The all-time GREATEST episode of RAW, is now on the WWE Network :blessed:
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Very, i remember he came back for the rumble and shut that shyt down for a good 3-minutes or so
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over enough that if he were around today and got those same pops you'd wonder why he wasn't a multiple time world champion.
in reality though, he wasn't as over as much as his gimmick and catchphrase were. and the hoes of course.
You can apply this to every wrestler ever.
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not everyone relies on gimmick and catchphrase to stay over.
Name some
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someone like jack swagger isn't over, his catchphrase is over. as for jack swagger the wrestler, nobody gives a shyt. no one marks for any of his moves, no one marks when he wins, no one cares when he loses... the only time he is over is those few seconds when he says we the people. immediately following that, he's back to being a nobody. he is one hit wonder. that's his only go-to trick.
the godfather had a few more hits. he had the hoes, he had the catchphrases... but he was mostly a sideshow. compare that to someone like Austin who is over each and every second he is out there from opening bell to closing bell, where the crowd hangs on every punch.
I said name someone who stayed over without a gimmick/catchphrases and you bring up Jack Swagger
Austin had numerous catchphrases "What", "That's the bottom line...", Middle finger salutes, "Hell Yeah", "Austin 3:16" and he's stated numeorus times without the "Stone Cold" gimmick he would've been out on his ass.
Watching this right now..the Rock was like Pablo Escobar in 1989. Invincible. Promo is the likes you can only dream of hearing now. Eddie had that crowd going on the mic too before the turn....lol.
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and yet if austin in his prime cuts a 5 minute promo and doesn't utter a single catchphrase, he would still have the crowd in the palm of his hands.
austin was a solid, well rounded performer who didn't need to solely rely on catchphrases. they helped, but he had wayyy more tricks in the bag.
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if we made a list of all the reasons why stone cold was over, you could break it down into so many categories. it wasn't just one thing. it was the swagger, the theme, the strut down the ring, the the look, the lou thesz press, the way he brawled inside the ring, the mudhole stomping, the stunner... he had SO MANY things going for him. he was over from bell to bell. COMBINE that with the dope mic skills and the numerous catchphrases and it's easy to see why he was a big star.
the stone cold gimmick just gave him direction, steve austin the performer filled in the rest. if you give the stone cold gimmick to headbanger mosh, no dice.
Thats what a gimmick is
InstantKlassik
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Watching this right now.. Raw was so good back then. The whole show reads like a complete book. It's sad to to be reminded of how far wresting truly had fallen off when you compare it to today's. It's tragic.
Prince Akeem
Its not that deep breh....
It feels like a whole other world.