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Post by Protest the Chris Hero on Oct 13, 2011 11:59:05 GMT -5
The Rock. Coming back for a cup of coffee this year actually lowered his stock for a lot of people. Generally, anybody that can still work full time but prefers to "tease" their fans with a cameo here or there gradually loses their popularity. This was sooo true the first time he came back. Now I think the IWC likes him because of the nostalgia, but when he came back the first time as Hollywood Rock every forum or article I saw talked about how played out his act was and how much he sucked in the ring. I remember Scott Keith tearing him apart on a weekly basis. Scott Keith, now there is the definition of pathetic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2011 12:44:17 GMT -5
This is an inspired choice.
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Post by The Ichi on Oct 13, 2011 12:53:00 GMT -5
Too early to say, but Del Rio is going this way it would seem.
Not me, I like him more and more.
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Post by primetime110 on Oct 13, 2011 13:48:53 GMT -5
Miz. Del Rio was loved on SD, Now it seems not so much.
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Post by thegame415 on Oct 13, 2011 13:53:46 GMT -5
Pretty much any top star over the last 10 years.
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Post by lez 3:16 on Oct 13, 2011 14:20:58 GMT -5
i loved cena 2002-2005. (but now i change the channel or mute the tv when he appears.)
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Post by chunkylover53 on Oct 13, 2011 14:29:46 GMT -5
I'm still not convinced he's an IWC pariah, especially with all them apologists, some of which want him in the Hall of Fame.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Oct 13, 2011 14:32:06 GMT -5
Definitely Triple H. People were up in arms when Austin wouldn't put him over at SummerSlam '99, and now look at him. He's the guy people are getting pissed at for not putting anyone over.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Oct 13, 2011 14:32:08 GMT -5
Wasn't there a time where Triple H was pretty much the CM Punk of the era? Before 2000, I know that. Not necessarilly. At least not at the beginning of his main event push. There were people back then who were complaining about how he wasn't booked as a bad ass heel. I don't know where I read it, but take my word for it.
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Post by rocket on Oct 13, 2011 14:41:56 GMT -5
It wasn't until his series of matches with Foley in early 2000 that HHH gained respect. And that was flushed away completely in 2002.
I know it was alluded to but how about Batista? In the couple of months or so before WM 21 he was really liked, probably as much as someone could be for someone in his position. And now he's remembered more as a meme generator and someone who kept getting title rematches because he could.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Oct 13, 2011 14:50:34 GMT -5
Miz. Del Rio was loved on SD, Now it seems not so much. Wasn't Miz hated for YEARS until he started getting a mega-push? even now reactions are pretty mixed.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Oct 13, 2011 14:51:58 GMT -5
HHH was also an awesome damn wrestler, until he tore his quad. Then he came back slow and enormous and boring as all hell in the ring.
That's not a matter of the audience turning on a guy for no reason; we're basically judging two different wrestlers.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Oct 13, 2011 14:53:31 GMT -5
Randy Orton John Cena Rey Mysterio Triple H Sin Cara Ric Flair The Rock Kevin Nash
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Post by corndog on Oct 13, 2011 15:16:43 GMT -5
Randy Orton John Cena Rey Mysterio Triple H Sin Cara Ric Flair The Rock Kevin Nash One of these names does not belong and that is Kevin Nash. I wasn't on the internet in 96, so I guess I did miss the reaction to the initial nWo angle, but internet fans did not care for him in '97 and in '98 he was close to surpassing Hogan as the most hated wrestler on the internet.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 13, 2011 16:57:47 GMT -5
I'm still not convinced he's an IWC pariah, especially with all them apologists, some of which want him in the Hall of Fame. I've encountered a lot of them. They frighten me.
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Oct 13, 2011 17:03:02 GMT -5
Miz. Del Rio was loved on SD, Now it seems not so much. Wasn't Miz hated for YEARS until he started getting a mega-push? even now reactions are pretty mixed. He's pretty much the opposite of this thread, in that the IWC used to hate him, but since then have warmed up to him. At first, he was just this annoying reality show guy who was being used more than Daniel Puder. Since then, he's gotten a whole lot more cred, and respect from the IWC along with it.
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Post by crimsonwolf on Oct 13, 2011 19:48:35 GMT -5
This is an inspired choice. Sure, it didn't take me long to come up with it, but I'm not exactly wrong. TNA was treated as the second coming of professional wrestling in 2005.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Oct 13, 2011 20:31:08 GMT -5
This is an inspired choice. Sure, it didn't take me long to come up with it, but I'm not exactly wrong. TNA was treated as the second coming of professional wrestling in 2005. Not just 2005, either. Before the new regime came in, most of the Internet seemed to agree that TNA is real wrestling and only marks like WWE. I was actually surprised to see TNA being called out on its crap here.
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Post by steamboat1 on Oct 13, 2011 20:31:46 GMT -5
This thread starts and ends with The Undertaker
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Post by crimsonwolf on Oct 13, 2011 20:35:31 GMT -5
This thread starts and ends with The Undertaker The only time I really see Taker get bashed is during Wrestlemania season, when someone wants their current favorite wrestler to be the one to end his streak.
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