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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 13:53:55 GMT -5
Am I the only one that liked the instrumental "You're Gonna Pay"?
I like both iterations of the character. The purple-gloved mortician was the first wrestler I truly gravitated to. The biker was jarring, but he made it work. Even changed up his in-ring style for it, and focused more on brawling like a biker would.
"I'll make your famous" and "You think you're better than me?" are some great promo moments. And, say what you will, but he helped make Jeff Hardy a white-hot babyface with that ladder match.
I'll always prefer the deadman, but Bikertaker had his good moments, too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2020 14:23:31 GMT -5
I don't like Kid Rock or Limp Bizkit now, but when I was in elementary school I loved them when he was using them for his themes.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 19, 2020 14:36:55 GMT -5
Am I the only one that liked the instrumental "You're Gonna Pay"? I like both iterations of the character. The purple-gloved mortician was the first wrestler I truly gravitated to. The biker was jarring, but he made it work. Even changed up his in-ring style for it, and focused more on brawling like a biker would. "I'll make your famous" and "You think you're better than me?" are some great promo moments. And, say what you will, but he helped make Jeff Hardy a white-hot babyface with that ladder match. I'll always prefer the deadman, but Bikertaker had his good moments, too. The instrumental version, Dead Man, is a decent track. Not the most memorable, but it worked with his heel character. However, the first time he came out to You’re Gonna Pay I started laughing uncontrollably. It seemed so out of character for Taker
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Apr 19, 2020 14:47:14 GMT -5
Taker does not seem like a remotely cool person behind the persona, and i'm convinced he's basically square peg/round hole'd himself into all this biker MMA stuff. No doubt a tall wrestling Texan drinks, gambles, whatever else but after the Deadman stuff reverted to whatever this is now is like when a suburban dad with nothing else to do just chooses something to go headfirst into
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Post by Kyle Butler on Apr 19, 2020 15:29:19 GMT -5
I feel like Limp Bizkit contributing the theme song for WM 19 was probably the last culturally relevant thing they ever did. “The WWE’s favorite band” performing Crack Addict!
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Post by xander on Apr 19, 2020 21:10:38 GMT -5
Taker does not seem like a remotely cool person behind the persona, and i'm convinced he's basically square peg/round hole'd himself into all this biker MMA stuff. No doubt a tall wrestling Texan drinks, gambles, whatever else but after the Deadman stuff reverted to whatever this is now is like when a suburban dad with nothing else to do just chooses something to go headfirst into I'm not so sure about that. If I remember correctly, before wrestling, Taker was a debt collector. *EDIT - He mentioned it during his interview on Jimmy Kimmel. The interview itself shows his natural charisma that didn't often shine through on the mic. He's also been seen at a bunch of MMA events, so it wouldn't surprise me if he's legitimately a fan of the sport. That said, when you watch him whoop the shit out of David Flair, you get a sense 'ole Mean Mark was tapping into something haha
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Apr 19, 2020 21:19:09 GMT -5
I buy the biker debt collector as much as I buy hulk hogan being mr america
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Apr 19, 2020 21:36:36 GMT -5
I feel like Limp Bizkit contributing the theme song for WM 19 was probably the last culturally relevant thing they ever did. Not the whole band, but Fred Durst returned last year to direct The Fanatic starring John Travolta, which was widely held to be the worst film of 2019.
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Post by arrogantmodel on Apr 19, 2020 22:26:59 GMT -5
I feel like Limp Bizkit contributing the theme song for WM 19 was probably the last culturally relevant thing they ever did. Not the whole band, but Fred Durst returned last year to direct The Fanatic starring John Travolta, which was widely held to be the worst film of 2019. And with that horrendous Puddle of Mudd cover, remember he directed their video for "Blurry."
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Post by MAD TITAN on Apr 20, 2020 4:02:11 GMT -5
RADIO EDIT
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Post by thechase on Apr 20, 2020 5:09:35 GMT -5
I feel like Limp Bizkit contributing the theme song for WM 19 was probably the last culturally relevant thing they ever did. They had the otherwise excellent "Build a Bridge" for Survivor Series from their disastrous album of 2003. It was one of their better songs. Outside of 'Mania 19 and track trading, I don't think Crack Addict ever saw commercial release.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Apr 20, 2020 5:42:56 GMT -5
Yeah, what happened to the Kid Rock song? It was literally called "American Badass" and WWE has a hard on for Kid Rock. They even put him in the Hall of Fame. This was easily the best of the three, but it lasted for such a short amount of time as his theme. Why did they ditch it for rollin?
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Apr 20, 2020 5:57:25 GMT -5
Yeah, what happened to the Kid Rock song? It was literally called "American Badass" and WWE has a hard on for Kid Rock. They even put him in the Hall of Fame. This was easily the best of the three, but it lasted for such a short amount of time as his theme. Why did they ditch it for rollin? I think it was just as simple as WWE didn't want to renew the license for American Badass and I think Durst or his record label wanted less money.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 20, 2020 6:39:35 GMT -5
Kid Rock is objectively shittier than Limp Bizkit but at least his theme fit Bikertaker. Shame they didn't just cut out the middle man and pay Metallica to use "Sad But True" instead.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Apr 20, 2020 9:03:56 GMT -5
This was easily the best of the three, but it lasted for such a short amount of time as his theme. Why did they ditch it for rollin? I think it was just as simple as WWE didn't want to renew the license for American Badass and I think Durst or his record label wanted less money. I remember that in Smackdown 2, Biker Taker didn't have American Badass as his theme, instead having the Raw is War theme for some reason.
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Post by Yacht Persona on Apr 20, 2020 9:14:23 GMT -5
I hated everything about Bikertaker and Limp Bizkit, even though I was a teenager at the time. It seemed dated even then, and Taker's promos were cringe beyond belief.
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Apr 20, 2020 9:20:01 GMT -5
In hindsight, it should've been "Nookie."
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Apr 20, 2020 9:28:57 GMT -5
I think it was just as simple as WWE didn't want to renew the license for American Badass and I think Durst or his record label wanted less money. I remember that in Smackdown 2, Biker Taker didn't have American Badass as his theme, instead having the Raw is War theme for some reason. It was the same deal in No Mercy, but one of the generic create a wrestler themes sounded a bit like Rollin so I gave Taker that one instead.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Apr 20, 2020 11:01:21 GMT -5
Limp Bizkit, Attitude WWF and an old dude on a bike all had no right to be as over as they were.
It made perfect sense at the time, just like it's all totally nonsensical now.
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Post by Fade on Apr 20, 2020 11:40:53 GMT -5
Limp Bizkit, Attitude WWF and an old dude on a bike all had no right to be as over as they were. It made perfect sense at the time, just like it's all totally nonsensical now. I mean, one of the most over acts at the time was a fat guy in a thong, attitude era did not discriminate.
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