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Post by willywonka666 on May 1, 2016 11:54:28 GMT -5
Actually, the late 80s-early 90s WCW.
They were one of the hottest teams in the world until they briefly left the NWA and they seemingly lost their momentum by the time they returned in 1988.
If I recall, they kind of bounced around to different promotions for a year or two and were not very consistent and were back in WCW in 1990 but they weren't used very well even though I thought they still looked like top contenders.
So what happened? Often times in wrestling they say that wrestlers need to switch things up to keep from being stale, but Ricky joining the York Foundation was NOT the answer
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 1, 2016 13:21:24 GMT -5
That's exactly what happened - they never switched things up. Even when Morton joined the York foundation, he kept the ratty mullet and tattered RnR gear. Their look was out of date by 1989 and they didn't care enough to move with the times.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on May 1, 2016 15:49:20 GMT -5
That's exactly what happened - they never switched things up. Even when Morton joined the York foundation, he kept the ratty mullet and tattered RnR gear. Their look was out of date by 1989 and they didn't care enough to move with the times. I did like that they at least tied up the "party in back" of Ricky's mullet into a yuppie like ponytail. |
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Post by MolotovMocktail on May 1, 2016 16:50:52 GMT -5
The popularity of the Rockers in the WWF might have had something to do with it. You had a team with a similar gimmick, who was more athletic. This precluded the WWF from signing them, and even though the Rockers were the ripoffs, they were ultimately more popular.
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Post by chronocross on May 1, 2016 16:55:12 GMT -5
I remember when they went to challenge Doom for the tag belts at GAB 1990, I didn't think they had a hope in hell at that point of becoming champs again. They were past their prime by that point and other teams were overshadowing them (Steiners, Doom, etc.).
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 1, 2016 18:05:31 GMT -5
That's exactly what happened - they never switched things up. Even when Morton joined the York foundation, he kept the ratty mullet and tattered RnR gear. Their look was out of date by 1989 and they didn't care enough to move with the times. I did like that they at least tied up the "party in back" of Ricky's mullet into a yuppie like ponytail. I think you may be thinking of his stablemate Tommy Rich; unless it was for a split second, Morton didn't do that, even as part of the YF (which is part of the reason no one bought him in the role).   |
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 1, 2016 22:29:23 GMT -5
Robert Gibson looked like an undead ghoul.
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Post by SkullTrauma on May 2, 2016 5:14:03 GMT -5
Robert Gibson looked like an undead ghoul. yeah...looked like... |
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Post by MrElijah on May 2, 2016 9:24:35 GMT -5
I did like that they at least tied up the "party in back" of Ricky's mullet into a yuppie like ponytail. I think you may be thinking of his stablemate Tommy Rich; unless it was for a split second, Morton didn't do that, even as part of the YF (which is part of the reason no one bought him in the role). He really should have cut the mullet. |
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Post by brody on May 7, 2016 9:23:57 GMT -5
Dusty buried them in 87 for drawing better than him. Then in 88 Morton was fired/quit over refusing to lose a hair match. Some speculate the York Foundation angle was Dusty messing with them again as even with Robert injured Morton was still one of the great babyface sellers in the biz.
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Post by Squirrel Master on May 7, 2016 9:44:31 GMT -5
As Madison said, the RNR Express look failed to evolve with no reason not to. They went to Puerto Rico for a minute and when RNRX failed to impress, then they returned stateside for more same old, same old.
I rather enjoyed watching the Horsemen routinely beat these two. I recall the Great American Bash 1991 singles bout between Morton and Gibson as being pretty good. But then again I've not revisited it in 25 years.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on May 7, 2016 9:49:59 GMT -5
Yeah, they were very 80's and the 80's were coming to an end. They needed to reinvent themselves for a new era and just didn't have it in them.
Didn't help that they were also the ugliest pretty boy tag team I've ever seen. Gibson had eyes that were never looking in the same direction and a jaw so slack it looked like couldn't close his mouth if he wrapped a vise around his head. Morton genuinely looked like some kind of man-bird hybrid creature.
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Post by Squirrel Master on May 7, 2016 9:54:15 GMT -5
The popularity of the Rockers in the WWF might have had something to do with it. You had a team with a similar gimmick, who was more athletic. This precluded the WWF from signing them, and even though the Rockers were the ripoffs, they were ultimately more popular. WWF may have missed an opprtunity: having the Rockers and RNR working with LOD/Powers of Pain/Demolition various eight man matches, switches of allegiance, defections and turns. This could have been a year's worth of television & house shows as well as Survivor Series. |
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 7, 2016 12:09:05 GMT -5
Robert Gibson looked like an undead ghoul. Years ago, someone on FAN described Robert Gibson as looking like a portrait painted by someone who wasn't a very good artist. I laugh every time I think about it. If I knew who the poster was, I would give proper credit. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on May 7, 2016 13:14:17 GMT -5
Robert Gibson looked like an undead ghoul. yeah...looked like... Nice stuff, but the best description of Robert Gibson I've heard is still he looks like someone from a painting by a painter who wasn't very good. |
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Post by toodarkmark on May 7, 2016 20:15:35 GMT -5
Nice stuff, but the best description of Robert Gibson I've heard is still he looks like someone from a painting by a painter who wasn't very good. I remember thinking that Ricky Morton could pass for a southern teen idol, I guess. But Gibson? He wasn't even a great worker. He got VERY lucky to team with Morton. |
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Post by Aceorton on May 8, 2016 21:01:28 GMT -5
Yeah, they were very 80's and the 80's were coming to an end. They needed to reinvent themselves for a new era and just didn't have it in them. Didn't help that they were also the ugliest pretty boy tag team I've ever seen. Gibson had eyes that were never looking in the same direction and a jaw so slack it looked like couldn't close his mouth if he wrapped a vise around his head. Morton genuinely looked like some kind of man-bird hybrid creature. "Wrestling Superstars," a shitty supermarket-stand wrestling mag that wasn't PWI, had a special feature one month: The sexiest wrestlers today. This was '88. I believe the list was "based on reader votes." Both RnRs were in the top 10. Huge full-page photos. Ten-year-old me was looking at this picture of Gibson with his weird-ass eye and thinking, "This is what the ladies are into?" |
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Post by lws on May 9, 2016 14:39:21 GMT -5
they also had a solid revival for a minute in smw in 93 to 94. of course that promotion existed in a time warp. they did appear at survivor series 1993 and some wcw ppv i don't remember right now, and both times they had solid matches as i recall.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on May 9, 2016 18:07:10 GMT -5
they also had a solid revival for a minute in smw in 93 to 94. of course that promotion existed in a time warp. they did appear at survivor series 1993 and some wcw ppv i don't remember right now, and both times they had solid matches as i recall. Hell, I saw them in 2013 against D'Lo Brown and Doc Gallows and they can still have a solid old school tag match. Ricky can still sell his ass off and they can still do the old double team and hot tag spots. Granted, this was in the heart of JCP country and those fans have long memories, but they got a standing ovation and "Rock and roll!," chant. In 2013. |
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