Tag Archive: Hulk Hogan

  1. ThinkSoJoE’s thoughts

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    What a week.  And we’ve still got The Bash coming up tomorrow!

    Even as I type this column, I’m distracted by the television, where there’s a clip of Michael Jackson’s performance on the Motown 25th Anniversary special, a special that is famous for one thing – Jackson debuting The Moonwalk.  I’d talk more about Michael Jackson right now (for the record, this isn’t his first BWF allusion – I quoted the “BAD” video a couple weeks back in a SmackDown review), but I did that already on my official website.

    B. Brian Blair was arrested on allegations of child abuse last weekend.  Maybe he liked the alleged run-ins with the Iron Shiek back in the day and wanted to relive those moments in prison?

    Samoa Joe turned heel at Slammiversary to the surprise of, well, pretty much everybody.  Except for me.  Earlier in the night, Kurt Angle cut a promo saying that King of the Mountain would be all about he and Joe, and that when it was over, “WE will be standing tall.”  That’s when I got the feeling that Joe would turn, which proved correct.  For the record, if you didn’t catch Slammiversary, you should.  It was an excellent show.

    Not only was RAW commercial free on Monday, WWE refunded the tickets of those who attended the event.  Why doesn’t that ever happen in Buffalo?

    Speaking of RAW, despite the fact that Cena brought up his match with Rob Van Dam at ECW One Night Stand a few years ago where the fans continually threw his shirt back to him when he threw it into the crowd, a fan was ejected from RAW for throwing Cena’s hat back to him.  To be fair, it was an ugly hat.  When did John Cena become John Deere anyway?

    Cena also confirmed that he’s getting married “in the near future” on the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show.

    Speaking of Bubba The Love Sponge, Hulk Hogan was on the show and mentioned that the reason we never saw a big time feud between himself and Jake “The Snake” Roberts is that Hogan didn’t hear the fans react to his Hulking up and pummelling Jake.  Here’s a homework assignment for the BWF readers – go to your local rehab clinic, and if you find Jake Roberts, ask him his side of the story.

    I’m kidding, Jake!

    Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes are no longer to be called Pricele$$.  They’re now only to be refered to as Legacy.  I guess that’s alright.  Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson weren’t The Brain Busters when they were in the Four Horsemen either.

    And before you point it out in the comments, Green Teabagger, I know that they were only the Brain Busters in the WWF.

    Torrie Wilson finished second on “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.”  I have no idea who finished first.   (It was Lou Diamond Phillips, apparently)

    Michael Cole was arrested this past week.  No, not that Michael Cole.  A guy whose real name happens to be Michael Cole who wrestles under the name Mikael Judas was arrested for assaulting National Championship Wrestling promoter Donovan Loftis after Loftis allegedly made derogatory comments towards him on an internet message board.

    Matt Hardy may have injured his abdominal muscles.  He denied the reports on his twitter page, but we all know Matt Hardy has nothing better to do with his time than trying to work the internet fans.  Ok, listen Matt.  Complaining about losing your job when Amy Dumas and Adam Copeland were in the wrong and not yourself is one thing, and yeah, your internet fans probably got you your job back, but give this “working the internet” shit a rest.  If you’re hurt, dude, we’re not gonna be mad at you for telling us the damned truth for once.

    Apparently, CM Punk going to a Rancid concert is newsworthy, with the headline “CM Punk Attends Punk Concert.”  OMG, you mean, CM Punk likes punk rock?  Next thing you know, you’ll be telling me that The Headbangers like heavy metal, or that Disco Stu likes disco music!

    Lastly, on a sad note, Billy Red Lyons, who I remember seeing on the WWF’s Maple Leaf Wrestling program when I was little, passed away this week.  BWF’s condolences to his friends and family.

    and now… GREAT AMERICAN BASH PREDICTIONS!

    Carlito & Primo vs. Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase – Unified Tag Team Championship

    Cody’s rumored to be working with a bad neck, but if it were a serious injury he’d probably already be out for surgery.  Since Primo and Carlito have their little mini feud going with The Hart Dynasty, and there’s a definitive lack of face tag teams for Legacy to defend against, The Colons should retain here.

    John Cena vs. The Miz

    Are you kidding?  After the way Cena verbally buried The Miz on RAW (“you’re not a reality show has-been, you’re a WWE never was.”), The Miz needs this win.  Needs it.  The problem, of course, is the WWE likes to humiliate The Miz on occasion.  Since they’ve actually been pushing for us to take him seriously, I’m going to go way out on a limb here and actually predict victory – by hook or by crook – for The Miz.

    The Great Khali vs. Dolph Ziggler – No Disqualification Match

    Khali.  Ziggler’s way out has been to get Khali counted out or disqualified, but all the chairs in the world won’t help Ziggler beat Khali in a no disqualification match.

    Chris Jericho vs. Rey Mysterio – Intercontinental Championship vs. Mask match

    I’m a global entertainment company.  I have a guy performing for me who is beloved by my younger audience members.  This guy happens to wear a mask, which we sell replicas of at $50 a pop.  The audience is always filled with kids wearing these masks.  Am I really going to make the guy lose his mask?  What am I, WCW?  Look, Vince McMahon did not become a billionaire by dropping hot selling products while they’re still selling.  That’s why John Cena is still a face, and it’s why Rey Mysterio will not be losing his mask this Sunday.  Mysterio will be carrying gold next Friday night.

    Melina vs. Michelle McCool – WWE Women’s Championship

    McCool made Melina look like her bitch this past Friday on SmackDown.  Melina won’t take that lying down.  I just can’t see Melina dropping the belt on Sunday.

    Tommy Dreamer vs. Finlay vs. Christian vs. Jack Swagger vs. Mark Henry – ECW Championship Scramble

    I like the Scramble match.  Last year’s PPV where they had three of them was awesome – especially because we got to see The Brian Kendrick as the WWE Champion for a few moments.  This one should be good, and it’s sort of unpredictable, seeing as how three of the four challengers are former ECW Champions.  Finlay has been beating everybody down lately, but Henry had the last laugh this past Tuesday night.  The problem with Finlay and Mark Henry is, they don’t feel like they’ve been groomed for a run with the ECW Championship.  I’m going t o give this one to Dreamer.

    Randy Orton vs. Triple H – Three Stages of Hell for the WWE Championship

    First fall is a regular match, second fall is falls count anywhere, and the third fall, for some ungodly reason, is a stretcher match.  I have this sinking feeling in my gut that it’s Triple H getting the win here.

    CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy  – World Heavyweight Championship

    CM Punk needs the World Heavyweight Championship right now.  If he doesn’t have it, the slow heel turn doesn’t work as effectively.  He somehow steals the victory at The Bash.

    That’s it guys, enjoy The Bash.  I’ll have coverage up at some point on Monday, depending on how long it takes to get my car repaired.

  2. A problem plaguing wrestling today

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    For some reason, I’ve always been facinated with Donald Trump, especially after starting my own business several years ago.  I’d heard that The Donald only sleeps four hours a night, so that while his competition was asleep, he’d be up coming up with new innovations.  Let’s face it, whatever the guy is doing, it works.

    I happened to walk in to a discount book store a couple of months ago while my car was in for an oil change, and two books jumped out at me – “Tietam Brown” by Mick Foley, and “How to Get Rich” by Donald Trump.  At the time, I still had a few books to read, but I bought them both.  After finishing Chris Jericho’s “A Lion’s Tale: Around The World In Spandex,” I picked up Trump’s book and started reading.  I’ve thusfar found it difficult to put down.  I came across the following in a section (Trump’s book doesn’t really have chapters in the traditional sense) called “Cover These Eleven Bases (The Art of Public Speaking, Part II)” and immediately thought about the WWE and TNA.

    “Notes can sometimes function as a useful reference point, especially if you’re speaking to a large audience.  If you’re prepared, no one can tell that you’re using them.  Ideally, you don’t want to read a speech.  For some reason, no matter how good your delivery is when you read a speech, it’s usually boring.  Everyone sees that you’re reading it and it’s never quite the same as delivering it off the cuff.  Notes offer the best of both worlds:  They keep you focused and moving in the right direction without turning you into a stiff.”

    Now obviously, the wrestlers aren’t out there reading their lines off of a piece of paper, but they are essentially reciting them verbatim from the run sheets.  Think about it.  Think about the greatest talkers in wrestling’s illustrious history.  Dusty Rhodes.  Ric Flair.  Hulk Hogan.  Randy Savage.  Steve Austin.  The Rock.  How many of them had their promos written word for word for them?  I’d bet none.

    This is a challenge to the WWE and TNA wrestling.  Give your guys bullet points to hit and let them go out and get themselves over.  If they can’t, back to the indies with them.  If they can, championship gold and big money.  Yes, you’re television entities, but that does not mean you have to script everything.

  3. A case for the Hall of Fame: Edge

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    Twenty-seven is an ominous number for rock stars.  Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and several others have died at that age.  It’s also a number associated with “Weird Al” Yankovic for some reason.  It’s also the number of championships the man we’re here to talk about today has won during his WWE career as of press time.  He’s the only person to have held all six major championships across RAW and SmackDown.  He’s also the only person that Hulk Hogan has ever held a tag team championship with.  I’m referring, of course, to SmackDown’s current World Heavyweight Champion, Edge.

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  4. A case for the Hall of Fame: Chris Jericho

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    On June 22, 1996, Pitbull #2 was upended in a match for the ECW World Television Championship.  It was his opponent’s first championship in North America, and announcer Joey Styles noted that fact, stating that while it may have been his first title in the United States, it sure wouldn’t be his last.  Little did he know how right he’d be.

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  5. The WrestleMania experience

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    As far as WrestleMania attendance goes, I’m pretty much a veteran.  I’ve been to WrestleManias X-8, XIX, and XXIV, so believe me when I tell you that you’ve never experienced anything if you’re a wrestling fan and haven’t experienced WrestleMania live and in person.  But it’s not just the big event that’s an experience.

    Read about my WrestleMania history, after the jump! (more…)

  6. Wrestlemania Moments- My Favorites

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    Well since Joe wanted me to do something for Wrestlemania week and didn’t specify anything, I figured I would take a look at some of my favorite Wrestlemania “Moments.”  So let’s take a look (these are not in any particular order): (more…)

  7. Why I hate: Backlash

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    This is the second part in a series on WWE Pay Per View events.  If you haven’t read it already, check out the first part,  “Why I hate:  No Way Out”.

    Last week, I introduced this series of articles with a brief history of WWE Pay Per View, and discussed my reasons against Feburary’s No Way Out event (which, coincidentally, is one week from today).  This week, we’ll take a look at the Backlash event, which will have it’s 10th annual event on April 26th.

    I present my arguments against WWE Backlash, after the jump! (more…)

  8. Why I hate: No Way Out

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    Note:  I was planning on writing about all of the Pay Per View events on the WWE Calendar outside of the “Big Four,” but it would have been way too long.  As such, I’m splitting it up in parts, which will be published every Sunday at noon (except for part three, which will be up next Wednesday) here on BoredWrestlingFan.com!

    I’ve been a wrestling fan for as long as I can remember.  The first promo I ever remember seeing was “Mean Gene” Okerlund interviewing Hulk Hogan about his upcoming steel cage match with King Kong Bundy a few weeks before WrestleMania 2.  The period where I started watching the shows religiously was sometime after WrestleMania IV.  I know this, because I remember all the hype about SummerSlam ’88 on Pay Per View.  Back in 1988, the WWF, as it was known at the time, only held three Pay Per View events – WrestleMania IV, SummerSlam ’88, and the second annual Survivor Series.  The following year, they added the Royal Rumble as a Pay Per View event (the first Royal Rumble event, featuring 20 competitors instead of 30, aired on the USA Network in January of 1998.), and we had “The Big Four” WWF Pay Per Views.  Save for the “Tuesday in Texas” event in 1991, these remained the only PPV events the WWF held until the addition of “King of the Ring”  in 1993.

    In 1995, when the competition from WCW started to heat up following the advent of WCW Monday Nitro, both companies started to air several more Pay Per View events.  Unlike WCW, who had full blown – and individually named – Pay Per Views every month, the WWF put on two hour events at a discounted price in the months outside of the five main PPVs, called “In Your House.”  The “In Your House” PPVs eventually grew into three hour, full priced shows before finally evolving into the monthly events we know today.

    With WWE’s purchase of WCW and ECW in 2001, they’ve experimented with holding up to two Pay Per View events per month, which didn’t work out too well, as we’re down now to 14 such events each year, the only two-PPV months being June with the newly re-branded Extreme Rules (Formerly One Night Stand) and Night of Champions, and November with Cyber Sunday and Survivor Series.  Still, I feel as though I’m already paying too much for cable without adding an extra $40 every month for Pay Per View events.

    In this series, I intend to convey my reasons why WWE – and by proxy, TNA – needs to cut back on the number of Pay Per Views a year, and do so on a per-event basis.  Safe from cuts will be the “Big Four” events – Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series.

    I present my arguments against No Way Out, after the jump! (more…)

  9. If WWE Superstars got more endorsement deals…

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    WWE Superstars aren’t strangers to endorsement deals, dating way back to Hulk Hogan doing Honey Nut Cheerios commercials, and probably even before that.  Randy Savage snapped into Slim Jims, Mick Foley and Booker T shilled for Chef Boyardee, Triple H and The Big Show hammed it up for Stacker 2, and just recently, no less than Mr. McMahon himself, along with John Cena, did a spot for Gillette Fusion razors.  What if more Superstars started getting into the act?

    A couple of potentially lucrative deals for Edge and CM Punk are visualized by the BoredWrestlingFan Advertising Agency, after the jump! (more…)

  10. RAW results: 9/29/08

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    BWF Note:  I’m being lazy this morning, here are your RAW results from EWRESTLING.com.  I’ll be here tonight for ECW’s move to 9PM with real-time coverage!

    The opening video aired and fireworks lit up the stage. No sign of Jason yet. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler welcomed us to the show. King plugged the main event tag match of Chris Jericho and Lance Cade vs. Shawn Michaels and a mystery partner. They mentioned the broadcast debut of Wrestlemania airing this Thursday…

    Full RAW results from EWRESTLING.com after the jump: (more…)