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Dacap posted:Another interesting question is to look at the other side, kids who eclipsed their parents careers. The Rock
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BodyMassageMachine posted:Edit: Charlotte Flair might count, I suppose, since she leans into “WOOOO”ing and such. Thing is, she always looks goofy when she's trying to do Ric's mannerisms. It's like watching a calf try to dance. Lid posted:Carmella I didn't know she was second-generation.
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If we're judging it based on the gap/difference between their own and their parents talent, then Brian Christopher has to be a leading candidate. What was Cody Hall like? I understand the guy is a complete jerk but is he any good in the ring?
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Dacap posted:Another interesting question is to look at the other side, kids who eclipsed their parents careers. Katsuyori Shibata, Macho Man, Jake Roberts probably
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Breitbart Is Rightbart posted:If we're judging it based on the gap/difference between their own and their parents talent, then Brian Christopher has to be a leading candidate. Nope, not really.
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Jerusalem posted:I believe he agreed to the clean loss on the expectation he would get to have his win back later. Hogan got wrecked by Lesnar in August 2002 and Hogan took off the rest of the year, I don't really know for what. He came back in the run-up to Wrestlemania 19, where Lesnar had turned face and was feuding with Kurt Angle for the title. Hogan got slotted into a feud with Vince McMahon which led to the Mr. America gimmick and then led to Hogan quitting a couple of months later in the summer of 2003. Hogan's last match was in a random six man tag match on Smackdown where he teamed with Brock Lesnar. Lesnar turned heel again in the fall of 2003, but was out of the company at Wrestlemania XX and didn't come back until 2012. Hogan popped back in for spots in 2005-2006 but he was with TNA and effectively retired by the time Lesnar came back. Maybe there's something I don't know, but it feels more like the luck of circumstance that the whole Hogan Wanting His Win Back, Brother thing never really came to a head.
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Breitbart Is Rightbart posted:If we're judging it based on the gap/difference between their own and their parents talent, then Brian Christopher has to be a leading candidate. I often wonder what it must have been like for Brian Christopher to realize the he was always the least important part of Too Cool when he came back to absolute silence during the Lawler/Cole feud.
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Bret and Owen Hart. Stu's a legend....in Western Canada. Outside of Canada he's just known as an old prick who takes delight in stretching people and making them scream. Bret was a megastar, and Owen did pretty drat well for himself in WWE and NJPW. Terry and Dory Funk Jr, too. Dory Sr. was a territorial star, no question. But both Terry and Dory Jr. were NWA champion when that mattered, and Terry has been a star pretty much everywhere he went. And was the first babyface gaijin. Rey Misterio Jr definitely eclipsed Rey Sr.. I know Sr isn't his father, but Rey took on the gimmick and did so much more than Rey Sr. did. Hell, Rey Horus, his actual son, could very well do the same. Ted DiBiase. Iron Mike DiBiase was a star in the Amarillo and Portland territories, but Ted absolutely could have been WWE champion (and maybe should have been), and was a massive star during a boom period.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Ted absolutely could have been WWE champion (and maybe should have been) I think he was for about 4 days on the house show circuit before they stripped him of the belt and retroactively struck his reign from the record on the next TV taping.
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BodyMassageMachine posted:Has any wrestler’s kid EVER succeeded while just rehashing their parent’s gimmick/mannerisms? charlotte uses her dad's robe, remix of her dad's theme, variation on her dad's finisher, a whole mess of her dad's spots and mannerisms, she absolutely counts.
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They need to keep Ric far away from the women's division. His sexually assaulting Becky Lynch live during a PPV was loving disgusting.
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Dacap posted:Another interesting question is to look at the other side, kids who eclipsed their parents careers. Eh, not so sure about Bray. Mike Rotundo held titles wherever he went, and was a solid worker who could be relied upon to make anyone look good. Bray struggles to stay relevant.
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Davros1 posted:Eh, not so sure about Bray. Mike Rotundo held titles wherever he went, and was a solid worker who could be relied upon to make anyone look good. Bray struggles to stay relevant. bray was wwe champion and has had more marquee wrestlemania matches.
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Harry Smith hasn't seemed to do much. Chris Benoit's son also but that's a big can of worms that makes him entirely a victim of circumstance.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Harry Smith hasn't seemed to do much. Chris Benoit's son also but that's a big can of worms that makes him entirely a victim of circumstance. he was a big player in njpw's (admittedly weak) tag division for years and i'll say one thing about dbs jr, he's a way loving better wrestler than his dad.
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shiksa posted:he was a big player in njpw's (admittedly weak) tag division for years and i'll say one thing about dbs jr, he's a way loving better wrestler than his dad. Did he ever get a toyal shah?
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Thing is, she always looks goofy when she's trying to do Ric's mannerisms. It's like watching a calf try to dance. Carmella's dad was a jobber. Here he is in Razor Ramon's debut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK8MgpuyXkw
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Harry Smith hasn't seemed to do much. Chris Benoit's son also but that's a big can of worms that makes him entirely a victim of circumstance. Is Benoits son the one who looks exactly like him? Poor bastard never stood a chance.
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CityMidnightJunky posted:Is Benoits son the one who looks exactly like him? Poor bastard never stood a chance. Is that why he killed him? EDIT: I completely misunderstood that.
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I feel like Carmella falls into the category of like a John Cena or Jake Roberts where their dads were involved with wrestling but it's not like being a Legacy plays into their character or history in any significant way. Angelo Poffo was obviously a big name, and he played a role in Randy Savage's early career in Memphis, but it's not like his WWF/WCW/Slim Jim runs really had anything to do with him being Poffo's kid. Eddie Guerrero definitely had a bigger career outside of Mexico than his dad did, but I have very little knowledge of old Mexican wrestling and Gory Guerrero comes up more in talk than Grizzly Smith or Angelo Poffo generally, so I may well be wrong about Gory vs. Eddie. I do think there's a big difference between someone from a family like the Harts or Guerreros or Funks or Rhodes or someone deliberately positioned as "Son/Daughter of _________" versus Savage or Roberts or even something like Bray Wyatt or The Usos where they're obviously the sons of a famous wrestler but it is (with a few Uso-exceptions) not how they're marketed or packaged. While Bray Wyatt may not be a great example of it, I think it's easier to get over when you're clearly your own person and not Ted Dibiase Jr. or Rocky Maivia or Garrett Bischoff or whatever. Edge & Christian fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jul 16, 2019 |
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CityMidnightJunky posted:Is Benoits son the one who looks exactly like him? Poor bastard never stood a chance. 
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STONE COLD 64 posted:bray was wwe champion and has had more marquee wrestlemania matches. Rotunda's first NWA World TV title reign was more successful than Bray's WWE Championship reign.
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shiksa posted:ted dibiase jr. was far and away the least successful of wwe's "kids of guys you know" stable in the mid-00s.
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I really hope this kid is getting lots of therapy. gently caress I can't imagine what he's going through
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:I really hope this kid is getting lots of therapy. hey man nattie isn't that bad
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Edge & Christian posted:I feel like Carmella falls into the category of like a John Cena or Jake Roberts where their dads were involved with wrestling but it's not like being a Legacy plays into their character or history in any significant way. Gory was El Santo's tag team partner. He was a Big Deal.
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Are they still pretending that Nattie is Bret Hart's daughter or did that finally get dropped when Anvil died
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Benne posted:Are they still pretending that Nattie is Bret Hart's daughter or did that finally get dropped when Anvil died they've never pretended that?
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Manu is Afa’s kid and he never did much.
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Benne posted:Are they still pretending that Nattie is Bret Hart's daughter or did that finally get dropped when Anvil died
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Lazy edit I miss Tyson Kidd, he was awesome in the ring and he was actually starting to get some decent character work put together right when he broke his neck
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samoa joe purposefully ended tyson kidd's career and that's why he is forced to have that haircut and always lose big matches
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The Cesaro/Kidd team was too beautiful for this world 
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Benne posted:The Cesaro/Kidd team was too beautiful for this world 
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The Kings of Wrestling but with Cats and shouting Fact was such an entertaining combination of talents.
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Sometimes taking two random lower/midcard singles guys not doing anything and sticking them in an odd couple tag team for no reason creates a beautiful chemistry like Tyson and Cesaro. They were great together.
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TriffTshngo posted:Sometimes taking two random lower/midcard singles guys not doing anything and sticking them in an odd couple tag team for no reason creates a beautiful chemistry like Tyson and Cesaro. They were great together. Bookdust 
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Cesaro has saved the careers of Tyson Kidd, Jack Swagger and Sheamus by teaming with them.
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negro casas might be the biggest example of a son more sucessful than his father. pepe casas falls in the same category as katsuhisa shibata in that he had a longer career as a referee but he was definitely an active wrestler as well. bodes well for shota umino... edit: this is a bit odd as all four of them are active pushed wrestlers in the same company but rush and dragon lee at the very least out of the muñozes. prob mistico ii as well but i'm not that familar with papa muñoz's earlier career Thauros fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Jul 17, 2019 |
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