neil is brill Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016  I know he wasn't on one of the early Smackdown games as he'd buggered off for a bit.  Don't know which one though.  Smackdown 2. Game was released at the end of 2000 while Show was in OVW. He returned at the '01 Rumble   He wasn't in No Mercy for N64 either. Wasn't this around the time WWF removed him from the roster because he was too fat and they told him he needed to lose weight? Only for him to return at the 2001 Rumble even fatter than before. Or have I made all that up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 21, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 No, that's about right. No idea if he'd actually lost weight but it didn't look like it. He just looked the shits back then. Wearing T-Shirts and horrible stretchy shorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 I think they'd wanted to get him away from the chokeslam as a finisher for a while (for some unknown reason, I've always thought it was a great move for him but guess maybe they wanted it more associated with the Brothers of Destruction?) as he'd trialled a couple of others before departing e.g. the "Final Cut", aka "Nightmare on Helms Street" or whatever it was called when he was The Hurricane  Hurricane called it The Eye Of The Hurricane after the gimmick change. Wasn't Big Show using the legdrop variant though?  I think they were also trying to get the "Alley-Oop" / reverse powerbomb established for a bit too? At least he pulled one out at Invasion and they acted like it was a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 21, 2016 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) I liked the Hog Log, but it was never pushed as a finisher (rightfully so). Does he still break that out ever? Edited January 21, 2016 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hog Log? Sounds like something Justice would bring up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 21, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2016 He was doing a Cobra Clutch-ish thing into a backbreaker at one point too, wasn't he? Around his ECW run? Â His version of the Eye of the Hurricane was called the Final Cut, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 The Final Cut was slightly different in that he'd pick up the opponent body-slam style and sort of half-drop them to their feet to get them to the reverse DDT position, whereas Helms would just grab them into it. Â I remember the Alley-Oop, the Hog Lock (but he never used it as a finish), and that Cobra Clutch backbreaker he used in ECW. Really don't know why they wanted him to get away from the chokeslam so much - it's perfect for a giant. Â I know the WMD is over, but I really don't like it, mainly because he could just do it at any time. I can't buy into this bollocks that he needs to "lock in" or whatever - it's a fucking punch, FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I reckon the choke slam was dropped so that he wasn't having to bump onto his knees every night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 21, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2016 Sorry Statto, just saw you'd already mentioned the Final Cut. Was the Hog Log the same as the 'ham hock leg drop' he did for a while? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 21, 2016 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2016 (edited) Hog Log is the one at 22 seconds in this video: Â Â Â (The real one is obviously less spectacular and airborne) Edited January 21, 2016 by Chest Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Think thats why he stopped doing the'show stopper'chokeslam, but Big Show doesn't fall on his knees for normal chokeslams does he? (tend to fast forward whenever he's on TV these days.) Â Incredible that Vince was paying show a million a year to faff about in tag teams with Billy Gunn and Spike Dudley. He must have been choking on his own rage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 21, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 I thought I was done with wrestling. I hadn't watched a show in over a year, and every time I tried I just couldn't stick. Â Turns out, I just hadn't watched NXT. Â Ignorantly, I thought it was some indie cobblers that wouldn't interest me but fucking hell, it's a proper wrestling show. Â Abysmally late to the party, but I'm enjoying wrestling again. It's a beautiful feeling. Â Also, it's really strange watching a show full of over wrestlers. Late to the party? You've turned up just to do the cleaning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted January 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 Think thats why he stopped doing the'show stopper'chokeslam  Video game references FTW. The "Show Stopper" was definitely in Big Show's "move set." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Who was it in 2005 that was on the receiving end of Ric Flair finally hitting a move off the top rope? Carlito? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted January 21, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2016 I remember seeing him finally hit a splash through a table, but I don't remember the opponent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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