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Post by kingoftheindies on May 11, 2012 22:04:21 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? it was Burke. He saw it has a dead end gimmick (and don't use Dolph as an example this is wrong. It took him a few years to recover)
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Post by lildude8218 on May 11, 2012 22:29:16 GMT -5
I wanted deaf straight edge Punk who always thinks the crowd is cheering for him/agreeing with him.
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Post by Chainsaw on May 11, 2012 22:46:27 GMT -5
The fact that the Greaser and deaf gimmicks were actually worked out in dark matches makes me desperately wish someone would have been recording them back then.
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Post by The Shareholder is nude on May 12, 2012 8:38:46 GMT -5
A blind wrestler who's played like Zatoichi by CM Punk could be my favorite character ever. I cannot agree with this statement anymore than I currently am. Zatoichi is such an awesome character. To see it translated to wrestling could be the greatest thing ever. No, it would be a total insult to a legit cinematic legendary character. It would be like a wrestling Darth Vader or something.
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Post by Dang! on May 12, 2012 10:07:36 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. Wait, what? That really happened?
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Post by Dang! on May 12, 2012 10:14:21 GMT -5
Why do i get the feeling they would have teamed up Hirohito and Nazi Heidenreich? Funny thing is. I kinds did that on SvR 2011. I created both Berlyn and Mashiro Chono and use them exclusively in a team called "The Axis".
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Post by Rican on May 12, 2012 10:36:50 GMT -5
1) I swear that balloon vendor rumor started on this board, I vaguely recall some thread with joke suggestions of what Punk could debut as.
2) I always choose to believe that Heidenreich WAS an unfrozen Nazi and they ran with that guy from creative's pitch. It was just unspoken.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on May 12, 2012 10:55:52 GMT -5
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? Wouldn't a "death" person need an Undertaker instead of a caretaker?
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Post by usemeplease on May 12, 2012 11:16:07 GMT -5
Sounds hot.... does Mickie know sign language if not why does a death person need a caregiver? Wouldn't a "death" person need an Undertaker instead of a caretaker? Thanks alot. Now I got to clean Wheat Thins off my screen.
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Post by Brick Killed a Guy on May 12, 2012 13:02:26 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? They would just need a heel Santino to complete the stable.
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Post by wildojinx on May 12, 2012 18:02:40 GMT -5
Is it wrong that I kinda want to see those characters introduced into WWE just to see how badly they'd turn out? They would just need a heel Santino to complete the stable. You could bring back Kozlov and Regal and team them with some random all-american guy. Insta-feud!
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Post by woowoowoox on May 13, 2012 3:53:09 GMT -5
What about the whole tag team with Cena where he'd go back to rapping and Punk would be called MC Punk? lol I remember reading that a few years ago and praying it was real. But unfortunately it wasn't.
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Post by Dub H on May 13, 2012 4:12:32 GMT -5
Wasn't that Elijah Burke who turned down Spirit Squad because of the hair thing? it was Burke. He saw it has a dead end gimmick (and don't use Dolph as an example this is wrong. It took him a few years to recover) Huh,smart move by Burkeh it hink. Besides dolph is the ONLY survivor of the spirit squad
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Post by TLKiller990 on May 13, 2012 10:15:27 GMT -5
And that's the truth, the whole truth, and nothin' but the truth.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on May 13, 2012 10:29:16 GMT -5
My favorite gimmick rumor was Heidenreich the unfrozen caveman Nazi. Either that or Kenzo Suzuki as Emperor Hirohito. Add Nunzio and they could have been a stable called The New Axis Powers. $$$
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Post by Hugh Mungus on May 13, 2012 10:43:52 GMT -5
Wasn't Punk supposed to be given a pimp gimmick (gold chains and all)?
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Post by The Legend of Groose on May 13, 2012 12:25:29 GMT -5
Wasn't Punk supposed to be given a pimp gimmick (gold chains and all)? Before he hits one of his employees he yells "it's clobberin time!!!!"
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 13, 2012 12:44:57 GMT -5
I think a deaf gimmick would work actually. Especially if as a swerve the end reveal was the guy wasn't death, only pretending so he didn't have to listen to the refs orders, the ring bell etc to gain an advantage and so he could snoop around backstage without anyone being suspicious.
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Post by Hawk Hart on May 13, 2012 12:48:12 GMT -5
Wasn't Punk supposed to be given a pimp gimmick (gold chains and all)? No, that was a story about him having nuclear heat because he was walking around backstage with a fur coat and chains.
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Post by avenger on May 13, 2012 12:49:57 GMT -5
it was Burke. He saw it has a dead end gimmick (and don't use Dolph as an example this is wrong. It took him a few years to recover) Huh,smart move by Burkeh it hink. Besides dolph is the ONLY survivor of the spirit squad That's not really to do with the Spirit Squad though. You could take any five guys that graduated from developmental, and most would be gone six years later. Kenny Dykstra would have survived had he not had an attitude. Mikey is shorter than Tyson Kidd, and has half the talent, so would never have made it above jobber status without the Spirit Squad gimmick. Mitch was such a green wrestler, that they only had him wrestle in the five man matches (all the other guys regularly wrestled singles and tag matches). Johnny was the only one who had talent, but didn't make it, and because he was quietly released, and no-one has never spoken about it, we don't know what it was.
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