Loss Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 ICOPRO wishes you a happy, healthy 1993, for what it's worth. In this update, Bobby Heenan hypes the debut of Narcissus, someone who is "beyond perfection", at the Royal Rumble. Gene Okerlund then reads the dictionary to provide the definition of the word "Narcissus". No wonder they changed it to The Narcissist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benj Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 My first what the fuck moment, "Narcissus" I thought it was The Narcissist? Bobby was awesome, but the name makes the segment fall flat . Gotta love WWF 93. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted March 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 My first what the fuck moment, "Narcissus" I thought it was The Narcissist? Bobby was awesome, but the name makes the segment fall flat . Gotta love WWF 93. Luger hated the name and pushed to have it changed to "The Narcissist". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 This was a LOL segment. I wonder how many time Heenan had to that line. It doesn't come across very natural. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 This was a LOL segment. I wonder how many time Heenan had to that line. It doesn't come across very natural. Add to this the fact that they gave the name Narcissus/Narcissist to a guy with a manager with a consistent and audible lisp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 Bobby's lisp only seem to come out when he was excited and started screaming and hollering. When he was relaxed it was barely noticeable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainmakerrtv Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 Bobby's lisp only seem to come out when he was excited and started screaming and hollering. When he was relaxed it was barely noticeable Normally, yes, but is seemed to come out consistently whenever he said the Narcissus/Narcissist . It made me think of Wallace Shawn trying to say his own name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Franklin Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 The only thing I have to add is that Bobby is wearing a fantastically flamboyant silk pink vest underneath his suit jacket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BackToBionic Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Luger hated the name and pushed to have it changed to "The Narcissist". I believe that is the best move Luger ever did in pro wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Thanks to Icopro for wishing us a Happy New Year. Lisp or not, Narcissus does not exactly roll off the tongue easy. I can imagine many on the roster botching that one. I always thought it was just Narcissist from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted October 21, 2013 Report Share Posted October 21, 2013 Good promo from Heenan, but there was absolutely no money in a guy wrestling as "Narcissus." Wise move to change that. I along with most of the WWF audience of 1992-93 needed that dictionary definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Heenan promo setting up someone truly perfect and in love with himself who will take out Mr. Perfect. Nice to finally start building Luger again. Refers to him as Narcissus. I know its not this simple, but how far are you going to get giving a guy a name that sounds like something you stutter? Narcissist is better, but its not good. One of those times where overthinking is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Kudos to Luger for pushing for the name change as it was for the better. Bobby puts him over huge on the promo but this felt very old feeling with the backdrop. Okerlund reading the description was good follow up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 I'm glad that they at least gave Luger his name instead of simply calling him Narcissus. That would have been wrestlecrap from the very start. Heenan can still talk them into the building, metaphorically speaking, and Vince is still putting his hottest heel talent with Heenan even though he can't go down to ringside anymore. How many other retired managers could you ever say that about? Using the dictionary and reading the definition of narcissus is exactly what you'd expect from Mean Gene. Boy, will they miss him when he leaves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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