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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The story of D-Generation X


 Are you Ready?? These are the famous Lines HHH used when he would come out to the ring with D Generation X. D-Generation X is a well-known stable in wrestling history. A stable is a group or faction. Triple h and The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels were the co leaders of D Generation X.


In 2019 this faction ended up getting into the WWE Hall of Fame including HHH HBK, Chyna New Age Outlaws and XPac. 


They were heels meaning they broke the rules and did things their way and were booed at first until the fans love them. They were one of the most popular factions over the years and ended up being a huge part of the attitude era. 




Another segment used computer graphics to make it appear as if Triple H had flown over the arena where WCW Nitro was taking place and wrote "WCW Sucks" and "DX Says Suck It" in the sky.


DX expanded after Michaels' departure to include The New Age Outlaws tag team, who had often affiliated with the stable prior to joining.

The group also feuded with the new Corporate Commissioner, former DX leader Shawn Michaels, who had turned heel and betrayed the group after costing X-Pac a WWF Championship match against The Rock.The faction would continue to feud with Michaels and The Corporation throughout late 1998, with Michaels reversing Billy Gunn's Intercontinental Championship victory against Ken Shamrock, costing The Outlaws the Tag Team Titles and even managing to seemingly lure the New Age Outlaws to The Corporation on the December 7 episode of Raw Is War. However, the Outlaws quickly revealed this to have been a ruse, turning on The Corporation that same night. When The Corporation turned on Michaels in January 1999, he was taken in by DX once more. This too was short lived, as later that night DX were instrumental in Michaels being ambushed by The Corporation, with X-Pac commenting "What goes around, comes around".

What goes around, comes around".


Some of the group's most memorable promos were their parodies of their rivals. On July 6, 1998, DX carried out the first of these segments, where they mocked and parodied The Nation, with Triple H mocking The Rock as "The Crock"; Road Dogg playing the part of D'Lo Brown as "B'Lo"; Billy Gunn as The Godfather; X-Pac as a parody of Mark Henry, going by "Mizark"; and comedian Jason Sensation as Owen Hart. On December 14, 1998, they would turn their attention to The Corporation with Triple H again appearing as "The Crock"; Road Dogg playing Mr. McMahon (with two midgets representing Gerald Brisco and Pat Patterson kissing his behind throughout); Billy Gunn, playing Shane McMahon wearing an adult diaper; X-Pac playing Ken Shamrock; Chyna as The Big Boss Man; and Sensation returning to play Michaels.These parodies would also be resurrected during the fourth incarnation. X-Pac's parody of Mark Henry was seen as highly controversial due to him being in blackface (unlike the rest of DX); X-Pac would admit on his podcast in 2018 that it was one of his biggest career regrets despite having Henry's blessing to be in blackface.


Chyna being the official woman in this group was a badass. She was a bodybuilder and is considered the 9th Wonder of the World and is an intercontinental champion in her own right. 


Guyver Season Two: Episode 20




20. Raptor


Sean and Atkins come to head when Atkins offers to create an artificial control metal to give to Sean, but the latter refuses. The rest of the team hear this and decide to go after the real control metal themselves. Melanie who tags along, Vash and Merrick go snooping around Chronos as Rubeo and hears about this. Rubeo sends Weber to deal with the trio while Deke and Atkins start creating the artificial control metal. At Chronos lobby, Chronos agents intercept the trio and a battle commences. The three team members disposes of the agents with ease. Vash and Melanie then encounter Weber while Merrick bio-boosts and goes after the control metal. Merrick is intercepted by Chronos agents who are blocking the room to the control metal. Meanwhile Deke and Atkins finally complete the artificial control metal. Rubeo on public television announces that Guyver is gone. Sean, convinced, decides to use the artificial control metal. Back at Chronos Melanie and Vash manage to stop Weber as Vash shoots her with the cure. Merrick, getting past all the Chronos agents, steals back Sean’s control metal, returning it safely. As the episode ends everyone gathers for The Guyver’s rebirth, but a mishap occurs as Sean disappears from Zeus industries.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Tragic Life of Owen Hart


 This is the story about Owen Hart and his death in the ring. Owen Hart was the youngest of the 12 Hart children. The Hart family is one of the most well known families in wrestling history and they are from Canada. 

Stu Hart trained all of his sons to wrestle. 


Among other accolades, Owen was a one-time USWA Unified World Heavyweight Champion, a two-time WWF Intercontinental Champion, a one-time WWF European Champion, and a four-time WWF World Tag Team Champion, as well as the 1994 WWF King of the Ring. He headlined multiple pay-per-view events for the WWF, and was widely regarded as one of the company's best in-ring performers.



On May 23, 1999, Hart fell to his death in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event. Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and grapple line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a booked Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new "buffoonish superhero" character, he was to begin a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would act "entangled", then release himself from the safety harness and fall flat on his face for comedic effect—this necessitated the use of a quick release mechanism. It was an elaboration on a Blue Blazer stunt done previously on the Sunday Night Heat before Survivor Series in 1998. While being lowered into the ring, Hart fell 78 feet  landing chest-first on the top rope (approximately a foot from the nearest turnbuckle), throwing him into the ring.


Hart had performed the stunt only a few times before. Hart's widow Martha has suggested that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Hart unintentionally triggered an early release. Television viewers did not see the incident. During the fall, a pre-taped vignette was being shown on the pay-per-view broadcast as well as on the monitors in the darkened arena. Afterward, while Hart was being worked on by medical personnel inside the ring, the live event's broadcast showed only the audience. Meanwhile, WWF television announcer Jim Ross repeatedly told those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.[66] Hart was transported to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. While several attempts to revive him were made, he died due to his injuries. The cause of death was later revealed to be internal bleeding from blunt force trauma. The impact severed his aorta, resulting in Hart bleeding to death just minutes later; he was 34 years old.


WWF management controversially chose to continue the event. Later, Jim Ross announced the death of Hart to the home viewers during the pay-per-view, but not to the crowd in the arena. While the event went on, it has never been released commercially by WWF Home Video. In 2014, fifteen years after his death, the WWE Network aired the event for the first time. A small photo tribute is shown before the start informing fans that Hart died during the original broadcast. All footage of Hart was edited out of the event. The statement reads: "In Memory of Owen Hart May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999 who accidentally passed away during this broadcast."


In the decades that followed Hart's death, much attention was focused on the harness Hart used that night, especially on the "quick release" trigger and safety latches. When someone is lowered from the rafters in a harness, there are backup latches that must be latched for safety purposes. Four weeks after the event, the Hart family sued the WWF over how dangerous and poorly planned the stunt was, and that the harness system was defective. After over a year and a half into the case, a settlement was reached on November 2, 2000, which saw the WWF pay the Hart family US$18 million. The manufacturer of the harness system was also a defendant against the Hart family, but they were dismissed from the case after the settlement was reached.Martha used millions of the settlement to establish the Owen Hart Foundation.Martha wrote a book about Hart's life in 2002 called Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart.


In his DVD set, Bret Hart said that he wishes he had been with the WWF the night Owen's accident happened, as he would have discouraged his brother from performing the stunt.


A special episode of Raw Is War that aired on May 24, 1999, the night after Hart's death, was dubbed Raw Is Owen. It was broadcast live from the Kiel Center in St. Louis. It included shoot interviews from his fellow wrestlers.According to Raw Exposed (a special that aired upon Raw returning to USA Network on October 3, 2005), all storylines and rivalries were put aside, and WWF management gave all wrestlers on the roster the option of working or not. Nevertheless, ten matches were booked with no angles.


The show began with all the wrestlers, managers, referees and agents of the WWF (except WWF Champion The Undertaker and Kane – both as a means to keep kayfabe) standing on the entrance ramp. Howard Finkel called for a ten-bell salute. A tribute video narrated by Vince McMahon then played on the Titantron. Throughout the broadcast, personal thoughts on Hart in the form of shoot interviews with various WWF wrestlers were played. Hart's former Nation of Domination comrades were emotional, most notably Mark Henry, who wept as he read a poem that he wrote in memory of Hart. Before the first commercial break, such thoughts were aired from Mick Foley and Bradshaw. Foley said that Hart was his son's favourite wrestler and had proudly gotten a haircut like Owen's, although he also said his son did not quite understand that "nugget" was not a term of endearment.


Bradshaw talked about how Hart spent less money on the road than most wrestlers because he wanted to retire early and spend time with his family. Owen's friend and Nation of Domination partner The Rock also made a short speech before engaging in a short match against Val Venis. Test then spoke about a rib Owen pulled on him. The broadcast ended with Stone Cold Steve Austin coming out for a special salute to Hart by climbing the turnbuckle and performing his famous "beer-bash" routine, ending with him giving a toast to Owen (whose picture was displayed on the Titantron throughout the entire show) and leaving one beer in the ring (for Owen). The tribute show scored a 7.2 Nielsen rating, making it the highest-rated special episode in Raw history and the third highest-rated episode of Raw overall.Shawn Michaels, in his Heartbreak and Triumph autobiography, notes that "Owen is the only guy you could have a two-hour show for, and no-one would say a bad word about him." The next day, WWF taped the episode of Raw for May 31, 1999. During that show, Jeff Jarrett defeated The Godfather to win the WWF Intercontinental Championship, the title Hart was booked to win for a third time at Over the Edge. Celebrating his victory, Jarrett screamed Hart's name.


On October 4, 1999, five months after Owen's death, Bret Hart faced Chris Benoit on WCW Nitro in a tribute to his brother. The match took place in the same arena in which Owen had fallen to his death.


In 2017, Ross referred to Hart's death as the single most shocking moment he had ever witnessed in wrestling.


Martha Hart Owens Widow has not let WWE put her husband in the Hall Of Fame yet even though alot of Fans think he deserves to be in the hall of Fame . 

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Ronin Season Four: Episode 19

 




19. The Price We Pay


Due to the events of the last episode, the Ronins mourn the loss of their fallen friend Kira and try to determine Kazuya’s next move. A woman who suddenly appears in Kira’s battle outfit goes after Kazuya during an announcement he made regarding Tekken. It is revealed that she is the sister of Ling who goes out for revenge for what Kazuya has done to her family. Knowing this, Kazuya sends Enrique to kidnap her and succeeds when Sage, Cye and Rowen try to save her. To keep the Ronins busy, Sarenbo sends a Dynasty mercenary known as Rose Petal. The Ronins are forced to choose between saving the city or saving Ling’s sister. The Ronins decide to battle Rose Petal, but are overwhelmed as she manages to disarm all the Ronins single handedly. This forces a tactical retreat with time almost running out for Ling’s sister. Ryo then decides to divide and conquer, splitting into two teams. Ryo and Sage deal with Rose Petal while Rowen, Cye, Kento, and Anubis save Ling’s sister. Rowen and the others encounter a fleet of Dynasty warriors and battle them. Rowen and Anubis head for the warehouse where Anubis ultimately saves Ling’s sister. Back in the city Ryo and Sage are getting drilled by Rose Petal, but bounce back when the two use the Thunderbolt Cut and The Flare Up Now techniques to take down the villain. CPD arrives just in time taking the mercenary into custody. Ling’s sister still tries to go with her vengeance plan, but Ryo manages to dissuade her. At the funeral, Ryo performs the eulogy preserving Kira’s image. Towards the end of the episode the Ronins vow to defeat Kazuya.

Storybook Romances

 


Is there such a thing as storybook romances in wrestling history? Yes and no is your answer. There is weddings that have happened on television that have turned into real life romances and some of them nasty divorces too. There is also Weddings that could have happened on television but never happened. May Valentine and Aron Stevens could have got married recently on the first live NWA  Powerrr but that never happened due to the groom not having the right paperwork because he brought the marriage between citizen paper and the bride isn't a US Citizen. 

"Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth was the first Marriage on television that became popular and that was in the '80s and they eventually went on and married in real life. Being married in the wrestling business is stressful because you're on the road all the time and you don't see your partner so you have to worry about if they're loyalty or not. Example of Mike the Miz Mizanin is married to Maryse and he's on the road all the time and they have a TV Show that airs on Live tv. A couple of the Real life romances have taken place between wrestlers who work for Different Companies as well. One of the marriages that was interesting was the marriage of Billy and Chuck. They are too straight men in real life but they had a gay marriage on TV. Stephanie McMahon and HHH are one of the marriages that has been successful over time and originally they were an on screen relationship that turned into a marriage. She was suppose to marry Test on screen but nope she ended up marrying HHH. 

Friday, February 10, 2023

Guyver Season 2: Episode 19



19. Lost Armor

As Sean adjusts to normal life, Atkins and his daughter decide to take a trip to visit in Los Angeles. The trip is cut short when a Zoanoid named Keith Valentine attacks Atkins attempting to find a cure for his Zoanoid form. During a battle with 3 Chronos agents Merrick, Melanie, and Vash manage to dispatch them while at a park nearby. With Sean out of commission Vash volunteers to watch over Atkins' daughter. Atkins Daughter is kidnapped by Chronos agents. Rubio takes advantage of the situation and sends armored Zoanoid Grimmel to unleash on the city. Merrick and Melanie go to rescue Atkins' Daughter from Valentine, while Vash deals with Grimmel. Meanwhile, Sean and Mizky talk about wanting to become the Guyver again. Mizky then convinces Sean that no matter he will always be the Guyver to her. Sean decides to get his armor back from Rubeo even if it costs him his life. Melanie and Merrick find Atkins' daughter in an Indoor Garden where Valentine was first transformed. Melanie single handedly takes out the Chronos agents with ease with a little help from Deke who arrives in time to administer the cure to Valentine as Merrick talks him down. Back in the city Vash manages to take down Grimmel in a duel as Vash’s 3 bullets pierces through the armored Zoanoid’s armor. As both threats are dealt with, Rubeo releases Chelsea telling her to deliver a message to the team and decides to conquer all universes as the episode ends.

Friday, February 3, 2023

Ronin Season Four: Episode 18





18. Emperor’s Daughter

Kira returns to Chicago as Sarenbo tells Rowen that Talpa plans on breaking Kazuya out of police custody. Off the tip Ryo and Cye manage to intercept the cargo foiling the breakout, but it turns out to be a ruse for Sarenbo and a squad of rebellious Dynasty Warriors to invade the hut. Luckily Sage, Kento and Anubis are there to hold off the home invasion. After defeating the first wave a second wave enters the hut as the numbers are deemed too much. In order to hide the artifact from Kazuya, Rowen contacts Sarenbo revealing the actual location putting the invasion to halt. As a sign of good faith Sarenbo agrees to help stop Kazuya, but Ryo becomes suspicious of the Sarenbo’s honor. At the prison Sarenbo, Talpa and Ryo confront Kazuya in which the latter turns on Ryo and Talpa. Sarenbo, Fury and his Gang cause a prison riot, kidnapping Kira in the process. Rowen, Sage, Kento, Cye and Anubis arrive just in time causing a massive street fight in the parking lot of the prison. Talpa goes after Kira leaving Ryo alone to take on Sarenbo and Kazuya. The two beat down Ryo as the Ronin does his best to fight back. In the heat of the moment Kira sacrifices herself to save Ryo after being freed from Talpa. Kazuya escapes along with Sarenbo, Fury and his Gang. As the episode ends Kira dies in the hospital with Talpa vowing vengeance on Kazuya.