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Post by fortknox on Mar 9, 2019 19:52:41 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this. Was there ever talk of Bundy going to WCW after he was let go from the WWF in '95? Cause thinking about it now I'm shocked that he didn't.
I can see Eric Bischoff throwing way to much money at Bundy and have him be the newest member of The Dungeon Of Doom.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 9, 2019 20:32:08 GMT -5
Dungeon of Doom would be a good place for him but would he get a gimmick or just King Kong Bundy with a little more character to his outfit, like Meng was still Meng but with that big Egyptian looking mask.
Also, if he had gone I can't see him lasting very long, maybe about as long as Kamala or Honkytonk or One Man Gang. I can see Bundy getting promised the moon by Eric Bischoff and when he realizes he was being fooled, he leaves. I see him as a guy who would much rather work the independents for one promoter one night than one promoter over a lengthy amount of time. He knew his worth.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 9, 2019 21:12:37 GMT -5
In his shoot he said that he didn't go to WCW because he never called asking about a job and assumed they didn't want him because they never called him. Seemed to regret is slightly but nothing major.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 21:44:18 GMT -5
It would have likely been a good payday, but considering it would consist of working with Hogan, night in and night out, getting pinned, with the only purpose of making Hogan look good, when Bundy had already done that 8 years prior, I doubt he would have had interest in that program.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 9, 2019 22:32:45 GMT -5
In his shoot he said that he didn't go to WCW because he never called asking about a job and assumed they didn't want him because they never called him. Seemed to regret is slightly but nothing major. He was contacted at least once, from my understanding - they wanted to bring him in for that gauntlet match where Jarrett faced several legends. As far as the Dungeon era, I think his second (well, technically third) WWF run as part of the Million Dollar Corporation really hurt his standing in that regard. It would have likely been a good payday, but considering it would consist of working with Hogan, night in and night out, getting pinned, with the only purpose of making Hogan look good, when Bundy had already done that 8 years prior, I doubt he would have had interest in that program. The money he made with Hogan was some of the best he ever made in the business, and Bundy put making money above storyline wins and losses. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 22:35:06 GMT -5
It would have likely been a good payday, but considering it would consist of working with Hogan, night in and night out, getting pinned, with the only purpose of making Hogan look good, when Bundy had already done that 8 years prior, I doubt he would have had interest in that program. The money he made with Hogan was some of the best he ever made in the business, and Bundy put making money above storyline wins and losses. The point I was trying to make wasn't about winning and losing, it was just about getting bored quickly. The Dungeon of Doom was a faction that, every week, came out, said some stuff, and would get beaten up by Hogan. A person like Bundy would get restless with something like this in short order, whereas if he was brought in to work with other people and rotate around, thus being given fresh ideas, wouldn't have had much of a problem. |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 9, 2019 22:38:03 GMT -5
The money he made with Hogan was some of the best he ever made in the business, and Bundy put making money above storyline wins and losses. The point I was trying to make wasn't about winning and losing, it was just about getting bored quickly. The Dungeon of Doom was a faction that, every week, came out, said some stuff, and would get beaten up by Hogan. A person like Bundy would get restless with something like this in short order, whereas if he was brought in to work with other people and rotate around, thus being given fresh ideas, wouldn't have had much of a problem. He had no problem doing just that, and making less money, as part of the Million Dollar Corp for a full year. I'm sorry, I don't think that's a reason. |
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Post by Zen411 on Mar 10, 2019 2:13:16 GMT -5
Dungeon of doom would have been an obvious spot. Better spot would be a tag team partner of another boss like avalanche or big bubba. Matches against vader could be fun too. He did great as big john studds partner.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 10, 2019 12:44:00 GMT -5
The Million Dollar Corporation probably would have been very cool if it were five years sooner. But by 1995 a majority of the guys were not as popular or well known and involved in big storylines as they had been years before. The timing was wrong for almost all members to join except maybe 123 Kid and even he didn't do much afterwards. The corporation is almost a rich man's version of Dungeon of Doom because the Dungeon guys were also about five years past the time period when they could have been a major player as a faction.
Bundy lasted about a year which was probably so long because he had worked for Vince in the past and probably remembers Vince doing right by him earlier in his career while he didn't know Eric Bischoff and the trust issue being broken would have been a factor earlier than a years period. I think by May or June 1995 he knew there wasn't much left for him in WWF. The last thing remotely high profile he did was lose a KOTR qualifying match to Shawn Michaels and be one of the Lumberjacks for the Diesel/Sid match. I don't even recall him being on TV matches at the time.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Mar 11, 2019 11:49:47 GMT -5
The Million Dollar Corporation probably would have been very cool if it were five years sooner. But by 1995 a majority of the guys were not as popular or well known and involved in big storylines as they had been years before. The timing was wrong for almost all members to join except maybe 123 Kid and even he didn't do much afterwards. The corporation is almost a rich man's version of Dungeon of Doom because the Dungeon guys were also about five years past the time period when they could have been a major player as a faction. Bundy lasted about a year which was probably so long because he had worked for Vince in the past and probably remembers Vince doing right by him earlier in his career while he didn't know Eric Bischoff and the trust issue being broken would have been a factor earlier than a years period. I think by May or June 1995 he knew there wasn't much left for him in WWF. The last thing remotely high profile he did was lose a KOTR qualifying match to Shawn Michaels and be one of the Lumberjacks for the Diesel/Sid match. I don't even recall him being on TV matches at the time. I remember they advertised he'd be teaming with Tantanka against Luger and Bulldog, but then they replaced him with Henry Godwinn during the same show they announced the match. The last stuff I remember him doing was getting slopped by Godwinn and being the first guy eliminated in a battle royal on Raw. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 12:45:57 GMT -5
When he passed is when I learned that he basically retired between his 2 WWF runs. (So he spent most of his 30's not wrestling really at all. Wow.)
I thought for certain he was working for another company for a chunk of that time, but instead he made some indy appearances in the early '90s and that was about it.
I take all that to mean he was content with not really working anywhere else that much. After his '95 run I guess he upped his indy appearances from then to the rest of his life, so maybe he would've been open to working for WCW. But even then, in that very active WWF/WCW rivalry if he didn't go out looking for a job with WCW then I guess he was probably fine not working there.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 11, 2019 14:28:33 GMT -5
I take all that to mean he was content with not really working anywhere else that much. After his '95 run I guess he upped his indy appearances from then to the rest of his life, so maybe he would've been open to working for WCW. But even then, in that very active WWF/WCW rivalry if he didn't go out looking for a job with WCW then I guess he was probably fine not working there. I'm not sure about post immediate WWF 1995 appearances but he seemed to be a regular on the autograph signing circuit in New Jersey from the late 1990s to mid 2000s. By say 2007 he didn't seemed to disappear and then reappeared (basing this on my autograph convention experiences) in 2013 and then didn't do much until 2016 when he started doing more non-wrestling comic cons and wrestling themed conventions. I have heard he didn't like to fly so that could be a reason he didn't do much. Most of his autograph shows were in the PA, NY and NJ area. I've said it in other threads about him but will say it again, he was such a nice guy. He was a people person and I can see him just as soon having you take him to dinner as he would sign an autograph for you when asked. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 15:18:09 GMT -5
I take all that to mean he was content with not really working anywhere else that much. After his '95 run I guess he upped his indy appearances from then to the rest of his life, so maybe he would've been open to working for WCW. But even then, in that very active WWF/WCW rivalry if he didn't go out looking for a job with WCW then I guess he was probably fine not working there. I'm not sure about post immediate WWF 1995 appearances but he seemed to be a regular on the autograph signing circuit in New Jersey from the late 1990s to mid 2000s. By say 2007 he didn't seemed to disappear and then reappeared (basing this on my autograph convention experiences) in 2013 and then didn't do much until 2016 when he started doing more non-wrestling comic cons and wrestling themed conventions. I have heard he didn't like to fly so that could be a reason he didn't do much. Most of his autograph shows were in the PA, NY and NJ area. I've said it in other threads about him but will say it again, he was such a nice guy. He was a people person and I can see him just as soon having you take him to dinner as he would sign an autograph for you when asked. Yeah he seemed to embrace the convention circuit, more than I guess he embraced the indy wrestling circuit. I saw him at a show in 2004 in NJ (wish I'd gotten his autograph) so I knew he did shows, and hearing that he was pretty much localized to PA/NJ/NY makes sense based on stuff I've learned in the last few days about him "not caring about the money." It sounds like he really had his shit together - someone who probably saved his wrestling money from those Rock n' Wrestling days - and, ultimately, didn't need to be a 40-50 year old guy depending on constantly doing small shows for a living but rather could do conventions and get to enjoy a post-wrestling life. |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Mar 13, 2019 22:04:45 GMT -5
Bundy worked an ECW show in 1993. He and Terry Funk vs. Sabu and Road Warrior Hawk. I've never seen the match in its entirety. I was kinda hoping with his death the WWE would fish it out of their vault for the Network, like they did with the Jim Neidhart-Sandman match from the same show after Anvil's passing.
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