hbkowns
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Post by hbkowns on Nov 11, 2017 12:39:51 GMT -5
Jake, Savage, and Piper come to mind immediately.
Bret had zero personality until his last 2 years in 96-97, so I’m not really sure about him. Hogan is too cookie cutter for today, even more so than Cena. Warrior couldn’t hang with today’s talent.
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Post by The American Daydream on Nov 11, 2017 13:45:55 GMT -5
None. Because they would be brand new to the WWE, unknown to every casual fan, subject to 50/50 booking, have absolutely no creative control and crucified immediately by the IWC for not being able to put on a match with 10 highspots and 30 minutes of Benoit/Angle type wrestling every night.
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Post by BSR on Nov 11, 2017 14:04:23 GMT -5
Jeff farmer.
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Post by Revy on Nov 11, 2017 15:48:42 GMT -5
Was surprised it too this many posts to mention Rude. Dude was legit. |
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Post by Nivro™ on Nov 11, 2017 16:51:13 GMT -5
Another would be Porkchop Cash....cause who the  wouldnt cheer for a guy named Porkchop?? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 17:16:41 GMT -5
Was surprised it too this many posts to mention Rude. Dude was legit. I thought about writing him in, but then second-guessed because he was more prominent in the early 90s. Certainly he is an all-time great. Having recently watched a Mike Graham Championship Wrestling from Florida DVD, I have the urge to mention Billy Jack Haynes. Though his only match I really remember is his full nelson challenge, he had a presence about him. I think he could have broken out, to a degree, today. |
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Post by TheBadGuyChico on Nov 11, 2017 17:28:45 GMT -5
Jake, Savage, and Piper come to mind immediately. Bret had zero personality until his last 2 years in 96-97, so I’m not really sure about him. Hogan is too cookie cutter for today, even more so than Cena. Warrior couldn’t hang with today’s talent. Warrior is literally more marketable dead than most of the roster is alive and active. Warrior is also a bigger merch seller than someone like Shawn Michaels who is supposed to be the in ring G.O.A.T You can't use the current fanbase to measure anything. It's an IWC circle jerk, far from a mainstream audience where you can really measure marketability. |
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Post by ClashOfStyles on Nov 11, 2017 17:35:41 GMT -5
Jake, Savage, and Piper come to mind immediately. Bret had zero personality until his last 2 years in 96-97, so I’m not really sure about him. Hogan is too cookie cutter for today, even more so than Cena. Warrior couldn’t hang with today’s talent. Warrior is literally more marketable dead than most of the roster is alive and active. Warrior is also a bigger merch seller than someone like Shawn Michaels who is supposed to be the in ring G.O.A.T You can't use the current fanbase to measure anything. It's an IWC circle jerk, far from a mainstream audience where you can really measure marketability. He may be the most marketable star of all time, but all of the stupid sh*t he used to say and do in his personal life would get him fired before he would be able to get anywhere. With everything from “Guess who’s rumored to return this week” to “Roman isn’t sick, he’s suspended” social media and dirtsheets would spread that sh*t like wildfire. |
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Nov 11, 2017 18:30:34 GMT -5
Probably not a name you hear a lot but i think Gino Hernandez would have done well in todays age
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Post by bababooey on Nov 11, 2017 19:29:45 GMT -5
Did I️ miss something or did literally no one mention Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, or Andre the Giant?
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Post by The American Daydream on Nov 11, 2017 20:12:00 GMT -5
Did I️ miss something or did literally no one mention Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, or Andre the Giant? Andre would make it in any era due to sheer size and spectacle |
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hbkowns
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Post by hbkowns on Nov 11, 2017 20:45:33 GMT -5
Jake, Savage, and Piper come to mind immediately. Bret had zero personality until his last 2 years in 96-97, so I’m not really sure about him. Hogan is too cookie cutter for today, even more so than Cena. Warrior couldn’t hang with today’s talent. Warrior is literally more marketable dead than most of the roster is alive and active. Warrior is also a bigger merch seller than someone like Shawn Michaels who is supposed to be the in ring G.O.A.T You can't use the current fanbase to measure anything. It's an IWC circle jerk, far from a mainstream audience where you can really measure marketability. Not quite. Most of the reason why Warrior is revered now is because of nostalgia and his sudden death. You take Warrior and debut him from scratch in today’s landscape, I don’t think he’d do as well as then. Fans are much more cognizant of what work-rate is and what a good match is. The second he went out there and stunk up the joint, he’d be done. Part of the reason why Warrior was successful is that he was protected from day one. To your Mainstream argument, the mainstream doesn’t care about wrestling anymore. That’s why Cena is the only wrestler to break out into the mainstream in the last 15 years. Why do you think WWE immensely changed their product in the last 4 years, accepting more of the indie style and the wrestlers in it? |
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Post by TheBadGuyChico on Nov 11, 2017 23:02:28 GMT -5
Warrior is literally more marketable dead than most of the roster is alive and active. Warrior is also a bigger merch seller than someone like Shawn Michaels who is supposed to be the in ring G.O.A.T You can't use the current fanbase to measure anything. It's an IWC circle jerk, far from a mainstream audience where you can really measure marketability. Not quite. Most of the reason why Warrior is revered now is because of nostalgia and his sudden death. You take Warrior and debut him from scratch in today’s landscape, I don’t think he’d do as well as then. Fans are much more cognizant of what work-rate is and what a good match is. The second he went out there and stunk up the joint, he’d be done. Part of the reason why Warrior was successful is that he was protected from day one. To your Mainstream argument, the mainstream doesn’t care about wrestling anymore. That’s why Cena is the only wrestler to break out into the mainstream in the last 15 years. Why do you think WWE immensely changed their product in the last 4 years, accepting more of the indie style and the wrestlers in it? Warrior was selling merchandise in 2004, he never really stopped being a guy people wanted on T-shirts and Figures. I don't think he needed to die to become relevant again. All of his merchandise throughout the 2000s has done better than just about any legend. Your last paragraph is just sad. The WWE excepting that only workrate fanboys are watching is hardly something to cheer. Outside of nostalgia, mainstream America could careless. Here's the thing, when wrestling is popular it's because of charismatic snowmen. Austin's best ring days were behind him and he was a huge draw spraying beer on people. The guys today will not be selling merchandise in 20 years at the clip the 80s guys are, they aren't pop culture in that way. So maybe the real question is, could Sami Zayn sell flies to poop in 1987? |
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Post by Tim of thee on Nov 12, 2017 17:27:45 GMT -5
crazy to see the Hulk do an enziguri
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Post by The American Daydream on Nov 12, 2017 18:23:51 GMT -5
Andre would make it in any promotion in any era of time. He's such a spectacle.
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Post by JC Motors on Nov 13, 2017 11:01:53 GMT -5
Hands down Randy Savage
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Nov 13, 2017 11:20:29 GMT -5
I think Andre could succeed in today’s WWE
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Post by The American Nightmare on Nov 13, 2017 15:11:17 GMT -5
I have no reason to believe that Hogan wouldnt. He dominated the 80s in the "larger then life" era and once wrestling changed he adapted to it and changed with it. If a 6'8'' Braun Strowman can get over these days, who's to say a 6'7'' Hulk Hogan couldnt? Especially if you've seen his work in NJPW. #truth! I would think Hogan would succeed well in any era. He is so over the top that he'd be able to make his character work no matter what era you set him in. |
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Post by marino13 on Nov 13, 2017 18:12:34 GMT -5
crazy to see the Hulk do an enziguri So wait... I just realized something. This was obliviously after WM9. So had the whole main event not went down the way it did, we could have had Bret Hart vs The Great Muta!!? Good god that could have been awesome! |
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Nov 13, 2017 19:27:56 GMT -5
I have to disagree about Hogan. He would get booed out of buildings worse than Reigns or Cena and fans would have rooted for the other guys.
Also with the internet being so involved in todays wrestling his backstage politics would be common knowledge which would completely soured the entire fanbase on him.
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