QOTD — page 15

Greetings, buckshots.

Today we have a question from Magoonie. Anyone wanting to send a question in, do so at [email protected]

“Hey Caliber, been really enjoying QOTD, good stuff and gets some good discussions going. My question seems a bit morbid because it very much is. Let’s say all the wrestlers who passed away went to heaven or some kind of afterlife (with the exception of one). What would be your ultimate HeavenMania card look like? Thanks and keep up the good work man.”

Interesting question. Instead of drumming up a whole card, I’ll list my three big matches that’ll bring everybody in.

Curt Hennig vs Rick Rude – They’ve been friends forever, always talking about how tough they were. But finally the question is asked, who’s toughest? Who’s the greater IC champion? Who did Bobby Heenan love more?

British Bulldog vs Owen Hart – Bulldog is pissed because when he first got to Heaven, Owen pulled a rib on him that had him thinking he was in hell. Plus, Owen is still sore after losing the Euro Championship from their classic match-up on Raw.


Eddie Guerrero vs Macho Man Randy Savage – The Latino Heat vs the Madness. Both high-flyers, both innovators and former WWE Champions. This one settles who the greatest deceased wrestler is. The Other World Heavyweight Championship is on the line.

How say you?

Greetings, superfriends.

Quite a few questions in the que, but today I wanted to go with one I’ve been wanting to ask since the beginning. A pretty basic one, but there’s always some great stories that go along with it.

Worse job you’ve ever had, and the worst moment.

For your scribe, it was when I was 17. My friend use to be a dishwasher at this hole-in-the-wall Chinese resturant, and he was quitting. Well, he offered me up the gig and I said sure, as a favor to him. It was a favor because he couldn’t quit and start this job he really wanted until they found a replacement.

I was hesitant because I’m a bit of a germaphobe. I like things clean. I especially have a problem with food related illness, like e-coli, or salmonella. So, imagine my joy when the first thing they have me do is scrape frozen blood, mold, and discarded meat off the freezer floor. Or be told to just rinse out this tub that had been holding uncooked meat for hours with only water. Which would then hold rice. Anyway, the worst moment came when one particular, after helping to kill a GIANT sized rat in the kitchen, one of the cooks decides he wants to play a CD, of some absolutely God-awful Chinese pop-music. And there’s only one song he likes, and he plays it over and over and over, literally for hours. I was covered in blood, and all sorts of fantastic things, in this God-forsaken place that was 95-100 degrees inside, listening to this atrocious music. Later, everyone was on an hour break, and I asked if I could listen to some of my music, well that was instantly vetoed. Thankfully, my request reminded him that he hadn’t listened to his song in a while.

Also, while working 10-12 hour days isn’t bad, I wasn’t eating. I didn’t feel clean, or safe to eat anything until I could get home and take a shower. Needless to say I quit that job after 4 days. Funny thing was, when I told them I quit, they said “We thought you already quit? Got your friend to take over?”. They thought I was my friend, who’d been working there for 2 years. We didn’t look a like at all.

How say you?

Greetings. Today we have question from Gavin Lee about whether or not the Attitude Era holds up.

“People always wax lyrical about the Attitude Era although it was great and wrestling gained a lot of mainstream exposure and gasp! It actually was cool to watch!  However looking back in hindsight do you agree apart from the story lines and the odd stand out match especially in 98-99 that the standard of the matches in general was poor looking at Mr Keith’s rants and watching them back the vast majority of PPVs were basically one match cards and a shit undercard with the exception of 2000. In my opinion the standard of wrestling was better in 2001 to say 2004 when Angle Eddie Brock etc were in their primes and there was more than one match cards. What do you think or what’s your best era of wrestling?”

I started watching wrestling in 1995, when I was 11. So I was 15 when the Attitude Era was in it’s prime. I was EXACTLY who they wanted watching their shows. I loved it then. It was so much fun. But looking back? It’s fucking dreadful. PPVs were extremely crappy, with, as you stated, one-match cards. However, the matches & the stories behind’em were pretty damn fantastic. 2000 and 2001 were far greater, as they had the influx of fantastic wrestlers like Malenko, Guerrero, Benoit, and people like Austin feeling rejuvenated.

My favorite era was actually the year 1998. I loved Stone Cold, DX, and Mick Foley. And I loved the Wolfpac and Chris Jericho. Wrestling was at such a fever pitch in the summer of 1998, and I was reveling in it.

How say you?

Ahoy-hoy, shlebs from Sector-7G.

Today’s QOTD comes from the creator of Glee, Mr. Ryan Murphy. He writes in to ask…

“Got a morbid QOTD candidate for you. The interview with Nancy Benoit’s
sister got me thinking: say you’re Vince McMahon. You’re running a show
in Canada and David Benoit (Chris’ older son) gets backstage and asks to
speak to you. He tells you that it is still his dream to compete as a
pro wrestler and he’d like a tryout for NXT. Would you let it happen? Do
you try to discourage the kid from joining the business? Do you just
tell him good luck but not have him involved in your company? And if you
do sign him, do you ever address who his father was? I’d love to hear
what everyone thinks of this.”

On one hand, you know Vince is willing to exploit whatever he can. However, he’s on such a crusade to erase Benoit from history, I doubt he’d want to hire his kid.

Me, myself, I would try to discourage him. Because first of all he’s going to have trouble finding work due to his name. Second, you know there would be a promoter out there who would want to exploit the whole thing with his family. And third, his dad was one of the greatest technicians of all time, so he’s constantly going to be in that shadow. There are far too many negatives for a business that just doesn’t care about you.

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How say you?

Howdy, buckaroos.

First off, thanks to everyone who’s sending in questions. Do keep them coming.

Today I’m going to go with a question I’ve been wanting to ask for a few weeks now, and tomorrow I’ll resume with the questions that have been sent in.

What’s the most surprised you’ve been since entering the realm of Smarkdom? Once you become a smark, hip to the game, it’s almost impossible to be surprised, because news just isn’t kept. However, from time to time it can happen. So, how’d they get you?

For me, it was when DDP was revealed as the stalker. Weeks prior I heard the unaltered voice, and was rather disappointed that Vince McMahon was once again going to be a payoff. Boo to that, I thought. Then I was watching at home, and holy shit, it was DDP. I literally jumped up to my feet in excitement.

Also, when Cena debuted at the 2008 Rumble that was pretty great too.

How say you?

Greetings, Superfriends. Today we have a daily double. The first is from Jeff Bailey:

“Looking back on Dusty Rhodes’ stint as booker, does the knowledge that
Ric Flair is such a gigantic cock alter your perspective on it?”

Well, not really. I’ve never really heard a bad-word about Flair during that era. It was only when he started to look like a piece of beef jerky with bleached strands of hair coming out of the top that he became a prick. I’ve often wondered what would happen if Triple H from 2003 and Dusty Rhodes from 1988 were in the same company. It would have to implode. Like in Time Cop when two beings take up the same space. 

Second question comes from QOTD Hall of Famer, Mr. Gavin Lee.

"Not a wrestling question today but with the impending release of Star Wars ep7  
What do you want to see or what storyline should they follow? There's rumours 

there bringing back the original cast Luke han leia etc I'm unsure if I could

 belive a 70yr old (!) mark hamill pulling Jedi shit any more hopefully JJ won't 

make a Star Trek clone."

It's no longer rumors, as I believe most of the original cast is returning. I have

no problem believing in older Jedis being able to bring the goods. Look at 

The Emperor. He looks older than dirt and he's the biggest bad ass of them all. Yoda

is ancient, about 2 feet tall and he's feared completely. The Jedi only get stronger as they

get older. 

I always thought they'd just film the Heir To The Empire books, which I read a few

years ago and are great. I'm all about bringing The Emperor back, as he's my favorite

character. There's so much material to work with it's ridiculous. Not only are there

100's of books, but 1000's of comics. There is honestly to excuse for fucking

this film up. There are tried & true stories that are great, and that fans want 

to see. 

I apologize for the font, blogger is a piece of crap and believes letting you

choose your format is something of an antiquated notion. 

Greetings all. After seeing the disappointing Man of Steel, I needed to cleanse my pallet, so I finally saw Richard Donner’s cut of Superman II. Man, that’s one of the greatest super hero films of all time. Fantastic stuff. Plus, there’s no ridiculous Superkiss, making the film that much better alone. Anyway, on to the QOTD…

Today we have a question from a returning Gavin Lee.


“If WM30 is indeed going down the route of UT/Cena would that be a good time for the deadman to hang it up? They could even do a angle like if cena beats him the streak is over but UT beats cena his career is over. So that would be an awesome dilemma either take a loss and still have a career or keep the streak intact and retire. Also there has been discussion on the blog lately about the merits of mark Henry going in the HOF would Kane be a better inclusion?”
 
Oh, definitely. This should absolutely be Undertaker’s last match. I think that should not only the streak be over, but ‘Taker should have to retire. However, there has to be something else for Cena other than retire, because you know there’s no way that Cena would retire. So, perhaps something like Cena couldn’t challenge for the WWE title for a year. Either way, it’d be a hell of a match.

Kane definitely deserves HOF induction. He’s been around for over 15 years, wrestled every name in the business, and been involved in some pretty big angles. Plus, he’s been an absolute class act, and I’ve never heard a bad word spoken about the guy. Hell, he should get the inclusion for having to wrestle as a dentist with bad teeth, and a fake Kevin Nash.

How say you?

Today we’ve got a question from a Mr. Gavin Lee. He writes…

” In the UK my sports channel run sports events in 3d ie soccer, golf, 

f1 etc do you think WWE would transcend well in 3d? 

For like a special event such as mania? 

Would it pull more buys if the granddaddy if them all was in 3d?
 
Also would PPV's in general pull more buys if they were held on a Saturday? 

I for one would be more inclined to buy a PPV if it didn't have to go to work 

on a Monday cos PPV's finish at 4-5 am In my neck of the woods and it sorta 

loses its appeal if your not watching it live."

Honestly, I'm a sucker for some good 3D. I dig it. However, I'd be afraid if 

Vince were to try it,because he'd insist on doing gimmicky things that would 

take away from the match. If they left things alone and did standard 3D, 

then I'd be interested, and I think others too. 

As for the second part of your question, yeah, I always thought PPVs should be on 

Saturday. Especially during the Attitude Era. A good chunk of wrestling fans 

are older males, and the idea of getting together on a Saturday night, drinking, 

having a jolly time, and watching wrestling is a keen one. Also, parents are more 

likely to let their kids stay up late on a Saturday as opposed to a 

Sunday. So, why they haven't hoped on board with this is beyond me. Tradition, I suppose. 

How say you? 

Hola and hello, buckshots. Today we have another double dose. The first up is from future BoD Hall of Famer, as well as future cirrhosis of the liver survivor, Mr. Ryan Murphy.

“Two
questions, really: How important is timeliness in hip hop? It seems like
even the best stuff ages quickly; Watch the Throne already sounds
played, and guys like TI and Wacka Flocka feel like dinosaurs. So is it
just, in your opinion, not important that rap has replay value? Is it
just a bonus if it does? And what are some hip hop tracks/albums that,
IYO, have longevity? Illmatic, Enter the Wu Tang, the first Black Star
record, and Illadelph Halflife all still feel essential to me, for
example. Whatcha think?”

It’s important for rap to have replay value, otherwise it would have died out like disco. However, since the year 2000 basically, all hip-hop has absolutely, completely sucked. Ever since then, rappers weren’t trying to make real music. They only cared about having a chorus, or a new dance, or a catchphrase, or some bullshit like autotune. 2Pac didn’t give a damn about that type of shit. He just wanted to make real music. That’s why you can throw on Me Against The World, or The 7th Day Theory and no one is gonna complain. Same with License to Ill, or Est. 1999 Eternal, Straight Outta Compton, Amerikkka’s Most Wanted, 187um Killa, The Chronic, The Slim Shady LP, Doggystyle. Look at Lil Wayne, arguably the biggest rapper today. Is anyone dying to crack open his old Hot Boyz bullshit? Does anybody want to listen to “Bling Bling”? Hell no. Because it’s garbage. Is anyone clamoring for some Ja Rule? No, because he was a joke too. Do you think ‘Pac, Biggie, Redman, or KRS-One would ever do a song like Hit Me With A Txt, or I’m In Love With A Stripper? God no. Do you think Wakaflakaflame, or Lil Wayne, or Drake could ever do a song as brilliant as 2Pac’s Me And My Girlfriend? Or cut a verse as insanely crazy and brilliant as Biggie’s from Notorious Thugz? Not on their life. To quote a brilliant rapper

“It was sink or swim, last time I checked/
but now these pussy-assed artists wear three life-vests/
None of it is timeless, reason & rhymeless/
Cow-tow to the dollar, easy rich being spineless/
While ya’ll fabricate, I matter of fact’em/
Only decent like you’ll ever kick, bitch, is a flat one/” – Caliber Winfield


2nd up is from a Mr. Southern, and he writes in:

“For the question of the day mine is simple. What’s the best wrestling match and/or sporting event you have ever seen in person?

   
For a wrestling match for me it’s Triple H vs Cactus at the 2000
Rumble. For a sporting event it’s game 2 of the 1995 Division Series
playoffs between the Yankees and Mariners. The game went 15 innings, the
lead changed hands several time and ended with Jim leyritz hitting the
game winning home run in the rain. The game gets kind of forgotten about
because the Yankees went on to lose the series and would have way
bigger moments in the coming years but as a stand alone game it was
UNBELIEVABLE.”

I always enjoy reading answers to questions like these. For me, it’s Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho from WrestleMania 19. Everyone around me was really excited, since most of them hadn’t seen Shawn live, and this was during his return tour. One of the greatest WM matches of all time. As for other sporting events, well, I don’t follow sports. But I did enjoy going to my little brothers Park & Req basketball games. Man, parents use to get PISSED. 

Thanks to everyone who’s been sending questions in. Today we’re gonna rock two questions, simply because I’m drunk with power. First one up is from a Mr. KSZero, offering up a simple question:


“Black Cat, or Black Widow?”

Well, I can’t imagine Black Widow not as Scarlett, which gives her an edge. So, unless Phoenix Marie plays Black Cat at some point, I’m gonna go with Widow.

Next up, a question from Officer Farva:

“What is the best, or your favorite, single episodic (trademark WWE) television episode? I’d choose either the season 1 episode of Homeland where ___  _____ is introduced as being alive, the season 1 finale of OZ, or the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry misspells “Aunt” as “Cunt” in an obituary (think season 2). 3 of my favorite series of all time.” 

I edited said question as to avoid spoilers right here on the main page. In the comments, go nuts. Great question. I have quite a few options, such as the episode of Married With Children where Al sells his soul, the ep of Seinfeld where Kramer finds the Merv Griffin set, or the pilot of Breaking Bad. Seriously, if that had been made into a movie, it’d be talked about amongst the greatest films of the last 20 years. It’s fantastic. 


How say you?

Hey, guys. Thanks for all those who’ve been sending in questions. For those who haven’t, the address is [email protected] For today’s question, we’ve got one that I’ve had in the reserves for a while, and I’m interested in finding out what everyone says.

Your last meal. You’re on death-row. Why? Well, let’s say you saw two people fighting at a sporting event and you broke it up. Anyway, what’s the meal? You get the main course, beverage, and desert.

For your boy, it’s gonna be a large, extra cheese pizza from Dominos, a liter of Wal-Mart brand OJ [I don’t know what it is, but they make the best], and for dessert it’s gonna be a Cinnabon cinnamon roll.

How say you?

 I’ll be reviewing Payback for those who are waiting for one. I should
have it up by tomorrow. And to those who want to finally have something
worth putting on your resume by having your question seen here, simply
send it on in to [email protected]

Today’s question comes from member pbreathing, he asks…

“How
do you justify following pro-wrestling to non-fans? We’ve all had to
put up with critics/sceptics telling you “It’s all fake, you know” or
“Really? The guys in the spandex?”, but what about people who are
indifferent/oblivious and just don’t see the attraction?

For Holiday’s and special occassions I planned on doing different things with the QOTD. Since Father’s Day fell on a Sunday, I’m gonna do it here. So, in celebration of the fathers, you get TWO questions! Yes, finally, the hard-work & toiling of fatherhood has finally paid off. Caliber looks out for his people. Anyone wanting to submit a question, [email protected]

First question comes from Bill Ray:

“Hi Caliber,

Here's a question for you and the blog: what's your favorite rarely-seen spot in 

wrestling? I'm partial to the "gorilla presses opponent on the floor and 

into the ring" spot, which the power babyfaces should bring back at some point. 
 
How say you?"

I think the reason we haven't seen that spot is because we haven't had any real "power" wrestlers, like

Warlord, or LOD. I think Goldberg was the last wrestler in that vein. As for a spot that I miss, well, 

I'd have to go with the double noggin' knocker. I say that purely for nostalgia reasons, because it's

completely ridiculous and would be laughed at today. If I had to choose one move that represents the 80's

wrestling scene, it'd be the DNK. Well, at least for the WWE.  

Second question:

This one comes from Jeff Bailey

"Here's one I've been wondering about:
 
Why didn't Capcom ever make a Powerstone style Marvel Superheroes game? It seems like such an 

obvious idea (at least to me.) Then again many of Capcom's Marvel related decisions boggle my mind.
 
So I guess my question is, if you were Capcom what game would you have made? 

Or not even just Capcom necessarily."

I want Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat. I mean, they were the two biggest fighting games of the 90's, 

with fans on each side swearing their series is the best. I was always the Mortal Kombat fan, but Street 

Fighter is an undeniable classic. I'd love to see what kind of Fatalities they'd cook up for the 

Street Fighter guys. I also want Jason as a DLC.  

How say you guys?

Alrighty, since you guys were receptive to the idea of the QOTD being more than about wrestling, we’re gonna open it up to truly whatever.

So, I thought I’d start off with a pretty great question that I heard on the World’s greatest podcast, and my future home of employment, The Adam Carolla Show.

Instead of a birthday, what’s your worthday? Instead of celebrating your birth, you celebrate the day you truly did something you’re proud of. Something you want to be remembered for. For some of us, we probably haven’t had that major, defining moment, so what’s closest? Or, what would you like that day to be?

For me, there’s so much I want to achieve. However, if I died tomorrow, I’d like my Worthday to be when a few years ago, a Marine who I’d never met, or ever talked to before emailed me out of the blue to say that a song I’d written got him through an entire year in Iraq. He said without it, he’s not sure if he could have dealt with everything. That felt incredible. As a musician, that’s what you strive for. To help people. To reach people. It sounds corny, but it’s the truth. So, for someone I’d never met or talked to before to have heard my music, and for it to have effected him so much is pretty fucking cool.

So, how say you?

Anyone who has a question they’d like to see in the big, bright lights of the BoD, send’em on to [email protected]

Greetings. Before we get to it, I’d like to state that the QOTD will from here on out be about anything. Really, we can only mine the wrestling cave for so long before we start over talking about how lame Starrcade 1997 was. So, for those who want to send a question in, you can literally ask anything. Be it about movies, TV, comic books, worse job, worse girlfriend, best job, best girlfriend, whatever. So, send’em on in to [email protected]

I’m glad you guys are digging the QOTD. Today, we’ve got a question from Mr. Eric Griffith.

“I just watched KotR 97 and Canadian Stampede back to back. The
difference in quality between the two is quite striking. So, my question
would be, what back to back PPVs have the biggest disparity in quality
(i.e. one is really good, one is really bad)? Does anything top KotR ’97
and Canadian Stampede?”

He has a great selection, but I’d have to go with WrestleMania 2000 to Backlash 2000. Now granted, WrestleMania 2000 had a ****+ ladder match, but the rest of the undercard was crap, with a massively disappointing main event. Backlash 2000 completely brought the goods, and still stands as one of the better PPVs of all time. 

What’s the biggest let down you’ve had has a fan? Be it a match you thought would be great, or an angle you were looking forward to.

For me, it was the rebirth of ECW. I was a huge ECW fan, and the ONS PPVs showed that they could recapture the feeling of it no problem, and deliver some fun matches. However, right out of the gate they blew it by having the show tape before Smackdown, and put it in arenas. Then we had Sandman caning the Zombie, and, man, my hopes were dashed so hard. Things did not get better from there, as RVD lost both championships, and they recycled the “evil owner” deal for the umpteethenth time.

Anyone with a QOTD send’em to [email protected]

OK, today’s question is such….

If you could preform one finishing move, that would go off without a hitch, to anyone in your personal life, in any setting, without any legal ramifications, what would it be?

For me, and this is being cliche’, but I use to work security at Target, and my boss was the ultimate bitch. It was well known she hated men, and I was the first one she hired in YEARS. She was forced to hire me basically because I was the best candidate. She made my life absolutely miserable. Now, if I had my way, during the morning meeting we had, in front of everyone, I would have loved to kick her in her fat fucking gut and drop her with a Stunner that broke her jaw, and say I quit.

How say you?

Radio…I mean, Officer Farva sent in the following question:

If you could rebook anything within 1 individual match (the winner/loser, use of interference, etc) what would it be and why? 

Off the top of my head Id say Summerslam 2010, WWE vs Nexus.  Having team WWE win simultaneously killed the Nexus momentum (which they could have ridden for the rest of the year) and devalued Barrett.  Instead of Super Cena fighting off everyone to win, have Cena make a big comeback but eventually succumb to Barrett setting up a big feud for them.  As it played out, the original Nexus faded away and every member had to be reintroduced under a different gimmick to get repushed.  Oh well, at least we got D. Bryan out if it.

Me, because it was the only WCW PPV I ever ordered, I’d rebook Hogan vs Sting. I’d have them do a knock-down, drag-out 15 minute hardcore style match. I’d want blood, chairs, broken tables, all sorts of shit. I’d also have them practice it for the most part for months, Savage & Steamboat style. Also, for the entire PPV there’d be vignettes of Hogan trying to do everything he can, Governor’s Pardon style, to avoid the match, with no go.

How say you?

If you guys want to send in a question, [email protected] is the way to go.
Recently updated with reviews of GI Joe: Retaliation, Pain & Gain, and Hangover Part III. 2 of them suck, one is great.

CulturebUlly sent this in for the QOTD, and it’s a damn good one.

“You’re challenged with trying to turn someone into a pro wrestling fan. You can show them one match/angle. Which do you choose?”

 I think I’d go with Orton vs Foley from 2004. It’s a damn great story, and the blow off from Backlash just so happens to be my all time favorite match. I think it’d be a great story to introduce someone to, because you’re clamoring to see Mick shut him up, however he doesn’t seem so sure of himself. Then the match at Backlash is such a spectacle, and so fantastic that there’s no way a person couldn’t enjoy it. It’s the right amount of brutal, and doesn’t reach the idiotic levels of something like CZW.

Before we get into it, anyone who has a question they’d like to see on QOTD, just let me know at [email protected]

For today’s question; what’s the best/favorite interaction you’ve had with a wrestling personality? Be it at a signing, on the street, or while you were in the crowd and they were in the ring.