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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 8, 2014 21:38:38 GMT -5
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Lila
El Dandy
Slip N Slide World Champion 1997
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Post by Lila on Feb 8, 2014 21:41:45 GMT -5
No, I don't.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 1:18:27 GMT -5
I remember him having cringeworthy lines about beating swollen penises and pearl necklaces.
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Chiral
Salacious Crumb
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Post by Chiral on Feb 9, 2014 1:27:32 GMT -5
I remember him never having a beat, and taking VERY long pauses in between each "verse".
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
Better have my money when I come-a collect!
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Post by chazraps on Feb 9, 2014 4:30:02 GMT -5
I remember him never having a beat, and taking VERY long pauses in between each "verse". That's the street battle style that first gained popularity in 2002/2003 circa the Serius Jones / Murda Mook / Jae Millz era. |
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Injustice45
Fry's dog Seymour
Consider me the Athena/Yoshimitsu of Avatars and Signatures.
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Post by Injustice45 on Feb 9, 2014 4:32:28 GMT -5
He forgot the knowledge of "Basic Thuganomics."
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Post by The IWC WORLD Champion on Feb 9, 2014 4:41:27 GMT -5
Yeah, whoever thought a rapping wrestler ever works? Especially a white middle class bodybuilder. I suppose they were trying to ride the Eminem hype wave.
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nm
Hank Scorpio
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Post by nm on Feb 9, 2014 5:56:26 GMT -5
I miss B-2.
BOO-YAH!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2014 6:38:13 GMT -5
As a white kid who was obsessed with rap and the hip-hop scene around the time (ages 12 to 14), I honestly think John Cena was the guy who got me excited about wrestling again. I mean.... I was wearing throwback jerseys too.... I was wearing headbands outside of athletic competition.... I was listening to rap exclusively. Dude was everything I aspired to be at the time.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 9, 2014 8:42:44 GMT -5
I wasn't watching between '02 and mid '06, but I remember turning Smackdown on once in about 2004 and wondering how the f*** a white guy rapping (rapping VERY badly, including at Royal Rumble '03 where he was out of time with his own damn music) got over as a babyface.
A white guy rapping appallingly just seems like an amazing midcard heel gimmick to me, not an upper card babyface.
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Post by The Man They Call Asher on Feb 9, 2014 9:21:01 GMT -5
That video title was one letter away from being really really uncomfortable.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 9, 2014 10:34:00 GMT -5
remember how WWE tried making him sound OG from the streets and that's when fans started to hate him?
like gizzarkhenry said, it's a great gimmick for a midcard stooge heel, but a terrible gimmick for your #1 babyface.
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
Better have my money when I come-a collect!
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Post by chazraps on Feb 9, 2014 14:19:46 GMT -5
Except that he actually was a good rapper and, along with the throwback jerseys, would wear skullies or armbands of legit respected underground rap outfits at the time. Plus, he has sort of a pedigree, his cousin is Esoteric and his "Basic Thuganomics" theme was produced by 7L.
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BigBadZ
Grimlock
The Rumors Are All True
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Post by BigBadZ on Feb 9, 2014 14:36:20 GMT -5
Except that he actually was a good rapper and, along with the throwback jerseys, would wear skullies or armbands of legit respected underground rap outfits at the time. Plus, he has sort of a pedigree, his cousin is Esoteric and his "Basic Thuganomics" theme was produced by 7L. I always wondered if his battles with random fans were legit or if they were plants? But I enjoyed it and it's funny to look at Cena now vs then when he rhymed with f*** and had the crowd chant it so he didn't get bleeped. |
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Phosphor Glow
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Is a real girl!
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Feb 9, 2014 14:43:08 GMT -5
Except that he actually was a good rapper and, along with the throwback jerseys, would wear skullies or armbands of legit respected underground rap outfits at the time. Plus, he has sort of a pedigree, his cousin is Esoteric and his "Basic Thuganomics" theme was produced by 7L. Thank you. Guy can actually rap. I still think his album is awesome. |
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
Ozymandius
Got fined anyway.
Possibly a Moose
James Franco is the white Donald Glover
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Feb 9, 2014 14:43:41 GMT -5
Yeah, whoever thought a rapping wrestler ever works? Especially a white middle class bodybuilder. I suppose they were trying to ride the Eminem hype wave. Vince just found out about Markie Mark |
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Post by ________ has left the building on Feb 9, 2014 14:47:19 GMT -5
That video title was one letter away from being really really uncomfortable. Not if you're into necrophilia. |
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Magnus the Magnificent
King Koopa
didn't want one.
I could write a book about what you don't know!
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Feb 9, 2014 14:57:10 GMT -5
 There's only one thing I can't stand, 'cause it's a bunch of crap!
I-i-i-i hate rap!
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 9, 2014 15:17:32 GMT -5
Except that he actually was a good rapper and, along with the throwback jerseys, would wear skullies or armbands of legit respected underground rap outfits at the time. Plus, he has sort of a pedigree, his cousin is Esoteric and his "Basic Thuganomics" theme was produced by 7L. He can rap, but at the time he mostly rapped badly, and he was out of rhythm at the Rumble. |
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Feb 9, 2014 15:19:43 GMT -5
I remember when he appropriated G-Unit's spinning jewellery aesthetic which was all the rage in 2003-2004.
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