It came after Braun Strowman surprisingly interfered to cost Roman Reigns the title and leave it in the hands of Owens. Kevin Owens walked out of the WWE Universal Championship match with the belt at Royal Rumble. Now a heel.By Rob Wolkenbrod 6 years ago Kevin Owens and Goldberg are reportedly set to collide in the main event of WWE Fastlane for the Universal Championship. Got hired on as a big coup by Eric Bischoff. Lex Luger: One of WCW’s biggest homegrown stars, but in a questionable position as he’d been a “New Hogan”-type dude who bounced from heel to face constantly, and now the real Hogan was here. But got his ass kicked A LOT.Īrn Anderson: Flair’s best buddy IRL and in wrestling, used as his #2 guy. Ric Flair: Turned heel again and quickly jobbed the WCW Title to Hogan, then led the opposition against him as the top heel. Both guys are around 43, which was treated by the WWF at the time as them being completely ancient, despite being only a little older than me. But when Hogan went to WCW and had the entire company revolve around him, he brought in Savage (who was being put out to pasture by the WWF), who became his best buddy and opposition against Hogan’s rivals. Hulk Hogan & “Macho Man” Randy Savage: Two of the biggest stars in wrestling history, having the phenomenal “Mega Powers” feud around WrestleMania V but mostly spent years apart in angles. THE STAGE: WCW Uncensored (March 24th, 1996) Overall, it stands as Peak Hogan Paranoia regarding his inability to ever look weak. And also that Jeep Swenson was called “The Final Solution” until someone wised up in the company. And I learn years later that this was an infamous disaster and is sometimes credited with the end of Babyface Hogan in WCW. hahaha yes, IT’S TIME! Reading about this in WCW Magazine way back in 1996, I was like “Wow, THREE CAGES!? Fighting off eight dudes in separate cages, fighting your way to the bottom? This sounds AWESOME!”. I mean… it LOOKS cool! Maybe it won’t be so bad!ĪNATOMY OF A DISASTER: THE DOOMSDAY CAGE!: I owned the official VHS for SummerSlam 2002 as I got it for Christmas that year and my Christmas of 2002 alternated between watching this show and playing Kelly Slater Pro Surfer on the PS2, so I had quite a good time all told! Let’s see if SummerSlam 2002 stands up to the rigours of time though.Ĭard with guide « WWE SummerSlam 2002 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database If those two matches delivered then the show would be an automatic thumbs up, but a lot of matches on the under card promised to be good as well, meaning there was much intrigue prior to the event. Going into SummerSlam 2002, the two big storylines were Shawn Michaels coming out of retirement for a match with His H’ness and Brock Lesnar going for his first World Title against The Rock. WWE’s product was a bit of a mixed bag at the time of SummerSlam 2002, as the Smackdown brand was usually putting on good shows built around the likes of Brock Lesnar and the famed Smackdown Six, whilst Raw was becoming a vehicle that existed seemingly only to get Triple H over and the quality of the television was suffering as a result. I reviewed a Stinker show from WWE last week, so this week I’ll redress the balance by reviewing one of the better shows they ever put on in the form of SummerSlam 2002. For a T-shirt company they sure don’t bring many shirts with them. I’ve been to two of their shows now and the merch stands were the WORST. There better be commemorative All In Shirts, Vuvuzela(i hate them but soccer crowds love them), Visors, fanny packs, athletic cups etc etc. If TK doesn't have a t-shirt stand propped up every 50ft on every level of Wembley he's greatly underestimating the demand live crowds have for quality AEW merch. But as you and others have pointed out on the blog, they really need to invest in their merch product overall and at live events. I love how AEW splurges for the music rights on certain talents for events, and who knows how much they spend flying in this NJPW talent that happens randomly now across all 3 shows. available spent on LED's lights and Holograms for every broadcast? I got nothing against the visual effects department, but how about putting the money more towards enhancing the live experience for the crowd than how it looks on tv(which is horrible btw and no one watches for that) WWE goes all out, and rightfully so, for Wrestlemania, but do they really need every sq. I am in no way a financial expert and I know WWE is making more money than ever before(i think?, than if not at least close), and AEW has a family of billionaires backing them, but who do you think spends it better, and in that turn, how do you think both can trim some fat and use their wealth in better places for their promotion?
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