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shaz619 said:
Top to bottom Evolution was one of the best shows WWE has done this year, every match was excellent & served its purpose on the card, the battle royal could have been a bit more interesting like the one in 2018 though :asadrauf

Great opener, the tag was excellent to and the crowd was responding well to the GOAT after the thickos finally caught on to how we all agreed how petty Tiffy was towards Charlotte who explained the situation in more detail recently, I thought Trish looked phenomenal in the ring and has done so each time she has returned and Rhea / Iyo were having their best match until the finish.
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I only saw the first and last matches and the end of the Battle Royal. Both matches delivered in spades. First match was a fantastic opener, and Naomi cashing-in elevated a very good match to a great match. Stoked for Stephanie Vaquer too and I hope she becomes a champion in WWE soon.

I'm happy they did this PPV but I wish they did it on a less packed weekend. Because I had zero motivation to watch this show after watching that 5 hour AEW PPV and SNME.
 
shaz619 said:
It would be pretty dumb to have done the injury for that purpose only if am honest, not really working into an angle either and seems rather silly imo Because whenever a MITB cash-in is done, it’s a surprise regardless. So am not sure if this is true, then again, H is constantly feuding with online smarks.
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Bro I just want what's best for him. Which is a one---maybe two---year rest
 
Gunther v Punk looks good. Cena v Cody will be what it will be. Ironically enough, I would have liked to see Reigns v Rollins, because that's one match where Rollins does shine, but that is now likely heading towards Reigns/Jey v Bron & Bron. Though again, I would prefer Reigns v Breakker.

The less said about Jelly Roll, the better. The women's matches look strong with the exception of Jade v Tiffany which will likely not be good. That leaves behind fringe matches like Priest v Black, and one big car crash match. Could be a ladder or TLC for the SD Tag Titles involving 5-6 teams, considering that's where it looks like it's heading.

Overall, it's shaping up to be a strong card. But if I'm being honest there isn't a single match I am excited for besides Gunther v Punk.

If they book Reigns v Breakker, I'd be excited for that.
 
@RedwoodOriginal I am a sucker for Gaunlet matches and they are not done often which makes them such an underrated attraction; Bron Breaker proved he got IT, and is genuinely the next big thing. That was one hell of a match and it would have been a great experience for Bron’s engine, as good an athlete he is, he did feel the pace here and this will help elevate his conditioning, at the end of the day, he can control what happens in the ring & he killed it.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Gunther v Punk looks good. Cena v Cody will be what it will be. Ironically enough, I would have liked to see Reigns v Rollins, because that's one match where Rollins does shine, but that is now likely heading towards Reigns/Jey v Bron & Bron. Though again, I would prefer Reigns v Breakker.

The less said about Jelly Roll, the better. The women's matches look strong with the exception of Jade v Tiffany which will likely not be good. That leaves behind fringe matches like Priest v Black, and one big car crash match. Could be a ladder or TLC for the SD Tag Titles involving 5-6 teams, considering that's where it looks like it's heading.

Overall, it's shaping up to be a strong card. But if I'm being honest there isn't a single match I am excited for besides Gunther v Punk.

If they book Reigns v Breakker, I'd be excited for that.
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The build up has been very microwaved if we are being honest which is not acceptable for a major event
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
I only saw the first and last matches and the end of the Battle Royal. Both matches delivered in spades. First match was a fantastic opener, and Naomi cashing-in elevated a very good match to a great match. Stoked for Stephanie Vaquer too and I hope she becomes a champion in WWE soon.

I'm happy they did this PPV but I wish they did it on a less packed weekend. Because I had zero motivation to watch this show after watching that 5 hour AEW PPV and SNME.
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Stephanie cut a great promo at the end of that win and was interviewed by Big Steph.

I thoroughly recommend Jacy Jayne vs Grace, I follow NXT closely so this was one of my main-events to do Shawn’s great work, if you want to be sold on what he’s doing there, and on someone like Jacy; just watch the match and Grace was phenomenal as well.

The rest of the matches were strong to and even Jade Cargill had a good outing with the bells & whistles.
 
shaz619 said:
Basically, a Eugene was getting the shovel in another thread and came here looking for vengeance with the same ol attacks on this business, then the AEW version of Christian showed up with said jobbers mama.
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Missed it and probably for the better. Hate jobbers who start trying to hijack every thread and start going into business for themselves. Good to have APA around :ROFLMAO:
 
shaz619 said:
Bah gawd what a pop for Roman Reigns; good luck to TKO re-negotiating his contract.
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Whatever Roman does is compelling tv.
The more I look at that promo from Heyman, the more I fear Seth's injury is a work.
I bought ticket for an SD 3 weeks away and I really really hope I don't have to sit through a 30 min rambling Seth segment.
Hearing Cena's not advertised for the show but will probably make an appearance as a surprise. Randy, Roman, Cody, Punk all advertised for that one though.
 
BunnyRabbit said:
Whatever Roman does is compelling tv.
The more I look at that promo from Heyman, the more I fear Seth's injury is a work.
I bought ticket for an SD 3 weeks away and I really really hope I don't have to sit through a 30 min rambling Seth segment.
Hearing Cena's not advertised for the show but will probably make an appearance as a surprise. Randy, Roman, Cody, Punk all advertised for that one though.
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I would go for a dump during Seth’s segment so it’s not all bad
 
shaz619 said:
@RedwoodOriginal I am a sucker for Gaunlet matches and they are not done often which makes them such an underrated attraction; Bron Breaker proved he got IT, and is genuinely the next big thing. That was one hell of a match and it would have been a great experience for Bron’s engine, as good an athlete he is, he did feel the pace here and this will help elevate his conditioning, at the end of the day, he can control what happens in the ring & he killed it.
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The kind of spotlight he's getting tells you he is set for big things. I agree with you, but just being given the opportunity to carry the match tells you alot about how they view him.

And he has progressed very rapidly. It was only 4 years ago that he debuted in NXT..
 
shaz619 said:
The build up has been very microwaved if we are being honest which is not acceptable for a major event
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You know I was just thinking that next week's RAW would be the SummerSlam go-home show. 2 weeks of build for Punk v Gunther is disappointing, eventhough the match sells itself. And all because H wanted to stick it to AEW by putting Goldberg's retirement match on the same night as All In.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
The kind of spotlight he's getting tells you he is set for big things. I agree with you, but just being given the opportunity to carry the match tells you alot about how they view him.

And he has progressed very rapidly. It was only 4 years ago that he debuted in NXT..
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Shawn deserves a lot of credit. Ever since he took over from Trips, all the guys in NXT who they think are going to be big stars get both heel and face runs. Previously the likes of KO, Sami, Finn, Ricochet, Keith Lee etc all just worked as a heel or as a face throughout their runs.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
You know I was just thinking that next week's RAW would be the SummerSlam go-home show. 2 weeks of build for Punk v Gunther is disappointing, eventhough the match sells itself. And all because H wanted to stick it to AEW by putting Goldberg's retirement match on the same night as All In.
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Do you think they could do the title change at SS? It would be premature imo but H has a habit of doing big changes at SS
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Yup it was a great moment. What theme of his did they use for the entrance? The audio was really bad I couldn't hear clearly.

Is he going to wrestle a match in TNA?
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There’s a YT clip out there now, it was the OG theme, yeah audio could have been way better still but bringing that theme back hit me in the feels. I don’t think he will be wrestling there, it’s like H has too big an ego for it, just because I can’t do anything useful with you, I will not allow others to do so…..
 
My personal opinion about him as a person aside, the fact is he changed the wrestling business forever. Wrestling wouldn’t be what it is today without him. Pro wrestling owes him a massive debt of gratitude. A true icon.

RIP Hulk Hogan.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Hulk Hogan has passed away. @shaz619
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It almost seems like one last incomprehensible conspiracy propagated by Hogan to serve some ulterior motive. Very hard to believe.

But I will keep it positive today, without Hogan, I don’t get to watch Wrestling live on Netflix in the UK.

RIP to the guy who took wrestling mainstream, I am going re-watch my favourite match of his; HBK vs Hogan 2005 SS.
 
Other then Angle/HBK, Hogan/Rock is my most re-watched Wrestlemania match ever; Finn Balor once said it was his favourite to, he got that being good was not just simply having the technical ability, a shame we never explored his max potential.
 
shaz619 said:
It almost seems like one last incomprehensible conspiracy propagated by Hogan to serve some ulterior motive. Very hard to believe.

But I will keep it positive today, without Hogan, I don’t get to watch Wrestling live on Netflix in the UK.

RIP to the guy who took wrestling mainstream, I am going re-watch my favourite match of his; HBK vs Hogan 2005 SS.
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Man, literally saw a Hollywood Hogan T Shirt from WCW days at the store 2 weeks ago… considered it but don’t really wear clothes with faces on it.

The first big icon of wrestling. Don’t want to really touch on any of the outside of wrestling topics.

But his return to WWE was a nice little underrated run, glad they let him run with the belt again for a bit in that final early 2000s run
 
Suleiman said:
Man, literally saw a Hollywood Hogan T Shirt from WCW days at the store 2 weeks ago… considered it but don’t really wear clothes with faces on it.

The first big icon of wrestling. Don’t want to really touch on any of the outside of wrestling topics.

But his return to WWE was a nice little underrated run, glad they let him run with the belt again for a bit in that final early 2000s run
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When I was a kid, I was introduced to the black & white in the wrestling world opposed to the red & yellow, I imagine most of us in this thread did to. He’d get that belt off and whip guys like a pagal kutha and I hated him with a passion, but deep down I also hated how cool he was. I think the smarks recognised that to when they cheered for him in Canada against The Rock of all people.

That run resulted in him getting the belt of 4/10 as well, I hold that moment a special place in my heart, this was just before the reign of terror would begin I think.
 
On a personal note always preferred Randy Savage over Hogan.. Macho Man.. sad I couldn’t even recall he died in 2011 itself.

Whenever I see Wrestler movie i think of Macho Man
 
Its weird after 2005 when I lost interest in prod Wrestling, I finally came to appreciate it after moving to States, the hard work and culture around it.

Non Big 4 American sports from monster truck, Nascar, Dirt Bike are remarkable cultures in their own way.

I absolutely love American Ninja warrior folks and their fans, amazing community.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
As bad as this was, I still wouldn't put it anywhere near Starrcade 1997. Two years of build, just for Sting to get buried in one of the all-time worst finishes to any major match/event/storyline.
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Yeah it was insane, it was also after the screwup of WWF Hart vs Shawn which was equally controversial yet big- Montreal Screwjob just a month or so before.

As a kid Hart was my fav but he expected everyone to be fair all the time which was annoying to see as I grew up.

I have realised there will be two kind of people I never want to be - Hogan and Hart- the one who achieves everything and is still petty, the other that works hard but consistently whines about unfair world.(defn respect the second though).

Steve Austin is now my fav for this very reason..
 
Sting’s story line in WCW was amazing but as usual Hogan(RIP) kept screwing things up.

For 2-4 years WCW NWO storylines were better than WWF ones.. esp the entire Sting Lex Luger vs NWO angle.
 
JaDed said:
Yeah it was insane, it was also after the screwup of WWF Hart vs Shawn which was equally controversial yet big- Montreal Screwjob just a month or so before.

As a kid Hart was my fav but he expected everyone to be fair all the time which was annoying to see as I grew up.

I have realised there will be two kind of people I never want to be - Hogan and Hart- the one who achieves everything and is still petty, the other that works hard but consistently whines about unfair world.(defn respect the second though).

Steve Austin is now my fav for this very reason..
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I can understand the sentiment, but I still feel Bret is very justified in how bitter he is to this day. He is someone who not only loved wrestling deeply, but also took it very seriously. And that's why Bret Hart matches stand the test of time to this day. Every single thing in his matches is perfect. So when you have someone like him who loves wrestling so deeply, I can see how something like being double-crossed by your boss, to having your career ended prematurely by an idiot who never learned to wrestle, can weigh on you mentally. I read that not long after that Goldberg match he had a stroke too which put him in a really bad place physically and mentally. Anyway for me, Bret will always be the GOAT.

In-terms of star power no one compares to Austin. But if you watch Austin matches after that neck injury he suffered in the Owen Hart match, you will see it's mostly just smoke and mirrors. But because he was such a gifted worker, and so massively over, his matches were still the hottest matches on the card.
 
JaDed said:
Sting’s story line in WCW was amazing but as usual Hogan(RIP) kept screwing things up.

For 2-4 years WCW NWO storylines were better than WWF ones.. esp the entire Sting Lex Luger vs NWO angle.
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It was laid out to perfection. Sting didn't wrestle a single match for a year and just watched silently from the rafters as nWo ran roughshod over the entire roster. The stage was set for the perfect conclusion and then brother decided the finish didn't really work for him. For me, that was the beginning of the end for WCW (eventhough most people will probably say fingerpoke of doom). It was a giant middle finger to the fans who had invested so much time and energy following the storyline.

WCW Monday Nitro from 1996-97 has a legitimate claim to being the best wrestling TV show of all-time. It had everything from great wrestling, to stars like Hogan, Sting, Nash, Savage, Hall, Flair, to a feeling of unpredictability that anything could happen.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
It was laid out to perfection. Sting didn't wrestle a single match for a year and just watched silently from the rafters as nWo ran roughshod over the entire roster. The stage was set for the perfect conclusion and then brother decided the finish didn't really work for him. For me, that was the beginning of the end for WCW (eventhough most people will probably say fingerpoke of doom). It was a giant middle finger to the fans who had invested so much time and energy following the storyline.

WCW Monday Nitro from 1996-97 has a legitimate claim to being the best wrestling TV show of all-time. It had everything from great wrestling, to stars like Hogan, Sting, Nash, Savage, Hall, Flair, to a feeling of unpredictability that anything could happen.
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1996-97 remains best of WCW and overall even for Wrestling because WWF also was doing well with plots and storylines.

In India WWF was telecast a month later, WCW used to come after cartoon network when it became TNT(6am-3pm cartoon network and then TNt), for years I knew only WWF and then suddenly one day I’m seeing Hogan ,Macho Man, Diesel all who I thought had retired in some different wrestling competition that felt much more real, I was so excited as a kid lol..

Wrestling wasn’t the same for once wwf and wcw merged.. I did watch it until 2003, but then just lost interest.
 
I agree Brett Hart’s games were amazing, still etched into memory for me as it was those impressionable years.

Personally my fav has always been the ladder games.
 
JaDed said:
Yeah it was insane, it was also after the screwup of WWF Hart vs Shawn which was equally controversial yet big- Montreal Screwjob just a month or so before.

As a kid Hart was my fav but he expected everyone to be fair all the time which was annoying to see as I grew up.

I have realised there will be two kind of people I never want to be - Hogan and Hart- the one who achieves everything and is still petty, the other that works hard but consistently whines about unfair world.(defn respect the second though).

Steve Austin is now my fav for this very reason..
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Bret took great pride in his work, he was really the excellence of execution, his technical pedigree combined with his overall storytelling ring generalship was second to none, more then this, he held the most sacred rule as a pro-wrestler in the highest regard; ‘Thou shall keep my opponent safe at all times.’

So for him to have gotten hurt, literally crippled, after all that, must have pierced his soul. Wrestlers these days could do with taking this industry as seriously as Bret did. Bret loved wrestling and he loved working for the WWE/Vince & all its fans.

I think Bret has always been opinionated and I think he is much better mentally then he use to be, but just take this timeline into consideration:

- You are screwed out of the WWF in your own backyard
- Your brother remains with the employer who fired you, and then ends up dying live on TV
- There’s no real redemption in WCW because it’s a sh!t show all round and they fail to take advantage off the most infamous moment in Wrestling, Bret had as much heat on him as Tyson did after biting Holyfield’s ear
- You go through the motions and then end up being crippled by Bill Goldberg when you always prioritised protecting others, your future earnings are all killed (just think of all the Saudi paydays) and you don’t end your career on your terms; and it’s not just any job, you lose the ability to do what you loved most at the highest level, that’s just the worst.
- A FEW YEARS LATER, you have a STROKE!!

If anything, Bret is a very positive guy when you consider what he has been through, if the shoe was on the other foot, I am not sure I’d be the same.
 
shaz619 said:
Bret took great pride in his work, he was really the excellence of execution, his technical pedigree combined with his overall storytelling ring generalship was second to none, more then this, he held the most sacred rule as a pro-wrestler in the highest regard; ‘Thou shall keep my opponent safe at all times.’

So for him to have gotten hurt, literally crippled, after all that, must have pierced his soul. Wrestlers these days could do with taking this industry as seriously as Bret did. Bret loved wrestling and he loved working for the WWE/Vince & all its fans.

I think Bret has always been opinionated and I think he is much better mentally then he use to be, but just take this timeline into consideration:

- You are screwed out of the WWF in your own backyard
- Your brother remains with the employer who fired you, and then ends up dying live on TV
- There’s no real redemption in WCW because it’s a sh!t show all round and they fail to take advantage off the most infamous moment in Wrestling, Bret had as much heat on him as Tyson did after biting Holyfield’s ear
- You go through the motions and then end up being crippled by Bill Goldberg when you always prioritised protecting others, your future earnings are all killed (just think of all the Saudi paydays) and you don’t end your career on your terms; and it’s not just any job, you lose the ability to do what you loved most at the highest level, that’s just the worst.
- A FEW YEARS LATER, you have a STROKE!!

If anything, Bret is a very positive guy when you consider what he has been through, if the shoe was on the other foot, I am not sure I’d be the same.
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One of the best things I ever heard Bret Hart say (may have been in that Wrestling with Shadows documentary) was that when he's done wrestling a match, he doesn’t get hurt or feel a thing. Because if you are getting hurt, you’re doing it wrong. Wrestling to him was always about making it look real while keeping his opponent safe.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
One of the best things I ever heard Bret Hart say (may have been in that Wrestling with Shadows documentary) was that when he's done wrestling a match, he doesn’t get hurt or feel a thing. Because if you are getting hurt, you’re doing it wrong. Wrestling to him was always about making it look real while keeping his opponent safe.
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Yes, he always spoke a lot about working smart & making sure both he & his opponent take minimal abuse to their body’s, wrestlers now do not respect this at all, you can get over being creative with simple moves. In that Gaunlet, the two spots I remember the most was Punk’s reversal of the Frankensteiner into the sunset flip pin and then his grounded splash to cover Bron who was a bit out of reach after taking the GTS, hadn’t seen that been done in years. That’s mad right, you hold these values so sacredly and end up on the receiving end of the worst botch imaginable.
 
shaz619 said:
Bret took great pride in his work, he was really the excellence of execution, his technical pedigree combined with his overall storytelling ring generalship was second to none, more then this, he held the most sacred rule as a pro-wrestler in the highest regard; ‘Thou shall keep my opponent safe at all times.’

So for him to have gotten hurt, literally crippled, after all that, must have pierced his soul. Wrestlers these days could do with taking this industry as seriously as Bret did. Bret loved wrestling and he loved working for the WWE/Vince & all its fans.

I think Bret has always been opinionated and I think he is much better mentally then he use to be, but just take this timeline into consideration:

- You are screwed out of the WWF in your own backyard
- Your brother remains with the employer who fired you, and then ends up dying live on TV
- There’s no real redemption in WCW because it’s a sh!t show all round and they fail to take advantage off the most infamous moment in Wrestling, Bret had as much heat on him as Tyson did after biting Holyfield’s ear
- You go through the motions and then end up being crippled by Bill Goldberg when you always prioritised protecting others, your future earnings are all killed (just think of all the Saudi paydays) and you don’t end your career on your terms; and it’s not just any job, you lose the ability to do what you loved most at the highest level, that’s just the worst.
- A FEW YEARS LATER, you have a STROKE!!

If anything, Bret is a very positive guy when you consider what he has been through, if the shoe was on the other foot, I am not sure I’d be the same.
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Bret is still the only wrestler I follow on social media and so good to know posters here still respect and love him, I guess I have grown more cynical with time.
 
JaDed said:
Bret is still the only wrestler I follow on social media and so good to know posters here still respect and love him, I guess I have grown more cynical with time.
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The thing is, sometimes what he says can sound excessive but I always find myself agreeing with him, things like Triple H being a 4/10 wrestler is just facts. Also, judge these blokes by what others have to say about them, he’s like a mentor for CM Punk and always on hand to help out anybody who seeks his advice, Punk is always raving about how Bret has helped him and they talk regular, he also use to with Roddy Pipper before he died. I wouldn’t call him & Shawn best mates but they are also fond of each other, if Bret was the man people think he could be based on a few interviews, he’d be throwing shade as Shawn every second he gets. I think Bret just buries those who deserve it and goes balls deep, those individuals deserve it if I am honest because no one else in the industry or media has the cahonas to expose them. And yes, I was a Shawn fan, but watching Bret, I became his fan to and still go back to his matches, he was a master ring general.
 
Without Hulk Hogan, WWE wouldn’t be what it is today. Hell, wrestling wouldn’t be what it is today. Hulk is one of the GOATs. I can’t say I was much of a fan as he was before my time, but I always appreciated what he did for the business. It’s a shame that during his final WWE appearance, he got booed.

Wrestling deaths always hit hard. But some hit harder than others and Hulk’s death hits really hard. It makes me sad that we will never hear his iconic entrance music again.
 
This was from May:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948445722594214199

Why couldn’t he always be so chill like this? The Hogan character really seemed to have bought out some of his worst tendencies.

And besides this, I don’t understand why wealthy folk can’t just stop pursuing these endeavours which they don’t really need to be a part of anymore, it’s not like it’s a hobby or something because Hogan always had his hands in so many different pots and is always on the road, as a 70 year old or even a 65 year old, why can’t you just chill on some beach brother?
 
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Without Hulk Hogan, WWE wouldn’t be what it is today. Hell, wrestling wouldn’t be what it is today. Hulk is one of the GOATs. I can’t say I was much of a fan as he was before my time, but I always appreciated what he did for the business. It’s a shame that during his final WWE appearance, he got booed.

Wrestling deaths always hit hard. But some hit harder than others and Hulk’s death hits really hard. It makes me sad that we will never hear his iconic entrance music again.
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Nobody is coming out to save Eugene, he’s still tapping out at Wrestlemania 21
 
JaDed said:
Thanks guys for posting on Bret , was a trip down memory lane, I really appreciate entertainment sports around in US and the hard work all these people put in.
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Every little thing he did was perfect, I say little but they were a lot more difficult to execute. You compare Bret throwing a punch to say someone like Seth Rollins trying to throw one and that’s all you need to see, Bret bought authenticity to wrestling, it had to be presented as though it was a genuine fight, there’s so much you could build around just being able to throw some hands with the proper technique and for all the athleticism in the modern era, only a handful can successfully throw a proper worked punch.
 
JaDed said:
Bret is still the only wrestler I follow on social media and so good to know posters here still respect and love him, I guess I have grown more cynical with time.
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I think Bret Hart will always have his fans. Everything about him; his matches, his promos, his personality is so timeless, that I feel people will always be going back, looking at his work, and appreciating everything he did.

I think the term 'your favorite wrestler's favorite wrestler' is very applicable to him.
 
JaDed said:
Thanks guys for posting on Bret , was a trip down memory lane, I really appreciate entertainment sports around in US and the hard work all these people put in.
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Anytime brother. You're more than welcome to come here whenever you feel like reminiscing about Bret Hart and the good ol' days.
 
Interested to know what your guys' favorite Hogan match is.

I’m going with a slightly different pick: Hulk Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro at the Georgia Dome for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

When Hogan was motivated, you could just tell. Apparently, it was his idea to put over Goldberg in front of a packed Atlanta crowd, Goldberg’s hometown, no less. I don’t know if it was a case of Hogan wanting to soak up some of Goldberg’s momentum or if he genuinely wanted to do something positive, but either way, he helped make Goldberg an even bigger star that night. The crowd was absolutely electric. It created one of the most iconic wrestling moments of the 90s and helped launch Goldberg into the stratosphere.

His best match unquestionably has to be the match against Rock at WrestleMania 18. Besides the crowd reaction, he really did work a fantastic match. Like I said, when he was motivated you could just tell.

Honorable mention for favorite match: Hogan v Shawn at SummerSlam 2005, for all the wrong reasons.

One of his more underrated matches for me is probably the match he had with Vince at WrestleMania 19, but maybe that's just my nostalgia talking as I saw that match a very long time ago.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Interested to know what your guys' favorite Hogan match is.

I’m going with a slightly different pick: Hulk Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro at the Georgia Dome for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

When Hogan was motivated, you could just tell. Apparently, it was his idea to put over Goldberg in front of a packed Atlanta crowd, Goldberg’s hometown, no less. I don’t know if it was a case of Hogan wanting to soak up some of Goldberg’s momentum or if he genuinely wanted to do something positive, but either way, he helped make Goldberg an even bigger star that night. The crowd was absolutely electric. It created one of the most iconic wrestling moments of the 90s and helped launch Goldberg into the stratosphere.

His best match unquestionably has to be the match against Rock at WrestleMania 18. Besides the crowd reaction, he really did work a fantastic match. Like I said, when he was motivated you could just tell.

Honorable mention for favorite match: Hogan v Shawn at SummerSlam 2005, for all the wrong reasons.

One of his more underrated matches for me is probably the match he had with Vince at WrestleMania 19, but maybe that's just my nostalgia talking as I saw that match a very long time ago.
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Hogan vs Andre The Giant. That was my favorite Hogan match.

Also, Hogan vs The Rock was good.

I also enjoyed Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior.
 
I was going through some old WWE matches.

Stumbled upon 2 classics. One was my favorite Hell in a Cell match of all time. Another was my favorite TLC match of all time.


 
One of my close friends who lives in texas went to Monday night raw this week. He was gonna get the seats way in the back because how expensive they were- still at $150

But then he waited all the way till Monday and then on the way he saw ringside seats open up for $180, nabbed them and got front row seats for the whole thing lol. Pics he took were literally right next to the thing. Sheamus crashed by the barricade he was next to.

Perhaps wait last minute for tickets eh? @BunnyRabbit
 
Suleiman said:
One of my close friends who lives in texas went to Monday night raw this week. He was gonna get the seats way in the back because how expensive they were- still at $150

But then he waited all the way till Monday and then on the way he saw ringside seats open up for $180, nabbed them and got front row seats for the whole thing lol. Pics he took were literally right next to the thing. Sheamus crashed by the barricade he was next to.

Perhaps wait last minute for tickets eh? @BunnyRabbit
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If it was old school WWE (pre-2015 WWE), I would've loved to have an arena experience.

Current WWE doesn't really excite me enough to go to the arena. Only thing that excites me is John Cena's promos.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Interested to know what your guys' favorite Hogan match is.

I’m going with a slightly different pick: Hulk Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro at the Georgia Dome for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

When Hogan was motivated, you could just tell. Apparently, it was his idea to put over Goldberg in front of a packed Atlanta crowd, Goldberg’s hometown, no less. I don’t know if it was a case of Hogan wanting to soak up some of Goldberg’s momentum or if he genuinely wanted to do something positive, but either way, he helped make Goldberg an even bigger star that night. The crowd was absolutely electric. It created one of the most iconic wrestling moments of the 90s and helped launch Goldberg into the stratosphere.

His best match unquestionably has to be the match against Rock at WrestleMania 18. Besides the crowd reaction, he really did work a fantastic match. Like I said, when he was motivated you could just tell.

Honorable mention for favorite match: Hogan v Shawn at SummerSlam 2005, for all the wrong reasons.

One of his more underrated matches for me is probably the match he had with Vince at WrestleMania 19, but maybe that's just my nostalgia talking as I saw that match a very long time ago.
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Undoubtedly, The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania was one of the most iconic matches in wrestling history.

This was the bout that truly cemented Hogan’s legacy for a new generation. The Rock came in as the massive babyface, and Hogan—returning under the nWo banner—was positioned firmly as the heel. The outcome was scripted: The Rock was supposed to go over. And initially, everything was unfolding according to plan.

But then, something magical and unscripted happened.

Midway through the match, a wave of nostalgia swept through the crowd. Many adult fans suddenly remembered that Hogan was their childhood hero—the man they once cheered for with wide-eyed wonder. In a rare, organic moment of mass sentiment, the audience flipped. The cheers turned to Hogan. The energy in the arena shifted.

And then came the moment: Hogan hulking up.

The crowd absolutely erupted. The electricity was palpable. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler’s commentary added the perfect soundtrack to what became, in my opinion, one of the greatest moments in professional wrestling history. Script or not, that match transcended storytelling—it became a shared emotional experience. A clash of eras that reminded everyone why they fell in love with wrestling in the first place.
 
Suleiman said:
One of my close friends who lives in texas went to Monday night raw this week. He was gonna get the seats way in the back because how expensive they were- still at $150

But then he waited all the way till Monday and then on the way he saw ringside seats open up for $180, nabbed them and got front row seats for the whole thing lol. Pics he took were literally right next to the thing. Sheamus crashed by the barricade he was next to.

Perhaps wait last minute for tickets eh? @BunnyRabbit
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Yes that could be one way as well. But tickets in East coast are much more expansive than in Southern states or even midwest. I was able to find one at 71$.
 
sweep_shot said:
Hogan vs Andre The Giant. That was my favorite Hogan match.

Also, Hogan vs The Rock was good.

I also enjoyed Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior.
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I was always surprised by how good Hogan v Warrior was. Because Hogan kinda had his schtick during that era and Ultimate Warrior is simply one of the worst wrestlers to ever be presented on a main-event level.

Yet they somehow managed to have a fairly decent match.

Both Hogan and Savage deserve special recognition for getting decent to good matches out of Warrior. It was a near impossible feat
 
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I was going through some old WWE matches.

Stumbled upon 2 classics. One was my favorite Hell in a Cell match of all time. Another was my favorite TLC match of all time.


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Unpopular opinion but I thought the TLC match these teams had at SummerSlam 2000 was better
 
Bhaijaan said:
Undoubtedly, The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania was one of the most iconic matches in wrestling history.

This was the bout that truly cemented Hogan’s legacy for a new generation. The Rock came in as the massive babyface, and Hogan—returning under the nWo banner—was positioned firmly as the heel. The outcome was scripted: The Rock was supposed to go over. And initially, everything was unfolding according to plan.

But then, something magical and unscripted happened.

Midway through the match, a wave of nostalgia swept through the crowd. Many adult fans suddenly remembered that Hogan was their childhood hero—the man they once cheered for with wide-eyed wonder. In a rare, organic moment of mass sentiment, the audience flipped. The cheers turned to Hogan. The energy in the arena shifted.

And then came the moment: Hogan hulking up.

The crowd absolutely erupted. The electricity was palpable. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler’s commentary added the perfect soundtrack to what became, in my opinion, one of the greatest moments in professional wrestling history. Script or not, that match transcended storytelling—it became a shared emotional experience. A clash of eras that reminded everyone why they fell in love with wrestling in the first place.
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Yeah I think for the more modern fans (who didn't grow up during the Hulkamania era), that is the entry point to Hulk Hogan.

TBH it was amazing, even shocking to see, because The Rock was effectively the No. 2 guy in WWE and essentially the second biggest star in wrestling at that point since WCW had gone out of business. And yet the Hogan nostalgia was so strong that fans not only started cheering Hogan, but also started booing Rock. I thought they adjusted fairly well by reversing the roles. From an in-ring standpoint it was definitely Hogan's best match IMO which is surprising considering he was pushing 50 at that point.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Interested to know what your guys' favorite Hogan match is.

I’m going with a slightly different pick: Hulk Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro at the Georgia Dome for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

When Hogan was motivated, you could just tell. Apparently, it was his idea to put over Goldberg in front of a packed Atlanta crowd, Goldberg’s hometown, no less. I don’t know if it was a case of Hogan wanting to soak up some of Goldberg’s momentum or if he genuinely wanted to do something positive, but either way, he helped make Goldberg an even bigger star that night. The crowd was absolutely electric. It created one of the most iconic wrestling moments of the 90s and helped launch Goldberg into the stratosphere.

His best match unquestionably has to be the match against Rock at WrestleMania 18. Besides the crowd reaction, he really did work a fantastic match. Like I said, when he was motivated you could just tell.

Honorable mention for favorite match: Hogan v Shawn at SummerSlam 2005, for all the wrong reasons.

One of his more underrated matches for me is probably the match he had with Vince at WrestleMania 19, but maybe that's just my nostalgia talking as I saw that match a very long time ago.
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Have said it many times, The Rock vs Hogan at Mania 18 is one of my favorite matches of all time. It didn't need technical wizardry or even a good feud leading to it. It was just clash of two generations at the biggest occasion possible. Dwayne's said a lot of times how he was not sure if he would be the winner after the match is over cause match endings could be changed on the spot or Hogan hoganing stuff up. They hadn't even practiced the match before cause Hogan wasn't physically fully fit. Hogan called all the spots in the match after seeing the reaction of the crowd and they deviated from some of the spots they were initially going to do. He also said during the final moments, hogan apparently said you're going over after the people's elbow.

Back in 2002, I had woken up at 5 ish in the morning to watch Mania live at Supersports. Everything afterwards in Hogan's run was meh apart from his tag team with Edge.

Hogan vs Angle at KOR 2002 is the second one and was pretty good that put over Ankle lock as an inescapable hold.

Apart from that, don't think Hogan's matches deviated much from the usual Hogan template. But his matches in his first run had the crowd firmly behind him and he did have that infectious positive charisma that would take over and made you enjoy them. Hogan vs Savage was also pretty good.
Hogan vs Warrior was a short one but entertaining.
 
RedwoodOriginal said:
Interested to know what your guys' favorite Hogan match is.

I’m going with a slightly different pick: Hulk Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro at the Georgia Dome for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

When Hogan was motivated, you could just tell. Apparently, it was his idea to put over Goldberg in front of a packed Atlanta crowd, Goldberg’s hometown, no less. I don’t know if it was a case of Hogan wanting to soak up some of Goldberg’s momentum or if he genuinely wanted to do something positive, but either way, he helped make Goldberg an even bigger star that night. The crowd was absolutely electric. It created one of the most iconic wrestling moments of the 90s and helped launch Goldberg into the stratosphere.

His best match unquestionably has to be the match against Rock at WrestleMania 18. Besides the crowd reaction, he really did work a fantastic match. Like I said, when he was motivated you could just tell.

Honorable mention for favorite match: Hogan v Shawn at SummerSlam 2005, for all the wrong reasons.

One of his more underrated matches for me is probably the match he had with Vince at WrestleMania 19, but maybe that's just my nostalgia talking as I saw that match a very long time ago.
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He got Hoganed by Kurt as well ;) The story behind that is hilarious btw, I wont spoil it bur Kurt has done some interviews on YT.

In WCW, unequivocally the match with Bill in the Georgia Dome for all the reasons you mentioned and it’s one of the most re-watchable moments/matches from that era for me.

In Japan, all the matches he had with The Great Muta, showed how good he actually was in the ring & how a lot of what he did for the WWE was inherently driven by ring psychology, against all opponents/sizes he had the best matches possible in a high profile scenario. I think WCW tainted that rep but who is silly enough to give complete creative control to wrestlers these days ? There is somebody, and he don’t even have a Hogan :yk

In WWE, there’s a lot to pick from but for me personally, it’s The Rock & Hogan as well, arguably the greatest match of all time, the match itself was great and it represented truly what it means to get the audience to suspend their disbelief, multi-layered narrative, the perfect dance partner and a magical crowd which Hogan created; the best part is that, it wasn’t just one of those audiences for a big event, they completely switched off for Triple H right after 💀 It’s my second most re-watched match ever and bought back the red & yellow, Hogan’s comeback on the whole was pretty decent come to think of it & teenage me was so thrilled even by the Mr. America storyline :yk
 
Bhaijaan said:
Undoubtedly, The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania was one of the most iconic matches in wrestling history.

This was the bout that truly cemented Hogan’s legacy for a new generation. The Rock came in as the massive babyface, and Hogan—returning under the nWo banner—was positioned firmly as the heel. The outcome was scripted: The Rock was supposed to go over. And initially, everything was unfolding according to plan.

But then, something magical and unscripted happened.

Midway through the match, a wave of nostalgia swept through the crowd. Many adult fans suddenly remembered that Hogan was their childhood hero—the man they once cheered for with wide-eyed wonder. In a rare, organic moment of mass sentiment, the audience flipped. The cheers turned to Hogan. The energy in the arena shifted.

And then came the moment: Hogan hulking up.

The crowd absolutely erupted. The electricity was palpable. Jim Ross and Jerry "The King" Lawler’s commentary added the perfect soundtrack to what became, in my opinion, one of the greatest moments in professional wrestling history. Script or not, that match transcended storytelling—it became a shared emotional experience. A clash of eras that reminded everyone why they fell in love with wrestling in the first place.
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In that same stadium, those fans watched Hogan face The Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania, it was a dejavu for them because that crowd was split down the middle and while there were some fans who were big Rock fans & cheered for him, they were largely behind Hogan. @Amir attended the match, old PPer, he was among a few cheering for The Rock :yk3
 
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