Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Trying to think of a worse decision in wrestling history, but that is really bad. 1. TNA 2. David Arquette world champion 3. Vince Russo world champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Trying to think of a worse decision in wrestling history, but that is really bad. 1. TNA 2. David Arquette world champion 3. Vince Russo world champion Kayfab brother, kayfab. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I agree, Flair was the one, in retrospect, that was stupid to keep turning on Sting. Why? Because what happened EVERY TIME? Sting kicked the ever loving shit out of him for months on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaptain Kayfabe Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fuji was a horrible manager. Couldn't cut a promo to save his life. Even in the late 80s he moved like a 90 year old woman. Really, his gimmick could have been given to any manager - throw some salt, hit dudes with a cane - and they would have been just as good. Other than playing the stereotypical "sneaky Japanese guy" he was worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fuji came a round a bit when he was with Yoko. I feel like that was his best managerial run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fuji was a horrible manager. Couldn't cut a promo to save his life. Even in the late 80s he moved like a 90 year old woman. Really, his gimmick could have been given to any manager - throw some salt, hit dudes with a cane - and they would have been just as good. Other than playing the stereotypical "sneaky Japanese guy" he was worthless. Fuji won a 5K in a suit. What'd you ever do? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fuji may have botched the Wrestlemania 9 business by letting Yoko defend the title against that chicken shit Hulk Hogan, but he made up for it by leading Yokozuna into a fair rematch that killed Hulkamania dead. Even better, he understood that he needed to protect Yoko from these bad business decisions like the one at Mania, so he brought in Cornette to handle the business side. Gotta respect a guy who recognizes his limitations and then works to fix them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 For people that dont read the podcast threads In jerichos interview with DB, people name dropped Masa Fuchi Johnny Saint Negro Casas Karl Gotch Joe Malenko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Jimmy Hart selling out Hogan for the DoD is up there for dumb move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Jimmy Hart selling out the Natural Disasters for Money Inc was a pretty genius move though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Jimmy Hart was a tag team managing genius. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Fuji may have botched the Wrestlemania 9 business by letting Yoko defend the title against that chicken shit Hulk Hogan, but he made up for it by leading Yokozuna into a fair rematch that killed Hulkamania dead. Even better, he understood that he needed to protect Yoko from these bad business decisions like the one at Mania, so he brought in Cornette to handle the business side. Gotta respect a guy who recognizes his limitations and then works to fix them. I am out of likes and this deserves most of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Sunny was pretty good at convincing the WWF Tag Team Champions to let her manage them, despite knowing that she would turn on them when they lost the championships. Sunny had a weird way of turning every WWF tag team into Sting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraylo187 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? Heenan offered the secret recipe for Jimmy's hair concoction, which until then had been used by Heenan to keep his rival heel manager in check. "You want that hair looking perfect? Keep those Harts away from my guys." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? Hart got Adrian Adonis and talked him into trading in his handcuff briefcase for a bouquet of flowers and legwarmers. Sunny was pretty good at convincing the WWF Tag Team Champions to let her manage them, despite knowing that she would turn on them when they lost the championships. Sunny had a weird way of turning every WWF tag team into Sting. Because...tits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 The Flair-Sting thing from 95 was KF-stupid on both ends. Flair for not knowing what would happen next and Sting for not knowing better in the first place. Hubris is a helluva drug. And me, for now giving myself a reason to punch up HH 95 on the network. There are no winners here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Shit, I LOVE the atmosphere of that 2 on 1 deal at HH 95 though. Sting doesn't get enough credit for his selling and drawing sympathy in a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I haven't seen it since watching it live on a buddy's pirate cable box. I'll give it another shot when I'm done w/ moving errands today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaedmc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? According to cagematch.net Adrian Adonis got 12 title fights with Hogan. So it wasn't a total bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 In Kayfabe terms, the trade was Adonis/A bag of money with a dollar sign on it in exchange for Bundy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Also Link. Hart got Link too. Why the hell did Jimmy Hart agree to trade away King Kong Bundy to Heenan? According to cagematch.net Adrian Adonis got 12 title fights with Hogan. So it wasn't a total bust. You're a scholar and a gentleman for looking that up. How many title matches did Bundy get though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Mann Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Getting Link was like getting an expiring NBA contract. Jimmy apparantly had Salary Cap issues, which might explain why he sold Valentine to Johnny Valiant only to reclaim him two years later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Several wrestlers made the really dumb move of befriending Sting. Sting was a bad friend who couldn't be trusted. Sooner or later, he'd do something to provoke you to attack him, then turn around and convince the crowds that you were really the one who turned on him. If all you wanted out of life was to continue on as a happy smiling babyface, you had to stay away from Sting, 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Several wrestlers made the really dumb move of befriending Sting. Sting was a bad friend who couldn't be trusted. Sooner or later, he'd do something to provoke you to attack him, then turn around and convince the crowds that you were really the one who turned on him. If all you wanted out of life was to continue on as a happy smiling babyface, you had to stay away from Sting, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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