The Rosencoaster
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@KicknOut2
Retro Pro Wrestling banter covering the 80’s, 90’s and early 2000’s. Available on any podcast platform, search Kick’n Out At 2 or WretroMania
On This Day in Wrestling History - Bret Hart defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin in the greatest Wrestlemania match of all time 29 years ago today (3/23/97)
How Did The Cold War Start and Why Did it End? historydefined.net/how-and-why-di…
- repo man entertained me - so did M.O.M. - and the bushwhackers - slaughter/warrior is FUN - HHH/slaughter is not - i still like WM9 - the rockers/tito six man at ss89 is fire - matt bourne doink is incredible - ray licameli doink is ass - owen winning any title is the best
@AndrewBaydala I would have Michael Jordan or Kevin Nash induct him
One of Dennis Rodman’s most memorable nWo moments occurred on June 16, 1997, when along with Hogan, Hall, Nash and other nWo members, he entered the United Center – the site of the Bulls’ fifth championship victory just three days prior – in an electric opening scene on Nitro. As Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Child (Slight Return)’ blared from the speakers for the first time, the camera immediately showcased a limousine which ostensibly had just arrived in the backstage area. Out stepped Rodman, cigar in hand, issuing veiled threats and offhanded jibes – meanwhile, Hogan bopped his head to the music in tow; a man in his element. In a brilliant production choice, the camera laid bare a veritable behind-the-curtain view, allowing fans to witness the duo approaching the stage in real-time. As Hogan and ‘Rodzilla’ appeared in front of the audience, the building positively erupted, giving way to fireworks, an air-guitar display and, of course, the customary Michael Buffer line: Let’s get ready to rumble! If there ever was a representative moment of the nWo’s cool factor, this was it. The segment achieved the rare distinction of appearing rather spontaneous, almost as if Hogan and Rodman – in a casual, last-minute fancy – decided to stop by Nitro en route to other places. In reality, however, the backstage environment had been a whirl of activity just moments before the show went live. Days later, the Chicago Sun-Times columnist Larry Hamel described the unfolding scene: A few minutes before ‘Nitro’ goes on the air live on TNT, WCW executive vice president Eric Bischoff strides purposefully down the long corridor that is the nerve center of the show. “I need an NWO shirt, a Rodman NWO shirt, and I need it two minutes ago,” he snaps. “Will somebody, anybody, please get me an NWO shirt.” Production assistants scurry around to find one, but wrestler Scott Hall, as cool as his New World Order character, ducks into his dressing room and, upon emerging, calmly flips a black-and-white NWO T-shirt to Bischoff. Dennis Rodman pops out of the Bulls’ locker room, wearing a shirt that reads “NWO Bite Me.” He’s joined in the corridor by ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan, who’s puffing on a cigar, ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, Kevin Nash and Hall. Just as Hogan is about to go out the swinging doors, he turns to Bischoff and says, ‘You sure you don’t want to be a part of this thing?’ Bischoff shakes his head and says, ‘No, this is your deal.’ Hogan says, ‘C’mon, put your (NWO) shirt on. You’re one of us.’ Bischoff nods and follows the group out the door. A few minutes later, he’s in the ring, microphone in hand, working a crowd of more than 16,000 into a frenzy as the middleman for Hogan and Rodman. The above is excerpted from the book, BEYOND NITRO: Untold Stories from the WCW era by @GuyEvansBooks. For more: amazon.com/dp/B0F6S2PJNF
Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in April, sources told @ShamsCharania. Rodman is also in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Whether you like JD or not doesn’t mean he’s wrong.
Dragunov's been ducking Melo for weeks, having confidence issues, say he has to "find himself" and what not. So great, here's what you do. Have him show up on Raw, with permission from Nick Aldis, to confront Gunther. Why? Because he finally realized, in order to re-discover the best version of himself, he needed to challenge the man who's given him the toughest battles of his career. Boom, match made. There's no need for Gunther to be fighting for any title that he's not going to win.
