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By: Rival Angels - Rival Angels Page 315-Sun

Rival Angels - Rival Angels Page 315-Sun — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:03:26 +0000

[...] Just like Marina with Sabrina, Yvonne’s doing her best to keep the young rookie in check. And just like Sabirna and Marina, Sun is playing off the importance of this match to her. What do you think the other girls in panel [...]

By: Adon

Adon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:52:58 +0000

I guess it got me as kind of a wasted opportunity. This was when fan favorites weren’t wrestling against each other that often, and to me it would have actually built the drama due to anticipation if they’d given each an equal push — do what they did with Shawn, sure, but without undercutting Bret in the process. It was also an interesting thing that in *spite* of the push he got, or maybe even because of it due to the odd sense that Bret was coming off as the underdog due to the one-sided push, the fans were still split down the middle before, during, and after. But 20/20 hindsight, you know?

By: RAWFShowtime

RAWFShowtime — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:29:05 +0000

As usual Al you have managed to intrigue me. Can’t wait to see what’s to come.

By: Albone

Albone — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:09:56 +0000

Stygimoloch, that’s interesting that the Hardy’s name their moves, even if they don’t acknowledge it on TV. It shows that the Hardys care about their move set. Deadpool as a wrestler would be insane! It would be bedlam. XD

Adon, we would’ve had fun watching wrestling together! I saw that WrestleMania and I remember being entranced by the whole thing. I also remember most of my friends siding with Brett when he objected to the Sudden Death overtime rules. But that’s the real drama and entertainment in wrestling. I look forward to when I can write a similarly dramatic match and storyline in Rival Angels. Come to think of it, I do remember now that Shawn was the benefit of a monster push.

By: Adon

Adon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:17:50 +0000

The build to that first WWF title match with HBK and Bret actually frustrated me tremendously as a Hart fan. I could not deny Michaels’ ability in the ring… he was able to perform, bump, and sell like crazy. But it became pretty apparent to me that the company had hitched their horses to his wagon. In the period up to the match, HBK was being pushed to the moon and back, winning left and right, with the announcers gushing about his charisma and his childhood dream. Bret, on the other hand, was being booked as a weak champ… he couldn’t seem to get a clean win if his life depended on it. They weren’t being particularly subtle about it, even by wrestling standards. When Wrestlemania came, and Bret came out first (as the champ, who traditionally comes out second), and Michaels had that zipline ring entrance, I knew then and there that he was going to win the title though a part of me hoped otherwise. Back then I didn’t actually know about what was going on backstage, or the real-life antipathy between them, or the politics that were going on. I’ve mostly forgiven Shawn for his excesses now, as he really does appear to have mellowed a lot due to age, marriage, finding religion, and whatnot, but then? I was hoping against hope that the evidence before me was wrong and Bret would somehow walk out with the belt.
Ah, my memories as an unrepentant mark.