Mr. Lacelle Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 I guess I should have probably put Dino as my biggest wrestling guilty pleasure but I felt like he deserved his own thread. I loved his team with Martel, especially against the Road Warriors, probably my favourite Roadies tag match ever. I always enjoyed dark haired Dino but even the blonde bloated version could still put in some fun perfomances like in the Rumble 89 6 man tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Awful. Legit maybe my least favorite wrestler ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxnj Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I actually think he's pretty underrated. His work for the first few years he was in WWF was pretty bad but by the late 80s he became a pretty fun heel who took some nice bumps. It doesn't sound like the highest praise but this Brian Blair match is pretty much as good as you could expect a throwaway 80s WWF mid card singles match to be http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xaqllj_brian-blair-vs-dino-bravo_sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaymeFuture Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 WWF Dino Bravo was awful. I've heard good things about his time in Montreal, but I haven't seen it, so I won't write him off completely, that'd just be ignorant, but I never enjoyed his WWF stuff, and never understood why he was pushed to the point he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 He was certainly good in his few AWA matches I saw, so the good in Montreal thing doesn't seem like a myth. Although his in ring was lacking in the WWE, I did love his character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 The difference between his AWA time circa 1980 + his Montreal time vs. his WWF stint is night and day. Two completely different wrestlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 How much of that do you think is roids, age, stylistic differences, or just him playing a heel instead of a face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 All were factors but most noticable to me was how the power version in the WWF seemed to have his offense dumbed down accordingly, which was probably a combination of the extra bulk and the determination from above on how he should wrestle (read: You're a power heel, punch, kick, stomp, that's about it). The old Bravo could have played a scientific-styled heel (akin to Hennig or Martel, for example) adequately. He was never as smooth as either of those two examples as a face...which I think was part of the reason for the shift to power heel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 Neither Martel nor especially Hennig got to play a scientific heel in WWF either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I disagree in the sense they were able to perform many of the same moves that they did in their face personas, and have good back-and-forth matches with other wrestlers, like Bret Hart. Bravo could have wrestled more of his Montreal style if allowed, but with the additional bulk and a "World's Strongest Man" gimmick, I don't think it would have translated very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxnj Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 What's wrong with his blond heel work? Sure, his offense was pretty basic (odd complaint for a board that regularly shits on movez stuff) but the match I linked has him doing all kinds of fun expressions to keep things entertaining while getting in just enough offense to keep looking like a threat, similar to what you get in old Destroyer matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 There probably isn't anything wrong with it. After watching him for so long in Montreal, It was probably too much of a change for me to ever like or appreciate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theconstipatedsmark Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 WAY more familiar with him as the blonde bloated version than ark haired. I waas never big on the guy, but maybe it's because my first impression of him and the one that sticks in my mind the most is when he was way past his prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkdoc Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 we need an Irrational Steroid Transformation Debate Thread for bravo vs. davey boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Bagwell Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 bloated, painfully slow, terrible hair, no charisma or promo skills and had Frenchy Martin as his manager he even looked slower than Muraco in their 1988 PPV matches. hated his finisher as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Is Martel/Bravo Vs. Warriors online anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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