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Post by Baker on Sept 10, 2021 1:00:27 GMT
Triple threat is perfect to lose but not lose. Anybody else remember that time the New Age Outlaws found a loophole in the Triple Threat rules and pulled a fast one to retain their titles? That was a brilliant piece of booking.
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Post by Shootist on Sept 10, 2021 1:02:59 GMT
When did triangle matches become popular? Mid-late 90s. Let's work through this real quick to see if I can pinpoint it to a more accurate date... -First modern era one I know of came in early 1993 SMW with the Heavenly Midnight Bodies vs. Rock & Roll Enforcers vs. Stud Stable. -ECW had the famous Douglas/Funk/Sabu triple threat in early 1994. This is what really put the match type on the radar to smarks and established some common triple threat tropes. A year later they had a whole show called Three Way Dance. They ran more Triple Threats in general than WWF and WCW. -First WCW one I can remember is Harlem Heat vs. Nasty Boys vs. Bluebloods in the summer of '95. I recall them running more Triple Threats than WWF over the next few years, but am blanking on most details. Think a few of their early "Triangle Matches" had wonky rules compared to what we're used to today. -First WWF triple threat was actually a house show match with Bret/Michaels/Sid in early 97. Thought the first televised one was a NATION EXPLODES Savio/Crush/Faarooq bout some time in 1997, but a quick search reveals it was actually Owen/HHH/Goldust from a few months earlier. Verdict- The match type picked up steam as a novelty throughout the mid 90s until becoming a regular part of mainstream wrestling shows in 98-99. Fall Brawl '94 had Vader, Sting and Bossman but the rules were weird with coin flips and 15 minute intervals being involved.
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Post by Baker on Sept 21, 2021 19:18:18 GMT
Man, I had no idea how much of an offbeat dream match Regal/Severn was until now. Did their paths never cross in 1998 WWF? Not in WWF, but Regal/Severn did happen on an October 98 New Jersey indie show. The match is legendarily bad. By his own admission Regal showed up in no condition to perform. He was so wasted that he put his boots on the wrong feet. He wrestled the entire match that way. It's on Youtube but I'm not masochistic enough to make it through. A 26 minute Regal/Severn match is already my idea of wrestling hell*. Throw in the awful video quality and lack of commentary and I just couldn't. Highlight of the little I saw was some funny fan heckles...and maybe finally finding a match to rival the Punk/Hero series for sheer boredom. *So of course I book it in my fanfic project :lol: Here it is if you're a glutton for punishment...
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