# Kane Tombstones Linda

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tombstones-linda/191561>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 29, 2003, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tombstones-linda/191561 "2003-07-29T00:48:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tombstones-linda/191561/21 "2003-07-29T20:56:17Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JSexton \*  
> **I’ll second that. And a slight modification. He doesn’t “climb” to the top rope. He jumps straight up to it, something most two-legged wrestlers don’t do. Contrary to the story line, he’s been wrestling int he independent circuit for a couple of years under the name “Tenacious Z”, where he drew the attention of Bruce Prichard (IIRC), one of the top hiring guys in the WWE.**

Semantics shemantics. I would have also said RVD climbed the ropes when he usually jumps. I believe it was his stint in NWA:TNA that got Brother Love’s attention.

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> I think if they can keep his booking realiastic, i.e., somewhere in the middle of the cruiserweight ranks, he will be much more than a flash int he pan. He’ll also last much longer on Smackdown than on Raw, where the egos are not as rampant.
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> Justin \*\*

I’m interested in where he goes from here, now that his feud with McMahon is ‘over’. It will be hard to book him over the other talent without making the other talent look exceedingly weak - not just because of his handicap, but because of his height and musculature. Even all 150 pounds of Rey Mysterio and the Ultimo Dragon look large next to Zach Gowen.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tombstones-linda/191561/22 "2003-07-29T23:34:38Z")

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> \*Originally posted by D\_Odds \*  
> **Semantics shemantics. I would have also said RVD climbed the ropes when he usually jumps. I believe it was his stint in NWA:TNA that got Brother Love’s attention.**

I’m not trying to correct you so much as trying to impress upon the non-watchers exactly how agile Gowen is.

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> I’m interested in where he goes from here, now that his feud with McMahon is ‘over’. It will be hard to book him over the other talent without making the other talent look exceedingly weak - not just because of his handicap, but because of his height and musculature. Even all 150 pounds of Rey Mysterio and the Ultimo Dragon look large next to Zach Gowen. \*\*

True. I’m already worried that he won’t ever get a clean win. If Lesnar and Angle have to keep bailing him out with run-ins, he’l never really get over. Too bad Crash is gone now. 🙂 Anyway, if he starts small and feuds with, say, Sho Funaki over a misinterpreted handicap jab, then works up to Jamie Noble and Rey Rey, it could be believable. Working in the tag division with someone like Rikishi or Benoit could also lead to some plausible situations, even a title run.

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Justin

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kane-tombstones-linda/191561/23 "2003-10-30T19:44:39Z")

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