Paid Members Duke Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 Has anyone managed to make Del Rio interesting or upped his stock though? He's worked with people like Cena and Punk and he's always been a total bore. Swagger has had less opportunities at the top, but he's also always been as dull as shit on his own too. He was brilliant booting Ziggler in the head over and over again while ostensibly still a babyface, and then coming out and cutting that coy tweener promo immediately after. I proper loved all that, and I don't usually like either of them. Â Either side of that match he's be a fucking drain in every feud he's had for years. For sure. That match was absolutely brilliant. Loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) I've been watching 2000s ECW quite a bit lately, Cyrus was so brilliantly smarmy and self-righteous. A right legit arsehole by all accounts. Probably burned too many bridges in his grappling career. Â WCW was supposedly going to snap him up in 2001 though. Edited February 14, 2014 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 What a look Don Callis had. Always looked rather shifty. A brilliant talker as well. He's one of those guys from the boom period where if he came around today he'd be 50 times more over than he was at the time. Someone like him would be perfect for WWE or TNA right now. Â Is the Cornette interview with him worth a listen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 The biggest trick they missed with Del Rio was not putting him in a mask, if they had had him exactly the same, scarf, big cars, personal ring announcer etc. but he had done the whole thing in a Mexican wrestling mask I think he'd be huge, the visual impact of it would be great. I believe he was supposed to come in in a mask but CM Punk was (very briefly) wearing one at the time so they didn't, it would've made a huge difference I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshC Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not too sure I'd agree with that, I always thought one of Del Rio's biggest assets was his ability to bring out the smarmiest of facial expressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I could be wrong but I saw Del Rio work a house show tour before he debuted. He wasn't using the name Alberto Del Rio at this point. Â I think he wore a mask to the ring and took it off once in the ring. Â Was the name Dos Caras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Yeah, he was Dos Caras (two faces? Hence the two eagle heads on his trucks) for a bit before debuting. he seemed to work dark matches (against Kane usually) for what seemed like forever according to that section Powerslam had were they would report house show results Edited February 14, 2014 by KingOfMetal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm sure the house show he worked in Glasgow he wrestled Christian. Great match. And Caras was great on the mic as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm guessing he wasn't listed as "Dos Caras Jr." - WWE don't seem to like the whole "Jr." thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfMetal Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I don't think he was, but I can't say for certain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Statto Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm guessing he wasn't listed as "Dos Caras Jr." - WWE don't seem to like the whole "Jr." thing. Â It's Vince that doesn't like it apparently, allegedly because he is a Jr. and has a bit of a complex about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEWM Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Years go quicker when you're older don't they. It's just occurred to me that assuming Hogan comes back this year, he's been away from WWE 7 years, almost as long as his original 9 year one in the 90s, it hasn't seemed half as long this time round. Not that I'm not excited to see him, but it doesn't seem ten minutes since he was pushing Shawn Michaels about and titting around with Randy Orton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 I'm guessing he wasn't listed as "Dos Caras Jr." - WWE don't seem to like the whole "Jr." thing. Â It's Vince that doesn't like it apparently, allegedly because he is a Jr. and has a bit of a complex about it. Â I did not know that. Seems odd. I always thought it was a shame he didn't call Shane "Vince" instead, so he could be Vince McMahon III, which sounds awesome as a heel name. Â Years go quicker when you're older don't they. It's just occurred to me that assuming Hogan comes back this year, he's been away from WWE 7 years, almost as long as his original 9 year one in the 90s, it hasn't seemed half as long this time round. Not that I'm not excited to see him, but it doesn't seem ten minutes since he was pushing Shawn Michaels about and titting around with Randy Orton. Â I think it might also be because the programming's faster-paced these days. Storylines move more quickly and there's a lot more programing, so you don't really get "time to miss them", if that makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I think it might also be because the programming's faster-paced these days. Storylines move more quickly and there's a lot more programing, so you don't really get "time to miss them", if that makes sense. Neither of those things are true compared to the late nineties or the mid-2000s. We're lucky to even see a storyline these days, let alone a fast-paced one. It's the opposite, if anything. Most of the roster are in a kind of suspended animation where they just stay there for years and never really get past that "young rookie with potential" phase even if they turn fifty. Kofi Kingston's been in WWE for about twice as long as Yokozuna ever was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted February 14, 2014 Paid Members Share Posted February 14, 2014 And they show replays of every angle about 5 times a week over the various shows. It's impossible to miss the little that does actually happen. Â Kofi Kingston is a perfect example of the lazy booking. He's been there for years, can work, can talk pretty good and gets a good reaction and has only had ONE storyline. I wish they would hire me as a writer. My dream job is spending all day coming up with wacky fun storylines for mid carders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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