I fully believe you're talking out your ass.
Your probably making statements like this to get the emotionality point, but your coming off as an immature child who has to hide behind immature statements like this to try and win debates. Obviously you aren’t meant to agree with me but grow up and debate like an adult and just state that you disagree.
Sorry, you need to get your timeline as to when the WWE took over the wrestling world. It was mid-late eighty's when they took over America, and went national if I'm not mistaken. The Road Warriors prime, and when they stood out the most were in the Early-mid eighty's.
Yes they did take over in the mid late eighties, but the Legion of Doom/ Road Warriors joined the WWE in 1991, after WWE took over wrestling in America. This meant national exposure for the LOD, one of the reasons they thrived in the WWE.
Longivity has a lot to do with striving in an area. I can go to a place where the soil isn't very rich, yet has never been farmed on. Get the best crops for about 1-2 years. Then, nothing will grow without the outside help of fertilizers, etc. Thats not striving, by any means.
Firstly, it’s ‘thriving’, not ‘striving’, secondly why the fuck are you talking about crops, how is this generalisable to wrestlers? If your going to use an analogy to make your point, try to make it somewhat coherent and understandable, here you have just given possibly the worst analogy of wrestling I have ever heard.
Actually, their time spent in the WWE was less than the time they spent in the AWA. The Road Warriors were much more accomplished in the AWA then they were in the WWE, which nulls your arguement, entirely.
How does that null my argument? It’s purely your OPINION that they accomplished more in the AWA, just because they had a longer title reign, that doesn’t mean they accomplished more, you have to look at each promotion separately, with the level of competition and history and prestige of the belts. In my opinion, the WWE tag team belts at the time were more prestigious and there was a better level of competition, meaning LOD thrived there.
Funny, title reigns were given out in the eighty's? Please, this could very well be considered the glordy days of tag team wrestling.
Don’t put words in my mouth, I never said tag titles were given out in the eighty’s, and the glory days could be argue to be in between in the mid 80’s to early 90’s.
Once again your arguement means nothing here. They were in the AWA less than they were in the WWE, only having one title reign. A title reign that lasted 400 days, to be exact. During a time, when tag team wrestling was at its peak, they held the title for over a year.
Again, that’s your opinion when the peak of tag team wrestling was, but it was certainly at a good point in the early 90’s when LOD held the titles in WWE. They may have held the AWA tag titles for longer, but the WWE tag titles were more valued and they had better competition than the AWA, this is why they thrived, because of the stiff competition and the length of their reign despite that competition.
The Road Warrior's size and strength did that alone. They were excellent, and dominated anywhere they went.
You can have any amount of size and strength, but at the end of the day it all comes down to booking, LOD weren’t just strong, they were booked as dominant and unstoppable in a great tag team division, fans thought that they were unbeatable, this is because of how they were booked, not just how they looked.
Which is one of the most shit gimmicks, I've ever seen in my entire life. Another reason they didn't "strive" in the WWE.
It’s THRIVE, seriously pick up a dictionary if your going to try and debate, strive and thrive are completely different words, this is the second time you’ve used strive now which is stupid considering it has a completely different meaning to thrive, you know, the word in the question.
My point wasn’t that is was a good gimmick, it’s that they had to be given a playful gimmick to make them seem less intimidating and beatable.
I couldn't find the year this was conducted, nor where it was at. By the way, who is this Eric guy? I can't find any good sources, on what this has on anything.
How do I know, Animal wasn't under the WWE contract at this time. If so, hes damn near forced by contract to promote, and only promote the WWE. As well as, his brother played a fairly important role backstage, obviously hes going to blow smoke up their ass.
Look, you can take that interview however you want, but it’s better than any interview about LOD and titles you’ve put forward, I can appreciate all of the factors you stated but there’s a strong liklihood that Animal said what he meant.
They thrived by the tip of their finger. While in the AWA/NWA/WcW they not only thrived, but they were ontop of the mountain, eating like a King.
They clearly thrived in the WWE, in their first (best)run, they were champions for almost 50% of their tenure, I would say that this is considered thriving. Sure they were at the top of AWA/NWA/WCW, but that’s nothing compared to sitting at the top of the WWE.
Thats called a monopoly, folks.
You only become a monopoly by being the best, that’s what WWE is, the best, they’ve got prestigious titles, the best wrestlers and a great history that includes the Legion Of Doom.
Best and well known tag teams ever?
Their biggest fued was probably agaisnt Demolition, a weakend Demolition, at that. While in the AWA/NWA/WcW they had fueds and matches with The Fabulous Freebirds, Midnight Express, The Four Horseman, Jumbo Tsuruto and Genichiro Tenryu, Powers of Pain, etc. These men put on 5 star matches, with some of the greatest preformers in the history of professional wrestling while in NWA/AWA/WcW.
Yes they are one of the best and well known tag teams ever, using either the Legion of Doom or Road Warriors name. They had great matches and feuds with teams both in and out of the WWE, however, being in the WWE pushed them to another level. As the Legion of Doom in the early and late 90’s they were given tag title reigns and therefore showcased to a large international audience. They thrived because they had a good title reign in the best wrestling promotion ever and established themselves to a bigger audience, however, that doesn’t take away from their earlier work.
You're severely, severely wrong when you say this, and I almost want to question your inteligence because of such a thing. The Road Warriors were one of the most dominant forces in professional wrestling history, and hardly any of that dominance comes from being in the WWE.
I’m sorry but how can you question my intelligence when you can’t even spell the word properly, seriously pick up a dictionary or use spell check, because misspelling like that when your trying to insult my intelligence is embarrassing.
As I’ve stated many times before, I can’t discredit the Legion Of Doom/ Road Warriors for their work outside of the WWE but let me put this in perspective. The Legion of Doom are the 20th highest team with combined reigns, considering that they were only in the WWE for 3 years, this is very impressive. I’m not saying that the WWE made them, but they certainly became more well known both nationally and internationally because of the WWE, if they never went to the WWE, I can guarantee they’d not be as well known.
