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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 21, 2016 13:30:19 GMT -5
Was he an American traitor only because Barry couldn't master the fake Russian accent of Ivan and Nikita?
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Post by 67 more on Nov 21, 2016 14:12:33 GMT -5
Pretty much, although to say Ivan mastered it is questionable. All I can hear with Ivan is gruff French.
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Post by mizerable on Nov 21, 2016 14:32:54 GMT -5
Yeah, I mean Nikita outright learned Russian for his gimmick and spoke it as much as possible. That is about as dedicated as you can get.
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Post by SmashTV on Nov 21, 2016 15:14:25 GMT -5
I only knew Barry Darsow as Smash initially, so when I saw a picture of the three 'Russians' in PWI, I had a near meltdown when I recognised the tattoo and face shape. I genuinely thought that I was the only one to know that Smash had a past. Ah, the innocence of a kayfabe youth...
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 22, 2016 4:42:01 GMT -5
Was he an American traitor only because Barry couldn't master the fake Russian accent of Ivan and Nikita? Not quite, no. He originally wasn't part of the Koloff deal; Don Kernodle was the Koloff's American turncoat ally early on. At the same time, Darsow as an American turncoat called Crusher Darsow in Mid-South, teaming with Nikolai Volkoff. During this run he changed his name to Kruschev, and only after that did he head to Crockett to replace the departing Kernodle. Now, as I am a tad unfamiliar with his earliest Mid-South days, I want to say he started the Crusher Darsow gimmick there without the Russian connection at first, before he started teaming with Volkoff. But I could be mistaken on that part. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 5:59:36 GMT -5
He was really pasty looking, he stood out with that group.
Barry Darsow deserves a HOF induction just for all the crazy gimmicks he had, yet made them work.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Nov 22, 2016 6:06:12 GMT -5
This makes me sad that Darsow was never one of the many people playing the Doink gimmick, as a balding, slightly pudgy man with green hair, he'd be Krusty Kruschev.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 22, 2016 12:02:38 GMT -5
This makes me sad that Darsow was never one of the many people playing the Doink gimmick, as a balding, slightly pudgy man with green hair, he'd be Krusty Kruschev. Oh, damn, I want this to happen. He'd still have the red singlet with the hammer and sickle, just with clown paint and green hair. |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Nov 22, 2016 13:09:59 GMT -5
This makes me sad that Darsow was never one of the many people playing the Doink gimmick, as a balding, slightly pudgy man with green hair, he'd be Krusty Kruschev. Oh, damn, I want this to happen. He'd still have the red singlet with the hammer and sickle, just with clown paint and green hair. Can he have the Repo Man trenchcoat and "Hole In One Darsow" putter, too? |
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 22, 2016 18:07:48 GMT -5
The more I think of this, the more I love it.
Krusty Kruschev The Communist Clown has money written all over it.
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Post by Capt Lunatic on Nov 24, 2016 7:41:40 GMT -5
Oh, damn, I want this to happen. He'd still have the red singlet with the hammer and sickle, just with clown paint and green hair. Can he have the Repo Man trenchcoat and "Hole In One Darsow" putter, too? And all his matches are in the back of a moving tractor trailer. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2016 8:42:59 GMT -5
Make sure he'd have a female companion, so he can yell at the fans every 10 seconds, "DON'T TOUCH MAH WOMAN!" You AWF fans will get it.
(If we're going with the Doink route, make her a little person.)
Damn, this would be funny as hell.
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Post by brody on Nov 26, 2016 8:05:40 GMT -5
Was he an American traitor only because Barry couldn't master the fake Russian accent of Ivan and Nikita? Not quite, no. He originally wasn't part of the Koloff deal; Don Kernodle was the Koloff's American turncoat ally early on. At the same time, Darsow as an American turncoat called Crusher Darsow in Mid-South, teaming with Nikolai Volkoff. During this run he changed his name to Kruschev, and only after that did he head to Crockett to replace the departing Kernodle. Now, as I am a tad unfamiliar with his earliest Mid-South days, I want to say he started the Crusher Darsow gimmick there without the Russian connection at first, before he started teaming with Volkoff. But I could be mistaken on that part.  IIRC he was definitely a babyface in Mid-South for a while before the heel turn |
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