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WCW and Oz.

By Scott Keith on 31 August 2016

> RE: Kevin Nash’s Oz gimmick…
>
> Did none of the dumb fucks booking WCW actually read The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz or at least see the Wizard Of Oz movie before they decided to name Kevin Nash’s character “Oz”?
>
> In either source material The Wizard is never referred to as Oz. Do you know why?
>
> Because Oz is the name of the land, not the name of The Wizard himself (duh…).
>
> Either they didn’t know, or didn’t care and didn’t think that anyone watching the shows would care… which is really weird since the whole point of the character was to promote The Wizard Of Oz’s Turner cable airings and video release…
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> Yes, let’s promote a beloved classic film by pissing all over the source material.
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> Brilliant job, WCW.
>

Wait, of all the flaws behind that gimmick, THAT’S the one that’s your breaking point with it?

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