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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Nov 21, 2022 9:07:54 GMT -5
in retrospect half of the nWo felt like a bunch of hasbeens going through a collective midlife crisis.
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Post by sungod2020 on Nov 21, 2022 9:22:57 GMT -5
Jumping Bomb Angels in the late 80s WWF. Ahead of their time when Moolah and the others were doing hair mares nonstop. Not to mention the majority(or what existed of it) of the women's roster looked like a bunch of barflys. They would definitely fit into the modern era though.
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Post by fg on Nov 21, 2022 13:15:30 GMT -5
Not a wrestler but…
Vince “Whatamaneuver” McMahon, the announcer in late 1996 until the screwjob.
His style of baby face commentary was outdated (what a shock) by that time. Imagine what it would have been like if he still did commentary on a regular basis during the Attitude era.
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Post by sungod2020 on Nov 21, 2022 13:21:21 GMT -5
Not a wrestler but… Vince “Whatamaneuver” McMahon, the announcer in late 1996 until the screwjob. His style of baby face commentary was outdated (what a shock) by that time. Imagine what it would have been like if he still did commentary on a regular basis during the Attitude era. Kinda made sense since the WWF was going through a transitional phase, which is why I like 1997, they were all over the place. It did seem surreal though for Vince McMahon, the announcer, in his powdered-blue suit and Todd Pettingale going over that "Fondle Me Elmo" skit.
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 21, 2022 13:29:43 GMT -5
Steve Williams fit in attitude era WWE like a hot dog slipping through a cheerio
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 21, 2022 14:53:14 GMT -5
Jim Cornette in the attitude era. Forget the NWA angle, he was still doing commentary in late 98/early 99 and it sounded like he was a relic from another era.
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Post by sungod2020 on Nov 21, 2022 15:01:16 GMT -5
Jim Cornette in the attitude era. Forget the NWA angle, he was still doing commentary in late 98/early 99 and it sounded like he was a relic from another era. It does make me wonder, for someone who has bashed WWF/E both on camera and off for relying heavily on "sports entertainment" and not "serious business" like back in his day, why would he work for them? Let alone for 12 years.
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 21, 2022 15:31:25 GMT -5
The Headbangers in 2016. Two dudes from the attitude era somehow ended up in the tourney for the Smackdown Tag Team titles.
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Post by Jaws the Shark on Nov 21, 2022 16:24:43 GMT -5
The Headbangers in 2016. Two dudes from the attitude era somehow ended up in the tourney for the Smackdown Tag Team titles. I don't know, we're talking WWE here so something that was popular(ish) in the late nineties is very now.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Nov 21, 2022 16:34:45 GMT -5
People like Tatanka, Dugan and Mr Perfect coming back post-2000 felt really weird. Tatanka came back and wrestled in the ARMBAR in 2016.
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Post by SmashTV on Nov 21, 2022 17:40:22 GMT -5
Hogan in 93. Although he’d only been out of the company for a year, he seemed very misplaced in the mid 90s still doing the same old routine. The WWF was admittedly in a transitional phase, but fans had spent the last year watching Flair, Bret, Savage and Shawn. Hogan coming back seemed ill fitting.
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Post by chronocross on Nov 21, 2022 17:47:13 GMT -5
Junkyard Dog's run in WCW 1990-1993.
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Post by J. Hova on Nov 21, 2022 20:11:00 GMT -5
Jim Cornette in the attitude era. Forget the NWA angle, he was still doing commentary in late 98/early 99 and it sounded like he was a relic from another era. It does make me wonder, for someone who has bashed WWF/E both on camera and off for relying heavily on "sports entertainment" and not "serious business" like back in his day, why would he work for them? Let alone for 12 years. Money. SMW had drained him pretty well and it's easy to forget he was only like 34 when SMW folded. He was insanely young in Mid South and JCP.
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Post by ppl591 on Nov 21, 2022 21:22:04 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it fits. But in early 90s wcw gimmicks like Big Josh and PN News always felt too gimmicky for the previously somewhat serious wcw/nwa promotion
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Post by The Blue Nova on Nov 21, 2022 22:01:14 GMT -5
I forgot Nasty Boys in 2010 TNA OOF . that was terrible.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 21, 2022 22:15:58 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it fits. But in early 90s wcw gimmicks like Big Josh and PN News always felt too gimmicky for the previously somewhat serious wcw/nwa promotion That whole era is something that stick out to me. Everyone shits on Ole Anderson as a booker because of the Black Scorpion, ignoring the fact that he wrote the name on a booking sheet and Jim Herd told him, “But that’s a great name, use it!” Asking Ole to book a sports entertainment style was like asking Vince Russo to book Mid South or Jim Cornette to book AAA.
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Post by ppl591 on Nov 21, 2022 22:27:47 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it fits. But in early 90s wcw gimmicks like Big Josh and PN News always felt too gimmicky for the previously somewhat serious wcw/nwa promotion That whole era is something that stick out to me. Everyone shits on Ole Anderson as a booker because of the Black Scorpion, ignoring the fact that he wrote the name on a booking sheet and Jim Herd told him, “But that’s a great name, use it!” Asking Ole to book a sports entertainment style was like asking Vince Russo to book Mid South or Jim Cornette to book AAA. It really did seem like they were going for the sports entertainment presentation. But the gimmicks were all second rate. Like they seemed like gimmicks wwf would've tried once in a dark match and rejected. I do think the black scorpion gimmick was a good idea had there actually have been a plan. Someone coming for sting from his past. But they had no plan. It needed to be someone who really was there when sting was coming up and not just made up as they went along.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Nov 21, 2022 23:00:17 GMT -5
That whole era is something that stick out to me. Everyone shits on Ole Anderson as a booker because of the Black Scorpion, ignoring the fact that he wrote the name on a booking sheet and Jim Herd told him, “But that’s a great name, use it!” Asking Ole to book a sports entertainment style was like asking Vince Russo to book Mid South or Jim Cornette to book AAA. It really did seem like they were going for the sports entertainment presentation. But the gimmicks were all second rate. Like they seemed like gimmicks wwf would've tried once in a dark match and rejected. I do think the black scorpion gimmick was a good idea had there actually have been a plan. Someone coming for sting from his past. But they had no plan. It needed to be someone who really was there when sting was coming up and not just made up as they went along. It always amused me to hear Ole talk about it. Herd kept telling him, “We need something different!,” so Ole wrote Sting vs the Black Scorpion on a booking sheet as a joke. Herd said, “That’s great, that’s what I’m talking about!” Ole said, “Jim, it was a joke. There is no Black Scorpion.” Herd said, “But that’s great, use that!” Ole said, “Jim…it’s just a name on a sheet of paper. There is no Black Scorpion.” Herd replied, “But that’s a great name, use that!” I know Tony Schiavone has said he and Jim Ross ended up writing a lot of the TV after that because Ole had checked out and would tell them, “If you guys don’t come with something for TV, then I guess we’re not having TV.” Ole would also answer, “Who is the Black Scorpion?,” with “I don’t know. And I don’t give a shit.” In his book, Ole talked about meeting Marc Mero to offer him a contract. Even though Ole preferred an amateur wrestling background, he thought Mero had a great look and attitude and was all for the signing. Ole offered him $40,000 per year (and remember that this was ‘90 or ‘91) and told him, “Now, that’s not going to make you rich, but will be a nice living. And if you get over, we’ll sit down and come up with something better for you.” Mero was enthusiastically on board, but before they could draw up the deal and get it done, a secretary called them both to Herd’s office. When they got there, Herd told them it was about a contract offer. Ole told him they had already made a deal but Herd shut him down, telling Mero, “You have one offer and one only, take it or leave it.” I can’t remember the specifics, but it was something like $100,000 per year plus a matching clothing allowance. Mero, stunned, looked at Ole, who told him, “You heard the man. That’s your offer, take it or leave it.”
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 22, 2022 0:22:48 GMT -5
I forgot Nasty Boys in 2010 TNA OOF . that was terrible. At the same time, you also had The Band in the same promotion and they were tag team champions.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Nov 22, 2022 2:32:32 GMT -5
in retrospect half of the nWo felt like a bunch of hasbeens going through a collective midlife crisis. Looking back I really love NWO Hollywood for what a bunch of slugs who just didn't give a crap they were. "Last Call" Scott Hall, The Giant smoking cigarettes while wrestling, Bret Hart always looking as disinterested as possible. It's like on the other side you had the Wolfpac who were like the cool and hip version of the NWO and then the other side you just had mainly these early to mid 40 somethings either going through midlife crisis (looking mainly at you Hulkster) or who just seemed done with it.
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