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Post by James Fabiano on Jul 14, 2022 9:36:31 GMT -5
...when they wrestled Hogan and Orndorff in their "warmup match"?
As we know, the story of that match was Paul refusing to tag in Hogan at all, eventually winning the match himself. I get what they were going for, but does anyone else think the angle would have been even more effective if Orndorff tried to pull that and somehow ended up LOSING the match for the team? You can add that to the things Hogan had to diffuse before Studd and Bundy (Paul still being mad at the phone call being the other thing) and even say that it wouldn't have happened if they were working as a team. Have the next match proceed as it did...only I think the subtext of Hogan handling/slamming Studd and Bundy would be heightened, as in, he could do the hard work that Orndorff failed at. Just like if he tagged him in last week, they would have won.
Thoughts?
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Jul 14, 2022 9:53:34 GMT -5
Two feuding main event guys that can't get along yet somehow still manage to defeat an experienced tag team is a WWE trope that I loathe. Especially if they win the tag titles.
The experienced tag team should ALWAYS beat two guys that don't get along.
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Post by britishbulldog on Jul 14, 2022 12:07:25 GMT -5
Spot should always win. Such a guilty pleasure of mine
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Post by chronocross on Jul 14, 2022 12:23:35 GMT -5
That could have worked also, but back then the top guys didn't lose via pinfall on weekly TV that much if at all.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jul 14, 2022 13:53:00 GMT -5
Definitely not. Moondogs were JTTS status at that point and it would've pretty much killed Orndorff and hurt business for his upcoming feud with Hogan to have him get pinned by a jobber heel tag team on television.
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Post by tafkaga on Jul 14, 2022 14:27:22 GMT -5
Yeah, I might go for it if we were talking about the Hart Foundation or the Dream Team, but not the Moondogs.
Of course, I'm a stan for 80's Orndorff, and I still think he was Hogan's best opponent in the 80's, so the idea of him getting pinned by a Moondog is repugnant.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 14, 2022 15:54:48 GMT -5
Yeah, I might go for it if we were talking about the Hart Foundation or the Dream Team, but not the Moondogs. Of course, I'm a stan for 80's Orndorff, and I still think he was Hogan's best opponent in the 80's, so the idea of him getting pinned by a Moondog is repugnant. Right, if it was a higher tier team, I'd get it, but not the Moondogs. |
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Post by tirtefaa on Jul 14, 2022 16:03:31 GMT -5
Two feuding main event guys that can't get along yet somehow still manage to defeat an experienced tag team is a WWE trope that I loathe. Especially if they win the tag titles. The experienced tag team should ALWAYS beat two guys that don't get along. While I definitely agree with this in full, this might be one of the few times I'd go against the grain, simply because it was the Moondogs. |
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Post by Aceorton on Jul 14, 2022 17:03:02 GMT -5
I love the chaos of lower-card guys overachieving (see Conquistadors at Survivor Series '88), but the idea here was to make Orndorff look like a very real threat to Hogan's title. The ONLY way it works is if Hogan accidentally hits Orndorff on the floor or causes him to fall out of the ring, leading to him being counted out (I wouldn't have him pinned even under those circumstances).
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