John Morrison This Decades HBK??

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Is Morrison the next HBK??

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Klide

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Wonder if anyones posted this before if soo then can someone delete this..
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Basically what the tittle says is John Morrison this decades or in other words the next HBK??
There have much more in common than u think
-Have some what same style (fighting even clothing)
-Both were in tag teams and both screwed there partner
-Both were tag team and intercontinental champions
-Had Stables DX(Chyna,Hbk,HHH) MNM( Mercury,Nitro,Melina)

Your opinions about this???
 

Kizza

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Absolutely not. HBK doesn't need to do nowhere near the amount of flashy spots Morrison does to keep the crowd interested. Plus, as a face, Morrison is dead on the mic.

Morrison is much better as a heel getting a reaction, because he has moves that make him look like he's pulling them out to show he's better than you. Meanwhile, as a face, its more like he's pulling them out just for the hell of it.
 

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they're similar physically, but other than the tag team stuff, that's about it. you can't compare the two. when Shawn Michaels was in his heyday, he could put on a match with anyone, and people would care. Just look at the matches he's innovated/taken part in that are now commonplace.

Ladder Match vs Razor Ramon
Iron Man Match vs Bret Hart
Hell In A Cell
Elimination Chamber

You need more than 10 fingers and 10 toes to count the number of matches he's had that you won't forget. With Morrison, he isn't even close. the spots Morrison has can be compared, because that's how wrestling has evolved. but that's different than being able to get the crowd fired up with a hand motion or sell of a move.

I can see what you're thinking, but other than the obvious comparisons, they're worlds apart.
 

Klide

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^ yeah true but we know still his career has just started he hasent gone through maineventing as long as he dosent screw up he could mainevent. But I have to agree with you guys as of right know there no way the same then the obvious
 

Great One

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Absolutely not. HBK doesn't need to do nowhere near the amount of flashy spots Morrison does to keep the crowd interested. Plus, as a face, Morrison is dead on the mic.

Morrison is much better as a heel getting a reaction, because he has moves that make him look like he's pulling them out to show he's better than you. Meanwhile, as a face, its more like he's pulling them out just for the hell of it.
I think this is definitely right in a sense. HBK can still keep the crowd interested at 40+ and has that work ethic. But I'd say Morrison is much better than HBK ever was in the ring since coming back in 2002, simply for all the shit he can do in the ring and that he's just going to get better, he's only 29 YEARS old, which was HBK, what in 1994? Lol. Also, not to mention Morrison wrestles more of this generation, whereas HBK was the pioneer of this generation and pretty much set the standard for it and for Morrison, so it's hard to compare. So is he 'this decades HBK'? Yeah, I guess from some perspective he is, although he won't ever accomplish the things HBK did... like I aforementioned, he won't ever revolutionize the style of wrestling like HBK did. That's where he is in the ring. Now as far as the mic goes, seriously I don't even want to get started because he's become such a tool. Biggest waste and underutilization of what could be the greatest character since The Rock I have ever seen. All he's turned into is some Cena #2 crowd suck-up PG smurf. OMG REY WE HAD LIKE THE BEST MATCH EVA AND I LOVE U MAN AND U CAN HAVE A TITLE SHOT WHENEVER I LOVE U! *insert gay smile and blatantly suck up to crowd more* Seriously, what a fag, I hope he isn't writing this shit. And even then, the WWE is making him look like a fucking joke, when he should be acting like an arrogant bad ass (like The Rock) and doing whatever the fuck he wants. It just makes no sense to me and kinda pisses me off at how much of a waste of a character it is, dunno. The guy could be great, big, amazing, and yeah he still may be, but he'll just be another Rey Mysterio at this route and it will always seem like the talent was wasted. Don't get me wrong, at some points with his Ziggler feud he was good and funny and came across smooth (aside from the absolutely unfunny and Blue Mr. Ziggles thing and when he at least tries to stop himself from sounding like a 100% chick with his squeeky ass voice). Oh yeah, take into the consideration the pathetic transition to face from when he was a heel before he WAS acting like he SHOULD, like his character had ALWAYS been, then he suddenly changes to suck up and pander to the crowd..?
 

Kizza

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Since splitting from Miz, it has definately shown how much John needs a partner to keep the stability. Miz was more of a gritty fighter, where Morrison was a flashy guy. Now that Miz is by himself and still a heel, he has been much more impressive than a Morrison face.
 

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I don't think that they are similar, but I can see comparrisons, and I think some of the critism of Morrison has been unfair.

Lets not forget that in his day, Shawn was as much of a 'high flyer' as Morrison is today. Its just that as time moves on, you have to do more innovative spots. Back then, drop kicks and elbows of the top rope were very impressive and very few wrestlers could pull it of as well as Micheals.

Also, Micheals was god awful on the mic in the late 80's very early 90's, I mean just ridiculous. (As were many in the WWF at the time) It took him literally years to get his style down.

I definately don't think Morrison needs Miz for stability. Infact if anything and one of the reasons I would agree that Morrison and HBK are similar is that they were/are clearly stars and will/have impressed most when they are the sole attraction or 'main event'. Sure Shawn has done great with partners, but only when he is the main focus, and it wouldn't suprise me if they do something similar with JMo!
 

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To compare HBK to Morrison is unfair to Morrison. The guy is truly a great talent but this comparing him to HBK so critically does nothing but make him look bad. Why are we expecting him to live up to anyone else's standards? When Austin started to get hot, did anyone call him the new Hulk Hogan? Yeah, after he got mega over and the comparisons were made based on popularity, but when he just because Stone Cold and we started. STARTED to see that he had this amazing potential. John Morrison won't be this next generations HBK, he will be this next generation's John Morrison.
 

Kizza

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As a heel, I believe he could be great. But as a face, I am no where near convinced.
 

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I tend to agree with kaedon. Morrison will make a name for himself as john Morrison, And not by been compared to HBK. JoMo he is really good and has got the potential to be a great ME star down the line in the not 2 distant future. But i do think the need to make some changes with him though.
 

noumenon

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No one will be the next HBK...HBK is HBK...end of story.

John Morrison is however the most likely to be the next mega-star out of this crop of young guys. He's got the look, and he's probably one of the best in ring workers in the company. The only thing that's holding him back as or right now is his completely unrelatable gimmick and his atrocious mic work.
He would have been much better suited staying as Johnny Nitro and making his own persona instead of speaking a cheesy Disco Stu-esque voice and pretending to be from the 70s.
CM Punk and Morrison started out their singles paths at around the same time...but why is CM Punk main eventing and Morrison is not? His character is more accessible and he's phenomenal on the mic.
 

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Morrison has a good chance if he can improve 110% on the mic... he's far to monotone robotic to get over... its the only thing holding him back (apart from the old guys hogging the spotlight)

Thing is, HBK was the first of the high-flyers to break the glass cieling... he was far too small at the time to be accepted into the main eventers but he did it... sure he used alot of politics backstage but who wouldn't take it like he did??? he saw the torch, didnt't wait for it to be passed over so he fucking took it for himself...... a phenomenal performer too and has had more matches of the year than anyone I can think off....

Morrison won't be in the position as Shawn was to use and abuse his sway and have creative control so he has a much tougher job to become such a big star....

so no Johnny Nitro won't be the next HBK.... he's just the next John Morrison

but hey fuck me.... if Morrison gets half the push Punk did, he'll be a massive face.... and it won't take him every title on the planet like Punk
 

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I don't think that they are similar, but I can see comparrisons, and I think some of the critism of Morrison has been unfair.

Lets not forget that in his day, Shawn was as much of a 'high flyer' as Morrison is today. Its just that as time moves on, you have to do more innovative spots. Back then, drop kicks and elbows of the top rope were very impressive and very few wrestlers could pull it of as well as Micheals.

Saved me posting #1.

Also, Micheals was god awful on the mic in the late 80's very early 90's, I mean just ridiculous. (As were many in the WWF at the time) It took him literally years to get his style down.

Saved me posting #2.

...The Rockers pretty much cut the same promo for their entire time together in the WWF and they still sounded corny as hell!



Additionally, someone differentiates between HBK & JoMo above by saying HBK can have a good match with anyone and so on... THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MORRISON'S BEEN DOING SINCE HE ARRIVED ON SD!

...and I think that's the biggest similarity between the two.

JoMo may not end up being "The Icon", but he sure as hell is this generations 'Showstopper'.


I'd really like to see them evolve the whole 'Guru Of Greatness' character as it's defo this side of things whcih stands between him and greatness.
 

noumenon

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but hey fuck me.... if Morrison gets half the push Punk did, he'll be a massive face.... and it won't take him every title on the planet like Punk

uuuhh..they've held the exact same titles.