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djlunchbox
1. How did you get into belts?
2. What are your favorite WCW/NWA belts?
3. I saw you mention a wrestler named Hayabusa. Is that like the motorbike? Explain what he was about. His costume looks cool.
1) as a wrestling fan i think the belt is the one thing we've all wanted/coveted. The wars we would watch wrestlers go through to hold a belt. There's just something about them that was so cool. From the cockiness of Ric Flair talking about 10 pounds of gold to custom Stone Colde belt to that hardcore belt, a wrestling belt is that item that beats all trophies save for a gold medal. . I remember when figures inc made the first "official" ones back in the day and they were so cool. My first and only belt i had until recently was the ECW heavyweight belt and that one meant a lot to me because of Taz. Also WM VI and Champion vs Champion had a lot to do with it as well. seeing Warrior hold up both belts when he won was just so cool.
2) the classic NWA Big Dome was so simple yet elegant and has a tremendous amount of history. I think since NWA was mostly a southern thing, I didn't watch those small promotions here on the WC so my only memory of it was Shane Douglas winning it and throwing it down due to the secession of ECW from the NWA and becoming Extreme Championship Wrestling. And of course the Big Gold. Such a massive belt i think to this day it's still the biggest championship belt with the 13 plate. Aside from that, none of the other WCW belts moved me. They seemed really "generic" and because I was a WWF household growing up i favored those belts/promotion more.
3) haha yeah like the Motorcycle. He was one of those really good highflying wrestlers that had heat to them in the late 90's/2000s when "crusierweight" wrestlers were getting a push. Back in the late 90's Lucha Libre-esque wrestling was getting the spotlight put on them. Hayabusa was mainly a Japanese wrestler part of FMW which was one of the 2 major Japanese promotions along All Japan wrestling. back then you'd only know about by buying the latest wrestling magazines. Back when the attitude era/NWO era was making waves, ECW was doing more than providing storylines but really, really good wrestling and high flying stuff that would make the crowds go nuts. Just like Lucha Libre and Japanese promotions were doing as well. People like Super Crazy, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, Jerry Lynn these guys were putting on some MATCHES. Do yourself a favor and watch this match from Heatwave 98 and you'll see why ECW was a force back then. Sadly like it sometimes may happen, Hayabusa was injured that ended his career in the early 2000. Damn shame.
man you can literally throw a pebble and hit a few from the late 90s. Probably the one that sticks out because the storyline was so dumb but the whole custody for Domink Mysterio between Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio
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djlunchbox
DO YOU know of anyone that attended that Heatwave 98 event? Seems like a gun match.
I will watch by the end of the week.
The Hayabusa man looks cool. Thanks for putting me on.
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Hey Auntie Jemele-school me on Great Mewtwo, Great Sake, Psycho Mantis,
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Jeff Harvey, and Ron Mysterious
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nah a combination of bischoff and hogan.
russo would have never been brought in if wcw didnt fumble the large lead it had on wwe in ratings.
bringing russo in was a last ditch effort
Bend_The_Knee
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because it was already dead when russo came aboard.
bischoff spent all of ted turners money on hogan and other ex wwe wrestlers while not improving the infrastructure, creativity, and writing.
he was trying to live off the nwo and once that got stale he had nothing.
wcw was a dead man walking
thats what happens when you let the inmates run the asylum
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It might have been sinking but Russo was a torpedo that sunk it quicker. Made himself an on air personality.
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you might be right about Sol Ruca. She look good with actual clothes on.Jaida with Black Force Energy. Always a pleasure to see her come and go.
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I’m deceased 
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also in wwe vince russo had filters. in wcw bischoff let russo do whatever he wanted as long as his boyfriend hogan wasnt jobbing
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Sandman was always wearing heaters back in the day..
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with an excellent summation of the Kendrick/Drake beef.
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