Professional wrestling thread

Hockey: Dudleys=Bingo Hall champions. I don’t care how many times they won those belts.

Harley: Ole started The Horsemen. You can’t kick him out. He’s a lifer.
What you do is kick out the Horsemen wannabes like Paul Roma (what was that about anyway?).

But if I’d add a fourth that never got in, I would saaaaaaayyyyyyy……Terry Funk. Yeah, Funk would be a great fit.

 

The Horsemen always seemed to want that tall, bad-ass to be the fourth member, but it never worked.

At one time, I kind of saw Chris Benoit as a good fit, but I'd like to steer the conversation in another direction.

Funk gave Flair some of his best matches, so I can't see him in. I've always liked Valentine, back when he and Flair tagged and later when he and Piper (and Flair) feuded. If not Valentine, I might go with Orndorff, who was miles ahead of flakes like Luger.

 

Flair-Arn-Tully-Barry Windham was the best Horseman combo, though I still have a soft spot for the original. Rick Rude would have been a good Horseman.

Could you do a Horsemen with current wrestlers?

 

2007 version of the Four Horsemen (regardless of wrestling affiliation):
Ric Flair, manager
Jericho or AJ Styles, Orton, Edge, Christian

or

WWE only (Ric Flair as manager): Orton, Benjamin, Jericho, Edge and CM Punk could sub for Jericho or Edge.
TNA only (Jim Cornette as manager): AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Daniels, Angle

 

No, no, no.

That name should never be brought back, if for no other reason than not wanting to sully it with the sucktastic writing and booking that is today's pro rasslin. "The New Midnight Express" should be reason enough to not pull old team names out and try to re-use them.

Road Warriors/Legion of Doom, Fabulous Freebirds and Devastation Inc. should also never be used again.

 

I'm not talking about title runs. I'm talking about the hate they engendered. If you've never been to a real ECW show--and no, the WWECW version doesn't count; although Punk would have fit in well in first incarnation--you have no idea how much legitimate anger two guys could generate.

 

Evolution was actually a Four Horseman-like group.

 

Paging Paul E. Dangerously to the white phone. Paul E. Dangerously to the white phone, please!!! Dear God, please!!! Save ECW!! Aw forget it ... Vince has f--ked that up, too. Put Vince and Mike Gundy in a Texas death cage match and see whose bullshit is bigger. Leave Triple H out. He's too busy getting his juice (uh, I mean his supplements) from GNC or Vince.

 

Harley: Flair feuded with Luger, Windham, Sting (does his stint count?) and even Arn at one point. So I don’t think the fact that Flair had great matches with Funk means he wouldn’t be a great fit.

Mystery Meat: I agree. Rick Rude would have been a wonderful fit. He would be perfect.

As far as a current group of Horsemen, that’s really tough.

-I would make Kurt Angle your franchise player. He’s a great worker and believable enough to carry the group as the dominant figure.

-I like Triple H in the secondary single’s spot (obviously, my Horsemen couldn’t exist in the WWE). He has a mean streak to do all The Horsemen’s dirty work, like break Dusty Rhodes’ arm with a baseball bat. I guess today it would be a sledgehammer.

-The tag team is nearly impossible because there aren’t any great ones left. You would have to pair some random guys together and hope they mesh. Randy Orton and Samoa Joe might work, but I feel like that’s a huge stretch. I just can’t think of any current tag teams to fill those two spots.

 

OK, maybe there won't be a new Four Horsemen stable, but it sure looks like WWE is anxious to bring back a new version of another old group:

http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=26777&p=1

 

Hockey: Don’t insult me. I’ve been to a half-dozen live ECW shows at the Bingo Hall in South Philly. I froze my butt in line there a few times, but it was worth it because they were great house shows. I also attended a Pay Per View in Asbury Park, N.J. I use to buy my tickets at a store on South Street.

A journalist should know not to assume things about people they don't know.

Now, I understand your point. I’ve seen in person the heat the Dudleys drew. There also was a classic run in during a show in Dayton, Ohio a while back.

What I’m saying is the Dudleys, even in their prime, was/is an average tag team. They were/are ok on the mic (one guy anyway) and mediocre in the ring.

They are not one of the greatest tag teams ever in my opinion, not even close. We can agree to disagree without misinformed insults. Now get the tables!

 

Demolition!

I had a chance to meet both men (Darsow and Eadie) in Windsor, Ontario before WrestleMania 23. Good guys. Decent tag team.

The Outsiders were dominant back in the day and obviously a huge reason for WCW's rise. Ironically, they'd also be a key factor to the company's demise as well. They were probably my favorite team of the 1990's, even if they only tagged for a few years.

And in my opinion, The Dudleyz deserve to be on the list. I was at an ECW show when Bubba Ray legit smacked a fan in the face. The crowd absolutely hated them and would hurl shit at them, try to go after them...I'm honestly surprised they were never hurt by some lunatic fan. They were good workers, awesome heels, people paid to boo them. Also a really, really fun run as faces in WWF before they turned into shit in TNA, which is what typically happens to talent anyway.

I also loved Edge/Christian and The Hardyz, they had countles exciting, fun matches against one another in late '99-2001. Definitely an underrated part of the Attitude Era.