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Post by nickcave on Dec 28, 2015 23:48:31 GMT -5
What a disgrace to the LOD legacy. What was the point of this? I know Animal returned to get a nostalgia pop to boost DVD sales but why did he have to stay and make this permanent? And then they won the titles. Why Heidenreich? Was there no other remotely intimidating big man on the roster? And then to cap it all off Animal randomly turns heel to become an angry biker for a few weeks rendering the whole attempted nostalgia pointless. Who's boneheaded idea was this?
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Dec 28, 2015 23:50:24 GMT -5
Do we really want to remember this?
... Do we REALLY?
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 28, 2015 23:50:50 GMT -5
It's not like Heidenreich was doing much, plus they'd had Power Warrior and a few others on occasion in the past.
My only real problem with it was that their Doomsday Device was terrible. Heidenreich wasn't exactly the most aerial dude, and Animal was getting older, so I kept expecting his back to buckle and everyone to end up in a hospital.
I have definitely seen worse, though it did seem kind of misguided.
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Post by JTG Fan on Dec 28, 2015 23:51:04 GMT -5
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Post by Big Poppa Pumpkin on Dec 28, 2015 23:53:18 GMT -5
Well as a gimmick it beats poetic anal rapist, at least.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 28, 2015 23:54:45 GMT -5
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Post by Big Poppa Pumpkin on Dec 28, 2015 23:57:25 GMT -5
At the time I thought Christy Hemme was like the epitome of beauty
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2015 0:04:36 GMT -5
I didn't really hate it. Legion of Doom's legacy was already in the black for the weird shit they did with the alcoholic Hawk angle, I don't think they had any serious hope of replicating the original LOD success with Heidenreich. The whole thing came off as Animal just performing a courteous make-a-wish for an adult, not-fatally ill manbaby. Make the guy feel good about himself for a while, I remember it was at least somewhat over.
I think I get a bigger cringe thinking about the attempted push of middle aged Animal as a heel singles act.
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 29, 2015 0:08:04 GMT -5
I think I get a bigger cringe thinking about the attempted push of middle aged Animal as a heel singles act. You mean "Da Road Warrior". |
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Post by Squirrel Master on Dec 29, 2015 0:15:52 GMT -5
Do we really want to remember this? ... Do we REALLY? Dammit I was about to type these very same words! |
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Post by DSR on Dec 29, 2015 0:20:51 GMT -5
I'd rather remember WrestleMania 13, when Ahmed Johnson came to the ring wearing the iconic shoulderpads alongside Hawk and Animal.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 29, 2015 5:05:15 GMT -5
You've got to give it to him, he put that young up and comer "Mean" Mark Callous over and made a star out of him.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Dec 29, 2015 6:09:11 GMT -5
I think I get a bigger cringe thinking about the attempted push of middle aged Animal as a heel singles act. You mean "Da Road Warrior". Ro/\d W/--\rrior |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 29, 2015 7:38:53 GMT -5
Oh goodness. I forgot just how much of a jackass Heidenreich looked like in the makeup.
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Post by willyjakes on Dec 29, 2015 9:17:20 GMT -5
Honestly he looked like one of over 10,000,000 women aged 18-30 who go get sugar skulls facepaint on Halloween and think it's clever.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 29, 2015 9:29:02 GMT -5
Man, that GIF gives me the willies.
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Post by 111111 on Dec 29, 2015 9:30:16 GMT -5
He kind of looks like the weird lovechild of surfer sting, papa shango and the road warriors. |
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Post by Chiral on Dec 29, 2015 9:42:03 GMT -5
I remember the joke me and my brother had at the time for Animal's choosing process.
"Hawk....H-Hawk.....H...Heidenreich....H-Hemme....PERFECT"
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Dec 29, 2015 10:44:23 GMT -5
A step down even further from Road Warrior Rocko and Road Warrior Puke. At least Puke was ready to commit murder to earn his spot on the team.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2015 12:44:25 GMT -5
Ryback would have made a pretty good Road Warrior if he could use his "Big Guy" persona and just wreck everything.
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