wwerules60
El Dandy
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Post by wwerules60 on Nov 18, 2007 16:08:16 GMT -5
The one I usually think of is Billy Gunn. It seemed like they tried to push him to main event level as a single wrestler but it never worked. Agreed. I was just thinking about this last night, because I was watching some of the rumbles from the late 90's early 2000's. Another is Holly's main event push. Did anyone think he would actually win the world title against Brock? I don't really know if they were pushing him. It seemed they just wanted to use the fact that Brock broke his neck to do a feud and give Lesnar something to do while everyone else was in the Rumble.
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Post by Thynny Fat Ass on Nov 18, 2007 16:08:32 GMT -5
I preferred Mark Henry when he would just come out and bend a frying pan.
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The Line
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by The Line on Nov 18, 2007 16:09:43 GMT -5
Agreed. I was just thinking about this last night, because I was watching some of the rumbles from the late 90's early 2000's. Another is Holly's main event push. Did anyone think he would actually win the world title against Brock? I don't really know if they were pushing him. It seemed they just wanted to use the fact that Brock broke his neck to do a feud and give Lesnar something to do while everyone else was in the Rumble. well, either way, it sucked, and shouldn't have been the title match at one of the big 4. Maybe a TV main event.
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Post by robferatu on Nov 18, 2007 16:13:38 GMT -5
DDP as the stalker. Initially it was a bit creepy to see this guy stalking Sara...but then DDP came out, and he's good at a lot of things but he's not a scary or creepy guy. And remember who DDP was married to. Why would he want to go anywhere near Takers rather unattractive missus? That was a rather dumb angle, cause even casual fans knew he and Kimberly were married, so it's obvious they'd crap all over that angle. Snitzky. He's had a year long push that's lead him main event statues...on Heat. Chuck Palumbo. Smackdown's version of Snitzky, except he actually makes it onto the show, but still isn't getting much of a reaction, even with diva in tow.
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 18, 2007 16:15:11 GMT -5
Bob Holly. The guy has received near countless pushes throughout his career. Sure, he rose from jobber to mid-card when he became "Hardcore" Holly. But they have since tried to make him an IC title contender, they have feuded him with top notch main eventers, and even thrown him the tag title a few times I believe, but still, fans never really cared for the guy. He has gotten fan support in the last year or two based on, if anything else, his longevity, and on his real world toughness. But he will NEVER be a main eventer.
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Post by CrazySting on Nov 18, 2007 16:17:40 GMT -5
Anyone remember JBL's first main event push in 2002? Boy, did that fall on its ass.
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Post by Jared Has Been Enlightened :) on Nov 18, 2007 16:20:12 GMT -5
Chuck Palumbo. Smackdown's version of Snitzky, except he actually makes it onto the show, but still isn't getting much of a reaction, even with diva in tow. Palumbo gets one of the biggest pops on Smackdown!, in fact his pops are so loud people have questioned their authenticity.
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Sephiroth
Wade Wilson
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Post by Sephiroth on Nov 18, 2007 16:22:14 GMT -5
Oh, and I am gonna make a slight breach of etiquette here and say the light-heavyweight title. WWE brought that belt in from Mexico, I believe, in 97. They were really just trying to copycat WCW, which had gotten enormously positive feedback for its cruiserweight division. But Vince pretty clearly never really cared about the title at all. Its best year was 98, I'd say, when it was still new and Taka was the chosen champion. He had a match at Wrestlemania that year that was a high flying classic, I'd say. But even then, the title was never given any real attention, and the light-weight wrestlers were just used as cannon jobber for mid-carders. The belt got revived over and over, but still no one at all cared about it till it got put on X-Pac, who took it with him when he left. I even recall hearing he sold the belt off on ebay a few years ago.
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Post by plushtar on Nov 18, 2007 16:27:16 GMT -5
The breakup of the Dudleyz, neither one got over, although Reverend D'Von had potential. The two of them were just quickly stuck back together.
Rocky Maivia. He got injured and disappeared from TV, never to be heard from again, because Rocky Sucks!
Kurrgan. Truth Commission breaks up and Kurrgan is the break out star, leading to the formation of the Oddities.
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The Line
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by The Line on Nov 18, 2007 16:39:28 GMT -5
Luger's various attempts at being made into the next Hogan
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Reverend BTY
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Post by Reverend BTY on Nov 18, 2007 16:52:24 GMT -5
I think they really dropped the ball on Shelton Benjamin when he first came to RAW, but once they tried it again in 2005 with Michaels teaming with him, I realized he just doesn't have 'it'. I disagree. Shelton was at his peak when he first came to RAW facing off with HHH and later on the rest of Evolution. Once he got the IC title, that's where it all went downhill.
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Splinter
Don Corleone
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Post by Splinter on Nov 18, 2007 16:54:23 GMT -5
Rikishi's push as a heel in 2000. No-one would buy into it and no-one would accept him as a main eventer. No matter how many times you put him against Rock and Taker
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randomranter
Dennis Stamp
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Post by randomranter on Nov 18, 2007 16:54:39 GMT -5
I think the biggest one today has to be Candice Michelle.
You can see her come to the ring jumping around and trying to get the fans to give a damn. And nobody cares. I've seen more excitement at funerals. I feel so bad because it must break her heart to put all that effort into getting a reaction only to see nothing but dead silence.
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nealo
Unicron
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Post by nealo on Nov 18, 2007 17:02:54 GMT -5
billy gunn winning kotr 1998
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Post by texaswhopper on Nov 18, 2007 17:10:36 GMT -5
"billy gunn winning kotr 1999"
Yeah wrestlers that win King of the Ring gotta make sure they don't Billy-Gunn it.
Billy now wears ugly baby blue chap things and hangs out at the bottom of another company with pay.
The end.
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Splinter
Don Corleone
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Post by Splinter on Nov 18, 2007 17:13:01 GMT -5
Billy Gunn was the 1999 King Of The Ring. Ken Shamrock won it in 98
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Post by Man Hating Horace on Nov 18, 2007 17:40:05 GMT -5
DDP as the stalker. Initially it was a bit creepy to see this guy stalking Sara...but then DDP came out, and he's good at a lot of things but he's not a scary or creepy guy. Depends. How do these work for you? Also I read from Wrestling Observer that Snitsky is currently getting a slow Goldberg-like push. It remains to be seen how that will go over once he gets back to Raw.
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Post by Ridley on Nov 18, 2007 18:38:12 GMT -5
I think they really dropped the ball on Shelton Benjamin when he first came to RAW, but once they tried it again in 2005 with Michaels teaming with him, I realized he just doesn't have 'it'. I disagree. Shelton was at his peak when he first came to RAW facing off with HHH and later on the rest of Evolution. Once he got the IC title, that's where it all went downhill. I tend to think to think he lost momentum was when his "Momma" faded away for whatever reason, I mean they were clearly trying to do something with him whether you liked that pairing or not. Then They fell back on reforming the World's Greatest Tag Team.
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Post by thegame415 on Nov 18, 2007 18:48:21 GMT -5
A-train....no one cared, he was just a big hairy guy. I remember how mad i was when they let him "injure" Rey mysterio (rey was really just taking time off to have minor knee surgery, so they needed a way to take him off the air) I was really pulling for Matt Hardy to do the "injuring" but nope, it was A-train who was fresh off of squashing a jobber on velocity
Another guy is Bull Buchannen. JR used to kiss the guys ass so much on the ross report. The only time he was over was in Right to Censor, and that was more cause of Stevie Richards good mic work.
Someone mentioned the Dudleys split as failed pushes, but I disagree on one half. Bubba was one of the more over faces on RAW in summer 2002, IMO. Fans lost interest when he went against Triple H because they knew Bubba had no chance.
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Post by Flying Leg Kicks on Nov 18, 2007 19:09:08 GMT -5
Two words: Chief Morley
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