straight up, we are SPOILED right now with the product

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Wade Barrett would literally be at worst the 4th or fifth best worker in the wwf in 89.

Savage
Bret
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maybe rude or blue blazer
Wade barrett?
Breh the worst wrestler tgis era is arguably sin cara who was a legend in mexico :wow: this gens big men >
 

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in fact just think

that year the two biggest faces in the industry were HOGAN and SAVAGE

the two biggest babyfaces maybe of all time

their biggest heels were

AKEEM THE AFRICAN DREAM..AND THE FLABBIEST AND SICKEST VERSION OF the big bossman ever.


chew on that for a second

imagine if CENA and BRYAN were tag partners

and the NUMBER ONE HEELS in their fued where the GREAT KHALI and BRODUS CLAY
 

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in fact just think

that year the two biggest faces in the industry were HOGAN and SAVAGE

the two biggest babyfaces maybe of all time

their biggest heels were

AKEEM THE AFRICAN DREAM..AND THE FLABBIEST AND SICKEST VERSION OF the big bossman ever.


chew on that for a second

imagine if CENA and BRYAN were tag partners

and the NUMBER ONE HEELS in their fued where the GREAT KHALI and BOOGIE MAN
Wait, tho. The biggest rivals that propelled Hogan and Savage were DiBiase and Andre. NO WAY any heel in or out of shape today can compare to the importance those two had.

But that don't mean I don't get where you comin from :ehh:
 

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And.. this is the absolute worst era of personality's and being able to tell a story and make it entertaining. Nobody gives a shyt about 90% of the wrestlers and what they are doing so the 3-5* matches are worthless. Every time u watch a promo it's feels like they are holding a script or playing a character none of it is believable or feels real like it was back in the day.

This is a great point. Today's angles and storylines feel way too overproduced. The gains they've made in developing better workers, consistent workrate and good matches are taken away by weaker and unoriginal storylines, less drama, and the impression that these dudes aren't really feelin' it when they're on the mic.
 

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Wait, tho. The biggest rivals that propelled Hogan and Savage were DiBiase and Andre. NO WAY any heel in or out of shape today can compare to the importance those two had.

But that don't mean I don't get where you comin from :ehh:
i'm talking about specifically during the megapowers' year...their biggest matches were against the twin towers, and honkey tonk man with the hart foundation's help. They kept dibiase and andre and the rest of the henan family away from hogan. They were messing with ultimate warrior preparing for his buildup
 

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i'm talking about specifically during the megapowers' year...their biggest matches were against the twin towers, and honkey tonk man with the hart foundation's help. They kept dibiase and andre and the rest of the henan family away from hogan. They were messing with ultimate warrior preparing for his buildup
Earthquake and Typhoon as the Natural Disasters were the epitome of everything wrong with that era, too :dead:

They were 2 fine sistas and a black gimmick away from being Tons of Funk :heh:
 

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Earthquake and Typhoon as the Natural Disasters were the epitome of everything wrong with that era, too :dead:

They were 2 fine sistas and a black gimmick away from being Tons of Funk :heh:
low key you were ALSO right though, I forgot about the Megapowers vs. Mega bucks fued at summerslam :obama:

those 2 serving as main foes of hogan after he got the title back from slaughter was AWFUL too.

Big E Langston would BLOW MINDS in 89...dude would be like if Jordan went back to 1958 and crossed over George Mikan and did the cradle dunk like have my eyes decieved me :mindblown:
 

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low kBIey you were ALSO right though, I forgot about the Megapowers vs. Mega bucks fued at summerslam :obama:

those 2 serving as main foes of hogan after he got the title back from slaughter was AWFUL too.

Big E Langston would BLOW MINDS in 89...dude would be like if Jordan went back to 1958 and crossed over George Mikan and did the cradle dunk like have my eyes decieved me :mindblown:
Big E would be on one of those "Who Would Win?" segments, prolly trying to size him up with Cena :wow:

COULD YOU IMAGINE HOW ILL IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE SLICK BE BIG E'S MANAGER BACK IN THE DAY???? :damn:

Come out to that Slick theme, too :wow:

 

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Nah bro,

Bret Hart
Rockers
Perfect
Ted Dibiase
Randy Savage
Brain Busters
Tito Santana
Rick Martel
Ric Rude
Owen Hart

All good to great workers. There's a few good workers on the roster now, but you also have to remember times have changed so you can't really compare workrate from different eras. You can't expect wrestlers in WWF in 1989 to wrestle for a 2013 crowd, when this style of wrestling wasn't expected or accepted by WWF fans back then. You have to wrestle for the era you're in.
 

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so, coming from the youtube upload thread, i've been slowly rewatching my favorite PPV ever, Wrestlemania V..and brehs...it might not be anymore


We are SPOILED with the likes of a ppv card where the worst guy in ring is Ryback. Ryback is ALLAH compared to the bushwackers, RONNIE FREAKIN GARVIN...Dino BRAVO...the fabulous rugeau bros...the ghost of andre the giant...the mid to undercard during this era were generic body builders who couldn't work move a dang thing. GARVIN's signature move...was the GARVIN STOMP..what the HELL.

The 3rd biggest act in the fed was demolition..true legends....straight up these dudes was :flabbynsick: through and through...at least they could sell but they wouldn't even be jobbers today.

and i'm not even talking about new-generation..i'm talking GOLDEN era...Dolph zigger would be SAVAGE back then...

the top tier workers (savage, the rockers, bret hart, rick rude, the brain busters, perfect, blue blazer) were super legit but below that...wtf
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nikkas hating on the sheepherders?

Hands of stone nwa champ ronnie garvin and masked superstar?
 
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