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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jan 4, 2014 14:58:11 GMT -5
I'd laugh. Especially if the Hornswoggle thing played out exactly the same later.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 15:00:25 GMT -5
If Chavo won the Royal Rumble instead of Rey and then defeated Orton and Angle at Wrestlemania I'd still be laughing.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Jan 4, 2014 15:01:03 GMT -5
I actually think Chavo deserved to accomplish more than he did. Maybe not a consistent main eventer, but someone who contends for the title in a multiman every now and then. Chavo should've been in the spot where Christian currently languishes in.
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Post by Germansuplex on Jan 4, 2014 15:05:12 GMT -5
I actually think Chavo deserved to accomplish more than he did. Maybe not a consistent main eventer, but someone who contends for the title in a multiman every now and then. Chavo should've been in the spot where Christian currently languishes in. I agree, Chavo's underrated and I found it distasteful that Rey got the Eddie push instead of him.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 4, 2014 15:05:58 GMT -5
Reaction in Mexico and the Latino demographics would have been so strong, WWE would have relocated their base of operations from Stamford to Mexico City, bought out AAA and CMLL, and triggered a new Golden Age in professional wrestling. I doubt they would care as much you think. Latinos don't just cheer for fellow Latinos just cause. If Chavo was a draw to them, AAA and CMLL would be booking him right now. TNA would still have him as an employee because they been forever trying to find the Latino messiah that will bring them that demograpic. Psst... {Spoiler}I wasn't being serious.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Jan 4, 2014 15:07:53 GMT -5
I doubt they would care as much you think. Latinos don't just cheer for fellow Latinos just cause. If Chavo was a draw to them, AAA and CMLL would be booking him right now. TNA would still have him as an employee because they been forever trying to find the Latino messiah that will bring them that demograpic. Psst...
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Post by bootytea on Jan 4, 2014 15:16:30 GMT -5
I liked his ECW champion, but only because he was a heel. Chavo comes across as a natural douche and it always seemed weird whenever he did the opposite.
Rey was the best choice to milk Eddie's death. I can not think of anyone in the history of professional wrestling that could exploit the death of a friend the way Rey did. A true pioneer indeed.
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Post by Bootista on Jan 4, 2014 15:17:55 GMT -5
I liked his ECW champion, but only because he was a heel. Chavo comes across as a natural douche and it always seemed weird whenever he did the opposite. Rey was the best choice to milk Eddie's death. I can not think of anyone in the history of professional wrestling that could exploit the death of a friend the way Rey did. A true pioneer indeed. He didn't exploit it, WWE Did.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 15:51:23 GMT -5
Reaction in Mexico and the Latino demographics would have been so strong, WWE would have relocated their base of operations from Stamford to Mexico City, bought out AAA and CMLL, and triggered a new Golden Age in professional wrestling. I doubt they would care as much you think. Latinos don't just cheer for fellow Latinos just cause. If Chavo was a draw to them, AAA and CMLL would be booking him right now. TNA would still have him as an employee because they been forever trying to find the Latino messiah that will bring them that demograpic. (that's the joke)
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jan 4, 2014 15:53:41 GMT -5
The "Thank You Eddie" stuff Rey got saddled with was exploitative enough as it was. Chavo getting it would have been beyond painful.
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Post by nickcave on Jan 4, 2014 15:59:33 GMT -5
I remember at the time being rumors of Chavo getting an IC title run out of that but I think that's the most anyone thought about him.
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 4, 2014 16:01:03 GMT -5
I remember at the time being rumors of Chavo getting an IC title run out of that but I think that's the most anyone thought about him. Really? He was on Smackdown at the time I believe and the IC title was on Raw.
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Post by MrBRulzOK on Jan 4, 2014 16:02:15 GMT -5
Then Alberto Del Rio would no longer be the most underwhelming Rumble winner ever.
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Post by nickcave on Jan 4, 2014 16:05:07 GMT -5
I remember at the time being rumors of Chavo getting an IC title run out of that but I think that's the most anyone thought about him. Really? He was on Smackdown at the time I believe and the IC title was on Raw. He was on Raw before as Kerwin White and there were rumors right after Eddie died that Chavo was going to win the IC title. Obviously nothing came of that.
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Post by Crimson on Jan 4, 2014 16:14:59 GMT -5
While Chavo was always a solid worker, he was NEVER over enough to be anything more than a mid card act at best. That call would have been universally jeered. The only way I could see Chavo getting even a cup of coffee in a main event program is if his feud with Rey happened during Rey's title run which would have actually been better than Rey jobbing to every big man on the roster. That was another example of f***ing stupid booking practices the company has done. "We booked Rey into having a heartwarming title win. Time to job him to everyone on the roster!" I remember clearly it wasn't so much the "Eddiesploitation" that pissed off everyone a the time so much as it was Rey losing to everyone cleanly during his title run.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jan 4, 2014 16:35:49 GMT -5
We'd all be on the TNA thread right now talking about Cena vs Sting.
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Post by Woo on Jan 4, 2014 20:53:09 GMT -5
Chavo's elimination in the rumble does annoy me more than a little. Firstly he was never thrown over the top rope. Like Mil Mascaras in 1997 he went through the ropes and then climbed onto the top. It also annoys me because he came in and did the three amigos before HHH "eliminated" him almost as if to say "No Chavo, Rey is the official tribute star, stop stealing his thunder."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 20:57:43 GMT -5
Chavo? No buys.
Kerwin White? New boom period.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2014 21:02:22 GMT -5
I actually think Chavo deserved to accomplish more than he did. Maybe not a consistent main eventer, but someone who contends for the title in a multiman every now and then. Chavo should've been in the spot where Christian currently languishes in. You thought wrong. We saw what happens when a company tried to push him like that (In TNA) If you bomb in f***ing TNA, what are you going to do in WWE Chavo was great as Kerwin White, that's it. Also, he was great as kerwin white independent of anything involving Chavo. It was just a funny gimmick, he had nothing to do with it. Anyone could replace him at anytime. If you disagree, tell me why a 5'6 guy with poor promo skills, barely above average wrestling skills, and no charisma should be contending for anything. If his last name wasn't guerrero, he wouldn't have ever wrestled in the 21st century on television. If you think otherwise, that he SHOULD be on television, I will replace him with 50 people at any time that the crowd would rather see. Some on the indy circuit, some on the low card that he would have surpassed...he's just a joke. There are latinos that WWE love, who are the mystical group that only watch WWE purely to see other latinos, that shut the TV down when chavo comes on.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jan 4, 2014 21:03:14 GMT -5
It would have worked if they let Chavo go back to the Los Guerreros gimmick and music. He was super over in that team as well, it wasn't just Eddie.
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