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Seth82

03-05-2011, 04:31 AM

Thought we'd do a spinoff of the WWE thread

I will start off with Disco Inferno

http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/pictures/d/discoinferno/10.jpg

Sixx

03-05-2011, 04:39 AM

http://www.thrashhits.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/placebo.jpg

Placebo is a horrible, horrible band.

And I loved Disco Inferno. :(

Seth82

03-05-2011, 04:45 AM

http://www.thrashhits.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/placebo.jpg

Placebo is a horrible, horrible band.

And I loved Disco Inferno. :(

I happen to be a huge fan of theirs

but I guess I can see why you don't like it

you're more of an 80's rock guy

Sixx

03-05-2011, 04:48 AM

What about Disco Inferno?

He was great.

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 05:35 AM

When did they ever try to "push" Disco Inferno. If anything he wasn't pushed enough.

Honestly Disco is probably top 10 in my fav wrestlers of all time.

Seth82

03-05-2011, 05:36 AM

I'd say Shane Douglas

I think Shane would be long forgotten if he never went to ECW as even the fans hated him when he tagged with Johnny Ace as The Dynamic Dudes and then of course in 99-00

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EZpmvgci2lo/S-izcpYscnI/AAAAAAAAAXU/OJjgWipexl8/s1600/174697-dynamic_dudes.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-7AdSkZA7I/SYifW18qkBI/AAAAAAAAUYg/_YBz0giFcYM/s1600/Shane%2BDouglas-%2Bwrestling.jpg

Seth82

03-05-2011, 05:37 AM

What about Disco Inferno?

He was great.

I thought he was awful

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 06:27 AM

I love disco and I've just watched Shane Douglas and Kendall Windhak put on a classic on Nitro.

Again, Shane wasn't pushed enough. He was the best talker in The Revolution and could go.

whiteyford

03-05-2011, 06:33 AM

Probably half of NWO Hollywood

The Destroyer

03-05-2011, 06:42 AM

Probably half of NWO Hollywood
Horace Hogan springs to mind. Although he never got a major, major push that I can remember.

cardsharkrob

03-05-2011, 07:01 AM

How about when they kept repackaging "Glacier"

Chavo Classic

03-05-2011, 07:31 AM

The Destroyer

03-05-2011, 07:38 AM

That has to be one of the worst Titantrons I've ever seen.

03-05-2011, 08:38 AM

Ultra Mantis

03-05-2011, 09:09 AM

Buff Bagwell

MoFo

03-05-2011, 09:58 AM

Road Warrior Animal
David Flair
Hugh Morrus
The Nasty Boys
They did far more than they should have with Steve McMichael

Ultra Mantis

03-05-2011, 09:59 AM

Ernest "The Cat" Miller
David Flair

MoFo

03-05-2011, 10:02 AM

I guess Vince Russo too, considering he got a title run and was in feuds with Goldberg & Hogan.

djoutcry

03-05-2011, 10:41 AM

Boobies

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 10:58 AM

Ultra Mantis

03-05-2011, 11:14 AM

I just called my mama and she said The Cat really sucked when he was made Commissioner and before that he was one trick pony, though I do not doubt that he could "whoop e'r'ybody in here".

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 11:24 AM

Jeritron

03-05-2011, 12:17 PM

Why are you ragging on Disco Inferno and Shane Douglas?

WCW didn't even push either very much either.

Razzamajazz

03-05-2011, 12:20 PM

i've always hated jeff jarrett. and the fact he was pushed to the moon during wcw's dying years doesn't help

XCaliber

03-05-2011, 01:05 PM

Alex Wright

erickman

03-05-2011, 02:17 PM

When did they ever try to "push" Disco Inferno. If anything he wasn't pushed enough.

Honestly Disco is probably top 10 in my fav wrestlers of all time.

yeah disco had the best heel heat, loved when they did not let him join nwo and was too fat to be in the cruser weight div.

03-05-2011, 02:21 PM

What? His WWE run was shocking, but he was the man in WCW and well deserved his spot

I just wanted to post his david flair styled titantron :p

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 02:33 PM

Alex Wright

When was he pushed? They hyped his return as Berlyn, but only had a month before Russo came in who didn't really like him and pushed The Wall instead. Plus, his look as Berlyn was awesome and he could fucking go.

yeah disco had the best heel heat, loved when they did not let him join nwo and was too fat to be in the cruser weight div.

And when he joined the Filthy Animals. He had an inflatable duck :'(

Supreme Olajuwon

03-05-2011, 02:35 PM

Can't believe I'm the first person to say Lex Luger and Kevin Sullivan.

Luger to his credit was over as fuck and had the look, but god damn he was terrible at everything. Basically he had a forearm and the torture rack (which was awesome), and that was it. But Kevin Sullivan, jesus christ. He was the worst. Might be my least favorite wrestler ever.

Supreme Olajuwon

03-05-2011, 02:36 PM

http://www.blogdownchicagobears.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/four_horsemen.jpg

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong.

Triple Naitch

03-05-2011, 02:39 PM

The Disciple

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 02:42 PM

Wasn't really watching Nitro when Sullivan was there so can't comment, but jesus yeah, Luger.

Also Warrior, purely because he'd just checked out mentally by that point.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 02:44 PM

http://www.blogdownchicagobears.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/four_horsemen.jpg

One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn't belong.

Doesn't help that the murderer of the group looks stoned as fuck.

The Disciple

Fo' Sheezy

Supreme Olajuwon

03-05-2011, 02:47 PM

OH YEAH and the fucking Harris Brothers. 3 time WCW tag champs. What the fuck

Lock Jaw

03-05-2011, 02:49 PM

MoFo

03-05-2011, 02:50 PM

The Wall

but I think he was one of the Harris Bros as above

also Konnan, because I thought he was shit.

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 02:57 PM

yeah disco had the best heel heat, loved when they did not let him join nwo and was too fat to be in the cruser weight div.

He joined the elite version eventually, I loved his short run as Scott Hall's lacky/manager. Hell Hal helped him beat Wrath on Nitro once! It was great they added Wolfpac sound effects to his theme song.

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When Disco wins you can hear that signature nWo voice, it's awesome

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How can you not love this, Disco is one of the most iconic and over life time low/mid carders ever

#BROKEN Hasney

03-05-2011, 03:06 PM

The Wall

but I think he was one of the Harris Bros as above

also Konnan, because I thought he was shit.

Nah, The Wall was a different hoss compared to The Harris Brothers/Creative Control.

mhirn3

03-05-2011, 03:40 PM

I'd without a doubt say these two guys, big as fuck but boring in the ring imo

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/msXjP4iPNm0/0.jpg

Worst 50 wcw gimmicks ever, you'll find a lot of the same guys listed in this thread on there: http://www.bedofnailz.com/wcw.html

Emperor Smeat

03-05-2011, 04:36 PM

The crowd liked Kronik so it might be a bit unfair to say they were "failed" wrestlers. If anything WCW failed with their push of Bryan Clark/Wrath during the period before he became part of the Kronik team.

Even though they were not really wrestlers, the majority of the celebrity "wrestlers" WCW hired and pushed. Huge waste of money that didn't benefit WCW, especially with Master P and his group.

erickman

03-05-2011, 04:42 PM

yeah i liked the west tex rednecks. master p killed that though

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 04:50 PM

And when he joined the Filthy Animals. He had an inflatable duck :'(

And changed his name to Disqo

CSL

03-05-2011, 04:55 PM

Who are any of you to doubt the Village People's elbow?

mhirn3

03-05-2011, 05:00 PM

TLHOPPER

03-05-2011, 06:47 PM

Road Warrior

03-05-2011, 07:00 PM

Rick Stiner as a singles wrestler

Stevie Ray and his fucking slapjack

Hugh Morrus, thought it was funny though how after he won the u.s title (as Cpt. Rection) they had Goldberg congratulating him on the tron but Goldberg kept calling him Hugh Morrus, just another in the long line of WCW fuck up's I guess.

DLVH84

03-05-2011, 07:21 PM

I think the term "failed wrestlers" might be unfair to some. I believe in most cases, it's either "failed gimmicks" or "failed face/tweener/heel turns" or "failed singles/tag team runs."

Dante69

03-05-2011, 08:29 PM

"The Big Wiggle" Norman Smiley

St. Jimmy

03-05-2011, 08:42 PM

Sid Vicious, Scott Steiner, Vampiro, Jarrett, Tank Abbot, Kidman, The Wall, David Flair, Vince Russo, Glacier, "Buff" Bagwell, Bret Hart

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 08:45 PM

Wait what? Bret Hart :wtf:

Are you fucking serious?

DLVH84

03-05-2011, 08:48 PM

Well, WCW dropped the ball on Bret since he joined. It wasn't Bret's fault.

Triple Naitch

03-05-2011, 09:21 PM

"The Big Wiggle" Norman Smiley

Fuck off

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 09:23 PM

Well, WCW dropped the ball on Bret since he joined. It wasn't Bret's fault.

Which goes against this thread concept.

St. Jimmy

03-05-2011, 09:26 PM

The fans didn't care about Bret, everyone of his pushes was "meh". No one bought a PPV because of Bret Hart in WCW.

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 09:31 PM

He didn't have like any real pushes, until like Mayhem in 1999 come on. WCW didn't even really try and push Bret Hart

St. Jimmy

03-05-2011, 09:34 PM

He held the WCW World Title Twice. I don't know how much more of a push you can give someone.

Lara Emily

03-05-2011, 09:40 PM

yeah he won it twice in Nov 1999 and then in Dec 1999 after that awful riff on the Montreal screwjob at Starrcade he won it again in that awfully booked finish where he joined the nWo. He won the belt twice in the last 3 months of his WCW career come on.

I don't see how that's a big push. Or hell if you think it is, then I don't see how bad booking makes him a failed wrestler.

Seth82

03-05-2011, 10:12 PM

DLVH84

03-05-2011, 10:23 PM

gotta mention Erik Watts

He was awful and he got pushed to the moon when his daddy was running WCW as the president

Erik even came back around 1999

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That's true. The whole Bill and Erik Watts ordeal in WCW kinda reminds me of Verne and Greg Gagne (and you could add Larry Zbyszko as he was married to Verne's daughter) in the AWA.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-06-2011, 03:28 AM

Sid Vicious, Scott Steiner, Vampiro

Screw you. I would pay some sort of up front 5 year subscription to WWE PPVs now if they ensured that Vampiro was wrestling on them. Scott Steiner was also the man.

I would have agreed with Sid had I not just watched how awesome he was in 1999. The guy is a heat machine in this period too.

Supreme Olajuwon

03-06-2011, 03:31 AM

Sid is a BAMF and I don't care that he sucks. He hails from anywhere he damn well pleases.

#BROKEN Hasney

03-06-2011, 04:09 AM

How this man isn't in the main event still now is beyond me.

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Y2C

03-06-2011, 04:20 AM

Dean Malenko

AKin3D

03-06-2011, 06:31 AM

Dean Malenko

I have to disagree with this.

Vastardikai

03-06-2011, 02:43 PM

Xero

03-06-2011, 02:46 PM

What does Florida have to do with WCW?

Jordan

03-06-2011, 04:17 PM

Dale Torborg was supposed to be a big deal, but he turned out like Erik Watts.

Jordan

03-06-2011, 04:17 PM

Alex Wright had momentum in the mid nighties, could have been WCW's HBK to an extent, but somebody wanted to hold him down and feature Hogan instead.

Grablot

03-06-2011, 04:24 PM

Alex Wright had momentum in the mid nighties, could have been WCW's HBK to an extent, but somebody wanted to hold him down and feature Hogan instead.

I wonder who it might have been....hmmm...maybe Hogan? LOL!

CSL

03-06-2011, 04:24 PM

The Sid love in this thread is making me feel all warm and fuzzy.

Vastardikai

03-06-2011, 04:51 PM

What does Florida have to do with WCW?

Slaughterhouse and Varsity Club was early WCW.

Army of Darkness was Florida (The original unholy stable. Seriously, Sullivan's gimmick was that of a Satanist).

Xero

03-06-2011, 04:53 PM

Exactly. And the Army of Darkness has nothing to do with this topic.

openedup

03-07-2011, 12:32 AM

disco was badass tho

Supreme Olajuwon

03-07-2011, 12:36 AM

To whoever said Kevin Sullivan:

Fuck off.

Kevin Sullivan was great as the leader of the Varsity Club and the Slaughterhouse (with Buzz Sawyer and a young Cactus Jack). His feud with "the collective delusion" was incredibly real (because let's face it, he booked his own divorce), and it was a nasty feud and got Benoit over. The Dungeon of Doom itself sucked donkey balls, but I don't blame that on Sullivan.

Beyond that, you can't tell me that Sullivan's Army of Darkness in Florida DIDN'T inspire the Ministry of Darkness.

Your argument that he didn't suck is that he was constantly pushed (by himself) in a bunch of important angles and gimmicks. That's your argument in a thread called "Failed Wrestlers That WCW Kept Trying to Push."

Sullivan was terrible. Possibly the worst wrestler of all time.

Gertner

03-07-2011, 12:49 AM

Ron Simmons. His World Title run was a mess. It was basically Bill Watts trying to recreate the success he had with the JYD. Problem was Simmons was pretty boring and not over.

Ronnie Garvin is another.

Oh and Disco Inferno is amazing. Boogie Knights along with Tokyo Magnum was comedy gold.

Fat Aaron

03-07-2011, 01:09 AM

i've always hated jeff jarrett. and the fact he was pushed to the moon during wcw's dying years doesn't help
This. :y:
And Disco Inferno was awesome.

Vastardikai

03-07-2011, 02:16 AM

Your argument that he didn't suck is that he was constantly pushed (by himself) in a bunch of important angles and gimmicks. That's your argument in a thread called "Failed Wrestlers That WCW Kept Trying to Push."

Sullivan was terrible. Possibly the worst wrestler of all time.

I would NOT call him the worst of all time. Not while Great Khali and George Gonzales (Giant Gonzales, El Gigante) were a thing.

Apart from the Dungeon of Doom (much of which WAS an abomination filled with Hogan's friends), he never worked a main event program in WCW. He knew his limitations.

I will not and have not put him on par with a Ric Flair as far as important characters. But he HAS helped the people he worked with get over (again, a young Cactus Jack comes to mind. As does Rick Steiner.).

He was a niche performer and he filled his niche.

Again, El Gigante was horrible. Bill Kazmier was horrible. Buff Bagwell can suck a barrel of cock. Kidman wasn't worth going over hogan.