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Post by arthuradams2002 on Apr 23, 2010 21:18:38 GMT -5
He has been around since the KaiEnTai days of 1998. He did the broken English announcer gimmick for a brief time, which was funny. Funaki was like the Brad Armstrong of WWE. If you remember Brad Armstrong, he was with WCW since the early 90s. He would work a couple of matches, then disappear from TV, then come back and repeat the cycle. Funaki seemed to be doing the same. How did he stay on contract that long. ? They would use him, then take him off tv, then months later, bring him back to put over guys.
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Post by AriadosMan on Apr 23, 2010 21:20:06 GMT -5
Best friends with Stone Cold and HBK is the answer.
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Post by arthuradams2002 on Apr 23, 2010 21:22:06 GMT -5
Best friends with Stone Cold and HBK is the answer. Really ? |
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Post by AriadosMan on Apr 23, 2010 21:24:40 GMT -5
At least according to many of the posters on this site, Funaki was very good friends with both of them. When they were both gone, so was he. Not really surprising in retrospect.
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Post by seamonsters on Apr 23, 2010 21:43:08 GMT -5
For the same reason Hugo Savinovich survives so long - he was very useful to them in terms of foreign promotion and translations.
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Apr 23, 2010 21:46:43 GMT -5
His WWE lifeclock was blinking red a few years ago. He's been a runner ever since. The Sandmen finally got him.  |
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Apr 23, 2010 22:15:25 GMT -5
Extenze?
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 24, 2010 7:11:04 GMT -5
But they say it's not a gimmick, so clearly Kung Fu Naki has no use for it. |
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Post by barley96 on Apr 24, 2010 11:10:31 GMT -5
He forgot to check caller id when WWE called to wish him luck in his future endeavors.
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Post by Janitor From Mars on Apr 24, 2010 11:12:51 GMT -5
He was like Milton, working there for years and years when he was supposed to have been future endeavored several years ago.
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Post by Mesousa on Apr 24, 2010 13:40:40 GMT -5
I'm more curious on where did the Kung Fu Naki gimmick came from.
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Post by lovingway on Apr 24, 2010 14:13:31 GMT -5
For the same reason Hugo Savinovich survives so long - he was very useful to them in terms of foreign promotion and translations. So does that mean we have 12 years of Yoshi Tatsu? |
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Post by Cam on Apr 24, 2010 14:17:28 GMT -5
Let's just say he "had something" on Vince McMahon.
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Post by EJS on Apr 24, 2010 14:24:23 GMT -5
I'm more curious on where did the Kung Fu Naki gimmick came from. All the news around that time said it was Funaki's own idea he had been pitching to anyone who would listen for years. |
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Post by H-Fist on Apr 25, 2010 5:06:17 GMT -5
I'm more curious on where did the Kung Fu Naki gimmick came from. All the news around that time said it was Funaki's own idea he had been pitching to anyone who would listen for years. Indeed. And here's how he survived: greatest promo man in the business. |
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Post by Hawk Hart on Apr 25, 2010 5:17:29 GMT -5
He was EEEEEVILLLLLLLLL.
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Post by I Like Your Poetry on Apr 25, 2010 8:51:51 GMT -5
Serious answer: He was tri-lingual,and a really good hand to have around. He made wrestlers look like gold, and seemed really low-maintenance.
Plus, we never know...he might have taken pay cuts or something during the years to stay afloat.
Now, back to joke answers.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Apr 25, 2010 9:22:32 GMT -5
IIIIIINDEEEEEED! He obviously was in a hot tub with Vince and that really pleased him a lot. Or he was Vince's doorman! |
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Post by Jeremy on Apr 25, 2010 9:30:21 GMT -5
Serious answer: He was tri-lingual,and a really good hand to have around. He made wrestlers look like gold, and seemed really low-maintenance. Plus, we never know...he might have taken pay cuts or something during the years to stay afloat. Now, back to joke answers. I forgot that he could also speak Spanish. They should have made that his gimmick. |
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 25, 2010 9:35:06 GMT -5
Who are YOU to doubt Funaki?
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