General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Chris]

Vince never felt threatened or worried or anything most of the time when he did that stuff, it was just his personality to do it. He had to "win"

 

[Samoa Looch]

That was always the argument from the people on denial tho, they thought if WWE were doing any of those things it means they thought the other company was a threat and that's just not true. But it was never about seeing them as a threat lol

For sure... even when we talk Monday Night Wars, I'm pretty sure the story was always that Vince didn't see WCW as competition or a threat until like the very last moment that was the weeks after the NWO formed... or something like that

 

[Samoa Looch]

Vince never felt threatened or worried or anything most of the time when he did that stuff, it was just his personality to do it. He had to "win"

I'm pretty sure all of that got worse and worse over the decades, since he kinda always came out the winner in the 80s and 90s

 

[Chris]

For sure... even when we talk Monday Night Wars, I'm pretty sure the story was always that Vince didn't see WCW as competition or a threat until like the very last moment that was the weeks after the NWO formed... or something like that

Meltzer says earlier when they first started getting the big name talent like Hogan and Savage

 

[Samoa Looch]

If he had more problems, more resistance and would've taken more Ls in the early to mid 80s... maybe those character traits wouldn't have gotten out of hand as much

 

[OsBlaze]

Lots of bad weather moving on in here later

 

[Chris]

He says he was on the phone with Vince where Vince was bitching about them overpaying for the talent and Meltzer told him it was the same thing Vince did in the 80s but he kept arguing it was different. Apparently Vince says something about it on the doc too

 

[Samoa Looch]

Meltzer says earlier when they first started getting the big name talent like Hogan and Savage

Okay, I can see that being a point.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Sounds weird to me... Meltzer phoning with Vince

 

[Chris]

I'm sure a lot of people are in denial it happened too but Vince called him up at least through the mid 90s regularly

 

[Samoa Looch]

Lots of bad weather moving on in here later

Stay safe, Blaze. Is this also because of that hurricane?

 

[Swamps]

Lots of bad weather moving on in here later

Yeah, I was going to the Pike / Callaway game tonight but may get called out

 

[Samoa Looch]

I'm sure a lot of people are in denial it happened too but Vince called him up at least through the mid 90s regularly

I mean, I'm not saying it didn't happen. It just sounds weird. Especially in hindsight.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Yeah, I was going to the Pike / Callaway game tonight but may get called out

You also stay safe out there

 

[Chris]

They bonded over bodybuilding and my personal theory is Meltzer is responsible for the WBF bc he never clowns it like other bad ideas Vince had