Bones58
Don Corleone
Shuup Baby, I know it!
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Post by Bones58 on Sept 10, 2013 15:50:14 GMT -5
So what's your opinion on his run? From what I've seen on youtube, he was over but not over. I get the impression that the crowd didn't know how to feel about him because he came off as quite heelish but didn't have the charisma that Austin did on the mic to get over as a tweener, so it comes off as if he is in some sort of limbo between heel & tweener judging by the crowd reactions. He was given a good push by the WWF as well, with his KOTR win and being intercontinental champion.
His run was by no means a failure, but I'm sure the WWF were hoping for more than what they got.
Thoughts?
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 10, 2013 15:56:55 GMT -5
I disagree re: overness, he was super popular as a babyface (even up until his final weeks in the company) but he couldn't compare at that level to Austin/Rock/Taker as faces. He's a guy who would have been great in a post brand-split WWE.
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Post by greatmuta on Sept 10, 2013 18:38:42 GMT -5
I really bought into Ken as a kid. He had the best body in the company and I totally bought him snapping all the time. He would have made an interesting heel opponent for Austin with the right angle.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Sept 10, 2013 18:43:05 GMT -5
Bad timing, really. If he'd come in with the same reputation and heat a couple years earlier, he could've been the face of WWF for a while.
As it is, Shamrock showed up right when Austin, Rock, and Foley were all coming into their own as huge stars, and they ended up thoroughly overshadowing him.
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Post by celticjobber on Sept 10, 2013 18:48:58 GMT -5
I never thought he was that good at all. His "snapping" was a bit entertaining, but he was kind of lousy in the ring and overall was very boring. The best thing he was ever involved in with the WWF was when he reffed Bret vs. Austin at WM 13.
He seems to be very over-rated by the IWC these days, for reasons that I'm unsure of.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2013 19:10:42 GMT -5
He gave us THAT promo with DX, so I'll look back on his run fondly.
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mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
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Post by mizerable on Sept 10, 2013 19:16:31 GMT -5
Ken was so f***ing awesome when he first showed up. If Bret had the option of who to drop the title to in Montreal, he would have been my pick. Unfortunately, he never did much after 1998. When he joined the Corporation, I felt it was all over for him as he seemed to drift aimlessly a lot. But that music...that awesome awesome music.
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Lila
El Dandy
Slip N Slide World Champion 1997
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Post by Lila on Sept 10, 2013 22:24:06 GMT -5
Love him. The most fun person to play in WWE13.
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Emmet Russell
King Koopa
Quieter
The best wrestler on earth.
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Post by Emmet Russell on Sept 10, 2013 22:37:44 GMT -5
Was really hoping they'd have brought him back for a feud with Kurt Angle in '03/04 over who had the best anklelock.
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Post by JTG Fan on Sept 10, 2013 22:38:56 GMT -5
Love him. The most fun person to play in WWE13. Most fun in the original Smackdown game as well.
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Post by chronocross on Sept 10, 2013 22:43:58 GMT -5
I thought he was fairly good myself, certainly a lot more polished than Dan Severn.
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fart
Tommy Wiseau
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Post by fart on Sept 10, 2013 23:42:37 GMT -5
The snapping bit really cracked me up. I owned his action figure but would never buy a shirt. Didn't notice when he left. Good theme song, hot sister, solid style. Needed a major gimmick change, like a hippie or something, never got it, vanished. You can only be so tough without geting to the top before the fire fades.
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Essential1
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Essential1 on Sept 11, 2013 1:05:43 GMT -5
I bought him and thought he was a good badass face. Hoped he would return in 2000 and imagined him having solid matches with Kurt and that other guy who used Multiple Germans.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Sept 11, 2013 1:09:24 GMT -5
I bought him and thought he was a good badass face. Hoped he would return in 2000 and imagined him having solid matches with Kurt and that other guy who used Multiple Germans. Hitler?
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agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
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Post by agent817 on Sept 11, 2013 21:14:14 GMT -5
The snapping bit really cracked me up. I owned his action figure but would never buy a shirt. Didn't notice when he left. Good theme song, hot sister, solid style. Needed a major gimmick change, like a hippie or something, never got it, vanished. You can only be so tough without geting to the top before the fire fades. You do know that Ryan was not really his sister, right?
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fart
Tommy Wiseau
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Post by fart on Sept 11, 2013 22:39:42 GMT -5
The snapping bit really cracked me up. I owned his action figure but would never buy a shirt. Didn't notice when he left. Good theme song, hot sister, solid style. Needed a major gimmick change, like a hippie or something, never got it, vanished. You can only be so tough without geting to the top before the fire fades. You do know that Ryan was not really his sister I wu§ talkin kayfabe code.
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agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
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Post by agent817 on Sept 11, 2013 22:53:37 GMT -5
You do know that Ryan was not really his sister I wu§ talkin kayfabe code. Okay, then.
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