August 2, 201312 yr Author comment_5554438 Taz with another great promo. I don't know what the issue is. Either Paul Heyman is a genius for producing all these guys to seem far better than they really are, or the big promotions had no idea what they had. I suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle.
August 2, 201312 yr comment_5554443 Taz with another great promo. I don't know what the issue is. Either Paul Heyman is a genius for producing all these guys to seem far better than they really are, or the big promotions had no idea what they had. I suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle.Taz is the first guy I can remember where WWE gave him a big push and then a quick, deliberate de-push with the "see how he does when de-pushed" rationale. The Taz vs Bossman and Albert feud was garbage and made Taz look both tiny and ineffective. In the end, Taz was going to retire soon because of his neck, but still... WWF could have done a lot more with him considering how hot he was in early 2000.
August 25, 201312 yr comment_5558430 The Taz vs. Sabu hype has really taken me by surprise because I expected it to be built as a dream match concept based on what I remembered Styles saying on commentary. Instead they have made this a real personal issue and the hype has been more effective as a result.
August 31, 201312 yr comment_5559752 The Tazmaniac was the underdog. But Taz is different. He can taste Sabu. Okay. They been building Sabu/Taz since late 95 I believe but it does seem to be forgotten what this is even about.
August 23, 201510 yr comment_5693974 Yeah, I'm a little foggy on why Sabu had to keep his word for so long not to wrestle Taz. But this was an effective and LONG build, to the point where I don't know if the match can possibly live up to the hype. Taz repeats himself a little here but cuts another quietly intense promo. In addition to the stop-start push, Taz in the WWF was sunk by the Radicalz falling into the company's lap a week after his debut.
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