FinalGwen
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by FinalGwen on Sept 25, 2013 14:30:57 GMT -5
Despite everything bad about that sequence, I have to hand it to him, he did a good job with the dancing after so many years.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Sept 25, 2013 16:02:45 GMT -5
Despite everything bad about that sequence, I have to hand it to him, he did a good job with the dancing after so many years. This. He may have looked awful, and been out of breath by the time he got to the ring, but I honestly reckon I couldn't do some of those dance moves in a million years. Particularly his weird leg kicking thing and the shovel-running man thing (A.K.A the Helmsley) Anyway, I always kinda enjoyed him as a part of Too Cool. Obviously not as much as S2H, but I always thought the goggles were really novel as a kid, and used to do the same thing before jumping into a swimming pool.
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Post by kamero00 on Sept 25, 2013 16:59:46 GMT -5
I know his character was a dancer, but are we left to assume Brian Christopher dances into any situation, no matter how serious it is?
Did he dance in the hospital when he was visiting Jerry after the heart attack?
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Post by thegame415 on Sept 25, 2013 17:39:00 GMT -5
There was also the OTHER time he came back for one night only, when he had a match on RAW against Kane, and then was gone the next day because he got busted for drug possession... I was there for this. A really bad show, aside from the main event, which was Evolution vs HBK, Benoit, Foley and Benjamin. Every top guy being in one match gave us classics like said Kane match, La Resistance vs Hurricane and Rosey, plus Tajiri vs Al Snow in a ninja costume (not avatar).
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Post by Joe Neglia on Sept 25, 2013 19:19:05 GMT -5
And it was the most awkward, sad and cringeworthy thing ever? Sir, I'll see your Grand Master Sexay and raise you a Bull Buchanan. Checkmate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGaUPU58mc
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
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Post by chazraps on Sept 25, 2013 19:21:05 GMT -5
I was shocked at how the crowd seemed to have absolutely no idea who he was. Too Cool were actually quite over at one point... Thing is, people either liked Rikishi because he danced and did the stink face or people liked Scotty because he did the Worm. I never met a person who ever liked Grandmaster Sexay as he didn't really DO anything like the other two did. He was the mouth piece of the group from fall '99 through the next year and is how all three of them were able to get over in the first place.
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chazraps
Wade Wilson
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Post by chazraps on Sept 25, 2013 19:24:00 GMT -5
There was also the OTHER time he came back for one night only, when he had a match on RAW against Kane, and then was gone the next day because he got busted for drug possession... I thought the thread was going to be about this too. I remember the internet the night of were dogging him really hard on some "how are they going to let this guy who just got out of rehab back in the WWE." I tried to encourage people to give him the benefit of the doubt as perhaps he truly was rehabilitated as everyone deserves a second chance. And then he was gone.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 26, 2013 9:25:22 GMT -5
basically this. I don't know what's sadder than being the Janetty to Scotty 2 Hotty. You have to reach down into TNA for the answer, but the answer is being the Jannetty to Gunner. Poor Murphy. I did actually think of one thing; being the trope-namer for "the Janetty".
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 26, 2013 10:10:01 GMT -5
You have to reach down into TNA for the answer, but the answer is being the Jannetty to Gunner. Poor Murphy. I did actually think of one thing; being the trope-namer for "the Janetty". For the longest time, not being a TNA watcher, I assumed Gunner Murphy was one guy.
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ededdneddy
Hank Scorpio
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Post by ededdneddy on Sept 26, 2013 13:33:31 GMT -5
you always wonder how one becomes the Janetty of a team. Like I know if Scotty 2 Hotty came out today people would still remember him. Sadly it depends on the city. They should have had Sexay come out to a Memphis crowd or a crowd like Chicago he would have had a bit more of a reaction.
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Tony Schiavontay
Dennis Stamp
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 26, 2013 22:20:20 GMT -5
Even Jinder Mahal was making fun of his pop that night.
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Doctor Of Style
King Koopa
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Post by Doctor Of Style on Sept 26, 2013 22:28:44 GMT -5
I was shocked at how the crowd seemed to have absolutely no idea who he was. Too Cool were actually quite over at one point... Thing is, people either liked Rikishi because he danced and did the stink face or people liked Scotty because he did the Worm. I never met a person who ever liked Grandmaster Sexay as he didn't really DO anything like the other two did. I liked the shovel dance, and the way he put on the goggles before the Hip-Hop Drop.
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