NWO, 2000 One of the most important things to do upon entering an e-fed is to get your point across. People will only pay attention to you if they know why the hell you're hanging around in the first place. When Brandon Adams created the Blade character, he forgot the important aspect of letting the rest of the world knowing what his gimmick was. As a result, the entire NWO was confused as to what Blade was talking about. This flushed him down to jobber status until the ultimate humiliation finally forced him out of the NWO. For starters, a little bit of background is necessary. A vampire wrestler with a split personality was making waves in the Net World Order arenas. Many people focused on the fact that Gene Simmons/Michael Graves was a vampire, which is what held him down for so long. Of course, back to the original story at hand. Soon there were very short vignettes of a dark figure in a trenchcoat attacking anybody in sight. Of course, "anybody" just so happened to be cameramen and interviewers. Blade proved he could manipulate the helpless well, but when it came to fighting in the ring... well, Blade just downright sucked. He was always too little with his words, and the fact that nobody knew he was supposed to be a vampire hunter didn't help. That's right! Blade was meant to be a vampire hunter. He easily could have gone to the Batcave with a fishing net to let people know it, but... He hit the mere mortal camera crew instead. Blind as a bat? Shawn Bishop, having led this walking disaster into the NWO, decided that it would be the best interest of the company to give Blade a megapush, along with another newcomer by the name of Big Stick. Despite shoving Blade down everybody's throats, nobody swallowed. Nobody, of course, except Blade. Once Bishop stepped down as company CEO, CEO Steve Davis took the position and put Blade and Big Stick's push to a screeching halt. Eventually, Triple H picked Blade up in his new Degeneration-X stable. But the more matches Blade lost, the further down the ladder he was thrown. Yes, hard to believe, people were placed BELOW Blade. Gotta love the lopsided glass ceiling near NWO's end. Around this time, Hall of Famer Chris Jericho was suffering the NWO's longest running losing streak. Therefore, it only made sense to book the two losers with a curtain-jerking feud. What resulted was perhaps the most shocking moment in Net World Order history. Wins went towards Chris Jericho's favor, thus ending his losing streak. Degeneration-X was getting tired of Blade's lack of success, and offered him a month to turn things around. Blade tried desperately to gain the upper advantage against Jericho verbally, but to no avail (of course). In one of Steve Davis' last days as CEO, he booked a final match between Blade and Chris Jericho. Blade began by crucifying a cameraman. Jericho called him a bully and... well, this is probably worth reading yourself... Click Here to read Jericho's interview.   Yes, that's right! Jericho proved all the naysayers wrong by beating Blade with one foot up his own ass! Folks, this is what the Hall of Fame is all about. Of course, how could Blade beat a stunt like that? Chris Jericho uncerimoniously squashed Blade like asshair lice. Degeneration-X gave Blade the BOOT after this humiliation, leaving Blade to decide his future alone! Blade became so embarASSed from this crushing deFEET that he chose to leave the NWO on his own. Of course, before he did that, he won the Canadian Title from Ruthless, who did not show up to fight. Blade retired with the championship, and is hailed as the last Canadian Champion for the NWO. I don't know about you, but I find this to be very fitting indeed. Brandon Adams eventually returned to the NWO under the guises of Kurt Angle and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, winning the US and Intercontinental gold, respectively. Of course, this never stopped the neverending flurry of fan's questioning, "Hey, isn't that the guy who couldn't beat Stinkyfoot?" I want more Hall of Shamers! Want to help Wrestlecrap? Register with PayPal or eBay Today!!