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Post by CrazySting on Dec 30, 2011 22:36:08 GMT -5
I think it could have worked if he wasn't an outright heel, more being someone who doesn't realise that his ideals are wrong, but does what his manager says because this world confuses him. "Ladies and gentlemen of the WWE Universe, I'm just a Cyborg Nazi. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and run off into the hills, or wherever." He would get cheered more than Cena...
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Dec 30, 2011 23:11:13 GMT -5
It sounds a hell of a lot more entertaining than half the roster (headliners included) these days.
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Post by Celgress on Dec 30, 2011 23:32:33 GMT -5
"After Vince left the office, Triple H, who was sitting in on the meeting, finally broke the silence.... 'Hey, I'm okay with it, as long as I'm f***ing going over.'" You just made my day I still can´t stop laughing Indeed, that was hilarious.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Dec 30, 2011 23:39:30 GMT -5
The best part about this is Vince just silently walking out. I can just imagine getting in his limo then getting on his private jet, having the same stunned look on his face the entire way.
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 30, 2011 23:48:17 GMT -5
I do love that even to this day, Madigan doesn't get what was so bad about the idea and thinks he was unfairly treated.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 30, 2011 23:49:24 GMT -5
He should call TNA and say "Hey, I once worked for WWE"
Dixie would hire him instantly.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Dec 30, 2011 23:51:36 GMT -5
We all know Vince hates putting over concepts that weren't of his own creation, whether they're from WCW or Nazi Germany.
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Post by mo on Dec 31, 2011 0:00:57 GMT -5
The fact that he actually got up and started goosestepping around the office is what gets me, just the mental image is hilarious.
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 31, 2011 0:17:00 GMT -5
The fact that he actually got up and started goosestepping around the office is what gets me, just the mental image is hilarious. I recall another writer mentioning this story and saying it was even crazier than described: he had this whole fancy proposal planned with a big projector showing images of WW2 and cities getting bombed, and while he was giving the pitch there were all these bombs and stuff going off in the background. Dan Madigan was a bit of a nut it seems.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 31, 2011 0:36:59 GMT -5
Was this the same guy who came up with Hirohito? Something tells me that if both gimmicks had debuted, they'd immediately be put in a stable with nunzio as some "new axis order" thing.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 0:41:58 GMT -5
I was wondering about Hirohito as well. As horrible and offensive as it would have been, I can't say I wouldn't have been interested in seeing where it went.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 31, 2011 0:56:34 GMT -5
I would have liked to have seen this gimmick, just to see the trainwreck.
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Post by Rican on Dec 31, 2011 1:09:43 GMT -5
I swear this is basically what they did with Heidenreich. It may not have been spoken, but come on! An insane dude with a funny walk and a super German name with Heyman as his manager? They didn't SAY he was an unfrozen nazi, but damnit, thats what it was supposed to be.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 31, 2011 1:13:16 GMT -5
They should have changed the gimmick so he becomes a frozen Stalinist.
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Post by lemonyellowson on Dec 31, 2011 1:25:18 GMT -5
why have i never heard this story before? jesus h christ, what was that guy on? i dont even know where to start on that. thawed out nazi that has trouble readjusting to life in america in 2004 so starts pro wrestling? how? what? huh?
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Post by lemonyellowson on Dec 31, 2011 1:28:52 GMT -5
The best part about this is Vince just silently walking out. I can just imagine getting in his limo then getting on his private jet, having the same stunned look on his face the entire way.
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Post by celticjobber on Dec 31, 2011 2:03:52 GMT -5
This story was all over the newz sites around the time John Heidenreich debuted. Supposedly it was going to be his gimmick.
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Post by moneyman20 on Dec 31, 2011 2:10:33 GMT -5
If this is true, what an absolutely ridiculous idea. A Jewish manager managing a stuck in WWII Nazi? oh no, that wouldn't EVER go over like s*** in a punch bowl. And this dumbass was bragging about his idea? Does he honestly think he looks cool doing that
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Post by jimmyjames on Dec 31, 2011 5:20:03 GMT -5
That's the sad part. He still thinks it was a good idea. When the overseer of Goldust 1996, Race Wars, and Katie Vick, not to mention all the other racial gimmicks thinks an idea is too much, that says something about how horrible it is.
Still, the thought of Vince, mouth open and leaving in silence is one of the funniest things I can think of.
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Post by Todd's crazy , Man. on Dec 31, 2011 6:31:03 GMT -5
Wait wait. So is he a frozen nazi or a frozen nazi cyborg? Because the later is just redundant. I mean if you've already made him half machine and as tough as say the terminator why would you have to freeze him to have come back to....
You know what? I'm putting way more thought into this then I should.
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