https://sites.google.com/site/chrish.../wcw_contracts

Found this site the other day detailing the $$$ contracts WCW was handing out back in the day

Quite interesting to see some of the numbers, seems legit but who knows

Good find! I'd err on the side of legit if they're from Chris Harrington.

Sting in 1996 compared to pretty much everyone else is mind boggling. He wasn't out for injury. He left after Fall Brawl in September to do the peek-a-boo angle. How did he make only $87k which was 2x < Meng and only $3k more than Disco? What?

Yeah that Sting number seems insane

He was firmly in the Main Event scene at that time.

He was possibly in the last year of a historical multi year contract? The 10 x salary jump to 1997 obviously got him up to be one of the big dogs

Scott Norton making 200 to 300k a year every year since 1996 is a bit of a mind****

He probably no-sold every contract offer and caused the WCW exec to just keep bidding against himself.

1999 saw a loootttttta $$$$ being thrown away jeez

Rhea Ripley is so awesome. I wonder if they're going to make this a NXT UK only feud. If it crossed over to the US version, it has the potential to be the 4th great NXT story arc.


https://twitter.com/RheaRipley_WWE/s...72600728928256

In for pointless ppv from a place that shall not be named.

How do they not do an 'embassy match' for this?

I'll be kinda in but prob not paying much attention. Just made a thread:

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2.../#post54435760

Just went back and watched Wrestlemania 5.

Hogan vs Macho was so good but it was the commentary from Monsoon and Ventura which really made the match

Quite mindblowing how good it was on rewatch. Ventura was the ultimate heel announcer

I really think that Jesse’s commentary about Hogan in that match was the single primary reason that I was always lukewarm on Hogan as a kid. Perhaps I would have been Team Savage either way, but Jesse eviscerating Hogan absolutely resonated with me.

Ok Edge and Christian + The Hardy boys just got mega over with me after watching No Mercy 99

What a ****ing revolutionary match

Yes! I vividly remember ordering that ppv and being blown away. There had never been that kind of spotfest prior. Sadly it's forgotten because of the bigger and better TLC matches.

Yeah seen nothing like it in WWE before this. The crowd were super hot too.
Nice looking forward to some of these future matches then

Seriously stop and take a moment to appreciate the age we live in

Having a massive library of wwe events to view on demand was a little kids dream come true back when you had to rent VHS from the store. Although those were great days

Have any of you caught this - http://network.wwe.com/video/v2518758883

It's, uh, very interesting.

Video doesnt load for me, what is it?

Bushwackers vs Rougeaus at Royal Rumble 90 was a pretty good match, told a decent story and the crowd was HOT for it

Didnt realise Sapphire was 56 yrs old when she had her run with Dusty lol. I had pegged her as a frumpy 40ish yr old

The spot where a wrestler doesn't get a three-count (most commonly because of a foot on the rope), doesn't hear a bell ring, doesn't hear music, but gets up and goes into full celebration over his apparent win is one of the dumber recurring spots in wrestling.

For that matter, most of the time the foot on the rope is a big pile of garbage too, mostly because of how a majority of wrestlers execute it. It's commonly doomed from the start by the way that they usually give away what's happening from the placement in the ring and oftentimes the camera angle. But beyond that, putting a foot on the ropes as a way of escaping a pin while being unable to kick out ends up looking silly because most suddenly have perfect wherewithal and move their boot to the rope on two without issue. I could see it being a good spot if the wrestler's free leg is kicking without enabling him to get a shoulder up, but then the desperately kicking leg gets the rope, but I don't recall seeing that maybe ever? So it's just dumb.

Starrcade tonight?

I might be dumb enough to tune in.

Looks like it's an hour long special starting in two hours (?).

I think I’m too annoyed by the Starrcade name being slapped onto a house show to be tempted to tune in.