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Post by ISO Mid Thigh Pull on Jul 25, 2022 16:58:22 GMT -5
Solomon Crowe iPad Hacker is still terrorizing the Florida loop in another universe
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Post by chrom on Jul 25, 2022 17:19:09 GMT -5
What a minute, hold the phone here. That ain't no Saba Simba, that's Tony Atlas, that's Tonee Atlas! the only Good thing that came out of Saba Simba is it probably legitimately saved Tony Atlas's life... and I get everyone needing a gimmick in the new generation but... that's the best they could do? Couldn't they have had him as Dibiase's new bodyguard after Virgil? |
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Post by lucas_lee on Jul 25, 2022 17:24:09 GMT -5
How could he have made that horrid gimmick work? And for me Man Mountain Rock for some reason irked me as a kid and still does He could've went "all in" on the character and acted bat shit crazy...a bit similar to what Backlund did when he returned in the 90s. I dont know man he was DOA as soon as that theme song played |
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Post by sungod2020 on Jul 25, 2022 18:46:30 GMT -5
When Ricky Morton turned heel but did nothing to change his look. He should have been made to do an extensive dehickafication course and cut the mullet off. He did start wearing a suit in promos. For me, I was sorely disappointed when the Sheepherders showed up in the WWF as goofy kid-friendly hicks. I had heard about their violent matches for years and wanted to see them tear a hole through the tag team division. In all fairness they were in their 40s and the tag team division was STACKED, plus hardcore was a huge no-no at the time. While they might've not been the bad asses they were in the territories, they did get more exposure and money than they have in the pass, and with not getting their faces with barb-wire, I'm sure they were thankful for that. As far as gimmicks I hated goes, slapping an impersonator of other wrestlers gimmick(Big Show, Charlie Haas, Dolph Ziggler, Damian Sandow) is another way of saying "we have nothing better for you to do, so just parade around as bigger stars for our amusement." I just couldn't stand Sandow and Curtis Axel trying to recreate the Mega Powers handshake. |
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Post by sungod2020 on Jul 25, 2022 18:47:06 GMT -5
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Post by DeeBee on Jul 25, 2022 21:18:44 GMT -5
Any of the racist gimmicks (Saba Simba, Cryme Tyme, etc.) are obviously shit. Tim Horner's 'gimmick' in SMW was simultaneously the best and worst one ever. Worst because he was just awful and best because that video of him singing 'Shameless' by Garth Brooks and Cornette's explanation of all of that makes it one of the greatest things to ever happen in wrestling. With Horner, it didn’t help that his promos were awful. And I always think of when they did the disputed finish and Tim had the belt but commissioner Bob Armstrong had to reverse the decision and return the belt to the Dirty White Boy. Tim, unbeknownst to anyone else, brought a special needs child to the ring with him and the kid was holding the belt. So Bob Armstrong had to take the belt away from the special needs kid instead of the wrestler. Cornette said he had never seen Bob Armstrong so mad when he made it to the back. Is it the kid with scoliosis? I'm slowly working my way through the SMW run and Horner just introduced that kid. |
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Jul 26, 2022 6:59:24 GMT -5
With Horner, it didn’t help that his promos were awful. And I always think of when they did the disputed finish and Tim had the belt but commissioner Bob Armstrong had to reverse the decision and return the belt to the Dirty White Boy. Tim, unbeknownst to anyone else, brought a special needs child to the ring with him and the kid was holding the belt. So Bob Armstrong had to take the belt away from the special needs kid instead of the wrestler. Cornette said he had never seen Bob Armstrong so mad when he made it to the back. Is it the kid with scoliosis? I'm slowly working my way through the SMW run and Horner just introduced that kid. I’m not sure, I only remember the segment where Bob took the belt back, and I don’t think they went into specifics about the kid’s condition. |
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Post by jason1980s on Jul 26, 2022 10:47:23 GMT -5
I figured Man Mountain Rock wouldn't do well because it was just Maxx Payne who had been gone from WCW for almost a year and didn't do much when he was there in the first place. Most notable things were a Johnny B. Badd feud and the Cactus feud with Nasty Boys where Maxx was replaced by Kevin Sullivan who hadn't been seen in a while on WCW TV.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jul 26, 2022 13:09:06 GMT -5
Re: Red Rooster. Dude was walking around as a human version of Foghorn Leghorn, no one could have got that shit over. lol Skinner was quite terrible. Ricky Steamboat as a literal dragon is atrocious. I was in jr high when the Red Rooster showed up. Had a buddy with flaming redhair that was a huge Red Rooster fan. The day after Rooster appeared Russell shows up at school with his hair done up like the rooster. To this day Russell still wants a Red Rooster shirt and action figure. Oddly months later WWF finally came to Biloxi. Red Rooster was on the show and when he came out the crowd started chanting TERRY TAYLOR. Saw Terry crack a huge smile. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 26, 2022 13:17:05 GMT -5
Solomon Crowe iPad Hacker is still terrorizing the Florida loop in another universe That's one of those gimmicks that people kept talking about how cool it was... but... like... how does this gimmick end up in the actual wrestling aspect. that's where a lot of high concept gimmicks fail... it has to translate to something in the ring somehow... The most you could do with hacker is... like... mess with the lights or play a random video on the tron to get distraction rollups... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2022 13:21:39 GMT -5
Shorty G
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 26, 2022 13:50:10 GMT -5
seriously... first dude's not short... secondly he's a jacked wrestling allstar if he was in any standard High School clique he'd be a jock. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2022 13:53:06 GMT -5
seriously... first dude's not short... secondly he's a jacked wrestling allstar if he was in any standard High School clique he'd be a jock. It could've been gold if from the start he was a delusional heel like Bo Dallas, trying to motivate everyone and acting like being 5'7" was a disability he had to overcome. Instead, they really expected us to cheer this guy:  And when he WAS a heel, they didn't really let him show much personality. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 26, 2022 14:15:49 GMT -5
seriously... first dude's not short... secondly he's a jacked wrestling allstar if he was in any standard High School clique he'd be a jock. It could've been gold if from the start he was a delusional heel like Bo Dallas, trying to motivate everyone and acting like being 5'7" was a disability he had to overcome. Instead, they really expected us to cheer this guy: And when he WAS a heel, they didn't really let him show much personality. Not to mention the most ugly outfits known to man... >_> |
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Post by Woo on Jul 28, 2022 16:01:52 GMT -5
The Hurricane becoming Gregory Helms and not a super villain was such a missed opportunity.
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Jul 28, 2022 17:50:11 GMT -5
No gimmick. It’s getting harder to care for guys these days, when everyone is a wants to be a wannabe tough guy. Absolutely. I mean, there are some terrible gimmicks out there for sure, but I'll take bad over none at all. Save for overtly racist, sexist, etc. |
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Post by Wieners=$$$ on Jul 28, 2022 18:12:29 GMT -5
Face Doink.
There could've been a legitimate army of evil clowns terrorizing the WWF, making kids cry, building to an epic showdown with the Undertaker or Bret Hart, but NooooOOoo! Here's Dink instead🤬
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