[DevSop]

Flair, Angle, HHH, Y2J

[Tommy]

Owen, Owen, Owen and Owen.

[salmonjunkie]

Flair, Angle, HHH, Rock

[Lou]

Flair, Bret, HBK, Rock

[National Champion Chris Cole]

Flair, Hart, HHH, Rock

[The Jewish Cunthead]

No love for Kurt?

Flair, Angle, HHH, Rock

[The Canadian Content]

fsolomon75 said:

No love for Kurt?

No.

[Batman]

A lot of people seem to be choosing HHH over HBK. I assume this is a whole lot of misprints, right? If not, please explain . . .

[DevSop]

Better heel, better brawler, DX w/o HBK > DX w/HBK, McMahon/Helmsley Era > Kliq power.

HBK has better workrate and is a better face.

I'd say they're about equal on the mic depending what you're looking to portray.

And I think HHH is a more bankable draw than HBK has ever been.

[Moosehead Jack]

good lord HHH vs. HBK


I think this is another one I will have to abstain from. I don't especially care about either one.

Flair
Hart
ugh
Jericho

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Sorry that Gangrel didn't make the list, Chuckles.

How does one watch the WWF without liking Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker or HBK?

[Moosehead Jack]

mid carders RULE?

[Batman]

But . . . HBK loves each and every one of us. He says so all the time.

I feel the same way about the Rock versus Jericho. The answer to that question is "Foley." Failing that, I no longer care about the Hollywood bracket.

I feel the opposite about Eddie versus Flair. I'm voting Eddie, but I'm not going to make a big campaign of it. It looks like Flair has a lot more support, and I'm totally OK with him taking it.

Eddie
Angle
Shawn!
ennui

[Lucky]

fsolomon75 said:

Sorry that Gangrel didn't make the list, Chuckles.

How does one watch the WWF without liking Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker or HBK?

In a college dorm flipping channels between Nitro or only running into the RAW room when your friends call you in.

I actually liked Austin and HBK well enough so that's not entirely directed towards me.

[National Champion Chris Cole]

For me HBK vs HHH is really tough to do. I think HBK is great and I would not be upset if HHH lost to him. But their were stretches during his career that I tired of him. With Triple H I've liked him the entire time. He is the best heel since Flair and since I didn't see much of Flair's run he is my favorite heel of all time. He had a stretch of terrible matches one year with Steiner, Nash, Goldberg, etc. but otherwise has been solid and even during that stretch I still enjoyed the character. I think HBK has been treading water since his return. He might get my vote if he had a heel turn and a title run somewhere. His short one month heel turn on Hogan was great. I wish they would have let that run a little a longer.

[Moreofabreadguyanyway]

Shame Eddie's going to get slaughtered, he may be my favorite wrestler of all time.
It sucks that Hart's still even in the tourney. If Austin were still in it, I'd vote for him over Kurt, but since it's Bret, I'll vote for Kurt.
HHH-HBK are probably my two least favorite guys left in the tourney, and I don't know who I'll vote for. Hopefully they'll lose to whoever they go against next.
Rock-Jericho is too close to call, but I'll probably go with Rocky.

[bdoriginal]

fsolomon75 said:

Sorry that Gangrel didn't make the list, Chuckles.

How does one watch the WWF without liking Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker or HBK?

For me, I was more of a WCW mark at the time. I've liked each of these guys to varying degrees, but the Rock is the only one I actually loved.

I've liked Austin at times. I think the first time he did a massive Stunner ralley where he stunned everything in sight, I cheered. The second time less so, and every time after that until I got bored and hated the very sight of him. I did love his Vince hugging, cowboy hat wearing, my name is stone cold steve austin and I do not deserve this - heel run.

I missed just about everything HBK did before WM 14, so I didn't become a fan of his until 2003ish.

Even at his worst, I still saw something I liked about HHH and when compared to Cena and Austin's reigns of terror, he bored me a lot less.

Taker, I pretty much never liked except for brief periods during his Biker Taker days. I still wouldn't mind seeing his entrance live just to say I did, but there's nothing else about the Dead Man persona I liked. And let me just say I hate his gogoplata finisher. That shit works in MMA because there are no pinfalls. If he's been pinned during a triangle choke, he should be pinned everytime he even attempts that move since he starts off on his back.

[Lucky]

bdoriginal said:

I've liked Austin at times. I think the first time he did a massive Stunner ralley where he stunned everything in sight, I cheered. The second time less so, and every time after that until I got bored and hated the very sight of him.

You know what I'm more and more realizing? The wrestling world is made up of WWE fans and non-WWE fans. No surprise, really. But I'm starting to realize that WWE really is SUCH a different product that its why we can't all agree. Its why WWE and non-WWE fans will argue over the Rock saying the same shit over and over again and Austin stunning people over and over again and Taker doing that ridiculously long entrance over and over again and it will never make a difference. That's what WWE is. Spectacle, catchphrases, characters, t-shirts, hype videos, repetition, etc. WWE fans like it so referencing it as negatives makes no sense. The rest of us? We don't like it. Its why we flipped the channel to WCW or went out of our way to follow ECW or found TNA or started buying ROH DVDs or downloading stuff off the web or whatever.

Not to say you can't love that WWE stuff and still love some of that other stuff. Or find a nice middle ground. But for as many times as I've said that Foley, Austin, Rock, HHH, Taker, or whoever were great once and then got repetitive and boring as shit really quick its just never changed an opinion. Because the fact of the matter is that millions LIKE chanting along with Rock's catchphrases and marking for a 10 minute Taker or Hulk entrance or chanting "WHAT!?" or whatever. So that I use that time to check what's on ESPN and once used it as an easy excuse to turn on Nitro will never make a difference because its just where we split and why we were watching different programs in the first place.

[Batman]

metallikid said:

But their were stretches during his career that I tired of him.

Haha! My irony-meter has overloaded.

[gooker]

I just think that the fact that HBK and Bret Hart are still in it and they also just so happen to be my two favorites of all-time shows that my wrestling quality-meter is perfectly calibrated.

[Mikey]

I said I'd kick off the regional finals today, but I'm bumping it a day. Allergies have zapped me of any energy I would otherwise have at 11pm.

[Batman]

Wuss.

[Batman]

I mean, hope you feel better.

[The Canadian Content]

Wuss.

[Mikey]

You both can kindly kiss my ass.











I mean... thanks for the concern.