Sam Is Neat
Fella 
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Your favorite guilty pleasure gimmick in Pro Wrestling
We all have one.
Mine is/was Duke "The Dumpster" Droese. For whatever reason, I loved that trashy wrestler.
I also loved Evad Sullivan. Something about the devil worshipping Kevin Sullivan having a bigger, retarded brother who couldn't even spell his
own name right and LOVED Hulk Hogan always made me laugh.
Who was yours?
Annnnnnnnd go!
[Edited on 9-28-2017 by Sam Is Neat]
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bopol
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Enzo.
I loved Kamala when I was a kid.
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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Matte
"Family Man" 
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"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
Ultimate Finishing Move Showdown
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni 
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No other challengers need apply. 
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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bopol
Showstopper
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
No other challengers need apply.
Fuck you Pad. That isn't a guilty pleasure, that is just mainstream awesomeness.
BTW, Taka Michinoku has wrestled 2850 matches according to CageMatch. I've never found anyone who's wrestled more in Cagematch.
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni
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We were in a bar after a softball game, They had RAW on the big screen when Yamaguchi-san did the choppy-choppy pee-pee comment. Haven't ever
heard a place have that much laughter in it except for when we got to see Andrew Dice Clay live.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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GodEatGod
Man of a Thousand Holds 
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I mean, obviously:
More seriously, I love, like, all the vampire wrestling gimmicks. Vampiro, Gangrel, Kevin Thorne, the original version of the Ascension. I eat that
shit up.
"It is an impressively arrogant move to conclude that just because you don't like something, it is empirically not good. I don't like
Chinese food, but I don't write articles trying to prove it doesn't exist." - Tina Fey
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the goon
Sister Act
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Great Khali for me. I don't care that the guy couldn't wrestle, I just loved that he looked like a 7'1" monster that walked
straight out of a horror movie. Plus, he once had a Last Man Standing match with Taker on Smackdown that was actually pretty decent (by Khali
standards).
Of course, once the WWE turned him into a comedy act, it was rapidly downhill from there.
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janerd75
The Immortal One 
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NJ > Florida!
Sandy > Irma!
Springsteen > Tebow
DK > Janerd
Catch-As-Catch-Can: The Non-Specific Wrestling Thread
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Matte
"Family Man"
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quote:
Originally posted by bopol
BTW, Taka Michinoku has wrestled 2850 matches according to CageMatch. I've never found anyone who's wrestled more in Cagematch.
My first thought was Ric Flair. Searched him, and it says he has had 3470 matches.
Might be an interesting task to see who does actually have the most.
"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
Ultimate Finishing Move Showdown
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bopol
Showstopper
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quote:
Originally posted by Matte
quote:
Originally posted by bopol
BTW, Taka Michinoku has wrestled 2850 matches according to CageMatch. I've never found anyone who's wrestled more in Cagematch.
My first thought was Ric Flair. Searched him, and it says he has had 3470 matches.
Might be an interesting task to see who does actually have the most.
They've been adding in more older stuff then. You know there are guys that wrestled a ton in the 60s & 70s, but the database is incomplete.
Also, might be the first time TAKA and Flair have been in the same post.
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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Count Zero
The Rowdy One 
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Eugene.
I loved that gimmick.
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lz4005
Man of a Thousand Holds
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New Jack.
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Flash
The Great One
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quote:
Originally posted by Count Zero
Eugene.
I loved that gimmick.
Yeah, Eugene really just nailed it in a way that was never making fun of someone being disabled- like he played it more like a kid at Christmas than
having you laugh at him.
George the Animal Steele was always a favourite of mine when I was a kid; chewing the shit out of the turnbuckles.
Mae Young was always a favourite of mine... she was just so down for anything, and tough as nails.
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Sam Is Neat
Fella
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I also liked PN News for some reason.
Probably because I was a stupid kid.
But that "Yo baby, yo baby, yo!" deal was fun to yell in the living room, and annoy my dad.
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vonLampertheim
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WWF/E: Brother Love
NWA/WCW: New Breed, Mulkeymania
ECW: Joel Gertner, New Jack
WCCW: Kamala, Missing Link, Buzz Sawyer
Intro Music: Brodus Clay "Somebody Call My Momma"
[Edited on 28-9-17 by vonLampertheim]
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G. Jonah Jameson
Man of a Thousand Holds
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Disco Inferno, maybe. Or early, baby-punting Gene Snitsky, when he was being booked as a parody of monster heels rather than just a monster heel who
jobbed all the time. Or Gillberg.
Does Muhammad Hassan count? I thought his gimmick was brilliant before WWE turned him into a terrorist, but I don't know if he qualifies as
"guilty pleasure."
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CCharger
The Great One
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Jinder Mahal
JR and Jerry Lawler
Randy Orton
"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted."
"The powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned."
--- Stephen Miller, Trump senior White House advisor, Feb. 12, 2017
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TownOfDalem
Undisputibed Champion
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Does Justin Credible count?
When I was really young I loved Adam Bomb and Aldo Montoya. Really anyone colorful who had something like a mask.
OO's only mammal penguin
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DKBroiler
SpeciASSl CUMedian 
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I fucking loved Percy Watson.
Also, in general I'll take a match up of 2 super heavyweights over 2 better wrestling small guys 9 times out of 10. Basically there is a level
of in ring awesomeness that sub 240 pound guys like Angle/HBK/AJ/Voldemort achieved that 99.9999% of the industry will never get to but seemingly many
smaller guys get credit for many "great" matches that aren't that great. Dolph is one of those guys.
He's really good at his job but has exactly one memorable match (Survivor Series a few years ago). Christian (when not using a ladder) was
another. I'd take ANY Big Show match versus a main eventer over essentially anything those 2 guys have ever done (ladder matches aside).
So, I guess ... The Big Show is my guilty pleasure? Does that count?
Braun Strowman guy.
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denverpunk
The Rowdy One
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I really loved Boogie Knights/Alex Wright and Norman Smiley in WCW. I thought they were hilarious. Tank Abbott sucked, but his love of 3 Count was
also pretty funny.
[Edited on 9-28-2017 by denverpunk]
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Flash
The Great One
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Big Show has always baffled me... not the guy; who I think is just incredibly talented; but that the WWE has just wasted the guy right out of the gate
with the like 50 heel/face turns in his first year alone.
I know WMXV between the Rock and Austin was great; but they should have gone with Big Show with McMahon in his corner versus Austin- having just
re-watched that era not too long ago yeah the Rock and Austin were somewhat circling one another, but the big blow off match should have been Vince
and Austin, and Rock and Foley at the time (WM was more of a total reset on various feuds).
Even if you want to forget his rocky start with the WWE once they found out that this guy has a personality (thanks to SNL) they could have really let
him show it in other ways...
But nope... constantly crying Big Show.
Still; for all the crap the guy has been in; he just brings it no matter what they ask him to do.
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bopol
Showstopper
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quote:
Originally posted by Flash
Big Show has always baffled me... not the guy; who I think is just incredibly talented; but that the WWE has just wasted the guy right out of the gate
with the like 50 heel/face turns in his first year alone.
I know WMXV between the Rock and Austin was great; but they should have gone with Big Show with McMahon in his corner versus Austin- having just
re-watched that era not too long ago yeah the Rock and Austin were somewhat circling one another, but the big blow off match should have been Vince
and Austin, and Rock and Foley at the time (WM was more of a total reset on various feuds).
Even if you want to forget his rocky start with the WWE once they found out that this guy has a personality (thanks to SNL) they could have really let
him show it in other ways...
But nope... constantly crying Big Show.
Still; for all the crap the guy has been in; he just brings it no matter what they ask him to do.
The giant is a victim of the lack of territories. The only way to book him is as the unbeatable monster, but once he's beat then you
can't do a lot with him. And the WWE beat him on national TV the first time out (even though it did take multiple chair shots).
In the territory system, he comes in for a week as the special attraction to kick the shit out of the monster heel. King Kong Bundy talked about
jobbing to Andre for a week in Texas when he was in World Class. Without territories, you use up the Giant storyline really fast.
I only signed up so I can read the forum.
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First 9
The Rowdy One
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They should have not been son grandiose with his debut. If Austin vs Rock was ironclad for WM, they should have debuted Show by going after Mankind or
do a multiman match at WM and debut him there, destroying a number of guys.
Show popping out of the cage to attack Stone Cold was a great moment but one with no payoff.
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salmonjunkie
Best There Is Was or Ever Will Be 
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Jinder Mahal
Percy Watson
Pat Tanaka
Scott Norton in WCW (I've never watched his Japan stuff)
Everybody who has a "dance intro/taunt" - Alex Wright, Disco Inferno, Rene Dupree, Fandango
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