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Post by corre4 on May 25, 2011 14:53:26 GMT -5
Randy Savage in the nWo never sat well with me. Why was this great man who had accomplished all he had in wrestling, completely by himself, never by kissing anyone's backside or rolling in a pack, joined the nWo? He just walked around as another one of the crowd playing second fiddle to Hall, Nash and then Hogan of all people.
It never sat well with me.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 14:59:47 GMT -5
I liked the mini angle where he was hanging out with Sting in the rafters.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 25, 2011 15:03:26 GMT -5
It worked well for the DDP feud where DDP had started a feud with nWo. The thing that hurt it is that if I recall he and The Giant were out and then in and then out and then in again at various times.
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Post by thegigolo on May 25, 2011 15:07:33 GMT -5
I liked that it made a grittier, badder macho, but I guess he had to have something to do. And it fit with wwe guys taking over.
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Post by CaptainFall on May 25, 2011 15:17:10 GMT -5
Macho didn't need to join the nWo but it made sense for him to be a part of it. I agree that it did push him down the ladder a few rungs as he was now playing second fiddle to a number of people.
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Post by CMWaters on May 25, 2011 19:48:03 GMT -5
It may not have made too much sense, but it lead to a great moment with him.
Look up that one Clash of the Champions with the nWo Birthday celebration.
As the nWo comes to the ring, Savage is talking to the camera, and is about to do his "Oooooh Yeeeeeah!"
At the same time as he's about to start it, the nWo Music had the recorded Savage do that.
Savage's reaction to that was priceless.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 25, 2011 22:19:04 GMT -5
It made sense to me since he was close with Hogan. I was talking with a friend about Randy and he reminded me about how Savage got punked by the nWo a lot and that bothered us
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 26, 2011 7:27:35 GMT -5
That was when I started watching and I thought it made him a dangerous psychotic in a cool way.
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Post by Mr Captain Falcon on May 26, 2011 12:14:39 GMT -5
It may not have made too much sense, but it lead to a great moment with him. Look up that one Clash of the Champions with the nWo Birthday celebration. As the nWo comes to the ring, Savage is talking to the camera, and is about to do his "Oooooh Yeeeeeah!" At the same time as he's about to start it, the nWo Music had the recorded Savage do that. Savage's reaction to that was priceless. Just saw it. Hilarious! |
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Post by The Ichi on May 26, 2011 12:20:51 GMT -5
It gave a sense of people joining the NWO to avoid any trouble from them, making them look pretty unstoppable.
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Post by doguncle on May 26, 2011 16:01:25 GMT -5
Savage in any group going back to the First Family days in Memphis seemed an ill fit. In a group of "alpha males" such as the NWO (Hogan, Nash, Hall, Giant, Muto, Chono and Norton in Japan and Konnan (in Mexico)), he was an especially ill fit given that it could be argued that he was the second-biggest singles star behind Hogan in the group and there had never been a Hogan-Savage feud where Randy would be the clear-cut babyface (Even in his WWF heel days, Savage was the bridge between Superstar Graham and Austin/Rock as heels with cult popularity, which was never capitalized on in the former's case and capitalized into a goldmine with the latter two.
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Post by preferable on May 26, 2011 19:11:40 GMT -5
Savage was many things but not dumb. Once he saw where the NWO was going, he wanted in. He was friends with Hogan at the time so whether it made sense or not, it happened. It's a huge disadvantage of giving your performers too much say in respect of content.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 26, 2011 19:33:05 GMT -5
Did they ever actually explain why he bailed on Sting to join them? They'd been doing the thing where he and Sting were showing up together and they even tried to initiate DDP into their group (DDP failed because he flinched and they left without him). Next thing, boom, he's helping the NWO win a match at a PPV. No explanation far as I ever knew.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on May 26, 2011 19:46:30 GMT -5
Did they ever actually explain why he bailed on Sting to join them? They'd been doing the thing where he and Sting were showing up together and they even tried to initiate DDP into their group (DDP failed because he flinched and they left without him). Next thing, boom, he's helping the NWO win a match at a PPV. No explanation far as I ever knew. A Wizard did it. |
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 26, 2011 19:47:04 GMT -5
Did they ever actually explain why he bailed on Sting to join them? They'd been doing the thing where he and Sting were showing up together and they even tried to initiate DDP into their group (DDP failed because he flinched and they left without him). Next thing, boom, he's helping the NWO win a match at a PPV. No explanation far as I ever knew. I think it was a can't beat them, join them sorta deal but I honestly can't remember. I'll get back to you in about a month, I'm re-watching WCW Nitro and PPV starting at Hall's debut right now and I'm just a Halloween Havoc so I should be there by about July  |
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Post by Dave at the Movies on May 26, 2011 22:52:43 GMT -5
Did they ever actually explain why he bailed on Sting to join them? They'd been doing the thing where he and Sting were showing up together and they even tried to initiate DDP into their group (DDP failed because he flinched and they left without him). Next thing, boom, he's helping the NWO win a match at a PPV. No explanation far as I ever knew. I don't think so. Wasn't that the first time he joined NWO? |
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Post by noleafclover1980 on May 26, 2011 23:13:30 GMT -5
It was worth it... Red and Black looked good on him when he went Wolfpack.  |
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Post by BorneAgain on May 27, 2011 2:57:58 GMT -5
I always thought it would have been a cool sub-story if Savage's craziness and paranoia after he joins the group seemingly drives a wedge between Hogan and Hall/Nash, leading to a Megapowers vs. Outsiders feud after the latter two (and possibly Syxx) are kicked out of the group.
Eventually its revealed that it was planned that way from the beginning because Hogan didn't want anyone to potentially challenge him and muscled out Hall and Nash to replace them with Hennig and Savage.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on May 27, 2011 12:24:30 GMT -5
Did they ever actually explain why he bailed on Sting to join them? They'd been doing the thing where he and Sting were showing up together and they even tried to initiate DDP into their group (DDP failed because he flinched and they left without him). Next thing, boom, he's helping the NWO win a match at a PPV. No explanation far as I ever knew. A Wizard did it. Kevin Nash in his Oz costume? |
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Post by Hit Girl on May 27, 2011 15:44:53 GMT -5
Never worked for me.
Particularly since it was Savage who initially took the beating from Hogan when the NWO formed.
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