flyonthewall2983 Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 And Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker. He also currently has JBL and Jerry Lawler on his announce team. They're all from the south but of all of them, the only one with slightly thick southern accents are JBL and Austin. It's barely detectable in either Shawn or Taker's voice, and I can't really hear one in Jerry either.
JerryvonKramer Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Jim Ross was lead announcer for a long time though and his accent is thicker than biscuits and gravy.
shoe Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 I think the two main things that held Taylor back were: 1. his falling out with Dusty and 2. the fact he just wasn't that good. I'll never understand why Mike Rotunda gets as much hate as he does around here when guys like Taylor are sold as being underrated. What's Taylor got over Rotunda? (just as an example) I'm not a huge Taylor fan. With that said one thing he has over Rotunda is good matches. Taylor had really good matches with Owen Hart, Chris Adams, Ted Dibiase, Jake Roberts, Arn Anderson, Regal, and Ric Flair to just name a few. Rotunda doesn't have that body of work.
rainmakerrtv Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Well if you are going to have someone portray a farmyard rooster....If Taylor had delivered promos like "I say, I say that Bobby Heenan is about as sharp as a bag of wet mice." , it would have worked. Except that role should have been played by Robert Fuller.
Matt D Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Again, not a top guy but if Haynes didn't take his ball and go home, how high do you think his WWF run might have gone?
goc Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Oh yeah, Taylor's heel run towards the end of UWF was fucking awesome. His promo with Magnum explaining his actions is pro wrestling perfection. This was such an unexpected moment for me at the very end of the UWF set. Terry Taylor was pretty much my least favorite guy on the Mid-South set as a babyface and then the heel turn against Chris Adams was so awesome that I completely changed my opinion on Terry Taylor. Missed opportunity although the window seems to have been very small.
JerryvonKramer Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Could Michael Hayes have been a bigger singles star?
Dylan Waco Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Hayes absolutely could have been a bigger singles star. In fact when Hayes was booked as a title challenger he did way better than you would expect.
Hollinger. Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 For sure. Though it would be tougher to book as sustained run because one of his best weapons was that he was extraordinarily good at building heat by playing chickenshit and hiding behind his partners and delaying the payoff. He certainly could work around it, but I don't know that he was as dynamic as a guy like Flair who used it more sparingly.
Loss Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 I think Hayes showed in 1988 World Class that he had a really strong national run as a top babyface in him given the opportunity. He was outstanding that year.
shoe Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Totally agree on Hayes. He was always entertaining as a face. Even as late as 1989 at Chi Town Rumble he was over and the crowd treated him as a superstar.
shoe Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Hayes was basically a southern Piper That was a good one . I've views him as a better working Jimmy Valiant.
JerryvonKramer Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 I think Hayes came across as a star when surprisingly won the US title in 1989. He doesn't seem out of place wrestling Luger. I know he also had the big New Orleans gate vs. JYD in 1982. Personally, I think his in-ring abilities have always been talked down a bit too much. I've always enjoyed him as a worker. He's nowhere near as limited as his rep would have you believe. I think he's outstanding on the mic though and is great at controlling the crowd. He does a lot of the little character things well too. I know the Freebirds worked really well as a unit, but I'm wondering if there could have been a scenario where Hayes was like the singles star and Gordy and Roberts were the tag stars -- kinda like a 3-man version of the Horseman with Hayes as Flair and the other two as Arn and Tully.
flyonthewall2983 Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 They should have made Michael a manager in 1995, have him take over Dibiase's stable.
Mr. Lacelle Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Sean O'Haire looked like a star from the get go. He was the Roman Reigns of the early aughts.
That Poor Bastard Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Sean had pretty much everybody on every pro wres message board on his bandwagon in 2000. I never could figure out why. He was like the fourth or fifth best guy in the NBT. Maybe his look got him over with the IWC, which is pretty funny to me.
goc Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Sean had pretty much everybody on every pro wres message board on his bandwagon in 2000. I never could figure out why. He was like the fourth or fifth best guy in the NBT. Maybe his look got him over with the IWC, which is pretty funny to me. He wasn't a typical hoss, he did Swanton Bombs!
victory Posted June 12, 2014 Report Posted June 12, 2014 Yeah O'Haire was a great athlete for sure, again so was Tom Magee. I admit I thought he was going to be a star.
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