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Just watched the Smackdown segment that featured him and it looks like The Rock has lost a lot of bulk. Makes sense given how in the past he said it would be too hard to wrestle and still remain as big as he was. Dude is looking old now though. 

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  On 2/5/2024 at 6:18 PM, Hero-of-Time said:

Just watched the Smackdown segment that featured him and it looks like The Rock has lost a lot of bulk. Makes sense given how in the past he said it would be too hard to wrestle and still remain as big as he was. Dude is looking old now though. 

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When fifty one years old *you* reach, look as good *you* will not, hmm?

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What a difference a week makes.

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This really is the best time of the year for wrestling, but this is just extra spicy this year.

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  On 2/28/2024 at 9:55 PM, Happenstance said:

Been watching a few old wrestling clips on YouTube this evening and it's got me full of nostalgia. Kind of tempted to sub to the Network for a bit and rewatch the attitude era in it's entirety.

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Funny enough I've been doing the same but for the late 80's/early 90's era of WWF. I subscribed to the Network and have been watching through episodes of Prime Time Wrestling from 1989 and it's fantastic. One of my favorite moments I've caught so far, is Roddy Piper in one studio screaming at Rick Rude in another studio via a video feed. They threaten each other so much they decide to meet up, but end up going to each others location at the same time: (should be timestamped at 22 minutes in)

 

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  On 2/29/2024 at 8:55 PM, BowserBasher said:

They did these again for the last WrestleMania that was in Hollywood, I didn't find them as great as these ones though. They weren't bad just didn't seem to have the same spark as these. 

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I haven't watched it properly in years and so I never knew this. I'll have to take a look.

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I know it's been said time and time again but I really hate the amount of blurring on old WWF stuff. Tried out Showcase mode this morning on WWE 2K24 and along with any mention of WWF on belts and turnbuckles etc (which I thought the requirement for ended years ago after a deal was made with fake WWF?) but we've now also got Howard Finkel and Mean Gene blurred (Hebner I get). It's so distracting.

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  On 3/5/2024 at 11:41 AM, Happenstance said:

I know it's been said time and time again but I really hate the amount of blurring on old WWF stuff. Tried out Showcase mode this morning on WWE 2K24 and along with any mention of WWF on belts and turnbuckles etc (which I thought the requirement for ended years ago after a deal was made with fake WWF?) but we've now also got Howard Finkel and Mean Gene blurred (Hebner I get). It's so distracting.

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Why are they blurred out? Were they part of some scandal or something?

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  On 3/5/2024 at 12:25 PM, Hero-of-Time said:

Why are they blurred out? Were they part of some scandal or something?

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Hebner was with him getting fired for selling merch separately from his car. I'm assuming Mean Gene and Finkel are license rights issues with both guys having passed away.

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  On 3/5/2024 at 12:27 PM, Happenstance said:

Hebner was with him getting fired for selling merch separately from his car. I'm assuming Mean Gene and Finkel are license rights issues with both guys having passed away.

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Yeah, I knew about Hebner but thought I had missed something with the other two.

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Just sat and watched The Rock v Hogan. Forgot how back and forth the crowd were during that match. Moves that were used were garbage (Hogan was never great in the Ring) but the crowd made the match come alive 

Official WWE YouTube video are garbage. There's an advert every 2 mins.

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  On 3/5/2024 at 5:29 PM, Hero-of-Time said:

Just sat and watched The Rock v Hogan. Forgot how back and forth the crowd were during that match. Moves that were used were garbage (Hogan was never great in the Ring) but the crowd made the match come alive 

Official WWE YouTube video are garbage. There's an advert every 2 mins.

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That's a great example of the wrestlers being able to shift a match on the fly, especially the Rock (I think even Hogan tells this story) where they realise the crowd are cheering more for Hogan so the Rock effortlessly starts working more heel behaviour in.

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All this wrestling gaming and ppv watching has put me in the mood for a new wrasslin book. I was originally gonna get Bobby Heenan's book but it doesn't seem to have had an ebook release and physical copies seem a bit expensive so I went with the Titan series (Titan Sinking, Titan Shattered and Titan Screwed) which cover between 95 and 98 in the WWF. 

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  On 3/5/2024 at 9:03 PM, Happenstance said:

All this wrestling gaming and ppv watching has put me in the mood for a new wrasslin book. I was originally gonna get Bobby Heenan's book but it doesn't seem to have had an ebook release and physical copies seem a bit expensive so I went with the Titan series (Titan Sinking, Titan Shattered and Titan Screwed) which cover between 95 and 98 in the WWF. 

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Have you read Jim Ross' book? Apparently that's a good read. He has a new one out in May as well.

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  On 3/6/2024 at 7:28 AM, Hero-of-Time said:

Have you read Jim Ross' book? Apparently that's a good read. He has a new one out in May as well.

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I'd forgotten about that one actually. Had it on my wishlist for ages hoping it would get a 99p sale on kindle. Might get it when I'm done with these Titan books.

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I really enjoyed the main event of night 2 of Wrestlemania. Its the first time I've watched a WWE PPV in about a decade and I was really impressed

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