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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Nov 27, 2022 15:29:58 GMT -5
I think part of it's the utter, "Um, what?" of taking some random alias he used in promos occasionally and making it his actual name. It's one step removed from if WCW had just suddenly exclusively started calling Bam Bam Bigelow the Beast From the East and pretending that was his actual ring name the entire time, it'd just be weird. Also the massive elephant in the room of oh my god this dude just stole his name from a movie that came out like 4 years ago and slapped his own dumbass name on it 😠Extra bonus points for Val’s character having absolutely NOTHING to do with the movie, which was just entering its big cult status. At least drink a White Russian or something, putz!
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Post by Chris Legentil -- Mind Freak on Nov 27, 2022 17:05:06 GMT -5
Also the massive elephant in the room of oh my god this dude just stole his name from a movie that came out like 4 years ago and slapped his own dumbass name on it 😠Extra bonus points for Val’s character having absolutely NOTHING to do with the movie, which was just entering its big cult status. At least drink a White Russian or something, putz! I was super curious if this was like the exact point that Big Lebowski really started to resurge again so thank you lmao That makes it even worse by just a lil bit.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Nov 28, 2022 9:48:13 GMT -5
Godfather (w/no bitches): one of the funniest things I’ve read in a minute 😂
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Post by James Fabiano on Nov 28, 2022 9:51:44 GMT -5
Not voting for that necessarily, but Bubba Ray has to get dishonorable mention for introducing the JR catchphrase "Bubba Tough".
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Post by James Fabiano on Nov 28, 2022 10:21:52 GMT -5
Wait...was "The Lesbians" a repackaging?
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Post by James Fabiano on Nov 28, 2022 10:23:04 GMT -5
Molly Holly due to the body and virginity shaming that happened after. It's obnoxious because she was game for a lot. The virginity thing didn't bother her, the granny panties gimmick was actually her idea, she was totally fine with playing along with a joke, but that wasn't enough. They had to call her fat and treat her terribly. I think Lawler has even said he got more hate mail for that than most of his actual heel work. That was a gimmick for no one. I never like body shaming, but the whole idea is refreshed in my mind while reading Whitney Way Thore's autobiography (yes the My Big Fat Fabulous Life star, don't laugh) and being reminded what teenage and younger girls go through.
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Post by James Fabiano on Nov 28, 2022 10:24:29 GMT -5
Wasn't he mistreating his ladies(just like a real pimp would)? I remember it being a very brief thing. Like it was the start of a heel turn, but it didn't materialize because he was released, or something. IIRC, the tipping point was when The Rock got attacked by the nWo in the ambulance. I think Godfather and the Hos may have been in the adjacent segment, and the Hos were pretty shaken up about it, since you know, that could have actually murdered a guy. But Godfather didn't give a shit, and was pissed the Hos weren't into shaking their ass, and that's how they turned him heel and wrote off the Hos. Which means Godfather's Hos cared more about The Rock nearly getting killed than Rock did after Mania X8 and was cool with mutual respect because Hall and Nash on turned on him. That's wrestling for you. Which didn't help the case against the angle being an Over the Edge reference/being "inspired" by that seriously real life incident. It brings to mind how the wrestlers were distracted after Owen's death.
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Post by Chris Legentil -- Mind Freak on Nov 28, 2022 13:55:25 GMT -5
Wait...was "The Lesbians" a repackaging? It totally wasn't but I snuck it in like "well surely they were in OVW"
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Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 28, 2022 14:23:55 GMT -5
Reverend D-Von was the anti-JBL. He seemed to genuinely enjoy the character, Iams it’s a shtick that has worked with similar characters before and since. It was just such a radical departure from his previous work and the legacy of the te just looked so large there was no escaping it.
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by XIII on Nov 28, 2022 18:27:50 GMT -5
Godfather (w/no bitches): one of the funniest things I’ve read in a minute 😂 It was certainly an interesting business decision for a Pimp.
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