Injustice45
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Post by Injustice45 on Nov 26, 2022 16:38:05 GMT -5
Kevin Nash in WWE in 2011. He looked off with his hair dyed, especially after he embraced the gray in TNA so well.
Ahmed Johnson in WCW. He was out of shape, and the most notable thing he did was feud with Booker T over the rights to the letter T. He didn't have the same aura he once did in '95 and '96.
Mick Foley had no business being a champion in TNA.
Randy Savage post nWo. But, we did get the "Send for the man" meme tho.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 26, 2022 17:29:23 GMT -5
LOD in 1997 WWF. Just so out of place Even when they did try to re-invent themselves with the LOD 2000 look a year later, it failed anyway. They were just DONE by that point no matter what. In retrospect I think they were done as an act you didn't want to miss by 1991.
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 26, 2022 17:41:47 GMT -5
DDP in the early 90's is kinda weird. In my mind, DDP became a thing around '95-ish with Kimberly outside holding up the '10' signs. Yet, he spent years making sporadic appearances that never went anywhere going all the way back to '91-ish. Oh that's a good one, usually think of guys on the way down feeling out of place rather than those yet to make their way up. Especially as it's rare they'd feel out of place, usually if someone cameos early in their career it still feels natural but agree it wouldn't with DDP. I guess Okada in TNA is another.
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Post by bob on Nov 26, 2022 17:50:08 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan in TNA
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 26, 2022 17:52:39 GMT -5
Furnas and Lafon felt completely out of place in 96/97 WWF. Years earlier they could have been a decent white meat babyface tag team or years later an acclaimed duo on ROH/indy circuit. But right in the middle of the increasingly angle focused and extreme personality oriented WWF they were the wrong team at the absolute wrong time.
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Bo Rida
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Post by Bo Rida on Nov 26, 2022 18:02:47 GMT -5
Logically that should be the case but looking back I think they were made for each other. In the same way as a couple that brings out the worst of each other but still.
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Post by jason1980s on Nov 26, 2022 22:52:04 GMT -5
DDP in the early 90's is kinda weird. In my mind, DDP became a thing around '95-ish with Kimberly outside holding up the '10' signs. Yet, he spent years making sporadic appearances that never went anywhere going all the way back to '91-ish. WCW seemed to be well known for the sporadic appearances throughout the 1990s. I remember early 94 he and Z-Man wrestling, I think DDP had returned and did a special challenge match to anyone. I know I hadn't seen Z-Man on TV in months, if not a year and DDP-it was probably even longer than that, that he hadn't been on TV. He seemed to come in to his own around 95 with Johnny B. Badd but still the best was yet to come. Furnas and Lafon felt completely out of place in 96/97 WWF. Years earlier they could have been a decent white meat babyface tag team or years later an acclaimed duo on ROH/indy circuit. But right in the middle of the increasingly angle focused and extreme personality oriented WWF they were the wrong team at the absolute wrong time. I'm surprised WWF brought them in for the Survivor Series 1997 but I guess they had a year long contract. They fit the theme of Team Canada in a way but even there they were out of place. It would have worked better if they had been on TV but they hadn't after the car accident. Really after early 1997 it seems WWF gave up on them. They didn't make the rumble and had only a few rare PPV appearances.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 27, 2022 1:53:34 GMT -5
The Bushwhackers in 1996. Given the fact that they were barely on tv in 1995 (their last televised appearance before 1996 was Rumble 95), it seemed odd to suddenly feature them heavily again, especially since this was still the New Generation era, most of the other late 80s/mid 90s stars, save for Bret and Shawn, were long gone, yet they were still around.
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Post by smokinvokoun86 on Nov 28, 2022 0:41:02 GMT -5
1993-94 might be the strangest years in WWF history when it comes to this. It’s pretty firmly the era of Bret/Shawn & Taker. But 1993 still had guys like
Hulk Hogan Randy Savage as a part time wrestler Big Bossman Ric Flair Ted Dibiase as a wrestler Earthquake Slick Bobby Heenan Gene Okerlund Hell the Bushwackers made it to 1996
All these guys are firmly associated with the classic era of the 80s and early 90s. Bob Backlund, was the only out of place guy who eventually reinvented himself as the crazy old man and he can be associated in the New Generation era.
Speaking of Backlund, he was around for a months into the Hogan era. Even had an appearance on Piper’s Pit which is also bizarre to me.
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Post by tafkaga on Dec 2, 2022 22:20:16 GMT -5
Kamala in 1992 WWF never rang right with me, though he was fine in '95 WCW.
King Kong Bundy in '94-95 WWF was the same way. Like he stepped out of a time warp.
Randy Savage is another one. '92 was a great year for him, but for some reason starting with Royal Rumble '93 he didn't seem like he belonged, though I think it came down to his presentation. Suddenly he's feuding with undercard guys like Crush and Repo Man and he seems like he's doing a nostalgia tour instead of seriously competing.
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Post by Ozman on Dec 4, 2022 17:13:36 GMT -5
1993-94 might be the strangest years in WWF history when it comes to this. It’s pretty firmly the era of Bret/Shawn & Taker. But 1993 still had guys like Hulk Hogan Randy Savage as a part time wrestler Big Bossman Ric Flair Ted Dibiase as a wrestler Earthquake Slick Bobby Heenan Gene Okerlund Hell the Bushwackers made it to 1996 All these guys are firmly associated with the classic era of the 80s and early 90s. Bob Backlund, was the only out of place guy who eventually reinvented himself as the crazy old man and he can be associated in the New Generation era. Speaking of Backlund, he was around for a months into the Hogan era. Even had an appearance on Piper’s Pit which is also bizarre to me. Roddy Piper also felt out of place in 1994 when he feuded with Jerry Lawler.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 4, 2022 21:32:07 GMT -5
Tatanka and Jim Duggan in mid-2000s WWE.
It's like "why are you two even here" and "If you're even being paid peanuts, it's too much."
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Dec 4, 2022 22:15:40 GMT -5
Kevin Nash in WWE in 2011. He looked off with his hair dyed, especially after he embraced the gray in TNA so well. Take of unknown temperature: Nash actually looked better as a silver fox than with brown hair.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 5, 2022 5:44:02 GMT -5
Tatanka and Jim Duggan in mid-2000s WWE. It's like "why are you two even here" and "If you're even being paid peanuts, it's too much." They were definitely dated, but Duggan was weirdly pretty over, so it made sense to have him as a guy for live shows, kind of like how R-Truth works. Duggan yells "HOOOOO!" and swings a wooden board. Probably the easiest filler for house shows and dark matches. Tatanka still looked decent, even if he was also a relic, and it fit for Eugene as this wrestling fanboy character to team with someone he plausibly grew up watching on TV. Now, heel Tatanka? Yeah, that was a pity paycheck.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Dec 5, 2022 5:51:56 GMT -5
Matt Classic any time in the last 3 decades.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Dec 5, 2022 11:05:59 GMT -5
Tatanka and Jim Duggan in mid-2000s WWE. It's like "why are you two even here" and "If you're even being paid peanuts, it's too much." I’ll be honest, by that point, Duggan was the only reason I was still watching. I told him that at a signing, and when I saw him at the same event a year later, he remembered and asked if I was still watching Raw. By that point, they had stopped using him and I had stopped watching.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 5, 2022 11:07:47 GMT -5
Sam Houston in 80s WWF.
Nowadays if he was in WWE at the age he was in the 80s he could, as someone else suggested elsewhere, be adjusted to be the their answer to "Hangman" Adam Page.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 5, 2022 11:13:19 GMT -5
Human Tornado didn't feel that out of place in the era he worked on in the indies but he would've worked so much better if he was coming up in today's wrestling scene for a mainstream promotion.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 5, 2022 20:13:54 GMT -5
Tatanka and Jim Duggan in mid-2000s WWE. It's like "why are you two even here" and "If you're even being paid peanuts, it's too much." I’ll be honest, by that point, Duggan was the only reason I was still watching. I told him that at a signing, and when I saw him at the same event a year later, he remembered and asked if I was still watching Raw. By that point, they had stopped using him and I had stopped watching. I'm not like the biggest Duggan guy, but I feel like he worked better there than he did in, well, almost any of his WCW runs.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Dec 5, 2022 20:23:33 GMT -5
So, hot take for me personally, as he's definitely one of my favorites, but save for a few iconic moments, Terry Funk as Chainsaw Charlie felt super odd to me. I guess it was cause he was sort of talked about as Mick's "crazy old friend" or whatever.
What makes it even more weird is that he had just left that ECW run where he almost seemed rejuvenated, and was still massively over.
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