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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Oct 5, 2022 16:23:44 GMT -5
She probably dodged a bullet, given the horror stories around management that have come out over the years. Even if they didn't make unwanted advances, odds are good they would try to have her take bumps and work matches well before she's ready. Never forget what they did to the Diva Search contestants.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 5, 2022 16:34:23 GMT -5
Going to play devils advocate and say replacing her with Summer, or another actually trained worker was the right choice. Yeah she was lovely and played it to the hilt, but she was not a wrestler, it was not her lifelong dream to be a WWE superstar. She enjoyed it fir her time, but I imagine the travel would have worn out on her fast. Not being a ring worker would have gotten incredibly limiting very fast. With Summer you could have her involved in Fandango’s stories or feuds. The fact they totally misused both him and her doesn’t change the fact that Fandagirl only worked as a prop, I remember one of the critisms of Fandangirl was that she would never react at ringside to anything. She was a much better dancer than Summer because she was a proper trained ballroom dancer. With Summer though as its been said since she was a trained wrestler she could get more involved. Part of the shtick was for Summer and Fandango tinge delusional, nowhere near the hot stuff they thought they were. Like Honky To k nan acting like he could sing better than Elvis. And the two of them had great chemistry. Vince just didn’t strike while the udon was hot during the initial spurt of popularity, and he didn’t hedge any idea what to do with them in the longer term. It was a passing fancy.
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Oct 5, 2022 20:59:51 GMT -5
I remember one of the critisms of Fandangirl was that she would never react at ringside to anything. She was a much better dancer than Summer because she was a proper trained ballroom dancer. With Summer though as its been said since she was a trained wrestler she could get more involved. Part of the shtick was for Summer and Fandango tinge delusional, nowhere near the hot stuff they thought they were. Like Honky To k nan acting like he could sing better than Elvis. And the two of them had great chemistry. Vince just didn’t strike while the udon was hot during the initial spurt of popularity, and he didn’t hedge any idea what to do with them in the longer term. It was a passing fancy. Fandango got hurt; looks like he was supposed to win the IC title.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Oct 5, 2022 22:20:52 GMT -5
Part of the shtick was for Summer and Fandango tinge delusional, nowhere near the hot stuff they thought they were. Like Honky To k nan acting like he could sing better than Elvis. And the two of them had great chemistry. Vince just didn’t strike while the udon was hot during the initial spurt of popularity, and he didn’t hedge any idea what to do with them in the longer term. It was a passing fancy. Fandango got hurt; looks like he was supposed to win the IC title. Yeah, he got a bad concussion like almost immediately after getting over.
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Post by Starshine on Oct 6, 2022 0:29:43 GMT -5
I'm still waiting for someone to solve the mystery of what happened to that extra 'o' in Fandangoo.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Oct 6, 2022 2:08:04 GMT -5
She would have had a limited shelf life without taking bumps anyway
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 6, 2022 4:25:03 GMT -5
Part of the shtick was for Summer and Fandango tinge delusional, nowhere near the hot stuff they thought they were. Like Honky To k nan acting like he could sing better than Elvis. And the two of them had great chemistry. Vince just didn’t strike while the udon was hot during the initial spurt of popularity, and he didn’t hedge any idea what to do with them in the longer term. It was a passing fancy. Fandango got hurt; looks like he was supposed to win the IC title. I could have seen him challenging for the US and IC titles. At the height of his popularity, I could see him as part of a money in the bank, elimination chamber, or survivor series tag match. Could even see a shot at the WHC as the main event of raw or Smackdown. But not as a main e enter or actual champion. The feud with Emma and Santino wrote itself, they just dragged it out way too long and never gave it a proper pay off. After that, Adam arose seemed like a natural opponent.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Oct 6, 2022 4:27:15 GMT -5
Fandango got hurt; looks like he was supposed to win the IC title. I could have seen him challenging for the US and IC titles. At the height of his popularity, I could see him as part of a money in the bank, elimination chamber, or survivor series tag match. Could even see a shot at the WHC as the main event of raw or Smackdown. But not as a main e enter or actual champion. The feud with Emma and Santino wrote itself, they just dragged it out way too long and never gave it a proper pay off. After that, Adam arose seemed like a natural opponent. For what it’s worth, he WAS in a Money In The Bank match, the one that Damien Sandow won.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Oct 6, 2022 4:53:44 GMT -5
Fandango got hurt; looks like he was supposed to win the IC title. I could have seen him challenging for the US and IC titles. At the height of his popularity, I could see him as part of a money in the bank, elimination chamber, or survivor series tag match. Could even see a shot at the WHC as the main event of raw or Smackdown. But not as a main e enter or actual champion. The feud with Emma and Santino wrote itself, they just dragged it out way too long and never gave it a proper pay off. After that, Adam arose seemed like a natural opponent. That injury really effected his career unfortunately. He had a decent amount of steam coming out of the Jericho feud and would've definitely been better then Axel. However they just seemed to give up on him afterwards for whatever reason. Like I can't remember anything of note he did after the Jericho feud until Breezango which wasn't until 2016 I believe.
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Post by Stu on Oct 6, 2022 6:17:34 GMT -5
Watch any Fandango match and you’ll see her just standing near the entranceway waiting for the match to end.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 6, 2022 6:27:27 GMT -5
I could have seen him challenging for the US and IC titles. At the height of his popularity, I could see him as part of a money in the bank, elimination chamber, or survivor series tag match. Could even see a shot at the WHC as the main event of raw or Smackdown. But not as a main e enter or actual champion. The feud with Emma and Santino wrote itself, they just dragged it out way too long and never gave it a proper pay off. After that, Adam arose seemed like a natural opponent. For what it’s worth, he WAS in a Money In The Bank match, the one that Damien Sandow won. Easy for me to say since I’m not the one playing with human lives, but even during his recovery from the concussion, they could have capitalized. An appearance on Glenn Gilberti’sDisco Inferno) podcast seemed like a given, especially if it was the two of them both in character taking jabs at each other. I would have pleaded with the producers of Dancing With the Stars to let him have a cameo of some sort. A web video interview with Stacy Kiebler also should have been a given.
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Post by bob on Oct 6, 2022 6:35:31 GMT -5
It should have been Eva Marie. Dolph: It should've been me!
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Oct 6, 2022 13:05:23 GMT -5
I could have seen him challenging for the US and IC titles. At the height of his popularity, I could see him as part of a money in the bank, elimination chamber, or survivor series tag match. Could even see a shot at the WHC as the main event of raw or Smackdown. But not as a main e enter or actual champion. The feud with Emma and Santino wrote itself, they just dragged it out way too long and never gave it a proper pay off. After that, Adam arose seemed like a natural opponent. That injury really effected his career unfortunately. He had a decent amount of steam coming out of the Jericho feud and would've definitely been better then Axel. However they just seemed to give up on him afterwards for whatever reason. Like I can't remember anything of note he did after the Jericho feud until Breezango which wasn't until 2016 I believe. Yeah once they slot someone else into your spot, you’re pushed to the side until that story line wraps up. And then hopefully the writers remember who you are when they pen their next story.
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