Hi everyone today I will talk about a forgotten talent named Mordecai. This will be about how I felt about him, his promos, matches and his disappearance.
For those of you who don’t know, Mordecai was a character who was developed and designed to feud with The Undertaker. His character was someone who wanted to rid the world of sin. Weeks leading to his debut there were vignettes shown on Smackdown. At Judgement Day, he made his debut in a quick match against Scotty 2 Hotty. This began his attempts to rid the audience and WWE superstars of sin by destroying wrestlers such as Billy Kidman, Akio. His first competition came when he went face to face with Hardcore Holly. Their match was more of a fist fight of brute strength than a wrestling match. The end came when Mordecai won with his Crucifix Powerbomb. He did a promo where he stated he had chosen the first victim for his crusade but not soon after he was defeated by Rey Mysterio in an upset victory and never to be seen again. The life span of this character in total was 2 months and 7 days. In those 2 months and 7 days he had 2 pay per view matches and one televised match. That just shows how things can always change in the WWE.
In my opinion, Mordecai was a great character who had the look and powerhouse moves. He looked scary with the white gear and the white facial hair. In 2004, I was 11; I remember loving the promos and being hyped to see his debut against Scotty 2 Hotty. When I saw that I knew this guy was going to be my new favourite because he was different and seeing into the future I would have loved to see him against the Big Show and The Undertaker. Other feuds that would have worked with Mordecai would have been against guys like Billy Gunn (could have been around Billy Gunn’s days in DX and calling himself Mr. Ass) and Matt Morgan. It would have been hard to build feuds with other big men because during this time WWE had their brands split into 2 different entities. Even with that being said, they could have built him as a monster by destroying smaller guys so when he faced bigger guys it would fell like two giant/powerhouses facing off. Everything about him made me intrigued even his finisher which was fittingly the crucifix/cross power bomb. It was a real bummer that they didn’t do anything with him. Even one face to face confrontation with the Undertaker would have been special because we would have seen what could have been. It would have been the Pale Rider vs The Lord of Darkness. Another thing that bothered my about his exit is it was a lose/lose situation. WWE gained nothing from Mordecai losing to Rey Mysterio in an upset victory. Rey was already the cruiserweight champion and didn’t need Mordecai to elevate his career. They could either let Big Show take him out (this was 2004 Big Show so it would have been passable for him to beat one or two new guys) or they could have had a surprise opponent and it would have been someone from RAW jumping ship someone like Rhyno, Palumbo or Test to come to Smackdown and Mordecai could have been their first victory in their fresh start on a new brand. Another conclusion could have been I don’t know have him do the thing he was meant to do face the Undertaker and if there are problems along the way try to throw your money at them to try to help Mordecai to improve him to be a big draw one day. But hey I’m not Vince Mcmahon thus I can’t make these decisions. This has concludes Forgotten Talents and bid you all a good day. If you enjoyed this post please be sure to check out my other posts.
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