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Re: “On the Marc” WWF: In Your House 12 “It’s Time” Review

ZEE — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:46:51 -0000

I was at this show

Re: "On the Marc” WrestleMania 13 Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:14:40 -0000

Well, Mero vs. Rocky would've been a great WrestleMania showdown instead of having to defend it against the Sultan.

Re: “On the Marc” WWF: In Your House 3 Review

chainsawhandz — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:47:37 -0000

That Lafitte/Hart match was definitely a good one. I had to check a few review sites to make sure I wasn't crazy! Glad to see you agree.

Re: 1997, the WWF's Best Year… Ever: "Bret Hart and How the Worm Turned"

Ram Sam — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:03:22 -0000

AMAZING ARTICLE.... sheer Nostalgia.... those were the starting days of the INTERNET and suddenly after Survivor Series, my cousins and I tune into RAW and see Vince claim "BRET SCREWED BRET"....we never truly understood what had transpired but in retrospect, 1997 was the happening year for the WWE... It is good to see Stone Cold mention Bret as his favorite opponent ion most of his interviews of late... BRET made STONE COLD a legitimate SUPERSTAR....

THANKS 4 d article.... Itz amazing to go back in time to re-live those monday nights thru ur words...

Cheers,
BHARAT

Re: “On the Marc” Survivor Series 1995 Review

RAWisROLLIE — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 17:29:06 -0000

Just watched the Main Event on a Bret Hart DVD. The commentators (McMahon, Ross, and Hennig) spoke positively of Bret early in the match, but really bury him in favor of Diesel as time goes on. I think I remember reading that in Bret's book, and it's definitely true.

Re: “On the Marc” 05/26/2013 WWE Superstars Review

Mask☆DeMasque — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:00:18 -0000

The first match was part of the Total Divas reality. After watching the show, that match became so much more interesting.

Re: “On the Marc” Summerslam ’91 Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:41:22 -0000

I would've also settled for even Hogan, Warrior, & Sid vs. Jake, Taker, & Slaughter, and you could still have the same finish of Hogan pinning Slaughter, thus protecting both Jake and Taker to build them up for their feuds with Savage and Hogan.

Re: “On the Marc” 1992 Royal Rumble Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:21:04 -0000

On a side note, I would like to point out that Jamison is played by some New York comedian named John DiGiacomo, and is meant to be a parody of us, the fans of the WWF. Jamison, who is a huge mark for all the babyfaces on the roster, first debuted on the Bobby Heenan Show in 1989, before becoming a re-occuring character on Prime Time Wrestling throughout 1991.

After this PPV, Jamison made one more appearance on the February 16th 1992 episode of Wrestling Challenge where Sid smashed up Brutus Beefcake's Barber Shop before disappearing for good.

However, Vince would revisit the idea of huge marks again in late 1994/early 1995 with Charlie Minn, an Asian reporter, and in late 1996/early 1997 with George and Adam, two dorks who appeared at the 1997 Slammy Awards, wetting themselves when The Undertaker showed up to claim his Best Tattoo's Award.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania VIII Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 04:55:25 -0000

Another thing I really need to bring up is the colossal failure that is the World Bodybuilding Federation. Vince McMahon has always had a thing for grotesquely huge muscular oily men in speedo's. It's no small wonder why every wrestler at their peak in the WWF was also at their most largest and most ripped, physique-wise.

In the bodybuilding world, the International Federation of BodyBuilders has been king since 1946. Vince booked an exhibition booth at the IFBB's Mr. Olympia contest held on September 15th 1990 in Chicago under the guise of simply promoting a new bodybuilding magazine called "Bodybuilding Lifestyles". But then, Vince opened the Trojan Horse by underhandedly distributing flyers for his own new federation called the WBF.

So, in a whirlwind of hype, flaunting money, pay-offs, and VIP treatments, Vince unveiled 13 previously established IFBB contestants, Aaron Baker, Mike Christian, Vince Comerford, David Dearth, Berry DeMey, Johnnie Morant, Danny Padilla, Tony Pearson, Jim Quinn, Mike Quinn, Eddie Robinson, Gary Strydom (who became the WBF's version of Hulk Hogan), and Troy Zuccolotto, at the WBF's unveiling on January 30th 1991 in New York's Plaza Hotel.

Between the magazine, the weekly TV show called WBF BodyStars on USA Network, and cross-promoting on WWF Superstars, all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle fell into place. The two WBF Championships would be held at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 15th 1991, and the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California on June 13th 1992.

Now, here's where it all goes downhill:

First off, Vince hyped Lou Ferrigno as the #1 contender to Gary Strydom's WBF Championship for the June 1992 contest, but as the appearance date approached, Vince and Ferrigno couldn't reach a final agreement and the appearance was scrapped.

Second, the steroid scandal had showed its ugly face in the WWF in 1991, where Vince admitted to experimenting with steroids at a time where the WBF was promoted as being "drug-free", which obviously the bodybuilers weren't. Then the sex scandal hit the WWF in 1992, so there was a lot of things happening at the same time. Maybe Gary Strydom shouldn't have won the contests over some of the other competitors.

Third and finally, more importantly, at its core, the contests themselves were awful! Critics panned Vince for gimmicking the contestants, giving them characters WWF style, which is also one of the main detractions of the XFL as well. So, fans of bodybuilding just wanted a pure sport, but Vince wanted to give them sports entertainment. As a result, trying to please both wrestling fans and bodybuilding fans flat-out failed.

On July 15th 1992, after a year and a half, two failed contests, and losing $15 million, Vince called it quits on bodybuilding, and those 13 athletes were allowed to return to the IFBB the next year after being fined 10% of their WBF wages, because they left to go join that ruthless businessman in Conneticut.

While those same 13 athletes did sell out to Vince, the rest of the IFBB roster just said about the WBF, "Stay away from this. This is obviously a short term gain, long time you're fucked!" So, the magazine stops and the BodyStars TV show gets cancelled, but you could still see the remnants of Vince investing in bodybuilding supplements called the Integrated Conditioning Program aka "ICOPRO" (with its awesome slogan "You've Gotta Want It!"), which Vince would continue to pimp on WWF TV and PPV from mid 1992 to mid 1995.

Re: “On the Marc” 07/15/2013 Monday Night Raw Review

Marc Elusive — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:55:23 -0000

The six man stables seem to be the wave f the future in WWE. I hope they keep this stable small, three members. I think they are just trying to manipulate Kane. Watching them on NXT for the last few months, Bray is awesome on the mic and will be quite entertaining.

Re: “On the Marc” 07/15/2013 Monday Night Raw Review

Lee Phillimore — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:28:37 -0000

Great review. What do you reckon is next for the Wyatt Family? Will they go the way of the Straight Edge Society and recruit more members (I.e. Kane), or just continue to terrorise the mid/lower card like the Shield did?

Re: “On the Marc” 1993 Royal Rumble Review

Marc Elusive — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:18:12 -0000

I lawys thought that the Narcissist was a much better fitted gimmick for Luger.

Jannetty squandered so many opportunities to get pushed I wonder how many titles Jake Roberts may have won if he were able to keep clean?

Re: “On the Marc” Summerslam ’91 Review

Marc Elusive — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:54:04 -0000

I remember that feud. It's a shame they didn't capitalize on it and just had Taker and Jake harass Macho Man at his wedding. A Warrior/Snake match would have been fun to see.

Re: “On the Marc” Summerslam ’91 Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:34:44 -0000

I've gotta point out another thing, and that's the WWF's hottest feud of the summer of 1991: The Ultimate Warrior vs. The Undertaker.

After WrestleMania 7, The Ultimate Warrior was a guest on Paul Bearer's talk show segment called "The Funeral Parlor", on the April 13th episode of Superstars, where The Undertaker attacked Warrior and locked him in an air-tight casket to die. Several road agents and referees struggled to break open the impromptu tomb, and when they finally did, Earl Hebner successfully applied CPR on Warrior, who came back a changed man, and thus began a very popular house show feud between Warrior and Taker, which sold many tickets.

Three months later, on the July 27th episode of Superstars, Jake Roberts came on the Funeral Parlor and told Bearer that he would help train Warrior with the secrets of the dark side in order to defeat Taker. Jake asked Warrior to "trust" him, he accepted, and we were treated to three trials Jake had set up for Warrior.

The first trial involved Warrior having to lay still in a sealed casket, returning like a dead man, his eyes serene and empty.

For the second trial, Warrior dug up a grave in a cemetery, found a skull, and spent the night being buried up to his neck to stare at the skull until morning.

The final trial required Warrior to go into a little snake pit and ask the cobra Lucifer about his fate. Warrior reluctantly opened up a little casket ornament on a pedestal, and a cobra appeared, striking and biting Warrior, who struggled and knocked down the door trying to escape! As the venom spread through his veins, Warrior passed out, but not before he saw Taker and Bearer staring above him, and Jake laughing. The Warrior was a fool to trust a snake after all!

So, as a result, Jake Roberts had officially turned heel by siding with The Undertaker and Paul Bearer. Sadly, this feud was never mentioned on this PPV.

Re: “On the Marc” Summerslam ’92 Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:35:30 -0000

On a side note, on the British broadcast, in between Disasters vs. Beverlies and Savage vs. Warrior, Sky Sports took a small break so Richard Keys and Andy "The Shitebag" Gray could talk about the footy match between Norwich and Nottingham Forest, which isn't so bad until you found out that they cut out Repo vs. Crush from the Sky Sports broadcast of the pay-per-view.

Re: “On the Marc” 1992 Royal Rumble Review

Marc Elusive — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:15:45 -0000

I for some reason always loved Sid. I guess I liked his psycho character. His matches were never five stars but I LOVED his promos. Also some of the MVPs of this PPV was Bobby Heenan and Gorilla Monsoon, perhaps putting on their best commentary of both of their careers. They were both ON on this night.

Re: “On the Marc” Survivor Series 2001 Review

Marc Elusive — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:54:34 -0000

The WCW InVasion/Alliance angle was probably the biggest fantasy rebooked angle in WWE history. They had some great ideas but they all fell flat or were not allowed to get over.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania XII Review

Marc Elusive — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 08:35:29 -0000

This ‘Mania did a good job of making all of the matches seem important; especially the main event.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania XI Review

Marc Elusive — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:14:36 -0000

I would want Luger/Tatanka in the cage. The match probably would have sucked but at least felt like a WrestleMania worthy match.

Re: “On the Marc” 05/03/2013 Friday Night SmackDown Review

Marc Elusive — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 02:07:02 -0000

When I heard about the match on the web I thought this was going to be a ridiculous match but I felt it was just a good Ryback dominant win.

Re: “On the Marc” 05/03/2013 Friday Night SmackDown Review

Mask☆DeMasque — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:43:32 -0000

Oh, c'mon, Ryback-Bryan match was great! Best match i've seen of Ryback so far.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania IX Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:26:48 -0000

Also, the second Doink who helped the original Doink clobber Crush was played by Steve Keirn, aka Skinner.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania XII Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:10:46 -0000

This was a very big step in the right direction for Vince, as he took the focus off of the celebrities and pushed the show based on wrestling.

The undercard may only feature fourteen guys, but no-one of circumstance was left off this show, as most of Vince’s roster was depleted, and in the process of being rebuilt over the next month or two.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania XIX Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 06:04:40 -0000

Well, you can watch Morley & Storm vs. RVD & Kane on WWE's YouTube account.

Re: “On the Marc” WrestleMania VII Review

Deepthroat Ghoul — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:03:46 -0000

Dino Bravo also wrestled at the 1992 UK Rampage (which took place two weeks after WrestleMania 8) in a tag match with Iron Sheik against the Legion of Doom.