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SummerSlam '05 was the first time I remember a vocal portion of the audience booing Cena.
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He is still very missed. I still occasionally think of how great it'd be to hear him and Gorilla comment on the current events of rasslin.
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@BruiserBrody : HOW WAS THIS NOT NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY?
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I'm 99.9 percent sure watching that movie is how I learned Owen died, as our local NBC news teaser was about "a wrestler dying in the ring at tonight's WWF event...."
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The guy who played Jesse got an ER cameo playing a wrestler out of it too IIRC.
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100% sure on my end.
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Also I'm p. sure @BruiserBrody would've used Jesse Ventura in a cheesehead foam hat as his profile picture by now if that actually ever happened!
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17 years ago today, former WWE Champion, Eddie Guerrero passed away at the age of 38. It was one of the saddest days in the history of our great sport.
RIP: Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005). We miss you, Eddie.
RIP: Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005). We miss you, Eddie.
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I have no idea on whether or not he was supposed to become the World Heavyweight Champion. But I think that Dave Meltzer might know something about that, if anyone.
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I've heard he was supposed to face Shawn Michaels at WM22. But I suppose it's not impossible that he could have won and lost the belt in between
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I think Batista Vs Orion was the original plan for the main event of WrestleMania 22. Which is not to say that Eddie wouldn’t have held the big belt again at some point between November of ‘05 and April ‘06.
In fact, didn’t Bruce Prichard confirm the rumor that Eddie was supposed to win it the night that he died? It seems odd cause I could probably count the number of World Title changes on free TV in the ‘00s on one hand and maybe have a few fingers leftover.
In fact, didn’t Bruce Prichard confirm the rumor that Eddie was supposed to win it the night that he died? It seems odd cause I could probably count the number of World Title changes on free TV in the ‘00s on one hand and maybe have a few fingers leftover.
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IIRC, Eddy didn't want to be on top again, as the stress and demands of being THE GUY were threats to his sobriety.
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That involves believing what Bruce says any given week.
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Wait- I always thought Angle's babyface turn in '06 was a panic move after Batista got injured.
Not sure but Meltz has said Rey was supposed to get screwed out of his Rumble win and the title match was supposed to be Angle v Orton at Mania.
But that was all after Eddie's death so not sure what the direction was before then
But that was all after Eddie's death so not sure what the direction was before then
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This is always what I thought and what was common sense, but the story became about how he would've won the belt back that night and how that sounds much more dramatic than probably eating the fall in the threeway.
I was DOWN for Eddie/Shawn, too. I couldn't wait and it was absolutely the natural direction for the both of them.
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WrestleMania 22 is one of the oddest Manias ever. Obviously, it was snakebitten by injury (and death, I guess, in one case) so that cast a shadow over the show. Plus the fact that it was the last WM in an arena before they made the permanent move to stadiums makes me think they were move willing to make risks.
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They should run a smaller arena one day. I don't care if they jack up the prices or whatever (I'm not going so I can say this), but the stadiums lack the same kind of crowd energy. I remember the Cena/HHH response better than anything in that match.
At least we got Trish/Mickie and Edge/Foley.
At least we got Trish/Mickie and Edge/Foley.
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Triple H seems like enough of a traditionalist to entertain the idea of WrestleMania XL in Madison Square Garden.
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Yeah, you're right. Maybe they'll do XXXIX in MSG. Wasn't Triple H one of those guys interviewed in the WrestleMania doc from 10ish years ago who said he preferred arenas? Even if he gave the standard "I like to wrestle in the most fans." answer, you know he's enough of an old school guy to know that arenas are better.
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I suspect there's a point where business backslides enough to where running an arena is more palatable. And it really doesn't take much. If the demand is for 35,000 fans, promoters would rather do an arena and artificially inflate demand rather than try and sell a 70,000 seat stadium.
Side rant. Taylor Swift is running THREE shows at Lincoln Financial Field next year. For as much as people complain about the economy entertainers sure aren't having a problem selling tickets right now.
Side rant. Taylor Swift is running THREE shows at Lincoln Financial Field next year. For as much as people complain about the economy entertainers sure aren't having a problem selling tickets right now.
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