>watching 1996 WWF for the first time>several weeks of serious leadup implying that Diesel and Razor ramon are coming back to the WWF>Ross goes up and cuts a worked shoot promo to hype up the return (shoots weren't common before this point)>Razor comes out and it's a fake razorkek what the fuck. what was the point of this rib? the fans at the time must have been pissed
>>19760694Vince's lawyers told him if her used the Razor Ramon and Diesel characters on TV it would help his copyright infringement lawsuit against WCW.
>>19760694I think they genuinely thought they could just recast the gimmicks like they did with Doink. Glad they eventually got a clue though, we wouldn't have gotten Kane otherwise.
>>19760694I think Vince was trying to prove that his gimmicks were over, not necessarily the men behind them
>>19760700It's this.
>>19760712imagine thinking "Diesel" was a good gimmick
didn't they actually beat people too? like they weren't jobbers. imagine losing to fake diesel kek
>>19760709>>19760712They never tried to play them off as legitimate, the build up in the weeks prior Vince on commentary, and Monsoon in backstage segments outright said JR was lying, and neither of them had resigned. Their debut is Vince saying on commentary "THATS NOT RAZOR!" over and overThis entire narrative they were ever supposed to replace Nash and Hall is completely made up smark fan fiction. It was just Vince being dumb and thinking guys being mock Razor and Diesel would get heat.
>>19760694it was a good alternative to yet another ratings-killing Goldust main event
>>19761153golddust sucks so bad in 1996. even dustin rhodes back in wcw was better
>>19760694yes we were, but it wasn't all that surprising. everyone already knew that nash and hall were under contract with WCW so we all knew they weren't coming back, but I think most of us expected something better than what we got. as I recall, I was hoping for some kind of cool WWF/WCW crossover angle which I admit was unrealistic.
>>19760709The Fake Diesel and Razor gimmick lasted as long as 97, that’s crazy
>>19760709No they didn't. The characters were portrayed as heel imposters from the beginning.
