Big Bossman as Vince's bodyguard

[mcstoklasa]

[A Platypus Rave]

Complete unrepentant asshole Bossman was gold.

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

Pointlessly Cruel Asshole Bossman is one of my favorite heels.

[Sephiroth]

I remember being astonished at how much weight he had lost when he came back in 98. Maybe they should have brought Akeem back to team with him and re-create the Twin Towers. You could even have had Farooq calling him out as "Not being black enough!" God I'm sick.

[lionheart21]

Attitude Era Bossman ranks up there with some of the most despicable heels I've ever seen. Not a single shred of likability.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Feb 4, 2015 9:57:26 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

Everything about that was hilarious, from Big Show attending his dad's "funeral" wearing leather pants to Bossman driving the goddamn Bluesmobile. That's the entire Attitude Era in a nutshell - crazy, tasteless, doesn't make a lick of sense, but fun as hell.

[A Platypus Rave]

Feb 5, 2015 9:37:41 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Feb 4, 2015 9:57:26 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

Everything about that was hilarious, from Big Show attending his dad's "funeral" wearing leather pants to Bossman driving the goddamn Bluesmobile. That's the entire Attitude Era in a nutshell - crazy, tasteless, doesn't make a lick of sense, but fun as hell.

and somehow leads to a match instead of jail time

[Gerard Gerard]

One of the more inspired 're-gimmickings' in wrestling history. It made an uncharacteristic level of sense for what was, I assume, a Russo notion. Made a lot of sense and made the gimmick relevant to a new audience, whilst still retaining sense for an older one.

[The Dark Order Inferno]

Feb 3, 2015 19:49:50 GMT -5 willyjakes said:

I never did like SWAT team Bossman. Not sure why he didn't just go back to the blue cobb country Georgia police uniform with the gold stripe down the side of his pants. The black getup was too generic and forgettable. And why no "you'll be serving hard time" theme?

For the same reason they put Bulldog in jeans with short hair and did what they did to the LoD, because Russo. Bossman actually worked because it was a genuine update, not a gimmick being dismantled to be edgy or flat out abolished like Bulldog's.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Thanks to the Attitude Era Podcast, I can't see SWAT attire Boss Man without hearing...

[carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army)]

The moment I knew that the WWE would win the Monday Night Wars was when Bossman re-debuted. He tore off the mask, and it was him, and I was expecting the announcers to go, "Oh my god, it's Ray Traylor! You might expect him to be on a CERTAIN OTHER program, but he's here!"
And instead they were just like, "It's the Big Bossman! He's an evil cop. I bet he's been off being an evil cop somewhere." The confidence to not shoot. It was such an amazing relief.

[Boshek]

Big Boss Man coming back to the WWF was the first wrestling newz I ever read on the internet. It was so exciting!

[willyjakes]

Feb 5, 2015 9:37:41 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Feb 4, 2015 9:57:26 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

Everything about that was hilarious, from Big Show attending his dad's "funeral" wearing leather pants to Bossman driving the goddamn Bluesmobile. That's the entire Attitude Era in a nutshell - crazy, tasteless, doesn't make a lick of sense, but fun as hell.

I want to know who manufactures leather pants in that size

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Feb 5, 2015 10:55:34 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Thanks to the Attitude Era Podcast, I can't see SWAT attire Boss Man without hearing...

youtu.be/h3Y3caoARcM