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TIL the name of the midget wrestler whom portrayed Dink the Clown. Fitting for this forum: Claude Giroux
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Un-American were getting over as heels but the sudden break up was punishment because management (I assume McMahon) wanted Test and Christian to cut their long hair but they refused. Funny they both cut their hair anyway a few months later.Also lol that the Un-Americans imploded so quickly. I guess Vince must have decided on the fly that he wanted Jericho as tag champ and the fastest way to do it was HurriKane being transitional champs.
*Best Ace Ventura voice* REEEE-HE-HE-HEEEEEALLLLYYYY?? But Christian gets to win the tag titles with long hair Jericho like 2 weeks later? Yeah that definitely sounds like Vince. I completely believe you.Un-American were getting over as heels but the sudden break up was punishment because management (I assume McMahon) wanted Test and Christian to cut their long hair but they refused. Funny they both cut their hair anyway a few months later.
I'm also torn on if the Un-Americans should have burned the American flag. They teased it enough times. It's not that flag burning doesn't bother me. But lets say Test lights up Old Glory in a field somewhere in the sticks and no one gets hurt. Now compare the decision of the man who killed my dad in a car accident drinking 5 times the legal limit. It sucks but I can deal with it. It's the dark side of free speech that you have to deal with. For better or worse it would have been an "all time" moment. But it's better they didn't because Americans can get veeerrrryyyy touchy about the flag and it wouldn't have been worth the headache Vince would probably still be dealing with in 2023. There would have been endless death threats to the Un-Americans
In a vacuum, yeah. But in the atmosphere of 2002 with the Twin Towers still a smoking hole in the ground? There's no way they could've gotten away with that. It would've legitimately put guys physical safety at risk
That's pretty much it, it would have been legitimately dangerous. It's one of the few times a WWE crowd might have actually gone to that level.In a vacuum, yeah. But in the atmosphere of 2002 with the Twin Towers still a smoking hole in the ground? There's no way they could've gotten away with that. It would've legitimately put guys physical safety at risk
I'm watching No Mercy 2002 in its entirety for the first time now. A few thoughts so far
I know Raw had 4 titles at the time compared to Smackdown's 2 (until the tag titles came about) but retiring the IC title to make 3 titles per show may be the stupidest thing they could have done. I had no idea they did this.
When I first started getting into wrestling say around 96/97 I was definitely all WCW, think I started watching both sometime around/after Mania XIV and then WWF became my show of choice by mid 99 even if I still did watch both.Thinking about doing a watch through of all the terrible WCW I never saw from 99 to the end. I need to figure out when I stopped watching I think it was probably summer of 99.
That's six shiny giant logo belts so the answer really is that they'll need to find a way to go from 6-8 of them asap.Merging the IC/Hardcore/Euro titles into the new WHC made sense at the time. Gave that title credibility.
And adding a new world title inevitably devalues the secondary titles. It's just the nature of the beast. There will ALWAYS be a pecking order when it comes to titles and they will never have two world titles that are considered to be on the same level, even if the WWE desires such. In the fans mind, one world title will always be perceived as more valuable than the other.
We are seeing it right now. The US and IC titles were elevated once HHH took over creative. But with the addition of the new WHC, those two titles have lost a bit of luster, in particular the IC where Gunther seems less important on Raw with a larger roster than he did on SD. Theory went from defending the US at WM and now can't even get on the SS card.
IMO, the new WHC is basically what the IC title was back in it's hey-day when WWE/WWF ran two towns a night, and the IC champ would headline one of the two towns. Even the way they call it the "workhorse title" harkens back to the IC belt of the 80s and 90s.
With a Universal Champ, WHC, and NXT champ, I'd argue they don't even need the US, IC and NA titles with everyone crossing over brands on a weekly basis. Do they really need 6 men's titles across 3 brands?