RazorbladeKiss87 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I've never watched any Mid-South before but I have the 80s set and have access to the 1984 TV season. Is 1984 a good jumping in point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I've never watched any Mid-South before but I have the 80s set and have access to the 1984 TV season. Is 1984 a good jumping in point? Yes, May i selfishly mention http://russianflagburial.com For 1984 mid-south analysis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Not if this is the same vince who had "suddan hussien" give sarge marine-colored elf boots for winningbthe wwf title? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayhawk_in_cny Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? I hadn't thought about it until now, but I truly hope not. As long as it is not brought up or mocked in any way, I think it can be worked around, at least in the case of Rusev and Lana's characters. It would be a shame if this got dropped, as they are one of the most entertaining new acts I've seen in a while. Then again, I became a fan in the 80s and loved seeing big Soviet/Russian villains brought up to be beaten down by the American hero in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Not if this is the same vince who had "suddan hussien" give sarge marine-colored elf boots for winningbthe wwf title? The WWF was not a publicly traded company, the WWE is. Jack Swagger may hold up Rusev's decapitated head by the time this is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Jack Swagger...Luckiest guy in the WWE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? Because everything is wrestling to me, when I saw this on CNN I thought of that. I think if things get worse with them (and it's really horrible what's been happening) there might be pressure to stop this story. Maybe not from fans, but from sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Jack Swagger...Luckiest guy in the WWE? Yup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w. josh Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'd think if anything, they'll just drop the explicit Putin references and play up the generic anti-American sentiment for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Jack Swagger...Luckiest guy in the WWE?Yes. If he goes over Sunday Big E should flip his shit. Swagger's entire career has seemingly been him succeeding in spite of himself.This was my first thought too and I thought I was a selfish, heartless bastard. I hope it doesn't fuck up their careers because they're probably my favorite act in the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? as long as they don't run an angle where Rusev beats up a bunch of fans he confused for the Ukrainian military, they should be fine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I really would love to see what would happen if Lana showed footage of the plane crash and said "woops" followed by her evil laugh. In the 80s in a southern promotion, I imagine she would have been killed already. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 http://uproxx.com/prowrestling/2014/07/the-count-5-reasons-no-future-wwe-commentator-can-be-as-good-as-jim-ross/ Dunno if this already got posted yet, but here it is anyway. The photo of King and Jim next to each other is utterly hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Ape Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Frankly, I would be shocked if this wasn't used to write Rusev off TV/re-gimmick him (see: Hassan, Mohammed c. 2005). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? Hassan got tossed thanks to recreating a terrorist angle with the Undertaker. It's not like Rusev has been coming out with a rocket launcher talking about shooting down planes. I really would love to see what would happen if Lana showed footage of the plane crash and said "woops" followed by her evil laugh. You'd love to see sponsors drop RAW and the stock price go down? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Rusev reminds me of the Tazmaniac.....only taller and not nearly as orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'll honestly be disappointed in WWE if they don't try to exploit this incident for some cheap heat. They should have Lana go all-in on the crazy and suggest it is a false-flag operation designed by Obama to discredit Putin because he is jealous that Putin is better in bed and could wax the floor with Obama in a game of HORSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I'd think if anything, they'll just drop the explicit Putin references and play up the generic anti-American sentiment for a bit. I wouldn't put it past Vince to give Rusev a running Splash as a finisher and call it the Malaysian Crash or something along those lines. It's too late now, but I would have loved to see 'bare-knuckles fighter' Wade Barrett introduce Rusev as his partner and build him up by saying that Barrett met him in the Bulgarian underground fighting scene. He could spin a gruesome tale about how he witnessed the monster Rusev in action and how they got acquainted. And then have them kill everyone in the tag scene like a modern Miracle Violence Connection. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 With the emerging details of this Malaysian Airlines crash, anyone else worried that Lana/Rusev might get Mohammed Hassan'ed right off TV? as long as they don't run an angle where Rusev beats up a bunch of fans he confused for the Ukrainian military, they should be fine I get that the Hassan example may have been a little extreme, but I was thinking along the lines of them possibly trying to play it safe for the sponsors and stockholders. I don't know that anyone would be truly, deeply offended besides families directly affected by the tragedy, who I obviously feel for. It was just a thought I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Rusev reminds me of the Tazmaniac.....only taller and not nearly as orange. My thought too. If only Rusev was from Red Hook and talked nearly as much shit as Taz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Rusev reminds me of the Tazmaniac.....only taller and not nearly as orange. And without the head dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 You could easily have Lana come out and say she is a pretend Russian and used to be an FSU cowgirl and did the Russian gimmick to get on TV. And she convinced Rusev to pretend to be Russian when he is Bulgarian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Vince? Vince Russo? Is that you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 No need to that kind of language amongst boardmates. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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