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> UNKIND TO MANKIND? ... Flair doesn't rate Foley
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> Do you ever watch NWA:TNA and how do you feel they are continuing your
> legacy?
> Ali, Southall
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> I've watched it a couple of times and what I saw of it was terrible.
> Anything that Vince Russo is involved with is going to be bad, I'm
> sorry but he's a cartoon character.
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> Jeff Jarrett is a good performer, but some of the stuff they've had on
> it with Raven and others wasn't enjoyable. I wouldn't pay a dollar to
> see Raven headline.
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> I've never seen a good match on NWA:TNA. People talk about the
> high-flying stuff but that's not wrestling. That's just raising the
> bar and one of the reasons the WWE has toned back down is those guys
> won't last five years.

I agree with the high flying stuff. I watched the 2003 Super X tournament
today, and it was just spot after spot. After the first 3 matches or so, it
got boring. Jerry Lynn getting further in that could've improved things, I
feel.

> It doesn't translate into money and when someone gets jumped on from a
> guy on a ladder, how does he come back? That's why people say
> wrestling is fake, because they say nobody could do that and they're
> right. I respect the fact those guys can do it, but so what.
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> It is like Mick Foley - falling off a building does not make you a
> wrestler. Where would he be if he hadn't fallen on a bed of thumb
> tacks?
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> I get along with Mick, he's drawn a lot of money and been very
> successful - but he's not a great wrestler by any means. He's a stunt
> man. He couldn't have even got started when I started in the business.

Mind Games (1996) says hello.

> Could Mick wrestle for an hour? Does anyone think he could go for 60
> minutes tomorrow against Chris Benoit or Eddie Guerrero? You're
> kidding, he's out of shape. I'm just telling it how I see it.

Out of shape now, after not wrestling for over 4 years, yes. Mind Games 1996
he had a 30+ minute wrestling match with Michaels, which was pretty much
anything but hardcore. Sure, it wasn't a tech-fest, but it was a WRESTLING
match. I'm sure everyone remembers it.

> They'll replay that bump Mick took off the cage and through the table
> forever, but where do you go with that? He can only wrestle one style
> of match.
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> Look at Steve Austin, probably the biggest star the WWF/E has ever
> had, did he do any hardcore wrestling? Did Hogan, The Rock, Hunter or
> Shawn Michaels? No.

Hell in a Cells 1 (HBK vs Undertaker) and, I believe 6 (HHH vs Foley) , also
say hello. Foley's Japanese matches were just a precursor to him getting to
where he wanted to be. And yes, he did wrestle a LOT of Hardcore matches
against the likes of The Rock, HHH etc, but he also had some good battles.



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