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I don’t think Tekno Team 2000 even had any mic time or vignettes to establish their characters. They had a handful of appearances in summer 1995 then disappeared and had an even briefer heel run in 1996.
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Edge & Christian posted:Chris Champion and Sean Royal were The New Breed in FCW/Crockett back in 1986-1987, a very loosely Back to the Future inspired gimmick who claimed to be from the future of 2002 where Dusty Rhodes was president. They also talked a lot about stuff like drinking Energon and other Transformers references which was very weird to a young Dawgstar who passionately followed both franchises.
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Dawgstar posted:They also talked a lot about stuff like drinking Energon and other Transformers references which was very weird to a young Dawgstar who passionately followed both franchises.
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Red posted:1. I forgot about Asya or Aysa or whatever, I assume she died of a mysterious heart attack at 35 Worse, she lived and married Dale Torborg
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Mar 16, 2021 22:25
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Hey Bix, did you and Kris ever find out why Koko B Ware tuned that one job guy in Memphis so hard?
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Nick Jr. Face posted:I found out not too long ago that Bill Watts' failson was one half of Tekno Team 2000 lol Oddly, while he was overused, he had good moments in TNA. At some point, he developed the ability to promo semi-competently, even if it was much too late.
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collocation posted:Oddly, while he was overused, he had good moments in TNA. At some point, he developed the ability to promo semi-competently, even if it was much too late. Somewhat distracting was him dressing in JNCO's like a lost Hardy Brother
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Mob posted:Worse, she lived and married Dale Torborg Holy poo poo is he still alive too?
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I’ve been into this poo poo for 24 years and today is the day I learned about New Breed. Wrestling is loving awesome.
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TheKingslayer posted:Holy poo poo is he still alive too? Dale Torborg - Strength and Conditioning Coordinator ... https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-torborg-8692659
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Well I'll be damned. Good for him.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Hey Bix, did you and Kris ever find out why Koko B Ware tuned that one job guy in Memphis so hard?
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davidbix posted:And they exercised in a "physitron," a machine that would give them a full workout in seconds! And they were managed by a robot!
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What are some gimmicks where you can't imagine what the appeal was supposed to be? Like normally you can sort of get what they were aiming for if you squint hard enough, but then there's like, the Ding Dongs where the whole thing is that they have bells on them. I can't even imagine what creative was trying to do there.
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sticklefifer posted:What are some gimmicks where you can't imagine what the appeal was supposed to be? Like normally you can sort of get what they were aiming for if you squint hard enough, but then there's like, the Ding Dongs where the whole thing is that they have bells on them. I can't even imagine what creative was trying to do there. The Fat Chick Thriller Mike Awesome. Like, what the gently caress?
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sticklefifer posted:What are some gimmicks where you can't imagine what the appeal was supposed to be? Like normally you can sort of get what they were aiming for if you squint hard enough, but then there's like, the Ding Dongs where the whole thing is that they have bells on them. I can't even imagine what creative was trying to do there. Ding Dongs were meant to appeal to children.
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I was going to say Bastion Booger, but I guess I can see "Boo the nasty fat guy" if you squint hard enough. I got nothing on Mike Awesome
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The gimmick WCW used once as a tie in to a movie about Nicholas Cage investigating a snuff film. Total 180, but was Tugboat supposed to appeal to kids? Because I otherwise don't get it. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 04:54 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Bastion Booger was another in a long line of the entire point of the gimmick being Vince McMahon trying to shame or embarrass a wrestler for being "too fat". Other examples include Adrian Adonis wearing a dress, Vader calling himself "a big fat piece of poo poo", Mark Henry turning heel on D'Lo Brown for wanting him to lose weight which segued directly into Sexual Chocolate, etc.
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Naked Mideon and Necrophiliac Kane come to mind as high on the WTF-o-meter.
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I got nothing on Jameson either. Besides Vince McMahon, who was that possibly even supposed to be aimed at?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:The gimmick WCW used once as a tie in to a movie about Nicholas Cage investigating a snuff film. Excuse me what?
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Jameson was a local New York City comic who I think Vince saw on a talk show and thought was hilarious
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DeathChicken posted:I got nothing on Jameson either. Besides Vince McMahon, who was that possibly even supposed to be aimed at? Pretty sure it's an instance of Vince making fun of his own fanbase. Jameson is effectively how he and his idiot cronies see us, except he's pre-internet. But I doubt the basic idea has changed much.
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TheKingslayer posted:Excuse me what? "The Machine", famous for his one televised match with DDP where he shrieked like a golden eagle when he lept off the corner to crotch himself on the rope https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mshCWl3Jkyk
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Alaois posted:"The Machine", famous for his one televised match with DDP where he shrieked like a golden eagle when he lept off the corner to crotch himself on the rope Yeah, I believe the movie was called 9MM?
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TheKingslayer posted:The Fat Chick Thriller Mike Awesome. It was funny to Vince Russo. And Awesome was cousins with Horace, who's a Hogan, and Russo had a thing with Hogan, so Awesome thought that was a big part of it.
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MassRafTer posted:Ding Dongs were meant to appeal to children. DeathChicken posted:I got nothing on Jameson either. Besides Vince McMahon, who was that possibly even supposed to be aimed at?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Yeah, I believe the movie was called 9MM? 8mm
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sticklefifer posted:In what way though? Were kids notably into bells at the time? It just seems like such a random rear end-pull. Like, OK, Max Moon is a walking Hasbro figure because GI Joe and Transformers and He-Man had weird characters, but KID LIKE LOUD NOISE isn't even cashing in on anything. Jim Herd. He just thought bright colors and loud noises would appeal to kids. That's literally it. Here's a link to WrestleCrap: http://wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-dingdongs/ Also: Herd thought Ric Flair should be repackaged as Spartacus (to gel with Turner's film library and stuff), and that a team of wrestling Hunchbacks was clever because their shoulders wouldn't be able to touch the mat and get pinned. Edit: I'm dying at this match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHcMK3a4Vj8 Why would they ring the bell non-stop and act/wrestle like insane people unless they were meant to be... heels? Imagine if their interviews were just constant high-fives and screaming DING DING DING DING. Red fucked around with this message at 05:13 on Mar 17, 2021 |
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Alaois posted:"The Machine", famous for his one televised match with DDP where he shrieked like a golden eagle when he lept off the corner to crotch himself on the rope Holy poo poo. I love that movie but what the gently caress? This is stupid on the level of Chucky feuding with Rick Steiner.
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sticklefifer posted:In what way though? Were kids notably into bells at the time? It just seems like such a random rear end-pull. Like, OK, Max Moon is a walking Hasbro figure because GI Joe and Transformers and He-Man had weird characters, but KID LIKE LOUD NOISE isn't even cashing in on anything. The original concept was pretty different from what we got according to Herd. Beyond the Hunchback thing I don't think they were going to actually wear bells, I think originally they would have a giant bell with them that they would ring kind of obnoxiously like a kid might? It's one of those things Herd talked about on his WOL appearances but it has been years and years since I listened. The original concept is still stupid but you can kind of see how he thought it might be a good idea before it became what it was. Herd is totally self deprecating during those appearances and non-defensive so I can buy that the Ding Dongs were not at all what he intended, which was another different stupid idea.
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Red posted:Also: Herd thought Ric Flair should be repackaged as Spartacus (to gel with Turner's film library and stuff), and that a team of wrestling Hunchbacks was clever because their shoulders wouldn't be able to touch the mat and get pinned. Also, when I was doing the research for Conrad, while I mostly focused on Matwatch and mainstream stuff (with the idea one of the other researchers he hired would focus on the Observers), I found no trace of the Spartacus thing being reported contemporaneously. And if it was going to be reported anywhere, Matwatch was going to be one of those places.
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I legit thought the ding dongs were supposed to be a dick joke with their weird fleshy bodysuit thing. I never would have guessed bells.
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Eat My Fuc posted:I legit thought the ding dongs were supposed to be a dick joke with their weird fleshy bodysuit thing. I never would have guessed bells. I honestly assumed the same until just now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xh194fmTHE I remember watching this as a kid and feeling bad for the Ding Dongs lol
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sticklefifer posted:What are some gimmicks where you can't imagine what the appeal was supposed to be? Like normally you can sort of get what they were aiming for if you squint hard enough, but then there's like, the Ding Dongs where the whole thing is that they have bells on them. I can't even imagine what creative was trying to do there. Tommy Dreamer doing gross stuff. Like, if you want a wrestler to do dumb jackass stunts, get them to take stupid bumps, that might get over. Nobody wants to see Tommy Dreamer drink Undertaker's tobacco spit.
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sticklefifer posted:What are some gimmicks where you can't imagine what the appeal was supposed to be? Like normally you can sort of get what they were aiming for if you squint hard enough, but then there's like, the Ding Dongs where the whole thing is that they have bells on them. I can't even imagine what creative was trying to do there. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea, a shallow Prince parody cooked up by Vince Russo just because the guy's name happened to be Prince Iaukea. Didn't appeal to Prince fans, didn't appeal to wrestling fans (because Iaukea was still really bland and bad in the ring).
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fez_machine posted:Jamie Hernandez of Love and Rockets has been doing Luchadora comics since 1982 Man it sucks that shipping to the UK costs more than the goddamn book itself, this is extremely my jam.
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