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Post by taker1 on Nov 11, 2007 18:27:07 GMT -5
I found this on an Urban Legends page..
" Dusty Rhodes booked Rick Steiner to beat Ric Flair in 20 seconds at Starrcade 1988."
If so, wow.
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Post by CF9™ on Nov 11, 2007 19:53:24 GMT -5
I think that would be great. Ric Flair was a huge heel at the time, thinking hes the best wrestler ever, and being such a coward. And Rick Steiner being such a badass, i think that would turn out great. Having the heel proved wrong type thing.
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Post by hbk007 on Nov 11, 2007 19:58:21 GMT -5
Kevin Nash talks about it on his shoot. He said Flair nixed the idea though.
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Post by htmlegend on Nov 11, 2007 22:57:23 GMT -5
If this is ture, why would Dusty want to do that? That would be a ripoff for a main event to last 20 seconds.
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Post by sincityhero on Nov 12, 2007 10:33:09 GMT -5
Because Dusty and Flair really didnt like eachother back then.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Nov 13, 2007 10:40:45 GMT -5
It's true... I've seen several of the key players from that era comment on it, and I think even Dusty and Flair have discussed it publicly (can't recall, but Flair may have mentioned it in his book).
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Post by JCWBobC on Nov 20, 2007 13:05:50 GMT -5
Back then Rick Steiner was doing the goofy guy gimmick and had just gotten kicked out of the Varsity Club so he was very over with the fans. Looking back now it may seem like a bad idea but at the time it wouldn't have been such a hard thing to believe.
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 20, 2007 19:12:44 GMT -5
The Steiners were starting to go big time in the NWA and really Flair could give them the biggest rub ever. At the same time, I really never liked Rhodes as a booker. I mean he did some good stuff but sometimes it just didn't make sense. Not to say that I am basing any of this on his TNA time. That was just something he couldn't fix no matter what  . |
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Nov 21, 2007 9:17:20 GMT -5
The Steiners were starting to go big time in the NWA and really Flair could give them the biggest rub ever. At the same time, I really never liked Rhodes as a booker. I mean he did some good stuff but sometimes it just didn't make sense. Not to say that I am basing any of this on his TNA time. That was just something he couldn't fix no matter what . Rick Steiner's gimmick at the time would have made a fast title win over Ric Flair a loose equivalent of Mankind beating The Rock for the title in 1999 -- He was a goofy character that the fans liked a lot, and the champ was an arrogant prick, so it would have been a huge pop if he won the title. Of course, the difference between Rick Steiner and Mick Foley is that Foley's personality carried his gimmick to popularity, which Steiner's gimmick (and to be fair, his ability) carried him to popularity in spite of his lack of personal charisma. He played the role great, but being goofy didn't come naturally to him the way it does for Foley. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2007 10:04:28 GMT -5
back in the day the crowd would go nuts, but now a days the internet kills it
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Post by Christian on Nov 21, 2007 12:08:40 GMT -5
lmao
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Post by The Boglin on Nov 21, 2007 17:18:33 GMT -5
The Steiners were starting to go big time in the NWA and really Flair could give them the biggest rub ever. At the same time, I really never liked Rhodes as a booker. I mean he did some good stuff but sometimes it just didn't make sense. Not to say that I am basing any of this on his TNA time. That was just something he couldn't fix no matter what . Rick Steiner's gimmick at the time would have made a fast title win over Ric Flair a loose equivalent of Mankind beating The Rock for the title in 1999 -- He was a goofy character that the fans liked a lot, and the champ was an arrogant prick, so it would have been a huge pop if he won the title. Of course, the difference between Rick Steiner and Mick Foley is that Foley's personality carried his gimmick to popularity, which Steiner's gimmick (and to be fair, his ability) carried him to popularity in spite of his lack of personal charisma. He played the role great, but being goofy didn't come naturally to him the way it does for Foley. I agree, the idea isn't horrible, just the idea to beat him in 20 seconds is. |
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Post by spawnsyxx9 on Nov 21, 2007 18:16:31 GMT -5
Yeah I can agree with that. I feel that at the time this was where it really became less important to feds to build their characters and they just wanted to focus on what would sell and be flashy for a few weeks.
Of course nothing as bad as having Paul Roma join the 4Horseman.
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Post by purpleisaaw on Nov 27, 2007 19:54:02 GMT -5
flair and dusty dont get along but thats insane
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Post by inrogers29 on Nov 28, 2007 15:29:06 GMT -5
He would have gotten over huge squashing Flair like that
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