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shiksa posted:speaking of nunzio, I watched some mid 00s smackdown a while back and I loved Jamie noble. he was a real good worker for the time, and his little pissed off redneck guy who is looking for someone to gently caress his hot girlfriend character consistently cracked me up. He was a fun transitional ROH World Champion in between WWE runs. Think he got fired after pissing hot for steroids & was in ROH for maybe 6 months but he had some **** type matches with guys like Austin Aries, Samoa Joe, CM Punk, Bryan Danielson & a great match with Roderick Strong in his final match before going back to the E. His brief tag team with Kid Kash as The Pitbulls was fun too even if the ECW Pitbulls were better booked & used.
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When I was a kid, I loved Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake solely because of his action figure: one hand had two fingers stuck out in the scissors gesture and the other was a closed fist with the arm at a right angle (which I think was intended to be for a headlock). He will forever be the undisputed rock, paper, scissors champion to my toy collection because he would cheat and throw both rock and scissors at the same time.
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shiksa posted:speaking of nunzio, I watched some mid 00s smackdown a while back and I loved Jamie noble. he was a real good worker for the time, and his little pissed off redneck guy who is looking for someone to gently caress his hot girlfriend character consistently cracked me up. I remember when he found out he'd inherited a whole bunch of money and just yelled "We're going to Applebee's!" in joy. That was the good stuff.
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When I first got into wrestling, my favorite wrestler was The Juicer. He was supposed to be a Beetlejuice knock off and would dance around the ring with kids. I wanted to be one of those kids so bad. Then he disappeared. Years later, I find out he was fired because they found out he had a rape charge.
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HouseOfLeaves99 posted:When I first got into wrestling, my favorite wrestler was The Juicer. He was supposed to be a Beetlejuice knock off and would dance around the ring with kids. I wanted to be one of those kids so bad. Then he disappeared. The man who Eddie did the Frogsplash as a tribute to if I remember correctly
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Art Barr. Was, supposedly, an outstanding wrestler. Which means nothing if he was a rapist, obviously.
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I thought Brad Maddox had some delightful weirdo energy, especially on commentary for the C shows where there was little oversight. I still giggle when I think about Vesselmania.
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Honestly, I loved A-Train during his 2003 run. This big ugly son of a bitch that could loving move.DeathChicken posted:Gangrel. Yeah, he had like the best theme song of all time, but no one ever seems to recognize how good a wrestler that guy actually was. Dude had some sick moves, the tiger suplex, the spinning elbow drop. His version of the Impaler was the best anyone ever did Also him. I loved the fat vampire who just really seemed to be having fun.
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I remember being a big Johnny "The Bull" Stamboli fan for some reason
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"Macho Warrior" Ric Hogan is a horrible human being, but the concept of his gimmick is utterly hilarious to me and the name makes me feel like I'm having a stroke every time I see it.
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MathMathCalculation posted:When I was a kid, I loved Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake solely because of his action figure: one hand had two fingers stuck out in the scissors gesture and the other was a closed fist with the arm at a right angle (which I think was intended to be for a headlock). The best bit about Brutus "the barber" Beefcake was how his opponents always sold getting an inch or two of their hair cut like they were being attacked by a swarm of death bees.
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Manic_Misanthrope posted:Does Crash Holly count? i think a better question is can Crash Holly count
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I cannot articulate why, but I was a big Demolition fan back in the day.
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There are a ton of wrestlers I like from the Australian scene that not many people would have heard of. A fast improving wrestler im a big fan of and I hope he beats caveman ugg for the PWA (My local promotion) title when life returns to normal is Ricky South. Also Gino aint a great wrestler but he's pretty funny in the ring and I enjoy his antics. So he's my boy as a commentator Robbie Eagles is my boy if he counts. He's a good lad. Doesn't really meet point 2 but he does wear multiple bandanas I also like Yoshi hashi. He tried to save Okada and busted his head open but where was Ospreay huh !! Also Rocky who is supposed to be Okadas best friend was cowering in fear at the commentary table.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I thought Brad Maddox had some delightful weirdo energy, especially on commentary for the C shows where there was little oversight. I still giggle when I think about Vesselmania. Still waiting for the Baby Battle Royal
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HouseOfLeaves99 posted:When I first got into wrestling, my favorite wrestler was The Juicer. He was supposed to be a Beetlejuice knock off and would dance around the ring with kids. I wanted to be one of those kids so bad. Then he disappeared. Lamuella posted:Art Barr. Was, supposedly, an outstanding wrestler. Which means nothing if he was a rapist, obviously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1bchiaDP1Y
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Kofi was my boy for YEARS, he was one of the first new guys I liked when I got back into wrestling because I saw him trash Randy Orton's racecar and be part of a great segment where John Cena talked about Mike Tyson's punchout. Seeing him win the title at Wrestlemania last year was a golden moment that most wrestling fans with Boys never get, and I'll treasure it for a long time.
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Su Yung, she gets gimmicks better than the vast majority of top level wrestlers but unfortunately doesn't have any of the top level wrestling ability
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Anybody remember Just Joe? Folks at the time said his gimmick was a Meltzer insider parody that would 'spread gossip' backstage... A poo poo-stirrer if you will. Never really did anything of note wrestling wise in the WWE but his backstage segments were pretty entertaining. We've all met a Just Joe type and when Austin kicked his rear end backstage I cheered like was 1999. I miss you Joe! According to Wrestecrap Just Joe pitched the Right to Censor gimmick but they gave it to Stevie Richards instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhAC_7ZqoAY Funnily enough there's another Just Joe that performed the vocals to the current Big Show theme. What a World. The Cosby Mysteries fucked around with this message at 14:17 on Apr 5, 2020 |
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Liquid Communism posted:I cannot articulate why, but I was a big Demolition fan back in the day. I can articulate why. We didn't get WCW in Canada and I didn't know who the Road Warriors were, so Demolition were their own thing and were cool as hell.
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flashy_mcflash posted:I can articulate why. We didn't get WCW in Canada and I didn't know who the Road Warriors were, so Demolition were their own thing and were cool as hell. They also had a cool theme and a sweet tandem finish
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El Gallinero Gros posted:They also had a cool theme and a sweet tandem finish And they murdered Rick Martel, who I was too immature as a fan to like until he turned into The Model.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:They also had a cool theme and a sweet tandem finish That theme freaking shreds. HERE COMES THE AX AND HERE COMES THE SMASHER THE DEMOLITION, WALKING DISASTER The only WWE theme that is better is the Fabulous Rougeaus. The theme music was 100% why kid me thought Brutus Beefcake was cool.
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I was drawn back into watching pro wrestling by catching a Dalton Castle match on late night television, and as someone who’d been driven away in no small part because of Vince McMahon’s intolerable immaturity, an even semi-respectful treatment of not-being-entirely-straight (and also being p. decent in the ring iirc) pulled me right back in. For this I will never not have a special place in my heart for my boy Dalton Castle, and his Boys in turn
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SatansOnion posted:I was drawn back into watching pro wrestling by catching a Dalton Castle match on late night television, and as someone who’d been driven away in no small part because of Vince McMahon’s intolerable immaturity, an even semi-respectful treatment of not-being-entirely-straight (and also being p. decent in the ring iirc) pulled me right back in. For this I will never not have a special place in my heart for my boy Dalton Castle, and his Boys in turn The segment where Dalton challenged Daniels for the title sold me on the character
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I think right now my biggest Boy (or I guess Cailín) is Sonya Deville. I think she's tremendous, I love her look, her charisma, the whole pseudo-mma gimmick, I love that she's out and proud and wants to be a role-model, I think she's a tremendously underrated worker, talker AND actor, she's got everything to be a star. I hope against hope that this angle with Mandy and Otis is going to turn into a real push for her. While we're at it, put Liv Morgan on that list. I liked her before, and I like what she's trying to do since she got the tiniest crack in her glass ceiling by getting that part in the Rusev/Lashley feud and actually going over Lana in the end since they needed to write everyone else off for a while afterward.
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Essa Rios 100%. Look, if he was your first exposure to lucha you’d feel strongly too.
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Seconding Damian 666 and adding Ciclope/Halloween as well. They're scrappy brawlers who look like they work in a haunted house and it rules. I also like Jimmy Havoc which feels like an outlier opinion around here.
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CombineThresher posted:I also like Jimmy Havoc which feels like an outlier opinion around here. Havoc vs Ospreay was by far my favourite thing PROGRESS did, and alot of that lay on Havoc. Dude was a great promo and wasn't too distracting in the ring, and heel Ospreay was a breath of fresh air when the Swords reunited. Also I really enjoyed Paul Robinson in the same period. The Swords of Essex breakup and eventual reunion, as well as the #1 contender's match when Havoc lost the title. I haven't followed Progress in a couple of years, but his work hold good memories for me. Always appreciate a vicious little fucker in wrestling.
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SG Bamboo posted:Havoc vs Ospreay was by far my favourite thing PROGRESS did, and alot of that lay on Havoc. Dude was a great promo and wasn't too distracting in the ring, and heel Ospreay was a breath of fresh air when the Swords reunited. Paul Robinson is/was also a really solid "angry little guy" promo. He cut one on Walter last year that had me halfway believing he could take the title. https://youtu.be/NA9TeHIR_78
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Sanguinia posted:I think right now my biggest Boy (or I guess Cailín) is Sonya Deville. I think she's tremendous, I love her look, her charisma, the whole pseudo-mma gimmick, I love that she's out and proud and wants to be a role-model, I think she's a tremendously underrated worker, talker AND actor, she's got everything to be a star. Sonya has so much potential. Every time she and Asuka face off together, they just have so much chemistry with each other. I would absolutely love for the two of them to get a decently long singles match together. Just give them a chance to really show what Sonya can do, y'know? She deserves so much more than the (likely) feud with Mandy that she's about to have.
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I think the existence of Ronda and Shayna destroyed any chance of Sonya’s semi-MMA gimmick going anywhere. A repackage would help.
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I spent the early-to-mid 90s without a cable subscription, so my dudes were: Man Mountain Rock Hakushi Barry Horowitz Duke “The Dumpster” Droese Kama (pre-NOD)
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Kama (pre-NOD) That reminds me that I also thought Papa Shango was cool.
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Liquid Communism posted:I cannot articulate why, but I was a big Demolition fan back in the day. They were my favorite tag team until I saw the Steiners. My favorite part is when Crush joined and he would hide under the ring and switch places with the others despite a) they had different face paint and 2) their body types had zero percent in common.
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Boogeyman always seemed like he was having a lot of fun with his gimmick and that endeared me to him
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its me i was the sole justin credible fan during his ecw heyday 
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Tainted by VKM now, I was a big fan of The Hurricane and thought him and his gimmick were criminally underutilized. edit: and was also clearly buried by HHH because how dare this guy have a gimmick that people like.
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