jaedmc Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Plain ol' Crush was great, Heel Crush in the Savage feud was great. That 4-5 month period where he was Kona Crush and he suddenly had an over-the-top island accent and only talked about Hawaii (unless he was mentioning his clown dad) was pretty terrible. He was actually pretty over in mid-late 92 before they really pushed the accent and then had Doink destroy him. If they had let him mow through a bunch of guys in the rumble instead, who knows what would have happened. From what I could tell, he was way over but only in certain places. Some towns people would kind of check out during his squashes, but in others it was like Goldberg heat. The craziest part about the Luger Change or as I call it The Lugering, is that Luger was shown on TV LITERALLY THE DAY BEFORE as the Narcissist. While the show was taped way in advance, for the audience the Lugering happened literally over night. Kona Crush was clearly an experiment to create a kid friendly Hulk Clone, but it wasn't clicking nationally like I mentioned. Only in different territories brother. So of course after they turned Luger they took Crush and put him against Yoko on RAW, and had Crush get stretchered out - and then put all the heat on Luger to avenge him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Did any of the Legion of Demolition tag matches (Animal and Crush) ever get televised, or were they just European house shows when Hawk went AWOL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Did any of the Legion of Demolition tag matches (Animal and Crush) ever get televised, or were they just European house shows when Hawk went AWOL? The latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cristobal Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I loved Kronik in WCW. Both Adams and Clark had great looks and they had some beastly moves. And the 'mercenary' gimmick was fun too. You mean "the APA's gimmick, only not as fun?" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoarr Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I just want to visit the alternate reality where Brian Adams kept on playing the KISS Demon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Although credit to Bryan, at least he can develop his character and doesn't still act like its summer 2011 when non-stop shooting was "so kewl!" Bryan's character? I'm not about go all March Madness in here, but saying YES a bunch seems a little simpler than what Punk is asked to do. Could you get 4 months out of Bryan vs Heyman and Axel? I don't think so. Did you get four months of fresh TV out of Heyman/Punk? I thought it was mostly just two guys going around in circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrag Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Right, which is sort of my point. There was literally nothing to it besides Punk promo one week, Heyman the next. They threw Punk and Heyman out there with a broomstick and asked them for 4 months. They wouldn't even try that with Bryan... or anyone other than Punk or Cena. They use those two as a crutch to prop up shitty stories. They use Bryan to fill 20 minutes in the ring. Different responsibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelemania Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The craziest part about the Luger Change or as I call it The Lugering, is that Luger was shown on TV LITERALLY THE DAY BEFORE as the Narcissist. While the show was taped way in advance, for the audience the Lugering happened literally over night. Kona Crush was clearly an experiment to create a kid friendly Hulk Clone, but it wasn't clicking nationally like I mentioned. Only in different territories brother. So of course after they turned Luger they took Crush and put him against Yoko on RAW, and had Crush get stretchered out - and then put all the heat on Luger to avenge him. This might be the greatest paragraph these eyes have ever seen.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 It's pretty poorly written. I was fixing a furnace at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 So can we talk about the WWE.com Slammy winners here or do I wait for the RAW thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Is it happening on RAW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_W_P Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Not sure (im in Australia so RAW isn't on for another 24 hours) but the way they have it on WWE.com is that there are a group of awards that were given out online, pre show and then the main awards will be done live on RAW.I think I'll just wait and we'll do it all in one thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNosanchuk Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 WrestleMania here I come! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I loved Kronik in WCW. Both Adams and Clark had great looks and they had some beastly moves. And the 'mercenary' gimmick was fun too. Kronik's mercenary gimmick was such a blatant APA ripoff, WCW even came out with a Kronik: Always Pounding Ass t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Hero Morganti Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 WrestleMania here I come! I am going to try and go too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Good lord, Mick Foley is unhealthily large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 He has been for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I think WWE would have been better off if they never signed Luger and instead had Krush bodyslam Yokozuna on the aircraft carrier. Supposedly Krush had been talking backstage about how he was going to shoot slam Yokozuna but the powers that be had been very strict that if anyone who participated in it tried something like that they'd be fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Why are you guys spelling it with a K? His name was Crush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzalez Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Because the WWE has been teaching us for years to replace letters with other similar sounding letters so we can avoid copyright infringement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I think WWE would have been better off if they never signed Luger and instead had Krush bodyslam Yokozuna on the aircraft carrier. Supposedly Krush had been talking backstage about how he was going to shoot slam Yokozuna but the powers that be had been very strict that if anyone who participated in it tried something like that they'd be fired. If he could shoot slam Yoko he deserved a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territorial Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Because the WWE has been teaching us for years to replace letters with other similar sounding letters so we can avoid copyright infringement. So in a couple years, people will be discussing Jonn Kena on the 761st version of the DVDVR forums? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territorial Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Double post. Board is acting weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I think WWE would have been better off if they never signed Luger and instead had Krush bodyslam Yokozuna on the aircraft carrier. Supposedly Krush had been talking backstage about how he was going to shoot slam Yokozuna but the powers that be had been very strict that if anyone who participated in it tried something like that they'd be fired. If he could shoot slam Yoko he deserved a push. I was there for the Slam challenge and everyone was rooting for Crush to do it. If he couldn't do it then no one could. Is a "shoot" body slam even possible on a guy of Yoko's size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Guy Named Tracy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 My soccer gimmick is based on him taking dives and asking for yellow cards. And of course, not using his hands. No way. He needs to steal the Great Power Uti's gimmick and pull out the red card. "You're going DOWN!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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