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Feb 12, 2022 6:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2022 6:42:37 GMT -5
Test deserved better around this time.
The crowd would've been HOT for him kicking HHH's ass and getting his revenge on Stephanie.
I can't even remember but... After Steph turned heel on Vince and revealed she was on it all along... Did they even interact with Test after?
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Feb 12, 2022 7:18:18 GMT -5
Post by Mozenrath on Feb 12, 2022 7:18:18 GMT -5
Test deserved better around this time. The crowd would've been HOT for him kicking HHH's ass and getting his revenge on Stephanie. I can't even remember but... After Steph turned heel on Vince and revealed she was on it all along... Did they even interact with Test after? Directly after? Not sure, though they would from time to time, like Test casually calling her a bitch in a backstage segment and suggesting Triple H did him a favor, and some conflicts every now and again. I am not sure why, but Test and Shane were casually friends in kayfabe for the most part, which was part of why Test was wrongfully accused of being the mole during the InVasion, who ended up being Paul Heyman.
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Post by nickcave on Feb 12, 2022 11:48:01 GMT -5
My two big Test memories are deciding to play as him in season mode in WWF Smackdown 2 Know Your Role before I was even allowed to watch the show so I had no idea who anybody was and I remember being in an endless feud with Bull Buchanan and then when I was finally allowed to start watching I mostly just remember his feud and tag team with Scott Steiner and then his roided out ECW return.
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Feb 12, 2022 12:16:07 GMT -5
Post by jason1980s on Feb 12, 2022 12:16:07 GMT -5
As a kid watching Survivor Series 1999 I truly thought he would be the mystery person taking Austin's place in the main event. I thought he would win the title and be a huge star. To this day I truly wonder whose idea it was to scrap the Test/Stephanie wedding-I know most WWF/WWE wedding MUST end badly but I wonder who thought to take what seemed like a really nice couple in kayfabe and put Triple H in the main event spot and make Stephanie a heel. Part of my thinks Triple H himself but I don't think he would even envision what would come of it in the long run.
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Feb 12, 2022 17:12:45 GMT -5
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Post by Bo Rida on Feb 12, 2022 17:12:45 GMT -5
This is where I am coming from with Test. He went from being super green in March-April 1999, to headlining major plot points by the summer (The Love Her or Leave Her Match). He was basically the muscle for the McMahon family, even main eventing a cage match against The British Bulldog and the Mean Street Posse on an episode of Smackdown, I believe, to get his revenge. Then it all came crashing down after Triple H married Stephanie. Instead of placing Test in the main event at Armageddon, they yanked him from that match and put Vinnie Mac in his place, which did neither any favors. Test was about to get his revenge on Triple H the next night, but he was thwarted and humiliated. He then pretty much let that whole "This man stole my girl and embarrassed me in front of everyone" feud go, which I guess means that Test didn't really hold (kayfabe) grudges? Test then disappeared for a bit before returning with Albert. Being accompanied by Trish Stratus, this new tag-team were called T&A, and despite them being actively involved in several of the tag-team matches and storylines of 2000 and feuding with both The Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz, failed to gain any tangible momentum, such as a title run. It seemed more like they were just utilized to keep those tag-teams busy when they weren't going for titles. After T&A disbanded, Test returned to the singles division, gaining the European Championship in the process, before losing it to Eddie Guerrero at Wrestlemania X7. Test then turned heel again and joined the "Alliance" during the silly Invasion angle, and had a brief feud with The Rock (which was pretty decent, but very short), where it seemed as though they were going to push him again, but they never went anywhere with it. I'm not even sure if there was any resolution to that match, as the last match I remember them having was a handicap match with Test and Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley vs. The Rock and Booker T and Shane McMahon interfered on their behalf, costing The Rock the match. Again, they liked to have Test in these pushes and then allow him to vanish. It wasn't very fair, but then again, Test wasn't going to ever be a main eventer. A main eventer, probably not, but he could have been useful if they weren't so reckless with their young guys. Edge was also green at the same time but him and Christian got to team together and then had all the chemistry in the world with the Hardys (even before their ladder matches) so he was protected while he grew as a wrestler. Crazy they almost broke up E&C before that fued got going. It just shows how much is luck and timing, if Test had a more organic rise rather than being thrown into a main event angle before he was ready maybe things would behave been different. Or maybe if he didn't have such a stupid name and theme.
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Post by Fade is a CodyCryBaby on Feb 12, 2022 17:14:36 GMT -5
Man, Test was over at the height of the Stephanie/Shane stuff. I really liked the big lug. It’s even easy to forget he had an appropriately good match with Eddie on what’s considered the greatest WM of all time.
I also wondered how he in DX would have fared. Probably not so good. Also, you know who reminds me of him these days? f***ing Damien Priest. The size, the ability to go with smaller guys. The charisma and promos being so-so, etc.
May his theme never be accurately deciphered.
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Feb 12, 2022 21:24:15 GMT -5
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Post by fw91 on Feb 12, 2022 21:24:15 GMT -5
Test deserved better around this time. The crowd would've been HOT for him kicking HHH's ass and getting his revenge on Stephanie. I can't even remember but... After Steph turned heel on Vince and revealed she was on it all along... Did they even interact with Test after? I forget why, but didn’t Test call the cops on HHH/Steph to thwart a plan or something?
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Feb 12, 2022 21:26:27 GMT -5
Post by Mozenrath on Feb 12, 2022 21:26:27 GMT -5
I will say, I always found Test fun to use in wrestling games, maybe since his moveset was pretty varied by virtue of having had like 6-7 finishers, it feels like.
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Feb 13, 2022 2:44:38 GMT -5
Post by Nosnorb on Feb 13, 2022 2:44:38 GMT -5
Test deserved better around this time. The crowd would've been HOT for him kicking HHH's ass and getting his revenge on Stephanie. I can't even remember but... After Steph turned heel on Vince and revealed she was on it all along... Did they even interact with Test after? I forget why, but didn’t Test call the cops on HHH/Steph to thwart a plan or something? In kayfabe, he called to report a domestic disturbance between Trips and Steph near to the one year anniversary of the wedding. Everyone had pegged Kurt Angle as being the one who put in the call, but Test was the one and explained that he was still bitter and angry.
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Feb 13, 2022 2:55:26 GMT -5
Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Feb 13, 2022 2:55:26 GMT -5
At the very least, they should have had Test be Hunter's opponent at Armageddon that year instead of Vince. I get why they went with Vince (especially since something had to close that show in terms of star power, and it sure wasn't going to be Bossman vs. Big Show for the WWF title), but the fact they couldn't even have Test be the modern day equivalent of Frankie Kazarian the Elite Hunter to the reformed D-X just made him look like a total chump.
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Feb 13, 2022 4:02:55 GMT -5
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Post by government mule on Feb 13, 2022 4:02:55 GMT -5
He had the best Big Boot in the business
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Feb 13, 2022 10:10:20 GMT -5
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Feb 13, 2022 10:10:20 GMT -5
I didn’t see Test’s ‘99 push and started watching regularly in ‘01, so I pretty much always thought Test sucked
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Feb 13, 2022 10:14:25 GMT -5
Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Feb 13, 2022 10:14:25 GMT -5
It still annoys me we got a street fight with Vince and Hunter on PPV and not with Test. Vince could've been involved and done the same finish with the Steph betrayal.
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Feb 13, 2022 11:05:18 GMT -5
Post by jason1980s on Feb 13, 2022 11:05:18 GMT -5
The exchange between Conrad and Bruce about the name "Test" was pretty silly. They made it seem like his name was a takeoff of "Testosterone" but when he original came to WWF it was noted that he got the name from wanting fans to "Test" him as a bodyguard for Motley Crue (which I'm guessing was kayfabe?). If it was a joke on him being jacked, I'm thinking only the WWF locker room and no one else "got it."
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Feb 13, 2022 13:10:23 GMT -5
Post by Jindrak Mark on Feb 13, 2022 13:10:23 GMT -5
It still annoys me we got a street fight with Vince and Hunter on PPV and not with Test. Vince could've been involved and done the same finish with the Steph betrayal. I'm almost certain they thought it had to be Vince for the starpower factor. A show with Test v HHH and Bossman v Big Show as the top 2 matches (and Rock in a tag match) would've probably been the lowest drawing PPV of the attitude era.
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Feb 13, 2022 13:26:40 GMT -5
Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 13, 2022 13:26:40 GMT -5
It still annoys me we got a street fight with Vince and Hunter on PPV and not with Test. Vince could've been involved and done the same finish with the Steph betrayal. I'm almost certain they thought it had to be Vince for the starpower factor. A show with Test v HHH and Bossman v Big Show as the top 2 matches (and Rock in a tag match) would've probably been the lowest drawing PPV of the attitude era. Looking into it even as it was it was the second lowest drawing PPV of 1999 after No Mercy and it wasn't a wide gap. And looking at it No Mercy's card was pretty dire with the context of the time, though really most PPVs in 1999 were horrendous.
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Feb 13, 2022 13:55:23 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2022 13:55:23 GMT -5
I'm almost certain they thought it had to be Vince for the starpower factor. A show with Test v HHH and Bossman v Big Show as the top 2 matches (and Rock in a tag match) would've probably been the lowest drawing PPV of the attitude era. Looking into it even as it was it was the second lowest drawing PPV of 1999 after No Mercy and it wasn't a wide gap. And looking at it No Mercy's card was pretty dire with the context of the time, though really most PPVs in 1999 were horrendous. 1999 WWF post wrestlemania is mostly crap. Austin was turning his wheels until the injury, the higher power wet fart, the awful Undertaker/Big Show stuff, trying to push Val Venis as a new main guy, the leftovers of DX being terrible, Jeff Jarrett 20 years before he became cool, pushing Billy Gunn as a singles guy. You had the beginning of E&C/Hardys, but it really picks up in a big way around Dec/Jan leading into the Rumble. Which is also when Russo was gone, read into that as you will.
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Feb 13, 2022 13:59:04 GMT -5
Post by Mid-Carder on Feb 13, 2022 13:59:04 GMT -5
Test was never the same once they took away his awesome and indecipherable 99-01 theme song
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