Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

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I low key f*ck with Vince Russo on this whole BATB 2000 fiasco. People had enough of Hogan by 2000, I had checked out of WCW by that time. Hogan was insufferable with his creative control. It was great to see Booker get the title after being there for so many years. Even though Russo a fool it was great to see someone stand up to the Hogan/Bischoff bullsh*t.



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Hogan's contract was absolutely wild :dead:

The belt Jarrett walked into the ring with was not the official WCW belt, it was a duplicate. Booker got the original WCW with the bend at the top
 
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bro...I knew in my moind that Hoegan was going to poo-poo the script....so I went out to the ring and cut a scathing promo.
bro...let me tell you something....before I answer your question, lets go back to 1986, I'm living in a studio apartment in Queens New Yawk...
let me tell you how I became a fan of the SF Giants...bro....so I'm hanging out with the road warriors at the Midsouth Coliseum in 1991...
 

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I tried to watch the last episode but I couldn't. Fukk Vince Russo, fukk everyone who likes him and their mamas.
 
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The Book deal is complicated because it's also around the time WCW was hit with that racial discrimination lawsuit. Booker was being pushed under Russo's two regimes (fall '99 and spring 2000 onward), but it's also a good look to put the belt on a black man when your company's racism is being examined.

Highly recommend The Lapsed Fan podcast's coverage of the whole Bash at the Beach debacle. A lot of details I forget, but bunch of interesting stuff like inconsistencies on how/if Booker was already tipped off a few days prior, racism lawsuit with Arn, Terry Taylor, Russo, etc. named, Bischoff being Hogan's puppet, Jarrett's role, context of Russo coming in diminishing Hogan/Flair/Sting from the jump, etc.

On another note, Jannetty ep next week gonna be batshyt :pachaha:
 

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I tried to watch the last episode but I couldn't. Fukk Vince Russo, fukk everyone who likes him and their mamas.

I never knew this, but it was actually BISCHOFF that wanted Jarrett to lay down and give Hogan the win. Russo just cut a shoot promo to respond to the bullsh1t. He's innocent in this one
 

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I never knew this, but it was actually BISCHOFF that wanted Jarrett to lay down and give Hogan the win. Russo just cut a shoot promo to respond to the bullsh1t. He's innocent in this one
That’s the wild part about all of this. With all the terrible shyt Russo done did with that company, even HE saw how stupid their plan was..
 

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I never knew this, but it was actually BISCHOFF that wanted Jarrett to lay down and give Hogan the win. Russo just cut a shoot promo to respond to the bullsh1t. He's innocent in this one
the worst thing ever to happen to WCW was eric bischoff being a mark for hogan and hogan knowing it
 
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