What went wrong with Scorpio?

[Tiger Millionaire]

He got lost in the hammock district. Also, crippled Mary Ann.

[The 1Watcher Experience]

I remember hearing he disappeared for a week during a WWF tour of Germany. I think someone found him drugged up with a woman in some motel. His push was never the same after that. Scorpio had a long history of drugs. It never did him any favors.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Drugs.

Loved them more than he loved wrestling for a time.

[Joe Neglia]

Penis envy.

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[auph10imitated]

Apr 4, 2018 10:49:23 GMT -5 Futureraven: Beelzebruv said:

Apr 4, 2018 10:43:37 GMT -5 auph10imitated said:

He arrived when the roster was not stacked in the slightest so I dont think that was the case, but he was doomed to fail as Flash Funk.

He was a great worker and all they needed to do was tweak his 2 Cold Scorpio to Scorpio like they later did, and let him work as he was and he could have worked better. Had they not been so dead set on giving all these familiar faces new gimmicks most of them would have worked.

Mankind is really the only one who ad a whole gimmick overhaul that worked, and even he ended up reverting to Cactus Jack eventually.

Even just scale it back, like, be a flamboyant high flyer.

Mark Mero did pretty good with that. Sable still hasn't totally overshadowed him where I'm at, and you can see why he was thought of as a hot prospect.

In retrospect, maybe make those 2 a tag team. Lord knows the division needed more talent, and Scorpio always had more success with a partner.

I agree 100%. He didnt need a "gimmick" he was nice and flashy enough to just work as he was. Scorpio is a cool name. Plus I agree with him and Marc Mero, that would have worked nicely. I would have brought him in as Mero's partner against HHH & Mr Perfect if Perfect would have stayed.

[abjordans]

Well, Flash Funk was a dead end gimmick. Then, they put him in a group that had the gimmick of being jobbers. And he got really weird hair.

If he was brought in as 2 Cold Scorpio and treated similar to how he was in ECW, hell or even WCW, I think he could have gotten over as a strong Attitude Era midcarder.

[Ryushinku]

First wrestling show I ever watched was WCW Saturday Night back in '93, so I loved Scorp back then. Such a talented high flyer.

By the time I got back into things in '97, his best years were already almost gone and it does sound like he was his own worst enemy at times.

Still, I'll always remember that 450 splash.

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

Apr 5, 2018 2:31:41 GMT -5 Joe Neglia said:

Penis envy.

Lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of penis envy.

2 Cold Scorpio's dick had to sign its own contract.

I think that the Flash Funk gimmick was just too corny for its time. It didn't help that the outfit was awful, he had a great body he didn't need that monstruosity.

Scorp is money, Flash Funk was garbage.

The saddest part is that Scorpio came up with that whole gimmick and name.

[DZ: WF Legacy]

He was one of my favorite parts about Shotgun Saturday Night as a kid. I loved his colorful look and moveset. I remember always wanting to see more of him on Raw than we typically got.

[brody]

Had he waited 6 months or so to sign, he could have been the Godfather, complete with his dancing ho's.

He was too big to be small and too small to be big, plus the drug issue and he was African American, so Vince could only give him certain gimmicks from the box.