Moments in Wrestling Idiocacy

[Webster]

Also, that plane ride, ugh. Cringe!

Case in point: Ric Flair, strutting down the plane aisle, wearing only a robe and naked underneath. "60 year old man, junk flying everywhere...."

Cringe is a Ron-Swanson-throwing-the-computer-away understatement; Space Mountain, he wasn't.

 

[Webster]

*continues* And if reports are to believed, Flair committed several acts of sexual assault on the flight attendants that night.
*deadpans* No wonder he was so popular with Vince McMahon.

 

[PGen98]

Does not surprise me in the least!

 

[Webster]

And against New Jack?!?

Could be worse; from the TV Tropes YMMV page on the Dudley Boys....

Crosses the Line Several Times: (The Dudley Boys) promos in ECW would often be this; what else can describe Bubba Ray saying that the moms in the crowd taught their daughters how to "suck dick"? They would actually come close to sparking riots with their promos, and that's from the supposedly "smart" ECW crowds. It did go too far once though - during a New Jack-Dudleys brawl, Sign Guy held up a sign reading "NEW JACK DROPPED THE SOAP IN PRISON", which didn't go over well.

 

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[Webster]

Jim Cornette: "Trevor Murdoch, he's mad, bad, and dangerous to know. He's the only man I've ever known that can strap a bucket of fried chicken on his back and ride a motorscooter across Ethiopia..."

Really, Jim? Really?

 

[Webster]

Impact Wrestling / Horrible - TV Tropes

Impact Wrestling (formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling) may be somewhat more hardcore than WWE, but it certainly shares its propensity for idiotic ideas. Of course, having your show staffed top-to-bottom with the WCW alumni who sank …

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[Webster]

The "Fingerpoke of Doom" refers to an infamous incident that took place on WCW Nitro one week after Starrcade 1998. On January 4th 1999, Hulk Hogan challenged nWo Wolfpac leader Kevin Nash to a WCW Championship match. When the bell rung, Hogan poked Nash with his finger, Nash took a bump, and Hulk Hogan captured the World Heavyweight Championship.

The Finger Poke of Doom has become the stuff of legend over the years. The story truly begins back in the Georgia Dome back on the 7.6.1998 episode of Nitro. At this event, Bill Goldberg defeated Hulk Hogan in what was a historic night in WCW history. At the end of 1998, Kevin Nash was able to end Goldberg's winning streak at Starrcade 98, a booking decision that still raises questions among wrestling fans. When Nash "lay down" for the Hulkster on Nitro after the Fingerpoke of Doom, those same questions surrounding Starrcade became more prominent. This video looks at the entire WCW Fingerpoke of Doom incident between Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan, we try to understand why it happened, and we also look at some of the misconceptions regarding it's effects on WCW's ratings.

Topics covered include:
00:00 - Goldberg's WCW winning streak ends at Starrcade 98
06:02 - Nash offers Goldberg a rematch on Nitro
08:07 - Hogan vs Nash "Fingerpoke of Doom"
10:18 - Who booked Nash to beat Goldberg?
14:57 - The cancelled NBC WCW Specials
18:08 - Mick Foley winning the WWF Championship on Raw
21:49 - Eric Bischoff takes ownership for "The Fingerpoke of Doom"

 

[Banned]

Anything on either Impact or AEW Wrestling would apply.

 

[Webster]

Anything on either Impact

Impact could have its' own page on Wrestling Idiocacy....

 

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[Webster]

@PGen98 and @Daltonio, this was what got The Acclaimed's "Platinum" Max Caster suspended....