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Alaois posted:281 330 8004  Edge & Christian posted:It only took about nine months to go from LORD TENSAI to one half of Tons of Funk. Oh man. That was when I watched WWE weekly. What nonsense that poo poo was.
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Why did Dustin Rhodes and Dusty Rhodes have a falling out in the mid 90s? I remember seeing a clip of Dustin on Howard Stern where Dustin tried to be vague about it, only for Howard to figure it out enough that Dustin reluctantly admitted he was right. Apparently, Dusty was not a fan of Terri and thought she was bad news for Dustin. Dustin told him to gently caress off and cut ties, only to make amends when his relationship with Terri fell apart.
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I see Brodus Clay is the NWA champion now. Did he become a tolerable worker in Impact or something?
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Halloween Jack posted:I see Brodus Clay is the NWA champion now. Did he become a tolerable worker in Impact or something? No, why would you think that?
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Nope, Brodus is just the biggest name Corgan could draw and he's an even bigger chud than ol' Billy Pumpkins.
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Halloween Jack posted:I see Brodus Clay is the NWA champion now. Did he become a tolerable worker in Impact or something? lol
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Barry Bluejeans posted:Nope, Brodus is just the biggest name Corgan could draw and he's an even bigger chud than ol' Billy Pumpkins. I'm not even sure the first bit is true? Doesn't Cardona still do NWA shows?
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Gaz-L posted:I'm not even sure the first bit is true? Doesn't Cardona still do NWA shows? Cardona isn't mainstream like Tyrus.
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Mainstream in this instance specifically means “on Fox News”
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History Comes Inside! posted:Mainstream in this instance specifically means “on Fox News” Appearing on and guest hosting The Most Watched Show In Late Night is more mainstream than hosting a toy podcast, yes. If Matt Cardona guest hosts The Tonight Show he can become a close second to Tyrus.
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Hefty Leftist posted:can anyone explain the long history of why jim cornette hates the elite so much? not in this thread they can't https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3961361
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MassRafTer posted:No, why would you think that?
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Penguin Patrol posted:not in this thread they can't drat it sorry. i will take my question there
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Gaz-L posted:I'm not even sure the first bit is true? Doesn't Cardona still do NWA shows? MassRafTer posted:Cardona isn't mainstream like Tyrus. Cardona won a #1 contendership in their very next show, but Tyrus has not yet defended his title, too busy appearing on Gutfeld.
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What’s the best repacking of a comedy character into a serious threat?
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CopywrightMMXI posted:What’s the best repacking of a comedy character into a serious threat? Drew McIntyre went from losing matches to El Torito to winning the Royal Rumble and beating Brock for the title at WrestleMania.
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CopywrightMMXI posted:What’s the best repacking of a comedy character into a serious threat? Dr Isaac Yankem accidentally inhaled too much gas and his memories of being Undertaker's brother came flooding back.
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CopywrightMMXI posted:What’s the best repacking of a comedy character into a serious threat? I don't know if it counts because there's more than a decade between gimmicks, but Sexual Chocolate Mark Henry to Hall of Pain Mark Henry was pretty effective. I honestly don't remember what he was doing in between those times.
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R Truth in 2011 going from lower card happy rap guy to a deranged, cigarette smoking, spider hating, heel World title contender was great. A lot of people didn't like it but I love Truth and he really knocked it out of the park. Val Venis droped the comedy porn star gimmick in 2000 and turned into a serious heel, focused on winning the IC title, managed by Trish. When he lost the title he was shoved into Right To Censor and became the evil ice cream man. Gregory Helms dropped the Hurricane character in 2006 or so and became a generic bad guy Cruiserweight champion. It wasn't successful because WWE didn't and never have, cared about the Cruiserweight title.
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Were 5 second pose Edge and Christian too good to be pure comedy characters? I guess they were always booked as a legit great tag team that was funny rather than funny guys that got good.
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pseudodragon posted:Were 5 second pose Edge and Christian too good to be pure comedy characters? I guess they were always booked as a legit great tag team that was funny rather than funny guys that got good. If I remember right that era of Edge and Christian was them trying very hard to do anything to get noticed and stand out. It worked! But until then 'creative didn't have much for them' or whatever.
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Dawgstar posted:If I remember right that era of Edge and Christian was them trying very hard to do anything to get noticed and stand out. It worked! But until then 'creative didn't have much for them' or whatever. Yeah, Edge and Christian were basically just "the two lads that were standing there during the cool Brood entrance" and the guys that the Acolytes beat up in tag matches all the time. They were often the last tag team to be eliminated in tag team turmoil matches, and were regularly featured as the tag division equivalent of jobbers to the stars, but really weren't doing a whole lot. Well, I guess Edge also had "unaccountably Sable's tag team partner" going for him too.
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Dawgstar posted:If I remember right that era of Edge and Christian was them trying very hard to do anything to get noticed and stand out. It worked! But until then 'creative didn't have much for them' or whatever.
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What about the Miz going from whatever his gimmick was to main eventing WrestleMania?
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The Miz gimmick is and has always been "guy you want to, and is ok to, bully".
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Taguchi is a guy who can go from comedy guy to "big match serious" mode and is still in the same gimmick
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Why does Unagi Sakaya's ring gear look exactly like what Mayu Iwatani used to wear? Stable thing, or something more?
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In his podcast Mick Foley was talking about light tubes and mentioned that Undertaker once used them, but I can't seem to find the match/any video. Anyone know?
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At some indistinct point Kurt Angle stopped doing comedy stuff and just became a guy that would kill you with his wrestling. Probably around 2003ish.
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Angle's a funny one because while he was obviously a great wrestler, he was also really good at comedy acting and timing. As a result, he often drifted wildly between being a goofball and a badass who will tear you to pieces, depending on what the situation called for. The only time I remember him doing no comedy at all was during his brief WWEECW run in 2006 where he was positioned as a hardcore shoot-style guy, complete with mouth guard. I think TNA brought him in as a serious wrestler when they first signed him, but he started doing comedy again not long after anyway. I don't know much about his later time in TNA.
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Big Show spent years flip flopping between unstoppable monster and giant goofball who shits himself.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:His entire WWE career should be forever linked to Vince’s assertion that only he knew how to book a giant like Wight and that WCW dropped the ball. Which becomes doubly funny when he probably thinks that was because of how Andre was booked and Paul was never remotely booked like Andre.
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Kvlt! posted:In his podcast Mick Foley was talking about light tubes and mentioned that Undertaker once used them, but I can't seem to find the match/any video. Anyone know? I wouldn’t be surprised if one got used, even accidentally, during the Boiler Room Brawl or something similar.
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