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Post by héad.casé on Feb 12, 2012 13:03:28 GMT -5
I was on Roadkill's Wiki page yesterday, and while I knew he was obviously associated with the relaunched ECW in it's very first few weeks, I also knew that he had been sent down to OVW and had changed his gimmick, grown his hair out and even started wearing tights. Apparently Vince was a big fan and wanted to give him a midcard push on RAW as a monster heel but he ended up being released.
Now obviously I never saw any of Roadkill in OVW, but was his gimmick there any good? Was he just a generic monster heel? He must've done something to make Vince want him called up.
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Post by WinOwensWin on Feb 12, 2012 13:05:29 GMT -5
I remember hearing about that when he was first brought in. Vince was pretty high on Sandman too.
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Post by Burst on Feb 12, 2012 13:41:11 GMT -5
I just think Roadkill is really underrated as a big man, but that's just me.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Feb 12, 2012 13:49:54 GMT -5
All I remember is that they called him Braddock and made him wear an unflattering outfit of short trunks with no shirt.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 12, 2012 14:31:31 GMT -5
I remember hearing about that when he was first brought in. Vince was pretty high on Sandman too. Vince absolutely loves the Sandman for some reason. Him getting a mini-push on Raw was entirely because Vince thought he was a really good guy |
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Post by Jimmy on Feb 12, 2012 14:36:55 GMT -5
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Post by El Dandy on Feb 12, 2012 14:37:50 GMT -5
Now imagine the hilarity if they scripted the Sandman to be Vince McMahon's illegitimate lovechild instead of Hornswaggle. Sandman inheriting McMahon's fortunes and a stake in the WWE would have been gold. Free beer for everyone!
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Feb 12, 2012 15:13:54 GMT -5
Roadkill got a pretty good push in 2001. He showed up on The Real World and was the first wrestler to ever go face to face with The Miz. That's something, right?
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Post by thegame415 on Feb 12, 2012 15:18:12 GMT -5
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Post by TGM on Feb 12, 2012 15:26:03 GMT -5
He actually looks much better in the trunks.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Feb 12, 2012 15:35:43 GMT -5
I remember a story that went around that some of the WWE higher ups were shocked how short he was in person. Apparently Roadkill wore lifts in his boots.
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Post by cabbageboy on Feb 12, 2012 15:51:49 GMT -5
Yeah I do recall his OVW work, though I had to jog the memory a bit. Suffice to say without the Roadkill gimmick he was just a generic fat guy with marginal skills. I think they also made him stop doing the rope walking spot since it was a UT spot. What was the the point of signing him then?
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Post by lovingway on Feb 12, 2012 17:23:40 GMT -5
I remember using to constantly making fun of him at OVW shows after he went shirtless. It also helped that the guy was almost always a jerk to fans (Cassidy Riley was the other I use to hound)
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Feb 12, 2012 17:27:09 GMT -5
Looks like he could've been Friar Ferguson Jr. with the hairstyle....
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Feb 12, 2012 18:09:59 GMT -5
Antoni Polaski If WWE heads in the way of old NWA, get ready to see more of this kind of wrestler... And I will be happy |
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Feb 12, 2012 18:12:37 GMT -5
The urban legend is that Vince was high on him in OVW, then met him in person and saw that he was only 5'9" aka shorter than Vince, and he was done.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Feb 12, 2012 18:33:06 GMT -5
Antoni Polaski For some reason he reminds me of Paul Giamatti facially. Anyway, I reckon they should've just reformed the Doring/Roadkill tag team on ECW - I'm sure they would've been good to put other teams over. I know they used the FBI for that, but the brand could've had a tag division of its own. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2012 18:34:25 GMT -5
Now imagine the hilarity if they scripted the Sandman to be Vince McMahon's illegitimate lovechild instead of Hornswaggle. Sandman inheriting McMahon's fortunes and a stake in the WWE would have been gold. Free beer for everyone! Then Austin could show up to make fun of Vince for having an illegitimate beer swilling son. It could have been worth a laugh. |
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Post by Greer on Feb 12, 2012 23:09:17 GMT -5
Antoni Polaski It's like a combo of Gorilla Monsoon and Dusty Rhodes. |
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Post by flatsdomino on Feb 12, 2012 23:17:53 GMT -5
Now imagine the hilarity if they scripted the Sandman to be Vince McMahon's illegitimate lovechild instead of Hornswaggle. Sandman inheriting McMahon's fortunes and a stake in the WWE would have been gold. Free beer for everyone! I've thought this for about 5 years now. |
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