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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Feb 3, 2007 22:07:18 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odjDt5c3kdI&mode=related&search=Could anyone give me a quick low-down on what the Ministry was all about? It was before my time, and I really wish I had been around for this. I especially regret missing out on the Brood/Ministry feud, where you had Gangrel and the vampires on one side and Undertaker and his army of zombie Dudleyz and Bossman on the other.
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Post by mo on Feb 3, 2007 22:10:22 GMT -5
I can tell you how they got to be where they are, I may be a bit off on some but it was a while ago
The Acolytes (later APA) formed under The Jackyl, who left soon after, don't remember how that came about though Dennis Knight was sacrificed by The Acolytes and became Mideon on RAW Mabel was sacrificed by The Ministry at The 1999 Royal Rumble and became Viscera and The Brood was initiated, hung by nooses and stuff on an episode of RAW
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Post by Shake A Leg on Feb 3, 2007 22:12:05 GMT -5
LONG LIVE THE MINISTRY!
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Post by DrizzlinShytes on Feb 3, 2007 22:12:06 GMT -5
They were a slightly more disturbed version of The Dungeon of Doom.
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Post by careless on Feb 3, 2007 22:12:08 GMT -5
Sorry for the derailment and the lack of information but did anyone else dig the APA's Ministry song?
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 3, 2007 22:12:11 GMT -5
Actually what was The Acolytes tag team name before The Ministry?
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Feb 3, 2007 22:13:33 GMT -5
Actually what was The Acolytes tag team name before The Ministry? The Devil's Advocates, if I remember right.
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Post by MNM's Official "Fixer" on Feb 3, 2007 22:14:07 GMT -5
All i remember about The Ministry is that Vince McMuffin was the higher power. Ministry Undertaker sucked ass, especally when he teamed up with the McMahons to bring us the "Corporate Ministry".
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Post by mo on Feb 3, 2007 22:14:17 GMT -5
Actually what was The Acolytes tag team name before The Ministry? The Devil's Advocates, if I remember right. I forgot about that, I think you're right though
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 3, 2007 22:14:25 GMT -5
In late 1998, Undertaker turned heel, reunited with Paul Bearer and tried to embalm Steve Austin and take his title. The embaming bit was quite awesome. Around this time, Dennis Knight began appearing on Raw, totally freaked out and babbling about sacrifice. He was eventually accosted by Farooq and Bradshaw, the Acolytes. Knight was then sacrificed to the Taker, and dubbed Mideon. After the Royal Rumble, they accosted Mabel and turned him into Viscera. The newly dubbed Ministry of Darkness had a run-in with the Brood, and then converted them as well too. Taker had begun assembling a strange army of mid-carders. He also turned from an undead zombie conscience of the WWF into a full-fledged cult leader. But for what purpose?
To ruin Vince McMahon's life. To do this, Taker began going after Stephanie. He burned her teddy bear in front of Vince. He abducted her a few times. He tried to marry her in a black wedding, which was interrupted by Austin. Taker responded by crucifying Austin to his symbol. For some reason, they later joined up with Shane McMahon's Corporation, which really watered it down.
It was a really cool angle, in my opinion. Probably the second best "dark" angle in history, following only Raven's run in ECW from 1995-97.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 3, 2007 22:14:58 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=odjDt5c3kdI&mode=related&search=Could anyone give me a quick low-down on what the Ministry was all about? It was before my time, and I really wish I had been around for this. I especially regret missing out on the Brood/Ministry feud, where you had Gangrel and the vampires on one side and Undertaker and his army of zombie Dudleyz and Bossman on the other. Undertaker turned heel and hee threatened for a while he was going to unleash a Ministry of Darkness on the WWF on episodes of RAW, became more and more demonic/terrifying toward the arse end of 1998 for no particular reason i can remember which resulted in Vince telling him he thought he was taking his gimmick a step too far, and started to really show it when he tried to embalm Stone Cold at an episode of RAW, and it went on from there - the guy turned into an omnipotent/omnipresent sadistic overlord who thought he truly was the lord of darkness. Defenitely my favourite Undertaker persona.
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Feb 3, 2007 22:16:53 GMT -5
In late 1998, Undertaker turned heel, reunited with Paul Bearer and tried to embalm Steve Austin and take his title. The embaming bit was quite awesome. Around this time, Dennis Knight began appearing on Raw, totally freaked out and babbling about sacrifice. He was eventually accosted by Farooq and Bradshaw, the Acolytes. Knight was then sacrificed to the Taker, and dubbed Mideon. After the Royal Rumble, they accosted Mabel and turned him into Viscera. The newly dubbed Ministry of Darkness had a run-in with the Brood, and then converted them as well too. Taker had begun assembling a strange army of mid-carders. He also turned from an undead zombie conscience of the WWF into a full-fledged cult leader. But for what purpose? To ruin Vince McMahon's life. To do this, Taker began going after Stephanie. He burned her teddy bear in front of Vince. He abducted her a few times. He tried to marry her in a black wedding, which was interrupted by Austin. Taker responded by crucifying Austin to his symbol. For some reason, they later joined up with Shane McMahon's Corporation, which really watered it down. It was a really cool angle, in my opinion. Probably the second best "dark" angle in history, following only Raven's run in ECW from 1995-97. It sounds tremendous. I love any 'cult leader' angles where you have formally somewhat boring wrestlers turned into completely different creatures by a charismatic figurehead. I suppose only men like Undertaker and Raven could make that work ...
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Post by mo on Feb 3, 2007 22:17:09 GMT -5
also, Taker's alliance with The Big Show towards the end of this era=pure greatness, they're music (which is rare I'm guessing) was awesome
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Post by 'Sweet n' Sour' A. A. Estrada on Feb 3, 2007 22:17:44 GMT -5
Did The Brood ever feud with The Ministry, or am I getting my facts crossed?
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Feb 3, 2007 22:17:53 GMT -5
In late 1998, Undertaker turned heel, reunited with Paul Bearer and tried to embalm Steve Austin and take his title. The embaming bit was quite awesome. Around this time, Dennis Knight began appearing on Raw, totally freaked out and babbling about sacrifice. He was eventually accosted by Farooq and Bradshaw, the Acolytes. Knight was then sacrificed to the Taker, and dubbed Mideon. After the Royal Rumble, they accosted Mabel and turned him into Viscera. The newly dubbed Ministry of Darkness had a run-in with the Brood, and then converted them as well too. Taker had begun assembling a strange army of mid-carders. He also turned from an undead zombie conscience of the WWF into a full-fledged cult leader. But for what purpose? To ruin Vince McMahon's life. To do this, Taker began going after Stephanie. He burned her teddy bear in front of Vince. He abducted her a few times. He tried to marry her in a black wedding, which was interrupted by Austin. Taker responded by crucifying Austin to his symbol. For some reason, they later joined up with Shane McMahon's Corporation, which really watered it down. It was a really cool angle, in my opinion. Probably the second best "dark" angle in history, following only Raven's run in ECW from 1995-97. It sounds tremendous. I love any 'cult leader' angles where you have formally somewhat boring wrestlers turned into completely different creatures by a charismatic figurehead. I suppose only men like Undertaker and Raven could make that work ... Indeed. And 'Taker during what I like to call his "Evil Wizard" phase, looked amazing. Easily one of my top 2 Undertaker angles, the other being 'Taker/Mankind.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Feb 3, 2007 22:18:22 GMT -5
Did The Brood ever feud with The Ministry, or am I getting my facts crossed? They did briefly after they got kicked out for whatever reason.
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 3, 2007 22:18:56 GMT -5
Slightly off topic but Do you think Daniels should Daniels should have a "New Church" in TNA? I love the cult leader gimmicks like Raven and Taker ad wondering what you people thought?
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Feb 3, 2007 22:19:55 GMT -5
Slightly off topic but Do you think Daniels should Daniels should have a "New Church" in TNA? I love the cult leader gimmicks like Raven and Taker ad wondering what you people thought? I would love to see The Prophecy or something similar led by Daniels make a comeback in TNA.
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Post by mo on Feb 3, 2007 22:22:56 GMT -5
Did The Brood ever feud with The Ministry, or am I getting my facts crossed? They did briefly after they got kicked out for whatever reason. I think they were on a losing streak, I can recall Taker forcing Gangrel to hold Christian down and forcing Edge to give him a lashing with a belt or something after a loss
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 3, 2007 22:23:35 GMT -5
Wikipedia -
The Brood were often victims of "beatings" at the hands of the Ministry to both prove their loyalty to the Undertaker and to "punish" them. For instance, Christian was sentenced to a beating at the hands of his fellow Brood members after he was forced to reveal to Ken Shamrock the location of Stephanie McMahon. Edge and Grangrel refused, as they were more loyal to Christian than the Ministry. The Brood split from the Undertaker's loyalty, thus becoming the only members of the Ministry to defect from the stable before the creation of The Corporate Ministry. This led to feuds with both the Ministry of Darkness and the The Acolytes.
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