[1995-01-28-WCW-Pro] Music Video: Alex Wright

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

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?

[El-P]

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.

[FLIK]

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.

[Loss]

Alex Wright is only 34 years old. He is now an investment banker.

 

Good for him getting out of wrestling!

[Zenjo]

Don't tell me that nobody else imitated Alex Wright's dance move whilst watching this.

[PeteF3]

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.