http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4VueWD4Xm8It's sad that two guys in a studio and a shiny, inanimate object can sell a PPV better than all of today's superstars and technological gimmicks combined.
I can only imagine how today's WWE would have sold the Hogan-Andre match.
THIS was the belt Flair should have used for the "Real World Champion" gimmick instead of the tag belt.
ReplyDeleteonly problem was flair didnt have an "80 inch" waist to wear it.
ReplyDeleteif only flair had an 80 inch waist.
ReplyDeleteHogan vs. Andre, who is the face of the WWF?! Vote now using your Commodore 64!
ReplyDeleteChampion for a year vs "undefeated" for 18 months
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Prime Time, WWE should extend the JBL and Cole show into a fully realized show and make it the 2013 version of Prime Time.
ReplyDeleteWho said he had to wear it? He could have just carried it.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, it's actually a Championship and not a belt so it's not supposed to hold up his pants.
ReplyDeleteSavage had a whole IC title reign where he barely put his belt on.
ReplyDeleteWell since you asked, Hogan would have cut multiple promos on how Andre is a wart infested poopy pants giant. Andre would have been scared to face Hogan and never ripped the shirt or cross off his chest. Hogan and Andre would have had a dance off and a contract signing with President Jack Tunney acting as the DJ in the dance off before Wrestlemania III. Then at Wrestlemania III, Andre would make poopy faces when trying to beat the Hulkster. After nearly getting killed by Andre while Andre made his poopy faces. Hogan would pop up while not selling anything that happened to him in the match. Then hit the big boot and legdrop and Hogan would win. Then they would face off in about 4,000 rematches one of which Heenan turns on Andre and Andre and Heenan feud with each other.
ReplyDeleteSteph was too young to work a buckle?
ReplyDeleteI dunno... I would have that inside an Elimination Chamber as the first ever team battle. That's where the Shield fully implodes after passing the torch to the Wyatts of "superpowered heel stable a cadre of faces need to unite to take down". At least, that's MY thinking. The WWE has already begun sowing the seeds of dissension (Reigns is clearly tired of Ambrose's leadership "skills"), so they have to have the blowup around the corner.
ReplyDeleteI'd have no problem with a EC tag match.
ReplyDeletehe was all messing with the ref's earpiece for a bit
ReplyDeleteits for this very reason that i always set my dvr to go to 11:20 for raw
ReplyDeletethey both ripped them off of bad influence
ReplyDeletequit downvoting me hhh and steph
ReplyDeleteso sorry duggan no sold you at fall brawl 99
ReplyDeleteGuess you never saw Dumb and Dumber?
ReplyDelete*slaps tomax*
ReplyDeletethats what he does
ReplyDelete*for the rock*
ReplyDeleteftfy
i did but its been ages, but it does ring a bell. but i prefer to give bad influence their props :)
ReplyDeleteNo. She had no problem working her own.
ReplyDeleteBoth Hogan and Andre would have had a combined 41 World title reigns by then.
ReplyDeletesorry for the double post, disqus wasnt showing my original post for over ten mins.
ReplyDeleteThey should have done it last year with Sheild v. Cena/Sheamus/Ryback.
ReplyDeleteThey could market a Orton v. HHH compliation DVD as a cure for insomnia.
ReplyDeleteIf they go with Lesnar/Punk, it better be for the belt.
ReplyDeleteAnd then I would say TAKE ALL MY MONEY VINCE.
It's Jesse logic.
ReplyDeleteWait, what?
ReplyDeleteI agree with pretty much everything, but I do think that if they have Orton punt HHH and then punt Stephanie, people will be completely willing to forget how little sense WWE writing makes generally, and they will be behind Orton 100% as the vicious babyface.
ReplyDeleteThe only problem with this buildup (and that's nitpicking, because overall it was so awesome), is that Andre should have won the battle royal where he tossed Hogan like a rag doll and gushed Leaping Lanny.
ReplyDeleteI think the only reason they didn't is cause they didn't want 3 guys on either team to have to take a fall going into Wrestlemania
ReplyDeleteFor the most part, I like your Mania 30 card. My only logic issue is I doubt they'd have Cena lose the belt a month after unifying them, even if it is to someone like Brock, and there's ABSOLUTELY no way HHH isn't wrestling at Mania unless he gets legit injured, and even then who knows
ReplyDeleteWinning that match should have been huge for Hercules, but instead it did absolutely nothing for him.
ReplyDeleteStill, one of the best battle royales of all time.
Today's WWE would hype the match, but they'd wrestle 800 times on RAW beforehand, and the online fans would shit all over the angle because neither guy is a good worker.
ReplyDeleteHonestly...a movie where Hulk Hogan teamed up with Santo to fight crime would have been amazing.
ReplyDeleteI've seen people suggesting a double turn since Survivor Series, and I don't get it. There are hints about Cena turning heel (seriously doubt he will, they drop hints like that all the time, but there are a couple minor hints although they all involve the Authority, he's still acting like a face in every other way), but Orton is still acting like a big time heel, AND the Authority hasn't exactly been blowing him lately so you can't even try to turn him face with the evil Authority finally kicking him out ala Evolution and Orton...he's already seemingly "on the outs" with them. Just not sure I see how Orton becomes a face in ANY situation coming out of TLC.
ReplyDeleteShawn looks like Rey in that picture. He's like 3 feet shorter than Stephanie.
ReplyDeleteI find it very stupid when crowds start chanting old gimmick names at people (like Husky Harris to Bray Wyatt), but they sure are missing an opportunity by not chanting Hunico at Sin Cara now. Also, they should chant it like Rufio. "Hun-i-cooooooooooo".
ReplyDeleteThe only difference between Shawn and Rey is that when Shawn got injured, he was out for 4 years and then came back to wrestle constantly. Rey is constantly injured.
ReplyDeleteSome people may not be as aware that Hunico is Cara, or they just don't care enough to try a chant.
ReplyDeleteIf they had that EC match, maybe the other one wouldn't have felt like such an afterthought, on its own PPV!
ReplyDeleteHogan would drop poop on Andre.
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