10 Terrible WWE Storylines One Tweak Away From Excellence
5. Fake Razor Ramon & Diesel Come To WWE (1996)
Right.
This isn't one of those "defending the indefensible" articles you'll sometimes see - a piece purely designed to drive rage clicks and the equally angry comments that follow, because of course the concept of dressing up two poor c*nts like old stars and sending them out there to work as such was beyond doomed... but the setup wasn't.
Go back and watch Jim Ross' promo before the introduction. This is the goddamn good sh*t, pal. Ross tears Vince McMahon, the World Wrestling Federation and capitalism itself to shreds then luxuriates in the ability to mock all three with the creative crime he's about to knowingly commit.
Ross is p*ssed off, sick of being p*ssed on, and wants to watch the world burn. The IRL content is manipulative in the extreme but the kayfabe reasoning is absolutely inspired.
One Tweak: The company never ever legitimise the act
Jim Ross had been "very busy" in bringing in the likes of Steve Austin and Mick Foley, but the heel caricature version wanted to wreak havoc with these phonies rather than make money for the World Wrestling Federation. So, promote them as such - total frauds, the three of them, all looking to make a quick buck for themselves until some proper babyfaces send them packing for good.
They arrived in late September, and by late October the announcers had given up even calling them fakes. This was the unacceptable face of this story, not the two imposters trying to mimic 'Big Daddy Cool' and 'The Bad Guy'.