Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[tremonthustler1]

I remember when Randy Orton redid this same storyline and it ended horribly

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I had only started watching in '99, so when I saw the gun angle in a recap show for the first time my mind was in PIECES.



Like Austin used to be running up in people's houses?

And homeboy was pulling on a gun on him?

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I remember when Randy Orton redid this same storyline and it ended horribly

And WWE's overproducing ass did it horribly too. There were like 800 cinematic cameras set up for that shyt

 

[CBoz]

That incident/angle definitely was one of the catalysts for the Attitude Era.

 

[jackswstd]

Pillman was the epitome of too tough for your own good.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Here's something eerie: on Pillman's last WWF appearance, which was one of the XXX Files segments, Vince said "Hopefully that's the last we see of Pillman in the WWF" since that stipulation match was coming up

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

Had to be hard for coach to turn his bud away

 

[FunkDoc1112]

If you watch Austin at Badd Blood you could tell he was trying to hold it together.

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

That phone call

 

[jackswstd]

Seeing Cornette get emotional makes me sick that they continued the show when Owen died. Imagine how fukked up for the wrestlers it was to see him wheeled out into an ambulance, knowing he might be dead, and having to continue the show.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

The first of many ten bell salutes

 

[jackswstd]

Eddie died in Minnesota too, that’s eerie.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Putting Melanie Pillman on television the night after he died is literally one of the worst moments in wrestling history.

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Seeing Cornette get emotional makes me sick that they continued the show when Owen died. Imagine how fukked up for the wrestlers it was to see him wheeled out into an ambulance, knowing he might be dead, and having to continue the show.

Older I get more I agree

I lost my father when I was 11 so hard for me to process death honestly, shyt fukks with my head 15 years later. I know it’s the same way for wrestlers who are literally around each other 300+ days a year

I know most of the roster be tuned out when hearing of some news like that