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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Oct 22, 2010 13:45:35 GMT -5
He was crap in the ring, but was a brilliant entertainer. I enjoyed lots of the feuds he had. Ones that spring to mind are the one with Sgt Slaughter at Royal Rumble 1992, Just a small point, but that was '91. I'm not being an ass, I'm just a little OCD about this stuff, due in large part to me being a total geek for the wrestling of my youth.
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Post by noleafclover1980 on Oct 22, 2010 14:03:17 GMT -5
I never liked HHH's remarks about his unprofessionalism, who is HHH to call him that, HHH was the unprofessional one, you get to work a big star on his comeback match at WM, I would be honored to be squashed by the Warrior and HHH has his ego problem, oh please. HHH knew he was going to lose the match as that was the plan. What he didn't care for, and it's his right to express that, was going from a competitive contest that would have showcased him to a squash that Warrior asked for on the DAY of Mania 12 simply because he hadn't been in the ring for awhile. Why when they were first matched up together months before didn't he express this concern to Vince? Oh come on... yeah he's "Triple H" now but at the time he was a pretty much unover midcarder, his job was to be fodder for the Warrior. No one wanted to see a highly contested back and forth mach... they wanted to see Warrior demolish him, and got their money's worth. Same reason you watched a Mike Tyson match in his prime... you WANTED to see someone get knocked the **** out in 30 seconds. That type of stuff is Triple H retconning his legacy and importance during that time. Not counting Aldo Montoya, he was the least over member of the Kliq.
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Post by batwoman on Oct 22, 2010 22:52:02 GMT -5
I don't understand why people say Warrior was crap in the ring.
Ultimate Warrior was a power wrestler, not a technican or mat wrestler.
It wouldn't fit his character if he was doing technical wrestling.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Oct 23, 2010 14:05:55 GMT -5
I don't understand why people say Warrior was crap in the ring. Ultimate Warrior was a power wrestler, not a technican or mat wrestler. It wouldn't fit his character if he was doing technical wrestling. I don't say he was crap because he was a power wrestler. I say he was crap because he was a limited power wrestler. He did very little, often looked sloppy at what he actually did, and I was seldom impressed with his selling. Then he would do inexcusable things like that Survivor Series match where instead of simply ducking Ax's clotheslines, he's running in wide circles around him, making Ax look ridiculous. Outside of his look, I've just not seen anything that really impressed me about the guy.
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Post by repoman123 on Oct 23, 2010 15:49:36 GMT -5
He was crap in the ring, but was a brilliant entertainer. I enjoyed lots of the feuds he had. Ones that spring to mind are the one with Sgt Slaughter at Royal Rumble 1992, Just a small point, but that was '91. I'm not being an ass, I'm just a little OCD about this stuff, due in large part to me being a total geek for the wrestling of my youth. Ha, no problem, you're right to point it out. This actually was a misstype, but generally Im terrible with years anyway!
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Post by repoman123 on Oct 23, 2010 15:52:26 GMT -5
I don't understand why people say Warrior was crap in the ring. Ultimate Warrior was a power wrestler, not a technican or mat wrestler. It wouldn't fit his character if he was doing technical wrestling. As I say, I'm a big fan of the Ultimate Warrior, but I do believe he was indeed a crap wrestler. You're right to say he was a power wrestler, but most power wrestlers could do a lot more than him. He could do about 3 things, which you can say about the huge/tall/fat wrestlers, but he wasn't out of the ordinary when it comes to those three things. Like I say, I thought he was awesome, and I still do, but he couldn't do shit! ;D
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Post by Snake "The Jake" Roberts on Oct 23, 2010 16:33:48 GMT -5
He could only do three things but he could do them well.
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Post by Snake "The Jake" Roberts on Oct 23, 2010 16:35:24 GMT -5
I've never not been entertained by a warrior matchor promo. Maybe im a simpleton or unsophistocated, but the guy was entertaining to me.
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Post by Snake "The Jake" Roberts on Oct 23, 2010 16:39:15 GMT -5
Warrior had to be carried to great matches, but at least he can be carried. A lot of today's roster can't even manage that. A lot of former world champions couldn't even manage that. And Warrior was OVER. MAJORLY over. A lot of people forget that. As a wrestler he may have sucked but the guy could get an audience into a frenzy and for my money being over is the most important thing to any wrestler other than keeping your opponent safe in the ring. thank you.
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Post by repoman123 on Oct 23, 2010 17:38:41 GMT -5
I've never not been entertained by a warrior matchor promo. Maybe im a simpleton or unsophistocated, but the guy was entertaining to me. I agree. (Not that you're a simpleton, but Warrior was great). ;D
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