Recent content by Waylon Mercy

I'd have to rate Goldberg as one of the biggest disappointment / fails ever. He was an incredible force in WCW. That is of course what did him in with his WWE run. When Goldust put a wig on him, that spelled the end of Goldberg's credibility as a main eventer, and reduced him to a shell of what...

I could never buy into the Patriot as a credible opponent for Bret. Maybe it was just due to the fact that I was a total Bret mark, and was really loving his heel turn at the time. The Patriot gimmick just seemed too generic and convenient as a counterpoint to Bret's anti-American stand at that...

I voted one way, but in my heart I felt another. Then I had to re-think my heartfelt favourite, and now I am not so sure after all. Initially I voted for Y2J, forgetting that he was actually born in the US (but spent his formative years in Canada). I voted for him based on the fact that he still...

Really, when it all boiled down to it, Bret would have been miserable either way. He was not a fan of the direction the WWE was headed, in terms of the sexual overtones in story lines. He would not have participated in any material related to that. He probably would have been relegated to the...

Totally agreed with Savage. Would also rate Stone Cold Steve Austin at the top of my list, as his character was initially intended to be a heel. The incredible turn of events at WM 13 solidified Austin as a face, yet he still maintained the edge he had as a heel. Also would give Eddie...

Hands down for me was the Hot Rod, Rowdy Roddy Piper. He was off the charts intense at the height of Hulkamania. He also provided one of the biggest holy shit moments for me, when he smashed Snuka in the head with the coconut. Close second was Nikita Koloff over in the NWA. He was physically...

Going back a ways, but here's one I remember from the old NWA days: Magnum T.A. vs. Nikita Koloff. Great feud with incredible intensity.

The real-life backstage environment in WCW at the time was unfortunately not conducive to Bret catching fire. He left one shitty situation in the WWE, to go to another in WCW. One half of the Cliq were steering things their way with Vince McMahon, while the other half, along with Hogan, were...

Overrated: Triple H: For all the reasons stated so many times before. He is also a momentum-killer. CM Punk, Daniel Bryan and Sting are the latest casualties of his over-inflated ego. Underrated: Ravishing Rick Rude: Had all the key ingredients to be a great WWE Heavyweight champion, but was...

Don't know how I could leave out the Macho Man Randy Savage....larger than life, crazy as hell, but one of the greatest in the ring. I would also include Mick Foley, in all his different incarnations. He made Mankind one of the most bizarre, twisted and warped characters, all the while making...

A few come to mind, but they were less about gimmicks than about personalities: - The Excellence of Execution", Bret "The Hitman" Hart - "The Heartbreak Kid" / "The Show Stopper" / "Mr. Wrestlemania" Shawn Michaels - "The Hot Rod" Rowdy Roddy Piper - The Nature Boy, Ric Flair - "The American...

I agree with your post, and even on the points you made about Cena. I personally do not care for him as an in-ring performer, much like I did not care for Hogan. Conversely, I was much more of a fan of the two when they performed as heels. Cena was great with his Marky Mark rap gimmick, and I...

Sometimes what a wrestler says through his performance in the ring outweighs any limitations he has on the mic. Bret Hart is an excellent example of this. Night in and night out, he spoke volumes through the stories he was able to tell in his matches. There is an elite class of wrestler who is...

What? No love for Kimchee (manager of Kamala)?

How about debuts that would have flopped had they been carried through? One that comes to mind goes all the way back to Bret Hart's humble beginnings in the WWF. Initially he was saddled with a lame-ass cowboy gimmick. Cowboys and rednecks were a dime a dozen in those days, and Bret certainly...