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Who's the king of the promo? You decide! vote here

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    #272
    thebostoncrab
    Registered Users Posts: 3,491 ✭✭✭thebostoncrab


    Terry Funk. While I think Hot Rod was great, he could make you hate him so easily and make you want to pay to see him loose....but as a face? Not so much.

    Terry could sell wool to a sheep. No matter what side of the coin he was on, he made you care. The most amazing thing was he would come across as broken, but still tougher than anyone. That takes skill, and it came naturally to the Funker.


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    #273
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Do you know what, I'm gonna go Funker too. His penchant for illiciting sympathy is very underrated and was paramount to his face work. He could also do pscycho very well and quiet cerebral excellently too. I'm gonna go Terry Funk, but not by much. Piper was awesome.


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    #274
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    I am going for Piper


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    #275
    Angron
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Music Moderators, Regional Midlands Moderators Posts: 24,125 Mod ✭✭✭✭Angron


    Piper gets my vote. I'm much more familiar with him really, so that tips it in his favour.


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    #276
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Piper for the win and hopefully get this tournament back on track


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    #277
    grames_bond
    Registered Users Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Piper for me, the passion he put in to every promo got you immediately invested in the match - he made you seriously hate him, and he could control a crowd like very few people could.

    Hot Rod


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    #278
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    ricero wrote: »
    Piper for the win and hopefully get this tournament back on track

    Votes have dried up. Little reason to carry on if people stop caring.


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    #279
    Alexis Sanchez
    Registered Users Posts: 415 ✭✭Alexis Sanchez


    Roddy.


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    #280
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    Piper for me, awesome heel!


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    #281
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Moneymaker wrote: »
    Votes have dried up. Little reason to carry on if people stop caring.

    Ah I think ya be surprised with the interest. I think it's great fun and you have done a fantastic job so far. Just this round dragged that's all. It will heat up again now


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    #282
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Yeah dont give up now!


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    #283
    Rock77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Rock77


    Piper for me!! Love the guy!!


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    #284
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Eventually got to 6 votes for Roddy. I have no idea why people just stopped voting. Down to 8 now so hopefully people will step up.

    First to 6 rule is gone now, these will run for at least 24 hours now. Please outline a reason for your vote, discuss great promos, debate other users votes, anything at all :)

    Quarter finals, Match One:


    Dusty Rhodes:

    Rd 1: bt Bobby Heenan 6-2
    Rd 2: bt Stone Cold 6-3



    vs

    Mick Foley:

    Rd 1: bt Jimmy Jacobs 6-0
    Rd 2: bt Bray Wyatt 6-2



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    #285
    Bounty Hunter
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,701 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    Wouldnt be surprised if the votes dried up because the match ups are getting a lot tighter I mean the last one and this one are very hard to call for me... i'll vote later


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    #286
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    For me I'm going for Foley on this one.
    As I grew up in his era. Some fantastic promos and I always listened when Foley had a microphone. Could be scary or hilarious he had fantastic range


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    #287
    Rock77
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,123 ✭✭✭Rock77


    The American Dream gets my vote.Dusty is a proper legend. He's up there with the very,very best.


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    #288
    riffmongous
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,728 Mod ✭✭✭✭riffmongous


    Mankind for me, I love his promos and interviews during his psychotic stage, Dusty had some good promos too but Mankind's were often more than promos, they were sometimes genuinely unsettling and told a great story, as the character descends from reasonably same to disturbed to dangerous


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    #289
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    Dusty Rhodes. He was so poetic and was able to entertain in any situation he was put in. Even in recent years, when he was on the mic, there'd always be a section I'd come away quoting.


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    #290
    Bounty Hunter
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,701 Mod ✭✭✭✭Bounty Hunter


    If I had been born ten years earlier I've a feeling that I would be going for Dusty but vote 1 for the MIcker here, from his ECW days to the crazed Mankind promos and the Rock n Sock comedy he always got me with his promo skills. Could def hold an audiences attention and I honestly always founf him good on the mic when he returned too even if he was a shell of a character in comparison just there for a little extra do-ray-me.


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    #291
    grames_bond
    Registered Users Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    Both are absolutely amazing on the mic - can grab your attention from the firts to the last word so this one is really tricky. I think I am going to give my vote to Dusty as if you put them both at their very best, dusty would JUST shade it.....but at the other end of the spectrum - a bad foley promo can be horrible, where as a bad dusty promo was still ooh so sweet!

    Dusty


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    #292
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    It's a tough one but Dusty was legit more charming whereas Mick became a total mark himself, especially if you read his Promoland stuff in Hardcore Diaries.

    Dusty Rhodes baybay!


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    #293
    Mick Murdock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,543 ✭✭✭Mick Murdock


    Foley was great but always seemed like too much of a 'character'. Dusty promos felt like the real Dusty Rhodes to me and that's always what I lean towards.

    Missed the part where he beat SCSA..


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    #294
    RedemptionZ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭RedemptionZ


    Dusty for me. The guy bled charisma, and normally I don't like the promos from that generation. Foley was purely a character. In fact in the previous round, I believe Dusty beat Stone Cold because of the general consensus that SC was great because of his character rather than promos, I think it's the same case here only SC is better than Foley. The rock n sock connection was funny though.


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    #295
    Endaaaagh
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Endaaaagh


    When Foley was good he was very, very good. But when he was bad, he was really bad.
    Dusty always came across as entertaining no matter what he was saying so my vote goes to The American Dream


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    #296
    gerrybbadd
    Registered Users Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    I think I'll go with Dusty too, purely because of reasons stated already. Mick Foley can deliver an awesome promo, but then, so much of his stuff is cringy too.

    So I'm gonna go Dusty


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    #297
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    I'm glad to see Dusty Rhodes getting his due in this round. I think he would have even if alive. Omackeral summed it up well there, basically Mick Foley turned into a bit of a mark later.


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    #298
    Pentecost
    Registered Users Posts: 3,850 ✭✭✭Pentecost


    Dusty for me too. I can't put it any better than has been said above other than to say that he just was the embodiment of the "American Dream", he was the guy you could relate to. He made you believe he wasn't playing a role.


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    #299
    diusmr8a504cvk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,959 ✭✭✭diusmr8a504cvk


    I'm gonna go with Dusty, extremely charismatic and gripping.


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    #300
    Moneymaker
    Registered Users Posts: 9,846 ✭✭✭Moneymaker


    Dusty wins 11-3. Fair score imo. Next one is a doozy :pac:

    Quarter Final Two:

    The Rock:

    Round 1 bt Jay Briscoe 6-0
    Round 2 bt Ric Flair 6-0

    The Great One himself has steamrollered the competition so far. Something tells me this one won't be so easy.



    vs

    CM Punk:

    Round 1 bt Road Warriors 6-1
    Round 2 bt Scott Steiner 6-0

    The Voice of the Voiceless himself has been equally impressive. Unstoppable Force meets the Immovable Object here. I think 99% of wrestling fans have both guys in their Top 5 all time promos.



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    #301
    Stereomaniac
    Registered Users Posts: 6,166 ✭✭✭Stereomaniac


    The Rock. I have gotten far more out of him over the years. CM Punk was very intelligent but he didn't know where to draw the line, I think. What I'm saying is, the guy seems to have destroyed himself over the years, by expecting too much out of the business. Dwayne Johnson, all the way.


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