Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 30, 2013 22:26:13 GMT -5
Maybe I'm just a sucker for hard luck cases, but I honestly feel Brad was the most underrated guy in WCW throughout almost its entire existence. Particularly when he first debuted in the company he seemed like a can't miss prospect; he had a good body, not super muscular but still strong and fit looking, he was handsome with the 80's rocker hair (still in style a the time), but above and beyond all else he was GOOD in the ring. I think a major reason he ended up as a perennial jobber was because he was actually able to make other guys looking good in the ring, some of whom definitely had far less talent than he did. But obviously his biggest weakness was that he just wasn't good on the mic and really didn't know how to work the crowd. If he had been put with a tag team partner who could do the talking, maybe someone like Konnan, Bagwell, or Ernest Miller, I could easily have seen him holding one of the tag belts more than once. Or if he had been put with a manager who could do the talking I could definitely have seen him as TV champion having awesome programs with the likes of Jericho, Benoit, Booker T, and others. I could maybe even have seen him go as far as US champion as a solid upper card worker. He just never seemed to really get his chance to show what he was really capable of.
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Capt Lunatic
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Buttah in mah ass, lollipops in mah mouth
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Dec 31, 2013 2:44:24 GMT -5
The fact that Hugh Morris and not a guy like Brad Armstrong is in charge of training talent makes me want to vomit. As to OP, all of your ideas would have benefited BA. What ended up happening... Yeah WCW 2000 was awesome
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SEAN CARLESS
Hank Scorpio
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Dec 31, 2013 3:12:45 GMT -5
The fact that Hugh Morris and not a guy like Brad Armstrong is in charge of training talent makes me want to vomit. He could definitely show them how to long term sell a casket match. (He's dead by the way.) That said, I think he was where he always was meant to be. He was WCW's Tito Santana; an excellent hand, with flashes of mid-card brilliance, but basically a highly skilled gatekeeper for dudes the company wanted put over or built.
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Post by Digital Witness on Dec 31, 2013 4:48:35 GMT -5
I think it was Jim Ross that said Brad Armstrong was a great wrestler who just couldn't harness his charisma and people skills outside of the ring and make them part of his wrestling persona. I think another comparable case would be Shelton Benjamin.
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Capt Lunatic
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Dec 31, 2013 5:13:36 GMT -5
The fact that Hugh Morris and not a guy like Brad Armstrong is in charge of training talent makes me want to vomit. He could definitely show them how to long term sell a casket match. (He's dead by the way.) That said, I think he was where he always was meant to be. He was WCW's Tito Santana; an excellent hand, with flashes of mid-card brilliance, but basically a highly skilled gatekeeper for dudes the company wanted put over or built. Yeah, I said a guy like him. Someone who could have a good match with anyone instead of a guy who did one move semi well. His spot was what it was. Anytime you have a guy with a ton of in ring talent but no real charisma he's gonna be laying down for every stiff the company thinks it can make money with.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 8:58:34 GMT -5
Brad was good, just not "main-event" good. Unless it was in a tag-team match. I feel the Lightning Express with Tim Horner is one of the more underappreciated tag-teams out there. Probably because there was so many other teams that worked a similar style.
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Post by toodarkmark on Dec 31, 2013 18:50:30 GMT -5
I used to want him to be in a hair metal tag team with Tom Zenk. He always looked like the singer from Winger to me, and I thought WCW should exploit that. Maybe? I also never understood why WCW didn't push a brother tag team with him and Steve. Steve was a great worker, good high flyer, and the Southern Boys/Young Pistols sucked. All that stupid hand waving they used to do, I don't know who came up with that but I hated it. Tracy should have been the Wild Eyed Southern Boy gimmick, and Brad/Steve should have been a tag team in 1990. But I still feel they would have ended up jobbing. I do remember him getting a push on Saturday Night for awhile, but I just dont think theres much you could have done with him because in the end he was just a great hand, who looked good, and could make others look good. Or they could have put him in a Spiderman costume. Thanks Dusty. RIP
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