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Post by thesam07 on Nov 16, 2008 20:21:29 GMT -5
WWE; Million Dollar Mania Clinton vs Obama, featuring the candidates spouting catch phrases (ex. "Do you smell what Barrack is cookin'?") Cousin Sal Braden Walker Punjabi Playboy
TNA; Eric Young in search of Elvis Kurt/Karen/AJ love triangle Dutt/Val/Lethal love triangle
Other Bobby Dempsey rapes Celebrity Championship Wrestling
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Nov 17, 2008 11:09:25 GMT -5
You know, I'm starting to change my mind about the Khali Kiss Cam. It was funny at first, but WWE just had to take that dead horse and beat it into mush. Though, I did kind of like MVP rolling around on the mat with that lady.
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Post by ultimatekennedy on Nov 17, 2008 12:59:36 GMT -5
I wonder if the Honk a Meter going nowhere quick could be considered. Maybe if they took the length of Santino's reign longer but I don't know.
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Post by Raging_Demons on Dec 2, 2008 9:42:52 GMT -5
For bumpage. I'm adding one piece of WWE possible Gooker.
The Divas Title.
Consider it. It looks like, according to some people, a "Bratz Accessory". Me I think it dethroned the X-Division Title as the ugliest title ever.
You got a champion who "POSSIBLY" earned the title because she likes necrophilia.
Even WWE doesn't respect the title. Everytime it gets listed on their "Top 25" mumbo jumo or whatever their listings are, the Divas Title is always DEAD LAST! Or next to dead last.
Even other champions are mocking it.
I mean YEESH!
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Post by funkyheroblast on Dec 4, 2008 0:43:44 GMT -5
For the Gooker award this, I can't truly put any input since a lot of shows are being booked poorly, my opinion, mind you, and not keeping me entertained enough to stay watching. Of what I've read on this thread, I'll give my input with at least ideas toward a nom for the Gooker.
Million Dollar Mania - Pro Wrostling + Sweepstakes always = crap.
Drunk Rhino = Drunk Hall = uncreative Russo crap. Not done once and should have been inducted with drunkard Hall..... wait Scott Hall wasn't playing a gimmick!
TNA ripping off the WWE: Haven't they been doing that for the majority of their TV run already? Weather it's an acutal WWE storyline, (Sometimes they make some bad ones better) or WCW storylines. Nonetheless it's all recycled story angles from TNA for the most part. Some each repackaged angle must be broken down.
Like.... Stone Cold Shark Boy, I like
Abyss and that other dude = Kane and 'Taker, crap, but not Gooker worthy
I love the Charlie Haas Man of a 1000 Gimmicks gimmick. But I love mockery gimmicks.
Mike Adamle, His GM of Raw run yes, Gooker Worthy alone. Rest of this year, I don't know, even a push for a nonwrestler should be overlooked unless he was completely worthless, which I didn't think so, until he hit Raw.
When the hell did incest happen? If it did um.... I missed it thankful. I've witness nercophilia, and ageplay on WWE, I don't think I've could've handled another sexual fetish/crime being played out in wrestling.
Rey and Kane fued: I liked this, but I torture myself a lot. If you dig deep enough this was a call back to older days of wrestling where masked wrestlers would have to fight for the right to stay hooded. In the bigger TV Feds like WWE and TNA, the hooded wrestler is view more like a long standing tradition, with the mask being a physical representation of that. This angle was good on paper, just executed poorly.
Finlay and Hornswagle =Doink and Dink: Correct me if I'm wrong please, but this was a couple of years back when Finlay got his midget, and thus wouldn't be considered for the Gooker?
The Honk-a-meter: Loved it, only reason why I started watching Raw again, don't care what anyway say negatively about this angle with Santino.
Santino vs. Cousin Sal: Celebrity + Wrestling = crap. But not really noteworthy enough for me to call a Cooker nod.
TNA: The VideoGame: VG flop should get put up there. This a cross medium flounder that's about to tank a major Third Party publisher, or at least getting absorbed to the EA family.
Khali Kiss Cam: Lumbering Idoit becomes a sexy symbol how? Yes I'd put it as at least a nom to vote on.
I'm not really supporting a lot of what's been mentioned. LOL. But RD and Blade to make the final call for the noms or if they even decide to hand out a Gooker this year or not.
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Post by kitsunestar on Dec 4, 2008 3:35:53 GMT -5
The only possible thing I could think of before I read this thread was "Vince Can't Feel His Legs", so yeah, Million Dollar Mania has to be it.
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Post by M-Wick on Dec 9, 2008 3:59:06 GMT -5
I wonder if the Honk a Meter going nowhere quick could be considered. Maybe if they took the length of Santino's reign longer but I don't know. Eh, that was part of the point, a comedy heel declaring himself "the Greatest Intercontinental Champion of All the Times" when he was almost certainly not actually going to reach the Honky Tonk Man. It can't compete with Million Dollar Mania, but after last week (the show before the Slammys), Dolph Ziggler is definitely in line for an induction down the line. You see, he's a heel, because he INTRODUCES HIMSELF all the time! It's like Mr. Kennedy, only Wrestlecrap!
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Dec 9, 2008 11:24:04 GMT -5
Million Dollar Mania will easily win. Mike Adamle got too much of a cult following. He was so bad that he was good.
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Post by Paul Servo on Dec 13, 2008 21:34:29 GMT -5
I didn't mind Santino/Cousin Sal. Sal at least looked like he wanted to learn the basics. It was 100000% better than Jay Leno's match
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Post by burdette25159 on Dec 17, 2008 19:54:24 GMT -5
WWE Million Dollar Mania Cousin Sal
Stone Cold Sharkboy
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Post by GaTechGrad on Dec 18, 2008 2:09:02 GMT -5
1. Steve Regal pulls the plug on RAW... and turning the lights out during other matches 2. Million Dollar Mania 3. Raw: "Did You Know?" 4. Eric Young searches for Elvis
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Post by slimymeteor on Dec 24, 2008 17:09:41 GMT -5
I liked Regal turning off the lights. Great heel tactics.. it got MASSIVE heat, which was the whole point, therefore making it successful.
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Post by REDUNBECK~! on Dec 27, 2008 10:11:43 GMT -5
I swear to Christ Karen and ODB's Angles absolutely must get a nom. They are, without question, the worst segments in recorded TV history, and the worst moments in human history. Absolutely, positively, one-hundred percent shit and a befuddling waste of time and space on a program who's creators used to whine about never having enough time for anything. When you do shit like this, it's no wonder.
I mean, seriously: "So Roxxie...what's yer story?"? That counts as an interview? Discussion of Christy Hemme's Playboy experience is critical to wrestling? We needed an explanation of Frankie Kazarian quitting? We needed ODB vs. SHARMELL?
Yeah, this talk show really did a lot of good for TNA.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Dec 27, 2008 22:25:54 GMT -5
Something from TNA just has to win this year my bets are on Suicide or the Main Event Mafia.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 29, 2008 2:56:36 GMT -5
I haven't watched TNA (or SmackDown or ECW) as closely as I have in years past, so I don't know what might be included from TNA, but nothing from WWE is at the same level as some of the past winners. I would be fine with RD saying that nothing in 2008 was worthy/bad enough to get the honor/shame of being the Gooker.
I guess I could see Barack v. Hillary, but that was pretty harmless in my opinion. It was more entertaining than Trump/Rosie and even that didn't win last year. Cousin Sal? Not bad enough. Million Dollar Mania? It has to be inducted at some point because it will make a funny induction, but was it really Gooker worthy? Maybe. I guess it's the best shot this year, especially with the stage falling on Vince. The original call where Vince was rickrolled and then hung up on the guy. The call where Vince tells the caller they had the wrong password, only to have to be corrected by Kelly Kelly. Vince getting an overly excited over getting on someone's answering machine. There were some other interesting moments too. Still there were plenty of enjoyable moments and some harmless moments.
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Post by Hanzo on Dec 29, 2008 13:19:28 GMT -5
I still hope Million Dollar Mania gets it. The one wrestling show I watched in 2008 involved Vince McMahon getting Rick Rolled, Great Khali screaming at a telephone, and someone winning two dollars. This is will make for an epic induction!
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Post by Stab Sword on Dec 29, 2008 20:08:07 GMT -5
I would go with Million Dollar Mania. It was so hyped up in the NATIONAL MEDIA and it was some of the most akward and awful and unintentional comedy on television.
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Post by tmc1982 on Dec 30, 2008 3:28:38 GMT -5
What about "Sarah Palin" and the Beautiful People in TNA? It came about well after the election was over (at least the Obama/Hilary match on "RAW" was still relatively topical) and it didn't really serve a whole lot of purpose when it came to furthering the storylines or pushing the Beautiful People. Plus, there's practically no real driving force behind the satire (like say, ECW taking potshots at TNN w/ the Network angle or the Right to Censor angle in WWE) other than, well Tina Fey created a buzz by making fun of the Governor of Alaska, so we can do that to. I mean, making fun of Sarah Palin over the fact that she has a thick Minnesota-like accent and lives and hunts in the Alaskan wilderness is pretty elementary.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Dec 30, 2008 5:08:26 GMT -5
What about "Sarah Palin" and the Beautiful People in TNA? It came about well after the election was over (at least the Obama/Hilary match on "RAW" was still relatively topical) and it didn't really serve a whole lot of purpose when it came to furthering the storylines or pushing the Beautiful People. Plus, there's practically no real driving force behind the satire (like say, ECW taking potshots at TNN w/ the Network angle or the Right to Censor angle in WWE) other than, well Tina Fey created a buzz by making fun of the Governor of Alaska, so we can do that to. I mean, making fun of Sarah Palin over the fact that she has a thick Minnesota-like accent and lives and hunts in the Alaskan wilderness is pretty elementary. It's probably just a bizarre way of bringing Daffney into the company officially.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Dec 30, 2008 15:47:29 GMT -5
I have a few more:
The TNA: Impact! video game. Repetive movesets, bad entrances, no title belts, poor AI, and features only half the roster. Plus, it's crapiness has poured over into TNA in the form of Suicide!!!! Oh, what fun.
Suicide. SPEAKING OF Suicide, he botched his finisher the first time he did it. I don't know if that's Gooker-worthy, but it definitely deserves some consideration.
Kane VS Rey Mysterio. I would try to explain this storyline, but I don't want my head to explode.
"Sarah Palin." Only TNA would think a fake Sarah Palin was funny.
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