Tony Schiavone Shoots on M. Wallstreet being a Million Dollar Man Rip Off

In this clip from What Happened When, Tony Schiavone shoots on Mike Rotunda returning to WCW after his run as IRS in WWE as M. Wallstreet.
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[neogeo]

People were jumping back and forth between WWF and WCW all along, it didn't really catch attention until the really big names like Hogan started moving around

[QuentinDude]

If I'm not mistaken he came back to WCW as VK Wallstreet (as a rib on Vincent Kennedy McMahon). He was called Michael Wallstreet when he was in the York Foundation in the early 90's before going to WWF

[InTheKnow]

IRS & Michael WallStreet are CLEARLY plays on Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko character from 'Wall Street'.

[jaquesteddyruxpin]

VK Wallstreet never spoke, he never flashed any money around, he never had a bodyguard, he never rode around in a limousine, he never made the fans do humiliating things for money and he lost 90% of his matches, yeah, he was definitely a Dibiase ripoff😒😒😒

[somerville]

IRS was great in the WWF. Always got heat.

[TonyHookedonVanlife]

Honestly, the only time I really paid much attention to Mike Rotundo was when he was tagging with Barry Windham. They were a great team with exciting matches. Other than that, he was just 'there'. Kinda meh...

[jasongodfrey]

I swear Mike Rotunda did look like a Million Dolllar Man knockoff hell he looked more like a hotel manager

[QuentinDude]

WCW already had a Million Dollar Man ripoff BEFORE Rotunda came back to the company. In the early 90's Terry Taylor was called The Taylor Made Man and came out looking like Dibiase

[genecason]

Well for anyone that doesn't know he actually was unable to use his real name since he left the wwf in the 80's because back then Vince not only owned most of the gimmicks but the names the wrestlers went by, and unfortunately when Mike left Vince filed a lawsuit against him and won in court the use of Mike's real name, now my question is knowing all this why would you keep going back to the WWE, till this day were owns Mike's real name and he cannot wrestle any where but wwe with it.

[kevinwilkins]

Idc how much success he had as IRS STUPID ASS GIMMICK LOL, I Always remember him as Mike Rotunda wrestling machine from Syracuse University #VARSITY CLUB, Thats who I liked

[AWard]

Seems like a nice guy, but Tony doesn’t know shit. The difference between him and Bruce in terms of knowledge, prep work, showmanship is noticeable.

[brentw]

I THINK Whoever said wallstreets plans were nixed cuz it wud of made HALL & Nash stuff less special a year later is using hindsight to rewritw history. As a year n advance Nash was champ& not leaving&Hall waa having his best run...Hell Scott even admitted the last night n the garden he told vince 2give him a pay raise and he wasnt going anywhere. Whoever said this about wallstreet makes it sound like hall and nash were signed 1yr n advance and wcw waa just counting down the days to launch Nwo