Post by Sephiroth on Feb 18, 2010 1:13:21 GMT -5
After seeing some footage of the short lived Vampiro vs. The Kiss Demon feud in another thread, I was reminded of a couple of WCW era feuds that pretty much did not happen. Does not make sense? Allow me to clarify:
To start with, the non-starter Vampiro vs. Saturn feud. Saturn at the time was going through a "goth" gimmick where he wore leather and chain outfits, and these bizarre contact lenses that I can't imagine would have been comfortable. Anyhow, on a particular episode of Nitro, the new debuted Vampiro had a match. He was still called "El Vampiro" and had not caught on yet with fans. Midway through the match, Saturn appeared at the entry ramp, watching the match and making some nasty faces at the camera. Tony Schiavone said something about Saturn "not wanting anyone to dress stranger than him." If that ain't a great setup for a feud, I don't know what is. But it never happened. Vampiro vanished for several months, probably to get more training in. Saturn re-teamed with Raven, and the rest is history.
But wait, there is yet another feud that never happened! This one was between Eddie Guerrero, then going through his "Latino World Order" gimmick, and Konnan. Eddie was only months away from the car accident that nearly killed him and forever changed the course of his life. He was gathering all the luchadores into the LWO, and on one particular night Konnan came out and cut a short promo declaring Eddie was manipulating them lucha libre wrestlers and how he would not stand for it. And that was also as far as it went. No match ever happened. No interviews, no more promos. Nothing.
Anyone else remember these, or am I alone, as is often the case in my mind?
To start with, the non-starter Vampiro vs. Saturn feud. Saturn at the time was going through a "goth" gimmick where he wore leather and chain outfits, and these bizarre contact lenses that I can't imagine would have been comfortable. Anyhow, on a particular episode of Nitro, the new debuted Vampiro had a match. He was still called "El Vampiro" and had not caught on yet with fans. Midway through the match, Saturn appeared at the entry ramp, watching the match and making some nasty faces at the camera. Tony Schiavone said something about Saturn "not wanting anyone to dress stranger than him." If that ain't a great setup for a feud, I don't know what is. But it never happened. Vampiro vanished for several months, probably to get more training in. Saturn re-teamed with Raven, and the rest is history.
But wait, there is yet another feud that never happened! This one was between Eddie Guerrero, then going through his "Latino World Order" gimmick, and Konnan. Eddie was only months away from the car accident that nearly killed him and forever changed the course of his life. He was gathering all the luchadores into the LWO, and on one particular night Konnan came out and cut a short promo declaring Eddie was manipulating them lucha libre wrestlers and how he would not stand for it. And that was also as far as it went. No match ever happened. No interviews, no more promos. Nothing.
Anyone else remember these, or am I alone, as is often the case in my mind?
