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Would someone else have made wrestling what it is if vince hadn't?
air_raid replied to no user name's topic in UK Fan Forum
Well, we're a little at crossed purposes here, but Savage got over really strong initially as a heel working Hogan all over the country, and thats when people realized how good he was - later, in combination with the sympathy Liz got, it made for a logical babyface turn. So the question might not really be "would Savage have got the same push as a babyface in a world without Hogan in New York" as "would Savage have got over as strong in 85 if he's wrestling a different babyface?" As to who that babyface would have been...... still Bob Backlund? I mean, a maniac like Savage would have been a good foil for straightlaced Bobby and his atomic drops, but would it have drawn? It's still a question for the Vince Jr debate - no Jr to overrule Sr historically blackballing the Hulk, possibly no Hogan for Savage to work. I'm still slightly bitter "Irish" Terry Hogan never saw the light of day, to be honest. Bruno drew the Italians, Pedro drew the Hispanic... let's get the Irish New Yorkers in the building!! Actually, that probably answers my question as to who might supplant Backlund if there's no Hulkster. He may have been 44 at the time but maybe it was time to pull the trigger on Polish Power! Who Randy ended up working later on anyway, albeit for the ICT. -
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Well, assuming he does go with his own instincts rather than pay an agency, he can hit ALL the big ones - MySpace, Bebo, Faceparty, Hi5. Let's just hope he doesn't accidentally revert to using Roman numerals wherever he can, otherwise that last one becomes problematic. Having said all this... remembering WWEs brief fetish for Tout... I still don't know where Vine failed and TikTok has succeeded. Fickle kids.
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@JLM As I may have said before, I wish they'd kept their full names - Deuce Shade, Dice Domino and Cherry Pie sounded brilliant.
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From memory... isn't there a fairly decent knock off of Teen Spirit that they dub over WCW's original Teen Spirit knock off, that's miles better than the dreadfully dull, generic Metal jobber tune they gave to DDP when he wrestled for them?
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Other AEW shows discussion (Dark, Elevation, BTE, whatever else)
air_raid replied to LaGoosh's topic in UK Fan Forum
This is a tricky one to get right. There's no coincidence that "seemingly unbeatable odds" was the recurring theme of the two most successful WWF Champions in history - Hulk Hogan faced seemingly unbeatable odds because he was usually up against HUGE MASSIVE SCARY MONSTERS and while we all know now there was usually no chance of him losing, as kids it was what we were constantly in fear of. And Steve Austin faced seemingly unbeatable odds because the boss was constantly moving the goalposts and changing the rules to try and fuck him over, and even managed to short term, but Austin always got back up and carried on swinging. Where you go with Cody to create insurmountable odds now he's already outfoxed The Bloodline (or got lucky, depending on your perspective) - that's the question. -
On the other hand, if there's no plan to change course, might as well profit from it. WWE sold a Cena Sucks t-shirt, after all.
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Just looks like bants so far. Because Meltzer has reported he legally could, all the usual dogshit Twitter accounts have leapt all over it polling “Do you think he will” and “Would you watch.” Appallingly, we may just live in a world where shitting on a woman’s head, passing her round your mates from the office and attempting to book her rape by a Beast Incarnate are not repugnant enough things to be so publicly accused of as to dissuade pro wrestlers from associating their name with yours for the sake of a cheque. Worse still, there seem to be plenty of people saying they’d watch, despite not being bound to any new creation by the kind of Stockholm Syndrome that kept many of us keeping up with WWE when (a) Vince had final say and (b) it was total shite. But if I’m wrong, then come 2025 look forward to all your favourite booking tropes coming back! We beat the babyface in their hometown, abandon long term plans at the key moment for being “too obvious,” and prepare the next big thing by beating him over and over again!
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The Official UKFF RAW thread (part 2)...
air_raid replied to The King of Old School's topic in UK Fan Forum
That's one way of looking at it. Another, is that at 46, he's exactly the midpoint between the new World Heavyweight Champion, Damien Priest (41) and the man that won the main event of night 1 at WrestleMania, The Rock (51). -
"I HAVE SOME HASBROS! LET'S TALK ABOUT HASBROS!"
air_raid replied to air_raid's topic in UK Fan Forum
And TIL that on top of the "50 McNugget Challenge" story.... this, too, I've said before. Like one of those talking Hulksters with pre-programmed phrases at the pull of a cord. Or a psychotic Krusty doll.- 205 replies
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