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The Utility Man
02/03/17 12:30:51 PM
#236
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 9:50:17 PM
#208
Lopen posted...
That was mostly the Rumble I was thinking about when I said to TUM "I don't remember these Attitude Era Rumbles fondly aside from 1997"


Well most of the people I've known that were really into wrestling were either big Austin fans or big Rock fans, and all they cared about was seeing them win, so they liked the Attitude Era Rumbles.

Now, I've already mentioned I didn't like Austin for his first few years, and I really didn't like The Rock for a while either.
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 9:13:23 PM
#200
ExThaNemesis posted...
He didn't tap out


Yea, we cleared that up already.

I don't get what's so great about early years Austin.

He talks trash, gets beat, talks trash, gets beat. Then they give him a major push just because he's something new and different and that's what the viewers are all about at that time. A few years into his WWF career he started to become pretty entertaining, but early on he was like an annoying version of Vegeta.
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 3:12:18 PM
#183
Jakyl25 posted...
The Utility Man posted...
LeonhartFone posted...
The thing that bugged me about the I Quit match is that it turned Austin into the face and Bret into the heel of the feud.


So much this. How does the guy who gave up, losing fairly I might add, come out of that like he was the winner, and vice versa?

He tapped out, he has no right to trash talk Bret after that. He lost. This is the kind of thing heels usually do.


He didn't tap. He passed out. That's the whole point. His body quit before his will to keep fighting did.


I guess I had forgotten about that. Still, the big role reversal there after the match is annoying.
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 9:24:17 AM
#159
LeonhartFone posted...
The thing that bugged me about the I Quit match is that it turned Austin into the face and Bret into the heel of the feud.


So much this. How does the guy who gave up, losing fairly I might add, come out of that like he was the winner, and vice versa?

He tapped out, he has no right to trash talk Bret after that. He lost. This is the kind of thing heels usually do.
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01/31/17 9:11:26 AM
#156
Lopen posted...
The Patriot


I barely even remember him...

Lopen posted...
Also Shawn to a lesser extent-- particularly after the stupid finish to the Ironman Match.


Well, that one is difficult for me. I'm a fan of Shawn's too but I will admit I think the way that match ended wasn't really fair.
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 9:05:25 AM
#154
Jakyl25 posted...
I kayfabe-hated Austin so much after that feud with Bret that I sided with Vince against him.

Because that's logical.


I actually did the same thing lol
It took years for me to stop hating Austin's character. Even then, I'm still not a big fan, but I can enjoy some of the things he's done at least.
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The Utility Man
01/31/17 8:54:00 AM
#152
Lopen posted...
I really liked 1996-1997 Austin. His feud with Bret was amazing.


This didn't really help my dislike of Austin because I was on Bret's side that entire fued. I felt really bad for Bret because he was getting screwed time and time again and then here comes this annoying ass drunkard spewing bs that hasn't had to deal with what Bret was going through. Then to top it off, gets beat by Bret in a submission match at Wrestlemania 13 and then plays it off like it's nothing. Then of course the WWF starts to give him a major push, and they decided to turn Bret into a semi bad guy.

I flat out hated Austin's character in the early years.
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The Utility Man
01/30/17 11:55:01 PM
#142
Lopen posted...
and Mick Foley cheesing with 3 entries (this would've been hilarious if Dude Love won)


That's pretty much the ONLY thing I liked about the actual Rumble itself, and yes he really should have won after that.

i'm glad to see you put 98 in last, however I would have put 97 down there as well. It probably helps because I really didn't like Austin during his early years. I couldn't stand him really.
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The Utility Man
01/30/17 5:44:40 PM
#129
Then I'm definitely interested in seeing your take on the next 5 or so.
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The Utility Man
01/30/17 5:34:59 PM
#127
Meh, I really REALLY don't like the 97 Rumble. Like I said though, most people I know like it and the next few rumbles and I really do not.
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The Utility Man
01/29/17 5:08:41 PM
#105
I'd say keep going with 1997 and just do 2017 when you get to it.
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The Utility Man
01/28/17 10:42:11 PM
#83
95 Royal Rumble is definitely one of the weakest actual Rumbles i've seen. I've seen all the ones from 88 - 2003 and a few others here and there. Although to be fair, I wasn't really a fan of some of the attitude era Rumbles and I think people usually like those.
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The Utility Man
01/27/17 6:28:30 AM
#32
Lopen posted...
Yeah it kinda blows the mind that this is not only the case, but is CONSISTENTLY the case. Every one of these Rumbles aside from 1991, where he was never in any real peril, he's been a dick. In 1989 and 1992 he's a sore loser and tries to eliminate the guy who eliminated him. In 1989 and 1990 he "inadvertently" eliminates his allies Savage and Warrior as they're fighting guys when they'd saved him when he was fighting guys. In 1990 Ventura points this out and is completely right at that as he eliminates Warrior and it's like... it kinda really makes you appreciate Hogan more.

Hell you can see it just how his moveset involves eye rakes and back rakes. So much subtlety to Hogan, man-- they don't make em like that anymore.


I've always liked Hogan, even though it's always fun to hate on Hogan as well. However, I gotta say knowing as much about the behind the scenes stuff as I do now, it's hard to imagine that his actions during those Rumbles were scripted and that wasn't just his real nature coming out.
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The Utility Man
01/26/17 10:31:06 PM
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BUT Hogan is a sore loser and a dick, so he tries to pull Sid out from the outside as Sid taunts him


I don't know why this made me laugh. I've been watching Wrestling since the first Wrestlemania, I know exactly what Hogan is like, and I knew exactly how this Rumble played out, but for some reason it caught me off guard.
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