Thought of the Day: The Most Underrated Stable Of All Time
Is the Dungeon of Doom. It’s true.Think about it. Let’s look at what they accomplished:
1. They won a lot of titles.
2 World Titles
1 US Title
1 Tag Title (Half)
1 TV Title
Not too bad for being around about two years.
2. They stopped face Hulk Hogan’s year plus long title reign. That means Giant did what Flair, Vader, Luger, Sting and Savage couldn’t do, and he did it in his debut match.
3. Those two world titles came from Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. One other man has ever done that and his name is Sting. It took Giant seven months. It took Sting seven years.
4. Kevin Sullivan had a forgotten classic at Bash at the Beach 1996 against Chris Benoit. I’ll take that match over the Bret vs. Shawn Iron Man match any day.
5. Yeah they were stupid, but look at the NWO with all of their changes and backstabbing and Hogan destroying a company. Wrestling was built on being over the top and insane so why was it bad when the Dungeon did it?
Afraid I’ve got to disagree with you there. They had some of the most stupid moments in wrestling history, like Halloween Havoc 95 and the Doomsday Cage Match, and the promo where Giant debuted is probably the worst I’ve ever seen. Coupled with bad gimmicks like Z-Gangsta and The Zodiak, and it’s one of the worst. Yeah, they won a fair amount of gold, but look at A&8’s. 2 World Titles, 1 TV Title and they were still awful.
I found the Dungeon of Doom quite interesting as a kid. It was over the top as hell no question but that’s fine, I like over the top.
I don’t hold much for accolades in mid 90’s WCW but it was actually pretty decent for what it was going for. As cartoonish as the stable was it fit for the time it was in and some of there moments were definitely head turners (like the Yeti busting out of the ice block. Even The mastermind of the Dungeon of Doom could get your attention by his unique look). It definitely gave Hogan a new and unique challenge and The Tower of Doom cage match is a guilty pleasure of mine.