Wes Murray-Bushwacker Luke
What exactly do any of us know about Wes? Nothing. What did anyone know about Bushwacker Luke? Nothing. Like Bushwacker Luke in the WWF, Murray has been in the fold in his respected sport for quite some time. Both have been fan favorites since day 1, for reasons completely unknown to all involved. Murray's craft on the court is as a super teammate who will does whatever his team asks of him. Luke's craft, similarly, is to give whatever the fans want for entertainment. Because of their ability to do that so well, they have hidden from the fact that both never anything positive in their respected sports, mostly because neither are the least bit interested in them (Murray's negative productivity % in PCTI3 and Luke from the video above). I compare Bushwacker Luke's legendary performance in this Royal Rumble to Murray's legendary PCTI 2 performance, both of which left fans and peers wondering if Luke knew he was going in the ring for an opportunity to compete for the WWF Championship, and if Wes knew he was showing up to play basketball.
Spotlight-The Rock
Who was Rocky Maivia? A nobody. Who was Pat Higdon? An even bigger nobody. Who is The Rock? A legend. Who is The Spotlight? A legend. These two men are the poster children for what a nickname and speaking in the third person can do to a person's popularity. The similarities don't end there, however. Both do a legendary job at riding their wave of popularity to the top, despite being very mediocre in their respected sports. Both The Rock and The Spotlight survive on two specific moves, the set up (People's Elbow and The People's Backdoor Cut) and the finisher (Rock Bottom and the Spot(light) Up 3). My favorite comparison between the two though is how they are viewed among their fan base. The Rock, for the better part of his career has actually been a bad guy. For whatever reason, the fan base is so obsessed with him that they don't care, screaming and cheering on his behalf no matter what the situation is. Watch the video for instance. The Rock is verbally attacking one of the all time most popular wrestlers, the Undertaker, in this promo. Spotlight is similar in that sense. Ultra popular among his peers, Spotlight is actually a true villain at heart. Let's not forget, before meeting anyone, Spotlight immediately went on the attack, verbally berating one of (If not the) most popular member of PCTI, Ben Wilson. To both their credit, they have launched themselves into legend via a bad attitude, speaking in the third person, and having a great nickname.
Dan The Boy-Scott Hall
Eric Bischoff would be the obvious choice, but hear me out. Scott Hall is a career big mouth who made up for lack of skill in ring skill by being the organizer of the most dominant faction in wrestling history, the nWo. Scott Hall masterfully crafted the nWo and as the first member, was able to put together his unit with whomever he wanted, similar to what The Boy has done in regards to PCTI. Hall and Krow, because of their status as figureheads in their groups along with their big mouths, have been overhyped throughout most of their career (Hall winning the IC belt/Krow consistently picked higher in the draft than his pro % suggests), and look to be on the downside of their careers. Hall has been jailed numerous times and has gone on record saying he can't believe he is still alive. Krow has consistently said he feels his game has deteriorated from not very good in his prime to really bad, leading to question's as to if his career can continue to move on (Watch the video of Hall's life these days and think me after my PCTI 4 performance). Lastly, both Hall and Krow live off two unorthodox specialties that are out of the box, but ultimately very low % finishers-Hall with his "Razor's Edge" and Krow with his mid range jump shot. More people slipped off and out of the Razor's Edge more than any wrestler's finisher of all time. Krow's mid range, despite being his specialty, is a 30% shot at best. One thing you can't deny from either of these guy's-Both are very, very cool.
For the record, the first Scott Hall video is a GREAT vid if you have never seen it. They did an ESPN documentary stick of him and his pathetic life.
Best of all the installments.
ReplyDelete1. The people's backdoor cut is going to be huge in IV
2. Luke's '91 performance is possibly the funniest of all the wrestling vids
3. I figured the obvious choice for DT1MFS was Bischoff but the argument for Scott Hall is compelling
This series is the new gold standard for posts. Everybody needs to raise their post game a little bit after this.
ReplyDeleteBC reminds me of Mean Gene a little bit...
Yeah I was going to read all these, but then I went Carney (a more sophisticaed form of going rogue) and started hunting for my comparison stick. Then I Carneyed again and threw a tantrum in Aisle 4 of Whole Foods when I learned that half the Kittens didn't make the cut for your "post" (I'll pretend like I wasn't just looking for mine, but it's all I cared about). Just because Me, Sabin, McKinney, and Smo are the most physically fit guys in this thing (and in that order), doesn't mean you can go all jealous girlfriend on us and be mean.
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame too, this post had the potential to sweep the most original and most humorous post at next year's Team Dinner at the 19th hole of the Talking Stick. But since I didn't read these, how would I know?
Now excuse me, I must'nt be late to Little Caesar's. Can't have my Crazy Bread getting cold on me.
GOOD DAY.
Spotlight is disgusted at being stuck on the blogpost with two of the biggest jabronis in PCTI, but can't fault the author for seeing his many comparisons to The Great One.
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