Bad Retired Wrestlers (HEAT) Takes

[Epic Springs]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541133461406334977

 

[tekcop]

I mean. It's cool to be a low talent midcarder during the hottest time in wrestling history.

By that logic, Mideon and Shawn Stasiak are all timers, too.

 

[King Kamala]

Disco Inferno and Val Venis only have themselves to blame for their reputations as obnoxious loudmouths instead of underrated '90s talent. Conservative morons don't seem to realize that being ignored for obnoxiousness isn't a violation of their rights. Even wrestling promoters and fans have their limits.

 

[Gert]

What the hell is the point Madden is trying to get at there? I’m actually a bigger Disco fan from back in the day than I should admit. I thought he should have got a run as a color commentator when WWE bought out WCW, but it’s pretty telling that he never once appeared in WWE.

Disco’s best stuff was when he was trying to be serious but couldn’t shake his dumb ass tendencies, but even then he was facing elite talent like Dean Malenko so that probably helped.

I can’t imagine any era of wrestling that a promoter or any wrestling executive would take Disco Inferno over Keith Lee. A truly terrible take.

 

[Dandy]

If he is talking money as a success barometer, I could see his point. If he is talking about eyes on him because of how crazy popular the industry was during his time, I could see his point. They are still stupid-ass points.

I wanted to like Disco but his wrestling is very wooden. Go back and watch a highlight of all his Chartbusters. They look like a green rookie in development hitting them.

 

[King Kamala]

Saying Disco Inferno is much better known than Keith Lee is like saying Scott Stapp is much better known than Jack Harlow. Yeah, you're probably technically right but you're still a GD idiot.

 

[Dandy]

Mark Madden recently called Steve Harvey a “third-rate Richard Dawson.” Not that I ever cared for Mark Madden’s opinion before, but I can never take anything he says remotely seriously after that.

 

[Valeyard]

Mark Madden is the voice of the voiceless.

 

[King Kamala]

Maybe people who are voiceless because they're too choked up by the smell of their own stinky farts.

 

[Valeyard]

Also Mark Madden joking however lightheartedly about anyone's physical appearance is frustrating.

 

[Epic Springs]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1541426420940804096

"I don't even hug my wife like that!"

 

[King Kamala]

Idiots are literally more upset over Tony Khan hugging people than a graphic account of Vince McMahon raping someone.

 

[tekcop]

It was a weird hug though.

 

[King Kamala]

He needed to wipe off his cokesweat

 

[Epic Springs]

I don't think many have argued that it wasn't weird/awkward but that people were giving him so much unnecessary shit over it.

 

[Valeyard]

lol Russo hugs his wife fuckin puss.

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544679120294002688

Disco reader! Disco reader! Disco reader! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

 

[BruiserBrody]

What's Lee make at AEW? Has to beat out Disco's 156K a year one would think.

Lee being bland will make him less memorable in 20 years than Disco doing wacky shit in front of 5 million people in 97-99 IMO.

Did Lee have a WWE highlight past Brock visually putting over his size at a Rumble right before Covid?

 

[BruiserBrody]

What's Lee make at AEW? Has to beat out Disco's 156K a year one would think.

Lee being bland will make him less memorable in 20 years than Disco doing wacky shit in front of 5 million people in 97-99 IMO.

Did Lee have a WWE highlight past Brock visually putting over his size at a Rumble right before Covid?

Don't give that 'Oh really?" business!! A true star would have beaten Tozawa with a Disco ball shot on national TV!

 

[King Kamala]

Did Lee have a WWE highlight past Brock visually putting over his size at a Rumble right before Covid?

He semi-squashed Randy Orton in his first singles WWE PPV match! Although some of the IWC ATT were mad that the match lasted almost seven minutes. If only knew how the rest of his run would go...

Man, WWE bubble stuff was less than two years ago and is already so forgettable.

 

[geniusMoment]

I think Disco said his biggest year was 300K. I assume Lee is beating that on his AEW deal.

Honestly, I would call Lee in AEW slightly disappointing. I thought he might be someone who would be into that top tier. But, after watching him, and also seeing how he's positioned I think he's more of the TNT title tier. I don't see him breaking into the Punk, Mox, Bryan, Omega tier.

Hell, of the 4 guys currently programmed together (Starks, Hobbs, Lee and Swerve) I would pick Starks as the guy to break into that tier.

 

[King Kamala]

Keith Lee is also not a young man. He's 37 years old and has been wrestling for 15 plus years. That's a lot of miles on the odometer, especially for a big man who does what Keith Lee does. Realistically, WWE might have been his one shot at being at a top guy in a major fed.

 

[Epic Springs]

I think Lee will climb to that tier eventually (Starks and Swerve too. Even Hobbs once he gets more seasoning). We just gotta be patient.

 

[King Kamala]

Yeah. Ideally, current main eventers aren’t the main eventers in five years. Here's to hoping that Punk, Danielson, Omega, and Mox aren't "Do as I say not as I do" types that try to cling onto top spots into their late 40s/early 50s.

 

[King Kamala]

Ya love to see it.

It’s amazing and hilarious that even MLW and Impact wouldn’t take a flyer on this galoot.


Why did we ever like this guy?


(Everyone here but me and CWM: We did?)

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1549879172834754562

"I didn't even want to work for your stupid promotion in the first place! I hate it!"

 

[alfdogg]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1550604109824217088

 

[King Kamala]

 

[King Kamala]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1551197430267396096

All of the head shots over the year are getting to the Mickster.

 

[alkeiper]

The love for Wrestlemania from everyone, wrestlers, fans, etc. is downright unhealthy.