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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 2, 2019 6:58:56 GMT -5
WTF was up his Hawaiian accent? He didn't have it when he came back as babyface Crush and then a few months later everything was "bruduh"? Did Vince tell him to be more Hawaiian or something?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 8:59:32 GMT -5
I loved Crush, but no. He was a good tag wrestler and solid midcard guy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 9:31:31 GMT -5
I liked Crush but I never saw him as a main eventer.
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Post by dav on Apr 2, 2019 10:15:58 GMT -5
All I remember is that he had one of my favourite Finishers in the Royal Rumble game, so why not?
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Apr 2, 2019 11:13:09 GMT -5
IC title? Sure. A brief run would be fine.
Anything more? Nah. I'm cool
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 2, 2019 11:39:28 GMT -5
In 1993 when CRush came back to the WWF as Hawaiin Crush he was very over with fans Do you think he could have had a reign as champ even a short one? When would the perfect time had been?
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Apr 2, 2019 11:48:19 GMT -5
No way. Not even as IC champion. That belt meant a lot more back then compared to what it is now. He didn’t have the promo ability to get a match for the title over on his own. He was a power guy like a Jim Neidhart and was better suited for tag team wrestling. I would’ve liked to have seen him get a better run with Smash in Demolition but it became clear that they were going with the Legion of Doom and weren’t interested in keeping them around as a team anymore. I really wanted to see him and Yokozuna win the tag belts later on but it wasn’t meant to be. I was happy for him when he won tag titles in All Japan and WCW with Bryan Clark / the former Adam Bomb.
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Post by TGM on Apr 2, 2019 12:51:12 GMT -5
Crush wasn't a good wrestler in my mind. If Vince McMahon wouldn't put the WWF title on Mr Perfect, Razor Ramon, Owen Hart etc then there was no way Crush was getting anywhere near the title.
His face run was dismal, he was back to a villain a year later and found a much better fit as a cronie of Mr Fuji and Yokozuna.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 2, 2019 12:52:56 GMT -5
WTF was up his Hawaiian accent? He didn't have it when he came back as babyface Crush and then a few months later everything was "bruduh"? Did Vince tell him to be more Hawaiian or something? Probably yes. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2019 19:33:20 GMT -5
In 1993 when CRush came back to the WWF as Hawaiin Crush he was very over with fans Do you think he could have had a reign as champ even a short one? When would the perfect time had been?
No. 10-year old me wanted to see it but I'll just have to (slightly sadly) agree with Hit Girl here. He was a charismatic moveable big dude. But so is Braun Strowman, and I don't think he would have won a belt in 1993. And yeah, Strowman is a somewhat better talker. |
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Post by fw91 on Apr 2, 2019 19:40:40 GMT -5
don't see where it would work. love the theme music though
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 2, 2019 19:56:05 GMT -5
In 1993 when CRush came back to the WWF as Hawaiin Crush he was very over with fans Do you think he could have had a reign as champ even a short one? When would the perfect time had been?
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Post by thecrusherwi on Apr 2, 2019 20:03:19 GMT -5
I don’t think he should’ve been the champ, but they definitely could’ve booked him as less of a goober babyface. There was a happy medium to be found.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 0:46:55 GMT -5
if he only feuded with Bret and Shawn it would've been okay
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Post by Paul on Apr 3, 2019 1:41:49 GMT -5
don't see where it would work. love the theme music though Yeah! He had some of the best theme music of that era. |
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Post by Paul on Apr 3, 2019 1:43:04 GMT -5
WTF was up his Hawaiian accent? He didn't have it when he came back as babyface Crush and then a few months later everything was "bruduh"? Did Vince tell him to be more Hawaiian or something? Yes, pretty much. It was an attempt to give him more of a character. |
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 3, 2019 14:19:35 GMT -5
Crush was the Albert/A-Train of the 1990s, to me. A guy they just kept bringing back and back despite never really being good enough in the ring or having the talent to get himself over on the mic. He must have been a model employee because they just kept bringing him back or repackaging him and finding new storylines for him.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 3, 2019 14:23:57 GMT -5
He should have been paired up with a smaller faster more agile tag partner as a High Energy type JTTS team. Keep him as Crush and call his partner Blast or some shit like that.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2019 14:44:17 GMT -5
if he only feuded with Bret and Shawn it would've been okay He kinda did circa KOTR '93. Alas, they *still* had Doink pestering him at that time, and it really didn't help him that his IC shot at KOTR ended in a count out because of it. |
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 3, 2019 16:30:09 GMT -5
Crush was the Albert/A-Train of the 1990s, to me. A guy they just kept bringing back and back despite never really being good enough in the ring or having the talent to get himself over on the mic. He must have been a model employee because they just kept bringing him back or repackaging him and finding new storylines for him. Crush was definitely a very popular guy backstage. I've seen shoot interviews with several wrestlers who put him over as a super funny and cool guy who they liked to hang out with. He was also tight with Taker, Bret, Savage, and Perfect (all top guys) so that probably had something to do with him being brought back a lot and getting a lot of chances/repackagings in that he had friends in high places that were possibly going to bat for him. I agree that he had his short comings as a performer (below average promo, lacked psychology) that should've prevented him from going to far up the card but I still thought that he kind of got a raw deal during his face run as he did have things going for him (oretty over, good look, athletic ability, cool moveset, cool music). I don't think he should've been World Champion but he still could've been a solid upper midcard for them. Instead they just made him look like a complete dope in the Doink feud and he never really recovered. |
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