ebbie Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Magic... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 He's skinny fat. Not here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akHUSxbqk6s weren't Haku and Perfect both managed by Heenan at this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 He's skinny fat. Not here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akHUSxbqk6s weren't Haku and Perfect both managed by Heenan at this time? Perfect winning the IC Title was taped April 23 and aired May 19, Perfect was managed by The Genius on the April 30 SNME. So not quite, though I can't say for say for sure that Heenan hadn't started accompanying Perfect on house shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 that pic of Andre and the amazed kid never fails to make me smile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Shame this stable didn't get to stick around longer. They just exuded badassery walking to the ring. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 yeah, were they ever given a name or were they just lumped together for being collectively badass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Has the story in Jericho's latest book about how Vince McMahon wanted to fight Frank Shamrock been discussed on this board yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbat Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Has the story in Jericho's latest book about how Vince McMahon wanted to fight Frank Shamrock been discussed on this board yet?Let me take care of that for you. "Vince is a badass." "We all know Frank would take him but still cool." "Jericho sucks." "His feud with Punk sucked." "Punk sucks." "The thread will be locked! Keep it down guys!" "Vince is a badass." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 That Jumbo/Haku match is a perfect example of just how neutered Martel and Hennig were as heels in WWF compared to their earlier runs. I think Martel's face run holds up very well in WWF, but he just doesn't have the matches as a heel. Almost everything you see from him is disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dank Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 "The thread will be locked! Keep it down guys!" The type of person that posts things like this is the worst type of person. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbat Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 "The thread will be locked! Keep it down guys!" The type of person that posts things like this is the worst type of person. Agreed. Losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 There's a Rick Martel shoot on Youtube in its entirety. I believe he says the reason he didn't get a bigger push was because his accent was so thick it was hard for people to understand him. In his book, JJ Dillon said that they came up with the Model gimmick for him precisely for that reason. They wanted to do something with him but he wasn't the best interview due to his accent. So they figured, "hey, Rick's a good looking guy and models aren't known to be talkers, let's run with that." Great example of hiding a negative and accentuating a positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I remember from listening to his shoot that he threatened to walk unless they turned him heel too. Putting him with Slick was a fucking stupid idea though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerjeRUN Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeeball Wizard Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Skinnyfat huh? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Now in all fairness his physique changed with the Zahorian trial, but everyone else's did too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Accent is fine, horrible mic work is not. If only the Arrogance affected his throat the way it did Jake's eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGFanJay Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Martel looked awful with the long perm. Not sure if the pink tights were a good move though - they defined the character for a while, but largely as a lower mid-card act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I don't really perceive Martel as lower-card - he wasn't pushed exactly, but they didn't put Michaels over him at SummerSlam 92, he got a double count-out against undefeated Tatanka in 93.....MSG win against the Bossman & Tornado. He was a solid midcarder. Dino Bravo was a lower mid-card act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Sweetser Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Martel also had Bret outright beat for the IC title in '92 before Michaels fucked Martel over, which is what kickstarted their feud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre013 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I don't really perceive Martel as lower-card - he wasn't pushed exactly, but they didn't put Michaels over him at SummerSlam 92, he got a double count-out against undefeated Tatanka in 93.....MSG win against the Bossman & Tornado. He was a solid midcarder. Dino Bravo was a lower mid-card act. I would agree...most lower midcarders don't have feuds that culminate in ppv matches. For the record, I don't think Bravo was either. They invested time and managers in him. I picture Koko B Ware as the ultimate lower midcarder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batboy Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Judging from the swanky kimono and the pornstache, I can only assume Baba was wearing gold chains underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I don't remember Dino Bravo being lower midcard though. I'm no Dino Bravo fan and I certainly didn't pay too much attention to him but it felt like he was always around Hogan. I'm probably wrong. But it felt like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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