View Full Version : I wish test was around
to get another run. Make him Ortons bodyguard since he hates HHH or at least he should. Too bad he's fucking dead :(
Testicle
07-31-2009, 08:25 AM
:'(
kareru
07-31-2009, 09:37 AM
i loved his theme tune
*test, test, this is a test
test, test, this is a test
hum libba dum dibba bibba dum da dum ki
hud libba dum dibba dibba dibba dum dee*
good times
Funny, I was watching SummerSlam 99 last night with the "Love Her Or Leave Her" match between Test and Shane. He was over pretty good back then, shame how they wasted the opportunity to push him further with the whole Steph-HHH alliance.
He was actually really good in the ring too, at least I thought so. Fucking pump handle slam used to make me mark out. I just watched him in WM17 or 18 i dont remember which.
Chavo Classic
07-31-2009, 10:50 AM
He was average at best. Don't let his death cloud your judgement.
The Jayman
07-31-2009, 10:57 AM
i did enjoy the whole test/steiner/kiebler story. it was entertaining
he played the power game and he had speed. I know his flaws, but if they kept the mic off of him he had that same aura of a good wrestler. I never said he was a god, but in today's industry he'd still be a upper mid carder as a plausible threat.
Chavo Classic
07-31-2009, 10:59 AM
...but in today's industry he'd still be a upper mid carder as a plausible threat.
Today's industry? What is so different today from 2007 when he was employed by both WWE and TNA? He couldn't cut it then, and couldn't now.
Indifferent Clox
07-31-2009, 11:00 AM
archive
The Jayman
07-31-2009, 11:07 AM
The Rock singing the 12 days of christmas just for Test.
4 rock bottoms
3 people's elbows
on your 2 buck teeth
and an ass-kicking all over new orleans
great times
Rammsteinmad
07-31-2009, 12:07 PM
I liked Test. After the Invasion when he had that immunity thing I was so sure he was gonna get a decent push, but he didn't.
Then in 2003 when he changed his ring attire and cut his hair, I thought 'now he looks like a main eventer', though sadly WWE putting him in a storyline with Scott Steiner over Stacy Kiebler pretty much sums up that he was not gonna be receiving any respectable pushes.
:(
FourFifty
07-31-2009, 02:41 PM
He was average at best. Don't let his death cloud your judgement.
For the record I liked Test before he died. I'm pretty sure a week or so before he died I mentioned he should have one more run with WWE as a hired gun. "The Hired Gun" Andrew Martin.
thedamndest
07-31-2009, 03:27 PM
I have always hated the pump handle slam because so many guys used it. It didn't make sense to me that Test's finish was basically the same as the Road Dogg's. As a big guy Test should have used something much bigger.
St. Jimmy
07-31-2009, 04:07 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2219364001_461d192957.jpg?v=0
The Jayman
07-31-2009, 04:12 PM
I have always hated the pump handle slam because so many guys used it. It didn't make sense to me that Test's finish was basically the same as the Road Dogg's. As a big guy Test should have used something much bigger.
Yeah he started using the running boot
thedamndest
07-31-2009, 05:10 PM
That was better, but still felt like a set-up move rather than a finisher.
Afterlife
07-31-2009, 05:57 PM
Today's industry? What is so different today from 2007 when he was employed by both WWE and TNA? He couldn't cut it then, and couldn't now.
What was he not cutting in his ECW run? I thought he was looking pretty damn good, except for his nipples.
He was average at best. Don't let his death cloud your judgement.
Gotta say I think that's unfair. Personally I think people have that reaction to Eddie and Owen (as in overstating how much they "marked for" or "respected" them). Test not so much.
I'm not saying "now that he's dead, looking back he could have..." I am saying "at the time they could have done a lot more". Honestly, he was no great loss to the business but he could have been pretty big back in 99/2000.
Today's industry? What is so different today from 2007 when he was employed by both WWE and TNA? He couldn't cut it then, and couldn't now.
Didn't he get dropped from both company's due to roiding? In the wake of the Benoit Double Murder-Suicide no less. Hardly cos he "couldn't cut it".
I held Test in the same esteem I hold Teddy Hart. I think they could both been major impacts. I never thought of Test in the same way as other dead "superstars", I always wanted him to be a bad ass, mostly because of his entrance music.
Verbose Minch
08-01-2009, 01:15 AM
Didn't he get dropped from both company's due to roiding? In the wake of the Benoit Double Murder-Suicide no less. Hardly cos he "couldn't cut it".
He couldn't cut it because he couldn't control his steroid use. Not a hard concept, really.
The Pope
08-01-2009, 01:20 AM
Test vs. taker
He couldn't cut it because he couldn't control his steroid use. Not a hard concept, really.
Hey I'm not condoning the use of steroids but in this situation I think Test suffered from being the sacrificial lamb. We all know Batista roids, Cena too more than likely, neither of those guys are gonna get dropped.
Perhaps we can agree that Test couldn't control his mouth (by saying that steroid use wasn't a problem/big deal) moreso than his use of them?
Chavo Classic
08-01-2009, 10:17 AM
He couldn't cut it in ECW because he had an awful program with Lashley which Vince hated and his push as a monster ended. Coupled with his obvious drug use, this was the reason for his termination and I think he was released shortly after December to Dismember.
He couldn't cut it in TNA because they already had several guys who did the monster/enforcer. He had no unique selling point and his continued drug problems forced him out.
Mr. Nerfect
08-01-2009, 11:02 AM
I have always hated the pump handle slam because so many guys used it. It didn't make sense to me that Test's finish was basically the same as the Road Dogg's. As a big guy Test should have used something much bigger.
When I started watching, I remember Test using the Flying Elbow. Then he switched over to the Big Boot. The Pump Handle Slam was always like a strong move that could finish matches, but would mainly be used to set-up bigger spots, as you said.
I always liked Test. Death has in no way clouded my judgment of the man. I was more a fan back when he had the long hair and the long pants. I always found something charismatic about the man, and enjoyed his run as a face. I remember once when he squashed William Regal to win the European Title, and Jerry Lawler was like "WTF just happened?!"
He was one guy that the WWE had so many opportunities with, but they just never really capitalised on them. The whole Triple H/Steph thing could have made Test a star, but it might have been deemed "too soon" for him. Then there was the whole "immunity" thing, for which the WWE was just too cluttered. He got to wrestle The Undertaker at Summerslam as part of the Un-Americans, but instead of making Test look like a main eventer, they again made him look like a guy who could one day be a main eventer if they decided to use him in that capacity.
Ultimately, it was his own decision to not cut out steroids that lost him his spot in the WWE. That was his own fault, and you could just tell the guy was getting a little burned out. His ECW run was going really well until they decided to cut him, and if Test had just adapted, and gone back to being the athletic guy with size to him, he could have maybe been ECW Champion. Hell, if Chavo Guerrero could do it, then Test surely could have.
NoRoolz
08-01-2009, 01:57 PM
The 'Testdrive' was pretty awesome.
Matt Morgan quite reminds me of Test you know. Only Morgan's probably a better worker and hopefully doesn't have the substance problems.
I still hold that Test could have been a main eventer if they'd have capitalized on him during the whole Triple H/Stephanie/Vince storyline. Unfortunately he quickly fell to the back burner and started doing that stupid T&A gimmick with Albert.
Mr. Nerfect
08-01-2009, 10:49 PM
The 'Testdrive' was pretty awesome.
Matt Morgan quite reminds me of Test you know. Only Morgan's probably a better worker and hopefully doesn't have the substance problems.
Matt Morgan is far too big and far too good to remind me of Test. :(
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