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Post by wrestlingrecap on Feb 6, 2018 10:59:12 GMT -5
Nick Dinsmore was considered to be a well rounded in-ring wrestler. However, after a number of years stuck in WWE’s developmental system, OVW, Dinsmore had to develop a character to stand out from the crowd of prospects. Soon enough, he came up with the idea of a mentally handicapped man who just so happened to be an accomplished wrestler after watching his favorite wrestlers on TV. The Story of Eugene wrestlingrecaps.com/2018/02/06/the-story-of-eugene/ |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 6, 2018 12:23:45 GMT -5
GM for the Day Eugene with his ball pit office was one of the funniest things ever I do wish they played up the "wrestling savant" aspect of it a bit more, that really fell to the wayside in favor of him just being a a lovable goof.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 12:40:01 GMT -5
My favorite return of The Rock was when he came back to put a stop to Coachman's bullying of Eugene. You could tell the crowd was so sad for Eugene, and were excited to see Rocky give Coach what he had coming. Awesome moment.  |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 6, 2018 12:41:10 GMT -5
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 6, 2018 12:42:16 GMT -5
William Regal was absolutely brilliant during all this
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Post by thegatewaydrug on Feb 6, 2018 13:23:45 GMT -5
William Regal was absolutely brilliant during all this His Raw promo on Triple H is my hands-down top moment on the mic of all time. Don't exactly remember, but I'm sure Regal was squashed by Tri the next week during their actual match. |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Feb 6, 2018 16:19:26 GMT -5
My favorite return of The Rock was when he came back to put a stop to Coachman's bullying of Eugene. You could tell the crowd was so sad for Eugene, and were excited to see Rocky give Coach what he had coming. Awesome moment. And then Eugene showed Rock his gratitude by saying Tripple H was his favorite wrestler. |
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Post by Lupin the Third on Feb 6, 2018 16:28:39 GMT -5
And now, he's running a wrestling school and promotion here in Sioux Falls, SD, and is married with a super-hot wife.
I think he won in all of this.
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Post by Sephiroth on Feb 6, 2018 16:59:37 GMT -5
If he hadn’t been struggling with personal demons at the time, I think Dinsmore would have been a sure thing for TNA’s early X division.
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Post by Kyn on Feb 6, 2018 17:48:35 GMT -5
It was a unique character that could have gone horribly wrong, but he made it work. I used to get genuinely upset by people being mean to him.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Feb 6, 2018 17:51:17 GMT -5
The whole idea made me deeply uncomfortable. The relative success of the gimmick aside I think it was a poor choice to use it.
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Feb 6, 2018 18:33:48 GMT -5
Sending him out in front of that ecw crowd was the stupidest decision ever.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Feb 6, 2018 18:35:07 GMT -5
All I know is that if they make a movie about this, Michael Sheen better play him.
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Post by fw91 on Feb 6, 2018 19:05:46 GMT -5
William Regal was absolutely brilliant during all this loved the face turn. |
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 6, 2018 20:08:57 GMT -5
William Regal was absolutely brilliant during all this loved the face turn. Yeah, it was done almost to perfection |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2018 22:21:04 GMT -5
Eugene's initial story arc was one of my favorites in wrestling. I love the gag of HHH being his favorite wrestler, and especially the way the babyfaces sold that fact, and the dread they'd eventually have when Triple H inserted himself into Eugene's life. That character could only go so far but for that short while I really enjoyed it.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 7, 2018 1:58:02 GMT -5
His odd couple run with Regal was magic. So was the Ballpit, The Rock helping him against Coachman, and the musical chairs.
Unfortunately I also remember the exact moment when Eugene's career died. It was Summerslam 2004 and his opponent was Triple H. The crowd hated Eugene and cheered for Triple H. Dinsmore admitted in his rf shoot interview that everything went to shit after that match, because he and the company realized that without the comedy and in a serious program with a main eventer, Eugene just didn't belong there. Unfortunately the character had a ceiling and there was nothing you could do with him afterwards.
I agree with something Jim Cornette said about the whole Eugene run, that Nick Dinsmore by himself should've been featured and he was able to be a main event star, but unfortunately Eugene while popular at the beginning, it actually hurt his career in the long term because he was never booked in anything important after Dinsmore got fired from the company.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Feb 7, 2018 2:23:03 GMT -5
William Regal was absolutely brilliant during all this His Raw promo on Triple H is my hands-down top moment on the mic of all time. Don't exactly remember, but I'm sure Regal was squashed by Tri the next week during their actual match. Also one of my favorite promos ever. Regal was just masterful here. |
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Post by bitteroldman on Feb 7, 2018 5:34:43 GMT -5
His odd couple run with Regal was magic. So was the Ballpit, The Rock helping him against Coachman, and the musical chairs. Unfortunately I also remember the exact moment when Eugene's career died. It was Summerslam 2004 and his opponent was Triple H. The crowd hated Eugene and cheered for Triple H. Dinsmore admitted in his rf shoot interview that everything went to shit after that match, because he and the company realized that without the comedy and in a serious program with a main eventer, Eugene just didn't belong there. Unfortunately the character had a ceiling and there was nothing you could do with him afterwards. Ave I agree with something Jim Cornette said about the whole Eugene run, that Nick Dinsmore by himself should've been featured and he was able to be a main event star, but unfortunately Eugene while popular at the beginning, it actually hurt his career in the long term because he was never booked in anything important after Dinsmore got fired from the company. A properly executed heeel turn where Dinsmore admits he came up with Eugene to get out of development purgatory and how he conned the fans into liking him would have been enough to get him over as a heel and out of the Eugene character. I know it's not the most original plan but knowing there was a way out of a tired face character might have been enough motivation to keep Dinsmore on the straight and narrow. |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Feb 7, 2018 7:47:07 GMT -5
Corny also explained the appeal of Eugene and why it didn't lasted more.
He said that fans liked when the stupid guy outsmarts the evil heels, but when he stops outsmarting the heels the fans realized that he's stupid.
Eugene went from an important role in the show to becoming a jobber in a short time.
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