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Post by chunkylover53 on Apr 20, 2009 15:53:55 GMT -5
I'd say, yes, it was but in a good way. Personally, I don't wrestle crap means "bad" or "terrible", which is what many do but a celebration of the silly, fantastical and ridiculous as well. It was Mankind acting like a burnt out hippy with a Sweet Chin Music parody who came out to a Bee Gees knock off. It was ridiculous. Funny, entertaining and good, but ridiculous. Then why is the website subtitled "The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling?" Anyway, I would not consider it wrestlecrap by any means and what AceOrton said pretty much summed up my opinon. Its the least known of Foley's three faces, but thats it. |
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Post by The King of Memphis Tennessee on Apr 20, 2009 17:57:06 GMT -5
It wasn't meant to be taken seriously, so no.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Apr 20, 2009 18:19:59 GMT -5
No. No. A Thousand Times No.
The booking of Mick Foley in 1997 was incredible. Had WWE just debuted Mick Foley as Dude Love and that was his character, then it probably would have been Wrestlecrap. However, they had Jim Ross trying to understand the psychology of Mankind. They talked about how he was Mick Foley (Mrs. Foley's baby boy), hitchhiking to MSG to watch Superfly fly off the cage, creating the Dude Love character as a kid, and jumping off the roof of his house. The debut of Dude Love to team with Austin was highly entertaining. The Love Shack was pretty fun as was his Titan Tron. I loved when Dude and Mankind both appeared on the screen to set up the debut of Cactus Jack as well as the appearances of the Three Faces of Foley at the Royal Rumble. Dude Love was a part of something bigger than just that character. It has no place anywhere near Wrestlecrap.
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Post by ultimatekennedy on Apr 25, 2009 0:17:49 GMT -5
If he was inducted, something tells me RD's mailbox would be a typhoon of hatemail worse then when he inducted the Snake Pit AND Double J Jeff Jarret.
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Post by amnesiacjack on Apr 26, 2009 4:31:56 GMT -5
No way was Dude Love WrestleCrap. He was never meant to be taken as a serious character, even his title matches with Austin had an element of comedy to them. To me, something can only be WrestleCrap if it's pushed as a serious wrestler, but it's absolutely ridiculous, like Adam Bomb or Giant Gonzales.
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Apr 26, 2009 9:21:04 GMT -5
I don't think I ever marked harder than when he first came out as Dude Love to save and be Austin's tag partner against Owen and Bulldog. I still have it taped on VHS and it is one of my favorite moments in wrestling.
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Post by mainsupreme on May 2, 2009 15:38:18 GMT -5
If you go by the IRS rule, you could say that a wrestling hippie is wrestlecrap.
But we also got a wrestling zombie who's 17-0 at WM. When something really works it's not wrestlecrap (IRS IMHO also isn't wrestlecrap).
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Post by Joseph S. Hasan on May 5, 2009 9:57:45 GMT -5
Nah, it was done with a wink and the guy behind it was at such a peak that he could have had the gimmick of a loaf of Wonder Bread and it would have been huge.
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Post by simongr81 on May 6, 2009 13:09:54 GMT -5
No. I have fond memories of that smelly hippy. FUN FACT: Dude Love had Dude Love Dancers. One of them was played by his inexplicably hot wife, Colette. FUN FACT 2: As the WWE got racier in 1998, Mick Foley wouldn't allow Colette to be a Dude Love Dancer anymore as the outfits had become too skimpy. |
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Post by DoubleDare on May 12, 2009 23:15:01 GMT -5
I don't think I ever marked harder than when he first came out as Dude Love to save and be Austin's tag partner against Owen and Bulldog. I still have it taped on VHS and it is one of my favorite moments in wrestling. Same here, I have that raw and wwf summer flashback! on the tape, dude love is definatly NOT wrestlecrap! |
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Post by The Hawaiian Hammer! on May 13, 2009 17:42:34 GMT -5
His finisher was "Sweet Shin Music"
That was like the feel good Story of the Summer in Wrestling
In No way, shape or form was this crap
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Post by efarns on May 18, 2009 2:03:17 GMT -5
the interviews with Mankind laid the groundwork, but Dude Love was the first real step towards humanizing Mick Foley and eventually becoming a main event player
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Post by guerrilla on May 18, 2009 3:53:55 GMT -5
Heck no, the character was hilarious and made kayfabe sense. Mankind was the shattered side of Foley and Dude Love was the silly side of Foley, the person he wanted to be. I thought they pulled it off quite well and Foley did a perfect job with it and it all made sense to me.
Also... I admit to having the Dude Love theme playing in my head while getting busy with a chick... ahem...
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Post by mtrodaba2468 on May 22, 2009 14:20:59 GMT -5
Absolutely not. Dude Love would never be considered WrestleCrap in my eyes...
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Post by agent817 on Jan 4, 2010 14:21:37 GMT -5
Never will he ever be Wrestlecrap to me. While Foley is embarrassed by this gimmick, it was a fun gimmick that he had. You can't deny that.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 4, 2010 14:33:26 GMT -5
Dude Crap is Wrestlelove though
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Post by navajomartian on Apr 18, 2010 16:05:40 GMT -5
Just piling on the points. No way.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Apr 21, 2010 14:07:42 GMT -5
No. I have fond memories of that smelly hippy. FUN FACT: Dude Love had Dude Love Dancers. One of them was played by his inexplicably hot wife, Colette. FUN FACT 2: As the WWE got racier in 1998, Mick Foley wouldn't allow Colette to be a Dude Love Dancer anymore as the outfits had become too skimpy. FUN FACT 3: Stevie Richards was also Dude Love. |
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Post by I *still* ✡ Johnny on Apr 23, 2010 10:13:29 GMT -5
The day Dude Love is Wrestlecrap is the day I start marking for Cena.
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Post by skykid on Apr 25, 2010 11:39:09 GMT -5
Nope.
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