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You can't teach that
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Steve Austin controlled a crowd like no one ever will
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#2 |
You can't teach that
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Seriously, has any wrestler ever controlled a crowd for 7 years....every word....wow
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Stone Cold has absolutely zero on The Rock when it comes to controlling a crowd.
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#4 |
You can't teach that
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what?
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#5 |
You can't teach that
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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I personally hated the WHAT? promos.
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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I hated WHAT when he was a heel and it was supposed to be a dickish thing to do. I loved the crowd interplay WHAT segments though, those were great.
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EATER OF HOT POCKETS
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Anyways the Rock probably learned how to make the crowd say IS COOKIN by watching Austin make the crowd say "CAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO!"
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#10 |
You can't teach that
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I want a hige fan, but name one guy today that can control a crowd like that....or ever
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LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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Skibbidy Lock Jaw
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Eddie Guerrero.
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boop/bop/beep
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Eddie was great but he was no Rock or Austin.
As far as guys who could control a crowd... Flair, Hogan, Piper etc. |
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Stickman
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The What promos got annoying fast.
I'd put the Rock above Austin in ability to control the crowd. I've also always thought HBK was gold on the mic back in the day. |
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boop/bop/beep
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HBK was not that great on the mic I don't know what you're talking about.
He was good... very good, but it was his ring work and charisma in the ring that did the talking. He does not hold a candle to the true greats on the mic. |
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Former TPWW Royalty
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Only others I can think of would be Vince McMahon post-Montreal but mostly as a heel character and Hogan but not as great as The Rock or Jericho (WWE era) in terms of variety in promos.
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Hey Mister!
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yeah nah good mate
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Yeah, outside of Canada in 1997, I don't think Austin has ever been booed as a face, and even as a heel he still got strong pops.
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RIP SABU
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Southern Hospitality
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The only ones today that I can think of outside The Rock and Austin are DX
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Blargh
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Forgot how good Austin's promos were, this is def one of my favourites. |
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boop/bop/beep
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See nowadays DX tries to be funny and quirky... key word being tries. Rock and Austin just were funny. And when they needed to be serious, they were serious.
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I honestly think Austin could get a crowd to cheer him over Hogan or Rock. |
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boop/bop/beep
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I dont know the crowd only really turned on the Rock when he was wrestling. As soon as he got on the mic they were with him.
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Cranky Kong
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SCSA: You lost to X-Pac? What? X-Pac? What? Amazing. It got annoying when the crowd would start doing it all the time. They still do it sometimes to this day, which is pretty remarkable, yet still annoying. |
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Cranky Kong
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Watch the promo where The Rock delivered a eulogy for Steve Austin if you want to hear some epic heel heat on Rocky. Amazing.
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Total Non-Stop Apologist
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I think Foley could control a character better than Austin and The Rock.
It's not because he was more charismatic then the two of them (which I personally think he is) it's because Austin was so huge that he could never get the fans to hate him, and The Rock was so huge that he could only get the fans to hate him when he was up against Austin or Hogan. Mick Foley wasn't handicapped by being that insanely over so he was able to get you to love him any time he wants, and hate him any time he wants. Just look at his work with TNA right now. One week he can have the fans adore him then next week they;re totally hate him. Foley is so good a swaying the fans, I can't think of anyone equal to him on the regard of making them hate you and love you in such a short span... Possibly Piper. |
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Over Like Rover
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"You're name is Hugh...Morrus? What? Is that supposed to be...humourous?" |
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Over Like Rover
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Hogan controlled a crowd like no other though. Way before sing along catchphrases were around, Hogan was controlling crowds with his facials, mannerisms, selling, the earcupping, the posing. He also schooled The Rock at WM X8
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One and only
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"viva ut vivas"
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"viva ut vivas"
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Lord knows I always payed attention when I received a Hogan facial..... |
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boop/bop/beep
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![]() Hogan was amazing no doubt, but he didn't "school" the rock. For one thing they were in Toronto, bizarro world... another thing is it's not like they want mono-e-mono in promo form. Hogan had not competed at wrestlemania in years... It wasn't schooling the Rock, it was just the fans acknowledging Hogan's legacy. |
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Over Like Rover
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I have definitely been on a complete Hogan trip the last few days
![]() He took over that match though. After that initial pop/love fest, he could have pulled out the heel schtick and got the crowd right back behind The Rock if he wanted (and Rock tried to make it happen) but he straight up didn't (and even acknowledged so however long afterwards) turning himself face long before the Nash/Hall run-in and put himself in a position where he could show Vince he was viable for another title run, something that wasn't possible a month before when the nWo came back yet wound up happening a month after Mania. |
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#35 |
boop/bop/beep
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lol he shouldn't have been a face though. that's unprofessional. But he's Hogan
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b/c 5 is better than 4
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