the2ndevil
Grimlock
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Post by the2ndevil on Jun 21, 2014 19:17:23 GMT -5
How exactly did this come about? Did Dustin want to give his wife a job? Was it because crowds used to chant a certain derogatory term that begins with F at Goldust?
Had the story behind this been told?
For what it's worth, introducing hervas Goldust's director was a great move, IMO. Gave a good twist to the character.
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Professor Chaos
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Jun 21, 2014 19:26:14 GMT -5
She was great in WCW as Alexandra York so already had the resume. Goldust probably pitched it to put her with him so they said why not.
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the2ndevil
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Post by the2ndevil on Jun 21, 2014 19:29:46 GMT -5
I didn't even know she was in WCW. When I get the time, I need to try find some of her WCW stuff on WWE Network.
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Post by somsta on Jun 21, 2014 20:34:53 GMT -5
I didn't even know she was in WCW. When I get the time, I need to try find some of her WCW stuff on WWE Network. Look her up on your computer! Get it, because... Nevermind.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jun 21, 2014 21:11:17 GMT -5
I remember a rather large write-up on them in WWF Magazine, which I think told their story, but I'd be lying if I said all I really recall is some shots of her ridiculously enlarged breasts. I was like 13 or 14 at the time, sue me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2014 21:20:13 GMT -5
She was a distraction so the male fans wouldn't feel "funny" when watching Goldust matches. What better way to counter psychosexual homoerotica than with a large breasted pixie puffing on a phallic symbol (!!!)
or because reasons. Whichever comes first.
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Post by dreamer75 on Jun 21, 2014 22:45:34 GMT -5
I didn't even know she was in WCW. When I get the time, I need to try find some of her WCW stuff on WWE Network. Look her up on your computer! Get it, because... Nevermind. Look up VK Wallstreet (IRS) in WCW
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2014 23:12:31 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 21, 2014 23:28:37 GMT -5
Look her up on your computer! Get it, because... Nevermind. Look up VK Wallstreet (IRS) in WCW I thought he was still Michael Wallstreet when the two were together. Then again it seemed like they couldn't decide at times
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jun 22, 2014 0:02:18 GMT -5
Look up VK Wallstreet (IRS) in WCW I thought he was still Michael Wallstreet when the two were together. Then again it seemed like they couldn't decide at times Wasn't Terrance Taylor the Computerized Man of the 90's? And then the whole York Foundation... I know Wallstreet had her, but I didn't think that lasted too long.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 22, 2014 0:21:47 GMT -5
Wallstreet definitely had the computer program that helped him decide how to win at least for a short time. I remember seeing it recently on a random WCW ppv (might have been a clash of the champions) Edit: yeah he was with them until "early" 91 when he left to become IRS... that's when they swapped to Terry Taylor... even though Mike spent most of the time feuding with him including a match at Starrcade 1990
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Post by Redbeard's Ghost on Jun 22, 2014 13:50:36 GMT -5
The York Foundation also had "Richard" Morton and "Thomas" Rich. It was actually a pretty ahead-of-its-time gimmick in WCW. Terry Taylor had some of his best WCW matches as "Terrance" Taylor, the Computerized Man of the 1990s".
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Post by King Bebe on Jun 22, 2014 14:04:12 GMT -5
"YOU'RE A FAGGOT RHODES!"
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Jun 23, 2014 2:23:22 GMT -5
The York Foundation also had "Richard" Morton and "Thomas" Rich. It was actually a pretty ahead-of-its-time gimmick in WCW. Terry Taylor had some of his best WCW matches as "Terrance" Taylor, the Computerized Man of the 1990s". Now Ricky, don't hit Robert! -- Jim Ross during the turn. That freakin line has stuck with me ever since that show. York Foundation was cool, but they all ended up being jobbers. That part kinda sucked. Did they try to recruit Beautiful Bobby as well? Happened so long ago, I cannot remember.
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auph10imitated
Dennis Stamp
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Post by auph10imitated on Jun 23, 2014 8:48:04 GMT -5
She was the one who pitched the idea early on in the gimmick and she was told thanks but no thanks. Then a few months later they called her to do the gimmick and that was around the time it was getting alot of heat so they decided to switch it up, as someone said to distract from the homoeroticism
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Post by sunnytaker on Jun 23, 2014 9:30:50 GMT -5
one thing i remember about the York Foundation was how whenever her guys were getting beat up Terri/Alexandra would start randomly punching keys on her laptop then pulling her hair when it wasn't giving her the solution to the face's offense and throwing her hands in the air hopelessly when her guy would look over to her for advice.
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Essential1
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Post by Essential1 on Jun 23, 2014 9:49:09 GMT -5
I remember back then I went into a school after her Royal Rumble debut and this guy kept trying to spoil the show for me as I hadn't seen it yet and mentioned Goldust had been paired with this ugly woman. I was expecting someone like Luna and then when 12 year old me saw Marlena my mouth was watering. She looked amazing in those dresses,played her mysterious gimmick well and made Goldust seem even more bizarre.
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Lancers
El Dandy
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Post by Lancers on Jun 23, 2014 10:02:03 GMT -5
I always figured Marlena was brought in to sorta squash all the gay overtones with Goldust that I'm sure was bothering a few people in middle America.
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tms
Don Corleone
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Post by tms on Jun 23, 2014 10:13:10 GMT -5
Wouldn't it be a nice change of pace if the WWE broadcasters, interviewers, announcers, etc. dressed up like that? It's such a striking picture in how formal and professional everyone in it looks, regardless of characters/gimmicks/etc. it would certainly beat seeing a guy in his 60s wearing cheesy t-shirts that look like they were made for Kohl's Tony Hawk line.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jun 23, 2014 10:29:48 GMT -5
I always loved her original WWE persona as a silent cigar smoking director.
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