I loved the red rooster he had great character he was great for the underdog effect, he as well helped characters come along. By far well of the intercontinental championship with a run
I think Dusty Rhodes is one of the very few wrestler who could have got being the "Red Rooster" over. He would have had half of the audience doing the chicken dance along side himself. He got polka dots over.
When I was a 10 year-old kid watching Mid-South, I loved Jake and Terry. Jake was the first "bad guy" that kids like me loved as much as the babyfaces. BUT, 10- year-old me really thought Terry Taylor was the man. Hindsight being what it is, it's obvious Jake is the guy Mid-South should have invested in. But at the time, I can see why they went with Terry. I looked at him and Kerry Von Erich like they were superheroes.
In the UWF/Mid South, Terry Taylor was above Jake and deservedly so. He was a good worker in the ring as heel or baby. Promos were slowly getting better. Jake is playing the recovered junky role to the hilt. But at least he acknowledges that he is still a dirtbag who enjoys looking down on others. I just watched an interview with Heenan and he didn’t care for Taylor’s work. I think he said Terry lied to him when Heenan was on commentary for WCW and Taylor was office.
Taylor never was anything. He was a sub-par worker who lacked mic skill and charisma. Basically a dollar store version of Curt Hennig. And a massive racist.
I think it was a poor mans ric flair gimmick cuz everyone knows ric flair was the cock of the walk had the strut and the girls thats how you make that gimmick work as for who taylor pissed off i think he said it was dusty rhodes on the plane one night he was making fun of his voice and the rest is history i guess
Problem is terry didnt really do anything different as the rooster he didnt act like a overly cocky heel or anything that stood out. He acted bland in the ring and promos and on many occasions looked lost. I think he could of got it over if he acted like an over the top ric flair and stayed heel
@@clivet3252 I don't think a parody but a copy because they couldn't get Flair. Like Demolition were created because they couldn't get the Road Warriors
paidy of flair that makes sense . I think Vince also wanted to destroy him as a property by making him a laughing stock and unviable for the remaining territories to develop.
@@grawakendream8980 I don't get why people think Vince wanted to destroy everybody. Did he give Austin the Ringmaster gimmick because he wanted to destroy him?
The three most obvious ribs: Saba Simba,Red Rooster, and The Pola Dot Dusty Rhodes. They wanted to take Dusty down a peg or two, no one really liked Terry Taylor for plenty of reasons (Smithers jr.) and ol' shucking and grinning, institutionalized ass, Tony Atlas would have allowed anything to be done to him as long as he got a pat on the head. Quite a few of Teey Taylor's co-workers have painted him as grudge carrying, racist, sniveling,snitch. So as for the Red Rooster gig....I'm glad he got it right back in the ass. That's good for him.
Terry Taylor would have been way bigger had he wrestled in the 1960’s and 1979’s. WWF in the 1980’s was all about comic book, but Terry at 6’1” was not tall enough to get a push…. Especially not at the WWF.
Dumbest gimmicks - Rooster, Tug Boat, Gold Dust The most wasted gimmick was Brett "The Hitman" Hart, even if he never shot anyone he could still be a wrestling hitman for hire. Maybe he gets paid off to Sharpshooter a champion in the locker room before a big title defense...
When the answer is fuck no . Shit that really means no
The one I got mad at a “fuck no” from Jake was when he said it about Andy Kaufman going into the HOF. Andy definitely deserved it.
Terry Taylor should be in the hall of fame
I loved the red rooster he had great character he was great for the underdog effect, he as well helped characters come along. By far well of the intercontinental championship with a run
I agree. I actually wish his heel run went longer with Bobby pushing him around. He had a lot of heat as well.
I think Dusty Rhodes is one of the very few wrestler who could have got being the "Red Rooster" over. He would have had half of the audience doing the chicken dance along side himself. He got polka dots over.
Still😂 at Dusty and his 📺skit where he mentioned "Pigfeet" 🍕 Pizza
Foghorn Leghorn the wrestler may have worked I guess, lol
When I was a 10 year-old kid watching Mid-South, I loved Jake and Terry. Jake was the first "bad guy" that kids like me loved as much as the babyfaces. BUT, 10- year-old me really thought Terry Taylor was the man. Hindsight being what it is, it's obvious Jake is the guy Mid-South should have invested in. But at the time, I can see why they went with Terry. I looked at him and Kerry Von Erich like they were superheroes.
In the UWF/Mid South, Terry Taylor was above Jake and deservedly so. He was a good worker in the ring as heel or baby. Promos were slowly getting better. Jake is playing the recovered junky role to the hilt. But at least he acknowledges that he is still a dirtbag who enjoys looking down on others.
I just watched an interview with Heenan and he didn’t care for Taylor’s work. I think he said Terry lied to him when Heenan was on commentary for WCW and Taylor was office.
Taylor never was anything. He was a sub-par worker who lacked mic skill and charisma. Basically a dollar store version of Curt Hennig.
And a massive racist.
Terry was great worker. No two ways about it
Well that wasn't much of an interview.
I think it was a poor mans ric flair gimmick cuz everyone knows ric flair was the cock of the walk had the strut and the girls thats how you make that gimmick work as for who taylor pissed off i think he said it was dusty rhodes on the plane one night he was making fun of his voice and the rest is history i guess
Red patch in his hair as Flairs blood. I def think it was a play on Flair
They should have teamed him with The Gobbly Gooker,it would have worked!
Problem is terry didnt really do anything different as the rooster he didnt act like a overly cocky heel or anything that stood out. He acted bland in the ring and promos and on many occasions looked lost. I think he could of got it over if he acted like an over the top ric flair and stayed heel
That red rooster game , it was just pure crap up
I saw Terry in WWE before he got the Rooster gimmick, he was kind of like Flair in his ring robe and style. That Rooster thing was awful
I think he was supposed to be a parody of Flair but he couldn't pull it off and became an actual rooster.
@@clivet3252 I don't think a parody but a copy because they couldn't get Flair. Like Demolition were created because they couldn't get the Road Warriors
paidy of flair that makes sense . I think Vince also wanted to destroy him as a property by making him a laughing stock and unviable for the remaining territories to develop.
@grawakendream8980 that didn't work, he went to WCW and did ok
@@grawakendream8980 I don't get why people think Vince wanted to destroy everybody. Did he give Austin the Ringmaster gimmick because he wanted to destroy him?
He pissed off dusty …
what happened
is that related to bob heenan
The three most obvious ribs: Saba Simba,Red Rooster, and The Pola Dot Dusty Rhodes.
They wanted to take Dusty down a peg or two, no one really liked Terry Taylor for plenty of reasons (Smithers jr.) and ol' shucking and grinning, institutionalized ass, Tony Atlas would have allowed anything to be done to him as long as he got a pat on the head. Quite a few of Teey Taylor's co-workers have painted him as grudge carrying, racist, sniveling,snitch. So as for the Red Rooster gig....I'm glad he got it right back in the ass. That's good for him.
He wouldn't "do the job" for Pat pattrrson
Terry Taylor would have been way bigger had he wrestled in the 1960’s and 1979’s. WWF in the 1980’s was all about comic book, but Terry at 6’1” was not tall enough to get a push…. Especially not at the WWF.
It would have been different if he was the Texas Phoenix
I think they missed a huge opportunity. They should have called him, "The Cock of the Walk" Terry Taylor. Would've been a much better gimmick
In your opinion, is there a way to make that gimmick work?
Fuck No!!!
It wasn’t a rib it was a chicken leg
Dumbest gimmicks - Rooster, Tug Boat, Gold Dust
The most wasted gimmick was Brett "The Hitman" Hart, even if he never shot anyone he could still be a wrestling hitman for hire. Maybe he gets paid off to Sharpshooter a champion in the locker room before a big title defense...