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Post by sungod2020 on Dec 28, 2020 8:56:17 GMT -5
The Rougeaus in '88 when they turned heel. They should have become the Honky Tonk Man of the tag division and been the first ones to cheat the belts off Demolition. The only opening for that I can see is by switching their places with The Brianbusters from July to October 1989.
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Post by XIII on Dec 28, 2020 9:23:13 GMT -5
I concur. Huge fan of those hosses.
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 28, 2020 10:55:11 GMT -5
The Rougeaus in '88 when they turned heel. They should have become the Honky Tonk Man of the tag division and been the first ones to cheat the belts off Demolition. The only opening for that I can see is by switching their places with The Brianbusters from July to October 1989. Winter of '88-89 is when I would have done it, before the Rougeaus got fed to the Bushwhackers and lost some of their shine. This would require either the Powers of Pain not coming in at all, or the newly turned PoP getting involved in the Demolition/Rougeaus match and allowing the Rougeaus to steal the belts. Demolition-PoP feud proceeds as a grudge feud, minus the belts, and the Rougeaus run around as chickenshit heel champions for a few months, sneaking wins over the Harts and Rockers, before losing back to Demolition. Brain Busters could be the next in line after that. Maybe Demolition ends up four-time champions?
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Post by sungod2020 on Dec 28, 2020 12:01:47 GMT -5
The only opening for that I can see is by switching their places with The Brianbusters from July to October 1989. Winter of '88-89 is when I would have done it, before the Rougeaus got fed to the Bushwhackers and lost some of their shine. This would require either the Powers of Pain not coming in at all, or the newly turned PoP getting involved in the Demolition/Rougeaus match and allowing the Rougeaus to steal the belts. Demolition-PoP feud proceeds as a grudge feud, minus the belts, and the Rougeaus run around as chickenshit heel champions for a few months, sneaking wins over the Harts and Rockers, before losing back to Demolition. Brain Busters could be the next in line after that. Maybe Demolition ends up four-time champions? Why would the Powers of Pain cost Demolition the tag titles to another team? Wouldn't they want the belts themselves?
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Post by Aceorton on Dec 28, 2020 12:07:24 GMT -5
Winter of '88-89 is when I would have done it, before the Rougeaus got fed to the Bushwhackers and lost some of their shine. This would require either the Powers of Pain not coming in at all, or the newly turned PoP getting involved in the Demolition/Rougeaus match and allowing the Rougeaus to steal the belts. Demolition-PoP feud proceeds as a grudge feud, minus the belts, and the Rougeaus run around as chickenshit heel champions for a few months, sneaking wins over the Harts and Rockers, before losing back to Demolition. Brain Busters could be the next in line after that. Maybe Demolition ends up four-time champions? Why would the Powers of Pain cost Demolition the tag titles to another team? Wouldn't they want the belts themselves? 1. You could make the same argument about the LOD interfering in the Harts-Demos match at SummerSlam '90. Belts, schmelts! It's the ol' "big guys with face paint accuse the other big guys with face paint of being impostors!" logic. 2. It's still less confusing than the actual Demolition-PoP double turn at Survivor Series.
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Post by chronocross on Dec 28, 2020 12:43:16 GMT -5
Paul Orndorff in the summer of 86, you can have Hogan chase and get the belt back on the SNME on January 87 in the cage.
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Post by sungod2020 on Dec 28, 2020 17:18:08 GMT -5
Paul Orndorff in the summer of 86, you can have Hogan chase and get the belt back on the SNME on January 87 in the cage. The problem with Orndorff winning, even briefly and by screwjob circumstances, would've watered down the Hogan/Andre feud headed into Wrestlemania III. Remember, the premise of the feud was Hogan was champ for three years straight(and got a bigger trophy for it) while Andre The Giant got a smaller one for being undefeated for 15 years. Take that away, and their feud isn't as impactful. Plus, it helped sell the concept of Hogan's friend turning against him, and having his biggest one(both literally and figuratively) was only fitting. I do think Orndorff should've had a lesser championship during his run(like IC or tag), but I'm struggling to think of an opening since titles didn't get passed around as much as they do today.
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Post by mrpeacock on Dec 28, 2020 18:20:44 GMT -5
Al Perez seemed like a missed opportunity. He had a good look, was fine in the ring, promos were passable so maybe could’ve used a manager.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2020 0:53:53 GMT -5
I would have been interested to see how Jim Duggan would have fared if they would have pushed him as his early "everyman" sort of character rather than a one-note goofball. Granted, he got over like crazy as-is, but I wonder if he could have gone farther with a bit more of an edge.
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Post by grungesmurf on Dec 29, 2020 1:02:31 GMT -5
Al Perez seemed like a missed opportunity. He had a good look, was fine in the ring, promos were passable so maybe could’ve used a manager. I was a Perez fan too. He did have Gary Hart in the NWA. Dunno what stopped him from being more of a success. Okay I know that they’re not but I used to think that Al Perez and Seth Rollins were related. My picks for 80’s guys Brady Boone I started watching wrestling during the jobber heavy era but I always liked this dude. Did moves I hadn’t seen at the time. High flyer. Easily would could have seen him in the IC title level. New Breed - Chris Champion & Sean Royal. May never know what could have been if not for the car wreck. At the time they were my second favorite team behind The Midnight Express.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 29, 2020 8:08:06 GMT -5
I would have been interested to see how Jim Duggan would have fared if they would have pushed him as his early "everyman" sort of character rather than a one-note goofball. Granted, he got over like crazy as-is, but I wonder if he could have gone farther with a bit more of an edge. I think it would have worked against him. Non-fans I know still remember him because he was a lovable goofball who carried his two by four and flag everywhere. It was a distinct character/look combination. If you make him more serious he comes across as a lesser Hogan and Hogan was way too popular then not to eclipse him. Hacksaw still could have been popular and remembered but having a less unique element I only imagine hurting him.
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Post by Viking Hall on Dec 29, 2020 8:16:42 GMT -5
John 'Berzerker' Nord. Ridiculously underrated big man, he could bump like a madman too.
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Post by dynamitekidd on Dec 29, 2020 18:07:42 GMT -5
Al Perez seemed like a missed opportunity. He had a good look, was fine in the ring, promos were passable so maybe could’ve used a manager. I was a Perez fan too. He did have Gary Hart in the NWA. Dunno what stopped him from being more of a success. Okay I know that they’re not but I used to think that Al Perez and Seth Rollins were related. My picks for 80’s guys Brady Boone I started watching wrestling during the jobber heavy era but I always liked this dude. Did moves I hadn’t seen at the time. High flyer. Easily would could have seen him in the IC title level. New Breed - Chris Champion & Sean Royal. May never know what could have been if not for the car wreck. At the time they were my second favorite team behind The Midnight Express. The New Breed were a trip. They had some crazy promos. Champion especially seemed like he could’ve done more.
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Post by nisidhe on Dec 29, 2020 18:45:37 GMT -5
Preferably guys that you know never really had a main event run. I was just thinking about Haku/Meng. He’s always had such a great aura. By 1989 the WWF seemed to really take notice since he got slotted into tagging with Andre. Heck even today I’m tempted to go into EWR and give Haku a mega push as a grizzled old vet. But in the 1980s going into the early 1990s with Haku in his physical prime. That could’ve really been something Haku did get a bit of a rub from tagging with Ricky Steamboat in 1985-6, I believe. He was known as King Tonga then. I'm guessing that Vince and co (because Vince had the old crew around him then) wanted them to get over as a tag team because, at the time, both were considered small but had skill out the wazoo and Steamboat, in particular, was as whitemeat a babyface as they could come. Haku then did the undercard a while while Steamboat went solo and got the feud with Roberts, then Savage. Haku was then paired with Tama as The Islanders.
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