Favourite wrestlers who never got the big one

[Omega 354]

DiBiase did actually defend the belt on a few house shows after the Main Event episode where Andre sold it to him.

 

Really? I didn't know that at all.

[Guest pheadley]

would like to see a video of that. seeing him walking in being announced as champ.

[ViciousPrism 177]

would like to see a video of that. seeing him walking in being announced as champ.

 

Here you go, bud.

 

[video=youtube;4QWRZjx0Sm0]

[Guest The Beltster]

Also, some shots of him from a few house shows as champ:

 

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/cbenee/ted.jpg

 

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/cbenee/ted2.jpg

 

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv72/marchbunny27/03_original_display_image.jpg

[Guest pheadley]

cheers viciousprism and beltster thats great

[Guest The B-Man]

Nice!

[Guest Ciaran The King]

That's not entirely true. Everyone loves some beast mode.

 

I think a lot of people would have been happy to see him have a title run after his "retirement" angle.

 

Yes, I don't get why you always think your opinion is so obviously the one everyone is going to agree with, especially given how often it isn't! Not every guy needs to be champ for a year, I'd have been happy to have Henry put fools in the hall of pain for a couple of months to give Cena a rest and then have someone take the belt off him.

 

I loved the hell out of Henry's Hall of Pain run. Especially him decimating Randy Orton in the match where he won the WHC. It was just so unexpected that when Henry won clean it made it ten times cooler than it had any right to be.

 

And we all know that heel smack-talking Mark Henry is great. All of us. Even Ciaran.

 

"If I charge for air, you better keep your rent PAID!"

 

I'm not saying the retirement angle or Mark Henry's 2011 rise to fame weren't entertaining but he didn't exactly set the world on fire. There are many more deserving and better competitors than Henry

[dsrchris 190]

Who would you have had take the title from Babyface Orton then?

[Shaun2J 127]

Yeah Mark Henry was the only opponent back then. Edge retired, the Christian feud was over and Bertie went to RAW.

 

Mark Henry was the choice going cause they built him all summer. How more exciting do you have to be to set the world on fire? The run was great till he lost and then his injury. Based on his monster run, he deserved it.

[Guest Ciaran The King]

Who would you have had take the title from Babyface Orton then?

 

Ziggler was more than ready in summer/autumn 2011

[Guest Jayfunk]

To be fair Henry is god awful and is pretty much WWE's lowest point when he was champion.

[Maxximus 353]

I'm not saying the retirement angle or Mark Henry's 2011 rise to fame weren't entertaining[..]

 

Yes you are. That's exactly what you said.

 

You should go into politics.

[Guest Joshua7783]

Lol..thanks guys...reading this thread has been more entertaining then an episode of Smackdown....

 

and for me, even though he's been mentioned, i would have liked to see a Jake run...And an Owen Hart run..

 

also if i remember right...Bulldog was being setup to win the WWE title from big show, but died just before the ppv(a late 90's summerslam?)

[Guest The B-Man]

Ziggler was more than ready in summer/autumn 2011

 

No he really wasn't. He is the prime example of a wrestler who shouldn't get the top tier title because they are IC level at best

[Guest pheadley]

CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG LMAO

[Maxximus 353]

NO! F*CK OFF! :lol

[Guest The Beltster]

also if i remember right...Bulldog was being setup to win the WWE title from big show, but died just before the ppv(a late 90's summerslam?)

No thats not true.

[Guest Magic]

Ziggler was ready when he won the World Title last year and they did the double turn with Alberto Del Rio. He'll never be hotter than that and it probably won't happen for him now.

 

I don't think anything other than Henry's Hall of Pain was the right thing to do at that point, even though he'll never be a favourite of mine.

[Guest John Hancock]

also if i remember right...Bulldog was being setup to win the WWE title from big show, but died just before the ppv(a late 90's summerslam?)

 

I don't think that can be right. When he died, he hadn't wrestled with the WWE for about two years. He died in 2002, and his last match was at a house show in 2000.

[Guest The Beltster]

Its not right. He was working indy shows tagging with his son when he died, he was several years removed from WWF and they wouldn't have given him the top strap at a time where Austin, Rock, DX etc were all in their prime and he was long passed his.

[Omega 354]

He may be getting confused with the fact there was talk of Bulldog getting the big one at the Summerslam at Wembley but Michaels said he wouldn't do the job for Davey Boy and so Bret said he;d drop the Intercontinental belt instead.

 

[video=youtube;n8hGxuASbjw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8hGxuASbjw

[Guest Ciaran The King]

In his 1992 prime did Bulldog receive a desired reaction in America?

[Guest pheadley]

he was always popular but not to the level he was in europe were he was the headlineing act alot during the tours.

[Guest The Beltster]

He may be getting confused with the fact there was talk of Bulldog getting the big one at the Summerslam at Wembley but Michaels said he wouldn't do the job for Davey Boy and so Bret said he;d drop the Intercontinental belt instead.

Michaels wasn't the champion in 1992, he didn't win the belt until 1996. Savage was the champion at SummerSlam 92 and the plan was always for Warrior to work with Savage in Wembley.

[Omega 354]

Michaels wasn't the champion in 1992, he didn't win the belt until 1996. Savage was the champion at SummerSlam 92 and the plan was always for Warrior to work with Savage in Wembley.

 

Wonder why I thought that then, I'm sure I heard a shoot or interview somewhere saying that Bulldog had been put forward to win the big one but then "something" came about and they nixed it in favour of the intercontinental belt instead.