I loved the hypocrisy of the original Four Horsemen.
Dec 17, 2019 14:14:34 GMT -5
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Post by autisticgeordie on Dec 17, 2019 14:14:34 GMT -5
I was rewatching some old school Jim Crockett Promotions and, honestly, I can see why some people want wrestling to go back to the way it used to be because those promos were something else, even if the in-ring action was arguably not as exciting (and even then, there's an argument to be made that it just doesn't matter what the action was like in the ring because the crowd investment and the storylines mattered more.)
But, I do love the fact that, to make the Horsemen the biggest heel arseholes possible, you had them not only flaunt their wealth and status as rich, entitled assholes, but you had them act in the total opposite way to how they presented themselves. You had Tully and Arn boasting about their watches and how expensive their sport coats were to Ric bragging about his two Corvette's and his lizard shoes.
Then you saw them act like absolute street thugs, they might've been the upper-class, but they sure as f*** didn't act like it and that was just such a great heel thing, these rich boys who looked down on people like Magnum and Dusty for being scum because of the fact that they weren't as flashy and fancy as they were, and yet you had them beating people up in parking lots, breaking bones and talking trash.
In a way, the Horsemen were like a crew full of Patrick Bateman's, these guys who seemed to represent the 1% of society and yet they were brutal and violent as all hell.
But, I do love the fact that, to make the Horsemen the biggest heel arseholes possible, you had them not only flaunt their wealth and status as rich, entitled assholes, but you had them act in the total opposite way to how they presented themselves. You had Tully and Arn boasting about their watches and how expensive their sport coats were to Ric bragging about his two Corvette's and his lizard shoes.
Then you saw them act like absolute street thugs, they might've been the upper-class, but they sure as f*** didn't act like it and that was just such a great heel thing, these rich boys who looked down on people like Magnum and Dusty for being scum because of the fact that they weren't as flashy and fancy as they were, and yet you had them beating people up in parking lots, breaking bones and talking trash.
In a way, the Horsemen were like a crew full of Patrick Bateman's, these guys who seemed to represent the 1% of society and yet they were brutal and violent as all hell.
