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Post by James McCloud IS John Godot on Dec 9, 2008 16:08:38 GMT -5
I vaguely remember this happening in WCW. Jim Duggan would tape his hand or something and it would allow him to knock out people with a single blow. One time he even declared that the tape would allow him to defeat Hollywood Hogan.
What the hell was all that about? Am I missing an obvious detail that has this make sense?
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Dec 9, 2008 16:12:26 GMT -5
They did a video on Duggan's forefathers and how he came from a long line of taped fist champions and so he just started using it to beat his foes. Of course against guys like The Giant, it didn't work all that well though.
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Dec 9, 2008 19:31:14 GMT -5
I remember that didn't he once tape his 2x4 also
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Dec 9, 2008 20:49:13 GMT -5
He wouldn't just tape his fist, that wouldn't be Duggan enough. Nope, he grabbed one end, flinged it around his head where it would sloppily cover his fist, then BLAMMO! Deck the guy right in the head without bothering to tear the roll off. The whole thing looked idiotic even for Hacksaw.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Dec 10, 2008 0:10:56 GMT -5
I remember he fought DDP in a "Taped Fists Match" at Bash At The Beach once. Man, that whole angle was stupid.
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Post by Janitor From Mars on Dec 10, 2008 0:29:40 GMT -5
Duggan's great-grandfather fought George Hackenschmidt using taped fists!
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Post by lmoney215 on Dec 10, 2008 1:01:39 GMT -5
oh man, the king of the taped fists. he used duct tape too i remember, man this was bad, but WCW bad. oh well.
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Post by bretclark on Dec 10, 2008 6:53:42 GMT -5
Looking back, it was stupid, but in a funny way. I remember Bobby Heenan once mentioned that his dad was a police chief and was able to hold 6 donuts and an eclair in each hand since his hands were so huge, or something to that effect. But in all seriousness, if you tape your fists correctly, you can actually make them rock hard due to the pressure being exerted and focused.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2008 13:21:10 GMT -5
The insane part of this whole ordeal was he'd do this right in front of the referee. Grab the tape out of his trunks (eww), sloppily wrap his hand a couple of times and BLAM! Referee just stands there like a dope and allows it to happen.
I might be a mark, but I do know that's considered an "international object" as they'd say in WCW.
Didn't he win the TV or US title doing this? Absurd.
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Post by blef on Dec 12, 2008 11:47:05 GMT -5
I found it appropriate that Duggan would keep the roll of tape attached sometimes.
Aren't wrestling fans always criticizing him for being a sloppy brute?
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 17, 2008 10:51:00 GMT -5
I thought you meant he got the "Supertape" treatment from Coliseum video
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Post by The Booty Disciple on Dec 18, 2008 16:09:38 GMT -5
Say what you will about the taped fist silliness in WCW, but for him to be back in the ring like that after his surgery is pretty impressive.
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Post by Triple H buried SnS on Dec 18, 2008 17:36:00 GMT -5
Oh yes... i actually looked for this... and proud of it!
Its actually pretty funny.
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Post by Gobbledy Demon on Dec 18, 2008 18:12:51 GMT -5
Tony Atlas frowns at this gimmick
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Post by Triple Kelly on Dec 19, 2008 3:15:52 GMT -5
I thought you meant he got the "Supertape" treatment from Coliseum video *nods* |
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