Hey Scott,
The Rougeau Brothers, once they turned heel in 88, really seemed to get over and got alot of crowd heat, and always cut hilarious promos, and promos that at least to me, made you want to see the babyface team wipe the mat with them.
Were they ever considered for a tag title run during that time? Or did the heat from the Dynamite Kid incident haunt them the rest of there run?
Well the heat was all on Dynamite for that. Most people seemed to think that Jacques was justified in finally putting Kid in his place. I think that Ray was wanting out by that time, however, due to age and injuries and such. So there wasn't gonna be much of a long term place for them anyway. I think that today they would have at least gotten a Too Cool cup of coffee with the belts, but it was a different time in the 80s.
I like your style. More substance less shitty jokes. You aren't tryin to be Keith and do a great job being yourself. Kudos
ReplyDeleteUggh, the Rougeaus bored me to tears. Now granted when they became heels was about the time I lost my patience for the Memphis style cheap heat and stalling tactics, but I found them just awful. That said the crowds gave them solid mid-card heel heat for it so they weren't pushed anymore or less than they deserved. I just think it was a shame that two talented guys were reduced to that and to later butt-biting crap with the Bushwhackers.
ReplyDeleteFun fact: the Rougeaus did "win" the tag belts in Montreal from the Harts, but used Jimmy Hart's megaphone as a weapon so the decision was overturned and never mentioned on American TV.
ReplyDeleteMuch like the World Title question, who wouldn't get a run with the tag-belts under today's level of oversaturation of the product?
ReplyDeleteThe Rougeaus,Killer Bees,Powers Of Pain,Rockers,Bushwackers etc would all have been legit Tag-team champs today.
All I know is the Fabulous Rougeau Brothers theme is easily top 10.
ReplyDeleteYou forgot the Beverly Brothers.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I love the opening seconds of it. When they play it RIGHT after Martel scores the winning pin at SummerSlam '89 in the six man tag it fits perfectly.
ReplyDeleteJacques Rougeau was a good tag guy. Didn't care for him as a singles, but he was part of two fun tag teams: The Fabulous Rougeaus and the Quebecers. Of the two, the Quebecers were my favorite because of all their crazy double team moves where Jacques and Pierre would slow each other and backdrop each other onto their opponents. I think the WWF should've made them a bigger part of the tag team division in 1998 and have no idea why they let them go so soon after coming back (however, not letting them reboot the Mountie uniforms killed some of the luster of the team).
ReplyDeleteWhy were the Rougeau's ever positioned as faces? Were they announced as being from New York or Atlanta, GA?
ReplyDeleteWatching all the RAW 93/94 I find the Quebecer pretty boring. Did Jac get injured? Is that why he did less impressive moves in his mountie career?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't think there's one person who would take Dynamite's side in all of that; probably not even Dynamite.
ReplyDeleteThere were a lot of Dusty finishes at houseshows so announcers couldn't announce every single one.
ReplyDeleteWWE totally dropped the ball on them--had no characters, storylines, and were pretty dull in a WWF ring.
ReplyDeleteFunny thing is that they did win the titles as faces and were scheduled to drop them back to the harts a week later, but somebody cried to Vince about it and had the decision reversed instead. I'll give you three guesses who the crier was.
ReplyDeleteAnd they were done as a team when the brainbusters got the belts over them. They took it as an insult and quit the promotion.
The Rougeau Brothers had an amazing theme song...so catchy...I always loved it...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn701jXWtkE
Sounds like 80s montage music.
ReplyDeleteThat's what made the song great...it played to their characters...
ReplyDeleteI am your biggest fan, bro.
ReplyDeleteHope ya like the new style. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI think they were entertaining as heels but there was no way they were going over Demolition for a run with the belts. The Brain Busters were at least credible badasses when they beat Demolition. The Rougeaus were mainly booked like dorks. I can't even see them getting a honky tonk run with how many great teams there were in the wwf at the time.
ReplyDeleteDid Hogan cry about it???
ReplyDeleteWe don't like heavy metal, we don't like Rock n' Roll!
ReplyDelete"Putting him in his place"
ReplyDeleteYou mean sucker puching him with knux and getting rushed out the building and protected by pretty pat.
at a certain point a bully loses all rights to complain about what he gets in the end. That said the one who looks the worst IMO is Hennig who could have come clean and kept the whole thing from escalating One thing I've learned over the years is that when it comes to "pranks" and "ribs" regardless of how nice they seem, 90% of wrestlers are kinda dicks.
ReplyDeleteI liked the Rougeaus but their match against the Bushwhackers at SS90 is legit the worst match I've ever seen.
ReplyDeletedidn't the Brainbusters get the belts in 89 and lose them by fall? The Rougeaus worked Royal Rumble 90 so any insult apparently took some time to stew.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a bitch move right there.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to the Summerslam Spectacular shows and whatever the hell the Survivor Series ones were called I take it
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your style before anyway, but this was better I think. Never seen a recap of this show before, so thanks for that too.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who Tiger Jackson is? He got the pin and I'm surprised to have never seen his name before.
ReplyDeleteHe went on to play Dink the Clown following Doink's face turn.
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