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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on May 17, 2009 12:49:00 GMT -5
25 years since Vince McMahon Sr. died of cancer.
also 7 years since "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith died of a heart attack.
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on May 17, 2009 13:18:53 GMT -5
Wow 7 years! Doesn't seem like yesterday my Mother told me, he died.
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on May 17, 2009 13:23:31 GMT -5
At least their legacies live on though sons who bear a strong resemblance to them
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Post by Patrick Bateman on May 17, 2009 16:44:18 GMT -5
At least their legacies live on though sons who bear a strong resemblance to them And in the McMahon family case: a son who's now old, and unaware of what the current generation wants, and is in need of a younger successor taking over their position. |
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on May 17, 2009 22:11:13 GMT -5
At least their legacies live on though sons who bear a strong resemblance to them And in the McMahon family case: a son who's now old, and unaware of what the current generation wants, and is in need of a younger successor taking over their position. I am not sure of what you mean with current generation. I gotta say I hate what WWE has become, but it is towards the kids, and they seem to love it, so I think he is doing a good job. On topic: R.I.P. both of them. British Bulldog was an amazing wrestler... the saddest part is that he should still be with us today.  |
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Post by nibs92 on May 18, 2009 8:16:47 GMT -5
RIP to both. don't know much about mcmahon senior but still sad to hear.
davey boy was a tradgedy. biggest tradgedy was, in hindsight, it was no surprise.
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Post by Patrick Bateman on May 18, 2009 14:28:37 GMT -5
And in the McMahon family case: a son who's now old, and unaware of what the current generation wants, and is in need of a younger successor taking over their position. I am not sure of what you mean with current generation. I gotta say I hate what WWE has become, but it is towards the kids, and they seem to love it, so I think he is doing a good job. On topic: R.I.P. both of them. British Bulldog was an amazing wrestler... the saddest part is that he should still be with us today. I'm saying Vince needs to be taken over and have his business radically shaken, along the same lines of how he took over the WWF from his father... who was older and didn't really know what the then-current audiences wanted. |
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Post by carly1988 on May 19, 2009 5:38:20 GMT -5
I am not sure of what you mean with current generation. I gotta say I hate what WWE has become, but it is towards the kids, and they seem to love it, so I think he is doing a good job. On topic: R.I.P. both of them. British Bulldog was an amazing wrestler... the saddest part is that he should still be with us today. I'm saying Vince needs to be taken over and have his business radically shaken, along the same lines of how he took over the WWF from his father... who was older and didn't really know what the then-current audiences wanted. What we're getting IS what the current audience wants. The children out number the attitude era fans now days. Its a new generation being built. Accept it or jump off the band wagon with the rest of the attitude fans that left when wrestling wasnt "cool" anymore |
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Post by Patrick Bateman on May 19, 2009 16:51:15 GMT -5
I'm saying Vince needs to be taken over and have his business radically shaken, along the same lines of how he took over the WWF from his father... who was older and didn't really know what the then-current audiences wanted. What we're getting IS what the current audience wants. The children out number the attitude era fans now days. Its a new generation being built. Accept it or jump off the band wagon with the rest of the attitude fans that left when wrestling wasnt "cool" anymore I jumped off a few years ago, don't worry. I can't remember the last time I watched a full episode of Raw. Maybe '04. But I'm saying wrestling needs another spark and a boom, otherwise this era's going to suck and turn out like The New Generation of 1994. And nobody wants that. So if catering to children is their thing, then so be it. But those children will grow up to become bored or disinterested in the product, so the cycle inevitably repeats itself. |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2009 20:47:55 GMT -5
What we're getting IS what the current audience wants. The children out number the attitude era fans now days. Its a new generation being built. Accept it or jump off the band wagon with the rest of the attitude fans that left when wrestling wasnt "cool" anymore I jumped off a few years ago, don't worry. I can't remember the last time I watched a full episode of Raw. Maybe '04. But I'm saying wrestling needs another spark and a boom, otherwise this era's going to suck and turn out like The New Generation of 1994. And nobody wants that. So if catering to children is their thing, then so be it. But those children will grow up to become bored or disinterested in the product, so the cycle inevitably repeats itself. Well said, Patrick. I have little interest in today's product too, but often wonder what things would have been like if the territories were still around, and if more than just ONE national promotion was on offer, maybe like a throwback to how the AWA, the NWA and WCCW existed...That sort of thing. |
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Post by k5 on May 20, 2009 1:00:19 GMT -5
when i first saw this thread, i thought it was definetly gonna be a smark ripping into common wrestling fans..
davey boy smith was an amazing talent but it is pretty odd people hold him in such high regard when it's widely known that he drugged his wife and sodomized her unconscious body.
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Post by nibs92 on May 20, 2009 8:12:51 GMT -5
when i first saw this thread, i thought it was definetly gonna be a smark ripping into common wrestling fans.. davey boy smith was an amazing talent but it is pretty odd people hold him in such high regard when it's widely known that he drugged his wife and sodomized her unconscious body. i didn't know that. any details? source? |
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Post by Chester McFisticuffs on May 20, 2009 9:21:12 GMT -5
when i first saw this thread, i thought it was definetly gonna be a smark ripping into common wrestling fans.. davey boy smith was an amazing talent but it is pretty odd people hold him in such high regard when it's widely known that he drugged his wife and sodomized her unconscious body. i didn't know that. any details? source? Wasn't that in Bret's book, or that huge stories web site? |
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Post by WCWA Online on May 20, 2009 12:46:30 GMT -5
when i first saw this thread, i thought it was definetly gonna be a smark ripping into common wrestling fans.. davey boy smith was an amazing talent but it is pretty odd people hold him in such high regard when it's widely known that he drugged his wife and sodomized her unconscious body. nothing wrong with some drugged up butt  ing |
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Post by k5 on May 21, 2009 11:49:46 GMT -5
when i first saw this thread, i thought it was definetly gonna be a smark ripping into common wrestling fans.. davey boy smith was an amazing talent but it is pretty odd people hold him in such high regard when it's widely known that he drugged his wife and sodomized her unconscious body. i didn't know that. any details? source? it's in his former wife's book, diana hart's book (bret's youngest sister). they got divorced in 2000. the book was called Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. martha hart (owen's widow) sued diana for allegations she made in the book, and it was also revoked from all libraries for some of it's content. i can say myself that it was a rather horrid read, really graphic stories that reveal a lot of things about bret, neidhart, davey and even stu that just didn't have to see public. |
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Post by nibs92 on May 21, 2009 12:36:45 GMT -5
i didn't know that. any details? source? it's in his former wife's book, diana hart's book (bret's youngest sister). they got divorced in 2000. the book was called Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family. martha hart (owen's widow) sued diana for allegations she made in the book, and it was also revoked from all libraries for some of it's content. i can say myself that it was a rather horrid read, really graphic stories that reveal a lot of things about bret, neidhart, davey and even stu that just didn't have to see public. wow thanks for that. i'll need to look out for those books. |
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Post by jfinnomore on May 22, 2009 2:08:17 GMT -5
I am not sure of what you mean with current generation. I gotta say I hate what WWE has become, but it is towards the kids, and they seem to love it, so I think he is doing a good job. On topic: R.I.P. both of them. British Bulldog was an amazing wrestler... the saddest part is that he should still be with us today. I'm saying Vince needs to be taken over and have his business radically shaken, along the same lines of how he took over the WWF from his father... who was older and didn't really know what the then-current audiences wanted. and you think Shane would do much better. . . |
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