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Originally Posted by PullMyFinger
I remember that name well, and that he was a Prince rip off, but I can't remember the face at all.
Hahahah remember Kwee-wee?
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That's a photo of him working the Prince Iaukea gimmick. He had some great, great matches in WCW - and, IMO, was underrated. He had good matches in the 90's, and then even toward WCW's end. Matches with Regal, Savage, a few of the lucha guys, Jericho, and others are probably his better bouts.
Definitely remember Kwee-Wee / Alan Funk. I liked him from the first time I saw him on WCW Saturday Night; right after Hart got control of the program and the Power Plant boys were getting a shot on TV. I remember watching him as Alan Funk, and thinking, "Wow, this guys is good". Then he got even better with the Kwee-Wee gimmick. Another underrated guy right there.
That's back when WCW Saturday Night had early matches of the younger guys before they were getting a push on Thunder and then Nitro. You had Alan Funk, then Rick Cornell / Reno, Chuck Palumbo, Mike Sanders in surfing gear, Jindrak with the basketball gimmick, and many other good talents. Lash LeRoux [to an extent - as he wasn't as inexperienced as the other guys] even got some good time on there. I hated when WCW turned Saturday Night into a recap show.
After all of those years as a mainstay on the Superstation, they just killed it off. Then they moved it to AM hours, and you knew it was all over for WCW right there. It was a thing where Nitro could've went off the air, and it'd be OK, but when Saturday Night was gone - you knew it was over for them.