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Post by Youngie on Sept 23, 2009 14:21:58 GMT -5
Much as others have sited Demolition as the WWF's answer to the Road Warriors (which I think is actually the Powers of Pain), I always saw Warrior as the WWF version of Sting at the time. I thought he was was more similar to Hulk with the "Hulk up" and being the top babyface. Or maybe Sting was kind of a hybrid with elements of both Hogan & Warrior.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 14:40:00 GMT -5
Much as others have sited Demolition as the WWF's answer to the Road Warriors (which I think is actually the Powers of Pain), I always saw Warrior as the WWF version of Sting at the time. I thought he was was more similar to Hulk with the "Hulk up" and being the top babyface. Or maybe Sting was kind of a hybrid with elements of both Hogan & Warrior. That could be true, too. Personally, I was always looking at all the different colorful outfits/facepaint designs they both had, the more hard-hitting style (compared to Hogan or Flair), and the fact that they both had sort of a strong/wildman gimmick with lots of snarling, screaming, and chest beating. I think when I was a little kid, the similarites between the Warrior's entrance theme and Sting's pre-"Man Called Sting" song stuck out, as well.
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Post by wasimperviz on Sept 23, 2009 20:12:46 GMT -5
Just think if Vince signed Sting & Luger as a tag team in WWE how good it could have been? They worked well as a tag team in WCW.
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Post by corndog on Sept 23, 2009 23:26:49 GMT -5
If it's around the time Vince signed Luger in 92, I think it definitely would have been Sting. He already held the WCW title and Warrior was on his way out. Luger was big, but Sting wasn't exactly small and was extremely popular, also Hogan was already making movies, so Vince knew he had to find a star that could be there when Hogan wasn't. Sting already proved he could be a top draw, Luger never really did.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Sept 24, 2009 1:04:27 GMT -5
Luger was always my favorite guy in WCW. He was my fav while he was in WWF back in the early 90's as well.
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 24, 2009 1:40:01 GMT -5
Just think if Vince signed Sting & Luger as a tag team in WWE how good it could have been? They worked well as a tag team in WCW. If they were signed in 92, LOD vs Luger/Sting, or the Steiners vs Luger/Sting.
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Post by toddpolt on Sept 24, 2009 1:44:15 GMT -5
The problem was Luger when the WWF signed him was that Vince tried his best to make him a Hogan-type muscle action hero. No offense to ole Lex Flex, but he wasn't exactly the Hulkster. Nevermind his initial WWF debut was that whole Narcicist gimmick. Wasn't that the one where Vince the announcer goes on and on about his muscles and physique as Lex poses?
Cue Vince gay jokes.
Sting though, to use a certain wrestler's nickname, was the total package. Great ring worker, got enough abs to not be dismissed as tiny, charisma, great mic work, etc.
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 24, 2009 1:46:43 GMT -5
The problem was Luger when the WWF signed him was that Vince tried his best to make him a Hogan-type muscle action hero. No offense to ole Lex Flex, but he wasn't exactly the Hulkster. Nevermind his initial WWF debut was that whole Narcicist gimmick. Wasn't that the one where Vince the announcer goes on and on about his muscles and physique as Lex poses? Cue Vince gay jokes. Bobby Heenan did them better.
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Post by tarheelfan on Sept 24, 2009 1:47:13 GMT -5
Just think if Vince signed Sting & Luger as a tag team in WWE how good it could have been? They worked well as a tag team in WCW. If they were signed in 92, LOD vs Luger/Sting, or the Steiners vs Luger/Sting. I thought that Sting and Luger had already had a match against the Road Warriors in 1988 which ended as a double disqualification.
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Post by tarheelfan on Sept 24, 2009 1:51:25 GMT -5
The problem was Luger when the WWF signed him was that Vince tried his best to make him a Hogan-type muscle action hero. No offense to ole Lex Flex, but he wasn't exactly the Hulkster. Nevermind his initial WWF debut was that whole Narcicist gimmick. Wasn't that the one where Vince the announcer goes on and on about his muscles and physique as Lex poses? Cue Vince gay jokes. Sting though, to use a certain wrestler's nickname, was the total package. Great ring worker, got enough abs to not be dismissed as tiny, charisma, great mic work, etc. I have always felt that pound for pound that Luger was the strongest wrestler I have ever seen. One thing that differentiated Hogan from Luger was that Hogan was more of a bulky muscular whereas Luger was more of a leaner chiseled muscular guy. As chiseled as Luger was I am not even sure he was as bulky as the Ultimate Warrior was. But I still think that Luger was the strongest pound for pound.
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Post by toddpolt on Sept 24, 2009 1:59:29 GMT -5
There is a certain to Luger, but I think it might have been that old RTB writer who complained how he never understood the why. I don't either, but it's there. Whatever it is.
Was it the physique? Was it that he seemed believable as a legitimate musclehead jocked-turned-wrassler who did hang around with the Stinger*.
*=If I remember right, they were for a time real-life buds.
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Post by tarheelfan on Sept 24, 2009 2:07:08 GMT -5
There is a certain to Luger, but I think it might have been that old RTB writer who complained how he never understood the why. I don't either, but it's there. Whatever it is. Was it the physique? Was it that he seemed believable as a legitimate musclehead jocked-turned-wrassler who did hang around with the Stinger*. *=If I remember right, they were for a time real-life buds. In many ways Lugers matches were similar to Hogans in that it told a story of the comic book hero of sorts. Luger would overpower his opponent to start with but then would make a mistake and spend the next 10 minutes on the receiving end of the opponents offense. But like Hogan Luger would spring back to life on the offense and win the match.
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Post by toddpolt on Sept 24, 2009 2:11:55 GMT -5
Wasn't Luger a heel with the Four Horsemen though? Or is my memory shot?
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Post by tarheelfan on Sept 24, 2009 2:18:48 GMT -5
Wasn't Luger a heel with the Four Horsemen though? Or is my memory shot? He was at one time a heel with the Four Horseman.
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