BCW Interactive General Manager: Episode 001 – Getting Started

Here is a list of the roster to choose from. Remember, wrestlers in this colour qualify as Cruiserweights which is a Smackdown exclusive title, and wrestlers in this colour qualify for the women’s championship division, a title exclusive to Raw.

 

  1. Batista
  2. Big Show
  3. Booker T
  4. Carlito
  5. Charlie Hass
  6. Chavo Guerrero
  7. Chris Benoit
  8. Chris Jericho
  9. Chris Masters
  10. Christian
  11. Christy Hemme
  12. Danny Basham
  13. Doug Basham
  14. Eddie Guerrero
  15. Edge
  16. Eugene
  17. Heidenreich
  18. The Hurricane
  19. JBL
  20. John Cena
  21. Joy Giovanni
  22. Kane
  23. Khosrow Daivari
  24. Kurt Angle
  25. Lita
  26. Mark Jindrak
  27. Michelle McCool
  28. Muhammad Hassan
  29. Orlando Jordan
  30. Paul London
  31. Randy Orton
  32. Rene Dupree
  33. Rey Mysterio
  34. Ric Flair
  35. Rob Van Dam
  36. Rob Conway
  37. Scotty 2 Hotty
  38. Shawn Michaels
  39. Shelton Benjamin
  40. Snitsky
  41. Spike Dudley
  42. Stacy Keibler
  43. Steven Richards
  44. Sylvain Grenier
  45. Tajiri
  46. Torrie Wilson
  47. Triple H
  48. Trish Stratus
  49. Undertaker
  50. William Regal

 

Please remember that the order of superstars on your list is very important. The person at the top of your list should be the person you want me to draft first (if possible). UPDATED RULES: Now, each wrestler has a number, so instead of writing out a list of NAMES, you can just list the NUMBERS in the order you want them! Ways to send me your list (including which brand you wish me to run) include:

 

The comments section below (either on www.wrestlingview.co.uk, www.bigcalsworld.co.uk, or below the video on Youtube)

Email – bigcal@wrestlingview.co.uk or bigcal@bigcalsworld.co.uk – with the subject title”BCW GM”.

WrestleMania 31 PPV Ramble

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WrestleMania 31

IT’S WRESTLEMANIA PLAY BUTTON!!! Actually gonna watch/ramble on the pre-show matches this time too. First time ever I think. I normally don’t even bother watching it lol. BUT, the official CAL SCALE score for WM will go by JUST the actual WM matches. I’ll probably show both at the end though.

 

Cesaro & Tyson Kidd Vs Los Matadores Vs The Usos Vs The New Day – WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Cesaro and Kidd are accompanied to the ring by NATTIE’S TITS. Holy Jebus lol.

Cesaro and Kofi start off, then one of the Los Matadores tags himself in, so Cesaro leaves and… takes out an Uso :lmao. Apparently he was already injured coming into the match so, that explains that :p.

How AWFUL is the current “tag division” right now? This is what we’re stuck with.

:lmao Woods is on the outside trying to motivate Kofi by smacking on the ring apron, and the fans are chanting “New. Day sucks!” to the beat :lmao.

SUPERKICKS~! Guess he has to do more than usual since he’s on his own now (Jimmy Uso, obviously). Though fuck knows what he’s gonna do for the rest of the match since he’s used up his whole 1 move.

:lmao as I wrote that… HE HIT ANOTHER SUPERKICK :lmao. He has quite literally RUN OUT OF MOVES :lmao.

Thought they were gonna do a lame as fuck tower of doom spot because apparently when you have more than just 2 tag teams in a match, that spot MUST be done. It’s like, mandatory. They’d probably get fined if they didn’t do it. Instead, they change things up and everyone does their own little spot and it’s somewhat fun :).

SHARPSHOOTER TO THE MIDGET BULL~!

:lmao Los Matadores do a switch twin spot, but the referee can apparently tell the difference between them and refuses to count :lmao.

:lmao MOAR SUPERKICKS~!

EVERYONE EXCEPT CESARO HAS HIT A SUPERKICK AT LEAST ONCE IN THIS MATCH :lmao.

Oh hey, here’s the tower of doom spot. Told ya they’d get fined if they didn’t do it.

Well, thankfully Cesaro and Kidd retain the titles. Best choice because everyone else is just awful.

Some fun stuff here… but I’m glad it was on the pre-show and not the proper show because it was just a spotty move-fest and nothing else.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

AXELMANIA is… eliminated first. By everyone. Didn’t see that coming…

Is that KENTA in the match (I forget what his NXT name is, hence me not using it. I’m not one of those people who refuses to call someone by their new name or anything lame :side: )?

ITAMI. There we go. Thanks Cole. He won some tournament over WM weekend.

HOLY FUCK JBL FINALLY SPEAKS SENSE. He actually said that Big Show is NOT a favourite because despite his size, he has NEVER WON A BATTLE ROYAL. About time someone brought that up.

HOW DID ALEX RILEY GET IN THIS MATCH??!? :lmao

:lmao Ryder eliminated like a jobber by Bo Dallas who runs around the ring screaming “I DID IT”, gets back in the ring, and gets kicked out by Itami.

BIG SHOW VS KENTA :mark:. That could actually be a good match. Show as the monster heel, and Itami working as the underdog. Kinda like how he did against TENRYU that one time. At least, so I’ve heard. Don’t think I’ve ever seen the match myself.

Well, there goes Itami. And a bunch of other people.

HENRY IS ELIMINATED… by who? The fucking Ascension? What a load of shit.

Well guess my prediction of SHEAMUS winning this thing ain’t happening unless he’s allowed to show up at the end :p. So he’s most likely, apparently, to interfere in the ladder match? God I hope he doesn’t cost Bryan the IC title.

:lmao didn’t even realise Swagger was in this match :lmao. First time I’ve seen him, and he was sat in the corner hiding before getting eliminated :lmao. THANKS FOR COMING.

:mark: BIG SHOW HANGING ON LIKE RR 2009 :mark:. He fucking MURDERS The New Day and single handily eliminates them :mark:.

:lmao Cole doesn’t know which Uso is which. He claims Jimmy got hurt earlier, so Jay is the one in the ring. Then realises it was Jay that got hurt.

Ahhh shit, Goldust is gone :(.

Oh hey Kane is here. The fuck has he been hiding? And how does someone that big hide?

Cesaro eliminates Kane in the same way he beat Big Show last year. Then he sets his sights on doing it to Show again :mark:. Maybe Cesaro can win it again and actually benefit from it this year? :p

Nah, Cesaro is gone. Actually, losing might help him more than winning :lmao.

THE FINAL 3. Big Show Vs Miz and Mizdow. Oh god Mizdow is winning, isn’t he?

At least it seems like Mizdow is turning on Miz for good. When they split up and have their little feud, I want Jiz to become the Marty Jannetty of their team. Same for Sandow tbh. Fuck em both.

I like how Big Show just stands in the corner for like 5 minutes while Jiz and Sandow argue.

MIZ IS ELIMINATED BY SANDOW~!

Big Show wants a hug. Sandow attacks him instead. What a cunt. He’s probably gonna make Big Show cry now. Just what we need…

:lmao gotta say though, this is one of the more fun finishing stretches for a battle royal. Some fun teased eliminations including Sandow biting Show’s hand when he tries to hold on to the ropes :lmao.

IT’S BENOIDOW~! He tries to use the same tactic as Benoit from the 04 RR. And then gets eliminated.

HOLY SHIT BIG SHOW ACTUALLY WON. HE’S MADE HIS (FAKE) DADDY PROUD~!

Well I enjoyed this :).

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Bad News Barrett Vs Dean Ambrose Vs Daniel Bryan Vs Stardust Vs Dolph Ziggler Vs R-Truth Vs Luke Harper – WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match

Daniel Bryan opens yet another WM. I just hope Sheamus doesn’t fuck him over like he did a couple of years ago :side:.

So APPARENTLY the reason Bryan isn’t being pushed in the main event scene since his return is because WWE aren’t sure on the condition of his neck still. It could just be a short term fix, similar to what Angle kept having for years. So their solution? PUT HIM IN A LADDER MATCH~! *FACE. PALM.*

Right, time to get this clusterfuck match out of the way. I just hope nobody gets seriously hurt, and they can try and give us something more than SPOTS~!

30 seconds into this match and everyone is diving over the ropes onto everyone else. *sigh*

I think Ziggler just landed on a ladder balls first. Not sure if I should laugh at him or feel sorry for him.

:lmao

I laughed.

Stardust has his own glitter ladder. Bad News Barrett breaks it and beats the fuck out of Stardust with a broken rung :lmao. Don’t think I’ve ever seen that in a ladder match :).

Urgh, that fucking “swing the ladder” spot. Harper set the ladder up for that BEFORE ANYONE ELSE WAS EVEN IN THE RING. So he was basically waiting and hoping everyone else would run in at him so the spot would work. I. HATE. LADDER. MATCHES.

Oh look, a ladder set up in the ring NOWHERE NEAR THE BELT. Bet that won’t be used for a spot.

OMG SHOCK IT WAS USED FOR A SPOT.

Well, Ambrose just killed the Jawbreaker Lariat. Two AWFUL set ups and executions.

Well, Ambrose just died. Powerbomb out of the ring through a ladder that was… set up for that spot at some point in time.

Is Harper bleeding or is his tank top just in character by being dirty? Can’t get a good enough look at him to find out :lmao.

Where is Bryan? I don’t remember the last time I saw him.

Oh there he is. He just got knocked off the ladder. Bet that’s good for his neck!

KNEE TO BARRETT’S FACE~! Should be an improvement.

Ziggler and Bryan battling on top of the ladder. God, if Ziggler wins this then I’ll… I’LL COMPLAIN ON THE INTERNET.

A bazzillion headbutts later and Bryan wins. At least the match did one thing right.

Didn’t like this at all. Garbage. Fucking garbage.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Seth Rollins Vs Randy Orton

So are they getting all the old Shield members out of the way early on so when Reigns comes out for the main event, nobody remembers how much better they were than him? :p

Seth tried to kill Orton 4 months ago. Orton returned, pretended to be friends then tried to murder Seth. And this match starts like any other basic match from Raw and SD. Well done you morons.

Did… did Orton just no sell the turnbuckle powerbomb? Or was he meant to like, counter it?

DOUBLE APRON DDT TO J&J. Randy has showed more aggression towards the security than Seth. Does nobody know how to have a fucking FIGHT any more? This should be a BLOOD FEUD. Only without the blood because PG and whatnot. But still. LOOK LIKE YOU’RE TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER DAMMIT.

I’m bored. THIS IS FUCKING BORING. I know I’m not a wrestler. I’ve never been in the ring. I’ve not done any training. I’m a fan. I’m a “smark”. I talk about wrestling on the internet. So my opinion on the matter means less than dog shit to actual wrestlers. But even so, I just want to say to Seth and Randy… YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG. Sorry, but I could put together a better match than this. For starters it would make sense given the build up and feud going into the match. Hmmm… I wonder how much is their fault and how much is the agent’s fault? Either way, whoever put this match together should have simply said “FUCKING FIGHT”. That’s what this match needed to be and SHOULD have been. Instead it’s a cold match we would expect to see on Raw for no real reason.

DID YOU KNOW? We’ve had a Superkick in EVERY MATCH so far tonight. Both pre-show matches, and now both main card matches.

RKO~! I’ll be honest, I thought the match was ending there. Would have been a random and flat ending to what so far has been a random and flat match. Instead, 2 matches into the show, and we have a finisher kick out. Not sure which is worse. Kicking out of a finisher this early into the show, or if the match would have ended there while the match was still dull and flat.

CURBSTOMP~! And now Orton kicks out. Can we BAN finisher kick outs please? PLEASE?

Well. That RKO was actually fucking AWESOME.

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Meanwhile, the rest of the match was SHIT.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Triple H Vs Sting

:lmao this is happening now? Well, better for Sting to have his entrance in the day time than Undertaker :p. Though HHH’s entrance could probably have done with being in the dark too. Guess we’ll see. He’s gonna be THE TERMINATOR apparently. I hope Sting brings out ROBOCOP.

:lmao WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT FOR STING’S ENTRANCE? :lmao

Ok, come on HHH. I don’t like you, and you don’t like me, but your entrance at least has potential to be good :).

:mark: A BUNCH OF TERMINATORS ON STAGE :mark:. STING HAS BEEN MARKED FOR TERMINATION :mark:. TERMINATOR THEME :mark:

:lmao it started off good and then… HHH appeared :lmao.

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:lmao that just looks SHIT :lmao.

I was expecting him to come out like, in the leather jacket and shit like Arnie, not like THAT :lmao.

Gotta love how HHH essentially got a face entrance. WHO CAN BOO THE FUCKING TERMINATOR?!?! WCW just got buried again 8*D.

Ok, let’s see if this match is gonna be good or a trainwreck. PLEASE don’t be a trainwreck. I WANT this to be good. PLEASE BE GOOD.

Sting looks in shape. For Sting.

CROTCH CHOP to Sting. And once again HHH getting a pop from the crowd. LOL. HE’S A GREAT HEEL.

:lmao a “you still got it” chant towards Sting :lmao.

Ya know, I never thought I’d get the chance to shit on STING during a WWE PPV Ramble :). Feels… good :).

Sting’s face is already starting to fade away. Sting looks KNACKERED already. He’s old so he gets a bit of a pass. But he’s also Sting so he doesn’t get that much of a pass from me 8*D.

STINGER SPLASH~! HHH MOVED~! STING SPLASHED THE BARRICADE~!

Sting can lay around on the floor for most of the match now while HHH beats him down. Awww, HHH doing something nice for the OAP :).

:lmao great camera shot. Sting with half his face paint worn away, and a big bald spot on top of his head, as he’s on the floor at HHH’s feet.

REST HOLD~! Sting has never been so happy in his life.

SCORPION DEATH LOCK~!

DX MUSIC~!

ROAD DOGG, BILLY GUNN AND X-PAC~!

THIS IS A NO DQ MATCH~! WHY AM I ONLY FINDING THIS OUT NOW?

OH SHIT STING JUMPED OFF THE TOP ROPE ONTO DX ON THE FLOOR~!

OLD MEN EVERYWHERE~!

PEDIGREE~!

And of course Sting kicks out. Gotta have DEM FINISHER KICK OUTS.

Hai Sledgy the Sledgehammer :).

THE NWO~!

Are… are they here to help Sting? Or destroy Sting? Didn’t they hate Sting and WCW?

:lmao DX Vs NWO :lmao.

STING FROM BEHIND~! SCORPION DEATH DROP~!

:lmao HHH kicks out :lmao.

:lmao the NWO are actually here to help Sting :lmao.

Scorpion Death Lock applied. HHH reaches for the Sledgehammer, but Hogan drags it out of the ring. And then DX and NWO get into it again. HALL TAKES A BACK BODY DROP ON THE FLOOR~! I think that might be the most impressive thing of the match so far lol.

So, where is HBK in all this? WE NEED A SUPERKICK TO KEEP THE STREAK GOING!!!

:lmao I swear I didn’t know that was coming, but SECONDS AFTER I WROTE THAT, HBK showed up and Superkicked Sting :lmao. EVERY MATCH SO FAR HAS HAD A SUPERKICK :lmao.

And of course Sting kicks out. FINISHING MOVES DON’T WORK AT WRESTLEMANIA.

BAT VS SLEDGEHAMMER~!

Bat wins.

STINGER SPLASH~!

STINGER SPLASH COUNTERED WITH SLEDGEHAMMER TO THE FACE~!

HHH WINS~!

:lmao TRIPLE H WINS :lmao.

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This. Was. HILARIOUS. And not in a good way. An overbooked clusterfuck match with Sting and WCW once again getting buried :lmao. WHY DID STING AGREE TO THIS?!?! :lmao

THEN THEY SHAKE HANDS? WHAT? WHY? HOW? WHEN? WHERE? WHOSEIT? WHATSIT? WHAAA?

:lmao

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Bunch of IC champs of the past suck Bryan’s cock. Steamboat says the ladder match was up there with his match against Savage :lmao. Then Flair comes along to WOO and chop Steamboat :lmao. Bret Hart shows up. Then they all start chanting YES! :lmao. I don’t know if that was a good segment for Bryan or not lol.

 

Some apparent well known singers show up to do something. NEVER heard of any of them. Aaaaand skipping ahead :). I look forward to the DVD/Bluray release where they cut the segment out entirely :).

 

AJ Lee & Paige Vs Brie & Nikki Bella

Paige and AJ win.

Rating: DUD
CAL SCALE – 0

 

The HOF’ers for 2015 come out. OH MY GOD THAT ULTIMATE WARRIOR STATUE IS TERRIFYING. WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIS FACE?!?!

 

Rusev Vs John Cena – WWE United States Championship Match

:lmao big video package putting over DA US OF A which gets a great reaction from the fans. Then Cena follows it and gets booed and “John Cena Sucks” chants. Ahhh, gotta love it :).

Been a while since I watched Rocky IV. No idea why I thought of that :side:.

Fuck me, we’re barely 2 minutes into this match and we’ve already had Rusev standing over Cena with the Russian flag, and Cena going through his 5 moves of doom and teasing an AA. Surprised he didn’t hit it that early so we can have yet another finisher kick out at WM.

LET’S GO LANA chant :lmao.

This match has gone for last 5 minutes and they are wrestling it like they’ve already gone 20 and are having to go slow because they’re knackered.

SUPERKICK~! Shame the divas match didn’t have one of those.

YOU CAN’T BEAT ME JOHN CENA!!!

STF and… Lana randomly throws her show in the ring :lmao. The referee just kicks it out of the ring. Well, glad that happened…

What the… was that a… springboard Stunner?

Accolade locked in. The odds of Cena escaping? High. Very high.

Oh look, he did it. STF now. Looks painful. Gotta feel for Rusev in this hold, having to pretend it hurts even though it clearly looks like shit :p.

RUSEV JUST PLOUGHED INTO LANA~!

AA and Cena wins :lmao.

Fuck me, yet another boring shitty match at WM. Did everyone forget how to work a match? There was nothing to this. Just both men taking turns at hitting moves.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Almost seems like they are trying to kill time in hopes that it gets dark soon for Undertaker’s entrance :p. WM panel, pre-show clips, and then Steph and HHH cutting a promo in the ring. Gotta give it to HHH though, guy doesn’t look like he’s had any sort of match tonight. If only he didn’t. Just realised, no Sheamus yet. Is he gonna show up here? Seems like the right time. Though wasn’t he supposed to be a heel on his return? I don’t know any more. Guess he’ll show up on Raw. Urgh, Dwayne Johnson. Shouldn’t he be off filming FAST CARS AND EXPLOSIONS 23: THE SAME SHIT AS THE LAST 22?

 

:lmao they really ARE wasting time. Dwayne spends about 5 minutes on top of the ramp pacing up and down :lmao. And now he’s standing in the ring just hoping the fans will chant his name to kill even more time :lmao.

 

Doesn’t seem to be getting dark though. So this is a giant waste of time :lmao. This better not be setting up Rock Vs HHH for next year. HHH needs to stop putting himself in big feuds that nobody wants to see.

 

DID YOU KNOW? The Rock was born in the East Bay. Huh, I was born in a hospital.

 

OH MY GOD THIS SEGMENT SERIOUSLY IS NOT GOING TO END UNTIL IT GETS DARK. They just keep going on and on and on and on about absolutely NOTHING.

 

Rock stares down some… women… in the crowd. IT’S OVER 9000 t-shirt :mark:.

 

And yes, I know who she is. RONDA. I ain’t THAT out of touch when it comes to reality. I’ve seen her beat the shit out of women in like 20 seconds a few times. The fact she’s a DBZ fan interests me the most though :lmao. VEGETA~!

 

RONDA’S GONNA KILL YOU~!

 

They could have had the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the main card. But once again Rock takes up precious time with utter shit.

 

RONDA VS THE ROCK. I’d pay 9.99 for the Network for a month to see that match on PPV.

 

Why is HHH still there. HE’S DONE NOTHING FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES.

 

Aaaaand HHH is talking again. LET RONDA BEAT HIM UP. Bah, Rock attacks him instead. What a cunt. RONDA TAKES DOWN HHH :mark:. BREAK HIS ARM :mark:.

 

STEPHANIE VS RONDA~! Stephanie has officially lasted longer in the ring with Ronda than most trained MMM professionals 8*D.

 

This whole segment was POINTLESS. And boring. And shitty. And pointless. And shitty. And boring. And shitty. And pointless. And boring. And it’s still light, so it didn’t even do a good job wasting time :lmao.

 

The Undertaker Vs Bray Wyatt

:mark: THE RETURN OF THE UNDERTAKER :mark:.

Ummm… Bray? It’s light out still. WHY DO YOU HAVE A LANTERN? :p

FUCK ME WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!?! ZOMBIE SCARECROWS. WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE! *runs away screaming like a little girl… I MEAN LIKE A MAN*

I wonder if those are gonna replace the Druids when Bray takes over Undertaker’s role 8*D.

Well, here we go. UNDERTAKER TIME.

:lmao did we just hear the camera man coughing due to the smoke from ‘Taker’s entrance? :lmao

UNDERTAKER IS HERE :mark:.

Fuck me, he looks 10 years younger than he did last year lol. Must be the hair. He’s also dressed pretty similar to how he was when he returned at WM XX. Leather pants instead of his traditional wrestling tights.

:mark: UNDERTAKER.

BOOT TO THE FACE~! And here we go, the match is on!

OLD SCHOOL :mark:.

Well so far, other than being a little slower than 5 years ago, ‘Taker looks pretty damn FANTASTIC. No homo. Talking about his conditioning and ability to perform moves and take bumps.

APRON LEG DROP~!

:mark: SNAKE EYES. RUNNING BIG BOOT… COUNTERED WITH THAT CRAZY KAMIKAZE CROSS BODY THING HE DOES :mark:. Was hoping for that spot, but wasn’t sure if Undertaker would be in any condition to take the bump lol. Having Bray basically throw himself at you isn’t something to be taken lightly lol.

PUNCHES TO THE FACE~!

… the fuck lol? Bray I *think* was trying to smash Undertaker’s skull into the ring post but… ended up just talking one of those classic Undertaker/Mankind knees first into the steel steps bump :lmao.

Undertaker is showing signs of not being what he once was, and Bray is methodically taking him apart and perhaps trying to take advantage of the fact last year Undertaker suffered the concussion.

HELLS GATE~! Wyatt counters with PUNCHES TO THE FACE~!

The difference between this year and last year though… is that Undertaker isn’t concussed. HE’S FUCKING PISSED. And sooner or later Bray is gonna find out just how different those things are :mark:.

SISTER ABIGAIL~! Undertaker counters with a Chokeslam :mark:.

TOMBSTONE~!

1…2… BRAY KICKS OUT. Well fuck me. Not the big shocking moment like WM 25 with HBK, but I gotta say, I didn’t expect Bray to kick out of the Tombstone.

:lmao Undertaker’s face looks more like a confused old man than the awesome “what the fuck?” face he did at WM 25 :p. He was more “HUH? DID WE PLAN THAT? WASN’T THAT THE FINISH? WHERE AM I AGAIN?” :p.

BRAY COUNTERS A TOMBSTONE INTO SISTER ABIGAIL~!

Yet another finisher kick out to add to the ever growing list of finisher kickouts on this show lol.

:mark: yes, another spot that everyone wanted to see in the match happen has happened :mark:. Spider Bray walks into SIT UP Undertaker :mark:. Even Bray shat himself!!!

The Dead Man ain’t DEAD yet, he wants Bray to bring it to him even more :mark:. If Bray wants to be the new FACE OF FEAR he’s quite literally going to have to go through Undertaker.

Bray looks to end it with a second Sister Abigail, but Undertaker counters with a second Tombstone and this time Bray stays down!

THE UNDERTAKER HAS RISEN AND IS STILL GOING STONG~!

An enjoyable match :). Nothing amazing, but Undertaker looked great, Bray was good, and they put on a nice little match. Finally, with one match left, WM 31 gets some CAL SCALE points :lmao.

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Brock Lesnar Vs Roman Reigns – WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match

I CAN. I WILL. Yeah ok.

Yes, Heyman announcing Lesnar :mark:. Nobody does it better!

Ok, off to a great start :mark:. They charge at each other, Lesnar picks up Roman like a nobody, smashes him into the corner, hits a German Suplex and then an F-5!!! But Lesnar is bleeding from a punch it seems, and well, I guess he doesn’t want this match to end any time soon :mark:.

I think like most people, I wasn’t REALLY expecting much from this match… however right now they are doing exactly what I would have HOPED they would do for the match to at least try and make it entertaining. And they aren’t just TRYING, they are DOING.

Lesnar is just a fucking BEAST. I don’t think any nickname has ever suited a wrestler more than Lesnar being known as a BEAST. He’s fucking toying with Reigns. Despite the fact one side of his face has put on weight due to swelling lol. It’s like he doesn’t even notice it. BROCK should have been the one to come out at the fucking Terminator. Hell, that should be the next film. BROCK VS THE TERMINATOR. I’d still pick Brock to win. He’d rip apart any fucking Cyborg in his path.

:mark: those fucking KNEES TO THE FACE :mark:. So glad Lesnar resigned for THREE YEARS. Kinda hope he has more dates on his contract this time though, because I need more BROCK in my life beating the shit out of people.

Reigns stiffing the shit out of Lesnar now :mark:. And Lesnar fucking CREAMS HIM :mark:.

Gotta give it to Reigns here too. He’s taking the beating of his fucking life, but he keeps getting up and keeps coming back for more. Shame the fans turned on him because this would be a great babyface performance if the crowd were on his side lol.

F-5~! And Reigns kicks out! Now, how much better would that have been had we not had a million finisher kick outs before this match? Undertaker/Bray could have kept theirs in, but even still, THAT should have been the first finisher kick out of the show tbh.

Reigns is fucking LAUGHING :mark:. He’s talking smack to Lesnar while taking a beating :mark:. He’s pissing Lesnar off, but he’s still hanging in there!!!

Third F-5 of the match and again Roman kicks out! This time Lesnar isn’t happy. And well, that’s BAD for Roman.

LESNAR GETS HIS FACE SMASHED INTO THE RING POST~! LESNAR IS DRIPPING WITH BLOOD~! THINGS ARE PICKING UP :mark:.

Reigns needs to take advantage of this because he might not get another chance quite like this one.

SUPERMAN PUNCH~!

LESNAR DOESN’T GO DOWN :marK:.

A SECOND SUPERMAN PUNCH~!

LESNAR ONLY GOES DOWN ON ONE KNEE :mark:.

Lesnar catches a third attempt and tries to German Suplex him, but ends up taking yet another SUPERMAN PUNCH~!

SPEAR~!

LESNAR IS BACK UP~!

SPEAR~!

KICK OUT~!

YES! YES! YES! YES!

LESNAR WILL NOT DIE~!

:mark:

SUPERMAN PUNCH COUNTERED INTO ANOTHER F-5~!

Both men are down and… SETH ROLLINS IS ABOUT TO CASH IN!!! OH SHIT!

So is this now a triple threat? Yup! :mark:

Oh wait… does this mean they’re gonna have Lesnar beat Rollins, allowing Reigns ot not win the title but technically not lose either? :lmao.

CURBSTOMP~!

CURBSTOMP COUNTERED INTO AN F-5 COUNTERED INTO A SPEAR~!

CURBSTOMP TO REIGNS AND… SETH ROLLINGS WINS THE TITLE! THE BELT IS OFF LESNAR WITHOUT LESNAR LOSING~! REIGNS DIDN’T WIN~!

Not sure I like how the belt was taken away from Lesnar, or that Seth is the champ now… but damn this was a great match! Blew my expectations out of the water, just wish Lesnar won.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 5
Overall CAL SCALE (with Pre-Show) – 6.5

New Years Revolution 2005 PPV Ramblings

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New Years Revolution 2005

 

Vacant is the WHC, something he’d go on to do a bunch of times after this. But tonight he must forfeit the title and let 6 men fight for it inside the ELIMINATION CHAMBER.

 

Christian & Tyson Tomko Vs William Regal & Eugene – World Tag Team Championship Match

CHRISTIAN :mark:.

REGAL :mark:.

Eugene is wearing a Hogan style T-Shirt with Eugene written on it.

:lmao at Regal having to remind Eugene to hold the tag rope.

CHRISTIAN AND REGAL STARTING THIS MATCH OFF :mark:.

Eugene comes in and… does a WEDGY to Christian. We went from Christian and Regal chain wrestling to a fucking WEDGY. And honestly I’m not that mad :lmao. It was kinda funny :p.

:lmao Eugene is pretty great at doing some comedy. He does a little JYD headbutts then pretends to piss on Christian like a dog :lmao.

Tomko gets tagged in and Eugene looks pretty scared. So what does he do? Runs out of the ring and high fives some fans :lmao. Christian and Tomko go after him, so he runs under the ring, but comes out from the same side and outsmarts Christian and Tomko :lmao.

Man, the ring set up looks weird as they have a huge space for the announcer’s table, but the Raw table during this time was at the top of the ramp. Usually there is a spanish announce table but for some reason there isn’t one tonight. So we have a giant empty space lol.

Eugene finally takes a bit of a beating, then Regal tags in and it’s time for him to play FIP, and Regal does great thanks to all his mannerisms and screams and shit. He’s kinda like Flair in that respect when it comes to selling.

REGAL’S NOSE IS BLEEDING. I swear the guy just needs to sneeze and his nose bleeds :lmao.

CHRISTIAN AND TOMKO TARGET THE NOSE :mark:. Well, a little bit, anyway lol. Enough for me to :mark:.

Regal is about to get the tag, but Christian sneaks round and pulls him off the apron! THOSE SNEAKY HEELS! THEY BE EVIL!!!

Nice workover on Regal, then the hot tag to Eugene!!! He comes in like a house on fire and then… fucks his knee up on a dropkick.

Nobody is sure what to do, so Christian throws Regal outside and goes after him while Eugene rolls Tomko up for the pin almost as unconvincing as Austin at SummerSlam 97 lol.

Match was pretty good until the injury ruined the ending.

Rating: **3/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Edge is there to greet Christian after the loss. Edge has an offer for his former tag partner and sort of brother. It’s about being the WHC. Wow, so they planned Edge’s retirement in 2011 and Christian winning the WHC all these years ago? :p

 

Trish Stratus Vs Lita – WWE Women’s Championship Match

So at Survivor Series a couple of months earlier, they have one HELL of a fight. Lita got DQ’d pretty much straight away but absolutely mauled Trish in one of the best female FIGHTS I’ve seen in WWE. So their payoff match to that WAS on Raw, a match I need to go back and see. And this is the… payoff to the payoff apparently. Unfortunately I do believe I remember this match :(.

FAP FAP FA… NO! Must concentrate! I actually want to watch this for the WRESTLING.

They lock up and Lita powers Trish down and tries to slam her head into the floor :mark:.

Lita sends Trish to the floor, and hits a Thez Press off the apron and… fucks her knee up :(.

LITA KICKS OUT STILL THOUGH!!!

“TRISH HAS MOUNTED LITA” :mark:.

Man, Trish really goes to work on the LEGIT INJURED KNEE of Lita. Ouch! Eugene pussied out and ended the match straight after his injury… LITA IS STILL FIGHTING AND LETTING TRISH ATTACK THE INJURY!

Lita attempts a DDT, but she simply can’t do anything with her injury. CHICK KICK~! Trish is the new women’s champion :(.

Disappointing match due to the injury :(. Poor Lita :(. I definitely need to see their Raw match now though. Gotta give Lita major props for continuing as long as she did though.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

2 matches and 2 knee injuries :(.

 

So, the WHC plan Edge had with Christian wasn’t the 2011 stuff :p. Turns out Edge wants Bischoff to replace him with CHRISTIAN in the Elimination Chamber match, because Edge doesn’t trust HBK to be a fair referee. And then the winner faces Edge on Raw the next night. Bischoff says no.

 

Edge runs into HBK backstage, and HBK tells him he will be a fair referee… unless something were to happen and someone placed their hands on him. I have faith in HBK, he’s ALWAYS a great referee! :lmao

 

Shelton Benjamin Vs Maven – WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

Wow, Maven really got that PUSH on Raw around this time. Main evented Survivor Series, his team won and he got to run Raw for a week where he booked himself in a WHC match against HHH. And now he’s… turned heel and going after the IC title on PPV!

Anyone else love the Tough Enough/Maven theme?

Stall. Stall. More Stall. Bit more Stall.

The fans shit over Maven. So he grabs a mic and bitches at them right back lol.

I’m guessing this was done to waste time because the Lita/Trish match was cut short.

Maven decides to leave and face Shelton in the USA instead (they are in Ouerto Rico btw).

Maven then decides he does want to have the match now. And gets rolled up immediately :lmao.

Maven wants a rematch right now. Calls Shelton a women so he comes for another match.

T-Bone and this is over in seconds again :lmao.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Jerry Lawler Vs Muhammad Hassan

Fuck me this is boring and shitty. Hassan sits in a Camel Clutch for about a billion years and the crowd is SILENT during it all :lmao. And that isn’t even the finish :lmao.

Hassan takes a nice bump from a DDT. That’s about as nice as I’m gonna get for this match.

BOOOOORING.

Rating: DUD
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Kane Vs Snitsky

Kane returns after Snitsky destroyed him at TT. He’s still after revenge for the whole dead baby thing. Come on Kane, that was months ago. Ain’t you over it YET? Lita seems to be!

Match is definitely a big man brawl, but not really a very good one. Too slow and sluggish for my liking. I’m too used to seeing Undertaker throw 10 punches in a matter of seconds and use more speed in general :p.

BEAR HUG~! Just what this match needed! Said nobody ever.

Fuck me this is dragging lol.

SNITSKY BITING KANE’S EAR~!

TOMBSTONE~!

This is finally fucking over.

Rating: 1/2*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Triple H Vs Batista Vs Randy Orton Vs Edge Vs Chris Jericho Vs Chris Benoit – Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels – World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match

:mark: considered this the best Elimination Chamber match ever for a long time now. Always holds up and I expect nothing less today.

Match begins, and we get to see Benoit and Jericho go at it alone first :mark:. Always fun to see these two hook it up, especially after their awesome 00/01 feud. In fact I think they have a submissions match on Raw a month or so after this. At least, I *think* that was in 2005 :p.

We get a nice, fun 5 minutes of those two beating each other down. Nothing out of this world, but when you have those 2 doing basic shit it’s better than 90% of guys trying to put on an epic. Speaking of being shit at trying to put on an epic…

HHH IS THE NEXT GUY OUT~!

:lmao oh yes I’m proud of myself for that one :).

BTW, it’s nice to watch this match with the commentary IN TACT, unlike the Elimination Chamber DVD set that edits most of the Benoit stuff out. Come on WWE. Yeah, don’t advertise the guy and shit, but if the MATCH is on a set then don’t fuck with it.

BENOIT IS BLEEDING~! Ya know, I just had a thought; how often has Benoit bladed? I mean… off the top of my head I can’t remember ANY TIME he’s bled in a match that hasn’t been something like his nose or lips, that have always happened the HARD WAY. And about 6 people are gonna read this and list about a million matches where Benoit bladed :p.

Edge comes out next. Crazy to think that they built him up to win the title for OVER A YEAR. He turned heel in late 04 and from there was on a quest for the title, winning MITB and finally cashing in at NYR 06. These days if WWE start building someone to a title win and they haven’t won on their first attempt then WWE are stupid and are trying to bury the guy :p.

Both Jericho and HHH TASTE THE STEEL CHAINS thanks to Edge, who is starting to get on a roll. Jericho is now bleeding too.

CROSSFACE~! EDGE ESCAPES BEFORE IT CAN BE LOCKED IN~!

:lmao HHH’s nose is bleeding. Not like a normal nose bleed, but the bridge of the nose :lmao. Well, it IS the first thing that hit the chain :p.

PEDIGREE TO JERICHO~! Jericho practically BOUNCES off the mat from it. Looked awesome. But HHH can’t capitalise!

I HEAR VOICES IN MY HEAD THEY COUNCIL ME THEY UNDERSTAND THEY TALK TO ME… AND TELL ME TO NOT BE AS TALENTED AS I WAS A DECADE AGO APPARENTLY~!

Yeah, Orton is next in. He wants him some of THE GAME and wastes no time beating the shit out of his former mentor. RANDY ORTON IS OVER AS A BABYFACE IN THIS MATCH~! I don’t know what is more shocking; Sabu not botching that dive at ONS or Orton being over as a face in early 2005 8*D.

Jericho is back up and in the ring after that VICIOUS Pedigree and… RKO :lmao. Poor guy can’t catch a break :p.

CROSSFACE TO ORTON SORT OF BUT NOT QUITE~! HHH starts trash talking Orton while Benoit has the hold applied… so Benoit decides to fuck HHH up and lets Orton go and locks THE GAME in the Sharpshooter!!!

RKO TO BENOIT~!

Edge is in the corner waiting for Orton to get up and… SPEAR~! ORTON MOVES AND EDGE LEVELS HBK!!!

SPEAR TO ORTON~! But HBK is still down! Edge gets him up and SUPER KICK~! LIONSAULT~! EDGE IS THE FIRST MAN ELIMINATED FROM THIS MATCH!!!

DIVING HEADBUTT FROM THE TOP OF A CHAMBER POD RIGHT ONTO HHH! JERICHO LOCKS IN THE WALLS OF JERICHO, BENOIT APPLIES THE CROSSFACE, AND THE CLOCK COUNTS DOWN FOR BATISTA TO ENTER!!! THE CHAIN GETS STUCK AND THE CHAMBER WON’T OPEN STRAIGHT AWAY!!! OMG THE DRAMA! WILL HHH HOLD ON LONG ENOUGH?!?!

Yes. Yes he did. Batista steamrolls over every motherfucker he gets his hands on. SPINEBUSTER TO ORTON~!

A bloody, battered HHH walks into Batista, and they tease the Animal tearing apart his Evolution buddy, until they get interupted by everyone else in the match.

BATISTA KILLS JERICHO AND A CAMERA MAN~!

SPINEBUSTER TO BENOIT~! SPINEBUSTER TO JERICHO ONTO BENOIT~! BENOIT IS OUTTA HERE!!! BATISTA IS FUCKING DOMINATING!

Lawler keeps calling the Spinebuster a Batista Bomb. So much so that even JR starts calling it a Batista Bomb :lmao.

I like how HHH is just constantly having to fight Orton, while Batista is in the ring crushing everyone else.

:lmao HHH gives Batista the thumbs up after Jericho is eliminated… then he walks right into a back body drop from Orton… ON THE STEEL. Ouch. That gotta fucking hurt.

It’s 2 on 1 now for poor Randy Orton, as his former Evolution buddies team up to kill him. Ha.

HHH and Batista take turns at trying to eliminate Orton, but the Legend Killer keeps kicking out.

Fuck me at that clothesline. No, not the one from Batista that ends the match… but one from HHH that absolutely turns Orton inside out. I mean DAMN, HHH murders him with it. Here, have a look:

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Orton mounts a comeback! RKO TO BATISTA!!! HE GOES FOR THE COVER! In the background, we see HHH stand up… and then decide against it. HE JUST LET BATISTA GET ELIMINATED BECAUSE HE’S SCARED BATISTA WOULD BEAT HIM!!!

RKO TO HHH~!

But Batista is still in the ring! Flair causes a distraction and Batista runs over Orton with his brutal clothesline!

HHH slowly gets back up, hits the Pedigree and wins his 10th World Title!

By god this match still rules the planet and everything on it. Incredible. Still the absolute BEST chamber match ever, with none of them even coming close tbh, even if the STARS aren’t that far off for a couple of them.

Rating: ****3/4
CAL SCALE – 8

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 9

WrestleMania Week – WrestleMania Special

And links to the rest of #WVWMWeek content:

 

WrestleMania Week – Big Cal Vs The Streak

WrestleMania Week – The Perfect WrestleMania

WrestleMania Week – WrestleMania 29 Ramble

WrestleMania Week – Top 10 Streak Matches to Never Happen!

WrestleMania Week – WrestleMania Competition!!!

WrestleMania Week – Wrestling View’s Hall of Fame 2014

 

And coming up tomorrow, my review/ramblings of WrestleMania XXX!

 

Oh, and the top 50 WrestleMania matches (excluding the top 10 which is exclusive to my video):

 

50. Rick Rude Vs Jake Roberts – ***1/4 (WM IV)
49. Ric Flair Vs Randy Savage – ***1/2 (WM VIII)
48. Randy Savage Vs Hulk Hogan – ***1/2 (WM V)
47. Matt Hardy Vs Rey Mysterio – ***1/2 (WM XIX)
46. Edge Vs John Cena Vs The Big Show – ***1/2 (WM 25)
45. Vader & Mankind Vs Owen Hart & The British Bulldog – ***1/2 (WM 13)
44. The Hardy Boys Vs The Dudley Boys Vs Edge & Christian – ***1/2 (WM X7)
43. Diesel Vs Shawn Michaels – ***1/2 (WM XI)
42. John Bradshaw Layfield Vs Chris Benoit – ***1/2 (WM 22)
41. Trish Stratus Vs Mickie James – ***1/2 (WM 22)
40. The Nasty Boys Vs The Hart Foundation – ***1/2 (WM VII)
39. The Big Show Vs Floyd Mayweather – ***1/2 (WM 24)
38. Jeff Hardy Vs Matt Hardy – ***1/2 (WM 25)
37. The Shield Vs Sheamus, The Big Show & Randy Orton – ***1/2 (WM 29)
36. Shawn Michaels Vs Ric Flair – ***1/2 (WM 24)
35. Team Angle Vs Los Guerreros Vs Rhyno & Chris Benoit – ***3/4 (WM XIX)
34. John Cena Vs Triple H – ***3/4 (WM 22)
33. Hulk Hogan Vs The Ultimate Warrior – ***3/4 (WM VI)
32. Triple H Vs Booker T – ***3/4 (WM XIX)
31. CM Punk Vs Mark Henry Vs MVP Vs Finlay Vs Shelton Benjamin Vs Kofi Kingston Vs Christian Vs Kane – ***3/4 (WM 25)
30. Bret Hart Vs Rowdy Roddy Piper – ***3/4 (WM VIII)
29. The Undertaker Vs Diesel – ***3/4 (WM XII)
28. Razor Ramon Vs Shawn Michaels – **** (WM X)
27. Kurt Angle Vs Brock Lesnar – **** (WM XIX)
26. The Undertaker Vs Kane – **** (WM XIV)
25. Chris Jericho Vs Christian – **** (WM XX)
24. Cody Rhodes Vs Rey Mysterio – **** (WM 27)
23. The Undertaker Vs Triple H – ****1/4 (WM X7)
22. Chris Jericho Vs Shawn Michaels – ****1/4 (WM XIX)
21. Randy Savage Vs Ricky Steamboat – ****1/4 (WM III)
20. The Hardy Boys Vs The Dudley Boys Vs Edge & Christian – ****1/4 (WM 2000)
19. The Undertaker Vs Ric Flair – ****1/4 (WM X8)
18. Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels Vs Chris Benoit – ****1/4 (WM XX)
17. The Undertaker Vs CM Punk – ****1/4 (WM 29)
16. The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton – ****1/4 (WM 21)
15. Randy Savage Vs The Ultimate Warrior – ****1/2 (WM VII)
14. The Rock Vs Steve Austin – ****1/2 (WM X7)
13. Chris Jericho Vs Christian Vs Chris Benoit Vs Kane Vs Shelton Benjamin Vs Edge – ****1/2 (WM 21)
12. The Rock Vs Steve Austin – ****1/2 (WM XIX)
11. Mick Foley Vs Edge – ****1/2 (WM 22)

WrestleMania Week – Wrestling View’s Hall of Fame 2014

Hall of Fame 2014

Welcome to Wrestling View’s first ever Hall of Fame!!! From this point on, every year the day before WrestleMania, I will induct someone into the Wrestling View Hall of Fame! Being the first year, I am inducting 3 people, however in future I will stick to just ONE inductee per year in order to keep it as special and “elite” as possible.

 

Since this IS #WVWMWeek, I felt it would only be right to induct the 3 people who were mostly responsible for WrestleMania being the big success it is today!

 

Hulk Hogan

 

Love him or hate him, Hogan is one of THE biggest icons in wrestling history. His popularity in the 1980’s helped the WWF take the world by storm, and his heel turn in 1996 in WCW helped them take over the WWF for a number of years too. He was a main driving force of TWO wrestling boom periods, and deserves to be in any wrestling Hall of Fame for that alone. He might not have been “technically sound” in the ring, but his mere presence electrified fans around the world for years, and always added something to his matches that most wrestlers will never be able to do. His legendary matches (good or bad) with the likes of Andre the Giant, Ultimate Warrior, Randy Savage, Ric Flair, The Rock and others will forever be remembered by fans of multiple generations. His impact on WrestleMania undoubtedly helped it become the phenomenon it is today. He was an major part of the first NINE events, main eventing 8 of them (WM IV was a tournament where he and Andre had a WM 3 match in the first round ending in a draw/double countout or something, and WM 9 he showed up after the main event to challenged Yokozuna for the WWF championship and won), and of course the first ever WM main event where he teamed with Mr T was imo THE match that helped make WrestleMania a success. His charisma, his energy in the ring, his memorable matches, his multiple title wins and his overall impact ont he business during his lengthy career made him an easy pick for the first ever Wrestling View Hall of Fame!

 

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper

 

The Hot Rod! Known for his crazy personality and incredible mic skills more than anything else, Roddy Piper was a HEAT magnet that could incite the crowd simply by making his way to the ring. And then at the same time, he could also become one of the most popular guys on the planet, simply by diverting his attention to heels. Unlike most wrestlers today, who seem to change how they act depending on which “side” they are on, Piper would remain the same loud mouth, quick witted guy he always was regardless of who he was going after. A rare quality for someone to be able to be both heel and face doing the same thing. His career, while not as “flashy” as someone like Hogan (Piper was never a World Champion etc), has left a mark on the business that can never be forgotten, and the first ever WrestleMania might be his biggest accomplishment. As much as Hogan can lay claim to WM 1 being a huge success, Piper is right up there next to him. WM 1 imo was built upon the fact the people wanted to see HOGAN beat the hell out of PIPER. Switch either of them out for anyone else, and WrestleMania, and the WWF, might have never got off the ground. It was the 2 polarising characters and ideals that drew the people into the match and the show. Following WrestleMania 1, Piper would be in one of the 3 main events at WM 2 (WM 2 was a unique event that was held in 3 different locations, each getting their own main event), taking on Mr T (Hogan’s partner for the WM 1 main event tag match) in a boxing match (note: Mr T will NOT be inducted into my Hall of Fame as I won’t be doing a celebrity wing…). While Piper moved back and forth between wrestling and trying to make it in Hollywood (THEY LIVE), he was always welcomed back by the fans and treated like the true legend he is. But as colourful as his in ring career was, his role outside of the ring on PIPER’S PIT might very well define him. His incredible mic skills and ability to out-talk anyone on the planet made for one of the greatest interview shows ever, and would feature many classic moments not only for him, but other wrestlers two. The coconut to Jimmy Snuka’s head helped put Piper on the map prior to WrestleMania. The epic confrontation between Hogan and Andre the Giant, where Andre came out with Bobby Hennan for the first time and challenged Hogan for a title match all took place on Piper’s Pit. Even in 2014, the wrestling world sees value in such a segment, bringing it back time after time in order to help promote matches and get younger talent over. Well deserving of being part of the first Wrestling View Hall of Fame for sure!

 

Vince McMahon

 

Since my first Hall of Fame Class is very WrestleMania-centric, who better to induct that Vince McMahon? Hogan and Piper were undoubtedly driving forces to get people to watch the show, but it was Vince who orchestrated the whole thing. It was his vision that made WrestleMania come to life. He wanted to take the WWF from being a regional territory and turn it into a worldwide phenomenon. And he did it. He took the hottest babyface and the hottest heel at the time, and he threw them together, sprinkling celebrities from all walks of life over the top to help enhance the show and it’s appeal to a wider audience. It worked, and wrestling was never the same since. His incredible work ethic and his ability to surround himself with the best talent he can get (be it in ring performers, agents, producers, corporate workers etc) has enabled him to take the WWF/E to heights people would have thought impossible. And even as it looks like things are falling apart (early 90’s steroid scandal, competition from WCW), Vince always finds a way to fight back. His feud with Stone Cold Steve Austin is arguably the main reason for the WWF defeating WCW in the Monday Night Wars. In a similar way to how Hogan/Piper worked, Austin was beloved by everyone and Mr McMahon was hated by everyone, and together they created magic. The fans wanted to see STEVE AUSTIN battle VINCE MCMAHON. Would that have truly worked with any other authority figure? Doubtful. They have tried to recreate the angle over and over again, both with Austin against someone (Bischoff, kinda) and McMahon against someone (HHH, DX etc). It never worked the same because nothing was ever quite as good as Austin Vs McMahon. And being a “WM themed” Hall of Fame, who can possibly forget the incredible moment from WrestleMania 17 when Vince McMahon and Steve Austin SHOOK HANDS and joined forces? Sure, it didn’t really work out the way it could have, but the moment is unforgettable and was as big as it was because of the people involved. One of the many WM moments Vince would have, including matches with his own son Shane, Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels! Vince McMahon could go into the Wrestling View Hall of Fame based on his WrestleMania credentials alone, both in the ring and behind the scenes, but his impact on the business transcends even that. It is an honour to welcome Vince McMahon into my Hall of Fame!

 

Royal Rumble: By The Numbers Parody

My “By The Numbers Parody” that was part of my RR special from last year! Keep in mind it was done before the 2013 RR so SOME of the statistics are a little off now :P.

 

Big Cal’s Wrestling DVD & Bluray Collection + Competition!!!

Part 1 here features the more “rare” items in my collection!

And part 2 focuses more on some of my favourites sets + a COMPETITION!!!

And a full list of my collection can be found here http://wrestlingview.co.uk/?page_id=1133 and I will be updating it every time I get a new DVD or Bluray!

COMPETITION CLOSES ON SUNDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2013!