Post by The Curmudgeon on May 9, 2007 20:44:55 GMT 2
Ahhh, WCW. Responsible for some great things in its day, it was also responsible for some of the very worst things to happen, not just in the wacky world of wrestling, but in the history of television itself.
Here's a classic example, and something that has become part of the IWC (that's the, ahem, "Internet Wrestling Community") folklore - the debut of The Shockmaster.
On paper it didn't work; take fat, lumbering Typhoon from WWF, give him an open waistcoat (already a bad idea), give him a big shiny helmet to wear (which, if you look closely, is actually a Stormtrooper helmet with glitter on it) and have someone talk through a voice distortion box as he "mimes" along. Seriously - who thought THAT would work? And people wonder why this company went down the toilet?
Here's the whole segment - and it makes you all the more respectful for Vince McMahon and his weekly live wrestling shows and how they come across on TV when you compare it to THIS live debacle from WCW. What WERE the stage directions exactly? "OK everyone - YELL AT THE SAME TIME FOR FIVE MINUTES."
Quite simply AWFUL. But wait for the grand, GRAND entrance from The Shockmaster. His official debut, by the way. Oh dear oh dear oh dear..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgHCtjXbAI
Here's a classic example, and something that has become part of the IWC (that's the, ahem, "Internet Wrestling Community") folklore - the debut of The Shockmaster.
On paper it didn't work; take fat, lumbering Typhoon from WWF, give him an open waistcoat (already a bad idea), give him a big shiny helmet to wear (which, if you look closely, is actually a Stormtrooper helmet with glitter on it) and have someone talk through a voice distortion box as he "mimes" along. Seriously - who thought THAT would work? And people wonder why this company went down the toilet?
Here's the whole segment - and it makes you all the more respectful for Vince McMahon and his weekly live wrestling shows and how they come across on TV when you compare it to THIS live debacle from WCW. What WERE the stage directions exactly? "OK everyone - YELL AT THE SAME TIME FOR FIVE MINUTES."
Quite simply AWFUL. But wait for the grand, GRAND entrance from The Shockmaster. His official debut, by the way. Oh dear oh dear oh dear..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvgHCtjXbAI
