What if the Shockmaster doesn't trip?

[Joe Neglia]

Shockster was handed a main event place on the card upon arrival, but as we know, well, that thing.

So what happens if he doesn't trip? Solo feuds in the high-card against Sid and Vader individually? An eventual turn on Sting? Does he ditch the mask after the first match, since he's no longer concealing his identity? If he stays on the good side of management, is he still around when Hogan and 'Quake show up?

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I really can't envision a guy who looks like a construction worker wearing a pink Stormtrooper helmet named THE SHOCKMASTER is really going to be long for the world in the pre-Hogan WCW, regardless of whether he trips through that wall. Especially since it's just Tugboat.

I'm more interested in what would have happened if they had ran with Super Shockmaster as a heel.

[ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul]

If ottman was... better this might be an interesting discussion.

[Mozenrath]

I think he still would have flopped, just in a less memorable fashion.

[Aceorton]

I'm having a hard time envisioning anything more than Sting/Shockmaster vs. Vader/Sid headlining a bad PPV, and Ottman is unmasked and repurposed within weeks.

[A Platypus Rave]

Apr 21, 2015 3:03:19 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I think he still would have flopped, just in a less memorable fashion.

You say that now but glittery storm trooper helmets would have been more popular than the NWO t-shirts by far!

[MC Blowfish]

I don't think it would have went anywhere after the main event.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

We don't get the classic Ric Flair "Oh God" in the background.

[chronocross]

Maybe a one off PPV match with Sid then goes down the card feuding with the Equalizer and the Kongs.

I think they tried to do a reboot in early 94 by calling him the Super Shockmaster and have different attire but no one was buying it.

[Hypnosis]

Holla if ya hear me!

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

Apr 21, 2015 3:03:19 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I think he still would have flopped, just in a less memorable fashion.

Bingo as it was a lame gimmick that was doomed to fail no matter what.

[Joe Neglia]

Apr 21, 2015 2:49:08 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

I really can't envision a guy who looks like a construction worker wearing a pink Stormtrooper helmet named THE SHOCKMASTER is really going to be long for the world in the pre-Hogan WCW, regardless of whether he trips through that wall. Especially since it's just Tugboat.

I'm more interested in what would have happened if they had ran with Super Shockmaster as a heel.

He didn't look like a construction worker at first, though, that's what they went with after they had to overhaul the disaster.

I would imagine after the first match, he'd be coming to the ring either helmetless or with a modified one that wouldn't get them sued by Lucas. Would he have sucked? Sure, most likely. But did that ever stop WCW from pushing guys like that?

[Tony Schiavontay]

Apr 21, 2015 17:01:09 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Apr 21, 2015 3:03:19 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I think he still would have flopped, just in a less memorable fashion.

Bingo as it was a lame gimmick that was doomed to fail no matter what.

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?!"

[tms]

Apr 21, 2015 17:31:10 GMT -5 Tony Schiavontay said:

Apr 21, 2015 17:01:09 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Bingo as it was a lame gimmick that was doomed to fail no matter what.

"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?!"

"COME AFTER ME, SID! I'M READAAAYYYYY!"

Now that I think about, this was one of the more homeroerotic segments in wrestling history from start to finish, from everyone's outfits and constant screaming to the unusually written lines.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

Apr 21, 2015 17:28:09 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Apr 21, 2015 2:49:08 GMT -5 Oh Cry Me a Screwball said:

I really can't envision a guy who looks like a construction worker wearing a pink Stormtrooper helmet named THE SHOCKMASTER is really going to be long for the world in the pre-Hogan WCW, regardless of whether he trips through that wall. Especially since it's just Tugboat.

I'm more interested in what would have happened if they had ran with Super Shockmaster as a heel.

He didn't look like a construction worker at first, though, that's what they went with after they had to overhaul the disaster.

I would imagine after the first match, he'd be coming to the ring either helmetless or with a modified one that wouldn't get them sued by Lucas. Would he have sucked? Sure, most likely. But did that ever stop WCW from pushing guys like that?

I went with construction worker, because I don't know what the hell you would describe his first look as. He's wearing blue jeans, a black vest?/sleeveless robe?/bedsheet with arm-holes?, no shirt (but his pants are so high you can't see his navel), of course, the infamous helmet.

Sure, WCW had it's fair share of guys the Turner props department just threw together with whatever they had to spare, but they generally didn't last all that long either.

[nisidhe]

Wasn't there some plan to bring in someone rather...more "awesome" as the Shockmaster, but the deal had fallen through and this is what they ended up having to work with? This reeks of the Black Scorpion debacle.

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

he's still a goober wearing a sparkly storm trooper helmet and a throw rug. even if the segment went off without a hitch he'd still be a joke.

[Amazing Kitsune]

BUT... THE FUTURE REFUSED TO CHANGE.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

He'd most likely fail as soon as he unmasked anyway.
"Huh. It's Tugboat. Who-peee.

[mizerable]

He was the Yeti before the Yeti.