Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 20, 2021 15:41:09 GMT -5
Why not Vader as WWF Champion for this entire timeframe? He steamrolls Shawn Michaels and goes forth as a tweener with successful defenses. If nothing else, it's kind of wild he never won the tag belts in WWF. The team with Mankind could have had legs.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Sept 20, 2021 22:01:48 GMT -5
I said before, possibly even in a thread that I started, that I've always felt the best use of Vader's time, stateside during this time period would've been in ECW. He would've been a mega-draw and could easily have used his violent style as a way to endear himself to anyone who just saw him as a guy who worked for WWF/WCW and didn't know how we was. Vader vs Awesome, Taz, Bigelow, Sabu, RVD, maybe even Sandman and Dreamer could've been amazing. This is a fun fantasy booking scenario. I could see Vader/Awesome and Vader/Bigelow being the best matches. With the smaller guys I could see Vader facing Taz, RVD, and Sabu being very dangerous. Vader was stiff to the point of being reckless at times. Mixing that with a blood thirsty atmosphere like ECW which would just encourage that could be a little much. I could see Taz complaining about working with him, RVD possibly getting injured, and Sabu nearly getting murdered since he’d never shy away from the abuse.
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Post by evilone on Sept 21, 2021 4:40:12 GMT -5
I think Vader would have been a natural nWo fit. He could have been their Mankind kind of guy, psycho ruthless heel.
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Post by evilone on Sept 21, 2021 4:41:50 GMT -5
But since this is Bischoff we are talking about, Vader would have become a pigeon for nWo probably teamed up with Flair or some WCW original washout as a face.
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on Sept 21, 2021 11:10:54 GMT -5
Yeah as others have said, totally embarrassed by the nWo possibly leading to him joining the group in a lowly Big Bubba level role. Possibly that's worse than how he was presented in WWF. On paper it looks like there at least was more opportunity in WWF. Obviously that evaporated.
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Post by jason1980s on Sept 21, 2021 11:34:39 GMT -5
He would be spray painted often. I do wonder how a Nash vs. Vader match would've been. About the same as with Giant, Nash attempts a power bomb but Vader is too heavy and gets dropped on his head/neck.
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