How many times have the WWE done the "current wrestler v. legend" angle?
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How many times have the WWE done the "current wrestler v. legend" angle?
I've lost count.
And because they do it so often it loses impact.
It becomes just another storyline and fans see it for what it is: just another angle.
It amazes me, as a fan of wrestling for almost 20 years that WWE doesn't go back and use angles and set-ups from the 1970's & 1980's that haven't been done to death.
It's not like fans today are gonna know each and every angle. Some hadcore internet wrestling fans will know them, but the casual fan? "He'll" think it's the hot new shit WWE is turning out.
I totally agree.
Plus, you already know that the Legend is going to give it their best effort and lose in the end. I mean, how many times has that happened with Foley?
Exactly - and if the Legend is gonna win you see that coming from a mile away.
BTW, here is Lance Storm's take on the WWE Hall of Fame:
Right now it's obvious Mr Storm is not tied to WWE in any way, which is why he can speak his mind.Quote:
I think the HOF is a great concept and something I look forward to every year, so I think it should be protected. It needs to be limited to the truly great performers this industry has produced and inducting 8 people each year is just too many. I wish they would induct just one Superstar each year and have it more like a celebrity roast where other greats from the Inductee’s career would get up and toast the new HOFer and tell stories from their career. When Flair got in; HHH, Arn Anderson, Ricky Steamboat, Roddy Piper, Harley Race, and Dusty Rhodes could have roasted him. They could make it an entire night to celebrate the career of one of the all time greats. If they can’t fill 2 hours discussing the career of a HOF inductee that inductee didn’t have a career worthy of the Hall of Fame.
That’s my two cents, for whatever it is worth.
Does anyone remember his run in WCW? It was great, even as the company went to hell around him.
The WWE killed him with the "Boring" bit - another smart move by them. Telling your fans that this guy is boring is bound to get him over, right?
"I'm from Calgary....Alberta, Canada"Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
Man, WCW could have been the shit but they fucked it up.
Benoit, both Guerreros, Mysterio, Kidman, Storm, Jericho, HHH, Austin, Undertaker, Big Show, Edge ...
All of them worked in WCW nefore they went to WWF/E
Gee, WCW's scouts are worse than Joe's!!!!
I also felt like they underutilized Mike Awesome. Dude was great in ECW, and they turned him into That 70's Guy and the Fat Chick Thriller.
I thought it was cool when he Powerbombed one of the members of ICP off his bus though.
See, there's another guy they fucked up.
Instead they spent a ton of money on aging talent.
I remember back when they signed Hogan. WCW already had Flair and Sting. That gave them 3 of the biggest stars in the business.
So they went out and got Randy Savage!
WTF?
WCW should have used Flair as the pure wrestling guy and Hogan as the entertainment guy with them both wanting Sting to join their side.
That story would have elevated Sting even more - but instead he shunted to the back of the bus while Hogan and his friends took over the shows.
So many years of fucking things up - it's a wonder the 1996 explosion ever fucking happened at all.
Remember the Sting-Hogan feud that started after Hogan turned heel? They built that thing for months, and the match itself turned out to be total shit (not that I was expecting it to be some sort of technical wrestling classic or something).
P, I know it's probably hard for you to get to shows, since I hear you don't live in our neck of the woods, but I'm going to aks anyway: been to any?
Same question for you, self.
I've been to: a house show or two (no idea how many, really) and a Raw (the one where Austin drove in on the zamboni) in '98, another Raw in October '00 (the last one before the No Mercy PPV that year), a PPV (Vengence) in '02, and a Raw in October of that year.