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Post by DSR on Sept 1, 2023 2:16:24 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. Yeah, I thought Funkasaurus was a lot of fun at the start, too.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Sept 1, 2023 2:22:58 GMT -5
The real question is, does NWA get any interest back? Granted after the 1st season of Powerrr they lost alot to begin with then kinda carried on but then this made them look like a joke. I could be wrong but I doubt it. Billy kinda showed himself by putting it on Tyrus and doubling down on defending it especially with his not real fan if you don’t watch Tyrus so don’t think he has any good will left for most to give NWA a chance
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Post by EP 54 is banned from Collision on Sept 1, 2023 2:29:36 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. Yeah, I thought Funkasaurus was a lot of fun at the start, too. Add me to the list of "I liked Funkasaurus, at the beginning"
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 1, 2023 4:26:39 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. Yeah, as I said he was fine as the funkasaurus... and that was probably his ceiling. It's not a gimmick that's likely going to take you to superstardom... but it's the type of gimmick that there is ALWAYS demand for, a face midcard act that can come out and pop the crowd. 2cool basically became hall of famers off that... hell Scotty is still doing the schtick in the indies.... But no... Tyrus thought he was the next big thing just waiting to break out and the goofy dancing guy stuff was holding him back... so the WWE finally relented, and basically fired him after like a month for being almost unwatchable outside of the gimmick. and he's been trying desperately for years to show that he was right... while getting slower and fatter with each passing year... at one point hilariously referring to himself as Swole when... no.
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Post by eJm on Sept 1, 2023 4:58:07 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there".
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Sept 1, 2023 5:10:58 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. Genuinely felt like Cole and Lawler got ribbed too and weren't told this is what the gimmick would be, like they had no clue how to call the gimmick of the match Cole going "What is he DOING?" like four times is hilarious tbh
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Post by Ganon83 on Sept 1, 2023 5:37:03 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. Genuinely felt like Cole and Lawler got ribbed too and weren't told this is what the gimmick would be, like they had no clue how to call the gimmick of the match Cole going "What is he DOING?" like four times is hilarious tbh Yeah, and Lawler wasn't oogling over the Naomi and the "Alicia Fox vs Mickie James girl" from Tough Enough like he normally would.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Sept 1, 2023 6:10:26 GMT -5
I know the dude is bin water as a wrestler and somehow lower than bin water as a human being. But I’m gonna own my shame and admit that, at the time it debuted, I liked the Funkasaurus. And looking at his debut match in the gimmick… youtu.be/ZISp3t5u79I?si=WriH0sHf6SbbZeuo…Dude is pretty serviceable in the role. I mean, I never got the impression, at least in this early stage, that he hated the gimmick. The shit-talking in between spots (“Should I get him?”, “My bad!”) was something hardly anyone else was doing at the time, and most importantly, he could still believably run the ropes and hit with actual impact. This was his sweet spot on a wrestling roster, the fun opening act that can warm up a crowd with a silly gimmick. But reports seemed to be that he didn’t want that, that he wanted more. But he wasn’t good enough for more, even here at the part of his career that most closely approximates to a “prime”. I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there". I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come
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Post by eJm on Sept 1, 2023 6:34:28 GMT -5
I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there". I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come Santino’s a great example because of how much Impact was so confident he could add something to the product, Anthem brought the rights to the name Santino Marella the moment WWE’s trademark lapsed. It also helps WWE doesn’t likely see them as a threat they once did (and there were times they did, just not as much as other companies) but with how strongly they like to hold up trademarks of random midcarders unlikely to show up again, it does say a lot.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Sept 1, 2023 8:18:32 GMT -5
I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there". I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come I've seen Santino asked in the past if he regrets being stuck as a comedy guy and he flat out said no. He made a lot of money, he's remembered by fans and still gets to make good money, and he left wrestling relatively healthy (I believe he had the neck issue ever since he started training). Even Val Venis, as crazy as he is, has said that that character has allowed him to live a comfortable life even after WWE because it allowed him to stick to a basic, fairly easy style, and people were more interested in seeing him do the Big Valbowski character than wrestling. It always amazes me how bitter Al Snow became because it was that long ago many on the indy scene really considered him a genius. He was brought in to run so many diffent seminars and he always talked about how important gimmicks are. As for Tyrus? I remember when he got a semi serious push as a midcarder in impact (or started to) where he was defending Dick Justice and Fallah Bahh from Kevin Matthews and he immediately held out after the segment aired asking for more money and even said he wouldn't sign without a guaranteed world title reign. Impact walked away from the negotiations (and we got hilarious KM/Fallah skits out of it)
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 1, 2023 10:33:45 GMT -5
Genuinely felt like Cole and Lawler got ribbed too and weren't told this is what the gimmick would be, like they had no clue how to call the gimmick of the match Cole going "What is he DOING?" like four times is hilarious tbh Yeah, and Lawler wasn't oogling over the Naomi and the "Alicia Fox vs Mickie James girl" from Tough Enough like he normally would. Get it right its Melina vs Alicia Fox girl.
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Post by salz4life on Sept 1, 2023 10:36:30 GMT -5
I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there". I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come That Royal Rumble where he was in the final 2 was so well done to the point where, watching it live, I actually thought they might put him over.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Sept 1, 2023 11:08:30 GMT -5
I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come That Royal Rumble where he was in the final 2 was so well done to the point where, watching it live, I actually thought they might put him over. It shows you how good the character was booked and how terrific he played the part that fans were *dying* for him to win it
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Post by XIII on Sept 1, 2023 11:20:32 GMT -5
The real question is, does NWA get any interest back? Granted after the 1st season of Powerrr they lost alot to begin with then kinda carried on but then this made them look like a joke. I doubt it. EC3 is only good in the “at least he’s not Tyrus” way.
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Sept 1, 2023 11:34:12 GMT -5
I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come That Royal Rumble where he was in the final 2 was so well done to the point where, watching it live, I actually thought they might put him over. I will go to my grave arguing they should have called an audible and had Santino win that night. Have ADR get the title shot back any time in the next 2 months, who cares….but they booked that ending SO perfectly until ADR ended up winning anyways.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 1, 2023 13:56:54 GMT -5
It sucks that Corgan has killed a lot of ill will with fans with the statements he made and doubling down on it about Tyrus. The thing is they have a lot of talent on the roster. The under card is really good stuff in it. It doesn't help when you also killing you own markets by poor business choices in the process angering your own talent. So I tell you the story since I was at NWA 75 for both nights. Yes I had a great time but the experience should have been even better. They had a good turn out but not sold out. A lot of it had to do what little was offered in terms of being 75 years and a Silver anniversary show. There was no fanfest that they hinted a month before the event that there was "more details to come" Then from that to "Oh wrestlers will be setting there own thing up" All of this on Social media. I get there Saturday to only hear them tell Ricky and Kerry Morton No when they ask if they can get a place to setup a table. This got to other roster members who brought in Merchandise and ext and was no allowed to sell any of it. Ricky was mad and rightfully so. Because other roster member's was told the same thing. Which the fanfest help sell tickets. So 73 and 74 had special guest big names in the NWA. 73 had Flair. 74 had Barry Windhman, JJ Dillion, and Tommy Rich. 75 had NOBODY unless you counting Violent J as a special guest. So there was that mess. Now keep in mind the fanfest is where people who do interviews get the access to talent as well. Well as someone new to that world, I had at less three talent agreed to do them but none of them was really accessible because of this. One of the talent wasn't even there. However the plus side I managed to get two others to do it. So better than nothing, but had to catch them in the hallway and ext to do try and get them. I while I know I need practice and that comes with the more I do it, the better I will get. So I will leave the two links to them here for you all to check out. It was with AJ Cazana and Anthony Andrews the Country Gentleman who was the NWA US tag Champions when filmed. Anthony Andrews Found hereAJ Cazana Found hereThey are both really nice guys and class acts in wrestling. I figure I would share this with you all and at less end it on a positive note. As so many people on the roster are just so friendly. I had good talks with the ring announcer Kyle Davis. Since where I was seated in the front row was by him, awesome guy and IMO a great ring announcer voice.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Sept 1, 2023 19:50:01 GMT -5
That Royal Rumble where he was in the final 2 was so well done to the point where, watching it live, I actually thought they might put him over. I will go to my grave arguing they should have called an audible and had Santino win that night. Have ADR get the title shot back any time in the next 2 months, who cares….but they booked that ending SO perfectly until ADR ended up winning anyways. yeah, the crowd just ended up confused... they were booing Alberto for winning... then Santino comes in and gets tossed out and the crowd just kinda seem to sit in confusion as to why do that if Alberto was going to win anyway... Hell if it was reversed it would have made a hell of a lot more sense... if Alberto slips back in the ring and eliminates Santino... at least it'd be a heel being a sneaky bastard.
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Post by Rave on Sept 8, 2023 21:40:51 GMT -5
The real question is, does NWA get any interest back? Granted after the 1st season of Powerrr they lost alot to begin with then kinda carried on but then this made them look like a joke. That depends on how the first new episode of Powerrr after this shift goes. It wasn't great, but at the same time it wasn't as bad as NWA "season premieres" tend to be. Cautiously optimistic.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Sept 9, 2023 9:39:18 GMT -5
I...also like the Funkasaurus gimmick. Like, he was genuinely one of the things keeping me watching WWE at that time because he was just that entertaining. The fact he wasn't happy with that felt like the sort of thing you hear from Al Snow these days where he regrets the crazy gimmicks, especially with Head and it's like..."Bro, ignore the bull HHH said about world titles, you could make a bucketload from people liking the silly gimmicks and work from there". I mean...look at Santino. Dude took a gimmick that absolutely should have been D.O.A and he turned it into a 7 or 8 year run where he was consistently on TV, had several midcard titles and a tag title reign mixed in. Does he do any of that if he comes up as Boris Alexiev? Not everyone can be a main event guy. There's always room for a Santino type and as others have pointed out, such a role can be something you make a living off of for years and years to come Toru Yano hasn't had a match where he's taken more than about 3 bumps in 15 years but not only is he constantly booked, NJPW considers him a vital part of G1 as a disguised rest day for everyone else in his block. Some of the smartest people in the business are the people who do the least wrestling for the most time.
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Post by Doo Doo Dickhead on Sept 9, 2023 13:27:17 GMT -5
NWA should have a RANT ROOM.
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