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Post by John Oates' Moustache on Nov 26, 2007 6:53:50 GMT -5
Well, I know this is a 20-years-too-late rant, but I've been thinking about all the matches and angles I've watched recently with Jimmy Valiant in them, and I have to say, that guy really sucked. From his unflattering striped tights to that horrid music to his uber-repetetive-wish-I-was-Dusty promos, the guy was a boogie-woogie-retard. What did anyone see in him talent-wise, and did he even have fans?
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Nov 26, 2007 7:13:46 GMT -5
Apparently he did have fans as when I look back on the NWA stuff on 24/7 they'd cheer him on. May not have been a smark's dream or anything, but he was over.
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Post by acressl on Nov 26, 2007 7:18:23 GMT -5
His commitment to portraying the boogey woogie man was admirable.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Nov 26, 2007 8:14:51 GMT -5
He was a terrible wrestler, but damn he could pull the fans in with his charisma. He was HUGE in memphis before the Boogie Woogie gimmick.
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Post by biafra on Nov 26, 2007 8:19:22 GMT -5
Great charisma; really over in the eighties.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Nov 26, 2007 12:36:28 GMT -5
Valiant was a waste of time.
Although his entry into the sleaze list is the best one EVER!
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Post by I'm The Cool One on Nov 26, 2007 12:59:46 GMT -5
i like the guy. he's fun to watch
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Post by italliansausagepat on Nov 26, 2007 13:17:40 GMT -5
I agree he sucked balls.
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Post by destrucity on Nov 26, 2007 17:53:55 GMT -5
He made people care about and fear the Paul Jones Army. If that doesn't make you a great performer I don't know what is.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 27, 2007 0:03:25 GMT -5
One of the first wrestlers that I really got to have an in-depth interview with. Really sweet guy. Maybe he stayed in the business for too long, but at least he had commitment and is still training wrestlers to this day.
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Post by John Oates' Moustache on Nov 28, 2007 1:50:33 GMT -5
What, a commitment to sucking?
UGH, and just to spite me, he's on this week's NWA on 24/7. *shakes fist*
This is a hatin' at what he portrayed on TV by the way, I'm not talking about whether he's a nice guy IRL or not. Lots of sucky wrestlers are nice in real life.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 5:04:09 GMT -5
What, a commitment to sucking? UGH, and just to spite me, he's on this week's NWA on 24/7. *shakes fist* This is a hatin' at what he portrayed on TV by the way, I'm not talking about whether he's a nice guy IRL or not. Lots of sucky wrestlers are nice in real life. Good, because he's apparantly kind of a dick. Then again, I haven't always been nice, so people under glass tables- gah, I mean people in glass houses....
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Post by biafra on Nov 28, 2007 8:16:55 GMT -5
What, a commitment to sucking? UGH, and just to spite me, he's on this week's NWA on 24/7. *shakes fist* This is a hatin' at what he portrayed on TV by the way, I'm not talking about whether he's a nice guy IRL or not. Lots of sucky wrestlers are nice in real life. Good, because he's apparantly kind of a dick. Then again, I haven't always been nice, so people under glass tables- gah, I mean people in glass houses.... I've known a lot of people who have met him and say he is a really nice guy..
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 28, 2007 21:07:59 GMT -5
What, a commitment to sucking? UGH, and just to spite me, he's on this week's NWA on 24/7. *shakes fist* This is a hatin' at what he portrayed on TV by the way, I'm not talking about whether he's a nice guy IRL or not. Lots of sucky wrestlers are nice in real life. Well we have to keep in mind that we are judging him from a modern perspective. I mean just the name Boogie Woogie Man alone screams outdated. In the ring I've mostly seen a lot of his stuff from more recent decades (80s and 90s) so its kind of tough to judge the true extent of his in-ring work seeing as how he's been at it since the 60s. Was in some nice tag matches earlier in his career though and supposedly had a memorable feud with Jerry Lawler. Although admittedly I cannot judge the Lawler feud as I have not seen it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 28, 2007 23:53:49 GMT -5
Good, because he's apparantly kind of a dick. Then again, I haven't always been nice, so people under glass tables- gah, I mean people in glass houses.... I've known a lot of people who have met him and say he is a really nice guy.. I'm just going by a few members who have posted saying he was a jerk to them. Though, my major point was just setting up the joke.
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Post by Joekishi on Nov 29, 2007 19:05:02 GMT -5
I heard that was Robert Gibson with the glass table.
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 29, 2007 19:05:43 GMT -5
I heard that was Robert Gibson with the glass table. The rumor was that Gibson walked in on it.
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Post by Joekishi on Nov 29, 2007 19:17:41 GMT -5
I need that thread again.
The El Dandy/Lita stories were tamed compared to the Boogie Woogie Man, Rock 'n Roll Express, and Ric Flair.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Nov 29, 2007 19:24:19 GMT -5
I used to think wrestlers stomping their foot when they threw a punch was a myth until I saw one of his matches on WWE 24/7.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Nov 29, 2007 20:47:37 GMT -5
I need that thread again. The El Dandy/Lita stories were tamed compared to the Boogie Woogie Man, Rock 'n Roll Express, and Ric Flair. www.angelfire.com/ wrestling3/kotdm15/listsleeze.html Here ya go, link broken for obvious reasons
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