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Post by molson5 on Sept 18, 2013 22:13:55 GMT -5
I've never heard of the Heenan/Doink thing! Care to elaborate? When Doink became a full-time wrestler, Bobby Heenan made comments such as "There's something familiar about him that I just can't put my finger on!" It was as if he was insinuating that he had seen Doink, or at least Doink's wrestling style, before. I don't know if WWE planned on Heenan actually knowing who was under the makeup, or if it was just Bobby being Bobby. The vibe I got watching it at the time was that Heenan was just desperately trying to put over Doink as an actual accomplished wrestler, as opposed to just a silly circus clown. Heenan also said, "look at the holds this guy knows! This is not your ordinary clown!" I don't think Doink was ever going to be exposed as Matt Bourne (who most of the WWF audience didn't even know), he just wanted the fans to know that this clown guy was actually a trained and experienced wrestler. Just my guess, of course. |
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Sept 18, 2013 22:26:49 GMT -5
That would be a great Fegelein antic. How about the Owen/Debra storyline...here the nixing was a bad thing, we know why. |
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Post by Reflecto on Sept 18, 2013 22:34:47 GMT -5
Probably earlier than the Rhett Titus/Venis stuff, but on the same token for ROH/Venis: The Steven Richards ROH storyline- where fans broke it by going to the arenas and seeing if Richards was booked for shows- also finding proof that Venis was also booked for ROH dates as well. Once it broke, the whole storyline was forced to be dropped. Never heard of this Stevie Richards storyline. What was it? Basic info: At Back to Basics 2005, Richards showed up and attacked CM Punk, costing him his match. This was supposed to lead to a storyline. However, part of the agreement made with WWE for the storyline (which would have been more indepth), Ring of Honor was not allowed to hype up that Richards was appearing for the company. However, when the storyline started, again- ROH fans personally called the arenas for each shows and found out exactly which dates Richards was going to be appearing- and also found out that Val Venis was booked for shows from the arena staff as well. Due to these appearances leaking, the WWE called back both guys and cancelled the booking, forcing ROH to nix the angle. |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 19, 2013 11:11:30 GMT -5
before they were Too Cool, Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor were going to do a gay gimmick before Jerry Lawler put his foot down because he figured (probably correctly) it'd kill Brian's career (which he didn't need any help with  ) |
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Sept 19, 2013 11:20:02 GMT -5
before they were Too Cool, Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor were going to do a gay gimmick before Jerry Lawler put his foot down because he figured (probably correctly) it'd kill Brian's career (which he didn't need any help with ) Well, they did the gay gimmick as much as they could without saying it outright. They hugged a lot, in the way wreslters show that kind of gimmick, they became DOA's bitches, riding on their bikes wearing bright pink helmets. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 19, 2013 12:20:36 GMT -5
Weren't they even called Too Much for a while as well? If memory serves, they were headed more towards what they ended up doing with Chuck and Billy instead, complete with a wedding.
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Post by Push R Truth on Sept 19, 2013 12:48:13 GMT -5
Vince and his Hobo Army would have been the greatest moment in the history of our sport.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Sept 19, 2013 13:09:33 GMT -5
In CZW Ego Robert Anthony was supposed to be built as the top heel leading a faction with Jon Moxley, Sabian, and Joker. Mox got signed by the WWE so the program was supposed to be Ego and Philly's Most Wanted against Devon Moore and the Briscoes but then Ego tore his pec so the angle got dropped.
Also, Moore was supposed to drop the CZW title to Adam Cole but due to his ROH commitments he couldn't take the belt.
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Post by wallabylikeyou on Sept 19, 2013 15:47:28 GMT -5
Weren't they even called Too Much for a while as well? If memory serves, they were headed more towards what they ended up doing with Chuck and Billy instead, complete with a wedding. Yes, Scotty talked about it on AOW a few weeks ago. Brian Christopher wouldn't do it. |
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Post by TGM on Sept 19, 2013 16:11:31 GMT -5
One story I heard was that Tom Green was supposed to be involved, but that idea was dropped because--surprise surprise!--Vince McMahon didn't know who Tom Green was. Earlier this year, I remember the board talking about an alien invasion storyline that was supposed to take place in WCW. The big payoff was to be the revelation that Mike Tenay was their leader; the camera would go to a grinning Tenay as antennae grew out of his head. Someone said that Disco Inferno had the whole thing laid out in storyboard form and actually pitched it to the creative team. Someday, I hope we get a book about storylines and characters that never came to fruition. I think that would be a fascinating read. Does Disco Inferno have an address where I can send him my money directly? |
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Post by Mrs. Potato Dick on Sept 19, 2013 18:32:23 GMT -5
One story I heard was that Tom Green was supposed to be involved, but that idea was dropped because--surprise surprise!--Vince McMahon didn't know who Tom Green was. Earlier this year, I remember the board talking about an alien invasion storyline that was supposed to take place in WCW. The big payoff was to be the revelation that Mike Tenay was their leader; the camera would go to a grinning Tenay as antennae grew out of his head. Someone said that Disco Inferno had the whole thing laid out in storyboard form and actually pitched it to the creative team. Someday, I hope we get a book about storylines and characters that never came to fruition. I think that would be a fascinating read. Does Disco Inferno have an address where I can send him my money directly? 6002 SW 10th St Topeka, KS 66615 Just be sure to use his real name. |
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Post by jason1980s on Sept 19, 2013 18:38:29 GMT -5
I thought the Goldust implants idea was his own though I wouldn't put it past Vince to have thought about it.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Sept 19, 2013 19:29:58 GMT -5
Leave it to the Walt Disney of professional wrestling to almost give us a cryogenically frozen Nazi! |
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Post by fortknox on Sept 19, 2013 19:51:14 GMT -5
There is one: The Black Scorpion angle. It was suppost to be the Ultimate Warrior, I heard...but he instead resigned with WWF. I wonder where WCW would have gone if they had got him. I could have sworn that i heard it was supposed to be Al Perez. I've heard those two and Curt Henning. |
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Post by andrew8798 on Sept 19, 2013 20:13:14 GMT -5
I thought the Goldust implants idea was his own though I wouldn't put it past Vince to have thought about it. That's the story Dustin tells. He came up with it but Vince told him no |
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Post by theryno665 on Sept 19, 2013 20:26:19 GMT -5
After reading the other day about Jericho and Punk wanting tattooing to be apart of their feud from last year, and how Daniel Bryan was originally going to come in as THE Brian Kendrick's tag partner, it got me to wondering what your favorite angles-that-never-were are? I remember years ago, ROH wanted to bring in Val Venis, possibly to do something with "Addicted to Love" Rhett Titus, but that never panned out. When Dave Lagana had his "I Want Wrestling" podcast, he revealed he wanted Daniel Bryan to debut with a "homeless" gimmick. Also, if you mention Frozen Nazi Heidenreich, then you have to mention Hirohito. |
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Post by chazraps on Sept 19, 2013 23:42:50 GMT -5
Leave it to the Walt Disney of professional wrestling to almost give us a cryogenically frozen Nazi! Walt Disney wasn't an anti-semite, and it was actually Vince who nixed unfrozen nazi Heidenreich by, according to legend, after it was pitched just standing up and leaving the room without saying a word. |
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Post by Glitch on Sept 20, 2013 0:20:22 GMT -5
So why was Fake Kane nixed? That story was abruptly ended by Luke Gallows being literally shown the door. I actually wanted to see where it was going.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 20, 2013 0:25:03 GMT -5
So why was Fake Kane nixed? That story was abruptly ended by Luke Gallows being literally shown the door. I actually wanted to see where it was going. Because the match got a terrible reaction the night before. |
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Post by Rave on Sept 20, 2013 5:22:57 GMT -5
There was a beaut of a storyline that Hardbody Harrison pitched to WCW involving him feuding with DDP over a magic crystal, throwing the crystal into a piranha tank, and DDP diving in after it. Then there was the time he pitched himself becoming a black Sting...named Stang.
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