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I guess some of those teams look weird b/c there's not a discernible reason they should be together. Here's what I remember from the article for some of them. Keep in mind this is 1997 and it was written in kayfabe : Sid/Hall-both underachievers as Hall never won a world title and Sid never had a lengthy reign. Both big guys who used a powerbomb variant. The article predicted that they'd have short-term success but would implode due to Sid's temper. Malenko/Taz and Owen/Eddy--Superior technical/aerial wrestlers who don't get much recognition due to their lack of size. Mongo/Dr. Death--former football players Nash/Hawk--two big guys who relied on sheer size and force of personality to climb to the top. Luger/Ahmed--two muscleheads. Magazine said it would likely fail b/c it would turn into a daily lifting competition and both guys have huge egos. Luger's team with Sting succeeded b/c Sting could put up with Luger but Ahmed likely wouldn't. I think the others are pretty self-explanatory

The rationale that the magazine article gave was that they were both good looking guys who were a lot tougher than they looked which I guess could apply to the Dreamer of 1997. He did manage to snag Beulah.

Here's what it says on his wiki page James Dudley began working for Jess McMahon in the 1950s, when McMahon was a co-owner of the Capitol Wrestling Corporation.[3] When McMahon and his partners broke away from the National Wrestling Alliance to form the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) in 1963, Dudley continued to work for McMahon.[2][3] Dudley performed many different jobs, from carrying buckets of waters to counting ticket sales.[5] Dudley was a close friend of Vincent J. McMahon and continued working for the family when the younger McMahon took over the business from his father; in particular, he drove McMahon's limousine and served as his bodyguard.[8][9] He has said that he thought of McMahon as a father figure.[3] McMahon later increased Dudley's responsibilities with the company several times, and eventually assigned him to manage Turner's Arena in Washington, D.C., which made Dudley the first African-American to hold such a position in the United States.[2][3] His role required him to oversee several other events, including the Town and Country Jamboree television show.[3] "Although he was rarely seen by the fans, James Dudley is one of the most important and influential men in sports-entertainment history. In the 1950s and ‘60s, when fans tuned into WWE’s weekly TV show, few realized the enormous role Dudley was playing behind the scenes." Hall of Fame Inductees -WWE.com[2] Dudley also managed several wrestlers, including Bobo Brazil. Prior to Brazil's matches, Dudley excited the crowds by waving a towel while running to the ring.[2] Over time, Dudley's role with the company diminished and he ceased working for them; the company's operations were moved to Connecticut, and Turner's Arena was demolished. Shortly before McMahon's death in 1984, he told his son, Vincent K. McMahon, who had taken over control of the promotion (then known as the WWF), "Whatever else you do, you take care of James Dudley."[3] After Vincent J. McMahon's death, Dudley was put back on the company payroll at age 74 and subsequently received several gifts from Vincent K. McMahon to show appreciation for Dudley's contributions to the company.[3] Dudley has been described as an "important cog" in the company, and McMahon once stated that "had there been no James Dudley, the WWF possibly wouldn't exist as it does today".[3] Dudley continued to feel a sense of loyalty to the McMahons and their promotion.[3] Dudley was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 1994 by Vincent K. McMahon.[2] Dudley's final appearance with the company came during an episode of SmackDown! in February 2002. According to the storyline, Stephanie McMahon was banned from the MCI Center. In an attempt to get past security, she pushed Dudley in a wheelchair but was still refused entrance. Following the scene, Dudley left the wheelchair, walked to his seat, and watched the show

Hopefully she'll go for it. The importance of Lauper tends to get forgotten nowadays. At the time seeing Cyndi Fucking Lauper show up on Piper's Pit was mind blowing. Lauper would be great. I think she sold wrestling better than any other celebrity that's gotten involved. Very few committed as much time as she did during their stay. They could go all out and fly in David Wolff to stand behind her during her speech and leech off her heat. Could Ambrose break a record over newly face turned Zeb's head and then bodyslam Wolff?

Give me Playboy Buddy Rose and Trevor Murdoch for Team Doughboys Who Can Work

Wouldn't work. Austin would just want to stand around watching Buzz powerslam people the entire match.

I'd like to see Goldust/D-Bry as a team. Best face in peril and the best hot tag. I think Brock could work as a tag-guy. Team him with a weaker guy (which I guess is pretty much everyone) against a cohesive tag-team where the story is that the cohesive team jumps Brock before the bell or something and beats the piss out of his partner for an extended period of time. The whole time you know that once Brock gets in, he's going to murder the other team but they're too good at keeping the other guy from the corner. From there, Lesnar could either heel it up and say, "eff it, you're on your own" to the other guy, leaving him high and dry and start another feud or just go the predictable route where he gets the tag and destroys anything that moves. WCW did something similar to that when Arn/Benoit took on Giant and Sullivan. They wouldn't let Giant in b/c they knew once he got in, there wasn't anything either of them could do to him.

These are the teams I can name from that list that actually happened: Taker/Giant Hogan/Piper Meanie/Goldust Did Sid and Hall ever team in the last days of WCW? I also feel like Trips and Regal might've teamed once on RAW. I know they interacted quite a bit during the Eugene feud but I can't remember if they ever teamed before then. From what I remember, I thought Flair and Bret were supposed to team after their face vs. face match at Souled Out but that angle got nixed.

i don't think they worked any of the matches. also, i quite enjoyed the Brawl 4 All tourney. but then again, i'm a humungous fan of early NHB/MMA fights. If Bob Holly is to be believed, it was all a shoot and they actually paid Dr. Death the money before the thing even started.

I was cleaning out some boxes yesterday and ran across some old Apter mags I had. One of them was an edition of Wrestling Superstars from mid-1997. For those of you who are unfamiliar with WS, they were unique in that they had the same kayfabe stories and interviews as the other mags but they also had a monthly "Dream Match" and another special article like Top 20 Wrestlers, Top 20 tag-teams, Dream Tag Teams We'd Like to See, etc. The one I picked up had the Dream Tag-Team section. I found it funny that some of those teams that sounded ludicrous or impossible back then actually did happen. Some of them they put together b/c their gimmicks or in-ring styles meshed and some they just put on there b/c they were ridiculous: Sting/HBK Brian Pillman/Terry Funk Undertaker/Giant Rey Mysterio/Sabu Triple H/Regal Abdullah the Butcher/Yokozuna Dean Malenko/Taz Chyna/Jacquelyn Hogan/Piper Owen/Eddy G Raven/Lawler (this was back when Lawler was waging war on ECW) DDP/Austin (right around the time they were both kind of tweeners and just turning face) Flair/Bret Luger/Ahmed Johnson Nash/Hawk Mero/Tommy Dreamer Scott Hall/Sid Mongo McMichael/Dr. Death Blue Meanie/Goldust Jake Roberts/Sandman (this was back when Jake was doing the Born Again thing and Sandman was, well, being Sandman) What are some other dream tag-teams you guys would like to see? And who'd be the best team of the guys above (in their 97 incarnations). I'd have taken that Austin/DDP team.

Fuck TUMA meetings. These are useless meetings that I end up going to and only pertain to me for about 5-10 minutes. I call them TUMA meetings b/c I end up sitting there with my Thumb Up My Ass for the majority of the meeting.

Thanks. Metal Gear is a series I've been thinking of getting into as well.

Thanks guys. I actually picked up a used copy for $7. Been playing it today and while it is a bit of button mashing, it's fun.

Apparently WWE thinks the only kind of heel that can do that is a chickenshit heel.

Very easy to Platinum or 1000/1000....it's basically God of War but with a Crusader instead of a Spartan. Cool. Is it a lot of button mashing or is it more nuanced I guess is the word I'm looking for?

So he's going to slam Brodus Clay and start riding around in Punk's bus which will now be called The Roman Roamer?

I went to college in Miami and I love South Florida. I've also lived in Atlanta and for my money, nothing beats Spring in the ATL. San Diego is a great place as well.

How's the gameplay for Dante's Inferno? Thinking about picking that up. Is it a bunch of button mashing?

Also, I'm surprised there was never a pregnancy gimmick pitched for Goldust back in the Attitude Era. I mean, rumor was that he did want to get breast implants at one time (don't know if that's true or not).

He could go up to Stephanie and Trips' kid and ask, "who is your daddy and what does he do?" I'd also like to see Ryback in some sort of Running Man themed skit although he'd be better suited as a Stalker than Ben Richards.

I hope we get to hear Murder Train one more time before the show is over.

Funbags soothe the savage beast.

He'll be the rumored third man of Money Inc. "But whose side is he on?!"

How did Germany become a super power when they were actually exterminating people?