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Topic Started: Oct 25 2011, 05:12 PM (68,386 Views)
Mad Dog
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Nord was actually there for at least a year. He had a really long winning streak and they made a big deal out of a match with him vs. Goldberg in July of 1998.
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Mad Dog,Nov 2 2011
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Nord was actually there for at least a year. He had a really long winning streak and they made a big deal out of a match with him vs. Goldberg in July of 1998.

They had a match on Worldwide in '98. Is that the one?
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Mad Dog
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Yeah. They pretty much dumped Nord after that.
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Didn't realize Nord was there for that long.

The always subjective "History of WWE" lists his first and last WCW matches as:

Sept 15, 1997 (Charlotte, NC)-
John Nord beat Tim Horner

Apr 17, 1998 (Sioux Falls, ND)-
John Nord beat Mike Enos

His Worldwide match against Goldberg was taped at MGM Studios on April 4, 1998, but didn't air until July 4, 1998.
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I've always questioned the time-tables of those TV tapings. WCW was running so many different shows at times throughout the 90's (Pro, Prime, Power Hour, Worldwide, Saturday Night) I can't imagine they had a steady amount of time for tapings.
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Mad Dog
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That sounds about right. I remember seeing him here and there until around September.
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Here's Martel's last WCW match from July 1998 on Nitro. He left or retired after this match.

Rick Martel vs. Stevie Ray
They talk about his injury during the introductions.

As a bonus-- and cuz' suckas gots ta' know-- it's also the debut of STEVIE RAY as TV Champ!
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I actually watched the entire Martel run on Youtube after that post. It's not as good as the myth but it was still a really great run. It's a shame he got hurt, I think he could've really been an asset to the company long term.
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Watching Survivor Series 2002, and it got me thinking how a lot of people (myself included) were pretty damn harsh on Triple H around that time. From that match specifically, RVD botched a splash off the top of the "internal chambers", landing on Triple H's throat about 10-minutes in. For practically the rest of the match, he just kind of laid around doing nothing until the last 5-minutes. If it were someone held in a positive light, it wouldn't have been a big deal, but because it was Triple H, everyone was all "why does he have to steal the spotlight, he should leave the match if he's that hurt."
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Been watching this movie called "Card Subject to Change" on Netflix. It's about independent wrestlers; primarily those who came through the "National Wrestling Superstars" promotion about four-to-five years ago.

It has interviews and footage of Kevin Sullivan, Sherri Martel, Kamala, Percy Pringle and others. I noticed Tatanka in there, at one point. It also features the late rent Acid and ends this portion by mentioning that the producers of the film simply "lost contact" with him in 2008. I had seen Acid's name mentioned on the Internets, but this was the first time I ever saw him. It looked and sounded like he wanted to emulate the Hardy Boyz, both in and out of the ring. Not a good career path.

A lot of time is spent with the promoter of "National Wrestling Superstars" (I forget his name, but look him up if you must). Nothing incredibly eye-opening so far...as he demonstrates how to tape-up flyers and other stuff.

Overall, it seems like the producers are trying to paint a picture of indy wrestlers as overlooked gems, while evoking thought of "The Wrestler". Something I'm not feeling, as the footage is nothing to be proud of and the shows look incredibly amateurish.
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Scrooge McSuck
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Am I watching ESPN or old episodes of Heat? I've known of Coach working on ESPN for a while now, but Todd Grisham, too?
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Weird. ESPN is based out of Connecticut as well, so there I'm guessing they didn't have to move. I hear they're planning on bringing Ernest Miller out from behind the camera to have a full-fledged HEAT reunion.

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Coach doesn't sound too bad, but then again, I never thought he was as bad as people said he was when he worked in WWE (up until the heel turn). Grisham still sounds like a tool, as if he still hasn't cleansed himself of "wrestling personality" broadcaster from himself.
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Watching a few Andre matches from his later years, and it's quite surprising to see he was still having semi-decent matches, most notable his house show run with Jim Duggan during the summer of '88. Maybe that was right before he completely tailed off, but the only matches where watching him was just tough were a MAJOR stinker from the summer of '89 against Hillbilly Jim, and the way he was used at the '89 Survivor Series.
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He worked really smart in 1988. The Duggan matches are a good example of late career Andre. People sold their asses off and pinballed for him while Andre conserved his energy and only really bumped at times.
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