starkman
Don Corleone
Racism is NOT funny! Goodbye Imus! and Good Riddance
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Post by starkman on Dec 30, 2007 9:58:01 GMT -5
ill say it again...if you want to lump together vince stuff fine BUT Vince fake death and donald vs rosie need to be seperate. Donald vs Rosie for how violently the crowd reacted...I hadnt seen such hatred since well the Gooker himself! And well if its the GOOKER's award something that had the fake buildup, and vile crowd reaction needs to stand alone ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Vince's fake death needs to be seperate because it was SO out of bounds...Using the 10 Bell Salute for an angle is reprehensable and parodying Raw Is Owen is just one of the sickest displays ever...then shunning the death of Sherri Martel just to keep the angle alive...ug! Im glad the benoit tragedy happened in one respect...it put vince in his place. (Mind you I am of the camp who believe HBK's worked collapase against owen and Ric Flair's fake heart attack also cross the line so I am conservative to that end ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) ) when an angle crosses the line so badly that I even start to wonder if Phil Muschnick is right...it needs to stand alone. Then punishing london and kendrick for not selling it...ug again...Mick Foley was right, someone SHOULD have stood up and said something or no sold it. I do not think the eddiesploitation factor comes into play as benoit's death only ended the angle early rather than furthered the angle.
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Post by The Genesis of KoOS on Dec 30, 2007 11:56:03 GMT -5
The Vince Bombing.
The Donald vs. The Whale
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mpt
Tommy Wiseau
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Post by mpt on Dec 30, 2007 14:51:30 GMT -5
It's kindergarten everyone! The 2007 Gooker Award goes to the Year of the Vince: Rosie VS Donald, Battle of the Billionaires, ECW Champion, Who Blew Up Vince?, Vince's Bastard Son.
PS An honorable mention should be made about the aftermath of Benoit's death; the WWE acted as if he never existed.
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starkman
Don Corleone
Racism is NOT funny! Goodbye Imus! and Good Riddance
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Post by starkman on Dec 30, 2007 16:01:18 GMT -5
PS An honorable mention should be made about the aftermath of Benoit's death; the WWE acted as if he never existed. I doubt that will happen as RD made it clear that he would not consider a "Serious" gooker nod after he had to write about eddiesploitation. In his induction he actually said he wish he hadn't put it on the ballot.
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Post by KingPopper on Dec 30, 2007 17:27:39 GMT -5
In no order besides #1
1) Vince McMahon 2007 2) K-Fed vs. Cena 3) Jillian Hall 4) Wrestling Society X 5) Team Pacman 6) The Condemned rules the Box Office 7) TNA's Awful Gimmick Matches & Tournaments 8) 2007: The year of name changes 9) Kurt Angle rules TNA 10) TNA Hoilday Specials HM) Injures = Title Changes.
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Jay Peas 42
El Dandy
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Dec 30, 2007 19:22:20 GMT -5
Extreme Expose: Let’s count the ways, shall we.
1. Kelly Kelly: The Striper who can’t stripe becomes the dancer who can’t dance. 2. Layla: Also known as Scary Spice 2006, Layla follows in the proud tradition of previous Diva Search Winners by fading into obscurity. 3. Brooke: Brooke has no known skills whatsoever, yet was on the payroll. She would have been great in WCW. 4. Performance: A Dance Troupe that really cannot dance. How is this not Gookerworthy? 5. Inability to operate a can of ready whip. 6. Cartwheels 7. Crowd Reception, or the lack therefore of. 8. Involvement in “Throw it on me.” 9. Food Fight.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 30, 2007 19:24:23 GMT -5
I looked at a few of these, and I disagree with so many. I loved Black Reign myself, and the guy's been helping put over everybody and their dog. Plus like, Cena's been overcoming the odds for years, it's not gonna be touched. Yeah, it's ridiculous, but there's nothing overly odd about it. So I don't know, I think people are just putting in stuff they didn't like, and because they didn't like it, it's wrestlecrap. Bobby Lashley cutting bad promos isn't going to be wrestlecrap. It's just a guy who cuts bad promos.
Cryme Tyme came up with a lot of their "racist" ideas, Robert Roode vs Eric Young was just trying to get people to get behind and like Eric Young more, saying WWE or TNA in 2007 are people just being lazy and can't think of anything, John Morrison is probably one of the best break out stars of the year (broke on through to the other side as a matter of fact)
Here would be my choices:
-Vince McMahon in 2007: Booked "Rosie" vs "Donald", became ECW Champion, was blown up, came back to life only to hear about a bastard child which turned out to be Finlay's lephrechaun Hornswoggle.
-TNA Lockdown 2007: Likely the most overbooked pay per view of the year with gimmick matches in the gimmick match, including the infamous blindfold match between James Storm and Chris Harris, and the Electrified Steel Cage match which wasn't really electrified at all at certain points.
-Hornswoggle: Once the entertaining sidekick of Finlay, Hornswoggle left his home under the ring to getting his own piece of the spotlight. He won the Crusierweight Championship, and with it had a number of skits with Jamie Noble and Coach stolen right out of a Looney Toons cartoon. And, he also became Vince McMahon's son.
-Great Khali - World Champion: Proof that if you are very tall, all you need to do is join WWE and you will get a major contract and the World Championship.
Wrestling Society X: Professional wrestling, the way it's meant to be. Bling ladders, explosions and parahnas (sp?), OH MY!
"Rosie" vs "Donald": Well, on the bright side, it got Ace Steele his job. Likely the worst booked match ever. The match got over so well, fans chanted TNA and We Want Wrestling at Vince McMahon.
Pacman Jones: Football player Pacman Jones wants to become a pro wrestler, touches nobody, and becomes World Tag Team Champion.
Kelly loves Balls: One of my personal favourite angles, but it's ridiculously goofy and cheesiness has to be one of the favourites to win. Plus, the storyline ended up going no where, despite the acting of Blue Balls.
2007 Diva Search: Attack of the Clones, as a bunch of former WWE diva lookalikes compete to become the newest diva. Won by Annoynomous Brooke Clone.
VKM vs Christy Hemme: Kip and BG join the he-man woman haters club, and attack Christy Hemme and say women have no place in wrestling, to the cheers and love from the crowd.
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Post by Janitor From Mars on Dec 30, 2007 19:30:27 GMT -5
- Kurt Angle in his underwear - The horrid VKM angle from earlier this year where they "shoot" on TNA - The horrible, never-ending Eric Young/Bobby Roode feud.
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Post by Michael Coello on Dec 30, 2007 20:05:55 GMT -5
Like AiG said, some of these are really not worthy of the Gooker name. They have to be jokes. Just cause they aren't liked doesn't mean it deserves a Gooker.
Also, I don't get what's bad about TNA Lockdown as a whole, if just the 2 matches are bad. Why not just have the two matches as nominees and not the whole PPV? Plus, any PPV that debuts the Black Machismo character is anything but crap.
The Gooker should be Vince 07. It should be inducted as a whole, cause every angle lead to each other(Donald/Vince lead to Lashley/Vince, which led to Crazy Vince, which lead to Dead Vince, which lead to Not-Dead Vince, which lead to Vince and his illegitimate son which lead to Hornswaggle as his son, which lead to Vince/Hornswaggle, which lead to Crazy Vince Mark 2.)
Other stuff would be:
-Pacman Jones -WSX -VKM vs. Hemme -The WWE Title changes 3 times at No Mercy -The way WWE handled Save_Us_222
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Post by twiggy101 on Dec 31, 2007 0:33:52 GMT -5
It's gotta be Trump vs Rosie for the crowd reaction alone. Never heard a more loud Boring chant in 2007.
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Post by mrcanoe on Dec 31, 2007 2:51:11 GMT -5
Well let's see
Vince: ECW Champion
Vince vs. Donald: Hair vs. Hair
Black Reign: Goldust goes goth
"Pacman" Jones: Can't wrestle or him and TNA get sued threw the ass by the NFL, yet is one half of the Tag champs
Kurt Angle "Uber" Champ: TNA World, X, both Tag team and IWGP champ
Santino Morella: IC champ( now i'm not saying Santo as a whole should be in it as he is a great heel. just his weird debut and IC title win which the WWE proceed to do absolutely nothing with and defend the belt once or twice 2 months after his title win against Chris Masters and then had him get squashed 1 month after by Umaga)
Crusierweight Championship "retired": The crusierweight championship was first put on Hornswaggle who then had to forfeit it to Vicki Guerrero for his safety. The title was then put vacant and forgotten about with no plans for a new champ
Vicki Guerrero; Smackdown GM
VKM's Voodoo Queen: now some may think i'm crazy but am I the only one who thought it was weird that they gave VKM a valet with a Voodoo gimmick when the only reason Voodoo was in there name was so they could have the initials VKM
Also I'd like to address something. I don't mean to rock the boat in my first post but I thought it should be said. Anybody who is listing the Benoit tragedy or anything surrounding it as a gooker nominee should not be. The gooker is meant to be about Bad or goofy gimmicks and storyline's that happened during the year in the wrestling world. The Benoit tragedy was a horrible real life event. it was not a gimmick or storyline and should not be mentioned for a Gooker. I understand it had a huge impact on the wrestling world as it involved a major wrestling star and the whole steroid mess happened because of it but the Gooker was not made for this stuff it was made to recognize the goofy and bad gimmicks and storylines in the wrestling world that made us laugh and go WTF at there stupidity and sheer absurdity so the Benoit tragedy has no place in the Gooker awards
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 31, 2007 11:18:25 GMT -5
Abyss 2007
Electified Cage Match
Vince go BOOM!
Bobby Lindsay- The Man, The Myth, The Bathturd
Batista's 2007 Title Shots Tours
Kennedy's Mouth
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Post by Cyno on Dec 31, 2007 15:36:58 GMT -5
1. Vince McMahon vs. Donald Trump, which started with that godawful Rosie vs. Donald match.
2. Vince's bastard son angle, which was great until the horrible, horrible payoff of Hornswoggle being him.
3. Black Reign. Dustin Runnels is now Goldust, but EVIL and DARK! And he doesn't realize it!
4. Adam "Pacman" Jones' involvement in TNA. He became tag-team champ without even wrestling! This is what happens when you try to involve a celebrity in wrestling and it goes horribly wrong.
5. The Vickie/Edge relationship. Seriously, eww. Watching them tongue-wrestle on Smackdown was pretty repulsive.
6. The year of lousy TNA gimmick matches. Reverse battle royals, things-on-a-pole, Feast or Fired, AND being forced to wear silly costumes. Do we even need to mention the Harris vs. Storm blindfold match?
7. Kurt Angle becoming Champion of the Universe, winning the World, X, and Tag Team belts, which capped off an extremely bad PPV in Hard Justice.
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comahan
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Post by comahan on Dec 31, 2007 15:53:50 GMT -5
1. Rosie/Trump
2. Bastard son angle/Hornswoggle shenanigans
3. Harris/Storm Blindfold Match
4. Signature Scandal
5. Vince as ECW Champion
6. Pacman Jones having matches and being 1/2 of the Tag Champs
7. SummerSlam
8. Vince Dies
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Post by Iceking251980A on Dec 31, 2007 18:08:50 GMT -5
1. Vince feud with the Donald, goes crazy, blows himself up, comes back, finds out he has an illegimate kid who happens to be the Cruiserweight champion, then at the end of year it's back to old crazy bitter Vince.
2. Sad saga of the Titles World and WWE well throw in ECW as well whether it was outside activity, or injuries including Cena jobbing to his own pecs, no one seemed to be able hold on too the Titles and which gaves us Khali as champ.
3. Diva Search 07: Not so bad because it was mainly on the Net but it's still WrestleCrappy.
4.Pacman Jones "Pro Wrestler" -criminal player becomes wrestler, digusting part came when he threw dollars in the air during the TNA pay per view just like he is alleged of doing in real life. 5. Triple Mania-No Mercy sees Triple H no less than 3 times
6. The Match that suppossed to happen at Mania but didn't but ended up at Memphis Wrestling because another match fell through-Hogan vs The Big Show oops I'm Mean Paul "The Great" Wight including an interview where Show says he's dropping his slave name 7. Black Reign-Dustin Runnels has major problems or TNA does 8. Edge & Vickie-poor Eddie, and here we go again with Edge-anyone have any pencillian 9. Let's make fun of Austin & others-Poor Santino Marella states the obvious but gets beat up by the Rattlesnake. Still though how did Marella end up with Maria(lol) 10. VKM/Hemme-when you thought it couldn't getting anyworse they add a Voodoo Queen 11. Knockouts Title-PPV sees puppy glitch but it's Awesome Kongs 12. Abyss-Meanest monster becomes biggest wuss thanks to Sting, and stupid father/mother storyline 13 Feast or Fired-not only could of fired Senshi with pink slip but now Daniels is working indy shows as he was"fired" same company who didn't want to work with the E when Matt Hardy was on his rampage hmm 14. Matt Morgan's Christmas Show and Party: Jim Cornette leaves Mumbles in charge and the Xmas hillarity insues. 15. Samoa Joe angry man:great job TNA, have one of your top guys diss your company on tv.
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Post by mongomcmichael on Dec 31, 2007 19:27:46 GMT -5
"Vince McMahon: 2007" would easily win in a landslide...
I could've seen a potential nomination with Cena's daddy issues right before he got injured.
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randomranter
Dennis Stamp
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Post by randomranter on Jan 1, 2008 0:16:22 GMT -5
Gookers of 2007:
Vince McMahon 2007, for all the reasons described above.
Hornswoggle. Buried the cruiserweight title, made a laughing stock out of Carlito and Jamie Noble, and became one of the worst payoffs to one of the biggest angles of 2007.
Maryse: Is there any particular reason why this chick is still on the payroll? She has literally contributed NOTHING to ANYTHING in 2007. Literally the most pointless employee on the payroll right now.
Nancy Grace. The "Demotion" skit alone nets her a nomination, IMO.
Lockdown 2007, again for the reasons described above.
Great Khali, Heavyweight Champion. The guy's the first wrestler in WWE history to be banned from live television because his matches sucked THAT badly, but it's OK to give him a run with the strap? WTF?
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Post by zerillian on Jan 1, 2008 0:53:47 GMT -5
The Return of Vince Russo...
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Post by Celtic Heat on Jan 1, 2008 2:22:17 GMT -5
Gookers of 2007: Vince McMahon 2007, for all the reasons described above. Hornswoggle. Buried the cruiserweight title, made a laughing stock out of Carlito and Jamie Noble, and became one of the worst payoffs to one of the biggest angles of 2007. Maryse: Is there any particular reason why this chick is still on the payroll? She has literally contributed NOTHING to ANYTHING in 2007. Literally the most pointless employee on the payroll right now. Nancy Grace. The "Demotion" skit alone nets her a nomination, IMO. Lockdown 2007, again for the reasons described above. Great Khali, Heavyweight Champion. The guy's the first wrestler in WWE history to be banned from live television because his matches sucked THAT badly, but it's OK to give him a run with the strap? WTF? As deserving of WrestleCrappy immortality as Nancy Grace's cluelessness was during the "demotion skit", and it was ("Here was a guy who went from being one of the elite, The Four Horsemen, to being on RAW..."), I'd rather not see anything Benoit-related winning the Gooker, especially after Eddiesploitation last year. At least that referred directly to in-ring storylines, while the Benoit thing-as someone already said-was a real-life tragedy. Either Vince 2007 or TNA 2007, or any part thereof. Except for the fallout from Vince's Wrestlemania shearing, because that hat was sweet.
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Post by Metalheadbanger Man on Jan 1, 2008 7:08:24 GMT -5
- Vince's storylines as a whole. - Hornswoggle being the last Cruiserweight Champion - sad. - Steriod scandal. - Edge and Vickie. - Teddy and Kristal's wedding, including her falling over and his ridiculous heart attack. Kristal has not been seen since. - Cena jobs to Federline. - That Pacman Jones guy winning a title without wrestling. - Team 3D takes on the X-Division. - Scott Hall no-showing a TNA PPV. - Khali as champ. - Rey Mysterio makes his big return covered in silver paint. Apparently now with a large gut too. - Festus. Sure its entertaining, but its a stupid gimmick.
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