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Blitzkrieg
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2019 19:18:30 GMT -5
So I completely forgot all about this guy until now.
I looked him up on Wikipedia and I saw he retired back in 1999 to become a computer technician. I can’t help but think this was a massive waste. He ended up giving his attire and name to Jack Evans in 2004 who was known as “Blitzkrieg II” for a little while. He was also voted “Rookie of the Year” by the Wrestling Observer in 1999.
I’m just watching some of his matches in WCW now and some of the stuff he was doing was incredible. Would he have gotten to WWE if he stuck around?
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 14, 2019 19:20:15 GMT -5
Would it have been too controversial, teaming him up with Berlyn?
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Apr 14, 2019 19:28:47 GMT -5
It was far from a waste. Blitzkrieg invented the iPhone! Source: What Happened When with Tony and Conrad. 😂
In all seriousness though he wrestled long after I gave up on WCW but from what I've seen he was great. Let's be honest though the guy made the right decision for himself.
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Post by chazraps on Apr 15, 2019 2:43:22 GMT -5
So I completely forgot all about this guy until now. I looked him up on Wikipedia and I saw he retired back in 1999 to become a computer technician. I can’t help but think this was a massive waste. He ended up giving his attire and name to Jack Evans in 2004 who was known as “Blitzkrieg II” for a little while. He was also voted “Rookie of the Year” by the Wrestling Observer in 1999. I’m just watching some of his matches in WCW now and some of the stuff he was doing was incredible. Would he have gotten to WWE if he stuck around? He went from making massive money during the wrestling boom to making even more massive money during the much bigger-more sustainable tech boom. It's the absolute best call he could have made.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 15, 2019 5:16:40 GMT -5
So I completely forgot all about this guy until now. I looked him up on Wikipedia and I saw he retired back in 1999 to become a computer technician. I can’t help but think this was a massive waste. He ended up giving his attire and name to Jack Evans in 2004 who was known as “Blitzkrieg II” for a little while. He was also voted “Rookie of the Year” by the Wrestling Observer in 1999. I’m just watching some of his matches in WCW now and some of the stuff he was doing was incredible. Would he have gotten to WWE if he stuck around? He went from making massive money during the wrestling boom to making even more massive money during the much bigger-more sustainable tech boom. It's the absolute best call he could have made. I dunno about that. I know WCW loosened the purse strings some, but if he was making 6 figures, I'd be somewhat surprised. He wasn't exactly high on the totem pole, so I could see it being a pretty comfortable choice. "I can make more money, and not pee blood or be covered in bruises, or I could roll the dice and hope things blow up for me in a big way". Not a hard choice if he also liked the tech job.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 8:15:35 GMT -5
have any podcasts contacted him?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2019 9:45:22 GMT -5
He made the best choice. WWE's recognition of talent only goes as far as seeing someone as a suitable canvass to paint on. WCW might have been organized chaos, but at least the talent got to go out and do their thing for the most part.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Apr 15, 2019 10:00:19 GMT -5
From what I heard he was getting injured quite a bit working his style. He wasn’t getting a big push or anything so he did what was best for his body and his bank account. There was talk in a joking manner about the Blitzkrieg outfit being cursed after Jack Evans bought it from him and got injured the first night he wore it. That was the end of Jack Evans trying to be Blitzkrieg.
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