Testifyyyyyy brother dudley! (your thoughts?)

[Guest]

Guess lots of wrestling fans aren't christian huh?

I'm a devout Christian and I'm not offended by this. I don't really trust those televangelsits from the south who preached such terrible notions like Jews and Muslims go to hell or homosexuality is a tool of the devil. They are really in it for the money and I find it appaling that these assholes are "supposely" doing it for the Lord. If this is where D'Von is going, it is on the right track. Trying to get money from an evil boss of a multi-billion dollar corporation shows he isn't as sinscere as he said he is. God really doesn't need money. I'm suprised that they found something goodfor D'Von. I thought that without Bubba-Ray, he'd be lost. So, anyway I'm rooting for his gimmick to work out.

[Guest notJames]

Sure, D'von can play the shiftless preacher bilking money and denouncing sinners and heretics and all...

 

... but what does this have to do with wrestling?

 

Besides, do we praise him for weaseling money from the evil Mr. McMahon, or do we  boo him because he's invoking the Lord for his selfish reasons? And how will any of this apply to him wrestling anyone?

 

The days of T.L. Hopper and the Goon are upon us once again...

[Guest]

The days of T.L. Hopper and the Goon are upon us once again...

While their at it lets bring back Duke the Dumpster,Who,Repo Man,Bastion Booger and Half Man Half Beast Mantaur!!

 

Huss Huss the Beserker would say!!

 

You gotta love how Spark Plug,Tl Hopper,Goon etc etc. All had second jobs. He is not just a Wrestler but he be a Race Car Driver!! Yeehaw!!

[Guest]

HEY, YOU CAN'T MENTION SPARK PLUGG ANYMORE, BOB HOLLY IS HARDCORE NOW!

I kind of liked the way D-Von played the preacher gimmick, but I have one problem. I am a big Dudleys fan and I don't think they should ever be broken up unless one retires, gets injured, etc. But even if they did want to split them, this was THE WORST TIME ever to do it. The tag division sucked before the split, so what does the WWF do? Split the Dudleys and put the Hardys on the show without the tag titles. GOOD THINKING. Oh, but fear not, true believers. We now have TEAM TOUGH ENOUGH to save the division. I mean, what a great idea. Have a guy who has been in the WWF actively for all of 3-4 months(and he sucks) and pair him off with the guy who was once one of my favorite wrestlers and now has been degraded to "the Tough Enough trainer"; it just screams success.

[Guest Zack Malibu]

I agree with the previous mention about how this could be a psuedo RTC stable, with Godfather, etc. "seeing the light"...

 

OR, if they want to get him over as a heel without resorting to an RTC copycat, they could do some of the following:

 

Have D-Von do the "hypocritical greedy preacher" gimmick, and take Godfather under his wing, and let him continue to prostitute women "as penance" (in D-Von's mind, it brings more money to the "church").

 

And if they ever wanted to PUSH THE CRUISERS, then isn't Rev. D-Von the perfect associate for Jamie "By God" Knoble, the Redneck Messiah?

[Guest The Man in Blak]

The gimmick sucks.  All religious gimmicks suck.

 

But, without it, D-Von has nothing to do, since he's not getting tables for Bubba and doing the wassup drop.

 

So...I guess there's really no choice.  Hopefully they'll try to keep a humorous edge on it - too much preachyness and it'll get out of hand.  Maybe if they could have him pull stuff like Angle did when he first came into the WWF, about abstinence and bad language and such.  

 

No matter what, they're not going to be able to parlay it into a gimmick that people are going to really take seriously, so they might as well go the other direction, ala DDP's motivation speaker gimmick.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

No matter what, they're not going to be able to parlay it into a gimmick that people are going to really take seriously, so they might as well go the other direction, ala DDP's motivation speaker gimmick.

There's so many guys at the top being taken seriously already. Austin, Undertaker, HHH, Rock, Jericho, Benoit, etc.

 

A little over-the-top is good now and then.

[Guest]

While their at it lets bring back Duke the Dumpster,Who,Repo Man,Bastion Booger and Half Man Half Beast Mantaur!!

 

Huss Huss the Beserker would say!!

 

Yes!

Mantaur and Berserker!

Me and my friend have them created in SD3, because we were watchin the 93 and 95 Rumbles, and when they came out, we were like "who hell is that?!" and it turned out to be Mantaur and Berserker. Berserker slammed Bob Bachlund on the exposed concrete. Haha

 

I have them created, as well as:

Bam Bam

Mr. Perfect

Flair

Mil Mascaras (hahaha)

and

The Genius!

heheh

[Guest One Bad Apple]

Sure, D'von can play the shiftless preacher bilking money and denouncing sinners and heretics and all...

 

... but what does this have to do with wrestling?

Its being done to give D-Von something to go with as a singles wrestler.  In the WWF, his character depth stopped at putting people through tables and shouting, "TESTIFY!!"  Bubba's was a little better, but not by much.  Kinda surprising they got as far as they did, actually.

 

I think D-Von can make this work.  I'm sure he'll at least try his damndest to show he can be more than funny glasses and camo pants.

 

Besides, do we praise him for weaseling money from the evil Mr. McMahon, or do we  boo him because he's invoking the Lord for his selfish reasons? And how will any of this apply to him wrestling anyone?

I think the smile they gave each other at the end was supposed to signify that McMahon knew what D-Von was doing and approved of it, while D-Von was very satisfied with what he discovered in "finding himself."

 

 

Me and my friend have them created in SD3, because we were watchin the 93 and 95 Rumbles, and when they came out, we were like "who hell is that?!" and it turned out to be Mantaur and Berserker.

Is it safe to say you've become a fan of them?  If so, don't forget to add them to your "sig," homeboy!

 

Berserker slammed Bob Bachlund on the exposed concrete. Haha

That's not funny.  The Berserker is a monster.  I can't believe he hasn't been locked up yet.  I guess that would be risky, though, since many jails contain oodles of exposed concrete.

 

 

And if they ever wanted to PUSH THE CRUISERS, then isn't Rev. D-Von the perfect associate for Jamie "By God" Knoble, the Redneck Messiah?

Why?  The name?  'Cause if that's the only reason, it's a very poor one.  I mean, if they want him aligned with D-Von, he'll likely be introduced as "Jamie Igknoble."

[Guest The Man in Blak]

There's so many guys at the top being taken seriously already. Austin, Undertaker, HHH, Rock, Jericho, Benoit, etc.

 

A little over-the-top is good now and then.

Yeah, that Austin guy's a real serious man, boyo.  And Jericho - he's so intense.

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Seeing as how D-Von is pretty much screwed without Bubba, I think this preacher gimmick is a good thing, for a little while, it depends on where and how it goes.  As mentioned before though, D-Von is the only one who could do it.  My only thoughts were... no RTC, no RTC... I think the WWF is smart enough not to make that mistake again, but you can never tell.

 

Dammit, I hate not being able to provide any new insight since I can only log on once a day...

[Guest Sandman9000]

If D-Von needs any inspiration, he just needs to watch the 700 Club and listen to Pat Robertson babble on for five minutes on how "Ronald McDonald is a tool of the devil, leading our children into the sins of obesity and away from the gardens of our Lord."

 

Anyhow, I'll give this gimmick two months before declaring it success or failure.

[Guest saturnmark4life]

the gimmicks pretty 90's, but he's the guy to do it. It's just a titan version of D-Von's heel character. As long as they don't push it too far, just have him doing Samuel L Jackson promos i honestly think it could work. whether they will is very doubtful, i don't trust them with anything at the moment.

[Guest the 1inch punch]

Lets just face it

 

this is setting up the return of the Jive Soul Bro'

 

the Reverend Slick

[Guest Human Fly]

I'm not going to lie, I'd mark out if the Slickster came out! That would be great.

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

Farooq + D'von = Religious Gimmick Gold

 

It is my firm belief that Farooq is one of the most if not THE most underrated guy in the WWF on the mic. D'von has already proven himself so the two of them together would be swank.

 

They could play a Pulp-Fiction esque kind of gimmick where they essentially play badass heels or faces who fuck up anybody who fronts on them. They then use religious quotes to justify their actions or sound cool. It could then set up the cross promotional Bubba/Bradshaw vs D'Von/Farooq feud we've all been waiting for. Come on people! You know this works all too well!

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Am I the only guy who was wondering why nobody tried to tak emoney out of the collection plate? That's what I would have done instead of putting money in.

[Guest]

Security would of beat your ass. I think those were plants anyway.

[Guest]

Am I the only guy who was wondering why nobody tried to tak emoney out of the collection plate? That's what I would have done instead of putting money in.

Well, somebody tried to steal it tonight.  And then D-Von beat the piss out of him.

 

He [the thief] wasn't identified by name, but I'm pretty sure its the same guy who portrayed Rodney of the Mean Street Posse.

 

(Which leads me to voice my suspicion:  all the people putting money in are plants, and they're probably crowding out "real" fans so they can't interfere.  Vince McMahon tends to prefer more indirect methods of conning his sheep fan base out of there cash, like schlocky "Screw the Rules I am the game ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGH" T-shirts, for example.  Then again, maybe I shouldn't assume real fans aren't dumb enough to fork over their cash that way.  Or maybe they are "paying" for a guaranteed half-second of on-camera time.  I'm actually curious as to how this is working.  If anybody on this forum lives near an arena where smackdown is coming to soon, please try a little field research and figure out where the donators are coming from...I'd like appreciate it n' stuff.)

 

Oh, and by the way, the RTC was absolutely brilliant, all you haters needs to bow down and recognize that it could've worked big time, yo.  Vince just used them as a "jobber to the stars" stable as sort of a mockery of the PTC.  Had they been pushed as a legitimate threat, it could've made the nWo look like a girl's stuffed animal tea party.

[Guest art_vandelay]

D-Von's priest would receive so much heat if he worked a pedofilia angle.  The young church boy can be played by Andrew Flair, or someone from MatRats.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

Man, that would be *so* classy. The PTC would love it.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

I swear I made that post before I saw Smackdown. I was shocked when it happened simply because it seemed so logical.