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Post by MattelsRule on Mar 8, 2015 1:38:41 GMT -5
How awesome was Mr. Backlund?
What is your favorite Mr. Backlund moment?
Really enjoying his managerial days of the Sultan on the 96 RAWs right now. Amazing stuff.
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Post by Hulk Who? on Mar 8, 2015 1:58:58 GMT -5
You no search for magnificent thread I make for a reel shooter and a shampion, Mister Robert Backlund? He was awesome especially in hindsight now that I'm not a confused child wondering wtf is happening. I want a crazy Bob figure pretty badly, that was a surreal moment when he won the belt from Bret, seeing him with the belt and his whole schtick, he's got Nikita Koloff levels of dedication. Is he really nuts, does Maria Menounos really have a crush on him, does he really walk stairs all the time, will he attack Kevin Nash one day? We may never know. Turncoat Sgt Slaughter, Doink, Bob Backlund and Mankind are different tries at crazy wrestler that I love. It's so funny he keeps that up during every appearance, unless he is really crazy and acts like that at home too. He had some hysterical accusatory promos about the country and the youth. What a performance by Bob Holly! lol
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 2:17:50 GMT -5
He's still awesome. My friend who worked for WWE said he randomly came by to hand out apples.
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Post by Hulk Who? on Mar 8, 2015 2:31:20 GMT -5
HOLY S--T
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Post by Duck Holliday on Mar 8, 2015 5:31:49 GMT -5
He's still awesome. My friend who worked for WWE said he randomly came by to hand out apples. That's pretty awesome.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 9:16:56 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 10:19:21 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994. This.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Mar 8, 2015 11:37:13 GMT -5
You can't get away with this in this PC world we live in today. I feel Bob Backlund goes unappreciated. Unlike many others, I didn't mind him defeating Bret Hart for the WWF Championship at the 1994 Survivor Series. They played into the way he initially lost the championship well during the build to Hart/Backlund. Hard to believe Backlund is one of the youngest men to ever with the WWE Championship.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Mar 8, 2015 11:49:52 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994. This. I'm with you guys. I needed that to be Owen's reign.
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Post by Nivro™ on Mar 8, 2015 11:59:02 GMT -5
Backlund was awesome...I loved him winning the title and actually wished he would have had more of a run with it for a couple months before dropping it back to Bret or then losing it to Diesel. Its crazy to think he basically retired from wrestling at 35 years old.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 15:44:35 GMT -5
I'm with you guys. I needed that to be Owen's reign. It easily could have worked in a Submission match with Neidhart (in Owen's corner) convincing Helen to throw the towel in.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Mar 8, 2015 16:56:04 GMT -5
I'm with you guys. I needed that to be Owen's reign. As much as i love Bob and don't mind him getting the title i would much rather have Owen win the title in the same fashion and then drop it to Diesel. Owen and Bret feud up until Mania 11 and they have their final match here.
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Post by MattelsRule on Mar 8, 2015 19:41:58 GMT -5
I really enjoyed his work in 95/96 in his rare appearances on TV after he stopped wrestling.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 5:10:52 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994. Agreed.....IMO Owen should have won it here and dropped it to Diesel on Raw....but not in a squash. Also the Backlund squash should have happened on Raw. Its crazy to me to think that Bret & Nash's first title wins weren't televised.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Mar 9, 2015 5:28:14 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994. Agreed.....IMO Owen should have won it here and dropped it to Diesel on Raw....but not in a squash. Also the Backlund squash should have happened on Raw. Its crazy to me to think that Bret & Nash's first title wins weren't televised. I also agree with this. The ideas for booking Backlund were solid, but Bob often stumbled in the execution. He misused and tripped over his words on a regular basis, as is evidenced in the above promo. Moreover, Bob was an unknown to most of the WWF audience that began watching during the Family Entertainment & New Generation Eras. There were times he was met with minimal reaction by the crowds. IIRC, the reason Backlund lost in a squash is that none of the Clique liked him, and numerous other wrestlers (Bam Bam being one, I think) said that Backlund could only work in the old school style, which didn't mesh with the styles of the younger wrestlers. Bob managing Owen to a title win would have made more sense. I've always wondered if Vince just felt indebted to Bob and reciprocated Backlund's past efforts with one more run.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 6:41:38 GMT -5
I like Bob. But he shouldn't have got the title in 1994. Agreed.....IMO Owen should have won it here and dropped it to Diesel on Raw....but not in a squash. Also the Backlund squash should have happened on Raw. Its crazy to me to think that Bret & Nash's first title wins weren't televised. They could have had Owen win on Raw and Diesel squash (or not) Owen at the Rumble. Then we coulda had Bret in the Rumble match to give it another potential winner.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Mar 9, 2015 14:19:25 GMT -5
I firmly believe one of the reasons Bob Backlund was given the WWF Championship is a way of saying thank you. If Backlund didn't drop the championship in 1983, there surly wasn't going to a national expansion. People can say all they want about how Owen Hart should have been champion instead of Backlund. The WWF Championship was one of the most revered championship's at the time. I would much rather have Backlund be a transitional champion rather than Owen Hart. It would have cheapened Owen by having a transitional run.
For 1994, having Backlund being a transitional champion benefited the company as a whole. If you really delve into how the company was at the time and understand the decisions that were made. Not meny fans would have bought into seeing Owen as champion. We can look at it today but you have to realize what the environment was like in 1994.
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Post by drifter on Mar 9, 2015 22:34:16 GMT -5
I firmly believe one of the reasons Bob Backlund was given the WWF Championship is a way of saying thank you. If Backlund didn't drop the championship in 1983, there surly wasn't going to a national expansion. People can say all they want about how Owen Hart should have been champion instead of Backlund. The WWF Championship was one of the most revered championship's at the time. I would much rather have Backlund be a transitional champion rather than Owen Hart. It would have cheapened Owen by having a transitional run. For 1994, having Backlund being a transitional champion benefited the company as a whole. If you really delve into how the company was at the time and understand the decisions that were made. Not meny fans would have bought into seeing Owen as champion. We can look at it today but you have to realize what the environment was like in 1994. 100% agree. Backlund having the title for a couple of days before dropping it, didn't hurt him. While he could still be good in the ring, he was past his prime, and the fashion he won the title, having him drop it to Diesel almost immediately was a shot to him, like it would have been with Owen in the same scenario. He really was good as both a face and a heel. During his time as champion, he was a good guy to have as WWF's version of Jack Brisco (one of the things Vince Sr. thought when he built up Backlund) and great as a heel when he came back in the 90s and snapped. I still love that first time he snapped, and afterwards just looked at his hands, with that blank face, like he didn't know what he did. I remember years ago, in 2000, when he ran for Congress here in Connecticut, going to Raw in Hartford, and every time they went into a break, Backlund would appear somewhere in the crowd, with a Backlund for Congress sign. He'd go up and down the stairs in the section he was in, and then disappear before they came back from break. It was fun, every break, you'd start looking around trying to figure out where he'd pop up next. Back in September I actually got to meet him, and he wasn't a let down. Just listening to him talk, you can tell how smart he is, but it never came off like he was talking down to you. But he would chat with each person, like talking to someone you know, and then when it came time to take a picture, he's switch to crazy Mr. Backlund, and then right back to normal Bob Backlund.
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Post by BrIaNMeRcY on Mar 9, 2015 23:02:53 GMT -5
I have a lot of praise for Bob Backlund. Suffice to say, I can say I was there to see him live and getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
His heel run in 1994 is unappreciated. He added another dimension to his persona that nobody ever saw. Too bad many fans fail to understand why he was given the WWF Championship. That was Vince McMahon's way of saying thanks.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Mar 10, 2015 1:08:44 GMT -5
Heaven forbid a wrestler be appreciated for the duration of their career, for which they did what a wrestler is supposed to do. Pre Hulk Hogan wrestling? You sound like them there think dey smart but really dumb atheists who say a explosion made errydang! Hogan made da earf and da wrasslin bar bar bar bar BAR!
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