How on earth can you have a Mantaur clip and not follow that up with a PN News clip? On the plus side, at least they finally stopped blurring the block logo. That was so illogical and irritating.
The writers already forgot why Puppet H is not there.
Why don't they just do their tribute show to masked loser leave town replacements and put Puppet H in a mask already. Downtown Charlie Brown, Handsome Jimmy Valiant in a mask, in particular deserves special mockery. Valiant had a beard that makes Daniel Bryan look clean shaven.
Except Johnny Polo as a heel announcer was a million times better than Michael Cole, so if you include him you gotta find a way to include Cole, otherwise it just wouldn't be fair.
Pssh, Waylon Mercy's debuting vignettes were awesome. It's just a shame Spivey was so broken down at the time, I still think the character could have been a star if he was around longer.
Let's just hope Husky Harris can stay healthy long enough that his version of the character catches on.
His music was pretty awesome too. My favorite Waylon Mercy matches were his RAW debut against a very young Jeff Hardy where Jeff took a few wicked bumps, a RAW match against Doink The Clown where Spivey got a big babyface pop when he came out and the fans VERY loudly chanted " Kill The Clown!" at the end of the match and his lone PPV match against Savio Vega where he and Savio showed they were both very underrated workers who were unjustifably buried by the Kliq politics that were so prevalent at the time.
Mike Knox circa 2009 and Chris Jericho circa 2002 were also ranked pretty high in the "Unkempt Superstar" department and obviously we have to give the late, great Bruiser Brody a mention.
You know, I don't even know what happened to Paul Neu after ECW. Although Wikipedia says that they're cousins, not brothers, and that Neu ended up back in Europe again, so we'll go with that.
Yeah, that wasn't very funny since the source material wasn't really deserving of derision. The Steamboat flashback was okay, but the jokes were just that annoying "quip on every word he says out of context" variety. "What? He's gonna have a picnic in the ring, that's where you're supposed to wrestle, how stupid, ha ha. Hope there's not ants." Just weak.
I wonder about Vega sometimes- he seemed generally unworthy of the push he received, but he was an ultimately forgettable name that totally faded away. A link to the Stable Wars did him NO favors, but his legacy is ridiculously minor to wrestling- you're one of the very few I've ever heard compliment, or even discuss him. I recall a good match with Goldust one time, but that's it.
He also had very good matches with the likes of Steve Austin, Sean Waltman and The Bodydonnas as well as a great forgotten gem with Owen Hart at Summerslam '96. And I've been to house shows in late '96 where he had solid entertaining matches with of all people, TL Hopper and Billy Gunn.
Although by 1997, I believe he stopped caring once he realized he was never getting a push and by the time the Gang Warz storyline began, his workrate went south fast. But from '95-'97, he was not quite Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels in the ring, but he was not a broomstick by any means, the dude could more than hold up his end of the match.
Oh yeah, I forgot the Austin matches. I remember him specifically as not being BAD, but he seemed weak compared to the WCW Cruiserweights and the like at the time. I should probably do a YouTube search of him sometime.
The moment the Gang Wars started was the moment I stopped caring about either Crush or Savio.
Hilarious enough, Savio dressing like Farooq worked perfectly for him gimmick wise, but the moment he became "stereotypical Puerto Rican" it went downhill.
I feel like this shit is starting to lose steam. A MST3K for old wrestling shows is a good concept but these guys aren't really funny enough to pull it off. Yeah the segments they play sort of speak for themselves but lets get some old wrestlers to watch and comment instead of reading scripts written by creative, or if creative is going to write the jokes please make them funny.
I remember reading on Wrestlecrap a joke about "HHH's dinner with Mantaur" or something to that effect, but with no added context. Did that actually happen? Also if memory serves, he was managed by Cornette...Was he going to be the big monster if Vader didn't jump or something? AFAIK, he only wrestled Aldo Montoya on raw, a couple of squashes on superstars amd a royal rumble before buggering off.
Weird coincidence: I've posited my theory on here before that rather than put Waylon Mercy on the soon-to-be retiring Spivey, they should've held out for a little while for when they signed Barry Windham and put it on him. He could pull off the character aspects and would have been a much better worker to do it with. So I post that at some point, and not long after his nephew and namesake is doing a similar gimmick in FCW.
The ICW and IWA episodes were way funnier than the last two months of "Are You Serious?". Also worth checking out are the episodes where they ripped apart pro wrestling's red-headed bastard stepchild, Roller Derby.
I just discovered that the Sklar brothers are going to direct The Sheepdogs' latest music video, so evidently they have fantastic taste in music. That will no doubt be the best video of 2012 (Granted, not saying much because the current music scene absolutely sucks thanks to autotune killing the music industry).
Oh screw them for including Waylon Mercy, that gimmick ruled.
ReplyDeleteThis puppet H embargo is not good for business.
ReplyDeleteObviously I agree. What's next, are they going to include Bam Bam Bigelow?
ReplyDeleteJohnny Polo was kinda dumb. That they could include.
ReplyDeleteHow on earth can you have a Mantaur clip and not follow that up with a PN News clip? On the plus side, at least they finally stopped blurring the block logo. That was so illogical and irritating.
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ReplyDeleteHoly shit breaking bad was crazy
The writers already forgot why Puppet H is not there.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't they just do their tribute show to masked loser leave town replacements and put Puppet H in a mask already. Downtown Charlie Brown, Handsome Jimmy Valiant in a mask, in particular deserves special mockery. Valiant had a beard that makes Daniel Bryan look clean shaven.
Except Johnny Polo as a heel announcer was a million times better than Michael Cole, so if you include him you gotta find a way to include Cole, otherwise it just wouldn't be fair.
ReplyDeletePssh, Waylon Mercy's debuting vignettes were awesome. It's just a shame Spivey was so broken down at the time, I still think the character could have been a star if he was around longer.
ReplyDeleteLet's just hope Husky Harris can stay healthy long enough that his version of the character catches on.
His music was pretty awesome too.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite Waylon Mercy matches were his RAW debut against a very young Jeff Hardy where Jeff took a few wicked bumps, a RAW match against Doink The Clown where Spivey got a big babyface pop when he came out and the fans VERY loudly chanted " Kill The Clown!" at the end of the match and his lone PPV match against Savio Vega where he and Savio showed they were both very underrated workers who were unjustifably buried by the Kliq politics that were so prevalent at the time.
Mike Knox circa 2009 and Chris Jericho circa 2002 were also ranked pretty high in the "Unkempt Superstar" department and obviously we have to give the late, great Bruiser Brody a mention.
ReplyDeleteWell Mantaur wasn't the same person as PN News, they were just brothers.
ReplyDeleteDid they ever team up? They'd make a nice monster heel tag team.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I don't even know what happened to Paul Neu after ECW. Although Wikipedia says that they're cousins, not brothers, and that Neu ended up back in Europe again, so we'll go with that.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that wasn't very funny since the source material wasn't really deserving of derision. The Steamboat flashback was okay, but the jokes were just that annoying "quip on every word he says out of context" variety. "What? He's gonna have a picnic in the ring, that's where you're supposed to wrestle, how stupid, ha ha. Hope there's not ants." Just weak.
ReplyDeleteIn his book, Jericho claims that was the result of a bet with Zakk Wylde on who could go the longest without triiming their beard.
ReplyDeleteI wonder about Vega sometimes- he seemed generally unworthy of the push he received, but he was an ultimately forgettable name that totally faded away. A link to the Stable Wars did him NO favors, but his legacy is ridiculously minor to wrestling- you're one of the very few I've ever heard compliment, or even discuss him. I recall a good match with Goldust one time, but that's it.
ReplyDeleteHe also had very good matches with the likes of Steve Austin, Sean Waltman and The Bodydonnas as well as a great forgotten gem with Owen Hart at Summerslam '96. And I've been to house shows in late '96 where he had solid entertaining matches with of all people, TL Hopper and Billy Gunn.
ReplyDeleteAlthough by 1997, I believe he stopped caring once he realized he was never getting a push and by the time the Gang Warz storyline began, his workrate went south fast. But from '95-'97, he was not quite Bret Hart or Shawn Michaels in the ring, but he was not a broomstick by any means, the dude could more than hold up his end of the match.
Oh yeah, I forgot the Austin matches. I remember him specifically as not being BAD, but he seemed weak compared to the WCW Cruiserweights and the like at the time. I should probably do a YouTube search of him sometime.
ReplyDeleteYeah I kinda liked Vega. He was way better than "makin a difference" Fatu
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ReplyDeleteThe moment the Gang Wars started was the moment I stopped caring about either Crush or Savio.
ReplyDeleteHilarious enough, Savio dressing like Farooq worked perfectly for him gimmick wise, but the moment he became "stereotypical Puerto Rican" it went downhill.
I feel like this shit is starting to lose steam. A MST3K for old wrestling shows is a good concept but these guys aren't really funny enough to pull it off. Yeah the segments they play sort of speak for themselves but lets get some old wrestlers to watch and comment instead of reading scripts written by creative, or if creative is going to write the jokes please make them funny.
ReplyDeleteAnd Polo was a great manager for the Quebecers.
ReplyDeleteIf you want some good MST3K'ing of wrestling the Sklar Brothers covered wrestling a couple times on Cheap Seats. They're worth checking out.
ReplyDeleteLast time he cared or had a good match was when he replaced HBK at No Way Out 98.
ReplyDeleteI remember reading on Wrestlecrap a joke about "HHH's dinner with Mantaur" or something to that effect, but with no added context. Did that actually happen? Also if memory serves, he was managed by Cornette...Was he going to be the big monster if Vader didn't jump or something? AFAIK, he only wrestled Aldo Montoya on raw, a couple of squashes on superstars amd a royal rumble before buggering off.
ReplyDeleteI agree as a hardcore MSTie. A for effort but they need punching up in the worst way.
ReplyDeleteDid they make fun of Josh's XWF ring attire yet?
Oh, and he had a b-house show run with Duke Droese as well, #mantaursighting
ReplyDeleteWeird coincidence: I've posited my theory on here before that rather than put Waylon Mercy on the soon-to-be retiring Spivey, they should've held out for a little while for when they signed Barry Windham and put it on him. He could pull off the character aspects and would have been a much better worker to do it with. So I post that at some point, and not long after his nephew and namesake is doing a similar gimmick in FCW.
ReplyDeleteThat was in WWF magazine. Cornette wanted Hunter to teach Mantaur table manners. (Hunter was still rocking the "greenwich snob" gimmick at the time)
ReplyDeleteThe ICW and IWA episodes were way funnier than the last two months of "Are You Serious?". Also worth checking out are the episodes where they ripped apart pro wrestling's red-headed bastard stepchild, Roller Derby.
ReplyDeleteI just discovered that the Sklar brothers are going to direct The Sheepdogs' latest music video, so evidently they have fantastic taste in music. That will no doubt be the best video of 2012 (Granted, not saying much because the current music scene absolutely sucks thanks to autotune killing the music industry).