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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Sept 2, 2022 9:28:57 GMT -5
Val in 2000 gotta be a candidate for one of the worst runs in modern wrestling.
Mans lost all his sauce, began dressing like a CAW before you get stat points to upgrade their gear and then to put the cherry on the dookie sundae, he joins Right to Censor who I am SO tired of (seriously, they’re basically the most protected act in the company behind the Rock).
If I could retroactively send somebody a buns certificate, Val’s would be in the mail
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Post by Aceorton on Sept 2, 2022 9:38:42 GMT -5
I'm with you on the RTC part, but the mean white-trunks version of Val who feuded with Rikishi, had Trish in his corner and cared more about the IC belt than making spooge jokes was OK by me.
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Post by government mule on Sept 2, 2022 9:41:09 GMT -5
Yet the irony is that 2000 was his most successful period in terms of championships, having that IC run with Trish as his manager.
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Post by Spider2024 on Sept 2, 2022 9:49:38 GMT -5
"Yo, Val, didn't you get the memo about the black pants?" It was weird, he would occasionally wear the black, but also occasionally go with the white/white ensemble that totally made him look like an ice cream man:
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Post by Hypnosis on Sept 2, 2022 10:47:48 GMT -5
"Yo, Val, didn't you get the memo about the black pants?" It was weird, he would occasionally wear the black, but also occasionally go with the white/white ensemble that totally made him look like an ice cream man: Haha, I was about to make a Good Humor Ice Cream Man joke earlier in this thread about Venis.
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Sept 2, 2022 11:13:34 GMT -5
"Yo, Val, didn't you get the memo about the black pants?" It was weird, he would occasionally wear the black, but also occasionally go with the white/white ensemble that totally made him look like an ice cream man: Tazz not calling Val "Mr. Ice Cream Jones" on commentary may not be the biggest missed opportunity of that era, but a missed opportunity nonetheless.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Sept 2, 2022 12:42:25 GMT -5
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Post by DragonMasterP on Sept 2, 2022 12:53:23 GMT -5
Whenever I play No Mercy, I always change his attire to the purple and black trunks and black boots that he had in 1999, mainly because I hate the weird diaper trunks and white boots look he has by default.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 2, 2022 13:13:00 GMT -5
It's still probably more dignified than when he was The Big Valbowski for awhile and essentially doing the pornstar gimmick in an entirely wink-wink-nudge-nudge way.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Sept 2, 2022 13:14:08 GMT -5
The white pants bothered me so much! Right to Censor as a whole was so strange. As Magic said, they were SO protected. They weren't even pinned when they lost their Tag Team Titles. They won nearly every feud they were in until one day Vince woke up and said "f*** these guys", had them get beat at WrestleMania, and then barely used them before disbanding them a few weeks later. It was very much like Demolition in 1991 who were one of their most used acts feuding with LOD and the Rockers. Then one morning they book them to put over the Japanese stars who almost no WWF fans knew at Wrestlemania and then basically never used them again. Very strange in those eras for Vince to just go cold on an act overnight.
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Post by pinja on Sept 2, 2022 13:42:33 GMT -5
You don't stand between dad and Barry and don't become a decent member of society. Yet there he is, white pants, white belt, the worst tie knot and look at that posture! Even ref peanut wants to kick him out of the house.
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Post by Jacy Derangement Syndrome on Sept 2, 2022 14:49:42 GMT -5
Dude's serious promo voice was hilarious/painful
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 2, 2022 14:53:23 GMT -5
Didn't he become Val Venis again after being Chief Morley entirely so he could be in the former Intercontinental Champions battle royal (because I guess the name matters?) only to get eliminated under halfway through it anyway?
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Post by Aceorton on Sept 2, 2022 15:05:06 GMT -5
It's still probably more dignified than when he was The Big Valbowski for awhile and essentially doing the pornstar gimmick in an entirely wink-wink-nudge-nudge way. Was that the period when they actually tried to formally make his name the Big Valbowski? I remember seeing it in the King of the Ring bracket that way one year and being like, WTF is this?
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 2, 2022 15:10:13 GMT -5
He's one of those guys I used to like using in the games, but found kind of boring on TV.
It's probably just because Blue Thunder Powerbombs are really cool.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 2, 2022 15:28:36 GMT -5
It's still probably more dignified than when he was The Big Valbowski for awhile and essentially doing the pornstar gimmick in an entirely wink-wink-nudge-nudge way. Was that the period when they actually tried to formally make his name the Big Valbowski? I remember seeing it in the King of the Ring bracket that way one year and being like, WTF is this? That was around 2002, maybe late 2001. He's actually in Shut Your Mouth under that name.
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Post by XIII on Sept 2, 2022 15:29:48 GMT -5
Without the pornstar gimmick this dude was Big Daddy Buttcheeks.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 2, 2022 15:31:52 GMT -5
Without the pornstar gimmick this dude was Big Daddy Buttcheeks. Which was what they were going to call Rikishi if they'd become a tag team.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 2, 2022 15:36:19 GMT -5
Mick laments in his book failing to get Val over
...you did all anyone could, Mick
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Post by XIII on Sept 2, 2022 15:43:51 GMT -5
"Yo, Val, didn't you get the memo about the black pants?" It was weird, he would occasionally wear the black, but also occasionally go with the white/white ensemble that totally made him look like an ice cream man: Taker wearing a Yokozuna shirt. Never noticed that before. lol
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