TSC Evaluation #52: Big Boss Man

[Silkk]

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[Playaz Eyez]

Will give Bossman the highest 7 I can give. He was never a star, but he was highly identifiable in various eras, both in the WWF and WCW, referenced in mainstream, and was an overall solid dude. Can't tell you one classic match he's had, but I was very entertained by him, especially when he returned to the WWF in swat gear and basically defining the Hardcore division. His pure babyface cop thing worked in a GOAT era, along with the seamless heel turn at that time. When he returned to the WWF, teaming with Shamrock was random but it worked. The muscle for the Corporation stuff was awesome. Bossman was one of those dudes that reminded you it's not about how many moves you do in the ring and how long your matches are, but can you entertain people every-time you're on the screen. Nightstick, shades, swat gear, dope theme, and could get his point across without being super over the top. There's mid-carders today far less appealing than Bossman was. Hardcore matches, feeding Pepper to Al Snow (), dragging Big Show's dad's coffin with Big Show on top, dissing Big Show's mom and calling him a b*stard, getting hung by Undertaker, etc, some hilarious and entertaining stuff. I only vaguely remember his WCW tenure. I mostly remember the shyt-talking and mocking to Glacier in one of their matches too funny. I have very fond memories of Bossman both as a kid, and when I go back to watch stuff.

Also, the Bossman Slam is a low-key goat finisher for me. I'm a fan of anyone that uses it other than Heidenreich

 

[Chris Cool]

from what i saw of him, 4. dude was trash. they forced him on people so hard during the attitude era. can't believe they had the rock feuding with fukking al snow so this guy could be in the title picture. nikkas love the funeral fukkery but that big show reign is a woat and bossman was a big part.

 

[El Guapo]

7 just for so many moments. The Big Show feud. Feeding Pepper to Al Snow. Trading in his Intercontinental title shot to the Godfather for the hoes. The Mountie feud.

Plus he played his part in the MegaPowers exploding. Savage and Hogan needed to face a tag team that could be seen as a threat for that storyline to advance and the Twin Towers worked.

 

[El Guapo]

Al had no idea.

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

I didn't notice till now that when Al Snow gets away from the table, the chair sticks to him.

 

[patscorpio]

ill share my thoughts on him later but he was one of the coolest wrestlers i ever met...still have his autograph somewhere in my drawer at my parents house..RIP

 

[patscorpio]

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.

i remember laughing my ass off watching this shyt..shyt almost played out like a rib

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

ill share my thoughts on him later but he was one of the coolest wrestlers i ever met...still have his autograph somewhere in my drawer at my parents house..RIP

I met him and tugboat thomas as a little kid. I think on house show tours him and a few others interacted with kids a lot.

 

[Drones]

Once I was watching the 1998 Royal Rumble with a homie who doesn't follow wrestling and when Bossman came out he goes 'who the hell is that? Oppression Man??'

 

[Silkk]

Once I was watching the 1998 Royal Rumble with a homie who doesn't follow wrestling and when Bossman came out he goes 'who the hell is that? Oppression Man??'

 

[Heelish]

Once I was watching the 1998 Royal Rumble with a homie who doesn't follow wrestling and when Bossman came out he goes 'who the hell is that? Oppression Man??'

Peep the tat

 

[mrken12]

The infamous Kennel from Hell match with Al Snow

 

[Riley Escobar]

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[Cartier Murphy]

I swore I replied to this. Anyway, he was a good big man worker who was a memorable character in the 2 biggest eras in the history of the business. Off just that alone, without even getting into his ringwork, feuds, or storylines (some of which were pretty ) I'd give him a solid 7.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

A light 7 from me.

Bossman was like the hardest working gimmick with no payoff. The cop gimmick ran its course, Big Bubba Rogers was , and The Guardian was forgettable. Now when he came back to the E, whooo boy. fukkERY. Dude chopped up a dog and fed it to Al Snow. He even dragged Big Show dad's casket with Big Show attached to it. Bottom line, average worker/alright gimmick/good moments in wrestling.