Rate The Wrestler - Day 153 - Van Hammer

[Funky Fly]

Hey yo, and wlcome to the 153rd edition of Rate The Wrestler. Yesterday, "Mr. Aguila" Essa Rios scored a 76. There was one vote I almost didn't count, which would have put the score to 79, but meh. Anyway, today we have a former member of Raven's Flock. From what I recall, his finisher was a stiff spinebuster and for a while, he was a sort of hippy/stoner guy. Here is Van Hammer.

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[mike627]

4.5 Just for being a member of the Flock.

[Innovator]

loyal lackey to THE Raven, so 6

[V]

i got screwed out of giving a-train 0 cuz i was banned :(

[weather vane]

5.5

[KayfabeMan]

6.5

OK, so Hammer isn't a masterpiece in the ring, but he isn't the shits either. From what I understand, he is also a pretty good trainer. I give him the 6.5 for his total time with WCW, from the original Van Hammer gimmick in WCW's early comic-book type days, to the Flock version, to his hippie character, to being with The MIA. His name is Hammer.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>6 for his wrestling abilities, .5 for the gimmick, and .5 for his Flock-ness.

Overall: 7</font>

[Aussie Skier]

6

ain't nothing psecial.

And btw. I requested Van Hammer be nominated about 2 months ago...good 2 see my opinion is being recognised

[SuperSlim]

4. he gets 3 points for being associated with Raven.

[The Answer]

6 was he Texas Tornado in the WWE?

[Funky Fly]

6 was he Texas Tornado in the WWE?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Kerry Von Erich = Texas Tornado

Van Hammer = Van Hammer

I hope that clears things up.

[MVP]

5

[Enjay]

I'm going to, like a lot of other people do, pointlessly post how I've never seen too much of him so I can't vote.



















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[PorkSoda]

Anyone remember when he said...

Prank Phone Call :love:

5.

[Sickboy]

6.5

It's been such a long time since I've seen him that I can't really remember if he sucked or not... I remember him using either Cobra Clutch Slam or Full Nelson Slam as finisher though when played that hippie character...