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Gerard
09-07-2004, 09:26 PM
Was watching the flair dvd last night and it got to the rumble match. I have to say virtually anything piper did in that match had me in fits laughing. Just his mannerisms and the noises he made in the ring, he always had sorta a "goofy" style which to me always brought some comic relief to matches that could be boring at times. Few of the things i seen in the rumble was, taker grabbing flair by the neck and choking him (which seemed to be about takers only move back then) then piper coming over and helping him choke him, the taker grabbing piper by the neck at the same time and piper letting out a big howl. One of the closeups had jake trashtalking piper and piper sorta wound up that big "shout of his" and telegraped a poke in the eyes and still hit it.

I think for a comedic standpoint theres few that could compete witth him, even the way he threw punches with one arm behind the head and alternating, just little subtle things that made his matches fun to watch.

Any other wrestlers that spring to mind in the same vein?

Hired Hitman
09-07-2004, 09:35 PM
Mick Foley, Owen Hart... but I don't go back more that 1995 :$

Batsu
09-08-2004, 12:42 AM
The Rock, a definite follower of the Flair school of wrestling.

I can't remember a match where The Rock was wrestling that I didn't find funny.

The People's Elbow is one of the most hilarious moves in pro wrestling and it's mindboggling how he gets me to laugh at that move after doing it a million times.

BigDaddyCool
09-08-2004, 01:56 AM
Christian. From his silly hats and ridiculus glasses back in the E&C days, to his bits with Jericho about, "Hey, my name starts with C too, I can give her a dose of vitiman C as well!" Everything he does it just damned funny.

BigDaddyCool
09-08-2004, 01:58 AM
Christian. From his silly hats and ridiculus glasses back in the E&C days, to his bits with Jericho about, "Hey, my name starts with C too, I can give her a dose of vitiman C as well!" Everything he does it just damned funny.

Also, if I remeber right, all those one liners, and "totally reeking of awesomeness" bits in E&C came from him.

Anybody Thrilla
09-08-2004, 02:20 AM
If we're talkinga bout in terms of comedy outside of the ring as well, the E & C/Angle/Mic Foley/Rhyno era skits made me piss my pants just about every time. I miss that sh</>it so bad. I'm gonna have to look through some tapes.

As far as in the actual ring, I think a tag team that may be overlooked here is Too Much. Not as Too Cool, because that sh</>it was just stupid. I'm talking about when Brian Christopher and Scott Taylor had that quasi-gay gimmick. I laughed a lot at their matches. Same thing for Lenny and Lodi in WCW, but I think they just may have been gimmick ripping.

Anybody Thrilla
09-08-2004, 02:21 AM
Oh, and Norman Smiley is hilarious.

Tiken
09-08-2004, 02:29 AM
Ehhh Doink of course, or Shamrock, Shamrock because when ever he freaked out it looked as if his head would pop like a baloon.

Mister Sinister
09-08-2004, 03:13 AM
Repo Man!

Savio
09-08-2004, 03:20 AM
In ring would be Eddie Guerrero.

Gertner
09-08-2004, 11:02 AM
big show, and back when Hurricane's gimmick first started and he'd try to powerbomb guys like big show, kane.

Hardkore Kidd J
09-08-2004, 11:07 AM
The Rock, Christian, and Foley and Chris Jericho

HankScorpio
09-08-2004, 11:13 AM
In ring would be Eddie Guerrero.

any time he hits his opponent with a foreign object/belt/anything and then lies down and pretends to be out himself I almost die laughing, everytime. :rofl:

Loose Cannon
09-08-2004, 11:20 AM
Owen was great. The things he would spurt out on air from time to time were priceless. I'm trying to remember something particular, but I can't. I'll try to remember a funny one later.

Kapoutman
09-08-2004, 11:58 AM
Owen was great. The things he would spurt out on air from time to time were priceless. I'm trying to remember something particular, but I can't. I'll try to remember a funny one later.
Here's something classic that Owen would do that makes me laugh:

He would start the match and his opponent would get the upperhand with any move, like a headlock takedown, a armbar or a throwdown. Owen would slap the mat frustrated, get up and go for another tie-up, then cheat to do the exact move that his opponent got on him the last time by pulling the hair or something. Once the other guy is down, he would raise his arms in the air and shout "WOOOOOOOO!". I loved that.

Dorkchop
09-08-2004, 12:26 PM
* Christian
* Foley
* Owen
* Eddie
* Jericho (He was the funniest in WCW)
* Normal Smiley (I think he should be in the WWE)

sensai86
09-08-2004, 03:14 PM
Jericho ("Come'on ba-baee" during pin)
Matt Hardy ("V-oneahhhh!" After a reversal or good takedown)
Austin (Just fliping someone off is funny :foc: )
Eddie G. (Alway cheating)
The Rock (Nuff said)
Ric Flair (He makes me laugh just in the begining of the match.Just when your about to lock up he swipes his hands by his hair and strudes across and give you the famous WOOOOOOOO!)
"The Model" Rick Martel (During the match he do a reveral and run into a cartwheel and do some jumping jacks, classic)

That I can think of now, but I know there's more.

Shawn Mega
09-08-2004, 05:08 PM
Goldust
Owen
Rock
Christian
Foley
Norman Smiley
Edge
Angle
Austin
Matt Hardy in his SD days
HHH in his DX days
Road Dogg
Al Snow
King
Tajiri

That's it for me

mitch_h
09-08-2004, 06:46 PM
In the ring I find Chavo one of the funniest guys ever.

Volchok
09-08-2004, 07:05 PM
Kane...he's hilarious..

Champion of Europa
09-08-2004, 07:24 PM
Goldust, especially with his most recent WWE stint. He was good at wrestling, and hilarious.

V
09-08-2004, 08:04 PM
Austin, Eddie, Rock/Y2J during the alliance.. i remember Rock, doing his rock bottom on jericho, walking away and letting soemoen else pin him for the tag titles (that he and y2j had) but then he ran right back in and broke the pin.. man classic

also ernest the cat miller at royal rumble 2k4

Head
09-08-2004, 11:54 PM
Crash was pretty funny.

MVP
09-09-2004, 12:03 AM
Jericho's comedy is half of why I'm such a huge mark for him.

Aussie Skier
09-09-2004, 03:31 AM
Jericho is funny
i remember seeing war game '98 (i think), and Jericho's music started, and you see him walking through the corridor, and he keeps walking the wrong way, and eventually walks outside, lol
Foley i funny (i liked him as the commisioner)
Christian and Edge
Eddie G
Jerry Lawler is very quick, he can say the funniest stuff also. "Ivory is such a butterface. Everything's great but her face" :D LOL!
but, Mr.Angle is the funniest wrestler IMO. "I just got beaten by a friggin 12 year old!"

I find regal funny also, in a nonchalant sorta way