Schemer
Don Corleone
Total class wit' a capital K!
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Post by Schemer on Jun 30, 2010 22:39:34 GMT -5
I had never seen Big Daddy wrestle before (Being American and all). But after seeing that "match" with Haystacks, I went looking for a few others with him.
Holy hell, he is bad. Americans adored Hogan, as the British seemed to have adored Big Daddy... But man... I'll take a Hogan match over Daddy any day.
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TuneinTokyo
Hank Scorpio
The Mountain from Stone Mountain
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Jun 30, 2010 23:09:21 GMT -5
I disagree with Snuka for sure. I'm not a big Snuka fan but damn the guy did things when things weren't being done.
Hogan had three moves so he may count.
Big Daddy was horrible by most accounts.
Honorable mention goes to Abdullah.
and <gasp> Bruiser Brody......the guy never sold anything.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Jun 30, 2010 23:25:27 GMT -5
I'm going to go into unfamiliar/potentially deadly territory here and say Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. He is clearly a legend in this business, and has a great following now that he is retired and revered for what he gave the business as a manager and as a "Broadcast Journalist." But as a wrestler, he was terrible. He could barely throw a punch, I don't think I ever saw him do a "technical" move beyond a headlock, and never left his feet, apart from leaping from the top rope to deliver a brass-knuckled punch to the head. But this isn't an insult. Heenan was never suppose to be a "great" wrestler. He was suppose to be the weasely-heel manager who got his cumupence from the face when Heenan pushed them too far. He was suppose to be a terrible wrestler, that was not given any credibility as a threat, and when he won from under-handed acts, it was a shock. He was a great worker. He could take great bumps, knew when to do what in the ring, and took the beating because the fans wanted it. But he was a terrible wrestler. Because that's what we paid to see. If you saw the episode of Legends of Wrestling on 24/7 where they discussed the Lost Art of The Managers, JJ Dillon talked about this very thing. He said when he went out and wrestled after becoming a manager he really tried to prove something by putting on a great wrestling match with one of the babyfaces. He was really proud of the match as he was walking back to the lockeroom, then I think it was Eddie Graham was pissed off, as a manager he was supposed to wrestle like a manager, but he was supposed to manage like a wrestler.
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Post by hajimenoippo on Jun 30, 2010 23:43:12 GMT -5
Big Daddy, why was he even popular?
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
The Ultimate Arbiter of Right And Wrong
Spent half my life here, God help me
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jul 1, 2010 5:24:36 GMT -5
It was back in the kayfabe era when people believed what they saw more, and his brother was the owner, so he was always put over. In tag matches, they'd pair him with guys like Dynamite Kid and Mark Rocco who'd do all the work, then Big Daddy comes in for the big heroic win.
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