X-Pac Heat....I never got it (and other various musings)
Jul 2, 2022 19:22:44 GMT -5
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Post by wendytorrancev1 on Jul 2, 2022 19:22:44 GMT -5
Hello all my lovies!!
I hope everyone has a very happy, safe, and productive 4th of July weekend!
I had a question about X-Pac. Why couldn't he ever live down his heat? LOL.
Between the end of 1999 to the point where he came back with the NWO, he was booed, jeered, and heckled.
I mean, I get it, he did Kane so, so very wrong. X-Pac was manipulative, cruel, and vindictive towards Kane the entire time. Then he TURNED AROUND and STOLE Kane's girl, cultimating in Tori being the third female and last person to join DX. He also would get cheap heat by attacking Tori during her matches before the two had spent Christmas weekend together.
By 2000, X-Pac was strongly in heel territory and would assist Triple H's intoxication with power by doing everything in his power to have Trips retain the WWF Heavyweight championship. Towards mid-to-late Spring, we started seeing less and less of X-Pac, as he and Road Dogg (and Tori) were the only remaining members of DX, which meant they were a shell of their former selves, and once Tori was out of the picture (I think it was Bubba Ray who put her through a table), Road Dogg and X-Pac started getting into petty spats with each other. This is when things weren't looking so good for X-Pac.
X-Pac went through getting into a fight with Road Dogg (who was his only friend and ally at that point), to his several unsuccessful attempts at capturing the European Championship from Al Snow, getting humiliated by Tori with her slapping him for failing to protect her from The Dudley Boyz, and then he spent the rest of the year jobbing to Chris Jericho.
In 2001, X-Pac began gunning for the Intercontinental championship and lost out of that. That's when he teamed up with Justin Credible (I totally forgot how they linked up, I think they just showed up like that one day), with Albert joining shortly after to form X-Factor. This was a team that was DX-Lite (I think their colors were purple and black and they had a far worse theme song), only with X-Pac as the leader, instead of the sidekick (and I don't think he was the leader of his tag-team with Road Dogg as Road Dogg had more tag-team expertise). This was a long time coming for X-Pac, as he was looking for his time to shine; whatwith him being Triple H's lapdog (only to benefit Trips) for the better part of a year and Triple H giving him the cold shoulder when he lost the championship.
Though X-Pac was an ineffective leader, the tag-team did show some minor success. All throughout, however, we, as an audience, always heard the "X-Pac sucks!" chants. I understand what he did to Kane was ridiculous and he was never going to live that down, but at this point, he was trying to break away from the "Young Degenerate" character, with minimal success.
I remember being in attendance at Backlash 2001 with my then boyfriend. He started trying to start the "X-Pac sucks!" chant, but he abruptly stopped after I slapped him on the shoulder and gave him a death stare.
Even when X-Pac was a face towards the end of 2001 when he was the Light-Heavyweight champion, he was still getting those chants.
I mean, I see heat coming from all the vile actions he did to Kane, but were people really hanging onto that? I didn't mind X-Pac. Then again, I didn't too much care for The Rock, so I'm weird like that.
As an aside, when I was going down memory lane, I remember leading up to Wrestlemania X7, Vince McMahon forced Debra to be The Rock's manager. I'm not sure how it works, but I didn't think someone can just force a manager on you.
I have read that both Steve Austin and Dwayne Johnson were very "uncomfortable" with this storyline. I mean, it just doesn't make any sense. They were trying it, too. There was a tag team match with The Rock and Austin on the same team, and Debra was sitting there clapping for The Rock and making moon eyes at him, which caused Austin to reprimand her several times during the match and after the match.
Why Debra? Were they trying to force down the whole Randy Savage/Miss Elizabeth thing? Debra is hardly Miss Elizabeth, and by that point, the most memorable things she had done was getting chokeslammed by Nicole Bass and being the Lieutenant Commissioner (which she was horrible at).
It almost drops into the abysmally stupid angle that forced that asinine romance angle between The Rock and Trish Stratus. Check it out, Trish and The Rock were forced into a tag-team match during the Invasion storyline and Trish was backstage all nervous about the match. Then, The Rock just appears out of nowhere like the Candyman and tells her that he'll protect her and all of that. The two share a very awkward, robotic, and unpassionate kiss. PUH-LEEZE!!!
I never understood why they had to have Austin and Debra's relationship written into the show when it should have been kept in the back. I suppose that the current product does that now with Triple H and Stephanie's relationship. However, at the time, the WWF never worked in The Kat and Lawler's relationship, although it was super obvious.
My point being, that Austin and The Rock always worked alone and never needed anything from anyone. They were badasses who relied on just themselves (which also brings up the question on why The Rock opened up to Vince and trusted him, when just a year earlier, he turned on him). I'm just so glad they dropped that storyline.
Anyway, I've gabbed on far enough. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!! Be safe and I love you all!
I hope everyone has a very happy, safe, and productive 4th of July weekend!
I had a question about X-Pac. Why couldn't he ever live down his heat? LOL.
Between the end of 1999 to the point where he came back with the NWO, he was booed, jeered, and heckled.
I mean, I get it, he did Kane so, so very wrong. X-Pac was manipulative, cruel, and vindictive towards Kane the entire time. Then he TURNED AROUND and STOLE Kane's girl, cultimating in Tori being the third female and last person to join DX. He also would get cheap heat by attacking Tori during her matches before the two had spent Christmas weekend together.
By 2000, X-Pac was strongly in heel territory and would assist Triple H's intoxication with power by doing everything in his power to have Trips retain the WWF Heavyweight championship. Towards mid-to-late Spring, we started seeing less and less of X-Pac, as he and Road Dogg (and Tori) were the only remaining members of DX, which meant they were a shell of their former selves, and once Tori was out of the picture (I think it was Bubba Ray who put her through a table), Road Dogg and X-Pac started getting into petty spats with each other. This is when things weren't looking so good for X-Pac.
X-Pac went through getting into a fight with Road Dogg (who was his only friend and ally at that point), to his several unsuccessful attempts at capturing the European Championship from Al Snow, getting humiliated by Tori with her slapping him for failing to protect her from The Dudley Boyz, and then he spent the rest of the year jobbing to Chris Jericho.
In 2001, X-Pac began gunning for the Intercontinental championship and lost out of that. That's when he teamed up with Justin Credible (I totally forgot how they linked up, I think they just showed up like that one day), with Albert joining shortly after to form X-Factor. This was a team that was DX-Lite (I think their colors were purple and black and they had a far worse theme song), only with X-Pac as the leader, instead of the sidekick (and I don't think he was the leader of his tag-team with Road Dogg as Road Dogg had more tag-team expertise). This was a long time coming for X-Pac, as he was looking for his time to shine; whatwith him being Triple H's lapdog (only to benefit Trips) for the better part of a year and Triple H giving him the cold shoulder when he lost the championship.
Though X-Pac was an ineffective leader, the tag-team did show some minor success. All throughout, however, we, as an audience, always heard the "X-Pac sucks!" chants. I understand what he did to Kane was ridiculous and he was never going to live that down, but at this point, he was trying to break away from the "Young Degenerate" character, with minimal success.
I remember being in attendance at Backlash 2001 with my then boyfriend. He started trying to start the "X-Pac sucks!" chant, but he abruptly stopped after I slapped him on the shoulder and gave him a death stare.
Even when X-Pac was a face towards the end of 2001 when he was the Light-Heavyweight champion, he was still getting those chants.
I mean, I see heat coming from all the vile actions he did to Kane, but were people really hanging onto that? I didn't mind X-Pac. Then again, I didn't too much care for The Rock, so I'm weird like that.
As an aside, when I was going down memory lane, I remember leading up to Wrestlemania X7, Vince McMahon forced Debra to be The Rock's manager. I'm not sure how it works, but I didn't think someone can just force a manager on you.
I have read that both Steve Austin and Dwayne Johnson were very "uncomfortable" with this storyline. I mean, it just doesn't make any sense. They were trying it, too. There was a tag team match with The Rock and Austin on the same team, and Debra was sitting there clapping for The Rock and making moon eyes at him, which caused Austin to reprimand her several times during the match and after the match.
Why Debra? Were they trying to force down the whole Randy Savage/Miss Elizabeth thing? Debra is hardly Miss Elizabeth, and by that point, the most memorable things she had done was getting chokeslammed by Nicole Bass and being the Lieutenant Commissioner (which she was horrible at).
It almost drops into the abysmally stupid angle that forced that asinine romance angle between The Rock and Trish Stratus. Check it out, Trish and The Rock were forced into a tag-team match during the Invasion storyline and Trish was backstage all nervous about the match. Then, The Rock just appears out of nowhere like the Candyman and tells her that he'll protect her and all of that. The two share a very awkward, robotic, and unpassionate kiss. PUH-LEEZE!!!
I never understood why they had to have Austin and Debra's relationship written into the show when it should have been kept in the back. I suppose that the current product does that now with Triple H and Stephanie's relationship. However, at the time, the WWF never worked in The Kat and Lawler's relationship, although it was super obvious.
My point being, that Austin and The Rock always worked alone and never needed anything from anyone. They were badasses who relied on just themselves (which also brings up the question on why The Rock opened up to Vince and trusted him, when just a year earlier, he turned on him). I'm just so glad they dropped that storyline.
Anyway, I've gabbed on far enough. I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!! Be safe and I love you all!