The Attitude Era Thread Vol 1

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

At his time of death, wasn't he angling for a WWF comeback? I know the last six months or so of his WCW run, they were just using him for those weird DirecTV only interstitals.

I know things were bad enough between him and WCW at the end that one of Rude's siblings asked Eric Bischoff to leave when he showed up to Rude's memorial service.

 

[Fall of Epic]

Yeah, Hennig cut some promo on TV right after Rude died where he shat on those "guys in Atlanta who Rick made a lot of money for that didn't go to his funeral"

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

That was that same DirecTV only show that Rude co-hosted before his death! Even WCW wasn't that incompetent at that point to have their talent openly shitting on the product on one of their canonical shows.

That wouldn't happen until Russo took over creative.

 

[Valeyard]

Rude was probably not as fucked up as people thought in 1997. Still bad but not the crippled mess. Wanted to make that first bump mean something, otherwise he would've done it in ECW

 

[mr. piggy]

At his time of death, wasn't he angling for a WWF comeback? I know the last six months or so of his WCW run, they were just using him for those weird DirecTV only interstitals.

I know things were bad enough between him and WCW at the end that one of Rude's siblings asked Eric Bischoff to leave when he showed up to Rude's memorial ser.

At his time of death, wasn't he angling for a WWF comeback? I know the last six months or so of his WCW run, they were just using him for those weird DirecTV only interstitals.

I know things were bad enough between him and WCW at the end that one of Rude's siblings asked Eric Bischoff to leave when he showed up to Rude's memorial service.

Bischoff said that the heat was because he would not pay for something like 400k to pay out Loyds of London so Rude could wrestle.

 

[Valeyard]

Rude/Foley would've been a perfect combination. Total opposites and since they were tight Foley would've killed himself to keep Rude from bumping too much.

Rude being around then is just so strange to think about.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1577696563626926082

I learned of it watching Scramblevison at my cousins after a vigorous afternoon of playing N64.

 

[Valeyard]

Some top-tier Vince in his handling, too.

 

[Fall of Epic]

I didn't see Badd Blood but my friend was recapping it for me in the schoolyard the next morning:

Me: "Who won between Dude Love and Brian Pillman?"
Friend: "Oh, the match didn't happen. Brian died"
Me: "WHAT?"

 

[alkeiper]

Me: "Who won between Dude Love and Brian Pillman?"
Friend: "Oh, the match didn't happen. Brian died"
Me: "WHAT?" So Dude Love then

Fixed it

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Vince interviewing Melanie the night after IYH: Badd Blood really is an inexplicably horrible and low point in WWF history. What the hell was VKM hoping to accomplish there?

 

[Valeyard]

Ratings. At least she was every bit as shitty.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579574647787769857

LOL at Bischoff’s line about WWF resorting to people simulating oral sex on transvestites lining up with a shot of The Undertaker tombstoning Kane.

Also I’m surprised that Vince was still using the line where he dismissed Dubya Cee Dubya as Southern rasslin in ‘99.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579917282025013249

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580122891714441216

Oh Good...more Montreal talk

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

This isn't the Bad Retired Wrestler Takes thread.

I'll always love and respect Jake The Snake but GOOD GOD, any time I listen or read a modern interview from him, it's just an invitation for me to be annoyed.

The 25th Anniversary of the Montreal Screwjob is in a few weeks so I'm sad to say that's probably not the last crappy take we're gonna see about

 

[Valeyard]

I don't give a fuck about Monteal and don't think I have since 2000ish. Its continued captivation is totally beyond me aside from being seen as basically the end of Bret's passion. It just isn't as interesting as people continue to think it is at this point.

Jake is awesome but I don't want to hear him talk about anything after his last WWF run, and even then I love that he'll try to work me anyway.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580540461114044416

 

[Valeyard]

Controversial opinion: that sell was better than the flip one he'd adopt in a couple years.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580532653282893826

Damn quite the RAW a quarter century ago.

 

[strummer]

Saw that earlier. Never realized or just forgot DX and NAO officially formed on the same show

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Who thought “This is a likable duo to be the faces of our new show?”

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1584008104718454784

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1584336092819431425

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1585011891876679680

This is the most 2001 photo ever.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1586017838984495104

 

[Valeyard]

Well, yeah. I thought this was obvious as early as 2002. Dude can't stand upright, can't bend down to put on his socks, and blinks really erratically. It's amazing he isn't just a chowder-brain statistic.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

TIL...Chris Kreski is dead and has been dead for quite some time (died of cancer in 2005).

I guess that's why I haven't heard his name come up when people talk about who should run creative for WWE/AEW/Impact in a long while. Although I'm sure even in his current state, he'd probably do better than some people who've had the book.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1590765273543426048

Shawn and Sunny exposed on national TV.

--
I was hoping he would talk about Mancow and Backlund's shoot from that show which seems to not get spoken of much

 

[Valeyard]

That wasn't as bad as it was made out to be. I think watching it live I figured it was HHH being a dick heel anyway, so if anything it's funnier now.

I'll never forget the buildup to (I think) the Rumble where Shawn was on Livewire and pretty much straight up uncomfortably hits on Sunny during what started as a pretty babyface promo and her being very unsure how to act.