Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>You can't tell 2000 lbs of angry beef what to do and when.<< Get in mah belly!
Originally Posted By peeaanuut the referance to scripted was meant the face drame and story lines that they do as a little show before the bull riding.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Little known fact. I used to contribute story lines to WCW back around 1996-98.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 ^^^So during the whole NWO thing, cool. That's when WCW was at it's best
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "^^^So during the whole NWO thing, cool. That's when WCW was at it's best" Yup. It all started with me posting on a wrestling website, ITSC, and talking about how we all thought pro wrestling needed something more than what Vince McMahon had to offer. I never had any direct contact with Eric Bischoff, but instead e-mailed Paul Orndorff or Terry Taylor occasionally, who were the main bookers. I came up with storylines for the Giant (Paul Wight) that got him in NWO and also got him out of it, since apparently he didn't like it. I also contributed to storylines for Randy Savage and Kevin Nash whenever Nash was solo while Scott Hall was somewhere drying out. Mostly it would be simply suggesting general plot lines which apparently the wrestlers themselves would then flesh out. Not many of them were really deep thinkers. By late 1997, I had developed a friendship with Bill Goldberg's father, who passed away within the last year. He was a retired doctor in Florida. Between the two of us, we suggested the general idea that Goldberg would be this quiet monster type of guy, but then Bischoff really created a monster in that Goldberg went "undefeated" for so long. By then, I had moved on, had graduated law school, and had no more interest as WCW was tanking. All in all, I might have made a couple grand from them.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Very cool. Not only was the WCW at it's best then, but so was WWE or WWF then. And ECW was just insane. I remember going to a few of their shows, the Dudley Boys were awesome in that league. But now pro wrestling is just a farce, okay it always was, but it was an entertaining farce. Plus growing up, you had the AWA, NWA, WWF, it was a great time to be a kid watching wrestling. Plus it's turned into a death trap for these guys, it seems like we can't go more than a month without hearing about some wrestler dying.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "Plus it's turned into a death trap for these guys, it seems like we can't go more than a month without hearing about some wrestler dying." No kidding. Heart attacks routinely kill these guys while they're in their 40's, the latest being Eddie Guerrero. About ten years ago steroids were all the rage and did all manner of damage to those guys.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Plus McMahon clearly can't see the forest for the trees in this case. I saw him on Real Sports a few years ago and he pretty much denied wrestling had anything to do with these deaths. To a degree I agreed with him, these guys made their choices, but still the atomsphere that was created lead to the lifestyle. And I get the feeling McMahon's a real you know what.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder With McMahon what you see is what you get. He's one of the real world class jerks who doesn't realize that healthy competition is a good thing in business. He'd rather completely and utterly dominate, and then wonders why his ratings slip when the product gets stale. So to bring this back to topic, I'd pay good money to see McMahon thrown by a bull.
Originally Posted By trailsend Bull riding is fun to watch. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why anyone would subject themselves to this torture; notice they are all VERY young. When Mr. Trails is ready to turn off the TV in the evening, he always surfs and ends up watching the bull riding. I've caught it a time or two with him, and it's very interesting and it is sweeping the country. Get those Levi's on, Jim in Merced CA, stand tall, shake those hands by your side, grab a cowboy hat (hats will probably be way more popular now due to Brokeback Mountain) and hang on!
Originally Posted By peeaanuut is it just me or do Levis just not fit right? I cant put on any kind of levis whatsoever now. Plus they are just waaaay too darn expensive.
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom Bullriders usually do not wear Levi's. Wrangler is one of the maojor sponsors of bullriding. So Jim you better get Wrangler's if you're going to ride. Also, Wrangler's fit better than Levi's.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Thanks Doegges Mom, Wranglers. I already have a pair of Frye Boots. and what kind of chaw do I need?
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder Don't Wranglers come equipped with a steel reinforced crotch?
Originally Posted By trailsend See ~ Deogges Mom know all about bull riding. So Wranglers will do it for you, huh, Jim? And, I guess STPH need that steel reinforced crotch. Yaaaaaahoooooooo!
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "And, I guess STPH need that steel reinforced crotch." There's a lot to protect.
