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Sultan
Dec 15, 2008 12:36:41 GMT -5
Post by BJ Sturgeon on Dec 15, 2008 12:36:41 GMT -5
One of the few things I remember of him is getting flashed by Terri Runnels.
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Sultan
Dec 15, 2008 13:07:19 GMT -5
Post by samoanswatteam on Dec 15, 2008 13:07:19 GMT -5
I remember one of the first Nitros I ever watched was when Kevin Nash and Scott Hall attacked wrestlers in the backstage and Nash used Rey Mysterio as a dart against the TV truck. Not on topic but I'd have to say this was one of my favorite Nitro moments.
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Sultan
Dec 15, 2008 13:42:16 GMT -5
Post by BJ Sturgeon on Dec 15, 2008 13:42:16 GMT -5
I remember one of the first Nitros I ever watched was when Kevin Nash and Scott Hall attacked wrestlers in the backstage and Nash used Rey Mysterio as a dart against the TV truck. Not on topic but I'd have to say this was one of my favorite Nitro moments. I've never seen footage of that. Anyone?
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Sultan
Dec 15, 2008 13:56:54 GMT -5
Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Dec 15, 2008 13:56:54 GMT -5
I actually agree the Sultan could have been a cool character. I liked his mask.
Apparently back in those days though, they figured he'd be more marketable by losing the mysterious aura, and shoving his buttcheeks in people's faces. They were apparently right, but still...
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Sultan
Dec 15, 2008 17:01:12 GMT -5
Post by nerdinitupagain on Dec 15, 2008 17:01:12 GMT -5
One of the few things I remember of him is getting flashed by Terri Runnels. I was wondering how long it was going to take for this to get mentioned. In reality, it's the only thing I remember about the Sultan.
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Sultan
Dec 16, 2008 9:35:06 GMT -5
Post by blef on Dec 16, 2008 9:35:06 GMT -5
I recall that the alliance between Backlund and Iron Shiek being pushed as unpresidented and the damndest thing to happen in the sport considering the hated past these two had had between each other. And of course nobody cared b/c your average fan back then got into wrestling right around the Hulkamania era. Anything pre-Hogan was completely alien to fans like myself. The Backlund-Sheik feud only predated the Hogan era by two months. And everyone knew who the Iron Shiek was already. AND it's not like Backlund was a new face to newer fans. He'd been active since 1993 and his history with the Iron Shiek was very well known by the time the Sultan debuted...
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Sultan
Dec 16, 2008 9:36:53 GMT -5
Post by blef on Dec 16, 2008 9:36:53 GMT -5
Even so, WM13 was their chance to "make" the Sultan and take the character someplace huge, and instead it became the "Please, Will You People Just Accept Rocky Maivia?" Show. Thank God they didn't.
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Sultan
Dec 16, 2008 23:53:18 GMT -5
Post by Mr Captain Falcon on Dec 16, 2008 23:53:18 GMT -5
I was born in November 1986 so when the sultan debuted in late 96-early 97 i was 10. The night he debuted i knew it was Fatu. He was the same exact build and had the same eyes. As young as I was I wasn't fooled. I loved the hat. Knew it would fail because of the time that this character debuted. Maybe in 1995 he could have been in the same category as Jean Pierre Lefitte, but not in 1997 when Sid, Vader, and Steve Austin were big names.
But yeah, Mysterio getting launched like a lawn dart into the truck, PRICELESS! Awww, Priceless!
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