The local men ruins everything meme

[The Blue Nova]

One of the first big memes I remember on here during my first two years here was around early 2015. The Big Show and Kane were called the Local Men. because alot of people were annoyed how they were still in the main event picture and annoyed at them eliminating everyone at the 2015 Royal Rumble. As Kane had been in WWE since 1997 and Show since 1999. and people were tired of them. When was the first reference of them being called local men on here start?

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

my guess someone, EoE: Well There's Your Problem maybe, posted the Simpsons "local man ruins everything" image... in reference to them and it stuck.

[Venti]

Spooky, I just posted in the other subforum about the Local man meme before I saw this.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

Someone needs to put together a music video set to U2's Beautiful Day about all the wonderful times Kane and Big Show had together.

[Magnus the Magnificent]

Earl looks jealous...

[msc]

Iirc it was used for Show when he was inserted into the Yes movement storyline in 2013.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Aug 16, 2022 15:14:20 GMT -5 The Heartbreak TWERK said:

Someone needs to put together a music video set to U2's Beautiful Day about all the wonderful times Kane and Big Show had together.

[darbus alan]

The Local Man meme was a big part of why I was able to just barely tolerate The Authority. They had to be a top 3 worst stable I ever experienced in my wrestling-watching history.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Aug 16, 2022 16:33:01 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

The Local Man meme was a big part of why I was able to just barely tolerate The Authority. They had to be a top 3 worst stable I ever experienced in my wrestling-watching history.

I think it might be the worst when you factor everything in. Everything revolved around them, it way overstayed it's welcome, and the fact that the stable just sucked. HHH was whatever in his role, Stephanie was a terrible character, and nobody wanted to see Big Show and Kane as featured players at that point. Only positive I can say about it is that I think it helped elevate Rollins. Survivor Series 2014 was the perfect blowoff for it and they had to freaking bring it right back after a month. Other then Christian losing the belt to Orton after two days I can't think of anything else that pissed me off more as a fan and made me want to quit watching.

On top of that I can't even remember how it ended. Was there even a clear conclusion to it? I think it just slowly stopped being a thing due to most of the members like Orton and Kane gradually leaving because Rollins was such a insufferable jerk and they couldn't stand him. Big Show was turned so many times I can't even remember what the deal ended up being with him. I remember him feuding with Ryback and Mizfor the IC title around Summerslam and then he was a face by early 2016 teaming with Ryback and Kane against the Wyatts. How he got to that point I don't remember at all. Probably just one of those deals where he was on one of his vacations and then came back and was a face again with no explanation why.

[Triangle Lancer]

Mark Henry was the Third Man, brother.

[darbus alan]

Aug 16, 2022 16:55:55 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

Aug 16, 2022 16:33:01 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

The Local Man meme was a big part of why I was able to just barely tolerate The Authority. They had to be a top 3 worst stable I ever experienced in my wrestling-watching history.

I think it might be the worst when you factor everything in. Everything revolved around them, it way overstayed it's welcome, and the fact that the stable just sucked. HHH was whatever in his role, Stephanie was a terrible character, and nobody wanted to see Big Show and Kane as featured players at that point. Only positive I can say about it is that I think it helped elevate Rollins. Survivor Series 2014 was the perfect blowoff for it and they had to freaking bring it right back after a month. Other then Christian losing the belt to Orton after two days I can't think of anything else that pissed me off more as a fan and made me want to quit watching.

On top of that I can't even remember how it ended. Was there even a clear conclusion to it? I think it just slowly stopped being a thing due to most of the members like Orton and Kane gradually leaving because Rollins was such a insufferable jerk and they couldn't stand him. Big Show was turned so many times I can't even remember what the deal ended up being with him. I remember him feuding with Ryback and Mizfor the IC title around Summerslam and then he was a face by early 2016 teaming with Ryback and Kane against the Wyatts. How he got to that point I don't remember at all. Probably just one of those deals where he was on one of his vacations and then came back and was a face again with no explanation why.

I think they abruptly ended when Raw did a record low rating and they pivoted to "hey we're nice bosses and doing what YOU fans want!" Mind you, my memory is real fuzzy at that time.

And their being everywhere was a big part of why I hated them so much. It was just a slog with the same thing happening week-to-week. Like there's been stables made of much worse collections of talent and presentation, but they weren't as omnipresent as The Authority.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Aug 16, 2022 17:09:10 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

Aug 16, 2022 16:55:55 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

I think it might be the worst when you factor everything in. Everything revolved around them, it way overstayed it's welcome, and the fact that the stable just sucked. HHH was whatever in his role, Stephanie was a terrible character, and nobody wanted to see Big Show and Kane as featured players at that point. Only positive I can say about it is that I think it helped elevate Rollins. Survivor Series 2014 was the perfect blowoff for it and they had to freaking bring it right back after a month. Other then Christian losing the belt to Orton after two days I can't think of anything else that pissed me off more as a fan and made me want to quit watching.

On top of that I can't even remember how it ended. Was there even a clear conclusion to it? I think it just slowly stopped being a thing due to most of the members like Orton and Kane gradually leaving because Rollins was such a insufferable jerk and they couldn't stand him. Big Show was turned so many times I can't even remember what the deal ended up being with him. I remember him feuding with Ryback and Mizfor the IC title around Summerslam and then he was a face by early 2016 teaming with Ryback and Kane against the Wyatts. How he got to that point I don't remember at all. Probably just one of those deals where he was on one of his vacations and then came back and was a face again with no explanation why.

I think they abruptly ended when Raw did a record low rating and they pivoted to "hey we're nice bosses and doing what YOU fans want!" Mind you, my memory is real fuzzy at that time.

And their being everywhere was a big part of why I hated them so much. It was just a slog with the same thing happening week-to-week. Like there's been stables made of much worse collections of talent and presentation, but they weren't as omnipresent as The Authority.

That was years later though when they used Corbin as a scapegoat though right? Now that I think about I would say the original run of if probably ended when Reigns beat HHH at Mania 32. I also forgot League of Nations turning into their goons and Sheamus being the default chosen one due to Rollins tearing his ACL. Although it sucked for Rollins I think him getting hurt at least meant the group wasn't going to be around much longer. If he doesn't get hurt it probably gets dragged out even more as LON seemed more like their own group and more like mercenaries then being part of the Authortiy. Seemed like after the Reigns loss that HHH and Stephanie became more part time. I don't remember them being around much in 2016 and 2017 as that was right after the draft and them splitting the rosters again with Shane and Bryan running Smackdown and Foley and then Angle running Raw. Then they came back to do that tag match at Mania against Angle and Ronda.

[canceled4truth]

Man, Kane and Show during that era was a big reason why I stopped watching for 7 years. Those two goddam bores would simply not leave the main event scene.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

I’m fairly certain it started with just Kane (specifically corporate Kane) by himself because of his tendency to run-in and cause DQ finishes. In fact, I’m fairly certain it was this run that made the DQ finish go from “necessary evil” to “NO MORE DQ FINISHES EVER”. Then you add to that how this meant that guys like Bryan and Ambrose were then required to spend a lot of time fighting this guy on TV in plodding matches, and it’s like… It’s how memes begin to form.

Rinse and repeat for Big Show after his 2014 heel turn. Mark Henry ALMOST got there, but he wasn’t being pushed hard enough anymore at that point.

Then you have their “starring role” in the 2015 Rumble and you got a stew going.

[bob]

[darbus alan]

Aug 16, 2022 17:24:35 GMT -5 ThankGodForSidJustice said:

Aug 16, 2022 17:09:10 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

I think they abruptly ended when Raw did a record low rating and they pivoted to "hey we're nice bosses and doing what YOU fans want!" Mind you, my memory is real fuzzy at that time.

And their being everywhere was a big part of why I hated them so much. It was just a slog with the same thing happening week-to-week. Like there's been stables made of much worse collections of talent and presentation, but they weren't as omnipresent as The Authority.

That was years later though when they used Corbin as a scapegoat though right? Now that I think about I would say the original run of if probably ended when Reigns beat HHH at Mania 32. I also forgot League of Nations turning into their goons and Sheamus being the default chosen one due to Rollins tearing his ACL. Although it sucked for Rollins I think him getting hurt at least meant the group wasn't going to be around much longer. If he doesn't get hurt it probably gets dragged out even more as LON seemed more like their own group and more like mercenaries then being part of the Authortiy. Seemed like after the Reigns loss that HHH and Stephanie became more part time. I don't remember them being around much in 2016 and 2017 as that was right after the draft and them splitting the rosters again with Shane and Bryan running Smackdown and Foley and then Angle running Raw. Then they came back to do that tag match at Mania against Angle and Ronda.

Right.

That era of WWE was so bad that it just was a blur for me. TBH I'm surprised I didn't stop watching even sooner, but then there were still people on the roster I really liked (Bryan, Dean, the women's division as a whole) so I stuck it out.

[tirtefaa]

Aug 16, 2022 17:25:46 GMT -5 canceled4truth said:

Man, Kane and Show during that era was a big reason why I stopped watching for 7 years.

The problem for me was that both Kane and Big Show were complete and utter jokes by the 2010's.

Kane himself only had two brief periods in his entire career where he was a credible monster, otherwise he was a jobber to the stars. And by that I mean he would beat anyone and everyone in the midcard making them look like jokes, only to lose to the already established main eventers every single time. It was actually shocking when Kane would win a feud. In the whole history of watching, I think Kane is quite possibly the worst long term talent in regards to just hanging on, and providing little to no value in his later years. I liked his brief relationship with DB, but he otherwise could have disappeared after WrestleMania 20 and not made one shred of difference to the product in any way.

Big Show was more tolerable due to his personality, but he had the same problem of never being treated as as big of a deal as he should be. The constant turns didn't help either. He's a guy who they should have given a credible face run earlier in his career, especially after they split the brands.