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* HarsherInHindsight: Reading through the Archives, whenever Wrestling/AshleyMassaro is brought up, their treatment of her is very harsh (even including ''transphobic'' references, which doesn't make sense even in context). It would be uncomfortable if applied to anyone else, but it's downright '''''horrifying''''' when Ashley is the target, given her suicide in 2019. Even worse is the fact that her nonexistent in-ring ability - a frequent target of scorn - wasn't her fault ([[IncompletelyTrained she was enthusiastic about learning to wrestle, but WWE just didn't train her beyond the two moves she would need to do that night]]).
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* MemeticMutation:
** Almost all of the [[ForcedMeme (forced) wrestling memes]] were born on their {{message board}} (Wrestling/LexLuger, Dennis Stamp, etc.)
** Basically, their message board is one of the pro wrestling equivalents of Website/FourChan, the other one being 420chan's /wooo/. Wrestling/{{Batista}} was (and likely still is) their Photoshop poster child.
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* PossessionSue: The Rewriting the Book section, though possibly justified since a lot of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspect of it involves people not making the same mistakes they did in real life.
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* BizarroEpisode: The April Fools episodes. One was a faux "first episode", one was nothing but dreams among others and they do get referenced later on from time to time.

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* BizarroEpisode: The April Fools Fools' episodes. One was a faux "first episode", one was nothing but dreams among others and they do get referenced later on from time to time.

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* TearJerker:
** When Merle Vincent passed away.
** RD, as well as many regulars to the site, was very shaken by the sudden passing of [[Wrestling/JohnTenta "Earthquake" John Tenta]].
** The 2006 Gooker Award induction for "Eddiesploitation" was left without images or soundbites, as RD said that having to go back over this period in WWE's history to gather such material would have simply been too much for him to bear.

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* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** When describing the horribly trashy match where Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash were booked against a trio of actual porn stars, Hall has one of the women corner him and slam her crotch into his face.
-->...which he sold like he'd been hit by a car. (He had, after all, suffered a head-on collision with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a used Vulva]])
** The summation of the 1995 Royal Rumble, where Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith had started at #1 and #2, respectively, and were the last two standing after a Rumble made up almost entirely of horrible gimmicky jobbers (mostly from horrible tag teams):
-->Essentially, this Rumble was a one-on-one match between Michaels and Bulldog, albeit one with constant interference by big muscular guys in garish colors, wild makeup, cowboy boots, and thongs. If Shawn and Davey Boy had ever wondered what it would be like to wrestle in the middle of a gay pride parade, they got their answer on this night.
** When describing Michaels' subsequent entrance to his [=WrestleMania=] XI match against Diesel, where he was ''supposed'' to be accompanied by Creator/PamelaAnderson:
-->Come title match time, challenger Shawn Michaels was accompanied not by Pamela Anderson, but by another stunning blonde, and [[BaitAndSwitch in addition to]] [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sycho Sid]], Shawn had Creator/JennyMcCarthy on his arm. I guess she was [[{{Pun}} the booby prize]].

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* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the gimmicks and storylines being inducted aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** When describing the horribly trashy match where Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash were booked against a trio of actual porn stars, Scott has one of the women corner him and slam her crotch into his face.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
EnsembleDarkhorse: Happens a lot on [=WrestleCrap=] Radio, starting with Blade "Breakstown's" Bill Collector nemesis John Thomas in the early years. Later characters, such as Gay Popeye, Mike Check, Angry Jim Ross and Don........Don Mason, were even more popular, despite the fact that the first three were just Blade and/or RD doing a silly fake voice and the last is a friend of Blade about whom Blade spins tales.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** When describing the horribly trashy match where Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash were booked against a trio of actual porn stars, Scott Hall has one of the women corner him and slam her crotch into his face.



** The summation of the 1995 Royal Rumble, where Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith had started at #1 and #2 respectively and were the last 2 standing after a rumble made up almost entirely of horrible gimmicky jobbers (mostly from horrible tag teams):

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** The summation of the 1995 Royal Rumble, where Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith had started at #1 and #2 respectively #2, respectively, and were the last 2 two standing after a rumble Rumble made up almost entirely of horrible gimmicky jobbers (mostly from horrible tag teams):



** Also when describing Shawn's subsequent entrance to his Wrestlemania XI match against Diesel, where he was ''supposed'' to be accompanied by Creator/PamelaAnderson:

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** Also when When describing Shawn's Michaels' subsequent entrance to his Wrestlemania [=WrestleMania=] XI match against Diesel, where he was ''supposed'' to be accompanied by Creator/PamelaAnderson:



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Happens a lot on [=WrestleCrap=] Radio, starting with Blade "Breakstown's" Bill Collector nemesis John Thomas in the early years. Later characters, such as Gay Popeye, Mike Check, Angry Jim Ross and Don........Don Mason, were even more popular, despite the fact that the first three were just Blade and/or RD doing a silly fake voice and the last is a friend of Blade about whom Blade spins tales.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny:
** When describing the horribly trashy match where Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash were booked against a trio of actual porn stars, Scott has one of the women corner him and slam her crotch into his face.
-->...which he sold like he'd been hit by a car. (He had, after all, suffered a head-on collision with [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a used Vulva]])
** The summation of the 1995 Royal Rumble, where Wrestling/ShawnMichaels and Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith had started at #1 and #2 respectively and were the last 2 standing after a rumble made up almost entirely of horrible gimmicky jobbers (mostly from horrible tag teams):
-->Essentially, this Rumble was a one-on-one match between Michaels and Bulldog, albeit one with constant interference by big muscular guys in garish colors, wild makeup, cowboy boots, and thongs. If Shawn and Davey Boy had ever wondered what it would be like to wrestle in the middle of a gay pride parade, they got their answer on this night.
** Also when describing Shawn's subsequent entrance to his Wrestlemania XI match against Diesel, where he was ''supposed'' to be accompanied by Creator/PamelaAnderson:
-->Come title match time, challenger Shawn Michaels was accompanied not by Pamela Anderson, but by another stunning blonde, and [[BaitAndSwitch in addition to]] [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sycho Sid]], Shawn had Creator/JennyMcCarthy on his arm. I guess she was [[{{Pun}} the booby prize]].

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* TheScrappy: The dragon to RD's Don Quixote, [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-mania-episode-1-an-hour-straight-of-todd-pettengill-thatll-be-good-right/ Todd Pettingill]], was the root motivation behind launching ''[=WrestleCrap=]''.

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* TheScrappy: TheScrappy:
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The dragon to RD's Don Quixote, [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-mania-episode-1-an-hour-straight-of-todd-pettengill-thatll-be-good-right/ Todd Pettingill]], was the root motivation behind launching ''[=WrestleCrap=]''.



* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the gimmicks and storylines being inducted aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this trope. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]

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* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the gimmicks and storylines being inducted aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this trope.this. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]



** When Merle Vincent passed away.



** And earlier, when Merle Vincent passed away.



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
** Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Triple Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.
** And now, if the forums are anything to go by, Triple Kelly is sorely missed.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
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TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Triple Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.
** And now, if the forums are anything to go by, Triple Kelly is sorely missed.
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I am so sorry. I know nearly nothing about wrestling or wrestling podcasts. This wasn\'t Wrestle Crap, it was something else. My bad.


* MemeticMutation:
** "Bischoff SOLD FOR THE BIRD! He recoiled in fear! 'Stay away fro me, bird!'"
** "Sting was so concerned, for all the reasons you noted, that Eric Bischoff may interfere in this, that he went through the time and effort to find a ''guard bird.''" "A GUARD! BIRD!" "A security bird!"
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* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD. And then RD for Triple Kelly when she quit. And then [=Art0Donnel=] when he stepped up. Basically, whenever someone new takes over as main writer, a portion of the [=WrestleCrap=] fandom whines that the old induction writer was much better and that the new one sucks.

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* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD. And then RD for Triple Kelly when she quit. And then [=Art0Donnel=] when he stepped up. Basically, whenever someone new takes over as main writer, a portion of the [=WrestleCrap=] fandom whines that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the old induction writer was much better and that the new one sucks.]]
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Now, admittedly, this is the only thing I know from this show, and this isn\'t the most \"popular\" meme. But hey, a meme is a meme, I guess...

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* MemeticMutation:
** "Bischoff SOLD FOR THE BIRD! He recoiled in fear! 'Stay away fro me, bird!'"
** "Sting was so concerned, for all the reasons you noted, that Eric Bischoff may interfere in this, that he went through the time and effort to find a ''guard bird.''" "A GUARD! BIRD!" "A security bird!"
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* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the inductions aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this trope. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]

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* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the inductions gimmicks and storylines being inducted aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this trope. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]
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* SoBadItsGood: Not the site itself; rather, RD makes it clear whenever necessary that some of the inductions aren't flat-out bad, per se, and instead fall under this trope. One of the best examples of such is [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/repo-man-he-repossessed-from-deadbeats-how-is-he-a-heel/ the Repo Man.]]

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* TheScrappy: The dragon to RD's Don Quixote, [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-mania-episode-1-an-hour-straight-of-todd-pettengill-thatll-be-good-right/ Todd Pettingill]], is purportedly the root motivation behind launching ''[=WrestleCrap=]''.

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* TheScrappy: The dragon to RD's Don Quixote, [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-mania-episode-1-an-hour-straight-of-todd-pettengill-thatll-be-good-right/ Todd Pettingill]], is purportedly was the root motivation behind launching ''[=WrestleCrap=]''.''[=WrestleCrap=]''.
** Many of the ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA Impact!]]'' correspondents, particularly Nathaniel.



* TheScrappy: Many of the ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA Impact!]]'' correspondents, particularly Nathaniel.
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* TheScrappy: The dragon to RD's Don Quixote, [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/wwf-mania-episode-1-an-hour-straight-of-todd-pettengill-thatll-be-good-right/ Todd Pettingill]], is purportedly the root motivation behind launching ''[=WrestleCrap=]''.
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*** The 2006 Gooker Award induction for "Eddiesploitation" was left without images or soundbites, as RD said that having to go back over this period in WWE's history to gather such material would have simply been too much for him to bear.

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*** ** The 2006 Gooker Award induction for "Eddiesploitation" was left without images or soundbites, as RD said that having to go back over this period in WWE's history to gather such material would have simply been too much for him to bear.

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* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD. And then RD for Triple Kelly when she quit. And then Art0Donnel when he stepped up. Basically, whenever someone new takes over as main writer, a portion of the Wrestlecrap fandom whines that the old induction writer was much better and that the new one sucks.
* TearJerker: RD, as well as many regulars to the site, was very shaken by the sudden passing of [[Wrestling/JohnTenta "Earthquake" John Tenta]].

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* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD. And then RD for Triple Kelly when she quit. And then Art0Donnel [=Art0Donnel=] when he stepped up. Basically, whenever someone new takes over as main writer, a portion of the Wrestlecrap [=WrestleCrap=] fandom whines that the old induction writer was much better and that the new one sucks.
* TearJerker: {{Squick}}: Some of Blade's Don........Don Mason stories. See SecondHandStorytelling.
* TearJerker:
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RD, as well as many regulars to the site, was very shaken by the sudden passing of [[Wrestling/JohnTenta "Earthquake" John Tenta]].



* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Triple Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: TheyChangedItNowItSucks:
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Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Triple Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.
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* PossessionSue: The Rewriting the Book section.
* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD.

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* PossessionSue: The Rewriting the Book section.
section, though possibly justified since a lot of the WhatCouldHaveBeen aspect of it involves people not making the same mistakes they did in real life.
* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD. And then RD for Triple Kelly when she quit. And then Art0Donnel when he stepped up. Basically, whenever someone new takes over as main writer, a portion of the Wrestlecrap fandom whines that the old induction writer was much better and that the new one sucks.
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* CompleteMonster: JakeRoberts in the "What If Vince Wasn't The Higher Power?" story.
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* TheScrappy: Many of the ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA Impact!]]'' correspondants, particularily Nathaniel.

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* TheScrappy: Many of the ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA Impact!]]'' correspondants, particularily correspondents, particularly Nathaniel.

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* BizarroEpisode: The April Fools episodes. One was a faux "first episode", one was nothing but dreams among others and they do get referenced later on from time to time.



* TearJerker: RD, as well as many regulars to the site, was very shaken by the sudden passing of "Earthquake" John Tenta.

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* TearJerker: RD, as well as many regulars to the site, was very shaken by the sudden passing of [[Wrestling/JohnTenta "Earthquake" John Tenta.Tenta]].



* TheScrappy: Many of the ''[[TNAImpact TNA Impact!]]'' correspondants, particularily Nathaniel.

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* TheScrappy: Many of the ''[[TNAImpact ''[[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA Impact!]]'' correspondants, particularily Nathaniel.
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* CompleteMonster: JakeRoberts in the "What If Vince Wasn't The Higher Power?" story.
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* CompleteMonster: Turns up from time to time in the Rewriting The Book section. Homicide in "What If CMPunk took the RingOfHonor Belt To WWE?" tries on multiple occasions to flat out ''murder'' MattHardy with such items as a fork, a metal spike, a plastic bag and more on several occasions. Fittingly, JakeRoberts is also one in the "What If Vince Wasn't The Higher Power?" story.
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* CompleteMonster: Turns up from time to time in the Rewriting The Book section. Homicide in "What If CMPunk took the RingOfHonor Belt To WWE?" tries on multiple occasions to flat out ''murder'' MattHardy with such items as a fork, a metal spike, a plastic bag and more on several occasions. Fittingly, JakeRoberts is also one in the "What If Vince Wasn't The Higher Power?" story.
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*** The 2006 Gooker Award induction for "Eddiesploitation" was left without images or sound bites, as RD said that having to go back over this period in WWE's history to gather such material would have simply been too much for him to bear.

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*** The 2006 Gooker Award induction for "Eddiesploitation" was left without images or sound bites, soundbites, as RD said that having to go back over this period in WWE's history to gather such material would have simply been too much for him to bear.
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* AlasPoorScrappy: Has kind of become a RunningGag with WrestleCrap Radio's TNA Correspondents (always just sound effects or Blade/RD doing a fake voice) who are introduced, annoy RD, Blade, and the fans to no end, and then are mourned and missed when they're killed off, even Nathaniel.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Happens a lot on WrestleCrap Radio, starting with Blade "Breakstown's" Bill Collector nemesis John Thomas in the early years. Later characters, such as Gay Popeye, Mike Check, Angry Jim Ross and Don........Don Mason, were even more popular, despite the fact that the first three were just Blade and/or RD doing a silly fake voice and the last is a friend of Blade about whom Blade spins tales.
* PossessionSue: The "Rewriting the Book" section.
* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Kelly for RD.

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* AlasPoorScrappy: Has kind of become a RunningGag with WrestleCrap [=WrestleCrap=] Radio's TNA Correspondents (always just sound effects or Blade/RD doing a fake voice) who are introduced, annoy RD, Blade, and the fans to no end, and then are mourned and missed when they're killed off, even Nathaniel.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Happens a lot on WrestleCrap [=WrestleCrap=] Radio, starting with Blade "Breakstown's" Bill Collector nemesis John Thomas in the early years. Later characters, such as Gay Popeye, Mike Check, Angry Jim Ross and Don........Don Mason, were even more popular, despite the fact that the first three were just Blade and/or RD doing a silly fake voice and the last is a friend of Blade about whom Blade spins tales.
* PossessionSue: The "Rewriting Rewriting the Book" Book section.
* ReplacementScrappy: To some, Triple Kelly for RD.



* TheScrappy: Many of the TNAImpact correspondants, particularily Nathaniel.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.
** And now, if the forums are anything to go by, Kelly is sorely missed.

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* TheScrappy: Many of the TNAImpact ''[[TNAImpact TNA Impact!]]'' correspondants, particularily Nathaniel.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Triple Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.
** And now, if the forums are anything to go by, Triple Kelly is sorely missed.
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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.

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* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans never got over [[ReplacementScrappy Kelly]] replacing RD as the main induction writer.writer.
** And now, if the forums are anything to go by, Kelly is sorely missed.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Happens a lot on WrestleCrap Radio, starting with Blade "Breakstown's" Bill Collector nemesis John Thomas in the early years. Later characters, such as Gay Popeye, Mike Check, Angry Jim Ross and Don........Don Mason, were even more popular, despite the fact that the first three were just Blade and/or RD doing a silly fake voice and the last is a friend of Blade about whom Blade spins tales.

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