The Wrestling Thread was, is, and always will be a Hunter Rider Guy! - - Part 181
- Thread starter Thread Manager
- Start date
- Status
Lantern Venom
Emerald Echo Podcast Co-Host
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2005
- Messages
- 11,289
- Reaction score
- 548
- Points
- 73
You know you're a wrestling fan when you're watching the end of Return of the Jedi and you suddenly hear JR in your head saying:
"Vader! Vader! Vader! The Chosen One has had all he can stand, and he's taking Palpatine to the woodshed, King!"
"Vader! Vader! Vader! The Chosen One has had all he can stand, and he's taking Palpatine to the woodshed, King!"
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2009
- Messages
- 18,355
- Reaction score
- 1,741
- Points
- 103
Yes!
X Knight
Straight Edge
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2005
- Messages
- 42,197
- Reaction score
- 1,573
- Points
- 103
- Joined
- Apr 24, 2009
- Messages
- 18,355
- Reaction score
- 1,741
- Points
- 103
Red as in mod and blue of as in regular poster.
X Knight
Straight Edge
- Joined
- Apr 27, 2005
- Messages
- 42,197
- Reaction score
- 1,573
- Points
- 103
oh, so Hunter Rider is no longer a mod and now just a regular poster?
did something happen?
sweetre15
Positive Page
- Joined
- May 27, 2010
- Messages
- 8,212
- Reaction score
- 15
- Points
- 33
Source: The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald has an interview with Booker T, who was promoting the new Monday Night War series on the WWE Network. Below are a couple of highlights:
Sting saying he was scared of signing with WWE because of a segment between Booker T and Rock where Rock said that he had never heard of him:
"I've heard Sting make that commen. I was mad I had that confrontation with The Rock because I had to build myself all over again.
"The WCW guys were supposed to be buried. None of us were supposed to make it, but I'm the only guy who was willing to step up to the plate and go in there and survive. I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge, I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself. I didn't want to wake up at 50 years old and wonder if I could have competed with those guys, I wanted to know in my own mind I was just as good."
An important talk he had with Vince McMahon:
"One of the most important talks I ever had was with Vince McMahon right after I'd got to WWE. I had so many different agents telling me I had to go out and work this way and that way, and I knew — if I listened to those guys — I was going to get fired.
"So I went to Vince and explained, 'I've got this agent telling me this, another telling me that, and I know I'm going to get fired doing it their way. I'd like to go out and do it my way. If you don't like what you see, just fire me.' Vince looked straight at me and said, 'Do your stuff, Book
.' From that point on, I had the green light to just be me."
Booker also discussed the significance of the nWo, remembering meeting with Linda McMahon more than Vince, the pop he received when he returned at the 2011 Royal Rumble, the difference between the WWE and WCW environments and more. You can check out the full interview here: http://bostonherald.com/sports/other/2014/09/wwe_hall_of_famer_booker_t_fondly_remembers_boston
The Boston Herald has an interview with Booker T, who was promoting the new Monday Night War series on the WWE Network. Below are a couple of highlights:
Sting saying he was scared of signing with WWE because of a segment between Booker T and Rock where Rock said that he had never heard of him:
"I've heard Sting make that commen. I was mad I had that confrontation with The Rock because I had to build myself all over again.
"The WCW guys were supposed to be buried. None of us were supposed to make it, but I'm the only guy who was willing to step up to the plate and go in there and survive. I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge, I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself. I didn't want to wake up at 50 years old and wonder if I could have competed with those guys, I wanted to know in my own mind I was just as good."
An important talk he had with Vince McMahon:
"One of the most important talks I ever had was with Vince McMahon right after I'd got to WWE. I had so many different agents telling me I had to go out and work this way and that way, and I knew — if I listened to those guys — I was going to get fired.
"So I went to Vince and explained, 'I've got this agent telling me this, another telling me that, and I know I'm going to get fired doing it their way. I'd like to go out and do it my way. If you don't like what you see, just fire me.' Vince looked straight at me and said, 'Do your stuff, Book
.' From that point on, I had the green light to just be me."Booker also discussed the significance of the nWo, remembering meeting with Linda McMahon more than Vince, the pop he received when he returned at the 2011 Royal Rumble, the difference between the WWE and WCW environments and more. You can check out the full interview here: http://bostonherald.com/sports/other/2014/09/wwe_hall_of_famer_booker_t_fondly_remembers_boston
Warhammer
Half Monk, Half Hitman
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2005
- Messages
- 29,059
- Reaction score
- 7
- Points
- 58
Source: The Boston Herald
The Boston Herald has an interview with Booker T, who was promoting the new Monday Night War series on the WWE Network. Below are a couple of highlights:
Sting saying he was scared of signing with WWE because of a segment between Booker T and Rock where Rock said that he had never heard of him:
"I've heard Sting make that commen. I was mad I had that confrontation with The Rock because I had to build myself all over again.
"The WCW guys were supposed to be buried. None of us were supposed to make it, but I'm the only guy who was willing to step up to the plate and go in there and survive. I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge, I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself. I didn't want to wake up at 50 years old and wonder if I could have competed with those guys, I wanted to know in my own mind I was just as good."
An important talk he had with Vince McMahon:
"One of the most important talks I ever had was with Vince McMahon right after I'd got to WWE. I had so many different agents telling me I had to go out and work this way and that way, and I knew if I listened to those guys I was going to get fired.
"So I went to Vince and explained, 'I've got this agent telling me this, another telling me that, and I know I'm going to get fired doing it their way. I'd like to go out and do it my way. If you don't like what you see, just fire me.' Vince looked straight at me and said, 'Do your stuff, Book
Booker also discussed the significance of the nWo, remembering meeting with Linda McMahon more than Vince, the pop he received when he returned at the 2011 Royal Rumble, the difference between the WWE and WCW environments and more. You can check out the full interview here: http://bostonherald.com/sports/other/2014/09/wwe_hall_of_famer_booker_t_fondly_remembers_boston
They should have asked him how he felt about his Wrestlemania XIX feud.
TheNextNolan22
Hurting Really REALLY BAD
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2012
- Messages
- 40,202
- Reaction score
- 1
- Points
- 31
Slushy
Superhero
- Joined
- Jun 26, 2008
- Messages
- 8,803
- Reaction score
- 2
- Points
- 31
Tributes.Com said:
I thought he was awesome and he should've been a bigger star. Unfortunately, I never got a chance to meet him (ironically, got both Palumbo and Jindrak though), but I've been told by the lucky few fans that did that he was a cool guy. I did get to see him perform live at a house show 11 years ago as he, Chuck Palumbo, Tommy Dreamer, Shawn Stasiak, Mike Awesome, & Hugh Morrus took on The Big Show, Billy Gunn, Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty, and Hardcore & Crash Holly in a huge tag team match.
[YT]Dp82DGAVxL4[/YT]
Shoot interview from 10 years ago.
[YT]4J33DkwGM3g[/YT]
And of course that wicked theme song of his.
Highlights said:
His wrestling career didn't work out, but look at all those names he got to work with. And that was in a 3 year span! That's incredible!
Condolences:
[YT]PPHKoNitZfo[/YT]Roddy Piper said:
Hunter Hearst Helmsley said:
Adam Pearce said:
Jimmy Noonan said:
MVP said:
Taz said:
JBL said:
Kevin Nash said:
Mark Jindrak said:
Billy Kidman said:
Val Venis said:
The Iron Sheik said:
Vince Russo said:
Ed Ferrera said:
Ken Anderson said:RIP Sean O'Haire. I didn't get much O here, but it didn't matter. This match opened doors for me. Grateful. At one point, he kicked my back so hard, I think my heart skipped a beat.
Eric Bischoff said:
Bill Goldberg said:
Tommy Dreamer said:
Shelton Benjamin said:
Bobby Roode said:
James Storm said:
Lance Storm said:
Chavo Guerrero Jr. said:
Damien Sandow said:
The Blue Meanie said:
Shad Gaspard said:
Dave Lagana said:
Lauren Doucette said:
William Regal said:
Scotty Riggs said:
Last edited:
Specter313
Ghost of all things X
- Joined
- Sep 2, 2005
- Messages
- 36,157
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 31
Apparently O'Haire's death was a suicide:
As we reported late Tuesday night, former WWE and WCW Superstar Sean O'Haire (real name Sean Haire) was found dead at age 43 at his home in South Carolina.
In an update to this story, TMZ is reporting that Haire committed suicide. Below is an excerpt from their article.
"According to local police, O'Haire was found in his bedroom, beside his bed, with a red rope tied around his neck and connected to the bedpost. His body was discovered by his father, who then called 911."
Damn.
As we reported late Tuesday night, former WWE and WCW Superstar Sean O'Haire (real name Sean Haire) was found dead at age 43 at his home in South Carolina.
In an update to this story, TMZ is reporting that Haire committed suicide. Below is an excerpt from their article.
"According to local police, O'Haire was found in his bedroom, beside his bed, with a red rope tied around his neck and connected to the bedpost. His body was discovered by his father, who then called 911."
Damn.
vantheman77
Superman Fan 4 Life
- Joined
- Oct 26, 2010
- Messages
- 8,197
- Reaction score
- 1,278
- Points
- 103
What happened to Sean O' Haire was tragic.
The Sage
The World's Finest
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2004
- Messages
- 47,068
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 31
Triple H hosted a conference call with WZ and the wrestling media earlier today, and fielded questions on a variety of topics relating to NXT, the Performance Center and the WWE Network series The Monday Night Wars.
Below are highlights of the call as well as audio of his opening remarks where he touches on the state of NXT and his excitement for NXT Takeover 2 this Thursday on the WWE Network:
- Triple H opened with a joke about he was the one playing the piano music we heard while on hold waiting to begin.
- He says he doesnt really like to use the term developmental anymore with NXT because its become its own brand.
- Triple H compares NXT to what ECW was. He noted how its a feeder system for talent to move up in the business. He repeated this comparison several times throughout and also stated if NXT is ECW right now, his goal is to make it to the level of what WCW was.
- Compliments were given to the Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd for their recent performances and his excitement for what they are going to do Thursday night in the main event title match. He spoke on each of them.
- Zayn has been impressing Triple H and hes proud of how much more Zayn has grown as a performer going from wrestling under a mask on the independents to the facial expressions and stories he tells now.
- He said Tyson Kidd is using this as an opportunity to catapult back to being a regular on the main roster.
- Praised Charlotte and Bayley and how at a recent NTX live event they had a womens match for the main event.
- Promised someone will be bald by the end of Thursday night after the hair versus hair match involving Enzo Amore and Sylvester Lefort.
- Puts over the debut appearance for Kenta Thursday night
- He was asked about recently signed guys like Kevin Steen, Kenta and Prince Devitt being referred to by their names they used outside of WWE and if they will get to keep them. Triple H noted its likely well hear changes but theres a lot of factors. He talks about intellectual property business and branding them as WWE guys. He notes that he feels its pointless to pretend like people dont know who they are and he wants to embrace their past that got them to NXT.
- Talks about the Performance Center when asked about possibility of working with NFL or other organizations. He said talent is talent and talked about how they will find talent anywhere as long as they have something to offer.
- He told a funny story about he was ringside for a live event not long ago at Madison Square Garden where Bray Wyatt wrestled John Cena in the main event. Triple H said he leaned over Wyatts shoulder during his entrance, Wyatt was still in character but Triple H asked him, So, have you ever been in the main event at MSG? He said Wyatts facial expression had a big change and it was like a kid at christmas because he realized how cool of an opportunity and experience this was.
- He talked about enjoying the Monday Night Wars series on WWE Network. He spoke when asked about Mick Foley and said how important he was to the time period, as well as Foley was one of his favorite opponents ever.
- Triple H talked more on the growing following for NXT. He said they can run live events at 300 person armories or civic centers and sell the place out. He noted how NXT talents have their own merchandise now and its become a legitimate place to be and still grow.
- He closes with a nice thank you to us for taking part in the call. He says its important for these open forums with him and would rather us communicate than assume the answers or the worst.
- His final remarks were condolences to Sean OHaires family and had some genuine words to say about OHaire and his unfortunate passing.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/509...-takeover-2-recently-signed-indy-stars-more/2
Below are highlights of the call as well as audio of his opening remarks where he touches on the state of NXT and his excitement for NXT Takeover 2 this Thursday on the WWE Network:
- Triple H opened with a joke about he was the one playing the piano music we heard while on hold waiting to begin.
- He says he doesnt really like to use the term developmental anymore with NXT because its become its own brand.
- Triple H compares NXT to what ECW was. He noted how its a feeder system for talent to move up in the business. He repeated this comparison several times throughout and also stated if NXT is ECW right now, his goal is to make it to the level of what WCW was.
- Compliments were given to the Adrian Neville, Tyler Breeze, Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd for their recent performances and his excitement for what they are going to do Thursday night in the main event title match. He spoke on each of them.
- Zayn has been impressing Triple H and hes proud of how much more Zayn has grown as a performer going from wrestling under a mask on the independents to the facial expressions and stories he tells now.
- He said Tyson Kidd is using this as an opportunity to catapult back to being a regular on the main roster.
- Praised Charlotte and Bayley and how at a recent NTX live event they had a womens match for the main event.
- Promised someone will be bald by the end of Thursday night after the hair versus hair match involving Enzo Amore and Sylvester Lefort.
- Puts over the debut appearance for Kenta Thursday night
- He was asked about recently signed guys like Kevin Steen, Kenta and Prince Devitt being referred to by their names they used outside of WWE and if they will get to keep them. Triple H noted its likely well hear changes but theres a lot of factors. He talks about intellectual property business and branding them as WWE guys. He notes that he feels its pointless to pretend like people dont know who they are and he wants to embrace their past that got them to NXT.
- Talks about the Performance Center when asked about possibility of working with NFL or other organizations. He said talent is talent and talked about how they will find talent anywhere as long as they have something to offer.
- He told a funny story about he was ringside for a live event not long ago at Madison Square Garden where Bray Wyatt wrestled John Cena in the main event. Triple H said he leaned over Wyatts shoulder during his entrance, Wyatt was still in character but Triple H asked him, So, have you ever been in the main event at MSG? He said Wyatts facial expression had a big change and it was like a kid at christmas because he realized how cool of an opportunity and experience this was.
- He talked about enjoying the Monday Night Wars series on WWE Network. He spoke when asked about Mick Foley and said how important he was to the time period, as well as Foley was one of his favorite opponents ever.
- Triple H talked more on the growing following for NXT. He said they can run live events at 300 person armories or civic centers and sell the place out. He noted how NXT talents have their own merchandise now and its become a legitimate place to be and still grow.
- He closes with a nice thank you to us for taking part in the call. He says its important for these open forums with him and would rather us communicate than assume the answers or the worst.
- His final remarks were condolences to Sean OHaires family and had some genuine words to say about OHaire and his unfortunate passing.
http://www.wrestlezone.com/news/509...-takeover-2-recently-signed-indy-stars-more/2
runawayboulder
2016 NFL Pick Em CHAMP
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2007
- Messages
- 19,819
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 31
He's like the complete opposite of Vince.
I can't wait for the day he has 100% control. Wrestling will be a major deal again like it was in the 90's.
Pink Ranger
The North Remembers
- Joined
- Jan 15, 2004
- Messages
- 34,699
- Reaction score
- 1,867
- Points
- 103
Goddamnit, I love how Triple H the executive thinks. I wish it was translated more often into the onscreen product.
E-Man
Cooler than your daddy.
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2009
- Messages
- 14,173
- Reaction score
- 15
- Points
- 58
Apparently O'Haire's death was a suicide:
As we reported late Tuesday night, former WWE and WCW Superstar Sean O'Haire (real name Sean Haire) was found dead at age 43 at his home in South Carolina.
In an update to this story, TMZ is reporting that Haire committed suicide. Below is an excerpt from their article.
"According to local police, O'Haire was found in his bedroom, beside his bed, with a red rope tied around his neck and connected to the bedpost. His body was discovered by his father, who then called 911."
Damn.
Ouch. Hate to see someone go out that way.
NotFadeAway
Superhero
- Joined
- Feb 16, 2003
- Messages
- 5,584
- Reaction score
- 0
- Points
- 31
Who else is scared Dean Ambrose may turn heel at NOC? I know it sounds Russo-esque, but I can see them turning Ambrose under the guise that he is mad Reigns didn't help him. Why, because I can see the front office wanting to kill Ambrose's popularity so it doesn't take away from Reigns. Just like they did with Cesaro.
I may be being paranoid, but I see just as much money in Ambrose as I do Reigns. He has the Stone Cold, Mick Foley, Brian Pillman quality. Not only that, I feel like Ambrose is a guy who could wrestle Brock before Mania, lose, and come out looking better in defeat. Just like Cesaro could have and I hate the idea of wasting Brock matches on guys like the Big Show.
I may be being paranoid, but I see just as much money in Ambrose as I do Reigns. He has the Stone Cold, Mick Foley, Brian Pillman quality. Not only that, I feel like Ambrose is a guy who could wrestle Brock before Mania, lose, and come out looking better in defeat. Just like Cesaro could have and I hate the idea of wasting Brock matches on guys like the Big Show.
Blitzkrieg Bop
Fight Owens Fight
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2009
- Messages
- 8,434
- Reaction score
- 134
- Points
- 73
TNA's gotten pretty entertaining for me. Tonight I got to watch Tajiri, Rhino, the Dudleys, and Hardys. Never thought that would happen again.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
- Locked
Users who are viewing this thread
Staff online
-
squeeknessI'm a poor lost puppy -
OnTheAirWakandan Ambassador -
SwordOfMorningSuper Moderator
Latest posts
-
-
-
-
🇺🇸 Discussion: Congress, The Senate, The House of Representatives - Part I (8 Viewers)
- Latest: squeekness
-