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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 1, 2013 21:48:11 GMT -5
Remember back in 2001 when Jerry Lawler quit WWE and was out until I think November. What if instead of WWE bringing him back Lawler was a free man until TNA sprung up who then promptly signed him.
Could being in a new environment breathe new life into Lawler's commentary? Remember this was back in 2002 when Lawler was arguably just starting to get stale. Could he have had any fun little matches to help put som new guys over? Most importantly would Lawler be involved in creative at all? Early TNA reminds me of the worst te USWA produced as it is. I'm nearly salivating at what could have been if Lawler was given te book back then.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Dec 1, 2013 22:12:28 GMT -5
Remember back in 2001 when Jerry Lawler quit WWE and was out until I think November. What if instead of WWE bringing him back Lawler was a free man until TNA sprung up who then promptly signed him. Could being in a new environment breathe new life into Lawler's commentary? Remember this was back in 2002 when Lawler was arguably just starting to get stale. Could he have had any fun little matches to help put som new guys over? Most importantly would Lawler be involved in creative at all? Early TNA reminds me of the worst te USWA produced as it is. I'm nearly salivating at what could have been if Lawler was given te book back then. Well, he did work for the short lived XWF. Had he came to TNA, I would guest we gotten more a feud with Brian Lawler after Brian "shoot" on his daddy in a promo. He may started out as the color guy instead of Don West and when Brian shoot on him, that could started there feud that may been short. I don't know if he would be a regular or backstage a booker, if he was anything like USWA. He may been what Jarrett was which I doubt would worked out. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 1, 2013 22:19:41 GMT -5
Remember back in 2001 when Jerry Lawler quit WWE and was out until I think November. What if instead of WWE bringing him back Lawler was a free man until TNA sprung up who then promptly signed him. Could being in a new environment breathe new life into Lawler's commentary? Remember this was back in 2002 when Lawler was arguably just starting to get stale. Could he have had any fun little matches to help put som new guys over? Most importantly would Lawler be involved in creative at all? Early TNA reminds me of the worst te USWA produced as it is. I'm nearly salivating at what could have been if Lawler was given te book back then. Well, he did work for the short lived XWF. Had he came to TNA, I would guest we gotten more a feud with Brian Lawler after Brian "shoot" on his daddy in a promo. He may started out as the color guy instead of Don West and when Brian shoot on him, that could started there feud that may been short. I don't know if he would be a regular or backstage a booker, if he was anything like USWA. He may been what Jarrett was which I doubt would worked out. Yeah, I definitely agree with you on Lawler being the color guy instead of Don West. That would make me sad though because I'm one of the Don West fans on here (are anymore of us still around?). Really, TNA needs to find another use for Taz and bring back Don! |
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Dec 1, 2013 22:33:51 GMT -5
Nothing much would have happened. Old guys were bought in on a weekly basis in the first two years and they would rarely stick around for very long.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Dec 1, 2013 22:45:20 GMT -5
Well, he did work for the short lived XWF. Had he came to TNA, I would guest we gotten more a feud with Brian Lawler after Brian "shoot" on his daddy in a promo. He may started out as the color guy instead of Don West and when Brian shoot on him, that could started there feud that may been short. I don't know if he would be a regular or backstage a booker, if he was anything like USWA. He may been what Jarrett was which I doubt would worked out. Yeah, I definitely agree with you on Lawler being the color guy instead of Don West. That would make me sad though because I'm one of the Don West fans on here (are anymore of us still around?). Really, TNA needs to find another use for Taz and bring back Don! I agree, but Don left because he got some part ownership deal with a minor league hockey team I think. Or may been a AFL team. I know it was some sports team. |
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Post by buttersock on Dec 1, 2013 23:04:19 GMT -5
He did WWA's first PPV and was exactly the same. Nothing changed. Still the same "Puppies" Lawler.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2013 23:05:29 GMT -5
Even worse somehow.
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Post by Shark on Dec 1, 2013 23:33:00 GMT -5
TNA back then was named as such for a reason so I imagine Lawler would have been considerably worse. Especially with the cage dancers.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Dec 1, 2013 23:38:00 GMT -5
Stale and phoning it in for an easy paycheck, just the way he's been in WWE for the last decade.
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Post by lildude8218 on Dec 1, 2013 23:56:12 GMT -5
what are baby dogs doing in the Impact Zone?
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 2, 2013 0:16:30 GMT -5
what are baby dogs doing in the Impact Zone? Oh man, way to make Lawler somehow sound even creepier. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 2, 2013 0:22:18 GMT -5
what are baby dogs doing in the Impact Zone? Being sold to Dinero for dogfighting. |
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Dec 2, 2013 0:28:26 GMT -5
Much much much much worse than he is in the WWE.
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Post by Reflecto on Dec 2, 2013 1:15:14 GMT -5
On commentary, pretty bad- but in everything else? It probably would hae helped TNA. They were owned by the Jarretts, so it was a Memphis-oriented promotion. Lawler would have fit in pretty well in TNA at worst, helped give TNA a national/Memphis-style feel at best.
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Post by Dragonfly on Dec 2, 2013 1:24:48 GMT -5
Well, he did work for the short lived XWF. Had he came to TNA, I would guest we gotten more a feud with Brian Lawler after Brian "shoot" on his daddy in a promo. He may started out as the color guy instead of Don West and when Brian shoot on him, that could started there feud that may been short. I don't know if he would be a regular or backstage a booker, if he was anything like USWA. He may been what Jarrett was which I doubt would worked out. Yeah, I definitely agree with you on Lawler being the color guy instead of Don West. That would make me sad though because I'm one of the Don West fans on here (are anymore of us still around?). Really, TNA needs to find another use for Taz and bring back Don! According to Jerry Jarrett's book about TNA, the original idea for the announce booth was a face play-by-play guy (Mike Tenay), heel color commentator (Ed Fererra) and the "voice of the fan" (Don West). If Lawler was available, he would have been the heel instead of Fererra. West wouldn't have gone anywhere. |
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Dec 2, 2013 1:34:55 GMT -5
TNA back then was named as such for a reason so I imagine Lawler would have been considerably worse. Especially with the cage dancers. By the time the Knockouts came around, with even less of a filter than he already has now, I'd imagine you'd have to damn near watch those matches on mute. |
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 2, 2013 1:44:45 GMT -5
They'd cut his mic every time Velvet Sky comes out.
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Post by Instant Classic on Dec 2, 2013 2:15:37 GMT -5
Velvet would be his favorite.
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Post by Shark on Dec 2, 2013 2:16:58 GMT -5
TNA back then was named as such for a reason so I imagine Lawler would have been considerably worse. Especially with the cage dancers. By the time the Knockouts came around, with even less of a filter than he already has now, I'd imagine you'd have to damn near watch those matches on mute. Well we can just imagine him as a horrible combo of Taz and Don West. Hell even worse. |
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Post by jason1980s on Dec 2, 2013 14:41:11 GMT -5
TNA back then was named as such for a reason so I imagine Lawler would have been considerably worse. Especially with the cage dancers. By the time the Knockouts came around, with even less of a filter than he already has now, I'd imagine you'd have to damn near watch those matches on mute. With a name like TNA, he'd probably be the eventual owner/president whatever the terminology is. So I'm thinking no Dixie. With lack of management overseeing employees (like Vince in headset) I'd imagine King would take his verbal like of the knockouts to perhaps a more physical level. For example, those 1980s/early 90s "that's sexual harassment and I'm not going to take it" commercials. |
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