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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:14:20 No.18809124 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>18809261 >>18809417 >>18810314 >>18810917 >>18813136 >>18817474

There are literally no real nostalgia pops left in professional wrestling. The industry has been completely burned out.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:17:33 No.18809148 Report

Quoted By: >>18809167 >>18809261

I can think of a few nostalgia/surprise pops but they're very blue sky "never going to happen" things. But in wrestling, never say never.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:20:00 No.18809167 Report

Quoted By: >>18816988

>>18809148
Honky Tonk During Gunther's IC rein would've been a big nostalgia pop

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:20:35 No.18809169 Report

Quoted By: >>18815856

Kenny Omega in WWE.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:22:24 No.18809177 Report

Quoted By: >>18809280

Jim Cornette, used properly in the right surprise cameo spot, could get a really big pop.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:24:11 No.18809187 Report

Quoted By: >>18809203

Dean would get an earth shattering pop if he returned to the WWeinsteinEpstein

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:25:19 No.18809194 Report

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We need Mickie and Trish to win the women's tag titles, preferably by entering a tournament and winning it. Then we need them to split and have one last match against each other at a big PPV. It doesn't have to be WM, I'm thinking more of a Canadian show because Trish will win.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:25:56 No.18809198 Report

Quoted By: >>18809209 >>18809272 >>18809452 >>18817421 >>18817422

the big nostalgia pops would all be pg era guys now
>evan bourne
>ryback
>zack ryder
>eve torres
>kelly kelly
>sanntino
>funkasaurus
>hornswoggle

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:26:37 No.18809203 Report

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>>18809187
He would get a standard "big pop". Earth shattering? Pfft. No one would care an hour later.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:27:38 No.18809209 Report

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>>18809198
Out of that list only Ryback has any real chance of making an impact. Kelly Kelly already does nostalgia pops.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:28:48 No.18809213 Report

Quoted By: >>18815052

One more run after he gets done playing mayor.
Who should face him in his final match?

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:29:47 No.18809219 Report

Quoted By: >>18814814 >>18817425

Maven

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:31:02 No.18809226 Report

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Who can win the big one for one last time for the big nostalgia pop, brother?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:39:02 No.18809261 Report

Quoted By: >>18809268 >>18809273 >>18809278 >>18809295 >>18813085 >>18814902 >>18816606 >>18816990

>>18809124
>>18809148
Lance Storm coming back and doing the "If I can be serious for a minute" promo would get a good pop.

Anyway, I can think of a few that are highly unlikely to near-impossible

highly unlikely
>WCW Nitro edition of RAW (like "old school raw" but with Nitro)
>Kane or Big Show returns for last runs
>Kenny Omega in WWE
>Hiroshi Tanahashi in WWE
>Ryback Return that isn't a nostalgia one-off

Near impossible
>Batista returns for another run
>Triple H gets in the ring again in any serious wrestling capacity
>WWE/AEW collaboration show (for charity)
>Any McMahon showing up in any non-WWE company in any capacity

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:40:51 No.18809268 Report

Quoted By: >>18809285

>>18809261
>Triple H gets in the ring again in any serious wrestling capacity
If he does, he would shoot die. No joke.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:42:12 No.18809272 Report

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>>18809198
Ryback and maybe Kelly Kelly.they're the only two that would bring a big pop

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:42:37 No.18809273 Report

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>>18809261
He said yday it'd take 7 figures to do it. Somehow, I don't see TKO giving Lance millions to show up in Heroes Of Wrestling II.
Only thing good to come from that show was Jake's epic 22 promo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:43:21 No.18809278 Report

Quoted By: >>18813085

>>18809261
>Hiroshi Tanahashi in WWE
it would be a wet fart. no one knows him, and rightfully so

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:43:46 No.18809280 Report

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>>18809177
He wouldn't fly in a plane to Lexington or Cincinnati, much less KSA

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:44:14 No.18809285 Report

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>>18809268
That's the point anon.
He'd pop the boys

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:45:15 No.18809290 Report

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Young Cucks are ALL WWE

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:46:17 No.18809295 Report

Quoted By: >>18809300

>>18809261
WCW Nitro nostalgia show seems like a very Triple H thing to do and there's no McMahon around to tell him no anymore.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 19:47:17 No.18809300 Report

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>>18809295
And they have already done
>Great American Bash
>Halloween Havoc
>War Games

So it's not like there's no precedent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:08:26 No.18809417 Report

Quoted By: >>18809439

>>18809124
Nostalgia pops were never supposed to be the bread and butter of a show.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:15:14 No.18809439 Report

Quoted By: >>18809471 >>18809484

>>18809417
The territory system operated on the concept of wrestlers touring the country getting pops because they weren't around all the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:18:16 No.18809452 Report

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>>18809198
As an Airbourne fan I doubt he'd be remembered

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:24:39 No.18809471 Report

Quoted By: >>18814904

>>18809439
In some territories, yeah, I guess, but others would run the same towns pretty much every week. Memphis ran Memphis twice a week.

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:30:07 No.18809484 Report

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>>18809439
>40 years ago, w--
Shut the fuck up, boomer

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Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:36:02 No.18809510 Report

Quoted By: >>18809523

I think we're about to get into the era of the re-cast. The Undertaker will return, but not being portrayed by Mark Calaway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 20:40:00 No.18809523 Report

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>>18809510
That could be fun because they could have a few different guys portray the character before the spirit finds its host.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 22:59:27 No.18810314 Report

Quoted By: >>18810360

>>18809124
Vince returns to WWE.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 23:00:18 No.18810318 Report

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in 20 years there will nostalgia pops for YEET

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 23:02:44 No.18810328 Report

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Sunny when she gets out of prison

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 13 Sep 2025 23:06:38 No.18810360 Report

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>>18810314
This. It would blow the roof off the place. He would announce a Swerve Strickland vs the NXT Women’s Roster Reverse Gangbang match. Cole would scream into the mic “DAMN I LOVE BBC”

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 00:14:20 No.18810917 Report

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>>18809124
That's why wrestling fans love Saudi shows because those niggers pop like popcorn whenever a member berry wrestler hits the stage

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 04:16:34 No.18813085 Report

Quoted By: >>18813161 >>18815097 >>18817401

>>18809278
cry piggie

>>18809261
>e-drones begging AEW to make them cool again

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 04:24:25 No.18813136 Report

Quoted By: >>18814929

>>18809124
all the greats that would get those pops are too old or are dead

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 04:26:22 No.18813161 Report

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>>18813085
ok chud

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 07:26:54 No.18814036 Report

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Jericho WWE return

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 12:15:18 No.18814814 Report

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>>18809219
this

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 12:43:11 No.18814888 Report

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>Enzo music hits

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 12:50:29 No.18814902 Report

Quoted By: >>18816831

>>18809261
>Hiroshi Tanahashi in WWE
who?

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 12:51:15 No.18814904 Report

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>>18809471
more that the wrestlers would bounce between territories. they’d hang around a few months, then hit a few other places and come back a year or two later

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 13:06:14 No.18814929 Report

Quoted By: >>18815063 >>18815870

>>18813136
there has to be some wrestlers from the turn of the century still able to get a nostalgia pop
sandman
the dudleyz
the hardys
big show
billy gunn
shane mcmahon
flair

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 14:02:02 No.18815052 Report

Quoted By:

>>18809213
cardona lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 14:05:34 No.18815063 Report

Quoted By:

>>18814929
Steamboat

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 14:14:57 No.18815097 Report

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>>18813085
>cant understand the difference of japan vs america
>patronizes a company that manages to harm their competition more than wwe/f ever did

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 17:14:05 No.18815856 Report

Quoted By:

>>18809169
Maybe 8 years ago

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 17:16:50 No.18815870 Report

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>>18814929
They'd get a mild pop sure. but there's no like official "returns" left. punk and aj were the last ones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 19:48:14 No.18816606 Report

Quoted By: >>18816642

>>18809261
>Hiroshi Tanahashi in WWE
That would get no pop.

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 19:54:57 No.18816642 Report

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>>18816606
They'd just point to the sign and you'd think it was Road Warriors coming out in '87.

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 20:48:16 No.18816831 Report

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>>18814902
Fuck you haroldtranny

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Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 21:19:40 No.18816988 Report

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>>18809167
For who 78-year-olds?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 21:20:41 No.18816990 Report

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>>18809261
If we’re just talking a singular pop, the triple H thing could literally be one move and it would get a monster reaction

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 22:42:42 No.18817401 Report

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>>18813085
As much as I love Tanahashi I doubt that he'd get a pop if he showed up in WWE

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 22:47:08 No.18817421 Report

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>>18809198
santino gets huge pops when he shows up in NXT, he would get a gigapop on the main roster 100%

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 22:47:31 No.18817422 Report

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>>18809198
Hornswoggle would get the biggest pop out of those

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 22:48:08 No.18817425 Report

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>>18809219
i think WWE and maven were going to work together recently but they burned him and it fell apart at the 11th hour. at least that's the feeling i get from him and his content lately. now he's trying to get tony to hire him. i'm not sure how big of a pop he'd get in AEW.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 14 Sep 2025 22:55:45 No.18817474 Report

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>>18809124
Ryback is the legitimate only return Monster Pop wrestling has left

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