hassanchop
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Who are you to doubt Belldandy?
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Post by hassanchop on Jul 23, 2011 2:34:27 GMT -5
Always been a fan. To me, he still rules the universe!
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 23, 2011 3:01:30 GMT -5
He was fine. Intense persona and he looked like a giant lunatic.
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Post by Bishblast on Jul 23, 2011 3:12:46 GMT -5
In ring, yes he was that bad. Other than that, I kind of liked him, always. His promos were constantly entertaining, whether good or bad... he just came across on TV very well.
Man, if you watched WWF in late 96/early 97, he was OVER. For a while there (after Survivor Series 96 and before Mania13) he got arguably the best crowd response of anyone on their product. I remember, my mom's best friend at the time was seriously obsessed with him... and she didn't even like wrestling. She would say "Psycho Siiiiiiiid.... he's my herooooo!" jokingly to me, then 12 years old. It always cracked me up. So, I have fond memories of him during that time period.
He's one of the guys I always forget about really digging at some points. I guess you could call me a Sid mark at heart.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Jul 23, 2011 5:05:39 GMT -5
While he wasn't the greatest, he wasn't that bad in the ring. You never hear horror stories of Sid dropping people on their necks, or potatoing them like some big uncoordinated lug and his big move never looked anything less than impressive.
Sid was a giant doofus, but unlike some giants or doofuses, he never seemed to be overpushed regardless of crowd reaction, in fact he was turned heel in spite of them a few times. He also never outstayed his welcome in any place, the crowd never got a chance to turn on him so would always be super excited when he would surface again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 5:49:53 GMT -5
You never hear horror stories of Sid dropping people on their necks, or potatoing them like some big uncoordinated lug and his big move never looked anything less than impressive. He damn near broke Pillman's neck in a War Games match with two messed up power bombs.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jul 23, 2011 6:04:23 GMT -5
Sid could be depended on being over with the crowd as a face or a heel. He may not had the workrate but had a weird intangible. He was one of the more reliable big men in the 80's and 90's. Unless it's softball season.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 6:20:48 GMT -5
In ring, yes he was that bad. Other than that, I kind of liked him, always. His promos were constantly entertaining, whether good or bad... he just came across on TV very well. Man, if you watched WWF in late 96/early 97, he was OVER. For a while there (after Survivor Series 96 and before Mania13) he got arguably the best crowd response of anyone on their product. I remember, my mom's best friend at the time was seriously obsessed with him... and she didn't even like wrestling. She would say "Psycho Siiiiiiiid.... he's my herooooo!" jokingly to me, then 12 years old. It always cracked me up. So, I have fond memories of him during that time period. He's one of the guys I always forget about really digging at some points. I guess you could call me a Sid mark at heart. Couldn't have said it better myself. I wasn't the biggest Sid fan, but I liked the guy.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Jul 23, 2011 8:27:25 GMT -5
You never hear horror stories of Sid dropping people on their necks, or potatoing them like some big uncoordinated lug and his big move never looked anything less than impressive. He damn near broke Pillman's neck in a War Games match with two messed up power bombs. That was sort of half Sid's fault. The other half was whoever booked the ending and didn't consider that Pillman sitting on Sid's shoulders would hit the roof of the cage. Though, Bret Hart also mentioned in his book that he was always a little worried getting in the ring with Sid, since he was a bit awkward. Bret let it slide since Sid was a good guy, though. As for his constant overness, I believe RD Reynolds once summed it up the best: Sid just looked like he could kick your ass. He had a great look and just gave off this aura that he really wanted to hurt his opponent bad.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jul 23, 2011 11:21:21 GMT -5
He was insanely over and he introduced the powerbomb to a mass audience. So he'll always have that going for him. I never really hated him as a wrestler.
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Post by foreveryoung on Jul 23, 2011 11:29:16 GMT -5
No.. He had the look, had the promos, had the prescensce, was more over then WWE"s main guy Shawn Michaels at the time ( see Survivor Series 1996) he should have had a run much longer then he did for only two months. He was a monster and he a big following.
I think he is underrated actually. I dont know why they insisted on pushing shawn, when Sid was " the guy" and the most over
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Jul 23, 2011 11:33:07 GMT -5
I never had a problem with Sid. He was always a badass big man who brought real intensity to the ring. I think his last WCW run hurt him because he got alot more mic time, when Sid is at his best when he doesn't say too much but let his actions do the talking.
Plus I think Ric Flair's verbal burial hurt Sid's name, the whole softball thing and the scissors attack.
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jul 23, 2011 12:14:31 GMT -5
not great in the ring, cut weird promos, but no matter where he went he was over. You also don't hear many people complain about working with Sid either.
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Post by Marksus on Jul 23, 2011 12:28:51 GMT -5
His punches were s***, but his powerbomb was awesome. and his whirlybird looked awesome too.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jul 24, 2011 10:33:08 GMT -5
I don't think it's soo much that people think Sid is bad so much as most people's memory of the guy revolves around his infamous "Half the brains that you do" promo.
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salTy
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Post by salTy on Jul 24, 2011 11:57:48 GMT -5
Sid was always one of my favorites. His unintentional humor and overall goofiness more than made up for his lack of in-ring ability.
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Post by mrjl on Jul 24, 2011 14:22:22 GMT -5
not great in the ring, cut weird promos, but no matter where he went he was over. You also don't hear many people complain about working with Sid either. that was actually out of the ring stuff though, wasn't it?
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jul 24, 2011 14:47:30 GMT -5
that was actually out of the ring stuff though, wasn't it? Yeah, though there's no telling how much of it was spawned from business stuff. I've never heard either man go into any detail about that night. To Arn's credit, he's at least said afterward that if anyone had a great look for the business it was Sid. So he at least doesn't totally bury the guy, in spite of the crazy incident between them.
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Post by Young Game on Jul 24, 2011 15:00:05 GMT -5
He wasn't THAT bad. He was a solid big guy/hoss.
All the same...he didn't seem that bright, either. Would a smarter man have powerbombed Pillman inside that cage with that low ceiling?
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Post by Citizen Zero on Jul 24, 2011 15:18:25 GMT -5
that was actually out of the ring stuff though, wasn't it? If someone tried to stab me to death with a pair of scissors I would complain loudly about having to work with him at all.
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 24, 2011 15:33:23 GMT -5
I loved Sid, especially during his heel run up to WM 8. He demolished jobbers and chucked them around like they were rag dolls, and to this day, in my opinion, no one can pull off a textbook powerbomb as well as he could. And his music in 1992 was quite simply brilliant. When that kicked in at the Hoosier Dome, and he walked down that aisle, he looked like he would finish Hogan for good. Add to that Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan's commentary in the build up to that match, and Sid was awesome. I always thought his 1992 theme sounded a little like Owen Hart's/New Foundation which was used for the match before him.
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