Bryan Sandow and Backlund

[mrjl]

I just thought of a new wrinkle to add to the Hell No/Rhodes Scholars feud.

Bob Backlund is being inducted into the HoF, so have him come out and then hae Sandow come out and claim to be a fan of his, citing his intelligence and the way he makes fans recite the state captials for an autograph. Sandow says he might go as far as calling himself Mr. backlund's greatest fan.

Which brings out Daniel Bryan, who also says he's a bigger fan and that he has more in common with Backlund and they proceed to argue about it.

[Dean-o]

I would love a segment where Mr. Bob Backlund stumps Sandow on a trivia question.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Hell, I just wanna see Bryan vs. Backlund in a technical classic.....is that too much to ask for Vince?

[mizerable]

Jan 22, 2013 22:33:40 GMT -5 Dean-o said:

I would love a segment where Mr. Bob Backlund stumps Sandow on a trivia question.

Yeah, that would awesome.

Jan 23, 2013 0:59:58 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Hell, I just wanna see Bryan vs. Backlund in a technical classic.....is that too much to ask for Vince?

He's probably worried if Backlund wore his maroon red tights, the fans might get confused.

[CubsFan71]

Jan 23, 2013 0:59:58 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Hell, I just wanna see Bryan vs. Backlund in a technical classic.....is that too much to ask for Vince?

I would pay Wrestlemania money to see this match

[Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!!]

y'know, it a lot of ways D-bry is like a face version of "Crazy" Bob Backlund.

[The Ichi]

Who is this Bryan Sandow?

[Talent Name]

Honestly Backlund is one of the few legends I don't mind seeing, I think he can still go as well

[Essential1]

Yeah and the crossface chickenwing would be a nice addition to Sandows moveset.

[babyfootball]

I am all for all of the suggestions made so far in this thread. I do think it's funny, in retrospect, that even though Backlund's crazy character was meant to be an intellectual elitist (much like Sandow, who is like equal parts Backlund and "Genius" Lanny Poffo), all of the knowledge he showed in promos and skits in the 90s was weird trivia sort of stuff. Which of course makes him even funnier.

I think that interactions between any combination of the 3 of them would probably be gold, and knowing Backlund's always been such a fitness freak, I bet he could still have real solid, intriguing matches with both DB and Sandow.

Maybe it's with youthful rose-colored glasses filtering, but I still think Backlund's second run was more impressive than his first, despite his only holding the belt for 3 days. The sheer fact that this guy could come out and wrestle to a crowd who had no idea who he really was (outside of stuff being mentioned that happened over a decade prior), spending time as mid-card fodder for the likes of Doink and Razor Ramon, then while playing a completely different character getting as over as he did says a lot about his adaptation skills. The guy's just a machine, and it's amazing that he's nowhere near as broken down as guys much younger.

[skulldouggory]

I could see a skit happening at Wrestlemania.

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Jan 23, 2013 16:36:55 GMT -5 babyfootball said:

Maybe it's with youthful rose-colored glasses filtering, but I still think Backlund's second run was more impressive than his first, despite his only holding the belt for 3 days. The sheer fact that this guy could come out and wrestle to a crowd who had no idea who he really was (outside of stuff being mentioned that happened over a decade prior), spending time as mid-card fodder for the likes of Doink and Razor Ramon, then while playing a completely different character getting as over as he did says a lot about his adaptation skills. The guy's just a machine, and it's amazing that he's nowhere near as broken down as guys much younger.

I think it's because most of the younger guys are booze-drinking, pot-smoking (or worse) party animals and Backlund is the absolute antithesis of them. His obsession with vegetables and jogging and all these other healthy things that have pretty much no drawbacks to them, he doesn't ruin his skin tanning either. Backlund seems to live about as healthy a life as anybody, and I think when you compare him to guys who live lives that are way unhealthier than normal, his own personal health seems that much more outstanding.

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I can only hope that in his meeting with the WWE a week or 2 ago (which this time of year is code for "he's going into the HOF") he suggested/they accepted one last match for Bob - hopefully against someone like Sandow or Bryan.

[543Y2J]

Jan 24, 2013 20:20:13 GMT -5 @knapp said:

I can only hope that in his meeting with the WWE a week or 2 ago (which this time of year is code for "he's going into the HOF") he suggested/they accepted one last match for Bob - hopefully against someone like Sandow or Bryan.

I would buy Elimination Chamber no questions asked if Bryan vs Backlund is on the card. Give them plenty of time and hype, Bryan wins, then give Backlund a minute or two to get a standing ovation from the audience after the match like Backlash09 for Steamboat as a final match (at least in wwe) sendoff.

I could imagine the built having some epic/fun promos and segments leading up to the match. Plus Bryan gets a major win over a legend going into Mania and you make the best card possible out of EC

[trollrogue]

Jan 23, 2013 9:41:56 GMT -5 The Ichi said:

Who is this Bryan Sandow?

[Shazam]

Backland has said on more than one occassion that he didn't want to go in the HOF because he felt like he had one more run left in him. And, he certainly looks like he does.

This would be a perfect opening leading up to WM... :-)

[Crappler El 0 M]

Commas are important.

I think Daniel Bryan and Backlund could team up for a great segment.