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Post by bitteroldman on Feb 24, 2019 14:14:19 GMT -5
Well, Vince Russo and Vito actually do a podcast together and according to them, it was done to embarrass Vito for being close with Russo. Vito put a lot of effort and work into the gimmick and ended up getting it over. Again, these are their words. Yeah, those are two guys I trust all day. Russo, nuff said. Vito : "I am disabled by CTE and will sue yet I still get booked and wrestle." Among other things he stretched the truth on. Surely you're not questioning the veracity of a pro wrestler?
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Feb 24, 2019 14:32:34 GMT -5
Wouldn't he wear the dress out in public? Like at the airport and stuff.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 24, 2019 14:37:26 GMT -5
He's full of shit with the Russo spin, given how obviously it was a Sopranos reference.
I really liked his getting the implant DDT back into a WWE game after they for some reason dropped it for a bit, so there's that.
Was a good enough gimmick, but I feel like Saturn did it better in WCW, both by being a better wrestler, anyway, and really leaning into it even more than Vito did.
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Post by Bear Skin Rug on Feb 24, 2019 15:46:38 GMT -5
I remember thinking Vito as well as guys like Pirate Paul and Heidenreich the poet were way more over than their push. Then I watched back the old Smackdowns and it is 100% those seagull pops they used to include. They should bring back the artificial noise because it convinced a generation that these guys were popular.
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Post by SirLucas on Feb 24, 2019 18:57:52 GMT -5
Don't forget the Boggeyman and the Junior's Division in this Smackdown mix. I felt that SD took a nosedive once it moved to Friday night.
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Post by Perfect Timing on Feb 24, 2019 19:02:32 GMT -5
I remember watching Smackdown on holiday in a foreign country on a big screen asking them to switch on the wrasslin and Vito walks out wearing a dress... I had no idea how to explain this gimmick.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 14:51:03 GMT -5
Guy was extremely over, I remember that.
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