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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 16:47:14 No.8647664 View View Reply Original Report

>Russo pitched to reveal him as the higher power of the ministry
Everyone talks about how McMahon was a huge letdown but I think it might have been the right call. Chris Daniels is a great wrestler and played the edgy gimmicks well but lacked star presence, plus he would have looked like a geek standing next to Taker

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 16:57:34 No.8647720 Report

Quoted By: >>8647835 >>8648335

no one in the audience knew who he was

the best options were:
Ted Dibiase (as a callback to Taker's debut and way to bring the Corporation and Ministry together)
Jake Roberts (as revenge for Austin mocking him & "John 3:16" at KOTR 96)

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 17:03:48 No.8647739 Report

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>>8647664
This is one wrestling urban legend that I'm absolutely convinced only exists because someone on creative (probably even Russo himself) went on a message board just to see what people were thinking at the time and saw a gigantic headcanon blogpost about him from some early internet era smark and they only reason they "acknowledge it" is because it openly outs who the real no life losers are while pretending to the stroke their egos for being in the know.
No one knew who Christopher Daniels was in 1999. Fuck, no one knew who he was during the TNA glory years.

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 17:19:18 No.8647835 Report

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>>8647739
>>8647720
Daniels was on a developmental contract with WWF at the time plus he was once slated to be involved in a story as Vampiro's boss in WCW, so it makes sense that Russo and Prichard brought up his name in talks. But even Daniels himself says he would have been a poor choice, he would have preferred to play a supporting character rather than a superior

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 18:24:30 No.8648335 Report

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>>8647720
I feel like the AE crowd embraced newer guys more, The Brood and Hardys were pretty much unknowns, big surprise returns of 80s and early 90s guys was more WCW's thing.

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 18:26:36 No.8648346 Report

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>>8648335
that's true and if he ding-dong diddly cut a good promo he could have instantly got over. bob holly was fucking over.

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 18:27:07 No.8648347 Report

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>>8647739
>he doesn't remember Bad Influence
Finna

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Anonymous Thu 19 Jan 2023 18:31:33 No.8648365 Report

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>>8647664
If you present him as a cunning character that wins a lot, nobody would have a problem buying it, especially since he was excellent in the ring. Taker serving more like a bodyguard/right hand man works better, the leaders always have a hulking bodyguard.

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