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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Aug 24, 2010 23:42:45 GMT -5
Woman, Gary Hart and Skandor for me. Skandor in particular was a heat magnet. As Jim Ross recently pointed out, there are people in the business who don't know who Skandor Akbar was, and that's just sad.
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Post by Shameful_Lobsterhead on Aug 25, 2010 12:38:08 GMT -5
1. Gary Hart -It's sad that he does not get the true recognition that he deserves; he managed a lot of infamous bad guys from back in the day and is truly underrated in today's standards.
2. The Grand Wizard -The man could talk the talk back in the day and he was the mouthpiece for a lot of famous legends that needed that extra push to get them over and it worked.
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On balance, off balance, doesn't even matter, 'cause I'm better than you are, yeah!"
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Post by mybraveface on Aug 25, 2010 19:44:11 GMT -5
LOU ALBANO!
Sensational Sherri.
And, yes, the Slickster. Had probably one of the coolest theme songs ever. Racist? Whatever. He wrote it, didn't he? Still, one of the coolest.
And, what about Freddie Blassie?
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Post by rzombie1988 on Aug 25, 2010 20:17:38 GMT -5
I have too many so I'm just going to make a list: - Richard Lee: He was awesome with the Moondogs and made them into huge babyfaces. He even went into the ring and played music on his guitar! He was both easily sympathetic and easy to hate. - Eddie Creatchman: A total scuzbucket manager of the Sheik. He had a gritty smoker's voice and sounded really evil. He looked exactly like a manager should and was completely unlikeable. - Lord Alfred Hayes: Go on youtube and type in AWA 20(or another close number) and you can see his feud with Heenan. They cut awesome promos on each other and Hayes plays his character wonderfully. I was shocked when I found out that not only was he a manager, but a great one. I cannot believe the WWF didn't use him. - Grand Wizard: If he counts, mark me down for him as well. He was way ahead of his time, amazingly colorful, had a great voice and could cut awesome evil promos. He was the only person who could ever manage Billy Graham and was the perfect fit for him. As with Graham, had he been around a little later, we would be discussing him as the greatest. - Ron Fuller: He wins the award for the tallest manager ever at 6'7. He is completely hateable in every way and is the person Col. Robert Parker stole everything off of(He's still awesome and Ron is his brother, so it's okay). He is a total jerk and is so believeable. He was a great wrestler first and then became a manager later due to injuries. Fortunately, he still got in the ring from time to time and never looked weak due to his size/background. Here is a promo that he's involved in(with Arn and Bunkhouse Buck):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L3nZd1rGrM - I haven't seen much of them, but I also want to throw out Dr. Jerry Graham Jr and George Cannon(Cool video with them - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LniuSqaUlVQ ). Both of them are rather articulate and Graham seems like a perfect fit for any era. Cannon is rather unique in being such a big guy and makes for a great face manager. - Lord Littlebrook: He only briefly managed the New Zealand Militia in WCW, but it was hilarious. Seeing him managing two bigger guys and wear a suit like a Lord would wear is the greatest thing ever. - Teddy Long: He cut alot of fun promos and was always really colorful. I loved him with Doom. That was a unit that broke up much too soon. And finally: - Jimmy Hart in Memphis: If you've never seen Jimmy there you haven't seen the real Jimmy. Nothing he did in WWF ever came close to some of the stuff he did in Memphis. He was awesome and pretty much carried the territory on his back with Jerry Lawler.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Aug 25, 2010 20:26:58 GMT -5
Oh, how could I forget - Mr. Ron Wright.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Aug 26, 2010 9:01:56 GMT -5
- Jimmy Hart in Memphis: If you've never seen Jimmy there you haven't seen the real Jimmy. Nothing he did in WWF ever came close to some of the stuff he did in Memphis. He was awesome and pretty much carried the territory on his back with Jerry Lawler. I agree that is Jimmy Hart at his best. For example his last Memphis appearance before leaving for the WWF, he got "suspended indefentely" for dumping flour on Lance Russell, he also blamed Jerry Lawler for giving Andy Kaufman cancer. Also some might not know, but Hart was the kayfabe mentor of Jim Cornette. Similar to how Freddie Blassie was Slick's mentor.
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Post by sabu on Aug 26, 2010 9:49:24 GMT -5
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Aug 26, 2010 12:06:22 GMT -5
Genius Sunny Jimmy
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Post by Kash Flagg on Aug 26, 2010 12:08:30 GMT -5
I have too many so I'm just going to make a list: - Richard Lee: He was awesome with the Moondogs and made them into huge babyfaces. He even went into the ring and played music on his guitar! He was both easily sympathetic and easy to hate. - Eddie Creatchman: A total scuzbucket manager of the Sheik. He had a gritty smoker's voice and sounded really evil. He looked exactly like a manager should and was completely unlikeable. - Lord Alfred Hayes: Go on youtube and type in AWA 20(or another close number) and you can see his feud with Heenan. They cut awesome promos on each other and Hayes plays his character wonderfully. I was shocked when I found out that not only was he a manager, but a great one. I cannot believe the WWF didn't use him. - Grand Wizard: If he counts, mark me down for him as well. He was way ahead of his time, amazingly colorful, had a great voice and could cut awesome evil promos. He was the only person who could ever manage Billy Graham and was the perfect fit for him. As with Graham, had he been around a little later, we would be discussing him as the greatest. - Ron Fuller: He wins the award for the tallest manager ever at 6'7. He is completely hateable in every way and is the person Col. Robert Parker stole everything off of(He's still awesome and Ron is his brother, so it's okay). He is a total jerk and is so believeable. He was a great wrestler first and then became a manager later due to injuries. Fortunately, he still got in the ring from time to time and never looked weak due to his size/background. Here is a promo that he's involved in(with Arn and Bunkhouse Buck):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L3nZd1rGrM - I haven't seen much of them, but I also want to throw out Dr. Jerry Graham Jr and George Cannon(Cool video with them - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LniuSqaUlVQ ). Both of them are rather articulate and Graham seems like a perfect fit for any era. Cannon is rather unique in being such a big guy and makes for a great face manager. - Lord Littlebrook: He only briefly managed the New Zealand Militia in WCW, but it was hilarious. Seeing him managing two bigger guys and wear a suit like a Lord would wear is the greatest thing ever. - Teddy Long: He cut alot of fun promos and was always really colorful. I loved him with Doom. That was a unit that broke up much too soon. And finally: - Jimmy Hart in Memphis: If you've never seen Jimmy there you haven't seen the real Jimmy. Nothing he did in WWF ever came close to some of the stuff he did in Memphis. He was awesome and pretty much carried the territory on his back with Jerry Lawler. Awesome post. I have never seen a Ron Fuller promo before (seen plenty of Robert's though) so it was a real treat to see that.
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Post by lildude8218 on Aug 26, 2010 12:29:50 GMT -5
Two old fat guys in scraggly beards shouldn't work at all Yet somehow Blade Braxton and RD Reynolds are employed wait, what were we talking about?
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Post by Dave at the Movies on Aug 27, 2010 6:25:37 GMT -5
Jeff G. Bailey- Long time NWA Wildside and NWA Anarchy manager down in Georgia.
The Reverend Dan Wilson- NWA Anarchy former announcer turned manager
when he was an announcer
As a dark satanic reverend manager
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Post by doguncle on Aug 27, 2010 8:07:07 GMT -5
Ron Fuller was a manager? Also, if it involved Arn and Buckhouse Buck (Ron's and Robert's cousin Jimmy Golden), wouldn't it be Robert Fuller as Col. Robert Parker, since Ron never did anything in WCW.
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Aug 27, 2010 10:32:49 GMT -5
Ron Fuller was a manager? Also, if it involved Arn and Buckhouse Buck (Ron's and Robert's cousin Jimmy Golden), wouldn't it be Robert Fuller as Col. Robert Parker, since Ron never did anything in WCW. It was Ron. It was from Southeastern/Continental and Jimmy was just Jimmy. Obviously, Bunkhouse Buck didn't come along until WCW. This is quite early in Arn's career. Count me in for those who didn't know Ron was a manager, and the fact that I didn't know is more surprising than the fact that he was one. Was this just before he dropped the Tennessee Stud name to Robert and got out of the business?
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