luismiranda Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 I'm not a big wrestling mark like I used to be and more of a fan that just watches the events and so I'm curious as to what happened to the hard-hitting ECW guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappyboy Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Think he got released. But if someone will kindly move this over to the Dog Pound please, I'm sure someone over there will be able to help out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulztnrv1 Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 He got repackaged as a generic singlet wearing guy. He is no longer the vampire. He still wrestles now, I bwelieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainlou Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 He's still with ECW: [url]http://www.wwe.com/shows/ecw/superstars/kevinthorn/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Gadzinski Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 yeah last I know he was a badass Vampire type gimmick wrestler with a hot Vamp Valet and then last time I saw him he had short spikey hair with just red tights on no designs on them and no longer with the Vamp gimmick ... he was way cooler with the Vamp gimmick I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 It's weird... during the ECW series of matches where they eliminated one guy each week, I really thought they'd started booking him to look really good in the ring and that he was about to get a push with the gimmick he had going on. Obviously they'd released Ariel by then, but it looked like he was about to take off.... then just a few weeks later he's been genericised (not a real word!) and immediately loses the appeal of his character. I guess he couldn't spend that much time doing his hair every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djthefunkchris Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [QUOTE=derek_b;357423]It's weird... during the ECW series of matches where they eliminated one guy each week, I really thought they'd started booking him to look really good in the ring and that he was about to get a push with the gimmick he had going on. Obviously they'd released Ariel by then, but it looked like he was about to take off.... then just a few weeks later he's been genericised (not a real word!) and immediately loses the appeal of his character. I guess he couldn't spend that much time doing his hair every week.[/QUOTE] I felt the same way. I thought that was one of the better gimmicks... Let me put it a different way, although it's not an original gimmick, I thought that gimmick suited him about the best any gimmick could. I don't like this new look at all, and to me it emphasize's too much on his bad points, then his good. To me, instead of sticking out as an obvious threat.. He looks like a wrestler that is just happy to be there. Another Funaki type if you will. I would have used him a ton different. Ariel would have been able to stick around allot longer as well. These are the types of things that aggrevate me more then anything else about the company... and especially that brand. It's almost like the people calling the shots for that show (ECW) don't watch it (routinely). I know it's more like "Heat" to them then anything, and probably supposed to be. Still.. Some of these guys do have the talent I think they should really get behind and help them develop more. I guess maybe the change (if I was to take a huge guess and give them lots of room here) is to work on his other skills in the ring possibly, without being able to "talk" his way through them. I don't know. I seen his character being developed into a Main Eventer one day. Just seems to me that they took a huge step backwards with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepy Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 it was a heyman gimmick and a heyman push and when he left thorne lost his push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i effin rule Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [QUOTE=sheepy;357469]it was a heyman gimmick and a heyman push and when he left thorne lost his push.[/QUOTE] From what I've heard, it's Dusty's booking. He's trying to put out a wrestling first atmosphere and less on odd gimmicks. I can't say I fault him for that. Same thing for the Boogeyman. Dusty felt his gimmick grows stale far too quickly to use him on a regular basis but he can't be repackaged for the simple reason that he is abysmal in the ring. Thorne on the other hand has some in ring skill (I'm not saying he's CM Punk, but he's certainly not Boogey). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [QUOTE=i effin rule;357471]Thorne on the other hand has some in ring skill (I'm not saying he's CM Punk, but he's certainly not Boogey).[/QUOTE] Actually, Kevin Fertig is very good in the ring. But you have to remember, WWE doesn't like its big men wrestling. They like to KISS as an overall company policy with the bigger guys. You'll never have a Mike Awesome type of worker in WWE (though Kevin Fertig can do a lot of that stuff). Think of how Brock Lesnar worked before he faced off with Kurt Angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i effin rule Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 [QUOTE=Remianen;357573]Actually, Kevin Fertig is very good in the ring. But you have to remember, WWE doesn't like its big men wrestling. They like to KISS as an overall company policy with the bigger guys. You'll never have a Mike Awesome type of worker in WWE (though Kevin Fertig can do a lot of that stuff). Think of how Brock Lesnar worked before he faced off with Kurt Angle.[/QUOTE] I recall him being good in the ring (I'm from Kentucky and remember when he was in OVW and teamed with Leviathan) but as you said, it's not something I've seen over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Fertig as Mordecai was awesome. Fertig as Thorne was entertaining. Now, he's... well... he's there. I guess that's something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Gadzinski Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 yeah is this another thing right before he gets fired again.. Mordecai was a good gimmick for him.. hes good at doing a monsterish gimmick that is supernaturalish too.. Now hes a typical wrestler type gimmick that shouldn't be in that role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Aussie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [QUOTE=i effin rule;357582]I recall him being good in the ring (I'm from Kentucky and remember when he was in OVW and teamed with Leviathan) but as you said, it's not something I've seen over the years.[/QUOTE] He actually teamed with Tomko under the name Seven. He is a good big man from what I've seen of his OVW . Guess he is the type of guy that the WWE are going to chalk into the 'Bugger Up' column alongside Matt Morgan and guys like Vader. On the subject of Tomko, how much more impressive is he since he left the WWE? His japan work is damn impressive and kinda makes me think of how much Giant Bernard improved outside the E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Gadzinski Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Yeah Tomko in Japan is awesome him and Giant Bernard(A-Train) are a great tag team. And yeah Fertig as Seven was quite impressive too. I liked when he first joined ECW under the Vamp gimmick when he was doing the stunner thing where his opponant was draped over the top rope then he gave them a stunner. Great Finisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i effin rule Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [QUOTE=The Aussie;358106]He actually teamed with Tomko under the name Seven. He is a good big man from what I've seen of his OVW . Guess he is the type of guy that the WWE are going to chalk into the 'Bugger Up' column alongside Matt Morgan and guys like Vader. On the subject of Tomko, how much more impressive is he since he left the WWE? His japan work is damn impressive and kinda makes me think of how much Giant Bernard improved outside the E.[/QUOTE] They were all part of the same stable weren't they? Was it Tomko who went by "Payne" or something similar at that point? Synne or something or other as a manager. My memory gets fuzzy after about a week so it's hard for me to remember something from that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Aussie Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 [QUOTE=i effin rule;358361]They were all part of the same stable weren't they? Was it Tomko who went by "Payne" or something similar at that point? Synne or something or other as a manager. My memory gets fuzzy after about a week so it's hard for me to remember something from that long ago.[/QUOTE] Synn was manager, Tomko was Travis Bane and Thorne was Seven. It was a stable called the Disciples of Synn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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