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[johnandryan]

very excited about the Jimmy Hart signing.

as troy noted earlier, there are many plotlines available for him.

I am also thinking about putting him with Eddie Gilbert and potentially establishing the "First Family" as he did in Memphis.

-J

[jrgoldman]

I think that Jimmy Hart is a wonderful signing, and I really hope that his card is unique in some fashion for such a unique personality through the years.

It's too bad we won't get a CD with the set of some new theme music he has written for himself and the first family in LoW!

[Pete]

Great news. About the only two all-time great managers left to go are Gary Hart and Bobby Davis.

Put me down as one who'd prefer not to see wrestling stats. I know Jimmy wrestled some and even held the Southern title in Memphis, but I'd prefer a Megaphone Chart (and yeah I know he didn't have that in Memphis either...but look at the drawing. It's still his signature prop.)

[markyhitch]

Not overly excited as it's a manager card, but I guess we needed him. All I need now is Slick and I think I'm done for 1980s WWF managers.

[Crimson Cross]

I don't mind seeing wrestling stats for Jimmy Hart, but a unique New interference chart that would make "The Mouth of the South" stand-out would be a very cool thing, but either way the addition of Jimmy Hart is a great one at that...

[marktaggart]

Oct 26, 2011 0:03:15 GMT -5 Pete said:

Great news. About the only two all-time great managers left to go are Gary Hart and Bobby Davis.
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All-time great is up to interpretation, but I'd put Percy Pringle, JJ Dillon, and Freddie Blassie in that category as well.

[Kamala]

Oct 26, 2011 14:10:32 GMT -5 @marktaggart said:

Oct 26, 2011 0:03:15 GMT -5 Pete said:

Great news. About the only two all-time great managers left to go are Gary Hart and Bobby Davis.
/quote]

All-time great is up to interpretation, but I'd put Percy Pringle, JJ Dillon, and Freddie Blassie in that category as well.

I second that!

[Pete]

Oct 26, 2011 14:10:32 GMT -5 @marktaggart said:

Oct 26, 2011 0:03:15 GMT -5 Pete said:

Great news. About the only two all-time great managers left to go are Gary Hart and Bobby Davis.
/quote]

All-time great is up to interpretation, but I'd put Percy Pringle, JJ Dillon, and Freddie Blassie in that category as well.

I didn't really count Dillon because he's technically signed, just in limbo as far as a card. Blassie I consider to be a wrestler first and a manager second. If he were to sign, I'd definitely leave the manager card for the Promoter or as a LE.

Pringle...well, this is just me but I never cared for him. I didn't like his googly-eyed weirdo act in World Class, and IMO he played a big role in why Rick Rude didn't get over as a #1 heel the way they wanted him to. I also didn't like his stupid haunted house voice as Paul Bearer. As always your mileage may vary. Heel Bearer managing Mankind and Kane was okay, and actually he was a good call-to-action babyface manager (not an easy role to pull off) when he was with Eric Embry in the late '80s.

[swarm]

He should 100% represent what he did during his time in the WWF. That's how he is most well known and what the majority of people are going to want and expect when they buy the set. Whatever he did most/best in the WWF should be on the back of his card. IMO that means an outside interference/megaphone chart and a distractor rating.

On a related topic, I can't decide if I like the art or not. It looks like him, but I'm really underwhelmed by the simple shadow background. How about a big heart? Or a mega phone? On one hand LOW has a very classic look, being in black and white. So I see how a simple, classic look with just the shadow could work. On the other hand when I think of Jimmy Hart I think of animation and color - loud and in your face. The background shadow is really mello for a guy like Jimmy Hart.

[neilybob]

He did wear a jacket with hearts on it if i recall right.