[1992-12-19-WWF-Superstars] Merry Christmas from the Bushwhackers

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

The Bushwhackers in Santa suits hawking WWF merchandise. Yes.

[Tim Evans]

Who knew that DX took the Bushwackers gimmick? From the South Pole. HA

[PeteF3]

From the South Pole...oh my God, was Luke or Butch actually Xanta Klaus? I don't need to hear about Butch talking about bloody poles, by the way.

[flyonthewall2983]

Someone please tell me there's a "wrestlers hawking merchandise" comp. I'd buy it for the lulz but mostly I'd get a bit of a sentimental buzz, reliving the glory of Dusty Rhodes telling me the virtues of the Ultimate Warrior "suck cup".

[PeteF3]

This needs to be a WWE DVD release, and they can bring back Barry Didinski to host it.

[WingedEagle]

Bushwhackers out in Santa costumes and singing a dumb Christmas song. Happy holidays!

[garretta]

I like the idea here, actually, but did they have to do this on the podium? Couldn't we have just had a taped vignette and done an actual interview with someone who had a program to get over? Since we'd already had a big kerfuffle with Bret, Hall, Flair, and company the week before, maybe some hype for the Rumble, or Shawn talking about his match with Jannetty. Of course, we wouldn't have had Luke and Butch giving out Taker foam fingers, but somehow I think the world would have survived.

 

Lawler's already into the joke book, and it would get worse from here. I wonder how he would have gotten over playing the babyface King of Memphis who actually wrestled more than occasionally (Bret feud notwithstanding) as opposed to the goofball heel announcer who was funny only to himself. If Vince insisted on putting Savage out to pasture, maybe Memphis Lawler could have been a good replacement. He wass just as old if not older, but he'd have been a lot fresher to the WWF audience at this point in time.