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Post by Trent Valentine on Jul 27, 2012 20:17:56 GMT -5
Was there anything memorable at all about Jerry Lynn's WWF run? I mean, he won the....Light Heavyweight Title...from Crash Holly and then done...nothing. After he lost the the belt to Jeff Hardy he just floundered. I believe that promo that he did from WWF New York when he was Champion may have got him heat.
What do you think of his WWF run..was it totally wasted?
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Post by Agent P on Jul 27, 2012 20:21:50 GMT -5
It was a hard time. I think if WCW was made a separate company he may have had a chance, since I bet that's why he did the bitter promo, so he could jump. But as it was, there were way too many people entering the WWF at the time.
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Post by Super Harlex 64 on Jul 27, 2012 20:22:39 GMT -5
I actually never knew he had a WWF run until I played Just Bring it.... And that's really sad because Jerry Lynn is awesome.
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Post by Luchaporn on Jul 27, 2012 21:10:39 GMT -5
I remember reading the Hardys' book and "Jeff"(this book was ghostwritten so it may not have actually been Jeff) said that Lynn had a habit of going balls to the wall at every single show, that's not really WWE philosophy.
WWE also wanted him to pick a new finisher because they believe only Undertaker has a right to a piledriver, and Lynn reacted really negatively to the idea.
I just don't think the guy was a fit in the WWE at all.
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Post by metfan51 on Jul 27, 2012 21:47:41 GMT -5
He had a horribly edit *butchered* Hardcore Title match with Rob Van Dam on Heat. That's about as much I cared for his WWE run.
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Post by The O-Man on Jul 27, 2012 22:14:20 GMT -5
Eh he just picked a horrible time to join the company, he should have waited until 2002 and he would have been used In the cruiserweight division
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Post by WWHHHD on Jul 27, 2012 22:20:05 GMT -5
Eh, the guy is a good wrestler but past that he is unpushable.
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Post by Kaladin on Jul 27, 2012 23:33:16 GMT -5
That was such a shitty time for the company. It was just flooded with wrestlers who were stranded from losing their jobs. They just didn't know what to do with anybody - I mean look what happened to DDP.
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Jul 27, 2012 23:45:20 GMT -5
I always was a huge Lynn mark. Bad tiem to come into the company...they were absoring a lot o other talent since WCW and ECW shut down, and they were just winding down from the Attitude Era.
Plus he's not flashy or roided-up so probably they didn't know quite what to do with him.
I liked his Light Heavyweight reign though. Surprised they didn't involve him in the Invasion storyline.
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Post by Old Man Bob Holly BSP on Jul 28, 2012 0:06:31 GMT -5
Wasn't he gone from WWF before the Invasion storyline started?
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Post by Trent Valentine on Jul 28, 2012 0:29:30 GMT -5
Wasn't he gone from WWF before the Invasion storyline started? He only had ONE match with Rob Van Dam on Heat..then he disappeared from television (unless you count Jakked and Metal which he was probably on.) and was quietly released in February 2002. |
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Post by liveatbirdland on Jul 28, 2012 3:15:35 GMT -5
Eh, the guy is a good wrestler but past that he is unpushable. Couldn't you say the same thing about guys like Benoit or Bret? (Hell, I'm pretty sure Eric Bischoff said that A LOT) Lynn and Stevie Richards were despicably underutilized. Maybe if anyone had BOTHERED to push them, they might have become something in WWE. |
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Post by Volture is IN HELL on Jul 28, 2012 3:23:17 GMT -5
well he had 2 runs. The 1st was in WWF's Light Heavyweight division just after leaving WCW and before ECW www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPuWOXEefz0His second run was in 2001 when he came in after ECW closed. Unfortunately he was mainly used on Sunday Night Heat only and he was released a year after coming in so most people never knew he was there. The 3 memorable things during this run was being in Smackdown Just Bring it, being the Light Heavyweight Champion and a match he had with RVD on Heat www.youtube.com/watch?v=o58xfHeKs-M |
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Jul 28, 2012 9:59:50 GMT -5
Eh, the guy is a good wrestler but past that he is unpushable. Couldn't you say the same thing about guys like Benoit or Bret? (Hell, I'm pretty sure Eric Bischoff said that A LOT) Lynn and Stevie Richards were despicably underutilized. Maybe if anyone had BOTHERED to push them, they might have become something in WWE. Ah, Stevie Richards. Another guy that should have been pushed way more than he was. I think he proved with RTC he had a lot of charisma. Loved his time with Victoria and as GM of Heat lol |
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Post by COUNT CHOCULA on Jul 28, 2012 11:52:12 GMT -5
did lynn give some earth shattering shoot promo i have never heard of or something
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Post by pyoobez on Jul 28, 2012 12:29:44 GMT -5
He had a horribly edit *butchered* Hardcore Title match with Rob Van Dam on Heat. That's about as much I cared for his WWE run. I remember rumors the brass weren't happy with that match. Kid Kash did the same on Velocity as did Doring and Roadkill ina dark match. Kash didn't last too long and D&R weren't signed. WWE has too much in time constraints and the "WWE style". |
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Post by Trent Valentine on Jul 28, 2012 12:39:32 GMT -5
did lynn give some earth shattering shoot promo i have never heard of or something Thats the promo I mentioned. He believed the LHW Division wasn't getting the attention it deserved. |
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Post by JMA on Jul 28, 2012 17:26:14 GMT -5
They should have kept the Light Heavyweight belt on him for a long time and featured him in matches on Raw and SmackDown--it would've built both him and the division up. WWE has never known how to push Juniors, though.
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Post by COUNT CHOCULA on Jul 28, 2012 18:32:30 GMT -5
so really he was just crying because he didn't get pushed
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