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Another old collab with my brother GohBilly.

One of my favorite collabs with my brother GohBilly.

Helped animate this for my brother GohBilly. It was used for a collab we did on a WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game parody.

You picked the right spectre, chico!

Obviously The Giant didn’t really break his neck, but that injury was worked into the storyline. It’s wild looking back at that era because WCW seemed willing to turn almost anything into an angle or merchandise opportunity.

Even when Sid suffered a very real, very serious leg injury, WCW still ended up incorporating it into the TV story and replayed it over and over, which was terrible.

Which makes me surprised late-stage WCW never gave us:

“Sid Vicious, now with Spring Loaded Compound Fracture Action!”

(Please keep him away from the top rope. Batteries not included.)

As a kid, that version of Backlund creeped me out. He wasn’t the typical “cool bad guy” or monster heel. He felt completely unhinged. The bow tie, the forced politeness, snapping from calm old-school gentleman into someone trying to rip your arm off with the Crossface Chickenwing. I mean, he was shelving guys left and right with it. It worked because you believed this was a guy who had mentally cracked after the business passed him by.

The best part was that it actually made sense with his history. Here was a former champion who represented a different era, came back, realized nobody respected him anymore, and completely lost it. His obsession with being called “Mr. Backlund” and demanding respect was such a simple but believable motivation.

Then WWE finally pulls the trigger, has him beat Bret Hart for the title… and basically uses him as a quick transitional champion for Diesel. Diesel beating him in seconds definitely made Diesel look huge, but it also killed off a character they spent months building.

I always felt there was way more they could’ve done with crazy heel Backlund. Even if he wasn’t going to carry the company long-term, he was such a unique villain. He didn’t need to be the guy forever, but the character deserved more than just being used as a bridge to the next era.

I know many look back at it as lame, but to me that run was way better than it gets credit for.

Another collab with my brother GohBilly.

Another collab with my brother GohBilly with a new version of Street Fighter meets Super Mario Bros. 3, now with a map screen and dancing barrels!

Another early animation I helped my brother GohBilly with.

Part 1 of some additional hidden taunt easter egg effects in Garou: Mark of the Wolves. A collab I made with my brother GohBilly.

Collab made with my brother GohBilly. A small sample of the hidden taunt easter eggs in Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

One of the first animations I helped my brother GohBilly with.

My bro (GohBilly) and I put them all together. Who's your go to wrestler?