A smattering of random questions, since I forgot yesterday:
1. Who is your favorite wrestler?
2. What's your feeling on Mexican mini-estrellas?
3. How significant was Ron Simmons being the first black man to win the WCW World Championship?
4. Best and worst WrestleMania main events of all-time?
5. Is the original ECW historically overrated?
1. It can change by the day. Right now it's Punk.
ReplyDelete2. Impressive and entertaining.
3. Hard to say. I think it had a modest amount of significance.
4. Best = Austin vs. Rock at WM 17; Worst = Hogan vs. Bundy
5. I think the quality is a little bit, but the impact of the promotion isn't. The E wouldn't cling to the name if it was.
1. Chris Jericho. Punk's a close second. Michaels is a distant third, and Matt Hardy is behind him.
ReplyDelete2. Sure, but treat it legit if you're gonna do it.
3. It's one of those things I look back and go "Really? Ron Simmons? Him?" cause I don't expect HIM to have been the first black champ. But I didn't grow up with the race issue as prevalent, I wasn't even watching wrestling back then.
4. Hart/Michaels WM 12. Other than that, you could make a case for Savage/Dibease and Rock/Austin.
5. No. It's not. I love it as much as I loved Dragon Gate. 'spc live.
1. My favorite wrestler currently and it changes with wind is Kota Ibushi. When I get older, it is hard to find guys who can still amaze me with what they can do, and he can. He also can do wacky and entertainment really well.
ReplyDelete2. There was this long time after Konnan/WCW raided the AAA and the company went into the gutter that the minis were the highlight of the show, week in and week out. The talented ones can do amazing things and the kids love them so I'm all for them.
3. I think that if Ron Simmons didn't break the color barrier in WCW, the Rock's quest for his first WWF World Heavyweight title and the whole character would have taken a whole different tone and he wouldn't have been able to trascend race like he did.
4. Warrior vs. Hogan was amazing, both in that it was a miracle of a match and that Canadian crowd was so red hot for it. Worst WM main event... I'd go Triple H vs. Orton from this year but Bundy vs. Hogan at WM2 is a close second for me.
5. The original ECW, before it went to TNN, was a tremdous show. You had so many guys in that company that went on to be Hall of Famers elsewhere, you have original music, wild brawling, and this crowd where if you were in the audience with, was amazing to be a part of. ECW wasn't the same to me after it started up on PPV however and was a shell of its former self on TNN, but the MSG years I'd still recommend people tracking down complete shows for.