DDonaires
Trap-Jaw
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Post by DDonaires on Jul 1, 2010 1:22:04 GMT -5
Ok I've been watching since 1995 and I don't ever remember this character or storyline at all. My friend just sent me this titantron video and I don't remember this transformation at all. Does anyone know how this character happened? Was this pre Basham brothers, post Basham brothers? Did they ever use this Danny Basham character in any storyline? I totally don't remember this, please help lol. Thanks
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Post by D2: Sweet & Sour Edition on Jul 1, 2010 1:24:12 GMT -5
It's the Damaja. Don't know if it was used much, but it's the indy gimmick he uses.
Unless it's the other one that uses it. Who freaking knows.
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thecrap
Trap-Jaw
Hey this is a guy who plays two sports that have steroids in them!
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Post by thecrap on Jul 1, 2010 1:25:10 GMT -5
He used this gimmick after splitting with Doug Basham in 2005 after the Supplemental Draft
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Jul 1, 2010 1:27:34 GMT -5
This happened post the 2005 draft. Danny was on heat for at least 2 appearances as the goth character, while Doug became "The Bash-Man". Think Rob Conway, sans catchy theme song, and on Velocity every week.
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Jeremy
Hank Scorpio
Horse of a Different Color
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Post by Jeremy on Jul 1, 2010 1:51:53 GMT -5
Bash-Man looks like a skinny Bossman
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josh
Bubba Ho-Tep
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Post by josh on Jul 1, 2010 1:54:32 GMT -5
He actually only had one appearance under this character. I remember following it very closely and seeing the debut of it. Kinda sad they didn't give him a chance.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 1, 2010 1:54:58 GMT -5
What I love about the Bash Man was he the first of example of WWE doing the generic cocky heel... by having them wear sunglasses and doing little else. Gregory Helms at one point had that as the only element in his titantron and Shelton managed to outdo that by having sunglasses... and a tropical shirt to show how cocky he was.
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Chainsaw
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A very BAD man.
It is what it is
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 1, 2010 3:38:04 GMT -5
It was funny, because I was ready to buy into it, and then he uttered the infamous line "Fear me...Fear DANNY BASHAM!!"
It was at that time, after I had finished laughing like a maniac, that I realized that the WWE creative had lost the basic ability to properly market a gimmick for people. How hard would it be to call him something like Raven, but not Raven. Hell, The Damaja, while it sounds like a rapper's name, would still work. No, instead it's Danny Basham ahead!
No wonder the angle went nowhere. Guh!
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Matt Dunn
Hank Scorpio
It was inevitable.
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Post by Matt Dunn on Jul 1, 2010 5:46:43 GMT -5
Used once or twice on Heat. And that's it.
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acid
Mike the Goon
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Post by acid on Jul 1, 2010 8:02:10 GMT -5
He had a single televised match. If you look at his tron, you can see him beating up the current Desmond Wolfe.
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lovingway
El Dandy
Crimson and Clover
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Post by lovingway on Jul 1, 2010 8:38:23 GMT -5
Whatever happened to the Bashams after they left TNA?
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jul 1, 2010 9:10:32 GMT -5
Wasn't the Damaja gimmick Basham's own idea? With the way they handled this, Burchill's Ripper character and Elijah's Black Pope character, it seems like creative punishes people for trying to get over with their own ideas.
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Post by Jim Stansel on Jul 1, 2010 10:22:57 GMT -5
Didnt Bashman drink some kind of energy drink too? that powered his doucheness?
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Jul 1, 2010 10:44:15 GMT -5
Bash-Man looks like a skinny Bossman Exactly what I thought lol I very vaguely remember these gimmicks. |
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Post by James McCloud IS John Godot on Jul 1, 2010 11:38:46 GMT -5
Ah, the 2005 "Make Your Own Gimmick" trend.
Rob Conway
Sylvan (The world is Sylvan!)
The Bash Man
Danny Basham/Damaja
Good times.
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Dave at the Movies
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
VINTAGE D-DAY DAVE! Always cranking dat thing.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Jul 1, 2010 12:06:03 GMT -5
YOu know I miss the Bashams. I thought they were a very underrated team and never really given the chance due to the tag division sucking.
Danny Basham looked really good in OVW when he used the Damaja gimmick
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Chainsaw
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A very BAD man.
It is what it is
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 1, 2010 12:42:15 GMT -5
YOu know I miss the Bashams. I thought they were a very underrated team and never really given the chance due to the tag division sucking. Danny Basham looked really good in OVW when he used the Damaja gimmick Well, they were tag champs for a while. But you're still right. The funny thing is, in OVW, Doug Basham and Damaja were hated rivals who were "forced" by WWE to team up on SD...as brothers. |
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BHB
Hank Scorpio
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Post by BHB on Jul 1, 2010 13:30:41 GMT -5
Weird that that's Desmond Wolfe in the video.
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Post by rapidfire187 on Jul 1, 2010 13:37:35 GMT -5
I seem to remember people comparing Doug Basham to Chris Benoit back in 2005 right after the Basham's debuted on TV. I have no f***ing clue where that came from. They both suck..
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Post by Jim Stansel on Jul 1, 2010 15:28:04 GMT -5
I seem to remember people comparing Doug Basham to Chris Benoit back in 2005 right after the Basham's debuted on TV. I have no f***ing clue where that came from. They both suck.. are you sure that wasnt gunner scott? His gimmick was that he was like benoit |
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