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Post by jason1980s on Jan 17, 2021 19:27:13 GMT -5
The only thing I remember about them is that one of them borrowed Bob Holly's rental car, damaged it under Holly's name and then Holly went on to beat the crap out of the guy in a match.
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Post by malloc on Jan 17, 2021 19:34:08 GMT -5
Stereotyped garbage, great conductors of heat because of the whole "with us or against us" bullshit related to Iraq. I did like it when they were getting a face pop in French Canada so in order to get their heat back said French Canadians could never truly be French and therefore La Résistance hated them for being wannabe plastic Frenchmen.
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Post by eJm on Jan 17, 2021 19:40:26 GMT -5
Stereotyped garbage, great conductors of heat because of the whole "with us or against us" bullshit related to Iraq. I did like it when they were getting a face pop in French Canada so in order to get their heat back said French Canadians could never truly be French and therefore La Résistance hated them for being wannabe plastic Frenchmen. The night they win the tag titles and got, like, one of the biggest pop almost anyone got that decade is genuinely one of my favorite wrestling moments just because it was so bizarre but it also made all the sense in the world. Buddy Murphy getting the Austin pop in Australia as he won the Cruiserweight title was the closest we got last decade.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 17, 2021 20:32:09 GMT -5
Ruthtless aggression era was not the time for a tag team to get over.
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Post by Celgress on Jan 17, 2021 21:44:28 GMT -5
There was nothing more to it then 2003-circa anti-French jingoistic garbage. Freedom Fries, brother!
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Post by Celgress on Jan 17, 2021 21:50:05 GMT -5
Hopefully not violating any rules, but here goes: 911 was still fresh in the national memory, as was how vocally supportive France had been during the aftermath. A lot of people felt betrayed that France so swiftly became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war policy. There were even anti-France demonstrations were people poured bottles of French champagne down storm drains. And urs, it was as stupid as it sounds. I think that was mostly played up by right wing media. I live in the deep south and never really heard much of any anti french sentiment, beyond an occasional joke. It wasn't just the right-wing media. I recall Wolf Blitzer asking critics of the Iraq War like Howard Dean such intelligent probing questions as "Do you hate America? Why are you against freedom? Are you calling the President a draft dodger?".
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Jan 17, 2021 21:52:18 GMT -5
Stereotyped garbage, great conductors of heat because of the whole "with us or against us" bullshit related to Iraq. I did like it when they were getting a face pop in French Canada so in order to get their heat back said French Canadians could never truly be French and therefore La Résistance hated them for being wannabe plastic Frenchmen. The night they win the tag titles and got, like, one of the biggest pop almost anyone got that decade is genuinely one of my favorite wrestling moments just because it was so bizarre but it also made all the sense in the world. Buddy Murphy getting the Austin pop in Australia as he won the Cruiserweight title was the closest we got last decade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL0wHfC-xvwThe second Edge spears Benoit, the crowd comes unglued because of how telegraphed the finish is now, and they just don't stop.
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Post by MrElijah on Jan 17, 2021 22:37:20 GMT -5
I always felt they were the shitty versiom of the Quebecers.
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Post by crowley1986 on Jan 18, 2021 13:03:53 GMT -5
The only thing I remember about them is that one of them borrowed Bob Holly's rental car, damaged it under Holly's name and then Holly went on to beat the crap out of the guy in a match. Dupree got a speeding ticket and never told Holly about it, according to his shoot/book, he gets a call to go home as there was a hurricane coming to his home area and he left Dupree the car and told him to take care of it and give it back to the dealer in time...few months later, the call comes from a court(where the ticket came from) saying he has to be in court on the friday before the shows due to the unpaid ticket and ignoring the notifications to go to court, he had to cancel going to the shows, the court matter doesn't go ahead till the following monday so he had to stay over, lost a weekends pay, nearly lost his driving licence and he then whopped Dupree's ass
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Post by SirLucas on Jan 18, 2021 13:19:37 GMT -5
I remember they had the War in Iraq debate on Raw between Scott Steiner and Chris Norwinski. Steiner, the face, was on the pro war side and Norwinski, the heel, was on anti war side. At the end of the segment, Steiner took a dig at France. I believe this may have been before La Resistance debuted.
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 18, 2021 13:24:17 GMT -5
I remember they had the War in Iraq debate on Raw between Scott Steiner and Chris Norwinski. Steiner, the face, was on the pro war side and Norwinski, the heel, was on anti war side. At the end of the segment, Steiner took a dig at France. I believe this may have been before La Resistance debuted. After I believe. I seem to remember La Resistance attacking Steiner at the debate. I could be wrong. Edit: I googled it and it seems 3 Minute Warning jumped Steiner.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2021 13:25:51 GMT -5
I thought around 2004 that Rene Dupree would be the hottest superstar and future world champ in the future. Loved his fan forums with all that glitter! LOL.
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Post by eJm on Jan 18, 2021 13:42:45 GMT -5
One thing I know about Rene Dupree is that he’s genuinely loved over here. He’s made several appearances at the Belfast shows whenever he can and even had a seminar not long ago at the Irish School of Pro Wrestling.
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