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M Dogg™:
Last night as I was watching Shawn give his good bye speech, and waiting for some young wrestler come out trying to get some shine for the moment, it all sort of dawned on me. This was someone I have watched since he came out at 23 years old as one half of the Rockers. I have not followed a whole career, some careers are cut short, some just never end, and many that I saw end were famous before I started watching wrestling. But here it was, the one wrestler I followed completely through, from beginning to end. Him, Mr. Perfect and Bret Hart to me redefined main eventers in the WWF back in the early 90's. But I was not there to see pre-Hart Foundation Bret Hart, and Mr. Perfect sadly is one of those careers who was cut short. But Michaels I saw him as a tag team specialist, to a mid-carder and long time Intercontintal Champion, to winning it all at Wrestlemania to a career ending injury to having his life saved to his comeback and having one more run. Then when no youngster came out I was happy, I was truly glad they let him have his moment, and ending it with Triple H coming out with a hug, and I saw Michaels give him that kiss, hopefully no homo. And it was over. It was hard for me to accept, because I remember when people saw Michaels as the future of wrestling, and I remember when DX was young and cool, I remember it all and now it was over. Though I ended the night glad, happy that I saw it, happy that Dizzle hooked me up a link to watch the match last minute because I completely missed the rest of the card, and a bit sad because it is finally over and I truly believe Michaels is not coming back.
One thing about the Michaels/Hart/Henning generation of wrestlers that was highly critical of the Hogan/Flair/Piper generation of not retiring and letting them shine. So I see no comeback in Michaels future, I can imagion he wants to take his millions and play with his kids well his body is still intact, and well he has some active years left. It was also nice to see his last match on the same card as Hart's last match, who also seems very happy about getting some closer and offically going out the way he wants. After all, his career was cut short by a Goldberg boot to the head the night he won the WCW title on Nitro. I expect to see Hart some more though, as rumor has it he'll guest ref a couple of matches and give the Hart Dynesty a rub to help boost their careers. Well that's just my reflation on a great Raw. Sorry I didn't watch Impact like everyone else, but Michaels leaving was a special moment to me.
Mo Z. Dizzle:
^^that was deep M Dogg.
I watched the re-run of it (stayed up till 3 but i wasn't going to miss it). I was glad they didn't let anybody come out and ruin his speech to try and get them over. I kind of wished they would have had the wrestlers come out at the end or something, but I'm guessing maybe HBK wanted it that way. It was good to see HBK and Bret Hart share really positive words about one another and be at peace about the Screwjob incident. HBK was one of the guys I watched since I was young, where I cheered for every face and booed every heel like any other young kid does. I remember cheering him as a member of the Rockers, booing him when he became HBK, cheering for him when he won the title (even though Bret was Canadian, I was rooting for HBK), booing him when DX started, and cheering him mostly after that 9except for when it came to Bret, who is my favourite of all time). It definitely is sad to see somebody like HBK go, especially in an age of the WWE where you wonder how strong their up-and-coming talent will be. Awesome on the mic, awesome in the ring. While I don't expect to see HBK anytime soon nor wrestle another match, I do hope we get to see some appearances here and there ala Austin.
Sikotic™:
Selfishly I'm pissed because I bought Summerslam tickets and now I won't get to see HBK there lol
HBK, Bret, Owen and Austin before his neck injuries were easily my favorite wrestlers when I was a kid. The rest of those guys were gone and HBK was the only guy left until now.
There are a lot of great wrestlers out there, but Shawn was always one of those guys who made me wonder if he was really injured or hurt during his matches. Really great ring psychology on his part. I wish other wrestlers who had charisma and talent like HBK could tell a story in the ring like him.
Last night's Raw was great (I didn't even tune in TNA to watch RVD and Hardy). It was a nice end to a great career. I have a feeling he'll be back though sooner than later. Nobody can do what he's done for that long and not miss it. He'll never do a full-time schedule or anything like that again, but I'm sure it's not the last we've seen of Shawn by a long shot.
"THE" MoSav:
Yes, what a great moment for HBK. Im not sure he'll be back, but who knows. i feel the same way as M Dogg does.
I didnt watch TNA either and I also thought Randy Orton coming out as Cenas partner was great. He got a huge Pop!! And when he RKO'd both of them the crowd went bananas
Geesta:
i saw Jack Swaggers talking shit in the ring before Bautista came out and that nigga has a lisp from hell
but anyways TNA was wack... The Band whooped the shit out of Hardy and RVD till that one dude came in and they all slammed on the band while they were down and won
nothing really special besides Scott Hall still whoopin ass as usual
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