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Post by tazz13 on Nov 11, 2008 17:29:50 GMT -5
Appreciate Taz/Tazz/Tazmaniac here, the greatest wrestler ever.
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Post by Boy Wonder on Nov 11, 2008 18:18:48 GMT -5
Greatest? Probably not
But as a fellow sufferer of vertical challengedness, he is one of my favorites. Despite being on the smaller side he was just booked so good and strong to make him a legitimate competitor against much larger opponents like Bam Bam and Mike Awesome.
His stuff with Sabu is greatness
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Post by S on Nov 11, 2008 18:20:38 GMT -5
Always loved the orange and black attack... was one fo the guys who showed that ECW wasn't just about crazy spots and weapons
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Post by NYdream™ on Nov 11, 2008 18:23:16 GMT -5
Tazz is my all time favorite ECW wrestler. for a man his size and the hype put behind his power. it made for a great characture!!
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Post by ebilbryan™ on Nov 11, 2008 18:57:03 GMT -5
Beat me if you can, Survive if I let you!
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Post by ICW on Nov 11, 2008 20:14:31 GMT -5
Taz was such a great, great wrestler. In my fantasy booking fed, ICW, Taz is my World Champion. I really wish he would have never injured his neck... though I do believe I read somewhere that if he were to get into ring-shape, he could return to the ring.
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Post by Adam on Nov 11, 2008 20:49:15 GMT -5
One of the biggest balls WWE has ever dropped.
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Post by samsson on Nov 12, 2008 0:48:07 GMT -5
Even at his height he was a very believable BAD ASS ;D Its a true shame that Vince(what else is new) had his ego runnin wild.Could you imagine the feud with Triple H if they would have let him win that night on SD !!!!! I still find it funny that Hunter didn't beat him clean.......
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Post by Chicago on Nov 12, 2008 1:05:53 GMT -5
I loved Taz's ECW run, but was thoroughly disappointed with his brief in-ring work in the WWF.
I think a lot of the credit and praise should go to Paul Heyman and the way he was able to make people believe Taz was a legit badass and threat to anyone, big or small. The booking was phenomenal and it is a shame his career and repertoire of moves was cut short once he defected to the WWF.
I don't believe he was ever in line for a big push in the WWF (although his RR debut was one of the best debuts ever, in my opinion, and had so much potential), but his best work was left in ECW and I don't think he could have ever replicated it under the direction of anyone other than Heyman.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Nov 12, 2008 3:38:43 GMT -5
I miss the "Taz is gonna kill you" chant the old ECW crowd used to say to any of his opponents.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Nov 12, 2008 9:00:55 GMT -5
I miss the "Taz is gonna kill you" chant the old ECW crowd used to say to any of his opponents. The best was when he wrestled Louie Spicolli, because Louie was so great at playing the chickens--- heel and was a funny promo. Louie would come out, talk like he was the toughest guy in ECW, throw up the Cliq hand gesture just to really irritate the ECW fans... and then, the "Taz is gon-na killllll you....." fires up. I really think Taz's promos -- where he basically put everyone in ECW in their place, and then proceeded to challenge guys in the WWF and WCW by name, while glaring through the shredded black towel -- are what sold me on the original ECW product, more than anything else. Edit: www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/taz%2Bspicolli/video/x79w9u_taz-vs-louie-spicolli-tv-title_sportGood stuff right there. Although the part where Louie tells Taz to "take a pill... matter of fact, take five" is a little creepy in retrospect.
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Post by nibs92 on Nov 12, 2008 9:59:25 GMT -5
wasn't a great fan of taz(z) but i liked it when he was fighting either the bossman or albert (possibly at st valentines day massacre?? sorry really can't remember the event) and they were both giving him a beating at the end of the match and he kept getting up and having a go at them!
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Nov 12, 2008 13:28:54 GMT -5
Taz was awesome in ECW. I legitimently believed that he was as good as he was made out to be. He looked bad, he sounded bad, and i felt at that time, that if anyone messed with Taz, he would suplex them into next week. Too bad WWE had to kill him just like DDP, Booker-T, RVD, Jerry Lynn, Mike Awesome, nWo, Rhyno and about 100 more guys who were 100 times better than HHH.........
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Post by brm on Nov 12, 2008 13:39:19 GMT -5
"SABU....I'M GONNA CHOKE YOU OUT. SEE YA ON THE THIRTEENTH!"
I really loved Taz. I mean, you just knew when he was walking out, that this was gonna be a big fight. You knew when Taz was in a match, that this was going to be a fight. I remember seeing Taz suplex two japanese jobbers in ECW at once. He was just a monster.
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Post by Ohtimate Wahriah on Nov 12, 2008 15:17:51 GMT -5
Wrestlepalooza '97..........Greatest Taz segment ever!
TC By the way, how dare you spell Taz with two "Z's".......Shame on you
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Nov 12, 2008 15:30:39 GMT -5
Anyone else remember his promo before Hardcore Heaven 1996 when he faced MMA fighter Paul Varleans?
Taz: "I'm gonna shove your big head up your big ass!" Fonzie: "And it'd probably fit!"
Classic greatness!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2008 17:28:56 GMT -5
I love Taz.watch a lot of his matches.
although his RR debut was excellent,he never recovered from WWEs vindictive burial of him against a pre Champ in Law HHH in Philidelphia, while still the ECW Champ.
and the bungholes like JBL continually burying him backstage from the moment he got there because "ECW was crap" didnt help either
imagine the guy that put on class match after match and tboned Bam Bam into the crowd, being jobbed out to a barely effin mobile Jerry Lawler
insanity.
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Nov 13, 2008 8:35:22 GMT -5
Tazz's ECW stuff was classic man. I just wish they would have used him a little bit better in the E'.
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Post by Essex James on Nov 13, 2008 11:09:17 GMT -5
Taz was one of my fave wrestlers back in the day, i really loved his tron and music for some reason with him in the jacket and stuff was cool, I always used to play as him or essai rios on Smackdown 2 and No mercy and i was glad he on Smackdown vs raw 2009. I love making HHH tap , I truely believe if Taz could have been big in wwe. I respect the man alot though he was a really bad commentator when he joined but now i think he is 2nd best too JR
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Post by Quanthor on Nov 13, 2008 12:17:44 GMT -5
The human suplex machine.
It's a shame he didn't do jack in the WWE.
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