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The draft is time warping guys to today. So Ray Stevens would be wrestling today and have more modern moveset than he did then.

But even if you hate old schoolers, there's not one person there who could have made even a slight impact (which would be bigger than Nowinski, who had no impact)?

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12-14-2009 , 07:25 PM

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not true here. old school wrestling puts you to sleep. thats why they show old awa on espn classic at 11pm. its like watching paint dry with the limited moveset and bad promos.

i find todays wrestling pretty unwatchable.

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12-14-2009 , 07:34 PM

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I don't think you can just assume guys from yesteryear would time warp to 2009 and have a different moveset. It doesn't work that way.

I'm fine if you want to carry over the idea that the old guys who got over back then could get over today, or the guys who cut a great promo back then could do so today.

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12-14-2009 , 07:34 PM

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so then your not getting ray stevens, your getting ray stevens extra. because if you were getting ray stevens, you get a bland moveset.

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12-14-2009 , 07:35 PM

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12-14-2009 , 07:35 PM

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Like, there are definitely some old-school guys who could absolutely "bridge the gap" and get over today ... maybe not through their in-ring work (although there are a few who could even do that), but certainly through promos and ring psychology and things of that nature.

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12-14-2009 , 07:44 PM

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I understand that not all skills are going to transfer. What I don't understand is why some people think that current guys are superior when the industry is significantly less popular than it was 10 and 15 years ago. It seems to me that the 90s and early 2000s guys were the best of all worlds.

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12-14-2009 , 07:50 PM

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I don't think you can just assume guys from yesteryear would time warp to 2009 and have a different moveset. It doesn't work that way.

I think it's the same assumption wrt Joe Louis being a boxer today. Louis was small by today's standards, but if he were in his prime today, he'd be different. Same with Stevens. Obviously, he's never going to fly like Rey Misterio Jr., but he's also not going to have just the punch, body slam, arm bar repertoire that wrestlers of the 60s and 70s had.

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12-14-2009 , 07:53 PM

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I mean there's too many variables for timewarps and I don't know how to properly do it.

Could Ray Stevens wrestle the schedule used today without getting injured? I mean, a lot of the old wrestlers have longevity because they weren't wrestling 300+ nights a year and using a more high-impact style that's seen today.

That being said, would CM Punk have the same appeal if he wrestled in 1970? This is virtually a theoretical mind****.

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12-14-2009 , 07:55 PM

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Billy Graham is a great example, so is the Shiek

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12-14-2009 , 08:02 PM

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This is why I dunno what to think about the really old school guys like Thesz, Sammartino, or Kowalski.

Wasn't a lot of their appeal based on the fact that people thought they were actually beating people up and never losing? Did they give great promos about how they were gonna give 110% and take it once match at a time? Do we have any info at all about how they acted inside the ring?

I dunno jack about old school wrestling though.

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12-14-2009 , 08:06 PM

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Ricky Steamboat is an even better example. **** the guy was better than most of the current roster still when he came back around Wrestlemania.

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12-14-2009 , 09:40 PM

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You do realize that wrestlers in the pre-PPV era were working virtually every day and sometimes twice a day right? I remember someone (possibly Bruno) that was offered the NWA title and turned it down because he didn't want to lose the one weekend a month he had off at the time.

The rules simply stated that your wrestler would be as over today as he was in 1972. None of that "how does his moveset translate" stuff matters. As long as he was really hated/liked then he will receive the same support now.

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12-14-2009 , 10:49 PM

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Pretty sure CM Punk would be hated quite a bit in the 60's and 70's criticizing everyone for toking up

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12-14-2009 , 11:24 PM

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I mean there's too many variables for timewarps and I don't know how to properly do it.

Could Ray Stevens wrestle the schedule used today without getting injured? I mean, a lot of the old wrestlers have longevity because they weren't wrestling 300+ nights a year and using a more high-impact style that's seen today.

That being said, would CM Punk have the same appeal if he wrestled in 1970? This is virtually a theoretical mind****.

Where the hell did you come up with the number anyways? In 1997 the WWF ran 190 cards. http://100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling...her/wnls97.txt I seriously doubt they have 110 more than that today.

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12-14-2009 , 11:27 PM

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From all the reading I've done, wrestlers wrestled WAY MORE matches back before 1995. Again, check out Ric Flair's 1982 NWA world title defense schedule. It's crazy. Guys did two shows on weekends, most weekends. It's still a brutal business these days but not quite as bad.

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12-14-2009 , 11:42 PM

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Where the hell did you come up with the number anyways? In 1997 the WWF ran 190 cards. http://100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling...her/wnls97.txt I seriously doubt they have 110 more than that today.

Hm, this was one of those things that I have heard repeated a ton of times but never verified it. Apparently others thought the same way, if you Google "wrestling 300 nights a year" there's quite a few hits.

Was just flat out wrong on the old-timers putting in that much work. I just figured those guys were wrestling maybe twice or three times a week. Didn't realize they traveled that much, thought since it would be regional there wouldn't be much drawing power several nights a week.

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12-14-2009 , 11:46 PM

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oldtimers not only worked every day, but paid for the own hotels, meals, and sometimes even airfare

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12-14-2009 , 11:53 PM

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Not denying, but is this daily travel schedule confirmed anywhere? I'd like to read up on it.

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12-14-2009 , 11:57 PM

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Someone posted an NWA world title defenses link earlier in the thread, I assume you could do a search for it.

Last edited by antidan444; 12-14-2009 at 11:59 PM. Reason: I mean, a google search for "NWA world title defenses" or something, not a search of this monster thread for the link.

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12-14-2009 , 11:58 PM

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i agree with this. now the question that you actually wanna ask is:

is the time before the 1990's better than 2002 on? i disagree, as you will see with my picks.

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12-15-2009 , 12:01 AM

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Well, I think the wrestlers are better today but I think the booking/storytelling is really bad compared to just about any other time.

I think Jim Cornette is right when he rants all the time about how wrestling is about the drama of two guys (or tag teams, or whatever) battling over some dispute. That's the core element and I think in a lot of ways that core element has been lost.

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12-15-2009 , 12:02 AM

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Like, I think the right person or group of people, with a good understanding of the business and what draws, could make a KILLING with the talent available.

(I actually wish Bret Hart was doing some booking somewhere, because I really think he would shine in that role.)