is JBL the greatest "out of nowhere" push of all time?

[Hey_zeus]

It's Vader. Squashed Inoki and caused a riot. This spot was meant for Ultimate Warrior but he turned it down thankfully.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

It's Vader. Squashed Inoki and caused a riot. This spot was meant for Ultimate Warrior but he turned it down thankfully.

this

 

[Da_Eggman]

Not really cuz at the time they had nothing really smackdown was really thin and Bradshaw had been there the entire attitude era and had cred

 

[Canada Goose]

This random Russian getting a CLEAN win over Taker has to be mentioned





I wasn't watching at the time but giving this dude a clean win over deadman Taker is

 

[TheAlbionist]

I wasn't watching for a couple of years when he changed gimmick and when I tuned back in to find him as the marquee heel holding the world title I was

The non-Ron Simmons APA guy?

He carried that heat though. Wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire as a human but he did the job.

 

[StatUS]

Mark Henry
Miz, maybe not lol

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Mark Henry
Miz, maybe not lol

Miz's last run was embarrassing and unnecessary

 

[DaStangMan]

I stopped watching for a bit and was surprised to see Bradshaw as champ and looking completely unrecognizable

 

[Redwood]

He definitely belongs in the top 10.

 

[Chris Cool]

 

[thaKEAF]

Yep

 

[Shadow]

Probably, yeah.

I would say Kane is a contender considering the mystery around him, but it wasn't 'out of nowhere' since he was hyped before the HIAC.



First feud was with Taker, transitional champ, and he stayed around the main event for a while, before dropping down to mid card and going back up.

 

[Jmare007]

It's Vader. Squashed Inoki and caused a riot. This spot was meant for Ultimate Warrior but he turned it down thankfully.

Yup. New Japan fukkery in the 80's was something else.

 

[Capitol]

Dude ruined SD for me. I completely checked out on that show when he was the champ.

The problem with JBL was that while he was a good heel I feel like it was drawn out too much. Little kid me was not going to watch him ride up all slow in the limo, wait for valet, take his time walking gingerly to the ring, and cut some boring promo for 10 minutes. I sat through that once or twice then bushed him permanently

 

[jadillac]

I think Vince attempted to do whst they fod with JBL with Miz. Miz couldn't remotely pull it off like JBL did