ranul
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Post by ranul on Jul 19, 2022 22:30:11 GMT -5
I would have loved to have seen these two teams had a feud with on other in 1988-89
would it have been more entertaining in WWF or NWA
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Post by Crossbones on Jul 19, 2022 22:54:41 GMT -5
I went with WWF... because maybe they could have pushed the Sky Scrappers a little more then NWA did. Dan Spivey said in an interview that he left was because they didn't promote them right and he got sick of it.
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Post by TTX on Jul 20, 2022 6:50:33 GMT -5
Didn't help Sid got injured before they could really get rolling.
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Post by "Emperor Norton" (Mark T) on Jul 20, 2022 7:54:51 GMT -5
In JCP you've got Big Bubba and One Man Gang, which changes the dynamic to something a little more serious. In WWF they'd have done a TV angle and then a few loops on house shows before a blowoff midcard match on SummerSlam. That's just how tag teams were treated there. In JCP I can envision some TV angles,a match on a Clash with an indecisive finish, and maybe stipulations match to finish the deal on Great American Bash underneath the main event.
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Post by topdollar on Jul 20, 2022 13:22:44 GMT -5
In JCP you've got Big Bubba and One Man Gang, which changes the dynamic to something a little more serious. In WWF they'd have done a TV angle and then a few loops on house shows before a blowoff midcard match on SummerSlam. That's just how tag teams were treated there. In JCP I can envision some TV angles,a match on a Clash with an indecisive finish, and maybe stipulations match to finish the deal on Great American Bash underneath the main event. That's exactly why I voted JCP. I'd have preferred to see Big Bubba Rogers & One Man Gang as a team instead of Big Boss Man & Akeem. |
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Post by on_the_edge on Jul 20, 2022 18:31:29 GMT -5
Bingo. I was never a fan of the Akeem gimmick. You have a beast and turn him into a comedy act. With The Sheepherders turning into the Bushwhackers it was at least about them getting older and at the end of their careers. With OMG he was still in his prime.
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ranul
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Post by ranul on Jul 20, 2022 19:59:07 GMT -5
Bingo. I was never a fan of the Akeem gimmick. You have a beast and turn him into a comedy act. With The Sheepherders turning into the Bushwhackers, it was at least about them getting older and at the end of their careers. With OMG, he was still in his prime. They were trying to make fun of "The American Dream "Dusty Rhodes with the Akeem" The African Dream." |
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Post by on_the_edge on Jul 20, 2022 20:37:54 GMT -5
Bingo. I was never a fan of the Akeem gimmick. You have a beast and turn him into a comedy act. With The Sheepherders turning into the Bushwhackers, it was at least about them getting older and at the end of their careers. With OMG, he was still in his prime. They were trying to make fun of "The American Dream "Dusty Rhodes with the Akeem" The African Dream." Well, there is that too. It was just silly and a waist of a big man that should have been a monster. |
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Post by Pete on Jul 20, 2022 23:11:33 GMT -5
The Towers got over in spite of the Akeem gimmick, not because of it. I can see the argument for Boss Man > Bubba, but Boss Man+Gang would have been a much cooler, more intimidating team.
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Post by TTX on Jul 21, 2022 5:11:57 GMT -5
yeah, the contrast was better too....the "cop" with the "gang member"
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