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Post by ireekofawesomeness on Dec 10, 2016 20:56:04 GMT -5
Kane - one of the coolest looks, and backstories ever to that time upon his debut. Then, unmasking and remasking (with a way less cool mask), constant turns, illogical character twists, and horrible comedy made him a Local Man. I'd argue post unmasking Kane was his scariest incarnation: INITIALLY, absolutelyyyyy i remember the crowd just GASPING when he tombstoned linda
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 20:58:09 GMT -5
Nikita Koloff. When he returned with a flat top, I didn't fear him.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 10, 2016 22:48:41 GMT -5
Sheepherders to Bushwackers
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Post by DSR on Dec 11, 2016 2:32:10 GMT -5
"Just a fat piece of shit" Vader was the first guy who came to mind.
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SAJ Forth
Wade Wilson
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Post by SAJ Forth on Dec 11, 2016 15:34:55 GMT -5
Taz sadly.
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Hank Scorpio
Is the #3 humanoid at best.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 11, 2016 16:30:33 GMT -5
The Warlord's attire during the Slick years did him no favours.
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Post by Honeybear Lyder on Dec 11, 2016 16:39:53 GMT -5
Mankind. When he debuted in '96 as this schizophrenic freak talking to a rat he was freaking me out to a point where I had a few nightmares about him. Two years later, a buffoon kissing up to Vince McMahon.
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Hank Scorpio
"Then the Squirrel Master came out of left field and told me I'm his bitch!"
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Post by Squirrel Master on Dec 11, 2016 16:50:39 GMT -5
Early '80s Ken Patera, the bleached blond heel who would not let go of the swinging neckbreaker.
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Don Corleone
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Post by brody on Dec 24, 2016 10:10:49 GMT -5
A lot of the upper mid-card guys who got churned through the WWF in the late 80's: Hercules, Ken Patera, Nikolai Volkoff etc etc
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Post by Milkman Norm on Dec 24, 2016 10:18:39 GMT -5
A lot of these guys were guys who turned face during times in wrestling where there was a very clear face/heel demarcation and the idea of an ass kicking giant face who didn't smile or play to the crowd didn't exist.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2016 16:54:04 GMT -5
Anderson and Gallows
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AC Slater
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Post by oj32 on Dec 24, 2016 16:57:05 GMT -5
That's easy: Roman Reigns.
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Mr T L Wolf
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He has the looks of Andre the Giant, and the strength of Barry Windham. Not to mention he's a hero to a few armadillos, a kangaroo and a small herd of bison.
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Post by Mr T L Wolf on Dec 24, 2016 17:46:03 GMT -5
King Kong Bundy, perhaps. Went from a giant going after Hulk Hogan to a giant climbing up the side of a building and picking up WWF sets off the ground.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Dec 24, 2016 18:12:50 GMT -5
Taz is the ONLY answer here
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 25, 2016 11:35:08 GMT -5
Taz is the ONLY answer here Nah, from the posts here, I'd also say Mongolian nightmare, to everyone's uncle Gorilla Monsoon, and bloodthirsty to child licking Bushwackers.
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Brood Lone Wolf Funker
Ozymandius
Got fined anyway. Possibly a Moose
James Franco is the white Donald Glover
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Dec 25, 2016 12:31:05 GMT -5
Mark Henry
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Dec 26, 2016 2:23:41 GMT -5
Tazz, Joe, Vader, basically ANYONE who had that "they'll hurt you in real life for looking at them wrong" vibe, but lost it. Brock's the last guy left with that believability.
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Post by 魔界5号 on Dec 26, 2016 5:08:40 GMT -5
Taz when he made the jump from ECW to the WWF. Back in ECW he was an awesome badass dude who had a great presence and is honestly one of my favourite characters in wrestling history. When he arrived in WWF he was an annoying shitty wannabe tough guy and it killed him stone dead honestly.
It pains me to say but the longer Kane goes the less intimidating he becomes. 1997-2004 was great but since about mid 2004 when they gave him the horribly distasteful miscarriage storyline with Lita and Snitsky, it just hasn't been the same. Trying to humanise Kane was a pretty silly idea to begin with, but doing it in that fashion was flat out stupid. And since then we've had Co-Kane, Demon again Kane, half Co/Half Demon Kane, etc. It's sadly not the same anymore.
Vader coming to WWF is another big one. Beast in Japan and WCW but a "fat piece of shit" in WWF.
Dan Severn basically lost all of his aura the moment he spoke which sucks because I love Dan and thought he should have gone way further with someone like Cornette as his manager.
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Bub (BLM)
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 26, 2016 5:10:43 GMT -5
Mark Henry. In late 2011, he was legitimately scary. Like you just feared for the guys in front of him. Now he may as well be Sexual Chocolate again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2016 9:14:45 GMT -5
It's hard for a guy like Baron Von Raschke to remain intimidating when he wasn't as mobile as he used to be. Baron in the 1970s was a scary dude. Baron from about 1984 on, no.
(That said, I'm not saying just because you get old you can't be bad-ass. Dick the Bruiser and Ivan Koloff proved that is bullshit.)
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