@The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX Very awesome! , the rivalry between Miss Hancock and Major Gunns. I do think the stomach injury/pregnancy ruined the match. I am not sure if the injury was real (botch) or staged (due to the mud wrestling considered low brow). In the end , good example of mass media mud wrestling
@WForever93 @The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX I hated Russo for that. I always wanted @TyleneBuckXXX to do a true and proper mud or oil wrestling match and I always felt this fell short of the mark for that spot. Just give us a good ol mud and oil wrestling match without the Jerry Springer storylines 😂
@NostalgicProd78 @The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX I think it was no-win scenario. First , WCW was more conservative than WWE ; but still wanted to be edgy. Second , I think Russo booked women as "eye candy who pose" not "eye candy who fight". This was the case not only in WCW , but WWE with Sable , Debra , and Miss Kitty.
@WForever93 @The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX Yup. Agreed but then there were athletes who could do both like Ivory, Trish Stratus and Lita. It wasn’t out of their wheelhouse and they proved it could be done. It really was Vince Russo just had a horrible approach to storytelling
@NostalgicProd78 @The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX I think it was just Luna , Jacqueline , and Ivory who were the actual wrestlers back then. Vince Russo was gone from WWE when Lita and Trish Stratus started. But I agree that despite being serious that did well at doing the risque.
@WForever93 @NostalgicProd78 @TyleneBuckXXX Lita and Trish were able to take that stuff and put their own flair to it and own it and were awesome. The other women always seemed more self conscious about it, I remember Luna specifically refused to disrobe for a bikini contest, bless her.
@The_Pom_Pom @NostalgicProd78 @TyleneBuckXXX I think Ivory was the same way at a similar one ; she disrobed in the end ; but she was visibly upset doing it. I know it was part of her gimmick at the time ; but I believe she felt the same behind the scenes.
@WForever93 @The_Pom_Pom @TyleneBuckXXX I always wondered this myself with her leading up to the Right to Censor schtick. Granted, Russo was gone at this time but they were still doing the gravy wrestling, pudding wrestling and junk on and off again well past his departure
@NostalgicProd78 @WForever93 @TyleneBuckXXX 1. there was a weird disconnect with me and that stuff mixed in with pro wrestling. The Missy Hyatt vs Sunshine mud wrestling looked awesome, the multi girl mud wrestling with Percy Pringle as referee, awesome. Major Gunns and Stacey, awesome. But those were like one offs.
@NostalgicProd78 @WForever93 @TyleneBuckXXX 2. The frequency of the mud and pudding and gravy in the attitude era never appealed to me. Trying to make a pro lady wrestler more sexy is like putting a hat on a hat. Not sure why it hits me like that, because mud wrestling is my favorite.
@The_Pom_Pom @NostalgicProd78 @TyleneBuckXXX Very good analogy , I would say in these cases switching leotards for bikinis