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Post by captaincold on Nov 9, 2008 0:33:47 GMT -5
You never know what he will do...he is so "Unpredictable"! This is why I'm really liking this release, Johnny Rodz is really unknown to me and it will be good to use him in one of my feds... I'm interested to see how he turns out its hard to find a finisher for a guy that never really won many matches. I think Knapik's 1985 version was pretty accurate. I do remember him being managed by Lou Albano for a litte bit
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Post by j on Nov 9, 2008 9:49:37 GMT -5
wasn't Johnny Rodz actually pretty good in the Pacific Northwest territory? I remember Roddy Piper managed him at one point.
according to his wikipedia his finisher was the diving headbutt
he's also trained many stars like Bill DeMott, Tommy Dreamer, Taz, Matt Striker, Vito, Damien Demento, Bubba Ray Dudley, Devon Dudley and Big Dick Dudley... Johnny may have been daddy Dudley!
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Post by bluelantern on Nov 9, 2008 9:55:00 GMT -5
Johnny Rodz. I like the fact that we're getting some undercard talent. It keeps people from having to "sacrifice" higher level guys to that role. HOWEVER, Rodz is more than a guy who "never really won many matches". as Todd put it.
Johnny Rodz is suffering from the same perception problem people had with SD Jones. He was successful in the territorial days, both as Johnny Rodz and as Arabian "Java Ruuk", and won regional titles. But he was used as enhancement talent to make new stars in the early days of the WWF expansion period and as an undercard guy in the WWWF days. So that's how a lot of people know him and remember him. Certainly, before getting more into the territorial days of wrestling many years ago, I had no idea who he was beyond the guy who would show up on Prime Time Wrestling every once in a while and lose.
I didn't realize there'd be a groundswell of support for Kashmere and Acid. I've got to admit I was not familar with the Backseat Boyz until I read their names as being signed to the game quite some time ago. I looked up some of their matches and they've got a nice, slick tag team style. They've got lots of good double team moves and they wrestle like a real tag team, which is rare these days. They'll be a good addition.
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Post by captaincold on Nov 9, 2008 10:50:58 GMT -5
I tried to make a bootleg of Rodz a while back by watching a dozen or so of his matches from the late 70's in the WWF. The closet thing to a finisher he used was a piledriver. I've seen his finisher listed as a diving headbutt but I dont ever remember seeing him use it as a kid when I saw him wrestle live or on any of the footage. I dont think Knapiks 1985 card has a finisher
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