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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Aug 11, 2009 4:07:36 GMT -5
They wanted him to be a Stuart Smalley clone (who is actually a US Senator from Minnesota now). I guess that means he IS good enough, he IS smart enough, and that doggone it people must like him!! ;D I'm sorry, I'll show my shelf out ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by rawthentic on Aug 11, 2009 4:31:33 GMT -5
I have not read the last 2 pages of this thread, but i can't believe so many people are claiming DDP only got so far in WCW because of Eric Bischoff.
I can't blame anybody if they can't remember that far back. DDP's rise was kind of like Stone Cold's, obviously not to the same peak but it's just a character that grew on the fans untill he was one of their top guys. Nothing about his rise in WCW seemed forced at all. It's not like WCW decided one day to push this guy to the moon. The reactions he was getting as a midcarder heel were way too good to keep him where he was at and at that time he was having 1 standard match and his night was over. He got pretty much no promo time and no reason to believe he was shoved down the fans throats. The pops he got when he tricked the nWo and when he reversed the jackhammer into the diamond cutter are still some of the best pops i have ever heard and he was probably the only WCW guy that looked cool and was not in the nWo in the late 90's.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Aug 11, 2009 5:24:03 GMT -5
Only reason DDP was anything in this biz was because he was forced down our throats in 96 and 97 by his next door neighbor It couldn't have been the hard work he put into learning the ropes, becoming an actual talented wrestler, and being an INCREDIBLE talker. Couldn't have been the fans taking an incredible liking to him even before he got a super amazing push. It certainly couldn't have been his all-around talent and good mind for the business, not to mention being reliable and clean. Nope, it's all because he happened to be friends with the Bisch. He was clearly just another talentless hack who didn't deserve what he had. Pft! Don't you know it's ALL about the backstage politics! How dare you not question the integrity of someone you've never met! You... you... MARK!!
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Aug 11, 2009 5:58:34 GMT -5
I loved this gimmick.
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