Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Feb 28, 2019 12:55:17 GMT -5
In retrospect I love that he kept the name but went by hhh. Better than random changes and dropped names. These days he'd just be known as Hunter.
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Venti
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Post by Venti on Feb 28, 2019 12:59:10 GMT -5
Yep this is my head-canon. Hung out with the "wrong crowd" and before you know it was saying "suck it" weekly. And the consistency in his character is underrated, he has always been the guy to look down on everyone else and talk about how much better he is. To me, he never "switched gimmicks" he just constantly evolves(no pun intended)
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Post by Redbeard's Ghost on Feb 28, 2019 13:10:22 GMT -5
I don't remember it as being immediate. His character had gotten a bit less "snobby", ditched the jacket and extra prop clothing, and Chyna began as his valet. When he won KOTR in 1997, he was definitely less Blue Blood and more Degenerate.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Feb 28, 2019 13:11:34 GMT -5
A lot of rich kids are the biggest degenerates. Especially when they start hanging out with a bad influence. My thoughts exactly. Posh Ivy League colleges all have fratboy douchebags from rich families who made it in as legacy admissions. Being a smug prick who looks down on the little people doesn't preclude Hunter from chortling over dick jokes with his bros.
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Perfect Timing
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Post by Perfect Timing on Feb 28, 2019 16:55:44 GMT -5
When he won KOTR in 1997, he was definitely less Blue Blood and more Degenerate.
KOTR with robe and crown is Still a "snob" gimmick though.
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Post by Cieto on Feb 28, 2019 17:03:49 GMT -5
Because EVOLUTION IS A MYSTERRRRRREEEEEE!
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Perfect Timing
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Post by Perfect Timing on Feb 28, 2019 17:04:58 GMT -5
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A damn road sign
Samurai Cop
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Post by A damn road sign on Feb 28, 2019 17:05:32 GMT -5
He just got tired, of doing what they told him to do.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 17:07:33 GMT -5
I took it as the blueblood was just a character he's playing and the degenerate him was how he really was. Given the whole MSG thing and the insider info that allowed him to be his true self.
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Perfect Timing
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Post by Perfect Timing on Feb 28, 2019 17:25:32 GMT -5
Did he ever do the bow in the gif above as trunks wearing Triple H? I swear he did it once.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 17:30:48 GMT -5
Did he ever do the bow in the gif above as trunks wearing Triple H? I swear he did it once. I think CM Punk mocked it once during their feud in 2011.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Feb 28, 2019 19:03:32 GMT -5
I think Hunter was slowly dropping elements of the Blue Blood gimmick anyway, so the pairing with Michaels in late 97 didn't seem so jarring at all.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Feb 28, 2019 19:06:03 GMT -5
So was there any sort of story to explain the change, or did he just randomly come out with a leather jacket on one day and they pretended like the blue blood character never existed? Not even, I think he was wearing the ring jackets long after he joined up with Shawn, and he just added some green X logos to them.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2019 20:19:43 GMT -5
He was dropping a lot of the blue blood gimmick. Him being a lackey to a heel sexy boy Shawn just kind of worked. Add in Rude in a suit and an giant amazon like Chyna it kinda worked.
Then it all came full circle he became a corporate stooge.
Mid life crisis DX now that was a weird jump.
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Post by Perfect Timing on Feb 28, 2019 21:02:56 GMT -5
Funny someone said serious Rick Rude didn't fit. Well he was the original degenerate! Yes he was rather serious/menacing. He acted/looked so different that when I was 13 I didn't even know it was the same guy at first.
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 28, 2019 23:59:20 GMT -5
Gaston
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Post by Ryushinku on Mar 1, 2019 4:21:58 GMT -5
No one single word posts like Gaston.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 1, 2019 4:32:00 GMT -5
He just got tired of doing what you told him to do. That's the breaks, little man.
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Mar 1, 2019 4:33:27 GMT -5
I like to think Shawn dared him to tell a dick joke and it made him transform like Barney trying his first beer.
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Post by DoubleDare on Mar 1, 2019 6:46:54 GMT -5
Like others have said by KOTR 97 he wasn't a blue blood really, and was transitioning. Like if he won in 1996 like he originally was going to, he wouldv'e played up the King gimmick, and been royal. Instead after that week in 97 when he won it, never said he was the king. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_WppCGdLuMThis is a good example and probably one of his first good promos.
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