Jake, The Jake, Jake
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on May 23, 2018 21:52:44 GMT -5
Mideon worked in the WWF for like five years.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 23, 2018 22:01:48 GMT -5
Wasn't that Jimmy Yang? When Vince was told, he rehired JWY for a stint. Yeah you might be right. He did get rehired, whomever I’m thinking of. Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. This kind of thing always makes me think of a Foley/Funk story. While I don't think Foley ever explained who he was talking to Terry Funk about, he had been expressing confusion as to why Vince would even have hired some guys. Funk, who has known Vince in some capacity for a long, long time, just grinned and said, "Mick, sometimes Vince does things just to be nice." I imagine that's the kind of thing that applies to some stuff, like maybe Tatanka's last run, where it's not like they're going to likely move the dial, but they will try and make the most of it. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 23, 2018 22:11:44 GMT -5
Yeah you might be right. He did get rehired, whomever I’m thinking of. Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. Yeah, Vince didn't know he got released in the mass firings that were setup by talent relations. and was Yang was backstage and Vince asked if he'd take the Spirit Squad's finisher so he could visualize it... he said yes but I don't work here... |
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Post by nickcave on May 23, 2018 23:22:25 GMT -5
Yeah you might be right. He did get rehired, whomever I’m thinking of. Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. This kind of thing always makes me think of a Foley/Funk story. While I don't think Foley ever explained who he was talking to Terry Funk about, he had been expressing confusion as to why Vince would even have hired some guys. Funk, who has known Vince in some capacity for a long, long time, just grinned and said, "Mick, sometimes Vince does things just to be nice." I imagine that's the kind of thing that applies to some stuff, like maybe Tatanka's last run, where it's not like they're going to likely move the dial, but they will try and make the most of it. I think Foley was talking about Dan Severn. |
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Post by Ryushinku on May 24, 2018 2:43:45 GMT -5
Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. Yeah, Vince didn't know he got released in the mass firings that were setup by talent relations. and was Yang was backstage and Vince asked if he'd take the Spirit Squad's finisher so he could visualize it... he said yes but I don't work here... And Vince goes "What?! Well, we'll see about that" and go gets Yang re-hired. Funny stuff...right place, right time! |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 4:10:43 GMT -5
Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. This kind of thing always makes me think of a Foley/Funk story. While I don't think Foley ever explained who he was talking to Terry Funk about, he had been expressing confusion as to why Vince would even have hired some guys. Funk, who has known Vince in some capacity for a long, long time, just grinned and said, "Mick, sometimes Vince does things just to be nice." I imagine that's the kind of thing that applies to some stuff, like maybe Tatanka's last run, where it's not like they're going to likely move the dial, but they will try and make the most of it. I think Foley was talking about Dan Severn. I thought it was Gordy? Hired post seizure, covered his face so people wouldn't see the former great a shell of himself, put him on TV for a payday with his friends. That's a genuinely warm gesture in rasslin. |
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Post by RedSmile on May 24, 2018 11:34:20 GMT -5
Vince f***in' Russo.
Why!?
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Post by thegame415 on May 24, 2018 11:37:28 GMT -5
Mideon worked in the WWF for like five years. He's friends with Undertaker. |
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Post by James Fabiano on May 24, 2018 11:38:57 GMT -5
I imagine that they considered Stevie (after 2004) a good hand that had little ego and would make his opponents look good. Which was why at WMXX, they gave him the WHC...and yeah, I'll walk myself out of the room now... |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on May 24, 2018 11:51:34 GMT -5
Mideon worked in the WWF for like five years. He's friends with Undertaker. I remember once reading that he was very popular amongst all the talent because he was such a nice and funny guy. |
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on May 24, 2018 12:50:55 GMT -5
He's friends with Undertaker. I remember once reading that he was very popular amongst all the talent because he was such a nice and funny guy. I've heard that too, to the point that while he was having some health issues, the New Age Outlaws changed their intro at house shows to, "...and if you ain't down with Dennis Knight, I got two words for you!" |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on May 24, 2018 15:38:45 GMT -5
Vince f***in' Russo. Why!? Dixie fn Carter that's why. |
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Post by RedSmile on May 24, 2018 16:01:46 GMT -5
Vince f***in' Russo. Why!? Dixie fn Carter that's why. WCW several times, Jeff and Jerry Jarrett, the WWE again in 2002, various websites including Fightful Wrestling, Wrestlinginc, and PodcastOne... |
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Post by Hit Girl on May 24, 2018 16:07:12 GMT -5
I look back on some guys in both wwf and wcw and wonder how they kept a job as long as they did guys like ice train and van hammer seemed to be around wcw forever. Wrestling always needs jobbers. |
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Post by salz4life on May 24, 2018 16:26:10 GMT -5
Actually, it's the exact opposite according to JTG. While the majority of people seemed to love it, higher management that didn't already care for him felt he was trying to get himself over and didn't use him again until he picked up his phone and got released. Yep that famous Vince mantra of stop trying to get yourself over but still.... grab that brass ring. LOL |
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Post by agent817 on May 24, 2018 18:14:42 GMT -5
I remember wondering why Funaki was employed by WWE for a long time, until I read that he was cool with Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels.
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Post by Viking Hall on May 24, 2018 18:20:35 GMT -5
Not quite the same, as they were massively over at one point but the fact The Bushwhackers were still around and working a relatively full schedule in 1996 will never stop astounding me. 7 years on the roster once it was all said and done.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 24, 2018 22:28:39 GMT -5
He's friends with Undertaker. I remember once reading that he was very popular amongst all the talent because he was such a nice and funny guy. Yeah, Foley spoke highly of him in Foley is Good, and said that his Foley impression was great, and that was why they had him play a fake Mankind in Foley's feud with Triple H. All I remember about that storyline was Foley demanding Fake Mankind wait for him in a room, before going and grabbing Tori's ass, telling her that Kane could find him in the room he left the fake Mankind. |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 24, 2018 22:52:01 GMT -5
Yeah, it was Jimmy Yang Wang, and I don't think Vince had personally fired him. He got another few months or a year or something, I forget which. This kind of thing always makes me think of a Foley/Funk story. While I don't think Foley ever explained who he was talking to Terry Funk about, he had been expressing confusion as to why Vince would even have hired some guys. Funk, who has known Vince in some capacity for a long, long time, just grinned and said, "Mick, sometimes Vince does things just to be nice." I imagine that's the kind of thing that applies to some stuff, like maybe Tatanka's last run, where it's not like they're going to likely move the dial, but they will try and make the most of it. I think Foley was talking about Dan Severn. Foley: Owen, how did your match with Dan go? Owen: He’s a nice guy. Foley: I didn’t ask what kind of guy you thought he was, I asked about the match. Owen: He’s a really nice guy. |
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on May 25, 2018 2:45:52 GMT -5
I'm actually really confused about why some of these guys WOULDN'T keep a job. Like, JTG was a talented guy back when he was working for WWE. The question isn't why didn't he get fired sooner, it's why didn't they give him material to work with.
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