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Post by Impact Zone's #1 DUMMY...YEAH on Aug 23, 2008 23:40:00 GMT -5
Would Jimmy Wang Yang, the "Asian redneck", be considered? I know he never inducts current angles/gimmicks, but would this qualify?
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Post by cheeseisgood on Aug 24, 2008 12:00:43 GMT -5
Somehow I don't think so. JWY is actually pretty over. If the crowd enjoys it, I don't think it can be considered Wrestlecrap.
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Post by slimymeteor on Aug 25, 2008 13:06:16 GMT -5
Yeah, I think the character has actually lasted a lot longer than most of us would have predicted. Definitely seemed like wrestlecrap at first, but somehow it worked and got Akio more over than he'd ever been previously.
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Post by Premier Blah on Aug 25, 2008 14:26:39 GMT -5
What about his early days? Could they be considered? It's like the Rock being inducted for his days as the Blue Chipper, but that was certainly a different character from his Peoples' Champion.
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Post by TripleMerc on Aug 27, 2008 6:54:25 GMT -5
Somehow I don't think so. JWY is actually pretty over. If the crowd enjoys it, I don't think it can be considered Wrestlecrap. Chainsaw Charlie, Dink the Clown, Double J, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, IRS, among others were over to a certain extent, and they've been inducted. The crowd doesn't decide what's crap or not, RD does. |
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Post by Handsome Halfbreed on Aug 27, 2008 10:57:04 GMT -5
Its a tough call. If Undertaker initially had no reaction by the crowd, that gimmick would have easily been inducted.
I realize Jimmy Wang Yang is no Undertaker but crowd reaction does factor in whether a gimmick is considered wrestlecrap.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Aug 27, 2008 16:18:26 GMT -5
If Jimmy Wang Yang is so over, why didn't the WWE give him a push? I don't know if I would, but putting a cowboy hat on an Asian just seems like a cheap move for the writers to mildly amuse themselves.
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Post by Schemer on Sept 1, 2008 20:06:05 GMT -5
Somehow I don't think so. JWY is actually pretty over. If the crowd enjoys it, I don't think it can be considered Wrestlecrap. Chainsaw Charlie, Dink the Clown, Double J, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, IRS, among others were over to a certain extent, and they've been inducted. The crowd doesn't decide what's crap or not, RD does. Dink the Clown got over?  The Dragon got over? ? (Ricky Steamboat was over not that 1990-91 abomination on his career) Terry Funk in pantyhose... Now that was over! I'm not even getting into the IRS debate.... Double J? ? Yeah, he was over |
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Post by George Harrison on Sept 3, 2008 20:01:48 GMT -5
During the Dink years, it seemed everyone was over to me lol,
I think JWY on paper is wrestlecrap, but when played out it's actually been fun to watch and came across well to the fans.
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