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IRS, although he was nothing special until he started teaming with Dibiase
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jesus WEP posted:i feel like there’s one specific loltna that maps pretty drat closely to this "[Bucks/Kenny/Cody] are the people running the company but they're not pushing themselves hard enough!" which maps pretty closely to "[Jarrett/Dixie Carter/Bischoff/Hogan] are the people running but they're not pushing themselves hard enough!" Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? Do Dr. Wagner or Baron Von Raschke count?
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Dec 20, 2019 16:43
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? Big Boss Man is an easy one, I think. This is a pretty interesting question. I figured I'd be able to think of a handful right away but, really, most of those gimmicks fell flat a lot of the time. Maybe we can count The Mountie, too? I guess if someone wants to get over in wrestling with an outside job gimmick, they just need to be cops.
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Ganso Bomb posted:Maybe we can count The Mountie, too? I mean, he's handsome, he's brave, he's strong...
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? The Masked Interns in the US (and copycats) and Médico Asesino was huge in Mexico and the Southwest.
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Dec 20, 2019 17:08
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Please don’t disrespect TL Hopper you cultureless swines.
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? Ricki Starr
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Dec 20, 2019 20:31
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Ranger Ross? He wasn't a huge star but the army Patriot thing went a long way.
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Dec 20, 2019 21:33
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Watching that interview 'Taker did with Austin recently, and it's just the normal old wrestlers telling stories stuff, but hearing 'Taker out of character for this long is so drat weird.
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Dec 20, 2019 21:34
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? Kurt Angle
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone in wrestling ever actually got over because of a gimmick about having an outside job? Sgt. Slaughter?
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Ludwig Borga
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Ole to the Undertaker: "No one will ever pay money to see you wrestle."
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Dec 20, 2019 21:46
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I hear Britt Baker is a dentist.
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fadmonkey posted:I hear Britt Baker is a dentist. We're talking about people who are over.
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Boss Man and Slaughter aredeffo the biggest of the "gimmick is a regular people job" group. Which makes sense because out of regular people jobs policeman or armyman are more realistically suited to hurt people than an accountant or dentist or whatever. If Britt Baker is ever in WWE they should do some segment with Kane that winks at the Isaac yankem thing. Hellblazer187 fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Dec 20, 2019 |
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I can't remember, was Ray Traylor actually a correctional officer?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I can't remember, was Ray Traylor actually a correctional officer? I seem to remember Cornette saying he was
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Critical posted:It was down for a while but got rehosted Hello old friend quote:Tony Schiavone debuted, turned heel, had a job promised to him by Russo and... never showed up in TNA again (Smart man). This entire segment lasted a good ten minutes and achieved absolutely nothing. Fan signs clearly shown throughout this segment included "WHO CARES?" and "The 'Total Nonstop Action' has officially stopped". This poo poo has aged like fine wine
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You knew that Tony was a heel now because he, one, had a beard, two, was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, and three, made fun of Paul Bearer for being fat. Someone on these forums wasn't exaggerating when they said it might actually be the worst wrestling segment ever.
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My first exposure to TNA in the weekly PPV days was the AJ Styles/Jerry Lynn/Low-Ki/Psicosis 4-way elimination match for the X-Division title. I had only seen WWE at that point so this match blew my mind, so I looked up some more early TNA stuff because surely it had to be great as well!
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Every time I look at the LOLTNA file there is something new and fascinating, like the match from Destination X 2005: Monty Brown is a hot up and coming babyface. He spends weeks getting menaced by TRYTAN, a big hoss doing a Terminator style gimmick. A few minutes into Trytan's first (awful) match, the lights go out and Trytan disappears and in his place is an obviously different person covered head to toe in black who is identified as only "the masked man" who is immediately Pounced by Monty Brown and pinned. quote:TENAY: The lights went out again! How many times have we seen this when Trytan's been involved? Anyway then an hour later Monty Brown turns heel and becomes Jarrett's lackey, The Masked Man is never mentioned again and Trytan starts tagging with Simon Diamond for a couple of months before WWE signs him to a developmental deal that goes nowhere because Trytan is tall and Trytan is swole but Trytan is not good. It would be incredible if AEW ever approached this level of dadaism.
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Max Coveri posted:Wasn't the masked man actually Mideon?
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As I recall that was right when Monty was on the cusp of getting over as a big babyface and could potentially have been their big breakout heavyweight star (especially because the POUNCE is one of the few moves that actually works BETTER in the hexagon)
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Monty Brown was loving cool. I was sad when he retired.
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Beef Jerky Robot posted:It does lead to fun things like Eddie murdering Rey with a powerbomb I love how when Chris benoit wrestled Eddie he would powerbomb the utter poo poo out of Eddie
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Resident Idiot posted:I don't care how bad Hogan and the Warrior objectively were - I marked like a six year old for that clip. same. also just lol that the finish to the WM main event is a missed leg drop by Hogan, then the warrior just falls over on him for the 3 count.
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The Hogan/Warrior Mania match may well be Warrior's best work, which isn't saying much, but it played to their strengths.
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What are some of the "best" matches put on by the "worst" wrestlers? You just mentioned Hogan/Warrior which is a good example. I doubt, for instance, that Giant Gonzalez ever had a good match.
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Weird, booking wrestlers to their strengths makes them look good even if they are kind of poo poo WWE should try that some day
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Has anyone watched any Makai? Weird music / wrestling / theatre hybrid that Hikaru Shida is involved in. It's both over the top and sincere in a way that's quite appealing. This is a part of a recent show https://youtu.be/sDvqeJdtl0w
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Lamuella posted:Has anyone watched any Makai? Weird music / wrestling / theatre hybrid that Hikaru Shida is involved in. It's both over the top and sincere in a way that's quite appealing. This is a part of a recent show https://youtu.be/sDvqeJdtl0w It looks like what you'd get, if Wagakki Band had wrestlers in it.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:What are some of the "best" matches put on by the "worst" wrestlers? You just mentioned Hogan/Warrior which is a good example. I doubt, for instance, that Giant Gonzalez ever had a good match. I don't know if it's a good match but it's a hell of a compelling one: the original Shane McMahon vs. Kurt Angle street fight where Kurt just obliterates Shane for like 25 minutes at King of the Ring 2001. Unfortunately the message that Vince took from that was that Shane was a great wrestler who should be booked to be able to go toe-to-toe with all his top guys, but the match itself was incredible (and disturbing) to watch.
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Jerusalem posted:I don't know if it's a good match but it's a hell of a compelling one: the original Shane McMahon vs. Kurt Angle street fight where Kurt just obliterates Shane for like 25 minutes at King of the Ring 2001. Unfortunately the message that Vince took from that was that Shane was a great wrestler who should be booked to be able to go toe-to-toe with all his top guys, but the match itself was incredible (and disturbing) to watch. Was that the one with the glass wall spot that wouldn't break because they didn't use sugar glass, and Shane got dropped on his head multiple times with audible thuds?
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Low Desert Punk posted:what's the best match Big Show has ever had? The highest rated Big Show matches from Meltzer are Booker T, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Shane McMahon & Steve Austin vs. Chris Jericho, Kane, The Big Show, The Rock & The Undertaker from Survivor Series 2001 & Dolph Ziggler, Erick Rowan, John Cena, Ryback & The Big Show vs. Kane, Luke Harper, Mark Henry, Rusev & Seth Rollins from Survivor Series 2014, both at ****1/2. Next highest is 2009 & 2011 Elimination Chambers at ****1/4. Highest rated singles is vs Roman Reigns from Extreme Rules 2015. So I dunno, probably one of those?
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Low Desert Punk posted:what's the best match Big Show has ever had? Da meltz puts his only 4* singles match as being a last man standing match with Roman Reigns from Extreme Rules 2015
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