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Post by sincityhero on Mar 3, 2008 19:31:03 GMT -5
I've heard that WWF acually considered this man for world champion at one point lol Is this true? Thank god it didnt happen.
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Post by Bartman on Mar 3, 2008 19:33:02 GMT -5
I've heard the same thing. I'm assuimg a Luger/Borga feud over the WWF Title.
HELLO RATINGS
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Mar 3, 2008 19:37:09 GMT -5
Wow. Thank God those plans never came to pass. That would've been brutal for sure.
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raz2005uk
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Post by raz2005uk on Mar 3, 2008 21:06:56 GMT -5
both lacked charisma - would have sent the ratings tumbling
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Post by Billy the Kid on Mar 4, 2008 1:00:08 GMT -5
Despite Ludvig Borga's lack of charisma and talent, he would've been a very good heel champion in that era because of his gimmick. At the time, a lot of the foreign workers coming in to the company were being portrayed as the "evil foreigner" such as Yokozuna.
Borga was intensely hated by the fans, especially since he destroyed Tatanka and gave him his first TV loss. If the WWF pushed Lex Luger the right way, he could've been the missile that took out the Finnish powerhouse. Even though I agree that Borga and Luger were both pretty bad when it comes to in-ring talent, I think a Luger-Borga title feud would've been pretty cool.
Hell, I thought the Luger-Yokozuna title feud was cool, the Lex Express was such an awesome concept but I don't think Luger was the right man for that push.
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Post by Chicago on Mar 4, 2008 1:28:48 GMT -5
Yes, surprisingly, it is true from what I've read in the past. Borga was actually going to main event at the time but he came down with a serious injury, I want to say somewhere in his foot, that prevented it from happening. I'd imagine it would have gone down as a Luger/Borga feud for the title (having Luger beat Yoko by that point) or possibly even Borga/Taker as horrible as that sounds.  I never saw anything positive in the guy and in many ways, his injury saved us from some terrible main events that were sure to follow his Heavyweight title push. |
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Post by pillman9mm on Mar 4, 2008 1:59:57 GMT -5
What really irks me is the fact that they wasted Tatanka's 2-year undefeated streak on a guy who wouldn't even be around 3 months later.
Yup, still pissed.
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Post by HHH316 on Mar 4, 2008 2:15:53 GMT -5
What really irks me is the fact that they wasted Tatanka's 2-year undefeated streak on a guy who wouldn't even be around 3 months later. Yup, still pissed. That match alone killed anything Tatanka had going until he turned heel. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2008 14:44:40 GMT -5
Here is an oldschool Ludvig Borga promo. |
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Post by mercennario1080 on Mar 4, 2008 14:55:53 GMT -5
What really irks me is the fact that they wasted Tatanka's 2-year undefeated streak on a guy who wouldn't even be around 3 months later. Yup, still pissed. I hate when some guy comes and finishes and undeafeated streak. I remember when I stopped watching TNA because Angle finished Joe's streak. |
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Post by moogie101 on Mar 5, 2008 6:22:43 GMT -5
Borga was perfect for WWE in those days, he was a big muscular dude & he had the much loved heel foreigner gimmick. Plus with Lex on top as the big defender of America it would have been easy to get the crowd behind it
Would have sucked for match quality but I reckon would have drawn money
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Post by Kenny Powers on Mar 5, 2008 16:59:49 GMT -5
What really irks me is the fact that they wasted Tatanka's 2-year undefeated streak on a guy who wouldn't even be around 3 months later. Yup, still pissed. I hate when some guy comes and finishes and undeafeated streak. I remember when I stopped watching TNA because Angle finished Joe's streak. At least Goldberg's streak was ended nicely...oh wait...  But to stay on topic, I don't think Borga was around long enough for them to strongly consider him for a title run. I would have said IC title for sure but not Heavyweight. |
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Post by The Dude on Mar 5, 2008 17:14:26 GMT -5
I was just looking at some old videos of Borga, anyone else think he looks like a cross between Finlay and Brock Lesnar?
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Post by LeighD on Mar 7, 2008 8:02:02 GMT -5
I was just looking at some old videos of Borga, anyone else think he looks like a cross between Finlay and Brock Lesnar? ^ Yes I do! The story behind the proposed Ludvig Borga title reign was (from what I've heard/read): - Yokozuna was supposed to drop the title to Undertaker at the Rumble in the Casket Match because WWF wanted Yoko to drop some weight. From there Borga would've defeated Undertaker and headed to WM as the champion. Luger was scheduled to be the sole Rumble winner. At WM X, Luger would've defeated Borga for the title. - However, Undertaker had health problems and Borga damaged his ankle along the way and add in Luger wasn't as over as WWF would've liked him to have been. Thus Yoko kep the title, and took out the Undertaker to allow him to recover. Bret and Luger co-won the Rumble. Borga was completed whited out from the plans. |
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Post by Mastermind on Mar 7, 2008 20:20:44 GMT -5
man..1993 and early 94 was a messed up time for wwf..first hogan refused to drop the title to bret..i would have loved to have seen that match at that time..luger supposedly told people in a bar about him winning the title prematurely.and that idea was scrapped...dont know how much of that is true..
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