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Old 02-05-2004, 01:08 AM   #41
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Your attitude is admirable .........if not a tad unrealistic.
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Old 02-05-2004, 02:05 AM   #42
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Bottom line is that with enough effort, almost anything is possible. If everyone sat around saying, "Oh, even if I tried, I couldn't make it," what would we have?
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Old 02-05-2004, 04:40 AM   #43
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I'm 5'9", either 144.25 lbs., or I may have even dropped back to my previous 136 weight, judging by the way my pants fit...and I don't have a single day's worth of athletic experience...

STILL, I refuse to say that, "If I tried, I couldn't ever make it to the WWE."
Golly dang! You weigh less than I do!
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Old 02-05-2004, 05:35 AM   #44
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I'm not surprised to see Zach leave. His signing seemed like a publicity stunt to me - if you hire a guy with only one leg, the mainstream media is sure to notice. I was like when i saw his first WWE match, but his act grew old very quickly. And he had his own T-shirt made as well.

However, it would have been interesting to see him enter in the Royal Rumble. The rules state that to be eliminated, you have to go over the top rope, and BOTH feet must touch the floor. Technically he couldn't have been eliminated...
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Old 02-05-2004, 06:22 AM   #45
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I am not surprised to see him go
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BTW, I agree with the notion that he was only really pushed in the WWE as a sideshow attraction.

I don't approve of it, but it's true.
I was about to say the same.
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Old 02-05-2004, 08:55 AM   #47
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I'm not surprised to see Zach leave. His signing seemed like a publicity stunt to me - if you hire a guy with only one leg, the mainstream media is sure to notice. I was like when i saw his first WWE match, but his act grew old very quickly. And he had his own T-shirt made as well.

However, it would have been interesting to see him enter in the Royal Rumble. The rules state that to be eliminated, you have to go over the top rope, and BOTH feet must touch the floor. Technically he couldn't have been eliminated...
that's a good one
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Old 02-11-2004, 02:53 PM   #48
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Who else besides Big Show would job to a one-legged kid? It's more damaging to your credibility than jobbing cleanly to a woman.
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Old 02-11-2004, 02:54 PM   #49
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I'm not surprised to see Zach leave. His signing seemed like a publicity stunt to me - if you hire a guy with only one leg, the mainstream media is sure to notice. I was like when i saw his first WWE match, but his act grew old very quickly. And he had his own T-shirt made as well.

However, it would have been interesting to see him enter in the Royal Rumble. The rules state that to be eliminated, you have to go over the top rope, and BOTH feet must touch the floor. Technically he couldn't have been eliminated...
Actually, he comes to the ring with his prosthetic on. So, technically, he already has one foot on the floor.
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Actually, he comes to the ring with his prosthetic on. So, technically, he already has one foot on the floor.
He could NOT use it for this match, but either way, he could argue that it's just...well, whatever the **** the leg is made out of and NOT his foot. And actually, if he leaves it outside the ring, then it never went in, and therefore could never be thrown over the top rope.
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Old 02-13-2004, 11:59 AM   #51
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More on Gowens release

WWE and Zach Gowen parted ways last week. The general feeling in the back was that Gowen was a headache to deal with. Gowen failed to bring in the mainstream attention that WWE was expecting.

Gowen also came off as "immature" to everyone backstage. He often complained about wrestlers working too stiff with him and he had bad weight lifting habits which upset Vince McMahon. He also apparently acted spoiled around the other wrestlers.

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Old 02-14-2004, 08:26 PM   #52
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That last article spelled out what I was going to point out. That he was another WWE attempt at getting mainstream attention.
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Old 02-14-2004, 09:04 PM   #53
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Mainstream audience? What, Vicne thinks people LIKE watching roid abusers beat down cripples?
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Old 02-14-2004, 09:05 PM   #54
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Old 02-14-2004, 11:17 PM   #55
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I didn't say mainstream audience, I say mainstream attention. Publicity if you wheeeeeeeeeel. Like Chuck and Billy on the talk shows...
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Old 02-15-2004, 03:34 AM   #56
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Since I think we should be fair here, though, I will say, to Zach's defense, they didn't use him right.

For one thing, they put him on SMACKDOWN, the WWE brand that is known for putting on longer matches as the norm, and that seemed to be Zach's weakness. He can't work the longer matches as much as Angle, Lesner, or Taker could. I thought they should've put him on RAW, as RAW seems to get by more by people having good spots, and they seem to be able to get away with shorter matches (although you can see some longer matches on RAW periodically, but not as often as you'll see a SMACKDOWN match be). I would've thought that, if Gowen went to RAW, his "novelty act" could be implimented better, and he would've been better off.

As far as his attitude goes, doesn't some other certain RAW star who thinks that he has a big ego and believes he should be at the top just because he screws the boss' daughter still HAVE a job there? Yeah, though I won't name any names *cough*Triple H*cough*.

Hmm, is it too much to ask that they release Steiner and the Dudley Boyz, too?
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Old 02-15-2004, 03:36 AM   #57
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Who else besides Big Show would job to a one-legged kid? It's more damaging to your credibility than jobbing cleanly to a woman.
Unless that woman was someone like Shaniqua. THEN you'd have a reason to lose.
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