TSC Evaluation #52: Big Boss Man

mrken12 · Aug 23, 2017

In the last evaluation, Bobby Eaton got a score of 7.13.

TSC Evaluation #51: Bobby Eaton

If people have any requests for future wrestlers you want to see evaluated, let me know. I'll have one wrestler evaluated for each week every Wednesday. The leaderboard is updated every 5 threads so it's never too late to vote for previous threads.

For #53 it will be William Regal.

Pending requests: Ted DiBiase, Jake The Snake Roberts, Kane, Big Show, Rikishi, The Godfather, Stan Hansen, Christian Cage, Goldust, Rick Steiner, Eddie Gilbert, Barry Windham, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Alex Wright, Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko
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Major Accomplishments

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him #23 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992
PWI ranked him #138 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the "PWI Years" in 2003

Pro Wrestling This Week
Wrestler of the Week (May 3–9, 1987)

Universal Wrestling Federation
UWF Heavyweight Championship (1x)

World Wrestling Federation/WWE
WWF Hardcore Championship (4x)
WWF Tag Team Championship (1x) – with Ken Shamrock
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2016)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Most Improved (1987)

With a scale of 1-10 how would you rate Big Boss Man in these categories:

-Mic work/promos

-Personality/gimmicks

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores

R=G · Aug 23, 2017

On the mic..never cared for anything he said but he was ultra fluent from day one as a big man worker. Personally? I loved Bam Bam more than anyone but Bossman was going strong into 90. We used to do his Bossman slam finisher too because no one kicked out it pre Hogan feud. It wasn't as GREAT OR LEGENDARY as the Jake DDT, Perfect Plex, or Rude Awakening but it stood out to me.

I don't watch any of his old matches except when Rock tried to kill him in 99 and the VHS recording I got of him and Hogan on SNME in the blue cage...the Zeus "No Holds Barred" shyt was cracking back then. Lol. He layed Hogan out after the match.

Silkk · Aug 23, 2017

5, Dude had some classic moments though

One of my favorites was after he got hung, he confronted the corporate ministry like he wanted to fight and then apologized and rejoined them :dead:

PlayerNinety_Nine · Aug 23, 2017

The fukkery GOAT :mjlol:

His angle with Big Show was classic. From stealing the casket to reading the card :dead:

Fed Al Snow his dog :russ:

Got hanged by Undertaker :picard:

mrken12 · Aug 23, 2017

PlayerNinety_Nine said:
The fukkery GOAT

His angle with Big Show was classic. From stealing the casket to reading the card

Fed Al Snow his dog

Got hanged by Undertaker

Al had no idea. :mjcry:

The Kennel From Hell match was :mjlol:

. Was that another Russo idea?

Ed MOTHERFUCKING G · Aug 23, 2017

- Mic work/promos

B- : not a top tier promo but he gave classic rock-n-wrestling promos as a heel and a babyface, and good goon-promos as a member of the corporation.

-Personality/gimmicks

A- : both big bubba rogers and bossman were just dope as hell as babyface and heel. He was part of the megapowers buildup which got me into wrestling...then the babyface turn was dope and i got into him. His toys were dope too with the nightstick. I was really into bossman as a kid....and his run in the late 90s had no business being as good as it was.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds)

B : way faster than he should've been for his size. He has inspired a lot of wrestlers today. Great worker and somewhere around the bigelow/vader tier to me. Best feuds: the megapowers, Nailz (this was dope as a kid...nailz was scary ), al snow, and whoever vince and shane threw him at.

I'm right between 8 and 7. I'm going to look at some previous votes of mine to be consistent then decide.

EDIT: i gave bigelow a 7, rvd and simmons 8s...i'll give bossman a 7.

And so i'm the first to post it :mjgrin:

:

HEY PAUL WIGHT. :steviej:

YOURE A NASTY b*stard. :mjgrin:

AND YOUR MOMMA SAID SO :umad:

Ed MOTHERFUCKING G · Aug 23, 2017

mrken12 said:
Al had no idea.

The Kennel From Hell match was . Was that another Russo idea?

Yeah. Russo was the best and worst thing to happen to bossman. He made him relevant again in the corporation, and gave him multimonth feuds....some of his biggest moments ever are in this era....and then he hung him in a cage, and made him fight a match with dogs pissing and shytting everywhere.

PlayerNinety_Nine · Aug 23, 2017

mrken12 said:
Al had no idea.

The Kennel From Hell match was . Was that another Russo idea?

He says he killed Pepper and fed him to Al to prove that he was "hardcore"

I can't :dead:

Ill Lou Malnati · Aug 23, 2017

-Mic work/promos: Always solid on the mic. 6.

-Personality/gimmicks: 8. Big Boss Man is one of the great WWF gimmicks. Works really well as either a heel or a face. Really the only Ray Traylor gimmick I enjoyed.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds): At his peak, I'd give the guy a 7. He lost a LOT of weight in the WWF when he turned face and improved his work rate. Dude was very quick and agile for his size. I think we missed out on a few classics just because of the landscape of the company at the time.

My favorite feuds are with Hogan and the entire Heenan Family, specifically Mr. Perfect. Although I think he and Rude could've had a great feud if Rude didn't jump to WCW. His feud with the Mountie was a natural fit and entertaining as well.

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores: 7.

El Cocodrilo · Aug 23, 2017

He's not one of the top GOATs but he was a great roleplayer that you would be very lucky to have if you had your own promotion

Overall I give him a solid 7

Psychosis · Aug 23, 2017

El Poyo Loco · Aug 23, 2017

Boss Man had some dope angles the first one that caught my eye was with The Mountie loser goes to NYC jail match at Summerslam.

Fun Fact: Bull Buchanan is now a sheriffs deputy at the Carroll County GA. Jail

3Rivers · Aug 23, 2017

Had a great worked uppercut and could move for a big man. Solid worker, memorable face theme, great golden age gimmick(big boss man) and was also dope as a more bar room brawl type Big Bubba Rogers. Had a good run in the late 90's in the corporation with one of the GOAT wrestling quotes.Taking the superplex from Hoegan in the cage was one of the GOAT SNME moments. Don't think I've ever heard anyone say a bad thing about him. I'll go with a 7

TL15 · Aug 23, 2017

6 for me...JUST under when it starts getting really good

PlayerNinety_Nine · Aug 23, 2017

Ed MOTHERfukkING G said:
HEY PAUL WIGHT. YOURE A NASTY b*stard. AND YOUR MOMMA SAID SO

The Busta Rhymes/ Matrix leather suit Show was wearing at the funeral looks like it's made out of a whole cow :ohhh:

The Big Boss Man character change from the 80's was . :mindblown:

I watched him when I was a kid, and he was just the 'hard time' cop guy who feuded with Nailz. :ehh:

When I started watching again around this time - he was an insane crooked cop. :gucci:

Dude went from Hoyt to Alonzo real quick :picard:

TSC Evaluation #52: Big Boss Man

Overall Rating

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10 (Legendary)

Veteran

Street Terrorist

Thats My Quarterback :to:

Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by....

Veteran

Hail.

Hail.

Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by....

Be Well.

Superstar

NYC

Akrassikauda = Black Scorpion

thaKEAF aint never lied

Veteran

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