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Post by Beebs is the Final Girl on May 12, 2019 17:00:43 GMT -5
Rocco should have been a Paul Ellering Mini-Me w/ matching hair and outfits.
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Post by FinalGwen on May 12, 2019 18:19:13 GMT -5
If Hawk hadn’t walked off in a drug induced fit, you know Rocco would eventually have become a real boy. In a surprise twist, his human form is this Rocco instead:
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Post by jason1980s on May 12, 2019 18:22:48 GMT -5
The dummy was a horrible idea though I think WWF's thought was kids would love it and they could market it as a collectible. LOD didn't need Rocco but they did need a shot in the arm. I think their gimmick was made for the 1980s power house era but by early 1992 they were out of place. By 1998 they were considered ancient. They needed to destroy their opponents for the gimmick to thrive so when they lost the titles to a make shift team like Money Inc, it just seemed to kill their momentum. Same thing for them losing to New Age Outlaws. I think Rocco was a bad idea but he shouldn't get total blame for Hawk leaving. The man just couldn't get things together. He had like two or three short runs in WCW so personal problems always seemed to be getting in his way.
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Post by SmashTV on May 13, 2019 2:18:29 GMT -5
It’s unworkable.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on May 13, 2019 4:37:09 GMT -5
No “gottle o geer” or hand up the bum jokes.. of course it failed.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 13, 2019 4:41:09 GMT -5
I think it could potentially work if Rocco were controlled by a heel. Like, if there were an evil puppeteer who uses puppets to talk trash about their opponents, that could actually be awesome. I'm thinking heel Doink by way of Jeff Dunham. It would still be stupid. These are men who do combat sports for a living and we're supposed to believe that an fn dummy would distract or bother them? It is a large chunk of wood, could use it as a weapon.
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Post by honsou on May 13, 2019 5:35:48 GMT -5
Comedy jobber, that's all you could do with it
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Post by This Player Hating Mothman on May 13, 2019 5:50:58 GMT -5
All these posts and "The doll is the one controlling him" hasn't come up yet. For shame.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 13, 2019 5:57:43 GMT -5
Were they hoping it'd take off so they could sell Rocco dolls? Otherwise, not sure why they bothered.
It'd have been a little less stupid if they were not paired with the Road Warriors.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on May 13, 2019 6:01:20 GMT -5
Were they hoping it'd take off so they could sell Rocco dolls? Otherwise, not sure why they bothered. It'd have been a little less stupid if they were not paired with the Road Warriors. Might have given another creepy bit to Doink if he had a puppet.
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Post by chrom on May 13, 2019 7:23:51 GMT -5
Were they hoping it'd take off so they could sell Rocco dolls? Otherwise, not sure why they bothered. It'd have been a little less stupid if they were not paired with the Road Warriors. Heck, you'd think it would be something The Bushwhackers would have
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 7:24:42 GMT -5
Have Rocco "come to life" and promote the eminent arrival of Doink the Clown.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on May 13, 2019 8:24:20 GMT -5
well there IS a space in the firefly funhouse now .....
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Post by MrElijah on May 13, 2019 9:31:41 GMT -5
If Hawk hadn’t walked off in a drug induced fit, you know Rocco would eventually have become a real boy. In a surprise twist, his human form is this Rocco instead: I expected more of a Flyboy than a Rollerball.
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Post by Mozenrath on May 13, 2019 9:38:34 GMT -5
well there IS a space in the firefly funhouse now ..... I guess Moppy couldn't appear, Raven killing them with a wood chipper in what took an eternity saw to that.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on May 13, 2019 10:22:40 GMT -5
Sure, go with the "Evil and Demonic" trope, but also make him make everyone in his thrall speak like Planet Stasiak.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on May 13, 2019 10:52:17 GMT -5
Not with the f***ing Legion of Doom, I tell you that.
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Post by Squirrel Master on May 13, 2019 20:01:34 GMT -5
Rocco popping up in heel promos in the lower right corner of the TV screen during other tag teams' jobber squashes, just to remind us how "My Legion of Doom would KILL these guys!"
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Post by nm on May 13, 2019 20:03:27 GMT -5
Make some vignettes where it shows Rocco having a Modern Life
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Post by TGM on May 21, 2019 9:39:17 GMT -5
Watching old episodes of Superstars, Ellering and LOD find Rocco's corpse in a ruined old house. Apparently he was Hawk and Animals confidante when they were growing up in Chicago.
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