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Post by Aceorton on Jun 18, 2011 14:56:25 GMT -5
The problem was that the idea itself was preposterous. The Undertaker (especially Devil Worship Taker '99) shouldn't have been taking orders from ANYBODY. Jake, DiBiase, Foley ... as interesting as the initial surprise would have been, it would have been totally illogical to have any of those guys holding any power over Taker, given his histories with each of them. Vince made no sense, either, after all the nasty history he had with Taker the year before. It was already silly enough that Taker was realigned with Paul Bearer after two years of constant feuding.
I think the Higher Power was just a case of them teasing something before they really knew what the answer was going to be, and then realizing none of the answers was good. See: Rockabilly.
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Post by shemmy86 on Jun 18, 2011 23:24:27 GMT -5
The higher power had some potential, they flushed it all away when they revealed it was Vince.
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Post by The Real Inferno on Jun 19, 2011 0:59:36 GMT -5
It should have turned out to be Jesus.
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Post by chunkylover53 on Oct 3, 2012 19:06:13 GMT -5
Why in the hell would Foley be the Higher Power? Undertaker taking orders from a man that he beat 1000 times?
Anyway, well the storyline might've seemed convulted looking back, it was rather intriguing up until the reveal. Alot of twists and turns is what kept viewers interested, something the product is missing today.
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Oct 3, 2012 21:13:50 GMT -5
The storyline generated interest but looking back it seems they were just throwing shit at the wall and seeing what stuck.
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Post by The Infamous on Oct 3, 2012 21:30:59 GMT -5
Would you have it that the Higher Power was never revealed..............then turned out to be......
Raven?
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Post by The O-Man on Oct 3, 2012 21:40:27 GMT -5
Would you have it that the Higher Power was never revealed..............then turned out to be...... Raven? Rumor has it that McMahon was in constant contact with sting, trying to get him over to WWF at the time, and rumor has it that he was planned to be the Higher Power, but shit didn't go well and McMahon prolly was just like "Well fuck it! Put me as the Higher Power!" |
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Post by Super Harlex 64 on Oct 3, 2012 21:52:49 GMT -5
Would you have it that the Higher Power was never revealed..............then turned out to be...... Raven? That would of been actually really cool. |
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Post by One Winter Nation: Remleiz on Oct 4, 2012 0:59:53 GMT -5
Should have been Christopher Daniels.
Didnt he end up being WCWs version of Vampiros higher power before the angle got dropped for being too satanic or somthing?
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Post by COUNT CHOCULA on Oct 4, 2012 9:28:15 GMT -5
Should have been Christopher Daniels. Didnt he end up being WCWs version of Vampiros higher power before the angle got dropped for being too satanic or somthing? yup |
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Oct 4, 2012 15:41:33 GMT -5
Would you have it that the Higher Power was never revealed..............then turned out to be...... Raven? That would of been actually really cool. |
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Oct 4, 2012 15:42:10 GMT -5
Should have been Christopher Daniels. Didnt he end up being WCWs version of Vampiros higher power before the angle got dropped for being too satanic or somthing? As much as I love Daniels, he was an unknown indy guy, and so wouldn't have been a good fit for that. |
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Post by Schemer on Oct 4, 2012 18:56:00 GMT -5
I really liked most of the angle (what I still remember of it). I remember the reveal and I remember thinking "What the hell?... This makes almost no sense! It's not even good!"... Of course I was 11 or so when they did it so that should tell you something.
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Post by tomyatesbsr on Oct 6, 2012 16:04:27 GMT -5
Should of been this guy.  Dressed like that ;D |
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Post by HagSIN on Oct 12, 2012 10:32:38 GMT -5
I would have prefered the twist that that one Rewriting The Book story had about Jake Roberts being the higher power. Agreed. Although Taker had already beaten Jake before, it still would've come off as believable given Jake's history as being a master manipulator. And it would've kicked four times as much ass if Jake had the same cold, calm, chilling demeanor as written in the 'What If'. |
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Post by Dragon Sucks on Oct 12, 2012 14:21:29 GMT -5
I would have prefered the twist that that one Rewriting The Book story had about Jake Roberts being the higher power. Agreed. Although Taker had already beaten Jake before, it still would've come off as believable given Jake's history as being a master manipulator. And it would've kicked four times as much ass if Jake had the same cold, calm, chilling demeanor as written in the 'What If'. Not to mention Jake's history with UT and their previous alliance. He would need to clean himself up first though. |
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Post by Madman Szalinski on Oct 14, 2012 7:13:23 GMT -5
It was pretty darn good until this.
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Post by simplerollup on Oct 16, 2012 17:39:29 GMT -5
Like others, I just never got the concept of the Undertaker answering to any higher power.
Anyone outside of Austin, Sting, Hogan or Savage at that time would've been a massive letdown given Takers stature. Since he was feuding with Austin and everyone else that could pull it off was wasting away in WCW, this whole plot twist was a trip into no-mans land.
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Post by kingofoldschool on Oct 16, 2012 17:52:56 GMT -5
I hated it simply because of what could have happened, that didn't. Vince not being the Higher Power could have led to some interesting developments where Vince comes to realize that he needs Austin, because while Austin was rebellious, he wasn't a sick son of a bitch like Taker was.
Also, that could have led to the Austin heel turn at Wrestlemania X-7 make more sense continuity wise.
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Post by The O-Man on Oct 19, 2012 7:15:44 GMT -5
All I can say is it was better than The Powers That Be
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