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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 31, 2022 8:51:47 GMT -5
Was thinking about The British Bulldog Davy Boy Smith who I was always a fan of and I was thinking of how after he left WWF in 1997 he just always seemed out of place
I didn't think he felt right in WCW and when he went back to WWF he was even more out of place. Even if they switched him to jeans and updated his theme music, he just seemed so out of place
I'll even put Flair's initial run in WWF up there.
Crazy I know because he had a great feud with Macho and Piper and that great match on Raw with Mr. Perfect and of course that 92 Rumble BUT seeing him in matches with The Berzerker or teaming up with Taker was so out of place. He looked like a fish out of water in those situations
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 8:54:06 GMT -5
Bundy and Vokoff in the New Gen era always come to mind first when I think of guys who didnt fit in
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Post by Old Zeke on Dec 31, 2022 8:59:39 GMT -5
Tatanka in the RA Era. Loved it as a kid, but it sticks out like a sore thumb now.
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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 31, 2022 9:14:16 GMT -5
Tatanka in the RA Era. Loved it as a kid, but it sticks out like a sore thumb now. Made me think of Road Warrior Animal in 2005-2006 |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 9:18:39 GMT -5
On topic of RA era, I'll add Duggan
I'll also say Todd Pettengill during the early days of Raw is War.Times were changing and his NG character wasnt going to fly anymore
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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 31, 2022 10:42:15 GMT -5
WWF talking about "NEW GENERATION" then having Piper vs Lawler main event King of Ring 94
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Post by Scott! on Dec 31, 2022 11:05:48 GMT -5
I just said in the WWF/WCW PPV thread, that Piper/Hogan main eventing in 1999 was completely out of place when you compare the WCW Main Events to WWF in that time. So I'll just throw in Piper/Mr America feud in 2003 as completely out of place.
If you look, Hogan aside in the first half of 2002, at Smackdown in that time frame it was more so guys getting elevated on the card that hadn't been before so having those two and Mr McMahon in a big story line for me was out of place.
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 11:05:53 GMT -5
Valentine in WCW both early and late 90s
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 11:11:32 GMT -5
Gorilla in 97 is another one. He just didnt fit in with the changing times
Its still amazing how he remained on screen for a good 3 years after Joey's passing
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 11:54:38 GMT -5
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Post by nibs92 on Dec 31, 2022 12:31:48 GMT -5
The whole NWA revival thing in 98 didn’t fit for me. Guys like Windham, Severn and RnR Express just seemed totally out of place for me. I liked Severn, but his style, look and lack of personality was just plain awkward.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Dec 31, 2022 12:35:35 GMT -5
Alex Wright.
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 12:39:00 GMT -5
The whole NWA revival thing in 98 didn’t fit for me. Guys like Windham, Severn and RnR Express just seemed totally out of place for me. I liked Severn, but his style, look and lack of personality was just plain awkward. Yeah total flop this whole angle Poor RNR had some bad luck in the WWF. Dont forget the whole SMW deal in 93.The match they had with the Bodies at SSeries that year was met with crickets |
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Post by nibs92 on Dec 31, 2022 12:49:14 GMT -5
The whole NWA revival thing in 98 didn’t fit for me. Guys like Windham, Severn and RnR Express just seemed totally out of place for me. I liked Severn, but his style, look and lack of personality was just plain awkward. Yeah total flop this whole angle Poor RNR had some bad luck in the WWF. Dont forget the whole SMW deal in 93.The match they had with the Bodies at SSeries that year was met with crickets Yeah I just don’t think they were suited for a WWF audience. |
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Post by jason88cubs on Dec 31, 2022 13:54:24 GMT -5
The whole NWA revival thing in 98 didn’t fit for me. Guys like Windham, Severn and RnR Express just seemed totally out of place for me. I liked Severn, but his style, look and lack of personality was just plain awkward. Yeah total flop this whole angle Poor RNR had some bad luck in the WWF. Dont forget the whole SMW deal in 93.The match they had with the Bodies at SSeries that year was met with crickets Yep. As Cornette said, if you had them in the south would have been a totally different story |
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 31, 2022 18:10:51 GMT -5
The whole NWA revival thing in 98 didn’t fit for me. Guys like Windham, Severn and RnR Express just seemed totally out of place for me. I liked Severn, but his style, look and lack of personality was just plain awkward. Yeah total flop this whole angle Poor RNR had some bad luck in the WWF. Dont forget the whole SMW deal in 93.The match they had with the Bodies at SSeries that year was met with crickets Yeah, they didn't do anything to build up this match, so the WWF fans at the time were not too aware of who they were. Same with the Heavenly Bodies, outside of their match with the Steiner Brothers at SSL93, they didn't appear on any other WWF shows so they were unknowns to the WWF audience. It was very strange for them to be on the card, the WWF never mentioned other companies, so having a title match on one of their PPVs was just weird - especially from a company that not many people had even heard of at that point. |
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Post by The Brain on Dec 31, 2022 18:17:46 GMT -5
Yeah total flop this whole angle Poor RNR had some bad luck in the WWF. Dont forget the whole SMW deal in 93.The match they had with the Bodies at SSeries that year was met with crickets Yeah, they didn't do anything to build up this match, so the WWF fans at the time were not too aware of who they were. Same with the Heavenly Bodies, outside of their match with the Steiner Brothers at SSL93, they didn't appear on any other WWF shows so they were unknowns to the WWF audience. It was very strange for them to be on the card, the WWF never mentioned other companies, so having a title match on one of their PPVs was just weird - especially from a company that not many people had even heard of at that point. Bodies did appear on Superstars/Challenge that Summer/Fall but yeah the match with RNR was just pretty much thrown on the card On the reports in the build they briefly mention it and just quickly move on |
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 31, 2022 18:27:55 GMT -5
Yeah, they didn't do anything to build up this match, so the WWF fans at the time were not too aware of who they were. Same with the Heavenly Bodies, outside of their match with the Steiner Brothers at SSL93, they didn't appear on any other WWF shows so they were unknowns to the WWF audience. It was very strange for them to be on the card, the WWF never mentioned other companies, so having a title match on one of their PPVs was just weird - especially from a company that not many people had even heard of at that point. Bodies did appear on Superstars/Challenge that Summer/Fall but yeah the match with RNR was just pretty much thrown on the card On the reports in the build they briefly mention it and just quickly move on I didn't remember that, but then again, Raw was now the main show that people were watching, Superstars and Challenge were after thoughts. They probably would have been better off with just the 4 Survivor Series matches, and giving each of them a little extra time. |
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 31, 2022 18:56:16 GMT -5
For me, the Dungeon of Doom guys and Hulk Hogan in WCW during 1994-1996. If felt that WCW was building itself a good roster from 1991 thru 1994, with wrestlers that felt like real wrestlers from the old NWA days. Adding Hogan and the Dungeon of Doom guys just didn't mesh with their other talent. The roster from 1992-1994 was probably my favorite time period for WCW, the Monday Night Wars era was really fun, too, but the period in between just seemed out of place.
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Post by MKSavage on Dec 31, 2022 18:57:07 GMT -5
I didn't mind him during this time, he made sense because of the Canadian/USA angle. However, once Bret left and the Canadian/USA stuff was no more, he had no place. |
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