Official "Dark Side Of The Ring" Discussion Thread

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Former WWE writer says

Lol russo

 

[VegetasHairline]

It's hilarious that Cornette photocopied the restraining order from Russo and sold copies of it.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Jimmy Snuka next, this might be wild and makes waves. I never even heard about that shyt until many years later.

I still can't believe that incident happened in my home town. I remember before his passing, he was going to trial again.

 

[mannyrs13]

@2 Cold Taurus @mannyrs13 @LastManStanding @DaylitoJames @Silkk some variation of a BFA watch party sounds like a fun idea

Thank you for the recommendation.

 

[NYChase718]

jim ross and jim cornette really got some soldiers wholl go with anything they say
Pathetic

 

[NYChase718]

Even though JR is an a$$hole, Oklahoma took it too far though with mocking his balls palsy. You can't make fun of something that someone has no control over

 

[YakSpiller]

Attitude era audience saw him as old. Would’ve been the same thing had Vince brought back Earthquake for Austin, instead of putting a mask on him and making him an oddity

Wait! Golga was Earthquake?

Did not know that.

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

Even though JR is an a$$hole, Oklahoma took it too far though with mocking his balls palsy. You can't make fun of something that someone has no control over

I thought mocking his commentary was funny.

 

[Kinguno]

Based on this, it seemed like Hardcore Holly got the gimmick months later that they could’ve figure out for Bart Gunn. Also showed that even as far back as ‘98 they were punishing guys for getting over on there own.

I’m also with Cornette on the whole presentation thing. It’s hard to rally behind (or care enough to boo) somebody when they’ve been presented as a joke, or not presented at all. You need consistency.

You can’t be a joke after KOing people

He could have had a one punch gimmick like Will he catch Austin and run with that for like two months

 

[VegetasHairline]

I bet Russo would have loved to see JBL get knocked out by Butterbean. I highly doubt he'd face him if he won the Brawl For All tho. They did Bart Gunn dirty.

 

[Kinguno]

Vince really dropped the ball not buying or putting a stake in UFC or shoot-fighting period.

cause truth be told, the presentation lead up to the matches from the ramp to the ring remind me of PRIDE

shyt, and to be honest they "could've" done an angle where Lions Den invaded the WWF in 1999

Shane wanted to buy PRIDE when it was up for sale, Vince of course didn't get it.

UFC cost like 2 million in total before the cousins of the Rockets owner brought it

Then they sold the UFC for 4 Billion

Such a major what if

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

I remember seeing this live

 

[Kinguno]

It’s crazy how Vince always talks about people grabbing the brass ring and then you hear about how Bart Gunn pulls up on Dr. Death and they basically punish him for it.

It was interesting to me how it seemed like everyone was up in arms about Droz getting screwed in his brawl for all bout with Bradshaw but they had a totally different energy towards Bart who legitimately knocked out Dr. Death

He didn’t grab the brass ring

He knocked it out

 

[Kinguno]

Jimmy Snuka next, this might be wild and makes waves. I never even heard about that shyt until many years later.

He’s dead tho lol

 

[supertrekker]

Before he got to the WWF. He was unpinned in the US from 87-97 and was a huge star in Japan w/ some legendary matches over there.

Just because he never became a star in the WWE bubble doesn't mean he wasn't a star

And it don't mean he was gonna be a star in WWE either. There was no chance that he was gonna reach superstar status in WWE the way he did in Japan or down south. A new era of wrestling was rising and Dr. Death wouldn't of fit it that generation.

Some Trivia for ya: Williams is Steve Austin's real surname. He changed it to Austin because there was already a wrestler named Steve Williams. So JR and Corny got what they wanted. Steve Williams did indeed become a superstar in WWE.