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Well there's a reason for that...
I'm sure it was opportunity he would have killed for.
Well there's a reason for that...
Dean Malenko. Also I agree with Mr. Perfect; him defecting to the NWO after Arn gave him his spot was like a precursor to the shit they were going to do with Bret Hart. I seriously believe if Hart hadn't gotten kicked in the head he would have been in the equivilant of the West Texas Rednecks...He would have formed the new new Hart foundation and they would be rastafarians. "Mike Tennay who is this coming to the ring?" "It looks like Bret Hart with dredlocks, Jim Niedhart looking exactly the same, British Bulldog in a Sublime shirt, and who is this...ITS VAN HAMMER! He's defected from the No Limit Soldiers! General Rection will be pissed! What will Master P do?" ....and scene.
I loved Owen in his feud with Bret. He should've held the belt (officially). Beating Bret for the belt would've been huge. Have Bret win it back, of course, but what's the point in a sibling rivalry if only one holds the world title?
I still think Owen should have won that SummerSlam 94 cage match against Bret and won the title. The storyline could have been that he had Bret's number and Bret couldn't beat him.
Do you think the audience was mature enough for that in 94? It would have made more sense than having Backlund as the transitional chamber for sure, but as a kid back then Owen didn't come off as capable, more of a pest. He did look a lot like the villain from karate kid though, maybe that could have been played up.
You hit the nail on the head. He'd be a pest saying he had Bret's number.
Thinking back, there wasn't really anybody else either, and we didn't get a true heel title reign again for over two years. Couldn't have been worse, even if Owen just jobbed to Diesel on Raw before the year was out.
Do you think the audience was mature enough for that in 94? It would have made more sense than having Backlund as the transitional chamber for sure, but as a kid back then Owen didn't come off as capable, more of a pest. He did look a lot like the villain from karate kid though, maybe that could have been played up.
Being a pest and also having Bret's number would have been perfect. Also, the crowd was into Owen as a heel. He received a really nice pop for his win against Bret at WMX
Jake the Snake, Dibiase, Rude and Perfect all got screwed by the fact that no heel really had a shot at the belt once Hogan emerged. I don't recall if Macho was truly a heel when the Mega Powers exploded, but he never registered as one to me as a kid until he picked up a Sherri as his valet. Seems like anybody with upside got stuck behind hulkamania back then, even though it would have been better for everybody if they had developed one of those guys into a legitimate threat.
Mike Awesome wasn't that great, he just seemed larger than life wrestling midgets.
I'm surprised Lance Storm didn't have a lengthy mid tier run, multiple IC reigns, tag titles etc. He seemed perfectly suited to that kind of role, was he just crowded out by all the talent accumulated after the merge?
Test seemed like the prototypical lead guy. Especially with the brand splits that happened, he seems like a guy who should have been the next Sid, instead he's not even equal to Crush in my opinion.
Windham got fat and complacent, his longevity is testament to his skills, don't think he deserved better though.
I think Golddust hugely outperformed his apparent potential. Dustin Rhodes was such a lame WCW attraction, to take a sharp left turn and stretch 20 extra years of tv exposure out of his giant frame was a huge accomplishment. Big belt or no, that guy had a great run.
Bulldog had a great run. He was never the best performer anywhere he went, so being a long term second fiddle seems about right for his talent.
I really have to disagree with the first statement. All four of those guys were heels that could have been huge threats to Hogan and also been legitimate. None really needed developing IMHO and it was more of politics.
Awesome could have been booked to the moon with the right manager. His upside was there bit he constantly got shit gimmicks.
Storm should have been a World Champ and very well could have been. I cant recall if he was with WWE when Benoit and Eddie were champs, but he would have paired well with both in programs and would have made for a believable champ.
Test should have been more. I dont know what happened tbh but he had all the tools
Windham did get out of shape, but I was always a mark for him.
Goldust as champ was MONEY. He was WAAAAY ahead of his time and that character around the 95 timeframe as champ would have made for some really good TV
Bulldog as champ, trading the belt with either HBK or Hart seems so logical now. I read that McMahon wanted to put the belt on him but it never happened for one reason or another...
Go back to the grappling forum and start another thread about the differences between bjj and wrestlinghow can you have talent in a fake sport?
how can you have talent in a fake sport?