BackToBionic
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Sad to watch but at least we get to hear Rude's theme...always a treat. -
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It's weird, they don't say their brothers...Billy just calls him his "partner" a few times and that they've been "riding together for pretty long". Oh man, this was originally a Billy and Chuck gimmick!
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I can't even imagine how cool this must have been at the time. It's hard to imagine the WWE doing anything like this nowadays.
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I've dropped in and out a few times. But to be fair, only the first time can any blame be put on the product, and even then I was fair-weather with my interests. First time I quit watching was in 93 not long after Wrestlemania. I didn't really care for Hulk Hogan and enjoyed it a lot more when he was gone. Shoulda waited it out. Also, FWIW, I am a girl and would've been 10 in 1993 so that's around the time I got into teeny bopper magazines and probably spent more time talking about...I don't know...whatever guy was "soooo cute" at the time. Picked it back up late 95 and was diehard until 2000. Went to dozens of WCW, WWF, ECW live events. Rented about 15 PPVs a year. But then Junior year, in fall of 2000, I moved schools. At the other school, most of my friends were boys and we talked about wrestling all the time. But at my new school, all of my friends were girls and we had cars and went out most nights so wrestling fell off. It wasn't the fault of anything on the screen. BUT I did get (secretly) roped back in when WCW was bought and when it was botched so bad, I quit watching it straightaway. Been off and on ever since, but mostly I've been going back catching up on everything. Buying old PPVs, season sets etc. I've caught completely up through August of 2007. And then I've watched the last 4 Wrestlemanias live (on PPV) because my stepsister and my dad both still watch off and on too.
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I wish they weren't so self-congratulatory about it because by all accounts they really do a whole of work with kids. I was reading something totally non-wrestling related a few years ago about celebrities working with charities and it cited the WWF as a huge contributor and that they almost never turn down Make-A-Wish and other similar stuff. But it's impossible to not roll your eyes at packages like this. I don't remember seeing as many of these type of packages when the WWF/E is doing well and not getting much bad press. They did it a few months back when GLAAD was coming down hard on them too. The cynical side of you thinks they do it just have it ready to say "No, really...we ARE good people."
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I remember years ago when I first read about this angle thinking "How did the fans buy this when they'd see Lawler on RAW acting totally different?" but after I watched Memphis over the years and seeing this angle in particular it kind of makes sense. I mean, Lawler's USWA character is basically just a less cartoon-y version of his WWF character. He's not a pandering babyface by any means. He often borders on cocky heel territory anyways. Savage was great here, too. I'm sure the WWF didn't want him to go there and just be an out-and-out heel but he toed the line a few times like when he screamed at Maclin to write his name down and the names of everyone who laughed at him about the Slim Jim crack.
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I have a feeling the fawning over the muscles was verbatim from McMahon's mouth. Who else would be gushing about another man's thighs? Also, between Doink and Narcissist, the WWF had some good heels debuting around the same time. Although both were basically shit on by fans at the time, we all seem to appreciate them more in hindsight.