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Championship Contender
I was thinking yesterday about WCW 1998 for some odd reason, and a debut came across mind that was so stupid that I was wondering if anyone else had some examples of guys who were given a big debut in a company that made no sense. Not something like Shockmaster debuting and falling down, more that a guy was debuted with an important angle or fanfare and the fans just didn't buy it or it didn't matter at all.
Here's the example:
Early WCW 1998, Bret Hart is feuding with the nWo who have attacked his friends Davey Boy and Neidhart. He's been cutting promos about justice and fairness and all that nonsense, but the nWo is pissed at him for costing Hogan the title. One night he's in the ring and enter a new hero, a HUGE name from the WWF that says he's there to help Bret fight for what's right. He says "I've got your back." He then turns on Bret and beats him up and joins the nWo.
Who was this huge name? Brian Adams. Yeah, yawn. Nobody cared. I'm not sure anyone even knew who he was in the audience, despite his run as Crush. The whole thing was a big fail. Adams isn't good on the mic, there was no obvious connection, he was wearing an odd looking jacket...but WCW was trying to make Brian Adams into a big deal. It sucked. He sucked and did nothing of note for WCW until Kronik, despite continually being billed as a badass.
Here's the example:
Early WCW 1998, Bret Hart is feuding with the nWo who have attacked his friends Davey Boy and Neidhart. He's been cutting promos about justice and fairness and all that nonsense, but the nWo is pissed at him for costing Hogan the title. One night he's in the ring and enter a new hero, a HUGE name from the WWF that says he's there to help Bret fight for what's right. He says "I've got your back." He then turns on Bret and beats him up and joins the nWo.
Who was this huge name? Brian Adams. Yeah, yawn. Nobody cared. I'm not sure anyone even knew who he was in the audience, despite his run as Crush. The whole thing was a big fail. Adams isn't good on the mic, there was no obvious connection, he was wearing an odd looking jacket...but WCW was trying to make Brian Adams into a big deal. It sucked. He sucked and did nothing of note for WCW until Kronik, despite continually being billed as a badass.