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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 27, 2021 13:34:20 GMT -5
 So what exactly was the WWE gunning for here? The were well past their attitude era days. By all accounts, Shaniqua was an athletic superstar who was given a chance because of the gimmick. |
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jun 27, 2021 14:06:34 GMT -5
Linda Myles was a backstage headache from everything I ever heard. And I never saw any evidence of her in ring work improving but someone who saw her in OVW would have better info.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2021 14:29:58 GMT -5
Well, the problem was Linda Miles proved to be Doo Doo Butter (Piss Missile) in the ring and didn't exactly set the world on fire on the mic. Hell, I still argue she ranks as the worst Tough Enough winner in that program's history.
And, you bring in one of Ohio Valley's biggest feuds... and turn them into S&M fanatics?
To be honest, it didn't help anyone, but I think being paired with Shaniqua hurt the Bashams overall, given Linda had the presence of a cold fish.
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jun 27, 2021 14:31:59 GMT -5
I wasn't around for this, and had only heard tell of it. I assumed it was a lot less...explicit...than what I've now seen in clips and pictures.
Yeah, I got nothing, this had to be one of the more baffling ideas WWE has ever trotted out.
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Post by fortknox on Jun 27, 2021 15:04:23 GMT -5
Linda Myles was a backstage headache from everything I ever heard. And I never saw any evidence of her in ring work improving but someone who saw her in OVW would have better info. Well Cornette didn't have great things to say about her in OVW. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2021 15:07:11 GMT -5
I love that WWE had a black female wrestler named Linda and felt the need to change her name to Shaniqua.
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Post by Rudy Gobert Fadeaway on Jun 27, 2021 15:24:02 GMT -5
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 27, 2021 15:28:07 GMT -5
I love that WWE had a black female wrestler named Linda and felt the need to change her name to Shaniqua. No Linda's Club! - Vince McMahon |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2021 18:18:13 GMT -5
They were desperate for ratings and were doing risqué things like this,Sable seducing a handicapped teenager & Vince.Torrie,Billy Gunn,Jamie Noble and Nidia were sex buddies after Jamie won a match where he earned the right to have sex with Torrie.Al Wilson died after having too much sex with Dawn.
Shaniqua got a clothesline from hell from Bradshaw and returned with larger boobs due to the massive permanent swelling.It was a special time to be a fan.
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Post by Dave the Dave on Jun 27, 2021 18:32:02 GMT -5
One of my coworkers goes to the same gym as hers. Says she laughs about her time in wrestling but is very clearly not eager to talk about it.
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Post by ANuclearError on Jun 27, 2021 18:32:36 GMT -5
They were desperate for ratings and were doing risqué things like this,Sable seducing a handicapped teenager & Vince.Torrie,Billy Gunn,Jamie Noble and Nidia were sex buddies after Jamie won a match where he earned the right to have sex with Torrie.Al Wilson died after having too much sex with Dawn. Shaniqua got a clothesline from hell from Bradshaw and returned with larger boobs due to the massive permanent swelling.It was a special time to be a fan. It's such a naive and childish approach to booking. "We were successful in the 90s with raunchiness! Let's get raunchier and raunchier!". |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2021 18:49:01 GMT -5
They were desperate for ratings and were doing risqué things like this,Sable seducing a handicapped teenager & Vince.Torrie,Billy Gunn,Jamie Noble and Nidia were sex buddies after Jamie won a match where he earned the right to have sex with Torrie.Al Wilson died after having too much sex with Dawn. Shaniqua got a clothesline from hell from Bradshaw and returned with larger boobs due to the massive permanent swelling.It was a special time to be a fan. It's such a naive and childish approach to booking. "We were successful in the 90s with raunchiness! Let's get raunchier and raunchier!". They were desperate they had lost something like 40% of the tv audience within a year in 2001 to 2002.That’s when HLA,Necrophilia,Dawn/Torrie and Al’s saga and Undertaker’s affair angles were used to try to boost their ratings. |
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Post by Jumpin' Jesse Walsh on Jun 27, 2021 19:05:28 GMT -5
This randomly made me remember Doug Basham’s short-lived solo run as The Bash Man. I keep thinking I just imagined that.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jun 27, 2021 19:26:31 GMT -5
They were desperate for ratings and were doing risqué things like this,Sable seducing a handicapped teenager & Vince.Torrie,Billy Gunn,Jamie Noble and Nidia were sex buddies after Jamie won a match where he earned the right to have sex with Torrie. Al Wilson died after having too much sex with Dawn.
Shaniqua got a clothesline from hell from Bradshaw and returned with larger boobs due to the massive permanent swelling.It was a special time to be a fan. WWE SEXDOWN ERA! The SEXDOWN SIX: Al Wilson Torrie Wilson Dawn Marie Sable Shaniqua Vince |
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Jun 27, 2021 19:30:31 GMT -5
That name makes me cringe every time.
It really is no wonder advertisers want nothing to do with wrestling.
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Post by jason1980s on Jun 27, 2021 20:05:14 GMT -5
This reminds me of the Tough Finale. Jake probably got screwed but he made the fatal mistake in any job interview, especially wrestling, of saying he's a slow learner. I'm sure Vince or someone high up in WWF was salivating at being able to crush his dreams and make him look like a fool when he stood up when Stacy read the winner's name 'Ja...ckie"
It's probably for the best, he most likely would have been seriously injured in a match by Bob Holly, Bradshaw or Ron Simmons.
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Post by Hypnosis on Jun 27, 2021 20:58:19 GMT -5
Ernest Miller on Velocity called Shaniqua his "tall glass of chocolate milk".
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Jun 27, 2021 21:27:14 GMT -5
I just realized the tag titles are hanging right there behind them. These are the WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jun 27, 2021 21:29:18 GMT -5
This randomly made me remember Doug Basham’s short-lived solo run as The Bash Man. I keep thinking I just imagined that. at like the same exact time that La Resistance broke up and Conway started his The Conman gimmick  |
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jun 27, 2021 21:31:10 GMT -5
This randomly made me remember Doug Basham’s short-lived solo run as The Bash Man. I keep thinking I just imagined that. at like the same exact time that La Resistance broke up and Conway started his The Conman gimmick Yeah, "the Bash Man" started, like, weeks after "the Con Man." As if someone thought "Con Man" Rob Conway was going well...? It could have actually worked if they were a team, but no, they were on separate brands, so it was more like they were the same character being played by different wrestlers on different shows. |
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