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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwX5uy_Muc golly. golly that la parka fellow sounds like one of those wu tang klansmen.
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The Juvie-copying-Rock thing started, i think, because Rock dropped his name in a random promo. Like in a derogatory way - "You think you're tough because you've been fighting jabronies named Juventud?", and somebody at WCW got worked up about it.
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Apr 4, 2013 22:16
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Supreme Allah posted:The Juvie-copying-Rock thing started, i think, because Rock dropped his name in a random promo. Like in a derogatory way - "You think you're tough because you've been fighting jabronies named Juventud?", and somebody at WCW got worked up about it. Rock said this to Jericho the night Jericho debuted and interrupted his promo right?
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Apr 4, 2013 22:40
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You guys just reminded me of "The Juice" and that makes me quite upset.
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Apr 4, 2013 22:43
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The best wrestler and best gimmick in WCW was "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright. Too bad he also had the worst gimmick in the world in Berlyn. Him and Disco Inferno made a fun tag team.
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Jack Krauser posted:You guys just reminded me of "The Juice" and that makes me quite upset. Remembering any luchadore post-unmasking in WCW should make you quite upset.
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Beautiful Ninja posted:The best wrestler and best gimmick in WCW was "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright. Too bad he also had the worst gimmick in the world in Berlyn. Him and Disco Inferno made a fun tag team. I still maintain Berlyn could have been a good midcard heel. But Das Wunderkind was better, yes.
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Apr 4, 2013 23:06
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Beautiful Ninja posted:The best wrestler and best gimmick in WCW was "Das Wunderkind" Alex Wright. Too bad he also had the worst gimmick in the world in Berlyn. Him and Disco Inferno made a fun tag team. Somehow I never made the connection between the wrestler Berlyn having a bodyguard named The Wall until my dad brought it up one night. "They really call them that?" "Call them what?" "Berlyn and the Wall.....the Berlin Wall." "  "
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oldpainless posted:Somehow I never made the connection between the wrestler Berlyn having a bodyguard named The Wall until my dad brought it up one night. I took me way longer than I'm comfortable admitting to realise that Paul Bearer's name was a pun. Then again, I can always claim ignorance since english isn't my first language.
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Apr 4, 2013 23:20
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Alex Wright was really pretty bad at wrestling for much of his time in WCW. His dance/eurotrash club music/cool leather jacket were awesome though.
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boring babyface Alex Wright was terrible, it wasn't until he started using his dance as a heel maneuver that he really began to shine
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nasboat posted:boring babyface Alex Wright was terrible, it wasn't until he started using his dance as a heel maneuver that he really began to shine This. It was just one of those "wrestling voodoo" moments where you can't really explain WHY it's good, but it just loving worked so well.
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Apr 5, 2013 15:28
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Alex Wright is 4-0 against HHH. Awesome
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Alex Wright has apparently opened a wrestling school about half an hour from where I live in Germany. He was also born (and lives here again?) in the same town as me woohoo! I've always kind of wanted to go and get some random shoot stuff out of him about his time in WCW maybe or, I dunno, just be like "hey guy, I watched you wrestle back in WCW!" but I'm honestly not sure how receptable he'd be to any of that. Might be kind of interesting either way. I feel like he would be the kind of guy who's not too happy about smarks bothering him. You can check out his stuff at http://www.prowrestlingschool.de if you care enough about Alex Wright. e: I feel like I made this exact post in this thread already.. weird.
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It's pretty depressing to read all the glowing remarks about Alex Wright in the old Observers, knowing he's going to be continually buried and held down. And not even by high up people like Kevin Nash, dude got stiffed by loving Jim Duggan.
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That guy might be the most high profile worker to be hosed over by different people via unprofessional behavior during matches important to him.
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MrBling posted:I took me way longer than I'm comfortable admitting to realise that Paul Bearer's name was a pun. Then again, I can always claim ignorance since english isn't my first language. It took me actually being a pallbearer in a funeral before I figured it out. I still routinely spell it paulbearer too. 
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crankdatbatman posted:It took me actually being a pallbearer in a funeral before I figured it out. It legit didn't occur to me until a couple years ago at my grandmother's funeral when I was asked to be a pallbearer so you're not alone here
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Gaylord Plower posted:It legit didn't occur to me until a couple years ago at my grandmother's funeral when I was asked to be a pallbearer so you're not alone here I didn't figure it out until after a funeral either. Took my mind off the grief, so kudos WWF.
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Tonight is Superbrawl VI night: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543189 This features the Pillman/Sullivan "Respect" match, one of the most famous incidents in WCW history.
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Apr 9, 2013 23:07
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I never realized they actually acknowledged that the Paul Bearer name was a pun on TV until I rewatched his Brother Love debut.
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Apr 9, 2013 23:26
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I got asked to be a pallbearer today for my grandmother's funeral (she passed this morning) and this discussion cheered me up a bit. Thanks guys. 
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Critical posted:I got asked to be a pallbearer today for my grandmother's funeral (she passed this morning) and this discussion cheered me up a bit. Thanks guys. And Paul Bearer was always super happy when families came to his funeral home, saw who he was and got so excited they were talking to PAUL BEARER that they forgot their grief for a little bit!
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Apr 9, 2013 23:48
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Paul has also claimed that some bereaved wrestling fans would ask for pictures of Paul Bearer with their loved one's casket.
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MassRanTer posted:And Paul Bearer was always super happy when families came to his funeral home, saw who he was and got so excited they were talking to PAUL BEARER that they forgot their grief for a little bit! Paul Bearer kicks rear end. I'm legitimately sad that he's gone.
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Tato posted:It's pretty depressing to read all the glowing remarks about Alex Wright in the old Observers, knowing he's going to be continually buried and held down. And not even by high up people like Kevin Nash, dude got stiffed by loving Jim Duggan.
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Halloween Jack posted:What was ever appealing about Jim Duggan? Seriously, someone explain this to me. He was a WWF star in the 80's. That was pretty much all of his appeal to WCW. Oh and he was buds with Hogan. I mean Duggan is a curious tale in that he really wasn't ever that good, but was made to look an absolute star in Midsouth/UWF by working with Dibaise and then later with Terry Gordy. His opponents worked so well at covering up his short commings that when Vince came knocking he didn't realise how limited he actually was at the time. So Vince then tried his hardest to hide his weaknesses and accentuate his positives, to the point where he became a fan fave, something that WCW never even attempted to do. Also Duggan never drops kayfabe, ever.
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I think Hacksaw was just so drat enthusiastic and into his USA USA USA gimmick, people couldn't help but get into it. Plus, I hear Americans love their country and enjoy chanting USA USA USA 
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People will always get a kick about ol' Hacksaw because most of them liked him as kids cuz he was a goofy fun dude who blasted baddies with his 2x4 and he was never overpushed in the WWF so they don't harbor any ill over him. His US champ reign in WCW was probably the last time he didn't completely dogdge in the ring (seriously, his match against Vader was really good). His TV champ reign was fun too but his fights were still paint by numbers. ^^^^ Edit: Yeah and the best thing is he can also get a USA USA chant in foreign countries.
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I just don't understand why they couldn't slap the same gimmick on someone with more talent. He couldn't work, couldn't talk as far as I remember, wasn't a body, didn't have a unique look. He could wave a stick with a flag on it or wave a stick without a flag on it.
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I think you're underselling the great Hacksaw Jim Duggan charisma! I think anyone who can keep a gimmick going like he did has to have some special way of connecting with the crowd. Plus he was the master of the Old Glory Kneedrop, the Old Glory backdrop, the Old Glory 2x4 shot to the head…
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The WWF had him on fairly good money and he was popular with the other guys in the back, so they had to do something with him. The gimmick became a success to the point it went hand in hand with him so they stuck with it. WCW tried to do some other things with him, but when they tried to turn him into a bare knuckle brawler it just didn't work out. It was probably in no small part to the minute it took him to tape up his fists in every match before he hit his big right hand finisher.
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Duggan cut a pretty awesome heartfelt promo about his health troubles and his family and the USA in late 1999 WCW when he was feuding with The Revolution, who recently became an actual revolution and renamed their members after snakes and kept trying to deface the American flag. Naturally, this led to a tag match and the surprise return of The Varsity Club who immediately turned on Duggan for no reason.
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oatgan posted:Duggan cut a pretty awesome heartfelt promo about his health troubles and his family and the USA in late 1999 WCW when he was feuding with The Revolution, who recently became an actual revolution and renamed their members after snakes and kept trying to deface the American flag. I enjoy how a lot of us have this encyclopedic knowledge of 1999 WCW thanks to your thread.
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Apr 17, 2013 20:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiQFhWaPCo
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oatgan posted:Duggan cut a pretty awesome heartfelt promo about his health troubles and his family and the USA in late 1999 WCW when he was feuding with The Revolution, who recently became an actual revolution and renamed their members after snakes and kept trying to deface the American flag. Trouser snake was the best member of Revolution. 
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Oh that reminds me. I think the stipulation for that tag match was that if Duggan lost he would have to say he hated the USA or burn a flag or something. Anyway, he loses and when it comes time for him to fulfil his obligation he just says "No!" and that's it.
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Apr 17, 2013 20:54
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The Old Glory no-sell of the storyline
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Does anyone have video of Lex Luger showing up on WCW? Been trying to find it again for laughs and not having any luck.
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