bf70186f40b9aa6eb2ea40ef4ef02de6&oe=55ABA781
ReplyDeleteReset 1: Kofi
ReplyDeleteReset 2: Ambrose
Rest 3: ???
I see what you did there, Rhodes.
ReplyDeleteDD ep 4
ReplyDeleteThat was quite the squishy sounding ending
Well wookies used to live 800+ years, so maybe they kept that.
ReplyDeleteI like how the replacement music WWE uses for ECW actually makes sense with the time period. It's all stock 90s punk/grunge music lol.
ReplyDeleteOh I didn't know that factoid. Guess that makes sense that he wouldn't have aged much then.
ReplyDeleteShould have used the Booger theme from ECW Anarchy Rulez.
ReplyDeleteJust for Wookies?
ReplyDeleteFunny how people in the comment section on YouTube were having this same discussion.
ReplyDeleteWhoever designed that still screwed up though. Young wookies age like humans until adulthood, and then they have 800 year life spans.
ReplyDeleteOh it totally has to be one of the biggest takeaways from the trailer.
ReplyDeleteWell yeah, compared to graying Han.
ReplyDelete"Generic 90's grunge song/Everyone in flannel.
ReplyDeleteGeneric 90's grunge song/Something from Seattle"
Seriously though, everyone needs to watch BoJack Horseman.
It'd be fine if Han wasn't graying that much. But I bet Ford threw a fit when they asked him to dye his hair.
ReplyDeleteYeah ya can't win them all. That's like how in Episode 2 Yoda is like 900 years old and he's fighting with a lightsaber and then like 30 years later (or however long it's supposed to be until Episode 6), he's dying of old age
ReplyDeleteI believe it's 22 years from RotS to RotJ.
ReplyDeleteThey came to see the man who didn't say a word in "Dead Man Down".
ReplyDeleteIs it me or is Barrett getting even leaner?
ReplyDeleteI think Matt and Natasha slept with each other a few times.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I hated from the prequels.
ReplyDeleteOld men doing flips during lightsaber fights, I was fine with Darth Maul doing it, but then you had Count Dooku (played by at the time pushing 90 Christopher Lee) and the Emperor doing flips like Yoda later on.
I thought the same.
ReplyDelete"I got some BAD NEWS! Your HGH subscription ran out."
Kinda makes you lose your head.
ReplyDeleteMore than that, I hated apparently Jedi fighting styles were extremely flawed, and they danced around like idiots.
ReplyDeleteThe dudes in killer shape but he could use a little mass for his height.
ReplyDeleteIt's just his usual "getting in motivational shape" before his annual "getting injured/creative has nothing for him again" cycle.
ReplyDeleteJedi style....
ReplyDelete30% fighting
70% showboating.
When Jeff Goldblum says the word "apartment" on that commercial, I want to smack him.
ReplyDeleteI think Kingpin got a little ahead of himself there.
ReplyDeleteThere is only one Fall Out Boy song that should be used in wrestling, and it's that "Immortal" song from Big Hero 6.
ReplyDeleteVader style.
ReplyDeleteChoke you in galaxy distance.
He should just show up for a cameo in Jurassic Park, then disappear.
ReplyDeleteAnyone notice that Luke says, "My father *has* it"?
ReplyDeleteGangrel was in ECW back in '95? And as THE VAMPIRE WARRIOR, lol
ReplyDeleteWidow was a long running presence in Daredevil comics and romantic interest for Matt so they definitely have history.
ReplyDeleteAnakin is probably haunting Luke non stop.
ReplyDeleteI figured they were just using the audio from ROTJ. But I guess now.
ReplyDelete"Join me,and you, too, can lead a life of unrepentant villainy, yet still have a Force Ghost that looks younger and hotter than the other two guys who led decent, morally-just lives."
ReplyDeleteProbably little Anni, sitting there poking Luke saying, "Am I annoying you yet? Am I annoying you yet? Am I annoying you yet?"
ReplyDeleteUm, you're the one who added in "hotter" there, dude.
ReplyDeleteNot that there's anything wrong with that.
But, just know thyself and stuff
And the loser gets Maven's old theme.
ReplyDeletePlease, we need to have that released.
Robot Chicken's best skit ever.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdS2kCUGvfo
Just like ghost Jar Jar haunting Darth Vader.
ReplyDelete"Messa love you Anni!"
The original TE theme was good? With the guitar riff in the beginning?
ReplyDeleteBeaulah in her onesie...asjnsdja;kadadkfaj;adjhajaILJS;S
ReplyDeleteYeah, with that great guitar riff.
ReplyDeleteMan, I was a choad back then
ReplyDeleteOn the ass?
ReplyDeleteYou should only want to smack Goldblum on the ass.
Have you gotten to "Beluah's Box" yet?
ReplyDeleteAnd the question still stands. The only reason to vote for someone else is to be a contrarian for contrarian sake.
ReplyDeleteDid all Masters of the Universe figs come with comics? B/c I sure as hell don't remember having a stash, and that's the kind of thing I'd have kept
ReplyDeleteI feel ashamed that most of the Star Wars stuff I have was from Episode 1, but then again I was 9 at the time and didn't know any better.
ReplyDeleteInteresting note is that Chewbacca dies in one of the Non Cannon Expanded Universe Novels that takes place 2 decades after Return of the Jedi
ReplyDeleteI don't think he got repetitive til 88 or so. Everything followed the formula after that.
ReplyDeleteGrantland has a great oral history on the Penny/Shaq Orlando years. Reading it made me sad and I don't know why. I wasn't even a big fan of them though they were the best to use on NBA Live 95
ReplyDeleteOk, I giggled at that Olympus domain name.
ReplyDeleteTrue Non-Canon (Lucas never recognized) or New Non-Canon (all the canon stuff that Lucas recognized but has since disowned)?
ReplyDeleteNope. Sounds tasty
ReplyDeleteAnni was younger than that and he built C3PO.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I've never seen any of the Star Wars movies but feel like I have. I also feel left out when the subject comes up
ReplyDeleteAnd Jar Jar created controversy.
ReplyDelete"I also feel left out when the subject comes up"
ReplyDelete*holds Devin closely*
I heard Vince wanted to push Neville as a super hero type. That seems to be reflected in his entrance.
ReplyDeleteBest dynasty that never was. And young penny in 95/96 was damn near the best player in the nba.
ReplyDeleteSinking ratings? Here he comes to save the day!
ReplyDeleteHe wanted to make him the second coming of Mighty Mouse.
ReplyDeleteThe Books I'm referring to are called the New Jedi Order and it might be the True Non-Cannon type of nonsense rather then the new-Non-Canon type of Nonsense
ReplyDeleteEveryone was surprisingly candid except for Penny. He still won't cop to getting Brian Hill fired. Just never thought 95 would be the highpoint.
ReplyDeleteYou know what was awesome about the pre-quels?
ReplyDeleteThe giant ass bubble concerts. Those were cool.
But seriously, booking Neville like Rick McGraw is not going to help anyone.
ReplyDeleteOh, and apparently.
ReplyDeleteRIP Main Roster LED Board
2015-2015
just waiting on that thing to end someone's career
ReplyDeleteEvening all.
ReplyDeleteYeah he dies in Prime something. New Jedi Order books, which I tapped out after 5 years and like 30 books, and that was only the halfway point.
ReplyDeleteLucas allows only non-important figures to die. So there you go Chewie. His death was somewhat badass as he roared in defiance as the moon crashed into the planet he was on.
Again, something that works fine in NXT, but not anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteOMG STAR WAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRSSSSSSSS
ReplyDeleteNow you're caught up
Yeah. It was a good read. Damn shame what happened to Penny's career.
ReplyDeleteEvening.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kamala.
ReplyDeleteYou see I tried to put you over on BoD RAW? I gave you the opportunity to have the last word.
ReplyDeleteEvery single one did, yes. I wish I kept any of them myself.
ReplyDeleteHe was kind of a douche but no one deserves that.
ReplyDeleteSo... who here will do the inevitable Eps I to VI marathon come the release of Ep VII?
ReplyDeleteIn RotS where Palpatine was lecturing Anakin on the nature of evil? It was some sort of opera yeah. Everything about that scene was great.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and I got Big Show'd out like that Mania 21 Taxi Driver commercial.
ReplyDeleteVinson.
ReplyDeleteI mean in theaters, not at home
ReplyDeleteJerry Lawler calling Neville "The Man That Gravity Forgot" is just weird. Not the name, but a WWE announcer saying it.
ReplyDeleteThe Book was Called Vector Prime and the name of the Villains were like something out of a scrabble puzzle
ReplyDeleteThey used to do shit like that at the theater in Universal Studios.
ReplyDeleteDouchier Grant Hill.
ReplyDeleteIt all hinges on the goalie. If they can get decent goaltending, they can knock off Tampa. But if Mrazek (or Howard) plays like they've both played since March, this will be over quick.
ReplyDeleteToo many nerds!!!!
ReplyDeleteGood evening sir. How is the studying going?
ReplyDeleteThat splash off the railing was pretty cool last Monday, but why do that on a nothing show? Are they even going to bother giving him a character to care about first? Suckas need to know!
ReplyDeleteSometimes I'd have Prince Adam run into He-Man. It was all kinds of trippy
ReplyDeleteYeah, Emporer is all like "Yo Anni, I fucked yo mom with my force dick"
ReplyDeleteYuunzong Vong. Biology technologists. Mara Jade almost died fighting the first one they met. And then they all became jobbers because the good guys figured out how to overcome their biotech.
ReplyDeleteFucked her right in the pussy
ReplyDeleteSo if Neville ever going to win a match?
ReplyDeleteGetting myself pumped full of hate for Louisiana and new Orleans. Ooooooo your food is sooooooooo spicy...suck a dick!
ReplyDeleteWell, now Disney should take a swing at it.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes wonder If Vince Russo had a hand in writing some of those novels
ReplyDeleteRevenge of the Sith is a decent movie.
ReplyDeleteTopher Grace had the right idea cutting the prequels to one fIlm.
There is one really great film between the three.
Going fine, reading stuff for Brazil I. It's about the influence of the church in the XVI toXVIII.centuries
ReplyDeleteYour pic is that nerd cologne guy from Parks, right
ReplyDeleteI might do it just so I can hit 10 views of TPM in theaters.
ReplyDeleteNo he'll just be a jobber like Justin Gabriel.
ReplyDelete"The Gimmick Vince Forgot." The NXT guys do need to be more than just be good workers, because they are from NXT.
ReplyDeleteOh, and why is it an upset if Neville beats Sheamus? The guy has been performing great in NXT. I don't like the whole NXT guys come in as underdogs thing.
Damn I wish he could release that. Or release the time stamps and have somebody else edit it together and release it.
ReplyDeleteSo I have to ask...what's up with all the star wars talk? Did I miss something?
ReplyDeletehttps://neartheatmosphere.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/tumblr_m1xszntmer1qhhqlto1_1280.jpg
ReplyDeleteIt's like that martial art that's like dancing. Chael Sonnen made fun of it a lot. Maybe Brazilian Psycho can help me out here...
ReplyDeleteNeville wins! He gets slammed on an iPhone charger too.
ReplyDeleteUh, yeah, I guess you can say that....
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the entrance music vote thing? Did that end?
ReplyDeleteTrailer and first Han/Chewie sighting
ReplyDeleteI like that movie. Think 2 and 3 kind of blow. Enjoy 4-6
ReplyDelete........
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ8IyH8t7AI
Since when is that a DQ?
ReplyDeleteI'd totally tap Velma
ReplyDeleteCool. Have they announced a release date?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KBEEJQEW3o
ReplyDeleteI know you would, New Jack.
ReplyDeleteI can understand the upset thing though cause Neville isn't really established. I say put him in there with enhancement guys that can help look good and then give him a ppv win against a top guy.
ReplyDeleteYou don't like them! They don't like you! What a dig!
ReplyDeleteAtta boy Dolph! Not only do the help the face like early-1990's "Flyin'" Brian Pillman, but your dressed like him too.
ReplyDeleteCapoeira?
ReplyDeleteXmas that's weird
ReplyDeleteWell, that match should go over smoothly.
ReplyDeleteRaw is going to ignore accomplishments in NXT as "the minor leagues" while acting like Raw is where the big boys play.
ReplyDeleteWhich would be fine if Raw wasn't the drizzling shits.
They were okay for like 10 books. At the 3rd big book, I tapped out when they lost Duro.
ReplyDeleteWell that's a good way to make him look like a dork
ReplyDeleteGrind, pull and stretch in a "Kiss My Arse" match. Those are some bad visuals.
ReplyDeleteEmporer: "You can even use such power to create life...my master showed me such power..."
ReplyDeleteAnikan: "Wait, I didn't have a father...so are you saying.....?"
Emporer: "Yes"
Anikan: "Dude..I...wow...wait, did you ever ask to impregnate my mother?"
Emporer: "Well no...immaculate conception and everything"
Anikan: "So you raped my mother?!"
Emporer: "I wouldn't call it rape..I mean..I think we are getting caught up in labels"
Anikan: "Fuck you, die rapist scum"
Ani kills the Emporer and then the opera plays Yub Nub. Roll credits
Yeah but it's his character from The League.
ReplyDeleteSounds pretty painful too.
ReplyDeleteWwe.com had a 100 page photo tribute to AJ today. Probably means she was on good terms leaving
ReplyDeleteI love the opera playing yub nub. Pitch this asap
ReplyDeleteI would say I agree with having him beat enhancement guys first, but that's what they did with The Ascension. That hasn't worked out well.
ReplyDeleteNo one watches NXT. It is the minors. The Phoenix Coyotes suck but they are still miles above their affiliates.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't think Cena and Bryan are discussing strategy. Probably more comparing notes about the annoying traits of their Bella.
ReplyDeleteMulticast nerd
ReplyDeleteJar Jar Binks Was Perhaps the Biggest Mistake that George Lucas ever Made Along with continually Fucking with the Original Trilogy for the 97 Special Edition The DVD Version and The Blue Ray Version
ReplyDeleteShe tries to go Brie mode in bed! I have a bad neck!
ReplyDeleteNow that's something that should be on the network.
ReplyDeleteNice piece on Grantland about the Orlando Magic in the mid-90's and how they should have been a dynasty.
ReplyDeletehttp://grantland.com/1990s-orlando-magic-oral-history/
They have also done a crappy job of putting over The Ascension. What are their characters about? The WWE can't even be bothered to do the basics for these guys.
ReplyDeleteReally?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the reason Ronda Rousey never loses is because she always has sex before every fight. Maybe that's the secret to being less tense and more focused.
ReplyDeleteSave that hatred for the next round.
ReplyDeleteJust wait till Vince McMahon gets a hold on that technology.
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LhJA7I_8-14
ReplyDeleteAllegedly this follows Grace's description.
I havent had the free time to watch this yet and I have no idea if it actually worked since re editing the films like this is jamming a square peg in a round hole, but the sentiment is good.
What's funny is that Brie Mode is supposedly Brie getting super shit faced.
ReplyDeleteI'd like that job.
ReplyDeleteHEY HEY NOW!
I don't know what else to do? We've (oh yeah I'm saying we!!!) been such fucking jabronis for my whole life I don't understand what's happening lok
ReplyDeleteWTF? These guys are still around?
ReplyDeleteWTF? These guys are also still around?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately yes.....
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