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Dolfan in NYC

Dolfan in NYC

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Bodyslam.net is reporting that Private Party and Danhausen's contracts are up soon.  

And if you know what thread you're reading, you know the second part to this news.

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Niners Fan in CT

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I mentioned this in another thread but WWE Vault and it's sister channel WCW are the best thing going on YouTube right now.  They just uploaded the complete 'The Great American Bash' from 1985 which I've never seen in full like this or in this quality.  It also looks like a pretty packed show in the wide shots. 

I hope they find Hogan on the Snake Pit because who doesn't want to see Hogan catch a fucking DDT? 

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1 hour ago, Dolfan in NYC said:

Bodyslam.net is reporting that Private Party and Danhausen's contracts are up soon.  

And if you know what thread you're reading, you know the second part to this news.

I hate to say this but I feel there's no way PP get pushed with Street Profits still there, at least by this company. Maybe in NXT? They need a change though. 

What do they do with Danhausen? Make him the new Boogie Man? I feel like he's a guy who'd be making better money as a touring indie guy who sells tons of merch.

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If Santino Marella can hold the IC title two times and the Tag & US titles once each, I think Danhausen will be fine.

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I can't see the upside of signing either. Danhausen is fine at what he does but I don't think that it "scales up" beyond the indie level, maybe they just want to see if he can sell some shirts for them. Private Party... I guess a NXT flyer shot is fine to see if a change of scenery unlocks something in them (it happens sometimes!) but that's about it.

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If I was Private Party, I would try to follow the Mike Santana model—sign with a 3rd-tier promotion that will actually use you and hit the Indies hard, rebuild yourself the old fashioned way. They will 100% get lost in the shuffle in WWE developmental. Just be there forever like Wes Lee. Which would be a shame, because Zay in particular has a lot of potential.

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RazorbladeKiss87

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10 hours ago, Casey said:

If Santino Marella can hold the IC title two times and the Tag & US titles once each, I think Danhausen will be fine.

I see your point but, to me at least, outside of being comedy wrestlers, I don't think they're that similar.  I'm having trouble putting into words exactly what I mean so I'll edit this later when I work it out. Danhausen just feels like a guy who will show up backstage and do "funny" bits and have a match on Main Event. If he gets paid well and doesn't have to take a ton of bumps, great. If he actually wants to wrestle while selling tons of merch,  I still say the indie route is the way. 

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Yeah, I don’t get the Santino comp at all. It’s easy to forget, but Santino was actually a decent worker who gradually evolved into being an increasingly absurd comedy character over time, and he was able to sustain that character on TV for so long because he was a pretty decent in-ring guy. He knew how to work it.

Conversely, Danhausen stinks. It’s an indie-riffic act that does not translate outside of indie meme wrestling. He’s never had what WWE would consider even a passable match. A closer approximation would be the Boogeyman, but even he had the advantage of being tall and muscular so they could just book him to scare heels and squash wimpies once they realized he sucked. You can’t book Danhausen like that. I just don’t see where he fits in WWE at all.

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Yeah, I mean, if you’re seriously shopping for an undercard comedy act, Mr. Iguana is right there. He’s a very competent luchadore, and it’s easy to see where he could slot in at that Lucha House Party level.

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Curt McGirt

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3 hours ago, EVA said:

If I was Private Party, I would try to follow the Mike Santana model—sign with a 3rd-tier promotion that will actually use you and hit the Indies hard, rebuild yourself the old fashioned way.

This sounds like you want them to work with Court Bauer. For shame! 

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Niners Fan in CT

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4 hours ago, ChesterCopperpot said:

The Charlotte stop of the 1986 tour has just gone up now too 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNh6ZWsBpYs

Hot damn.  I'm getting full from this buffet of 80s greatness.  I wonder if this is one of the shows they had put up on WWE Network before Hidden Gems went to shit after the Peacock deal.  I never got to watch a lot of that stuff.  This is great. 

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8 hours ago, EVA said:

Yeah, I don’t get the Santino comp at all. It’s easy to forget, but Santino was actually a decent worker who gradually evolved into being an increasingly absurd comedy character over time, and he was able to sustain that character on TV for so long because he was a pretty decent in-ring guy. He knew how to work it.

Conversely, Danhausen stinks. It’s an indie-riffic act that does not translate outside of indie meme wrestling. He’s never had what WWE would consider even a passable match. A closer approximation would be the Boogeyman, but even he had the advantage of being tall and muscular so they could just book him to scare heels and squash wimpies once they realized he sucked. You can’t book Danhausen like that. I just don’t see where he fits in WWE at all.

Danhausen as a comedy jobber in NXT would slot in pretty perfectly. This is the same program that had a character running a university scam backstage and has a mafioso killing people off-screen and currently in a three way struggle for control of a "family" that consists of like three people. Having Danhausen pop up and do his meme shit and then lose to whatever gymnast or college baseball player they hired last week isn't out of the realm of possibility. 

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Sign Private Party, give them the name Private Profits and have them be the heel capitalist foes to Street Profits.

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8 hours ago, EVA said:

Yeah, I mean, if you’re seriously shopping for an undercard comedy act, Mr. Iguana is right there. He’s a very competent luchadore, and it’s easy to see where he could slot in at that Lucha House Party level.

Plus, Iguana merch money 

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2 hours ago, Casey said:

Danhausen as a comedy jobber in NXT would slot in pretty perfectly. This is the same program that had a character running a university scam backstage and has a mafioso killing people off-screen and currently in a three way struggle for control of a "family" that consists of like three people. Having Danhausen pop up and do his meme shit and then lose to whatever gymnast or college baseball player they hired last week isn't out of the realm of possibility. 

The new Big Body Javi?

Also the note I saw on Cageside this morning indicated that WWE wasn't interested in either act. Which makes sense because I don't see a path for them. Also poor Wes Lee, I think he was going to get called up before the back injury and now he's just floating and getting used to get Tyson and Tyreik over.

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Not sure if anyone's made fun of it on here yet but Cody's birthday photo on Instagram looks like a cult gathering.  If American promotions were smaller and more fragmented like in Japan I think we'd be one booking disagreement away from everyone in that photo giving notice and forming CODY-1.

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22 hours ago, ChesterCopperpot said:

The Charlotte stop of the 1986 tour has just gone up now too 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNh6ZWsBpYs

Just watched the Manny vs. Baron match because I have seen so little of either, and well, for the obvious reasons. Bull bladed like Abby with the blades on his fingers just whacking away. He takes an ENORMOUS bump into the ropes spilling to the... field? Baron takes off his boot (and probably his belt which I missed), he steps on his pantleg and immediately his pants start falling down which is great. They miss a great opportunity for Baron to blade under the shirt when it's over his head, though. Paul Jones, of course, is dressed like Col. DeBeers because it's 1985.

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Curt McGirt

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HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIT. The Ron Garvin/Tully Blanchard Taped Fist match from that Bash is one of the best gimmick matches EVER. It's such a cool gimmick, especially for a puncher against a cheater, and to have five rounds, 30 seconds between, must be a winner, corner man for both guys. Wahoo is with Ronnie and of course JJ is with Tully. Garvin immediately has the advantage of course and if I was Tully or anybody else for that matter, I would never want to have that match even once. Ron is barely if at all pulling his punches and Tully is blowing up hardway, just EATING shots. Ron barely goes to the body which I think is a missed opportunity, however. Tully is just dying on his feet, taking huge downs, and firing back as best he can with "accidental" wrestling which the ref immediately yells about, or "mistakes" like Garvin getting flung into the post while in the ring. Garvin eventually takes some downs and it's more even, but Tully is clearly outmatched the whole time, which JJ tries to of course enable him to cheat to avoid. The finish is just perfect. 

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They take a double-punch -- Tully is cooked, but JJ wrapped an object into his fist so he pops Ron at the same time with it and they're both down. The announcer says there must be a winner so the first man to his feet wins. Tully has faceplanted. Ron has bladed and is just leaking. He starts to stir and Wahoo throws a full bucket of water in his face to a huge crowd reaction, he gets up, and the crowd just explodes. ENORMOUS POP. A whole football field of people on their feet. It's incredible. 

The selling, the hate, the loathing of Tully, the whole gimmick, the blood. It's a four-star match (I don't go any higher). Go watch it ASAP.

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