RIPPA Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Hey - the animated GIFs are a good enough reason for me to roll out D-Lo. To me D-Lo was one of those guys who I always forget about but then I see him in a match and I think "Hey - this is fun" Of course I have the ability to completely ignore the last few years in TNA http://youtu.be/1aNn6ZcrdP8 EDIT - Aww... the title gets cut off but that second one is D-Lo/AJ vs. CM Punk/Jason Cross 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I still remember how geeked my friend and I were when he broke out the moonsault at a house show in '98...he should have switched that up with the frog splash more often... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 That SummerSlam match was a lot of fun live. D-Lo got everyone into it with his work and was way more over at the end than the start. I always dug him in the WWE... he had buckets of flashy offense and wasn't afraid to use it. I remember an NOD squash where Rock set his opponent up for the Low-Down, only the guy was at an angle and way out of position... so D-Lo adjusted IN MID-AIR and landed it perfectly. I also remember Meltzer losing his shit when D-Lo busted out the Sky High for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 More of a curiosity than anything else. I loved D'Lo, but that Celebrity Wrestling show was shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 D'Lo's neck must've been made out of pipe cleaners. When he jerked his head around, I though he had a nervous tic or something. I love guys like Dibiase that used to change their origin point (Now making his summer residence in Alsace-Lorraine!!!). D'Lo used to kill me picking a random city in Europe to hail from during his EHC title reign. I remember him mentioning the exact square mileage of the country of Luxembourg in one of those window-in-window viginettes before a squash match. D-Lo was a man of the entire EU and its many cultures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I haven't revisited 1998/1999 for a long time, but due to the weirdness of the WWF in 98, D-Lo was almost always a de facto top wrestler on the roster. He was also one of the easiest guys to root for. Val Venis was a good wrestler, yes, but he was also sort of a porn star. X-Pac was a great wrestler but there was that underlying scumminess to him. D-Lo was just a guy and he always came close to that brass ring and never quite made it. You wished that he and Henry could have won the tag belts, because there was such a Hart Foundation big guy/little guy thing to to them. I think ten people probably rushed to post Val vs D-Lo from Summerslam 98 the second this note went up because in some ways, it felt like one of the the only matches that really belonged to us from that entire year. Weird match including Gangrel getting a hot tag but D-Lo's acting at the end is fun. I don't love the chinlock base by Snow here, but it's briskly done and leads to a clever transition. Ultimately, this is about as good as this sort of thing as you could have gotten at the time: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino_Not_Deuce Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I wish we had gotten more out of his 2008 return. D-Lo could have been good fun on ECW/Smackdown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I would listen to serious arguments that this is Triple H's best match ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 D'Lo was probably my favorite guy between 1998 and 1999. I just loved how he played to the crowd as a heel and would adjust accordingly to the reaction he was getting. If the fans chanted "D'Lo sucks," he would get more aggressive and beat the shit out of his opponent just so he could yell "Who sucks now?" His ridiculous reaction to winning the European title from HHH (and almost making the Rock laugh) was one of my favorite Attitude moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I wish we had gotten more out of his 2008 return. D-Lo could have been good fun on ECW/Smackdown. He worked the MSG show I won tickets for back in 2008- his return was a big surprise and the crowd popped for his stuff like he never left. That whole show was fun actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domino_Not_Deuce Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I respond with a gif. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I consider D'lo to be the second best arguement for Mr. European Champion, slightly behind William Regal of course. I really enjoyed his time in Lo Down, as I was a fan of both him and Mosh/Chaz, but once they saddled them with Tiger Ali Singh I knew it was over. Too bad, that team had potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 This has to be the best Lo Down match, right? (skip the opening stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Lo Down and Jamie Noble / Kid Kash were my favorite WWE tag-teams that were awesome but went absolutely nowhere. Someone current really should pick up D-Lo's Irish Whip reversal into the Teardrop Suplex. That's a great spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 D'Lo also had amazing entrance music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 All this is missing is someone saying "feets don't fail me now." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Undertaker wrestled the Gangstas? Is there footage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Truly, we are looking at the real deal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 Undertaker wrestled the Gangstas? Is there footage? Possibly? 1 SMW Bluegrass Brawl III 7. April 1995 @ Pikeville, Kentucky (United States of America) Tracy Smothers and The Undertaker defeated Mustafa Saed, New Jack and D'Lo Brown [3 on 2 Handicap Loser Salutes to the Flag Match] 2 SMW Fright Night 8. April 1995 @ Johnson City, Tennessee (United States of America) Bob Armstrong, Tracy Smothers and The Undertaker defeated Mustafa Saed, New Jack and D'Lo Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 This guy http://mywrestlingcollectionlist.webs.com/ has both shows on his tape list, for whatever that's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I love D'Lo. Great charisma, good, solid work, seeme... WHAT? TAKER TEAMED WITH TRACEY SMOTHERS!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I love D'Lo. Great charisma, good, solid work, seeme... WHAT? TAKER TEAMED WITH TRACEY SMOTHERS!?!?! And then Bullet Bob. Man, the WWE Network better air the hell out of Smokey Mountain if these matches exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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