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OK, so right below this post is our interview with Gavin Dawson, a.k.a. The People's Champ.  Obviously the nickname is lifted from the Great One, The Rock himself, and Dawson is the only one who's non-Jabroni enough around these parts to carry it off.  But it did get me thinking about what wrestlers' personas would most fit the rest of us sports-talk guys were we all to adopt them.

I thought it would be fun to be Shawn Michaels myself, the Main Event, Showstopper, etc.  But though I am charismatic enough in my own way I don't quite have the "Look at Me" flair to pull that off.  In the end I figure I'm more of a ring technician like Bret Hart.  (I wouldn't mind being Triple H either but I'm not sure I have the heel personality.  There are a couple of people around here I should have pedigreed a while ago...)  Bret was great at what he did, told amazing stories in the ring, wore the belt, defined a generation, but his style came through best in his work, not necessarily in his showiness.

If you'd like to offer an alternative to the "Excellence of Execution" label for me I'd be willing to hear that, but the real point of the poll is that we're missing a nickname for the other guy on our podcast crew, Casey Holdahl.  He's a natural as Lance Uppercut but that's not an acclaimed wrestler and so doesn't count.  We cannot let this day go by without smacking a label on him as well!

It seems to me Casey's hallmark attributes are his sense of humor, his astonishing work with multimedia, his understated manner so that you don't notice him until all of a sudden he does something amazing, and the ability to maneuver his way in where nobody has gone before and stick.  Sounds like maybe...Edge?  Christian?  I don't know.  Captain Charisma does kind of fit.

So anyway, help us out with this if you know what the heck we're talking about.  If you want to compare other Portland media personalities to wrestler personas feel free to do that too.  Canzano anyone?  Jaynes?  BEN?????

This isn't the kind of poll that lends itself to that new-fangled click box.  Register your thoughts in the comments.  Knock yourself out!

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com

 

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Bret Hart/Owen Hart

I’d give Dave a mix of Bret’s charisma and drive, swirled with Owens natural talent and memorability. All and all, Dave is a Hart, the Heart of BlazersEdge.

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 21, 2008 1:05 AM PST reply actions  

Casey is tough...

He is Mean Gene, mixed with Bobby “the Brain” Heenen, and a dash of Jim Ross…

To me its obvious, he is..

Casey “The King” Holdahl

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 21, 2008 1:10 AM PST reply actions  

Oh no.

I just thought of Jim Cornette (sp?) for the first time in years! Ew. Not because of anyone in particular, just all the managers mentioned above. Now I don’t feel so well. Dwight Jaynes is Captain Lou. Canzano is Cyndi Lauper… Ew. Thanks for bringing this up.

by Nathan Jr on Nov 21, 2008 1:26 AM PST reply actions  

you are on the pulse.

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 21, 2008 1:47 AM PST up reply actions  

I wanted to say Tazz because he's lame

But once he started being a commentator, he kind of grew on me.

by tominhawaii on Nov 21, 2008 1:48 AM PST up reply actions  

you realize

Tazz</strong to Mae Young

Is a huge difference,announcing or not!

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 21, 2008 1:50 AM PST up reply actions  

new gimmick, messing up html.

"if i started a beer company and sold one beer for every time he(timbo) replied to himself, i'd be a millionaire, check that, a billionaire". - prezofdeath

"14 points, 13 rebounds, 2 blocks, no turnovers. Standing ovation for Travis tonight." - Dave

by Outlaw is Rejector on Nov 21, 2008 1:52 AM PST up reply actions  

Ha Ha

What about he Brooklyn Brawler, or is it the Bronx Brawler?

by tominhawaii on Nov 21, 2008 2:50 AM PST up reply actions  

I don't get it.

Why would Gavin calling himself some kind of “people champion” have anything to do with that movie with Sean Connery and Nicolas Cage?

This sentence tells me a bit about Dave, but I’m not exactly sure how to take it.

But though I am charismatic enough in my own way I don’t quite have the “Look at Me” flair to pull that off.

Dave, are you saying that you have charismatic tendencies or that you rolled a 15 for your charisma score?

One of Two Official Blazer's Edge Poets Laureate for the 2008-2009 Season

"In vino veritas." - Latin proverb
"Ich sitze hier und trinke mein gutes Wittenbergisch Bier und das Reich Gottes kommt von ganz alleine" - Martin Luther
"μηκέτι ὑδροπότει, ἀλλὰ οἴνῳ ὀλίγῳ χρῶ διὰ τὸν στόμαχον καὶ τὰς πυκνάς σου ἀσθενείας." - 1 Timothy 5:23

by T Darkstar on Nov 21, 2008 5:46 AM PST reply actions  

jericho

’nuff said

Blazer's fan since '84, Currently exiled in San Antonio

↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A

by HurraKane212 on Nov 21, 2008 6:13 AM PST reply actions  

BREAK DOWN THE WALL!!!!!!!!!!

The pictures kinda small, but Im giving the C's a big thumbs down

by Blazermaniac77 on Nov 21, 2008 1:57 PM PST up reply actions  

Darn it, my fault

The pictures kinda small, but Im giving the C's a big thumbs down

by Blazermaniac77 on Nov 21, 2008 8:14 PM PST up reply actions  

No biggy

I always wanted my own intro music. I wanted a little speaker on my belt that would play my theme song every time I entered a room.

by tominhawaii on Nov 22, 2008 2:31 AM PST up reply actions  

Fact: Casey Holdahl is relatively quiet and reserved on the podcast.

Assumption: Casey Holdahl has a lot more to say, and he’d like to get it out.

Fact: Blazers Edge is an excellent way to anonymously voice your opinion about our team.

Assumption: Casey Holdahl is smart enough to realize that posting under Lance Uppercut ruins his anonymous, thus, he’s got his another profile on here.

Fact: Timbo drops a lot of info around here and he’s very opinionated.

Assumption: Casey Holdahl is Timbo, and thus, Timbo is Casey.
Casey, wishing for a wrestler’s name, took Kimbo Slice, but being the silly pickle he is, shortened it to “Kimbo” but misspelled it in the process, giving him the name “Timbo.”

Conclusion: Casey Holdahl = “Timbo Slice”

Whoever was posting Oden up....was just stupid.
by Eventine

by prezofdeath on Nov 21, 2008 6:23 AM PST reply actions  

"The King of the Web Brawlers"

"You're really making me feel good about myself, little man," says Oden as he starts dancing after scoring a goal. "You better come harder than that."

by BlueBooYay on Nov 21, 2008 7:00 AM PST up reply actions  

uh....but...dave?

where’s the poll?

The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.

by faith on Nov 21, 2008 7:28 AM PST reply actions  

unless you got some super secret one, with beasty manly chicks swinging away on em!?!? :)

The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.

by faith on Nov 21, 2008 7:29 AM PST up reply actions  

No chance

Dave, you’re the jet flying, limo riding, kiss stealin, wheeling dealin’ son of a gun on the Blazers Edge… WOOOO!!!

I cant liken you to the Hitman either, altho there are many obvious similiarities, including being the excellence of execution. However, Brett got screwed as you know, and had every right to spit in Vince’s mug.

Chad in Portland is obviously Playboy Buddy Rose. Gavin would be Rip “the Crippler” Oliver (likely dressed as Santa with a tire iron in his toy bag) and Holdalh completes the Clan as Bobby Jaggers. Truly a triumverant of JOBBERS.

Canzano comes in as “The Goon.” Anyone remember him?

Lastly Michael Holton is my Papa Shango, although he turned himself into a zombie with his voo-doo and Luft Man clearly is Don Kost (not sure if Don actually wrestled but his commentary was as phony.)

This is great I have something to keep me pre-occupied with all day.

GO TRAIL BLAZERS!!! Steel chair to the Kings crowns!!!!


Joey, have you ever been to a Turkish prison?

by bow4meow on Nov 21, 2008 7:34 AM PST reply actions  

Captain Charisma?

ummm…

wow. just… wow.

Greg Oden, where posters happen.

by ratbastird on Nov 21, 2008 7:36 AM PST reply actions  

From how you describe Casey

it reminds me most of Eddie Guerrero. Great in the ring, great on the mike. Made the most out of what they gave him and carved out a semi-unique place in wrestling (as much as that’s possible anyway).

by DrivetheLane on Nov 21, 2008 8:00 AM PST reply actions  

my knowledge of wrestlers

all i can remember is tony borne , the von stiger bros.and the claw ! i think the last wrestling match i watched was 1975

by 2phattoplay on Nov 21, 2008 8:06 AM PST reply actions  

For Dwight Jaynes

You gotta go old school. Freddie Blassie. – Elgin.

All the kids who played the blues would learn my licks with a bottleneck slide. - Richard Palmer-James

by 22baylor on Nov 21, 2008 8:51 AM PST reply actions  

Who didn't watch wrestling!?!?!

John Canzano = Vince McMahon.

He’s not the owner and operator, nor does he pull the strings behind the curtain, but Vince McMahon’s wrestling character was always willing to play the heel to get a story line across, which is a trait that almost perfectly describes how I feel about Canzano. During the ’Sheed years, I loved the team and hated John Canzano, because I felt like he was being critical of an excellent Portland team. It was quite the parallel to Vince McMahon throwing cheap shots at Stone Cold, who, at the time, was my favorite wrestler. Years later, I almost feel tricked. Stone Cold has kind of fell off into irrelevancy and most of what Canzano wrote proved to be true.

Dave = Jim Ross

This probably stings a little but bear with me. Jim Ross was always kind of the sanity behind any WWF/WWE broadcast. Regardless of how out of control things got Ross would continue plugging away at his routine – commenting on technique, detailing the play-by-play, and salvaging any remaining shreds of “sport” within a contest regardless of how ridiculous or ugly it actually was. Dave does a lot of similar things for us, in my opinion. He maintains our sanity despite how crazy we might be for the team.

Casey Holdahl = Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love

Now, Casey’s not as hardcore as any of Mick Foley’s characters (no offense Casey, but it’s not like you’re sticking tacks in your tongue with any regularity…) but I always wondered how Mick Foley got as famous as he did. In the land of six-pack abs and massive biceps, Mick was built like a trucker. He wasn’t particularly athletic, wasn’t very well spoken, and for the better part 3 years, he pulled a sock out of his pants as his finishing move. But what a great parallel to Casey’s career! I mean, both guys honed their craft in their mother’s basement and, once discovered, both skyrocketed their careers to new heights. Mick went on to teach his loyal WWE fans how to read (by writing a very entertaining autobiography) and Casey, well, he upgraded from the basement to an executive suite with the team he knows and loves. Unfortunately, I don’t forsee Casey’s autobiography being quite as entertaining…

"Now, you take a bobcat or a Jayhawk. You know they'll run if you give 'em the chance. But when one don't run, why, you shoot him and shoot him quick. Raef's my dog, Pa. I've gotta do what's right..." Old Yeller (1957)

by RoyGoesTheDynamite on Nov 21, 2008 9:37 AM PST reply actions  

LOL

Mick Foley! Funny!

—Dave

by Dave on Nov 21, 2008 11:15 AM PST up reply actions  

Canzono= Barry Harowits. Total Jabrony.

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Nov 21, 2008 12:08 PM PST up reply actions  

Dave= Honky Tonk Man.

Henry Abbot is Hulk Hogan. Dave is the greatest Intercontenental Champion that ever lived. And if you swear on his site, he’ll bash his guitar across your head. I guess that would make Ben, Jimmy Heart.

My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.

by OCBlazerFan1 on Nov 21, 2008 12:07 PM PST reply actions  

please please please leave me out of this lol :)

by Ben Golliver on Nov 21, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions  

how about Sophia "the Body" Batum?

The pictures kinda small, but Im giving the C's a big thumbs down

by Blazermaniac77 on Nov 21, 2008 8:17 PM PST up reply actions  

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