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Post by chunkylover53 on Jun 12, 2009 22:49:47 GMT -5
i dont think he classes as real wrestlecrap if am honest personally. the gimmick werent that bad What classifies as "real wrestlecrap?" RD said it best "Wrestlecrap is all a matter of opinon". I felt Johnny B Badd overcome being labeled as crap because of his athletic ability, and that he got over. Then again, thats my opinon.
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Post by iamthegoon on Jun 13, 2009 16:04:42 GMT -5
i agree with your opinion, but i meant i think he was unfairly critisiced because of his gimmick
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jun 14, 2009 11:58:23 GMT -5
I was shocked to learn he wasn't black. Waitasec..................He 's not? No. He's Jewish. I believe his last name is actually Merowitz.
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Post by Joekishi on Jun 14, 2009 17:22:17 GMT -5
I remember when he came to the WWF without the Johnny B. Badd gimmick. I was DISAPPOINTED! Same here, i was a big Johnny B. Badd fan. the guy still was awesome in-ring in WWe, don't get why they keep saying he sucks He's not black?
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Post by The Blue Blazer on Jul 6, 2009 2:47:59 GMT -5
Yeah...I also thought Johnny B. Badd was awesome. His feuds with DDP and Lord Steven Regal were great. Too bad about the knee injury, because it killed any interest everyone had in him.
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Post by Hogasm on Jul 6, 2009 9:30:40 GMT -5
I was shocked to learn he wasn't black. THIS! That man had an excellent tan! The man did wrestle well, and his SSP in WWF was a thing of beauty. As a kid it always bothered me most of the time when using the Badd Blasters he would smack the bottom against the ground before shooting it. I eagerly awaited the day it would blow up in his face for that. I wasn't disappointed. I wouldn't make him mad.. he's got a mean left hook!
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Jul 11, 2009 20:30:11 GMT -5
Hey, sometimes Wrestlecrap is sticking an otherwise talented and over performer in a garish costume that is supposed to get them over, for some reason.
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Post by Scott on Jul 12, 2009 4:11:27 GMT -5
You can be black and Jewish...Lenny Kravitz for one.
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Post by MiLB Fan on Jul 12, 2009 4:19:17 GMT -5
Yes. Once he was tragically struck by some confetti and he had to wear a mask to protect his face. Yes this was the kind of stuff WCW thought would get over in 1991. Though again when you have a guy who says in promos "I'm so pretty I should have been born a girl" you aren't really looking for much That was 93. I was there for the blowoff match. Badd's mask vs Maxx Payne's guitar. Badd won, then a few nights later on Saturday Night he took off the mask during his match and looked completely normal. it pretty much took away all the drama of the previous matchup. "Consider it RETURNED, Badd!" I remember when he appeared on TV after the Benoit tragedy and people on the boards were like "OMG HE BLEACHED HIS SKIN!" I think this was the first time many saw him without any kind of gimmick. Count me in among those who didn't know he was white.
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Post by reiko22 on Jul 12, 2009 15:32:40 GMT -5
anybody remember the kiss that don't miss?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 5:27:34 GMT -5
HE'S SO OUTRAGEOUS, IT'S CONTAGEOUS!!
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jul 25, 2009 12:10:07 GMT -5
The Johnny B. Badd character totally ruined Mark Mero for me. I couldn't watch him without just thinking there's Johnny B. Badd. His listing of people ruined him to me.
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Post by saintturgeon on Jul 25, 2009 22:23:53 GMT -5
I grew up watching WCW in the early 90's and I kid you not, I sincerely believed that Johnny B. Badd was in fact Little Richard (And Vice-Versa). But then again I was 4-5 at the time.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Jul 27, 2009 17:15:11 GMT -5
You can be black and Jewish...Lenny Kravitz for one. And Yaphet Kotto.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Aug 7, 2009 12:15:49 GMT -5
What I never understood about Johnny B. Badd is the gimmick is supposed to be that of a Little Richard impersonator. But then why is his name a pun on a Chuck Berry song title with a theme song the guitar riff from that same song?
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Aug 7, 2009 23:43:04 GMT -5
What I never understood about Johnny B. Badd is the gimmick is supposed to be that of a Little Richard impersonator. But then why is his name a pun on a Chuck Berry song title with a theme song the guitar riff from that same song? Because whoever came up with the gimmick obviously didn't think it through to completion. This IS early-90's WCW we're talking about here. You kinda have to just close your eyes and ignore some of the logic holes, because there are a LOT of them.
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Post by lildude8218 on Aug 8, 2009 0:42:27 GMT -5
One of the first times I saw Johnny B. Badd, I swore that the announcer said that "He says he's the Brains in WCW" instead of Prettiest. That would've been an interesting gimmick. Over the top flamboyant smart gu........yeah, they did that with The Genius, nevermind
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Post by Son of a Pregnant Dog on Aug 11, 2009 15:24:04 GMT -5
I couldn't stand Johnny B. Badd as a kid. He was probably my least favorite wrestler. I just couldn't even stand to look at him, and he always went over guys I wanted to win. I'd complain and change the channel upon a match with him.
If he was good, I guess I missed out.
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Post by rk9295 on Aug 17, 2009 4:45:04 GMT -5
Sometime in the early 90's, I was watching a WCW PPV. The next match coming up was Johnny B. Badd challenging I think the TV champion. So anyway, before the match starts they go to commerical for the next PPV coming up. In that commercial, Johnny B. Badd was dancing around with the TV belt and they were saying he was going to be defending the title. Now...he didn't win it yet, how is he defending it? So after the commercial, the match starts and low and behold, Johnny wins the belt. My brother and I couldn't stop laughing and still talk about it to this day. In fact, he swears he remembers this too.
Anybody remember anything like that?
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Post by goodtimes on Nov 24, 2009 19:09:48 GMT -5
This is an oldie, but I want to still put in my comment that I actually liked JBB - I still do. Is it ridiculous? Yes. Is it OTT? Yes. But he's funny, and he's harmless. And Mero could actually wrestle. One of my favorite midcard feuds was JBB/DDP over Kimberly in late 1995 - they have a great match at WW3 95, for one, that's everything I like about wrestling.
I don't think it's wrestlecrap because as many people seem to like the gimmick as hate it.
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