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Date of upload: Oct 31, 2023 ^^
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I think what makes the Misawa story that much more tragic is when you hear that when he heard Misawa died, Toshiaki Kawada, his greatest rival throughout his career retired immediately.
Obviously thats tragic on the real level, like he retired because someone who was probably his friend backstage died, but even on a Kayfabe level, you imagine a heel character like Kawada getting the news that his greatest rival has died in the ring, the only man who could ever give him real fight was gone, and he retires immediately, because he knows theres no one else who can challenge him.
It's like that episode of Batman where The Joker hears that Batman might be dead, and he goes to commit a robbery, and when Batman never shows up, he puts everything back and says without Batman, it just isn't fun anymore.
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I remember Jim Cornette saying back in the early 80âs, the NWA would re-record over previous episodes on tapes to save money. And after WCW acquired NWA he was leaving the Greensboro office one evening and found a garbage can full of old tapes on his way home. Itâs sad how much we probably lost.
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Misawa was that rare type of dude that would do magazine interviews gushing about nerdy shit like Pokemon and Fire Emblem games, and then hit the ring and be an absolute badass. Whenever you see some boomer claim that video games made modern wrestlers soft just ask them how they feel about Misawa and watch them shut the fuck up with the quickness. RIP to the legend, there will never be another Misawa.
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As far as Benoit being in SvR â08, there is some credence to him being planned for the game but dummied out. If he was going to be on the cover, thatâd be a weird forethought by THQ/Yukeâs. Cena, Lashley, and Undertaker were their respective brandâs heavyweight champions after Mania 23 in 2007, and Benoit wasnât scheduled to win the title until June at Vengeance. Given that most of the games operate with a WrestleMania cut-off date for content (particularly pre-DLC era games), itâd be odd for WWE to tip off the publisher two months ahead of a title swap so that the package was up to date, especially considering none of the 3 who were on it were holding their respective titles by release day.
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The Gamesmaster magazine for May 2007 has SvsR 2008 on the cover also as their first feature of the game, maybe the Info about Benoit is in that one. Also the dates hardly match with these old future magazines as sometimes it can be a month either way from release from the one put on the cover.
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Maybe the reason why svr2008 career mode sucked so much was because he played a big role in the mode so they had to quickly rework it after what happened which is why so many cutscenes were repeated not trying to spread rumors but if there is a prototype out there maybe there is an entire unfinished career mode to.
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If they recalled that magazine, there is still a chance some rare copies of the original print are out there. I think it is kind of strange that benoit wasn't mentioned at all in the article if that version of the article was printed before the murder suicide as he was a main even level star and would likely have played a big role in the game with or without being on the cover.
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Both Benoit and Misawa's passing hit me hard when it happened. Benoit was my favorite wrestler of all at the time then, and I had the chance to meet him on one rare occasion the then WWF came to my country. It was the best day of my life until he did what he did.
I was also a huge fan of NOAH, mostly of the hard hitting championship main events from when they worked for AJPW. I remember coming back from work and seeing the news of what had happened, and spend the rest of the day glued to the computer waiting for updates on the situation. After he died, it was just hard for me to watch his classic matches with all the head drop spots.
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@scpjack7856
5 months ago
Benoit originally being on the cover for SVR2008 makes complete sense. On the weekend the murder-suicide happened, he was supposed to win the ECW Championship from CM Punk and become the face of that brand. If you remember SVR had Lashley on the cover represented ECW.
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