elryc
Samurai Cop
Team ANYONE But Johnny
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Post by elryc on Jan 2, 2010 22:47:48 GMT -5
Eric Bischoff still asks how Mick Foley drawing big with his WWE title win worked.
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fg76
Dennis Stamp
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Post by fg76 on Jan 3, 2010 1:54:19 GMT -5
"We'll have a balding orange body builder pretend to be an Irish American. He'll win all the time and do stuff for charities." Nobody really thought Hogan was ever Irish. The name just stuck because it sounded cool. Hulk Hogan was a cool sounding name, it had nothing to do with the Irish - but WAIT A MINUTE - MAYBE SHAMUS IS CHAMPION AS A RIB TO HOGAN. |
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fg76
Dennis Stamp
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Post by fg76 on Jan 3, 2010 1:56:58 GMT -5
CM Punk's rise to the main event. I still can't believe he made it past the mid-card. Yeah, but I always saw them doing that just like they did it to Jericho in 2001. He really wasn't a Main Eventer in their eyes, but they wanted a non-Big Name to hold the strap, that had somewhat of a smark following. |
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Post by Jason Todd Grisham on Jan 3, 2010 2:35:26 GMT -5
"We'll have a balding orange body builder pretend to be an Irish American. He'll win all the time and do stuff for charities." Nobody really thought Hogan was ever Irish. The name just stuck because it sounded cool. Hulk Hogan was a cool sounding name, it had nothing to do with the Irish - but WAIT A MINUTE - MAYBE SHAMUS IS CHAMPION AS A RIB TO HOGAN. Vince Sr. named him Hulk Hogan because he wanted an irish heel. |
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Mozenrath
FANatic
Foppery and Whim
Speedy Speed Boy
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 3, 2010 2:56:41 GMT -5
"Okay, I'm going to go out there, no-sell atomic drops, poke guys in the eyes, and have rambling, incoherent promos. No good? I'll do it in a kilt."
"Sold!"
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on Jan 3, 2010 9:03:26 GMT -5
Snitsky: Foot fetishist.
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Post by Perigryn on Jan 3, 2010 9:08:13 GMT -5
"Okay, I'm going to go out there, no-sell atomic drops, poke guys in the eyes, and have rambling, incoherent promos. No good? I'll do it in a kilt." "Sold!" He hasn't no-sold an atomic drop yet but i think it applies to him too....  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2010 9:10:28 GMT -5
Nobody really thought Hogan was ever Irish. The name just stuck because it sounded cool. Hulk Hogan was a cool sounding name, it had nothing to do with the Irish - but WAIT A MINUTE - MAYBE SHAMUS IS CHAMPION AS A RIB TO HOGAN. Vince Sr. named him Hulk Hogan because he wanted an irish heel. It was playing off of the old Irish-Italian rivalry that existed, like how he was having guys back in the day like Bruno Sammartino play the top face and Hogan (at one point) play a major heel. |
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CardsRule
Mike the Goon
2009 NFC West Division Champions
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Post by CardsRule on Jan 3, 2010 10:32:06 GMT -5
Seriously, I thought the Kane gimmick was going to last up until Wrestlemania 14. Boy was I wrong.
The Real Double J convinces Rock-a-Billy to join him as a tag team. I laughed. Out loud. I mean they would come out to no entrance music. Neither wrestler could wrestle their way out of a wet paper bag. Then they had them beat L.O.D. The frickin Road Warriors. The best tag team in the history of the universe was literally beaten by 2 jobbers for the title. The rest, of course, is history.
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spagett
Hank Scorpio
Great Job!
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Post by spagett on Jan 3, 2010 10:51:27 GMT -5
Alot of these mentioning Hogan and Piper don't really work.
You have to believe the incredible charisma both of them had would have made whatever gimmick they were given work.
Well short of being the Gobbeldy Gooker of something but even then I reckon Hulk would have made it a success.
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Post by whatamaneuver on Jan 3, 2010 11:19:02 GMT -5
"I get that Rocky is pissed off at the 'Die, Rocky, Die' chants but why is he talking in the 3rd person? The Rock is secretly German  Goldust, Makind and Undertaker all had the potential to turn out as a pile of pure wrestlecrap. To me, this rubbishes the argument of anyone who complains about their gimmick (except The Goon). |
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