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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on May 11, 2012 16:42:29 GMT -5
If he did not have a feud involving mopery I would have been pissed.
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Post by Rave on May 11, 2012 16:43:16 GMT -5
Yeah, if you search WWE Hirohito on YouTube, the first result should be the vignette from RoundtableVideo I just watched that and WHAT?! Seriously at the end it said "A great leader will return" then showed the Hirohito named....But Hirohito died in nineteen eighty nine....How exactly did they plan to explain that? Was it going to be one of his children or just a guy from japan who thought he was Hirohito? I'm putting way much thought into this aren't I? You are. I think it was s'posed to be a descendant or something. We'll never know, as it was mercifully canned after someone realized that it very likely would piss off the Japanese.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 11, 2012 16:47:06 GMT -5
My favorite gimmick rumor was Heidenreich the unfrozen caveman Nazi. Either that or Kenzo Suzuki as Emperor Hirohito. I remember the Hirohito thing actually making it onto TV. (Well, at least one vignette, until it inexplicably disappeared.) It didn't disappear... the next week they aired a similar promo only it said Kenzo Suzuki and removed all references to Hirohito
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Post by Reflecto on May 11, 2012 18:02:52 GMT -5
If I could trust WWE to do it like Zatoichi, then yes...but knowing WWE, a blind wrestler would be played like Mr.Magoo [and we all kind of know that.]
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Post by wildojinx on May 11, 2012 18:11:36 GMT -5
Why do i get the feeling they would have teamed up Hirohito and Nazi Heidenreich?
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on May 11, 2012 18:15:19 GMT -5
Punk doing the pipebomb promo in sign language would be amazing!
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Post by molson5 on May 11, 2012 18:19:44 GMT -5
Yeah, if you search WWE Hirohito on YouTube, the first result should be the vignette from RoundtableVideo I just watched that and WHAT?! Seriously at the end it said "A great leader will return" then showed the Hirohito named....But Hirohito died in nineteen eighty nine....How exactly did they plan to explain that? Was it going to be one of his children or just a guy from japan who thought he was Hirohito? I'm putting way much thought into this aren't I? It said, "two generations later, a new leader will emerge". So it would be a guy that would use the Hirohito name in honor of the original Hirohito. Kind of similar to Lord Tensai, in a way.
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Post by Talent Name on May 11, 2012 18:24:31 GMT -5
It would be cool if Punk was like Blind Master from G.I. Joe
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Post by celticjobber on May 11, 2012 18:27:00 GMT -5
It was deaf I believe and Mickie James was his caregiver. Think they worked a few dark matches and house shows using it. Punk and Mickie were also paired up as a 50's greaser duo, similar to Deuce, Domino, and Cherry. Mickie basically wore the same outfit as Cherry later would. They only did that for one dark match, I think.
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Post by zeez on May 11, 2012 18:32:57 GMT -5
Why do i get the feeling they would have teamed up Hirohito and Nazi Heidenreich? Is it wrong that I kinda want to see those characters introduced into WWE just to see how badly they'd turn out?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2012 18:47:18 GMT -5
It was actually deaf guy. I also heard the rumor he was suppose to debut feuding with Eugene being an evil balloon vendor. I also heard he got heatz in the first of many heatz stories later for turning down the chance of being in the spirit squad in which he was suppose to cut his hair.
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Post by suben on May 11, 2012 18:47:57 GMT -5
What about the rumor that Eugene and Bob Holly were going to be a tag team accompanied to the ring by a monkey? That backstory, of course, is that Vince wanted Holly to have a science fiction gimmick to tie in to the SciFi Channel and after constantly asking creative about it this was Court Bauer's idea. I'm so sad it never happened because it sounds great in a ridiculous way, that picture (which was being passed around creative) is hilarious and best of all there's the possibility of a monkey going claw crazy on Bob Holly.
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Post by thegame415 on May 11, 2012 19:29:35 GMT -5
In the wwe or on the indies? WWE late 05 - early 06 I think it was It had to be a little earlier...Mickie was on TV in October of the year. I know Punk also wrestled a match on Heat against Val Venis in May of '05. He took heat from some officials, I think because he didn't work the match as a jobber and performed some offense on Val. Maybe the proposed gimmick was punishment?
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Post by darbus alan on May 11, 2012 19:32:34 GMT -5
I think my favorite CM Punk debut rumor was being Orlando Jordan's gay lover.
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Post by Error on May 11, 2012 19:33:42 GMT -5
WWE late 05 - early 06 I think it was It had to be a little earlier...Mickie was on TV in October of the year. Punk didn't get to OVW until mid 05 and I think this shortly before Mickie debuted because people were shocked when she was up before Punk since they were being booked together.
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Post by TGM on May 11, 2012 21:01:09 GMT -5
Weren't there also rumors that Punk would be a balloon vendor? Or did someone make that up? I just broke out laughing on a crowded bus. Congratulations. Me too. Only I'm waiting tables.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on May 11, 2012 21:10:55 GMT -5
It was deaf I believe and Mickie James was his caregiver. Think they worked a few dark matches and house shows using it. Punk and Mickie were also paired up as a 50's greaser duo, similar to Deuce, Domino, and Cherry. Mickie basically wore the same outfit as Cherry later would. They only did that for one dark match, I think. Sounds hot.... does Mickie know sign language if not why does a death person need a caregiver?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2012 21:12:54 GMT -5
I t was actually deaf guy. I also heard the rumor he was suppose to debut feuding with Eugene being an evil balloon vendor. I also heard he got heatz in the first of many heatz stories later for turning down the chance of being in the spirit squad in which he was suppose to cut his hair. Maybe I'm just easily amused, but I think I would have actually enjoyed something like that, even though I tuned out for years around the time of the Eugene stuff.
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Post by cherry coloured funk on May 11, 2012 21:17:41 GMT -5
It was actually deaf guy. I also heard the rumor he was suppose to debut feuding with Eugene being an evil balloon vendor. I also heard he got heatz in the first of many heatz stories later for turning down the chance of being in the spirit squad in which he was suppose to cut his hair. Wasn't that Elijah Burke who turned down Spirit Squad because of the hair thing?
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2012 21:27:51 GMT -5
It was actually deaf guy. I also heard the rumor he was suppose to debut feuding with Eugene being an evil balloon vendor. I also heard he got heatz in the first of many heatz stories later for turning down the chance of being in the spirit squad in which he was suppose to cut his hair. Wasn't that Elijah Burke who turned down Spirit Squad because of the hair thing? Also Punk hated shaving. I could see both. Who knows? OVW Punk NEWZ!!!!!111 stories was a golden time. I remember one story HHH and HBK went down to OVW to scout some talent and where laughing and heckling CM Punk during his match. Or how the whole OVW lockerroom circled around Punk and ready to give him a beatdown because they were jealous of his talent, confidence/arrogance, and hooking up with Maria. I'm not doubting Punk had pre WWE heat. Hell he, wrestlers, writers, etc confirmed it but not the ridiculous amount the NEWZ made it to be.
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