Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 5, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2013 That reminds me, Joe Gagne was doing his video game review of 1999 a few months back and he listed the roster and it went "you have The Rock, Triple H, Undertaker, Kane, Chris Jericho, Mark Henry, Billy Gunn, Road Dogg. It really takes me back ... to last Monday *cymbal crash*". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwo Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 John Cena wrestles in some hilarious yellow trousers in that Velocity match with Daniel Bryan.Mad to think that was OVER A DECADE AGO!Those must be turned into jhorts for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpiritOfTheForest Posted June 5, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2013 In a fairly unexpected career change, Scotty 2 Hotty is now a fireman. Here he is at this graduation today. Â Â After hearing about this I had a wee read of his wiki page and was amazed to discover Scotty made his debut in 1989! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators PowerButchi Posted June 5, 2013 Moderators Share Posted June 5, 2013 Good for him. Good job, good benefits. Great to see he's doing well for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted June 5, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2013 He looks in fantastic shape, well done to the guy for finding a career after wrestling and managing to move on with his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 (edited) In a fairly unexpected career change, Scotty 2 Hotty is now a fireman. Here he is at this graduation today.After hearing about this I had a wee read of his wiki page and was amazed to discover Scotty made his debut in 1989!He seemed to pop up as a WWF jobber in the 90s. Perseverance pays off. Edited June 5, 2013 by Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 5, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2013 On this very subject, check out Stevie Richards now? Doing the RTC gimmick again on the indies and looks better now than he did 13 years ago when he first started doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 On this very subject, check out Stevie Richards now? Doing the RTC gimmick again on the indies and looks better now than he did 13 years ago when he first started doing it.When doing the RTC gimmick I thought he'd bulked up an awful lot. He looked much healthier circa 2004 when he was a certified jobber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I listened to an interview recently where Stevie said he's really embarrassed looking back at that period because he was in such poor shape. He seemed happy to admit that he was limiting what they could do with him because he had gotten so flabby, hence working as a manager and mouthpiece a lot of the time.He was a real highlight of the new ECW where he was indeed in cracking shape and having good matches. I don't really know why they let him go. A real solid hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted June 6, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 6, 2013 Aye he said he was in a bad relationship at the time so just constantly stuffed his face. I really like Stevie as you say he's a good hand, he's never going to be anywhere near the main event level but he's a great lower to mid card guy who can work and cut promos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I never noticed Stevie Richards being in terrible shape at the time, but I did always wonder why he hardly ever wrestled as part of the RTC. I think I assumed he was quite injured or something, or that Evil Vince was holding him down or didn't recognise his talent. Stevie was one of the few wrestlers in ECW that was actually better on TV than he was in PowerSlam photos. So he'd have been pushed as a wrestler to some level during that gimmick if he'd taken better care of himself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 6, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) So he'd have been pushed as a wrestler to some level during that gimmick if he'd taken better care of himself?I doubt it. Stevie Richards wasn't rated highly at all by anyone by that point. He had neck problems stemming from when Terry Funk dropped a guardrail on his neck in 97 and people thought he was a knob from the way he handled himself when he left ECW and came back after WCW. Being out of shape probably helped him, since they made him a mouth piece in a shirt and tie who was doing a parody of their real life enemies as opposed to a Metal and Heat jobber like he had been previously. Stevie Richards always had a vanilla flavour about him. There's no way he'd have stood out wrestling wise on the roster they had in 2000. It was probably the best roster in wrestling history. He did have a great little run in TNA, though. But by that point, he knew far more about how to get over than he did in his early career. Edited June 6, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Stevie Richards is an odd one in the sense he looks like either a very large cruiser weight or a very skinny heavy weight. I think it's the height that adds to the cunning illusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) It was deactivated as I recall. Like, officially.Someone should tell WWE.comhttp://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/cruiserDespite all this, the Cruiserweight Championship has become the highest accolade in cruiserweight wrestling. It is because of the recent efforts of Superstars such as Gregory Helms, Chavo Guerrero and Jamie Noble that the Cruiserweight Championship is held in such high regard. :confused:EDIT: Stevie was really good value in TNA, but like TheShowOff says, he just falls between divisions. Edited June 6, 2013 by Loki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Cooley Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone else think Stevie Richards' buffoonery in ECW was an influence on Edge and Christian's characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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