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Post by hulksmash87 on Nov 27, 2020 18:50:21 GMT -5
I’ve always wondered when he left the wwf why didn’t he return to ecw or wcw, they were both in desperate need of talent especially ecw. Was it because of personal demons or heat with Heyman? I know he’s acknowledged his demons.
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Post by bmfjules on Nov 27, 2020 18:55:45 GMT -5
ECW could have used him, but may have been heat with Heyman. WCW's roster was bloated till the end with big contracts and tons of pre-liminary talent.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Nov 27, 2020 19:04:31 GMT -5
Scorpio was a pioneer and an amazing athlete, but by the time he was out of the WWF, WCW had people who could do things just as athletic as he could, but didn't have the baggage or the asking price.
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Post by timelimitdraw on Nov 27, 2020 21:11:13 GMT -5
I think he was one of the last American stars to join All-Japan before Misawa left, then he followed Misawa to NOAH. He had a regular gig before WCW and ECW closed, plus WWE already had enough available talent after they went under. (I know he was back in WWE in the mid-00s, but I don't recall him lasting very long or being used very well.)
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Post by 67 more on Nov 28, 2020 0:36:08 GMT -5
I think he was one of the last American stars to join All-Japan before Misawa left, then he followed Misawa to NOAH. He had a regular gig before WCW and ECW closed, plus WWE already had enough available talent after they went under. (I know he was back in WWE in the mid-00s, but I don't recall him lasting very long or being used very well.) He wasn't used at all outside of dark matches |
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Post by chazraps on Nov 28, 2020 2:48:22 GMT -5
It's my understanding that the Japan money for him was absolutely tremendous.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2020 3:26:09 GMT -5
I honestly thought this was going to be a thread about his huge bulge or something, just given the general weirdness lately.
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Post by Hot Noodle Truck on Nov 28, 2020 3:47:11 GMT -5
Probably a combo of heat with Heyman, making good money in Japan and generally coming across as less flashy due to the rise of the cruiserweight style of the time. The Tumbleweed is still an time top finisher though, always looked sick.
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Post by mrpeacock on Nov 28, 2020 13:16:25 GMT -5
The thing that made Scorpio unique to me was his size. He wasn’t like huge but he wasnt small either. He’s a well built guy that could really fly.
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Post by protuberance on Nov 28, 2020 13:30:00 GMT -5
2 Cold had some of the sweetest little touches in the ring. I loved how sometimes he'd make a simple dropdown into a work of art, hopping up and springing back up. He had an ability to sorta bounce off the mat, kinda like Curt Hennig. And because he wasn't tiny, his aerial attacks looked more devastating.
Sadly, I think his peek in the U.S. was in a WCW tag team with Marcus Bagwell. He didn't need to talk much, and his role in the tag match formula was straightforward.
He couldn't talk well enough to become a singles star, I don't think he was an especially good storyteller in the ring, and WWF made him into a joke as Flash Funk. He probably realized he was used up in the U.S. by that point and was happy to take a more solid gig in Japan.
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Post by Viking Hall on Nov 28, 2020 15:26:32 GMT -5
Didn't he have a huge drug problem post-WWF?
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Nov 28, 2020 17:22:37 GMT -5
1. 2 Gold Scorpio is the greatest character in wrestling history. 2. Dropping Tha Bomb is the greatest finisher in wrestling history  |
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Post by lucas_lee on Nov 28, 2020 19:10:52 GMT -5
Didn't he have a huge drug problem post-WWF? Yeah he admitted being hooked on drugs derailed his career. |
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Post by XIII on Nov 30, 2020 11:10:36 GMT -5
Scorpio was a bit ahead of his time. He was a heavyweight that could fly better than all but a few cruisers.
I’ll never get tired of the Foley story where the publisher or whoever told him to omit the part about Scorpio’s massive dong and Foley was like “would anyone sue for saying that they have a big package!.”
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Post by fw91 on Nov 30, 2020 15:37:02 GMT -5
What was his heat with Heyman? Wasn't he in WWF in the first place because of the loose talent exchange between the companies?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 30, 2020 19:02:42 GMT -5
I honestly thought this was going to be a thread about his huge bulge or something, just given the general weirdness lately. 'If I know Scorpio, he's got that page of my book framed on his wall.' |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2020 20:02:32 GMT -5
The thing that made Scorpio unique to me was his size. He wasn’t like huge but he wasnt small either. I thought it was just pointed out that this thread ISN'T about his bulge. Some people... |
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Nov 30, 2020 20:34:33 GMT -5
Fan of his, and thought he deserved a better career in the states. It's hard to deny his style had an influence on many wrestlers.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Nov 30, 2020 20:42:16 GMT -5
What was his heat with Heyman? Wasn't he in WWF in the first place because of the loose talent exchange between the companies? It's Heyman, so a combination of bare-faced lying and cheques that bounced higher than quite a lot of Scorp's moveset.
But I think he still respects Heyman as a booker, and said he had fun working in ECW.
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