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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by default on Apr 18, 2008 0:54:55 GMT -5
Okay... what's the weirdest reference you've seen or heard to wrestling outside of it.
I've been watching the Weird Science TV show and Wyatt made a reference to Chet taping Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling... despite the show being taped in like '95... so GLOW had been out of business since '92... and even the movie was from before GLOW was around.
EDIT: Okay... just was wiki-ing the show and found out Ed Ferrara was on the writing staff.
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El Pollo Guerrera
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His name has chicken in it, and he is good at makin' .gifs, so that's cool.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 18, 2008 2:41:31 GMT -5
Not weird but in an unexpected place...
In the role-playing game CyberPunk (not a computer game, but sitting around a table with books and friends and beer), there was a supplemental book for Night City, the main setting. In this city, there is a Piper Memorial Sport Arena, named after a professional wrestler who thwarted a terrorist attempt to fly a passenger jet into the White House.
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Turd Ferguson
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Apr 18, 2008 9:41:33 GMT -5
Not weird but in an unexpected place... In the role-playing game CyberPunk (not a computer game, but sitting around a table with books and friends and beer), there was a supplemental book for Night City, the main setting. In this city, there is a Piper Memorial Sport Arena, named after a professional wrestler who thwarted a terrorist attempt to fly a passenger jet into the White House. Nerd. |
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Post by Gary Owens is PARAPUNK! on Apr 18, 2008 13:55:54 GMT -5
Not weird but in an unexpected place... In the role-playing game CyberPunk (not a computer game, but sitting around a table with books and friends and beer), there was a supplemental book for Night City, the main setting. In this city, there is a Piper Memorial Sport Arena, named after a professional wrestler who thwarted a terrorist attempt to fly a passenger jet into the White House. I used to play that |
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Post by Mongo & Pepe: Back in Black on Apr 18, 2008 14:35:48 GMT -5
I knew Ferrara wrote for Weird Science. I didn't know that he wrote for Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Series though! I'm pretty sure that he wrote for Duckman too.
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Post by Alawishous Simmons on Apr 18, 2008 16:28:38 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes and "Rick" Flair are recurring characters in my Management Accounting book. Truely the last place I ever expected to see a wrestling reference.
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Bill S. Preston, Esq.
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Post by default on Apr 18, 2008 21:44:18 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes and "Rick" Flair are recurring characters in my Management Accounting book. Truely the last place I ever expected to see a wrestling reference. When you account, you gotta make sure the employees get to the PAY WINDAH. |
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Post by messiah on Apr 19, 2008 11:57:39 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes and "Rick" Flair are recurring characters in my Management Accounting book. Truely the last place I ever expected to see a wrestling reference. To be the man, you've got to have a certified accountant man! Woo! |
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Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Ace Diamond on Apr 19, 2008 12:54:05 GMT -5
Dusty Rhodes and "Rick" Flair are recurring characters in my Management Accounting book. Truely the last place I ever expected to see a wrestling reference. Chapter 14: How to be ready for the Unexpetected, or, "THERE'S A LADY IN THE MEN'S ROOM, TONY!" |
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Post by Alawishous Simmons on Apr 19, 2008 14:40:09 GMT -5
Rick is doing well for himself in retirement. His company, "Figure Four" is making a healthy profit of $55,680. He hasn't a patch on Dusty though, he's getting funky like a monkey in charge of Richfield Oil Co.!
One man having a rough time of it is everyone's favourite wrasslin' reporter, Dave Meltzer. I qoute:
"14-16 Cost allocation in hospitals, alternative allocation criteria: Dave Meltzer vacationed at Lake Tahoe last winter. Unfortunately, he broke his ankle while skiing and spent two days at the Sierra University Hospital."
Poor old Dave not only broke his ankle but it seems he's no longer in charge of the WO, he's now a lowly salesman for Johnson & Johnson! He wasn't too happy with his hospital bill, saying "There was nothing I could do about it. When they come in and dab your stitches, it's not as if you can say 'Keep your cotton roll, I brought my own.'"
It is unknown how many stars he gave the doctor for his performance.
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Mr T L Wolf
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Post by Mr T L Wolf on Apr 19, 2008 18:35:13 GMT -5
Webcomic The Outer Circle  |
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Apr 19, 2008 18:58:19 GMT -5
I remember watching some crappy soft porn film late at night several years ago ,which had one guy mention that by going to Mexico he is going to miss the WCW cage title match.
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Post by YouStayClassy on Apr 19, 2008 20:37:50 GMT -5
Webcomic The Outer Circle This is unrelated, but the Wizard Of Speed And Time is, like, the greatest movie in the history of mankind. |
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 19, 2008 21:17:26 GMT -5
Rick is doing well for himself in retirement. His company, "Figure Four" is making a healthy profit of $55,680. He hasn't a patch on Dusty though, he's getting funky like a monkey in charge of Richfield Oil Co.! One man having a rough time of it is everyone's favourite wrasslin' reporter, Dave Meltzer. I qoute: "14-16 Cost allocation in hospitals, alternative allocation criteria: Dave Meltzer vacationed at Lake Tahoe last winter. Unfortunately, he broke his ankle while skiing and spent two days at the Sierra University Hospital." Poor old Dave not only broke his ankle but it seems he's no longer in charge of the WO, he's now a lowly salesman for Johnson & Johnson! He wasn't too happy with his hospital bill, saying "There was nothing I could do about it. When they come in and dab your stitches, it's not as if you can say 'Keep your cotton roll, I brought my own.'" It is unknown how many stars he gave the doctor for his performance. So how is jim herd's pizza company doing? |
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Post by default on Apr 19, 2008 23:01:09 GMT -5
Just watched the "wild west" episode they did and at one point in the background was a sign that said "Calloway's Undertakers"
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Post by icansleep on Apr 19, 2008 23:20:50 GMT -5
I remember when Ted suggested in Beethoven that they name the-then unnamed Beethoven, "Ultimate Warrior".
I remember marking out so hard in the theatre as a young lad at the reference.
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Post by Will Has 'Til Five, Ref on Apr 21, 2008 13:12:50 GMT -5
The tabloid show referring to Groundskeeper Willy as "Rowdy Roddy Peeper" on The Simpsons.
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Post by Johnny Danger (Godz) on Apr 21, 2008 13:17:36 GMT -5
"Hi, I'm Troy Maclure. You might remember me from such celebrity funerals as 'Andre The Giant: We Hardly Knew Ye' and 'Shemp Howard: Today We Mourn A Stooge'."
In a reference no one would get/care about, when I used to work at EB Games there were lots of people who I found in the store's computer that had pre-ordered games years ago, paid in full, then never picked them up. I'm talking 2-3 years ago. So I'd call them and tell them to come get their money, but if the number was disconnected or I had no way of reaching them, I'd just refund their deposits onto a gift card then pre-order an upcoming game that I wanted and get a free game out of the deal. So I wouldn't get caught, I used fake names for all of these that included Rusty Shackleford (King of the Hill reference), Terry Bollea, Randy Poffo, Virgil Runnels, and most obscure of all, Lloyd Van Buren, the fake name Stevie Richards used when he did the ECW hotline/answered phones for the ECW office.
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Post by maxx420 on Apr 28, 2008 10:19:50 GMT -5
On University Challenge Hulk Hogan was featured in a question. Contestants were shown his picture in a round about styles of moustache. They correctly identified that Hogan has a "Fu-Manchu" style 'tache.
On UK drama Hotel Babylon they once mentioned that Dwayne Johnson would be staying as a guest as he was in town to promote his latest movie. He didn't, of course, it was all just part of the drama. I can't remember what the reason was but The Rock supposedly cancelled his reservation.
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Apr 28, 2008 17:23:12 GMT -5
The AFL commentators in Australia reference the WWE and Chuck Liddel pretty often
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