The OP
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
changed his name
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Post by The OP on Nov 17, 2009 17:39:24 GMT -5
Don't forget a couple weeks as Y2J's bodyguard in late '99 I forgot about that. But where would that fit on the entire scheme of his career? A step up? From what? I think Jericho's bodyguard is a lateral move from Triple H's butler. He kept the same basic spot on the card. Also, I kind of agree about Ron Simmons. Being known as the first black World Heavyweight Champion is a lot different than being known as the guy who says "Damn" on RAW.
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Post by quantum on Nov 18, 2009 5:22:15 GMT -5
quote] Have to disagree big time with this one. Although his WCW run absolutely sucked, on paper there was nothing wrong with it. He made an insane amount of money over a 2-3 year period, held the US title 4 times, the Tag title 1 time, and the World Heavyweight title 2 times. In fact, he was World Champion at the time of his injury and retired without ever having lost the belt. Can't really say he declined because he was still a top tier (albeit mishandled) player right up until the end. So keeping in mind the talent depth and roster at that time in WWF (which was paper thin) to WCW (which was stacked from the bottom to the top and with a lot of stars much bigger than Hart at that time) what was so wrong with Bret Hart's WCW run anyway?. To bring him in as an immediate challenger or to give him the WCW Championship quickly would have interfered with a lot of storylines which were already being played out at the time and make WCW look weak against WWF's biggest stars. Which was the opposite of what WCW was trying to do.
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goodtimes
Mike the Goon
Tiana Ringer will cut you. She'll cut you for real.
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Post by goodtimes on Nov 20, 2009 2:23:21 GMT -5
I'll have to say Tammy Sintch... From THE hottest, smartest, and coolest girl in all of wrestling... ...to a drunken drugged out trailer park trash joke. THIS Sunny was amazing in SMW and WWF - she was sexy and funny and sharp-tongued. Then life happened. She's quite pretty again nowadays, though.
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Post by Joseph S. Hasan on Nov 20, 2009 10:41:46 GMT -5
Billy Gunn (if someone said it already, apologies- I am not sorting through five pages of anything to look for Billy Gunn's name, huh huh)
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Post by chunkylover53 on Nov 20, 2009 17:07:24 GMT -5
Billy Gunn (if someone said it already, apologies- I am not sorting through five pages of anything to look for Billy Gunn's name, huh huh) Was Billy Gunn all that great to begin with? His biggest notoriety was as one half of the New Age Outlaws with Road Dogg, and I feel he was being carried in the group.
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Post by Rorschach on Nov 20, 2009 20:55:16 GMT -5
;D Again, as far as total career decline, I think Andre fell from a greater distance. He went from being legitimately the feature attraction whereever in the WORLD he went and the most famous wrestler in the world, to being cannon fodder for steroid-fueled musclemen like Hogan and the Warrior to beat on. If there is a greater height to fall from that that from which the Giant fell, I have yet to see it. Andre was just passing the torch though. His career was coming to an end...its like saying Ric Flair went from being the featured attraction of the NWA, leader of the greatest stable in wrestling history to being a whipping boy for the nWo, then a most of the time jobber in WWE...making him a story of tragic decline. Thats just the way things go. People get older, younger guys become the focus and the old timers put them over and retire. I am assuming this topic is supposed to be more about guys who were very successful but fizzled out quickly and suddenly, driving them to become shadows of their former selves ala Roberts and Hall. If its just about guys who were huge draws and champions who went on to get overtaken by younger stars they had to put over we would be talking about almost every successful wrestler in history who didn't retire while they were on top. That would be a long list. Right, but still...the thread is titled "Greatest CAREER decline" meaning that the person had a full, and lengthy career, at least to me. Otherwise, it would more appropriately be titled "Greatest wrestling flameouts or tragedies" and would most likely be won by Benoit.
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Post by teknoteam2000 on Nov 21, 2009 4:09:51 GMT -5
Pedro Morales
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