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Post by DTP. on Mar 24, 2009 19:15:15 GMT -5
In late 1999, they placed the WWF Championship on Big Show, yet he spent a large part of his two-month reign on SmackDown and HeAT, facing lower-card workers like Viscera and Big Bossman.
But what were they trying to accomplish, here? I just don't understand.
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Post by Sam on Mar 24, 2009 19:24:40 GMT -5
I think they were trying to make him look dominate, as I think he debuted at that time.
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 24, 2009 19:28:22 GMT -5
the idea was to feed him various big guys in order to make him look good. by all accounts big show's first title reign was a failure as he was behind rock and foley on the babyface depth chart and had already turned face and heel a million times in not even a full year in the WWF.
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Post by Patrick Bateman on Mar 24, 2009 19:31:01 GMT -5
Very refreshing change to see Show win the belt though. Huge surprise, too.
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Post by k5 on Mar 24, 2009 20:49:31 GMT -5
it's hard to believe watching wrestlemania 15, that the bigshow would come back the next year with the title.
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Post by Likwid[[Southern]] on Mar 24, 2009 21:00:16 GMT -5
it's hard to believe watching wrestlemania 15, that the bigshow would come back the next year with the title. Wrong. Triple H was the WWF Champion heading into Wrestlemania 16 |
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Post by HugoOne on Mar 24, 2009 21:03:19 GMT -5
it's hard to believe watching wrestlemania 15, that the bigshow would come back the next year with the title. Wrong. Triple H was the WWF Champion heading into Wrestlemania 16 I think he believes entering the new year. Didn't Triple H win it back January? |
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 24, 2009 21:05:33 GMT -5
I think he believes entering the new year. Didn't Triple H win it back January? indeed he did, albeit on like the first raw of 2000. |
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Post by k5 on Mar 24, 2009 22:04:00 GMT -5
it's hard to believe watching wrestlemania 15, that the bigshow would come back the next year with the title. Wrong. Triple H was the WWF Champion heading into Wrestlemania 16 ah yes, i meant as a contender for the title in the main event of wrestlemania. |
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Post by Mark on Mar 25, 2009 0:56:19 GMT -5
They made him look weak the very first time he came to WWF and jobbing to Austin
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Post by carly1988 on Mar 25, 2009 13:02:09 GMT -5
If they would have taken a page from a book wcw used, and booked Show as the son or off spring of Andre...Maybe even "trained" by Andre....it would given him a little more of a push. The simple fact that they named him "Big Show" pretty much promised failure
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Post by swantonbomb619 on Mar 25, 2009 13:07:19 GMT -5
meh
show with title was refreshing and giving a new guy a push that skyrocketed his career ain too bad
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Post by Hammersmith Hardman on Mar 25, 2009 14:42:41 GMT -5
Obviously, the main rivalry, at that time was HHH/McMahon, so perhaps, they just gave it Big Show, to give time for HHH's rise e.g Getting Steph & Taking over the company. Which then culminated in HHH winning the title in Jan. 2000.
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Post by HugoOne on Mar 25, 2009 15:19:16 GMT -5
If they would have taken a page from a book wcw used, and booked Show as the son or off spring of Andre...Maybe even "trained" by Andre....it would given him a little more of a push. The simple fact that they named him "Big Show" pretty much promised failure They doomed him from the moment they debuted him. His debut cost the man he was working for his main event match against his arch enemy. Right away, he was a screw up. Then, he screwed up for Vince at Wrestlemania 15 again before turning face. |
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 25, 2009 15:45:41 GMT -5
the funny thing is the rumor at the time, and there's a lot of evidence to show for it (i think mick foley even put it in 'foley is good'), is that the WWF originally really wanted Austin vs. Show at WM 2000. it would basically be the new era version of hogan vs. andre, but as hugo said, russo's booking managed to kill paul wight right out of the gate. plus i believe they even had austin go over show on an episode of raw.
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Post by Patrick Bateman on Mar 25, 2009 16:39:05 GMT -5
the funny thing is the rumor at the time, and there's a lot of evidence to show for it (i think mick foley even put it in 'foley is good'), is that the WWF originally really wanted Austin vs. Show at WM 2000. it would basically be the new era version of hogan vs. andre, but as hugo said, russo's booking managed to kill paul wight right out of the gate. plus i believe they even had austin go over show on an episode of raw. Yeah, at one point they had a different ring name for him, too. TITAN. As in, Titan Towers... Titan Sports... Vince McMahon's corporate giant. Boy, would that have gotten over. |
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 25, 2009 17:36:51 GMT -5
the funny thing is the rumor at the time, and there's a lot of evidence to show for it (i think mick foley even put it in 'foley is good'), is that the WWF originally really wanted Austin vs. Show at WM 2000. it would basically be the new era version of hogan vs. andre, but as hugo said, russo's booking managed to kill paul wight right out of the gate. plus i believe they even had austin go over show on an episode of raw. Yeah, at one point they had a different ring name for him, too. TITAN. As in, Titan Towers... Titan Sports... Vince McMahon's corporate giant. Boy, would that have gotten over. Titan's kinda brutal, but I believe they also really considered Big Nasty which is just flat out awful. |
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Post by Mark on Mar 25, 2009 17:43:42 GMT -5
he was also called Big something i forget its on the rocks dvd
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Mar 25, 2009 21:07:13 GMT -5
They made him look weak the very first time he came to WWF and jobbing to Austin How did he looked weak and jobbed? He didn't even had a match.  |
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Post by Mark on Mar 25, 2009 23:19:42 GMT -5
They made him look weak the very first time he came to WWF and jobbing to Austin How did he looked weak and jobbed? He didn't even had a match. Yes he did have a match wtf are you talking about, he jobbed against austin cleanly. He was really wasted because he was coming in with ths monster gimmick, total badass and they just flopped him |
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