General Wrestling Thread

[pudge]

Also, you've remembered the match that decided everything wrong. While that was the Invasion team for the Alliance, everyone's fate was decided at Survivor Series, where they had a team of RVD (Fair enough), Booker T (Again, fair), Angle (No affiliation whatsoever), Stone Cold (Who got buried in WCW), and Shane Mcmahon (What?).

How could they get such a fantastic opportunity wrong?

Your right mate, I do remember it all wrong, it was years ago and like I said, I stopped watching soon after.

All this wrestling talk has reminded me of the very first Wrestlemania I ever saw, Wrestlemania 7. Nothing will ever beat the thrill I felt as 'The Rockers' entrance music pounded out as they faced Haku (genuinely thought to be the hardest man ever involved in the WWF) and The Barbarian. At that moment I was hooked. Think I was about 13 at the time and I was a regular watcher of all wrestling (WWF WCW ECW) up until my mid twenties.



Out of interest, is the WWE still massively racist? Have they had a black world champ yet? WCW had Ron Symonds (became WWE non- entity, Farouq) and a young BookerT (Turned into a popular, but comedy, character by WWE). I also remember Japanese or Mexican wrestlers were always lumbered with ridiculous stereotype caricatures. Have things improved any?

Booker was World Champ in WWE, as has The Rock, as has Mark Henry, as will I suspect Big E Langston one day.

The Rock lol

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Your right mate, I do remember it all wrong, it was years ago and like I said, I stopped watching soon after.

All this wrestling talk has reminded me of the very first Wrestlemania I ever saw, Wrestlemania 7. Nothing will ever beat the thrill I felt as 'The Rockers' entrance music pounded out as they faced Haku (genuinely thought to be the hardest man ever involved in the WWF) and The Barbarian. At that moment I was hooked. Think I was about 13 at the time and I was a regular watcher of all wrestling (WWF WCW ECW) up until my mid twenties.



Out of interest, is the WWE still massively racist? Have they had a black world champ yet? WCW had Ron Symonds (became WWE non- entity, Farouq) and a young BookerT (Turned into a popular, but comedy, character by WWE). I also remember Japanese or Mexican wrestlers were always lumbered with ridiculous stereotype caricatures. Have things improved any?

Booker was World Champ in WWE, as has The Rock, as has Mark Henry, as will I suspect Big E Langston one day.

The Rock lol

on his father's side he most certainly is.

 

[pudge]

Booker was World Champ in WWE, as has The Rock, as has Mark Henry, as will I suspect Big E Langston one day.

The Rock lol

on his father's side he most certainly is.

Hes as black as he is Canadian.

Im not saying WWE is racist but there's a distinct disparity in black champions and their handling of black wrestlers.

It always makes me laugh when they celebrate black history month and plaster the same few faces on the promos and people bring up The Rock.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

The Rock lol

on his father's side he most certainly is.

Hes as black as he is Canadian.

Im not saying WWE is racist but there's a distinct disparity in black champions and their handling of black wrestlers.

It always makes me laugh when they celebrate black history month and plaster the same faces on the promos

and you're the expert because?

and I agree that they have misused non-white or non-american wrestlers, but it's as much true about black wrestlers as it is about British, in fact the only outsiders that ever get much sway are Canadians(much of a muchness) or Mexicans.

 

[pudge]

on his father's side he most certainly is.

Hes as black as he is Canadian.

Im not saying WWE is racist but there's a distinct disparity in black champions and their handling of black wrestlers.

It always makes me laugh when they celebrate black history month and plaster the same faces on the promos

and you're the expert because?

and I agree that they have misused non-white or non-american wrestlers, but it's as much true about black wrestlers as it is about British, in fact the only outsiders that ever get much sway are Canadians(much of a muchness) or Mexicans.

Im the expert because? No need to be confrontational.

Im just saying the Rock is as Canadian as he is black, using him to highlight black champions shows how tricky it is.

Simmons never one a singles belt at WWE after being the first black world champ in wrestling. Booker ia probably the most successful although thats not really saying much in a broader sense.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Hes as black as he is Canadian.

Im not saying WWE is racist but there's a distinct disparity in black champions and their handling of black wrestlers.

It always makes me laugh when they celebrate black history month and plaster the same faces on the promos

and you're the expert because?

and I agree that they have misused non-white or non-american wrestlers, but it's as much true about black wrestlers as it is about British, in fact the only outsiders that ever get much sway are Canadians(much of a muchness) or Mexicans.

Im the expert because? No need to be confrontational.

Im just saying the Rock is as Canadian as he is black, using him to highlight black champions shows how tricky it is.

I disagree.

 

[pudge]

and you're the expert because?

and I agree that they have misused non-white or non-american wrestlers, but it's as much true about black wrestlers as it is about British, in fact the only outsiders that ever get much sway are Canadians(much of a muchness) or Mexicans.

Im the expert because? No need to be confrontational.

Im just saying the Rock is as Canadian as he is black, using him to highlight black champions shows how tricky it is.

I disagree.

What part do you disagree with lol

I can assure he's a canuck on some level

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Im the expert because? No need to be confrontational.

Im just saying the Rock is as Canadian as he is black, using him to highlight black champions shows how tricky it is.

I disagree.

What part do you disagree with lol

I can assure he's a canuck on some level

He's more black than he is Canadian.

Can't believe we're having this discussion.

 

[pudge]

I disagree.

What part do you disagree with lol

I can assure he's a canuck on some level

He's more black than he is Canadian.

Can't believe we're having this discussion.

How?

Hes black on his dad's side only.

His Dad is Canadian.

The Rock is not considered or referred as a Canadian wrestler though...

Cant dumb it down any further.

Are black genes bigger and stronger than Canadian genes?

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

What part do you disagree with lol

I can assure he's a canuck on some level

He's more black than he is Canadian.

Can't believe we're having this discussion.

How?

Hes black on his dad's side only.

His Dad is Canadian.

The Rock is not considered or referred as a Canadian wrestler though...

Cant dumb it down any further.

Are black genes bigger and stronger than Canadian genes?

They're different things, you don't have "Canadian" genes, only the right to be a citizen there from either birth right or through work and period of living there. Nationality is prescribed, his look, appearance etc. is genetic.