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[master of read]

Cornette had freaking Ninja Turtles in his promotions. He doesn't have room to say shit.

as a reminder, the most beloved and respected man in pro wrestling is a zombie mortician with magic powers who gets said powers from a pasty funeral director and his greatest rival is his brother who has to power to set people on fire with the wave of his hand.


so wrestling has always been serious. lol

[XPac]

as a reminder, the most beloved and respected man in pro wrestling is a zombie mortician with magic powers who gets said powers from a pasty funeral director and his greatest rival is his brother who has to power to set people on fire with the wave of his hand.


so wrestling has always been serious. lol

Taker was more the exception than the rule though. During that era of the WWE, there were a LOT of crappy overly cartoony gimmicks... from plumbers to Vikings to Hockey players and garbage men. By some miracle the Taker gimmick just happened to work, in large part to Mark being good enough to pull it off. But generally speaking, the overly cartoony stuff probably hurt the WWE when it went as far as it did.

[mrluck_07]

Taker was more the exception than the rule though. During that era of the WWE, there were a LOT of crappy overly cartoony gimmicks... from plumbers to Vikings to Hockey players and garbage men. By some miracle the Taker gimmick just happened to work, in large part to Mark being good enough to pull it off. But generally speaking, the overly cartoony stuff probably hurt the WWE when it went as far as it did.

There were definitely some turned off by WWE's cartoonish presentation and preferred other promotions.

[Punisher007]

Kane is another example.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

as a reminder, the most beloved and respected man in pro wrestling is a zombie mortician with magic powers who gets said powers from a pasty funeral director and his greatest rival is his brother who has to power to set people on fire with the wave of his hand.


so wrestling has always been serious. lol

Taker was more the exception than the rule though. During that era of the WWE, there were a LOT of crappy overly cartoony gimmicks... from plumbers to Vikings to Hockey players and garbage men. By some miracle the Taker gimmick just happened to work, in large part to Mark being good enough to pull it off. But generally speaking, the overly cartoony stuff probably hurt the WWE when it went as far as it did.

Undertaker himself morphed the gimmick over time moving beyond undead creature we saw as well. So it helped by the late 1990's as he appeared more human than his 1990 look. Because quite frankly had Undertaker not been allowed to change and morph his gimmick over time he'd have not lasted as long. Its the same with Sting. People may miss the surfer Sting but he needed to change his look.

Every successful wrestler does a change to their look as time passes.

[master of read]

Undertaker himself morphed the gimmick over time moving beyond undead creature we saw as well. So it helped by the late 1990's as he appeared more human than his 1990 look. Because quite frankly had Undertaker not been allowed to change and morph his gimmick over time he'd have not lasted as long. Its the same with Sting. People may miss the surfer Sting but he needed to change his look.

Every successful wrestler does a change to their look as time passes.

i'm just saying that if you can accept the undertaker and his gimmick, then a hadouken isn't much of a problem.

[Immortal Weapon]

i'm just saying that if you can accept the undertaker and his gimmick, then a hadouken isn't much of a problem.

I disagree. There are limits to suspension of disbelief. I have an easier time accepting the Undertaker over orange Cassidy and Joey Ryan dick flips.

[XPac]

i'm just saying that if you can accept the undertaker and his gimmick, then a hadouken isn't much of a problem.

I don't think you can say EVERY cheesy gimmick isn't a problem just because the Undertaker gimmick ended up working. It's more an exception than a rule. It worked, and it worked VERY VERY well. You can argue it's even the greatest gimmick of all time. But Taker just had a bad @$$ presence that made him feel believable, even though the gimmick completely wasn't.

[BeastieRunner]

AEW is rumored to float the idea of seasons and fully intend to reset W/L records from time to time, seasons or not. Potential ideas include loser leaves town matches where the winner gets a reset. They also said They might get inflated at times with house shows ...

And Jericho's partners have been rumored to be part of a new stable (LAX?) but Chris will still be solo.

[Immortal Weapon]

AEW is rumored to float the idea of seasons and fully intend to reset W/L records from time to time, seasons or not. Potential ideas include loser leaves town matches where the winner gets a reset. They also said They might get inflated at times with house shows ...

And Jericho's partners have been rumored to be part of a new stable (LAX?) but Chris will still be solo.

The post show of All Out has Tony confirming they are doing year round TV. They just won't feature the same guys every week as a means to prevent them from burning out.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I disagree. There are limits to suspension of disbelief. I have an easier time accepting the Undertaker over orange Cassidy and Joey Ryan dick flips.

While the Joey Ryan stuff is funny , as a comedy sketch deal ...in ring as a serious move well...yeah its not something I'd be a fan of.

[master of read]

I disagree. There are limits to suspension of disbelief. I have an easier time accepting the Undertaker over orange Cassidy and Joey Ryan dick flips.

that......i don't understand.

but OC is acquired taste. i didn't get him myself until i actually started watching some of his matches, especially his match against david starr.

[Jcogginsa]

So some news has come out on why Shane hasn't been on TV and a while. And it's not a reason that any of us will like, because it's not a choice WWE made, he's just got Jury Duty

[master of read]

i think the cheese has slid off kenny's cracker.

[Malvolio]

So some news has come out on why Shane hasn't been on TV and a while. And it's not a reason that any of us will like, because it's not a choice WWE made, he's just got Jury Duty

So that means he's sequestered on a long, complicated case. Or it just means he can't travel, but since MSG is within driving distance of Connecticut, maybe he'll be on this week.