Loss Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I think booker at the time Ric Flair was a fan of Wright, and from watching this video, which I'll comment on in a second, you'd think they wanted to push Wright to draw girls. As we know, it's usually best to establish a blowjob babyface as tough before going overboard with the push to balance things out. I think they were trying that with the Arn feud, but he had already been in a few months so he had a label on him. I was always disappointed by Alex Wright's plight in wrestling. I do think he had potential, and I think he started as a green, but athletic wrestler and eventually became really good. I LOVE his 1997 heel turn, and Berlyn may have worked in a different time and company than the cursed 1999 WCW. Now, for the video -- others may see it differently, but I wouldn't say this is so much gay as it is incredibly cheesy. Maybe someone better than me could make the argument that there was an attempt to tap into the dance/rave culture of the time. It made me smile, and it's goofy, harmless fun. Did anyone else find it funny that Wright really only had once dance move? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I loved Alex Wright. Loved the bright color trunks, loved the techno music theme, loved the stupid one-move dance like you said, loved the heel turn, thought Berlyn had tons of potential and was gutted to see the big stiff bodyguard get the push instead. A truly lost worker of the 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 When your one dance move is the greatest dance move ever danced that's kinda all you need. I'll still bust that thing out myself from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Alex Wright is only 34 years old. He is now an investment banker. Good for him getting out of wrestling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted April 8, 2014 Report Share Posted April 8, 2014 Don't tell me that nobody else imitated Alex Wright's dance move whilst watching this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Wright is only 2 years older than John Cena. I have no doubt he could have been a bigger star than he was, though his career as it was is certainly nothing to be ashamed of. Cheesy as hell, though the computer-generated dancing bathroom sign guy was oddly captivating, like something out of a Kraftwerk video 15 years earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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