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“There was an idea…. To bring together a group of remarkable villains…. To see if we could become something viler…. So that when wrestlers needed heat, we could fight the matches…. That they never could.” Listen, wrestling is flourishing right now, especially in the indie scene. Bullet Club has an incredible story going on about turmoil within their faction. However, when Cody Rhodes told Marty Scurll that his Villain Club moniker should become an actual group? We were with it. Especially when we saw Marty going on an actual recruitment run. Since we’d love for this to be an actual thing. Our Black Nerd Problems wrestling enthusiasts Carrie, Willie, and Omar got together to list a fantasy draft of wrestlers they’d want to see join Marty Scurll’s Villain Club. Marty Scurll “My homie’s a magician with the Tec Make your chain disappear and reappear on his neck”
Now, If you don’t know, Marty Scurll is the purest villain in wrestling. He’s every iteration of The Joker rolled into one guy. Marty can be funny and cowardly one minute (Silver Age Joker) then psychotic and violent the next (Scott Snyder / Tom King’s present-day Joker). Scurll is not only a brilliant wrestler but a great heel story teller. He never wastes an opportunity — he makes opportunities himself. If the all-star heel is assembling a crew, then we’ll need some folks with the talent, skill, and potential to run with the bad guy. What we need are a few true villains… “A true villain can’t be anything els…
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