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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Dec 11, 2006 14:57:23 GMT -5
I was just going through some old tapes and I remembered just how BAD ASS Taz was in ECW.
The first person I heard say the F bomb during a promo was Taz. He had some great matches with Sabu and Shane Douglas.
Then he went to the WWF, had a great match with Kurt Angle, then died off in midcard hell. But to this day, I still mark excessively for Taz because he could probably kill me if he wanted.
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Post by leemir on Dec 11, 2006 14:59:13 GMT -5
Anybody can do a suplex but only one man can execute a Tazplex.
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Post by RandomHero on Dec 11, 2006 15:00:16 GMT -5
Comparing modern day Tazz to ECW Taz is like comparing two completely different people, it's crazy how badass he used to be.
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Post by hollywood on Dec 11, 2006 15:00:24 GMT -5
I too marked for Taz.
Then, I heard him insist he wasn't towing the company line by shilling for the new "ECW." Then, I heard him try to pretend the Hammerstein ballroom wasn't crapping all over the Batista/Big Show main event. Then I heard him say, "That was so cool!" during the EEC.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 11, 2006 15:01:52 GMT -5
Taz is a big influence on me, since I am build somewhat similarly to him (not like a brickhouse, but short and stocky). If I had to be a wrestler, I'd very much like to be like him.
Now, it's kinda perplexing to hear him go on about something like Knox throwing down Kelly Squared and saying it's one of the most brutal things he's ever seen in a ring, when this is the man who choked out Tajiri with barbed wire.
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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Dec 11, 2006 15:02:02 GMT -5
I too marked for Taz. Then, I heard him insist he wasn't towing the company line by shilling for the new "ECW." Then, I heard him try to pretend the Hammerstein ballroom wasn't crapping all over the Batista/Big Show main event. Then I heard him say, "That was so cool!" during the EEC. He's just doing his job. |
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Post by hollywood on Dec 11, 2006 15:03:13 GMT -5
I too marked for Taz. Then, I heard him insist he wasn't towing the company line by shilling for the new "ECW." Then, I heard him try to pretend the Hammerstein ballroom wasn't crapping all over the Batista/Big Show main event. Then I heard him say, "That was so cool!" during the EEC. He's just doing his job. I appreciate and respect that. But I don't mark for it. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 11, 2006 15:05:19 GMT -5
I too marked for Taz. Then, I heard him insist he wasn't towing the company line by shilling for the new "ECW." Then, I heard him try to pretend the Hammerstein ballroom wasn't crapping all over the Batista/Big Show main event. Then I heard him say, "That was so cool!" during the EEC. He's just doing his job. It's still hard to watch. |
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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Dec 11, 2006 15:06:16 GMT -5
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Dec 11, 2006 15:08:51 GMT -5
Could anyone explain to me the difference between the 'safe' Tazzmission and the actual Tazmission?
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Post by hollywood on Dec 11, 2006 15:10:03 GMT -5
Despite my current disdain for the man, I can't deny that in the original and true ECW, he kicked all kinds of @$$. |
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Post by Rocky Van Heineken on Dec 11, 2006 15:10:46 GMT -5
From Wikipedia:
The wrestler puts his opponent in a half nelson with one arm and grabs the opponent's neck with the other. This hold is very similar to the judo choke hold known as a katahajime. This choke was popularized in professional wrestling by Taz as his finisher the Tazmission.
The only difference is that guys actually sold it in ECW.
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Post by STMP on Dec 11, 2006 15:11:43 GMT -5
Check out Samoajoe.com and go to media and then sounds, there you can listen to two parodies Joe did as Samoa Taz. One of them is a movietrailer called 'Love me or I'll make your bitch ass tap'. Very funny.
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Post by Fortunato on Dec 11, 2006 15:18:56 GMT -5
I got to the Original ECW party kind of late, but the more I found out about Taz, the more I liked him. Watching this short, compact powerhouse tossing guys around left and right was pretty awesome, so watching him devolve into a joke once he went to the WW(F)E, was rather disappointing.
Nonetheless, I still watch my Best of Taz compilation tape, and I also find myself humming the opening strains to KISS' "War Machine" every now and then.
I'd also mark big time if Lashley threw a couple Hard-Way-Head & Arm Tazzplex in the middle of a match, then popped up and pointed, with a knowing grin, to Tazz at the commentary table.
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 11, 2006 15:19:45 GMT -5
Check out Samoajoe.com and go to media and then sounds, there you can listen to two parodies Joe did as Samoa Taz. One of them is a movietrailer called 'Love me or I'll make your Hootie Hoo! ass tap'. Very funny. Oh crap, I forgot about those! Just reminds you that the killer does have a sense of humor after all. And that he wants Low-Ki's ice cream. |
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Post by Chainsaw on Dec 11, 2006 15:21:43 GMT -5
And I'd just like to add...Overhead Tazmission Tazplex.
Through A Table.
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Post by "Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat on Dec 11, 2006 15:22:36 GMT -5
Anybody can do a suplex but only one man can execute a Tazplex. Doesn't Davey Richards throw some Tazplex's in his matches recently?? |
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 11, 2006 15:23:54 GMT -5
Taz was one of the best monster-type characters in wrestling. It's pretty funny considering his size. Oh yeah, Taz > Goldberg.
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Post by Fortunato on Dec 11, 2006 15:40:03 GMT -5
And I'd just like to add...Overhead Tazmission Tazplex. Through A Table. I loved that move! In the footage I recall of him hurling Sabu through a table propped up in the corner, there's that brief moment where Taz locks in the hold, and Sabu's feet are floating centimetres off the mat. Suddenly, Sabu lurches backward, and is folded in half as he's driven through the table. That "floating Sabu" moment was so awesome, because it established that it was all Taz providing the initial explosive acceleration to pull off the move. Sidenote apropos of nothing: My girlfriend is a University of Tennessee fan, and during football season she flies a UT flag from her car window. The design she flies features an orange "Power T" on a black field. It looks just like the one Team Taz used to march to the ring with. |
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Dec 11, 2006 15:59:33 GMT -5
From Wikipedia: The wrestler puts his opponent in a half nelson with one arm and grabs the opponent's neck with the other. This hold is very similar to the judo choke hold known as a katahajime. This choke was popularized in professional wrestling by Taz as his finisher the Tazmission. The only difference is that guys actually sold it in ECW. I think there's a version of the Tazmission that is legitimately dangerous and can put someone out in a few seconds flat. And then there's the 'safe' one, which looks similar but won't put them to sleep. Much like there's ways of putting on the Cobra Clutch. I was just curious what the difference was. |
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