Another rasslin thread ... favorite/best faction all time
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A lot of people will say the 4 Horsemen, but it's the NWO and it's not close, they single handedly created the greatest era of wrestling for both wcw and wwe
Put me down for the nWo as well. I loved to hate those guys when I was a kid. I still remember watching Lex Luger beat Hogan for the title and acting a damn fool. My dad ran into the room to see what was wrong, rolled his eyes, and walked out.
DX with the full crew was unbelievable as a kid. I got in more trouble motioning for people to suck it than everything else in all my school years combined.
NWO is the answer for the exact reason you mentioned. Plus it was split between the red & white factions as well. I loved the Wolf Pack.
DX is an oh so close second.
Nation of "Masturbation", as I called them then, is an impressive 3rd.
I stopped watching Rasslin' around the time DDP & The Mailman, Karl Malone, lost to Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman. I got legitimately irate & I realized I was entirely too invested.
NWO Black and White #4life..the swagger they had was like the modern day version of the 1970s Raiders
Everybody knows it was the Rock & Roll Express**
Who was the promoter that always carried a tennis racquet?
That guy had two mongrels that only he could communicate with using a whistle? We’re talking from ‘78-‘79 time frame.
Anybody remember the name of the mongrel duo?
Who was the promoter that always carried a tennis racquet?
That guy had two mongrels that only he could communicate with using a whistle? We’re talking from ‘78-‘79 time frame.
Anybody remember the name of the mongrel duo?
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That's the guy. There was a Midnight Express but there was also an RR Express. The RR Express weren't managed by Cornette - at least I don't think they were.
I think the two Mongrels I mentioned earlier were called The Mongolians maybe?
The Freebirds. With Bam Bam Gordy, Buddy Roberts, and Michael Hayes as manager. Back when they entered to "Freebird" and the blue lights with the Confederate Flag robes at the Colosseum in Jackson.
This.....those guys were easy to hate with Michael PS Hayes strutting around the ring. They played the crowd brilliantly. They were the bad guys and the Von Erichs were the good guys.
Also, I liked it when they started coming out to their own recorded song "Bad Street USA".
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My personal favorite was DX, but I agree. The only answer can be NWO. Between the invasion, Hogan turning heel, the feuds with Sting/Goldberg, and the whole “who’s going to turn next?” ongoing saga, they were #1.
Bischoff pulled that whole thing off brilliantly, and it’s crazy to think how close they came to sinking WWE. If HBK had left WWE like he planned to do in the late 90s or if WCW had not stupidly let Steve Austin and HHH walk out the door in earlier years, WCW would most likely be the ruling wrestling empire today instead of McMahon
Bischoff pulled that whole thing off brilliantly, and it’s crazy to think how close they came to sinking WWE. If HBK had left WWE like he planned to do in the late 90s or if WCW had not stupidly let Steve Austin and HHH walk out the door in earlier years, WCW would most likely be the ruling wrestling empire today instead of McMahon
nWo wolfpack ... sting was the friggin man. I loved watching as a kid, but don't understand how people watch as adults.
Agreed 100%. I was an all-in WCW guy, just never got into WWE except for Austin/Rock/Triple H era. If WCW hadn’t let Steve Austin, Triple H, Mick Foley, and the Undertaker all go within about a 3 year period, there would be no WWE today.
Not a rasslin’ fan but I’ve been trying to figure out the rabid fan attraction and maybe, just maybe this is it:
Don't let this distract you from the fact of JR Ross's call at Summerslam 2002: With Shawn Michaels’ back turned, Triple H struck him with his trusty sledgehammer, before dealing out a couple more blows for good measure. And naturally, this prompted JR to launch into one of his most damning tirades, directed at the Game’s heinous actions.
“He’s going to rot in hell for what he did here tonight” was the initial verdict, before he soon began to question “how in God’s name can that human being be from this planet? Does he have no conscience? Does he have no heart? Do you have no soul, you son of a *****?!”
Don't let this distract you from the fact of this call by J R Ross and Jerry Lawler on the "hell in a cell match between The Undertaker and mankind in 1998:
"They’re right above us, folks, and I don’t like it a damn bit.”
Moments later, The Undertaker tossed Foley’s body 16 feet through the Spanish announce table and onto the concrete below. The craziest, most shocking moment in WWE history elicited those 19 life-changing words.
“Good God almighty! Good God almighty! That killed him! As God as my witness he is broken in half!”
"Good god! Good god! Will somebody stop the damn match! Enough's enough! The poor son of a *****, he's broken in half!"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypot3CYECwE
Don't let this distract you from the fact of JR Ross's call at Summerslam 2002: With Shawn Michaels’ back turned, Triple H struck him with his trusty sledgehammer, before dealing out a couple more blows for good measure. And naturally, this prompted JR to launch into one of his most damning tirades, directed at the Game’s heinous actions.
“He’s going to rot in hell for what he did here tonight” was the initial verdict, before he soon began to question “how in God’s name can that human being be from this planet? Does he have no conscience? Does he have no heart? Do you have no soul, you son of a *****?!”
Don't let this distract you from the fact of this call by J R Ross and Jerry Lawler on the "hell in a cell match between The Undertaker and mankind in 1998:
"They’re right above us, folks, and I don’t like it a damn bit.”
Moments later, The Undertaker tossed Foley’s body 16 feet through the Spanish announce table and onto the concrete below. The craziest, most shocking moment in WWE history elicited those 19 life-changing words.
“Good God almighty! Good God almighty! That killed him! As God as my witness he is broken in half!”
"Good god! Good god! Will somebody stop the damn match! Enough's enough! The poor son of a *****, he's broken in half!"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ypot3CYECwE
I don't put them on the same level as 4H or NWO, but this is one fine piece of video.
https://youtu.be/YkTfXbTs_i8
I'm not a rabid fan and haven't watched rasslin in many years. Used to watch Mid South Wrestiling on Sundays with my Grandfather and Uncle. You can call it a soap opera for men.
Those were the Moondogs.
Under appreciated faction was Hot Stuff International, consisting of Eddie Gilbert, Sting, Rick Steiner, Ultimate Warrior and Missy Hyatt.
Does anybody really believe that the sledgehammers, tables, chairs ... whatever ... are real? The "wrestlers" are athletes, without a doubt, but they're not superhuman.
Rocket, I love you mane but damn you don’t believe in S. Claus, Easter Rabbit St. Valentines- a sad, sad State of affairs....
I absolutely do believe in Santa Claus. Are you trying to tell me he's not real?
I'd be willing to bet that over half the viewers of WWE think all those antics and props are real.
I'd be willing to bet that over half the viewers of WWE think all those antics and props are real.
This **** is like going to science-fiction movie
you know it ain't real, but you buy in to be entertained.
I hope that's what it is anyway.
There's some sick mf's out there.
you know it ain't real, but you buy in to be entertained.
I hope that's what it is anyway.
There's some sick mf's out there.
I was sitting in a hardware store one day and this one old codger was belittling a group for talking wrasslin' and telling them how fake it was. One of them looked over at him and asked, "Who's your favorite actor?" He answered "aw man that's easy it's John Wayne, he's the best!" Fella looked back at him and asked, "Reckon how many of those outlaws he really shot?"
I hadn't watched wrestling since the late 90's and didn't much then but thought it was a pretty good argument.
I hadn't watched wrestling since the late 90's and didn't much then but thought it was a pretty good argument.
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