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Finally...  Torben Kneesch  has come back
to rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...

>On Sun,  8 Feb 2004 13:58:19 CST, Mark Rosendorf
> wrote:
>
>>At this point,t he PPV is already bought and you're already watching 
>>it.I"m talking going INTO the PPV, ECW sold the PPV, getting people to 
>>buy it by advertising Spike Dudley vs Mike Awesome...meaning, they had 
>>to sell Spike as a legit threat even if he wasn't once the bell rung.
>
>I must admit I saw the PPV one or two years ago and knew that Spike
>Dudley had never won the ECW championship. So I can't really judge if
>Spike Dudley seemd to be legit threat when the PPV originally aired.
>
>But I think it was clear that he was about to take a hell of a
>beating, whether he would surprise Awesome with an Acid Drop or not.

That was the whole thing, IIRC.

Yes, he was a serious challanger.  The storyline was that Awesome
stiffed the hell out of his "girlfriend" with a clothesline, and Spike
dropped the gimmick to show he was going to kick Awesome's ass.

It was less about the title than it was about getting a pound of flesh
and hurting Awesome any way he possibly could.  He knew he was going
to get his ass kicked, but as long as he kicked Awesome's ass in the
process, it wuld be worth it.

For a recent, mini-version of this, think about how "goofy loser"
Stevie Richards beat the snot out of pushed Test after Test gave
Victoria a big boot.

Richards and Spike both played their roles perfectly, with believable
reactions, and the fans bought it as a result.

Bill
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