Did you go back and look that up? OK two DQ matches? Big fucking whoop. Certainly not memorable. You seem to know the exact PPV's and finishes? I doubt you knew that off the top of your head. Don't recall the LOD feuding with Bulldog and Owen as they were the midst of their feud with the Godwinns at the time but I could be mistaken. Whatever. Neither "feud" was certainly memorable. The Foundation had their issues with Shamrock and Austin and of course HBK. Bulldog/Owen/Bret would all go on to feud with Shamrock/Austin/HBK in that order at SummerSlam. LOD's big feud was with the Godwinns.
Outlaws were hardly a "babyface" tag team at the time. They became tweeners in DX but when they first got together they were clearly heels. They did not become massively over until 1998.
What matches were those? You are honestly telling me after publicly humiliating LOD the way they did , shaving their heads, putting them through tables etc....there was no money in an LOD/NAO feud?!? People didn't want to see LOD get their revenge?!? I'm saying you're flat out wrong there. I don't get that. As far as Cactus and Chainsaw they could've done all that prior to WM 14 as LOD was still "out." So the NAO could've still been elevated. LOD 2000 makes their "re-debut" at WM 14 with an NAO revenge beatdown and we have the cage match the next night on RAW. There is no way in hell you're going to convince me NAO vs Cactus and "Chainsaw" was hotter than a potential NAO vs LOD feud. No way. Chainsaw Charlie? Are you serious?
I'm the only one? Yeah right, OK that's why LOD stayed hot throughout the 90's. I guess I was the only one cheering. Like I said they could've still had the Cactus/Chainsaw feud and the NAO could've still moved to the Nation after the LOD. The NAO would still go over but it would've gave the LOD a measure if revenge. Why only have two hot feuds when you can have three? The Nation was not going anywhere. Yeah LOD was past their prime but you just said it. They were over. So why not have them get revenge at WM 14 set up the cage match with LOD the next night on RAW. NAO does their thing and then go off from there. NAO would still go over in the end but it would elevate them that much more. It's like Bret tried to do with Shawn. The longer the feud the more meaningful it is when the team wins.
When had the LOD going up against two guys similar to them ever worked out?!? They were at their best they faced the Midnights in '86 and Tully and Arn in '87, the Steiners in '90 no one wanted to see them vs the Powers of Pain or the Skyscrapers. It was hardto watch. It was just four guys beating the hell out of each other. LOD needed a wrestling tag team to work with so they could sell for them.
Fuji turned heel because the Powers turned heel and Demolition turn babyface. It was a double turn as for the kayfabe reason it was some BS about Demolition "not listening to Fuji anymore." I don't see what that has to do with anything. Fuji was not with Demolition as long as Ellering was with the Warriors. Ellering was a de facto third member.
Well that was the "kayfabe" reason they gave. That DOA was supposed to be some rising tag team but we knew that was BS. They weren't going anywhere. Maybe you have Ellering turn on DOA and reform with LOD. That would be something. Paul Ellering is and always will be a Road Warrior. That's like having JJ Dillon turn on the Horsemen. It's simply not believable.
Who is saying it was memorable? Not me. You asked me if they had a proper feud with each other as if it makes any difference because the Canadian Stampede main event is memorable whether LOD had a proper feud with them or not and that's all that counts, I told you they did and you're getting your panties in a twist over nothing, lol. Who cares if the two PPV matches they had before Canadian Stampede weren't memorable? The point is they did have a proper feud, which you asked if they did, so you should be feeling satisfied. The LOD started feuding with The Godwinns after the Canadian Stampede main event, LOD feuded with Bulldog and Owen before it.
I'm talking about after all those several matches NAO and LOD had with each other. By Unforgiven, which was the final time they faced off, NAO went on to be massively popular faces not long after, so there's no way they should've prolonged the NAO/LOD feud just because you think it would've been the best idea in your fantasy world when in reality the DX vs. The Nation feud was a much better idea.
So LOD/NAO would've been a money feud after just one in-ring segment where they shaved Hawk's hair and put them through the announce table? LOL. What NAO did to Cactus and Chainsaw the following month, shoving them off the stage in the Dumpster, was much more controversial, which is why it was a much hotter feud than LOD/NAO. The matches NAO had with LOD, the first match they had on Raw in 97 where NAO won the belts from them, their rematch at In Your House: D-Generation X, their Royal Rumble rematch and the shaving Hawk's hair/putting them through the tables segment happened before their Royal Rumble match. And they had another Tag Title match at Unforgiven. Are you telling me people wanted to continue seeing LOD vs. NAO after those several matches? No, the Cactus and Chainsaw feud with NAO needed to happen at the time it did and at Wrestlemania 14 because the following night on Raw, not only did the WWF use the Steel Cage rematch to set up NAO joining DX but they also used it to set up Foley's feud with Austin as the crowd chanted for Austin to help Cactus and Chainsaw when DX was beating the hell out of them and had them tied up against the cage, which prompted Cactus to come out the following week and cut that great promo on the fans where he got mad at them for chanting for Austin while they were getting beat up in the cage by DX, told them they would never see Cactus again, setting up his heel turn, which he officially would do the next week when he came out as Dude Love during the Austin-McMahon main event where Austin had one arm tied behind his back and he gave the Mandible Claw to Austin. Taker was still feuding with Kane and they needed another credible star to be Austin's first challenger for the belt and the only option at time was Foley. The LOD/NAO feud had to happen before the NAO's feud with Cactus/Chainsaw. Besides the NAO had a great Dumpster match with Cactus/Chainsaw at Wrestlemania 14, I doubt LOD and NAO would've had a better match than that Dumpster Match at Wrestlemania 14. LOL, you do know Chainsaw Charlie was Terry Funk, right? The gimmick doesn't matter, it's still Terry F'N Funk.
People wanted to see LOD face Demolition, which would've basically been four guys beating the hell out of each other, so are you saying that would not have been a good match? Well, fuck me, why is that even a dream match then? There's nothing wrong with seeing four tough bastards slug it out, if you're not into that style, you're not into it, doesn't mean others aren't. And The Steiners had good battles with Doom, which were two teams beating the hell out of each other. But WWE wanted to elevate DOA, not Too Much who would've sold the heck out of an LOD beating, but DOA were a more credible tag team than they were at the time, so they chose DOA instead of them.
I was using it as an example that wrestling companies sometimes don't kayfabe explain their actions for an angle even though the reasons are easy to figure out and don't really need explaining like you wanted to know for Ellering turning on LOD. I don't remember ever hearing a reason for why Fuji turned on Demolition, so I assumed they never explained it but if they did then okay.
Bookers don't know beforehand whether someone they want to elevate is going to work out or not, they didn't know with DOA and they wanted to try. Same thing with Billy Gunn and Rikishi the following years. Wrestling companies have to try and create new stars and it doesn't always work out. That's just how it is in life, either it works out or it doesn't but they have to try and see.