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Post by markyhitch on Apr 4, 2009 9:19:45 GMT -5
I once had Danny Doring handing Buddy Rogers his arse on a plate in a series of matches. I think it was because Rogers has an "into the ropes" on level 2 and Doring has a ropes rating of A and kept countering it.
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Post by lastmanstanding on Apr 4, 2009 16:43:20 GMT -5
....just a quick note ....snuka won his rematch and squashed virgil ....crisis over
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Post by talison on Apr 6, 2009 0:00:16 GMT -5
I had Koko B. Ware once beat Buddy Rogers for the World Title. My champions always have rematch clauses and Rogers got it back imediately.
There was no title involved but once when Inoki was feuding with DiBiase Virgil beat him rather quickly in what was supposed to be a warm up for Inoki.
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Post by canadianpittbull on Apr 6, 2009 7:21:35 GMT -5
True but Ready to Rumble is a classic! It really is the No Holds Barred of its time. We need another movie like those to come around this generation. I love The Wrestler, but we need a quirky, off the wall movie like Ready To Rumble or No Holds Barred. Another movie I really enjoyed that was a wrestling flick was called GRUNT: The Movie from 1985 with Exotic Adrian Street and Miss Linda and there were a handful of others. Would love to see that again. And on topic I don't think I have ever had unwanted champions. I just take it where the dice lead me. If someone I would not ordinarily see holding a title for a lengthy amount of time or ever get the title I rationalize it that the company brass felt they would give the guy/gal a chance to prove themselves or a run with the title. Maybe the fans really like the said wrestler. So for me I roll with the punches and it only makes my feds history that much more colourful.
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Apr 6, 2009 10:06:40 GMT -5
It really is the No Holds Barred of its time. We need another movie like those to come around this generation. I love The Wrestler, but we need a quirky, off the wall movie like Ready To Rumble or No Holds Barred. Another movie I really enjoyed that was a wrestling flick was called GRUNT: The Movie from 1985 with Exotic Adrian Street and Miss Linda and there were a handful of others. Would love to see that again. And on topic I don't think I have ever had unwanted champions. I just take it where the dice lead me. If someone I would not ordinarily see holding a title for a lengthy amount of time or ever get the title I rationalize it that the company brass felt they would give the guy/gal a chance to prove themselves or a run with the title. Maybe the fans really like the said wrestler. So for me I roll with the punches and it only makes my feds history that much more colourful. If we are going to mention GRUNT!, then we have to also talk about I Like To Hurt People. While neither are as campy and fun as Body Slam, all are really good times, especially when you are watching with fellow old school wrestling fans. I have never had an unwanted champion thus far. I mean, Chris Hero won the TV title in the CCW and even though I can't stand Hero, he is a worthy champion. I have had matches end way too fast for titles and then had to come up with some reason, but that's just part of booking. (Danielson downed Wagner in like 5 moves, so I used the "fact" that Wagner hurt his shoulder and had to quit to the Cattle Mutilation. Thus I am hold Wagner out for a while to show that it was a "real" injury.)
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Post by Vegas on Apr 6, 2009 11:32:51 GMT -5
I was just looking over my fed's title histories and I've never actually had an unwanted champion in my LOW fed major league Wrestling (MLW). I think that is partly due to the fact that most of my title matches take place at PPVs where I don't book guys like Koko B. Ware and Virgil in the main event (or often on the card at all).
I did once however have one very unusual champion, however, and that was when Playboy Buddy Rose won my tournament finals last summer to become my first Cruiserweight Champion. At the time, I needed one more cruiserweight on my RAW brand to fill up the torurnament. So I let Rose enter it based on his famous claim to weigh much less that the 271 lbs listed as his weight on his card.
One thing that turned out helping Rose I found out was that the better cruiserweights like Tiger Mask and Jushin Liger were at a disadvantage against him because, since Rose isn't an actual cruiserweight, Liger and Tiger Mask couldn't use their better cruiserwight stats in matches against Rose.
But I wouldn't call Playboy Buddy Rose being an "unwanted champion" because it actually turned out to be alot of fun for a storyline during his reign.
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Post by jasonjaconetti on Apr 8, 2009 19:57:22 GMT -5
I was just looking over my fed's title histories and I've never actually had an unwanted champion in my LOW fed major league Wrestling (MLW). I think that is partly due to the fact that most of my title matches take place at PPVs where I don't book guys like Koko B. Ware and Virgil in the main event (or often on the card at all). I did once however have one very unusual champion, however, and that was when Playboy Buddy Rose won my tournament finals last summer to become my first Cruiserweight Champion. At the time, I needed one more cruiserweight on my RAW brand to fill up the torurnament. So I let Rose enter it based on his famous claim to weigh much less that the 271 lbs listed as his weight on his card. One thing that turned out helping Rose I found out was that the better cruiserweights like Tiger Mask and Jushin Liger were at a disadvantage against him because, since Rose isn't an actual cruiserweight, Liger and Tiger Mask couldn't use their better cruiserwight stats in matches against Rose. But I wouldn't call Playboy Buddy Rose being an "unwanted champion" because it actually turned out to be alot of fun for a storyline during his reign. Thank God for the Blow Away Diet!
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Post by markyhitch on Apr 9, 2009 7:01:44 GMT -5
Nine years ago I went on holiday on the North Yorkshire coast. The caravan I stayed in had a VCR and a few tapes. One of the tapes was a film called "Body Slam" starring Dirk Benedict. He was managing a team consisting of Rowdy Roddy Piper and the Tonga Kid. There were cameos from a few wrestlers (Ric Flair was one) and I actually enjoyed it.
Anyone else seen it?
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