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Post by Giul T. on Feb 8, 2015 2:25:06 GMT -5
would Steamboat/Savage been as lauded as it is if it was in a cage or would that have been restricting?
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Post by somsta on Feb 8, 2015 21:16:43 GMT -5
would Steamboat/Savage been as lauded as it is if it was in a cage or would that have been restricting? Every match is better as a gimmick match. Just ask every TNA and WWE writer.
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Post by lildude8218 on Feb 12, 2015 1:30:06 GMT -5
February 13, 1989
Titan will be creating a new singles title belt over the summer
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Post by lildude8218 on Feb 21, 2015 1:14:07 GMT -5
February 21, 1991
Interesting rumour: WCW's Alexandra York, Terry Taylor's new manager and head of the York foundation, is actually Alexandra Ross, Jim Ross' daughter.
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Post by phen0m2112 on Feb 21, 2015 2:43:44 GMT -5
February 21, 1991 Interesting rumour: WCW's Alexandra York, Terry Taylor's new manager and head of the York foundation, is actually Alexandra Ross, Jim Ross' daughter. So that means JR is.... OLDDUST!! I'll take my meds now.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 1, 2015 13:49:12 GMT -5
February 24, 1992
As far as the special ref for the Hogan vs. Justice match at Mania, sources at Top Rank boxing (Bob Arum's promotion) have confirmed that Arum received an offer last week for George Foreman to be a guest referee at Wrestlemania. Arum thought it was okay if it would make Foreman money but Foreman turned it down. The rumors going around, which make a lot of sense, are that Lou Ferrigno will be the guest ref.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 5, 2015 21:47:13 GMT -5
March 4, 1985
The little rift between Piper and Heenan leads me to believe that the end of the 3/31 tag bout will be that Orndorff costs Piper the match, Rod turns babyface and they feud through the summer.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 17, 2015 0:01:33 GMT -5
March 9, 1987
A few rumors of Sly Stallone being in Hulk Hogan's corner [for Wrestlemania] are going around
March 20, 1989
[at the TV tapings on 3/7 in El Paso and 3/8 in Odessa] They set up a Twin Towers vs. Demolition feud which will take place after Wrestlemania
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 27, 2015 2:39:03 GMT -5
March 23, 1987
Samantha Fox, the British pop rocker, canceled her appearance in Wrestlemania. Originally she was going to present the crown to the winner of the Harley Race-Junkfood Dog match. I don't believe the crown is part of the stipulations anymore, as Race wore the entire outfit on the third hour of the recent TV tapings (which air the week after Wrestlemania). If Race does win, I expect we won't be seeing Junkfood anymore.
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Post by lildude8218 on Mar 31, 2015 0:44:29 GMT -5
April 5, 1993
The GWF also announced its complete line-up for the 4/2 Hollie and Lacy Adkisson Benefit show at the Dallas Sportatorium as Kevin Von Erich & Chris Adams managed by Fritz Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts managed by Scandor Akbar, Sid Vicious & Motor City Mad Man vs. Ebony Experience, Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig) vs. Black Bart, Awesome Kong & King Kong vs. Steve & Schaun Simpson, Iceman King Parsons & Action Jackson vs. Bobby Duncum Jr. & John Hawk, Rod Price vs. Scott Putski, Tim Brooks vs. Terry Simms, John Tatum vs. Chaz Taylor, Calvin Knapp vs. Alex Porteau, Johnny Mantell vs. Francis Buxton and Bubba Fangman vs. Ed Robinson. We were originally told Warrior vs. Vicious as the semi-final match, but the line-up was changed.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 8, 2015 0:32:15 GMT -5
April 10, 1989
Davey Boy Smith is trying hard to return here but there are things standing in his way right now. Not sure if Titan will take Dynamite Kid back or even if he wants to come back here after he recovers from his shoulder surgery.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 9, 2015 0:29:28 GMT -5
April 5, 1993 The GWF also announced its complete line-up for the 4/2 Hollie and Lacy Adkisson Benefit show at the Dallas Sportatorium as Kevin Von Erich & Chris Adams managed by Fritz Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts managed by Scandor Akbar, Sid Vicious & Motor City Mad Man vs. Ebony Experience, Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig) vs. Black Bart, Awesome Kong & King Kong vs. Steve & Schaun Simpson, Iceman King Parsons & Action Jackson vs. Bobby Duncum Jr. & John Hawk, Rod Price vs. Scott Putski, Tim Brooks vs. Terry Simms, John Tatum vs. Chaz Taylor, Calvin Knapp vs. Alex Porteau, Johnny Mantell vs. Francis Buxton and Bubba Fangman vs. Ed Robinson. We were originally told Warrior vs. Vicious as the semi-final match, but the line-up was changed. Did this show ever actually take place? I would think a show in 1993 featuring the Von Erichs (sorta) vs. The Freebirds as well as Sid Vicious and a post-WWF Ultimate Warrior would be a bit more infamous if it actually happened.
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Post by OGBoardPoster2005 on Apr 9, 2015 22:04:31 GMT -5
April 5, 1993 The GWF also announced its complete line-up for the 4/2 Hollie and Lacy Adkisson Benefit show at the Dallas Sportatorium as Kevin Von Erich & Chris Adams managed by Fritz Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts managed by Scandor Akbar, Sid Vicious & Motor City Mad Man vs. Ebony Experience, Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig) vs. Black Bart, Awesome Kong & King Kong vs. Steve & Schaun Simpson, Iceman King Parsons & Action Jackson vs. Bobby Duncum Jr. & John Hawk, Rod Price vs. Scott Putski, Tim Brooks vs. Terry Simms, John Tatum vs. Chaz Taylor, Calvin Knapp vs. Alex Porteau, Johnny Mantell vs. Francis Buxton and Bubba Fangman vs. Ed Robinson. We were originally told Warrior vs. Vicious as the semi-final match, but the line-up was changed. Did this show ever actually take place? I would think a show in 1993 featuring the Von Erichs (sorta) vs. The Freebirds as well as Sid Vicious and a post-WWF Ultimate Warrior would be a bit more infamous if it actually happened. Supposedly Warrior no-showed.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 9, 2015 22:54:15 GMT -5
Warrior and Sid both no-showed
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Post by Racksman on Apr 9, 2015 23:47:40 GMT -5
Did this show ever actually take place? I would think a show in 1993 featuring the Von Erichs (sorta) vs. The Freebirds as well as Sid Vicious and a post-WWF Ultimate Warrior would be a bit more infamous if it actually happened. Supposedly Warrior no-showed. I think Sid actually no-showed in order to start working for WCW again. I don't have that as fact, but the timelines match up.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 23, 2015 13:43:13 GMT -5
April 13, 1987
Several sources have reported to me a 7/4 date at Shea Stadium in New York, which I've got to assume will be an Andre the Giant-Hulk Hogan rematch. Even though they did a clean pinfall, that gate was such a monster that as long as Andre can walk a little, they've got to bring it back. My guess is they'll run two or three matches, all in baseball stadiums in places they are hot in like New York and Toronto, before Andre finally retires. They still may turn him babyface in that final match, although this is all pure speculation.
April 23, 1990
The biggest show of the year, not in terms of money but in terms of historical significance (as in, just a few months back who would have ever believed such a show was possible and that it will probably never happen again) took place Friday night at the Tokyo Egg Dome.
The official reason for the changing of the main event was announced at the press conference the night before -- that Terry Gordy (scheduled to wrestle Hulk Hogan) didn't see any need to wrestle Hulk Hogan since he's no longer champion. Nobody really bought that explanation but immediately after, Stan Hansen did a babyface interview and challenged Hogan...
The real reason was simply a lot of problems were apparent and it was the best solution for all of them. Baba himself had originally wanted Hogan vs. either Tenryu or Tsuruta because he felt that would have the most box office appeal, but Titan wanted it to be an American simply for fear that something might happen. Apparently Titan informed Baba in mid-March about the title switch at Wrestlemania and Baba was unhappy with the switch. Since titles mean a lot, and he felt Warrior would mean nothing and Hogan meant everything to the card, that it would hurt the main event.
At the same time, Gordy was unhappy as well, because he knew he'd have to put Hogan over cleanly and felt it would hurt him in Japan. Apparently Gordy felt that he has to make his living working 16 weeks in Japan by being perceived as one of the toughest Americans, and since he generally has put over Tenryu or Tsuruta in the "big match," and he feels it's not his time to take the top spot, that this would kill his momentum coming off he & Williams winning the tag team title. And Hansen himself wanted the match and apparently was more than willing to put Hogan over. While there was some speculation among wrestlers that this was a trade and that Hogan would come back and do the favor for Hansen, I don't buy that. Remember, Hansen did the movie for McMahon. McMahon badly needs a fresh "untouched" heel to work with Hogan and Warrior (Savage, Hennig and Rude are all retreads -- Earthquake is the only fresh one and Hogan will use him up this summer). Hansen, if he stays in Japan, will lose the No. 1 spot anyway because of his age and because the young guys are hungry for it.
Long one but Meltzer is suggesting Hansen putting over Hogan in Japan was a hint that he would be coming to the WWF in the near future.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 28, 2015 0:33:46 GMT -5
April 27, 1987
Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan are tentatively scheduled to be re-matched on 8/10 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
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Post by lildude8218 on May 6, 2015 22:19:46 GMT -5
May 8, 1989
Highlights from the Superstars TV tapings on 4/26 in Omaha before a sellout 10,130 fans included the debut of Kendo Nagasaki, managed by Mr. Fuji, beating Tim Horner. Tom Magee worked once again as "The Megaman" managed by Jimmy Hart and looked poor.
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Post by Joe Neglia on May 7, 2015 20:08:53 GMT -5
April 5, 1993 The GWF also announced its complete line-up for the 4/2 Hollie and Lacy Adkisson Benefit show at the Dallas Sportatorium as Kevin Von Erich & Chris Adams managed by Fritz Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes & Buddy Roberts managed by Scandor Akbar, Sid Vicious & Motor City Mad Man vs. Ebony Experience, Dingo Warrior (Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig) vs. Black Bart, Awesome Kong & King Kong vs. Steve & Schaun Simpson, Iceman King Parsons & Action Jackson vs. Bobby Duncum Jr. & John Hawk, Rod Price vs. Scott Putski, Tim Brooks vs. Terry Simms, John Tatum vs. Chaz Taylor, Calvin Knapp vs. Alex Porteau, Johnny Mantell vs. Francis Buxton and Bubba Fangman vs. Ed Robinson. We were originally told Warrior vs. Vicious as the semi-final match, but the line-up was changed. Even with Warrior and Sid no-showing, this looks like an interesting card. JBL teaming with a West Texas Redneck, John Tatum at what had to be near the end of his career, the World Class reunion tag match. There's no way in hell any single match on this card would be pretty, but interesting card nonetheless. The official reason for the changing of the main event was announced at the press conference the night before -- that Terry Gordy (scheduled to wrestle Hulk Hogan) didn't see any need to wrestle Hulk Hogan since he's no longer champion. Nobody really bought that explanation but immediately after, Stan Hansen did a babyface interview and challenged Hogan... The real reason was simply a lot of problems were apparent and it was the best solution for all of them. Baba himself had originally wanted Hogan vs. either Tenryu or Tsuruta because he felt that would have the most box office appeal, but Titan wanted it to be an American simply for fear that something might happen. Apparently Titan informed Baba in mid-March about the title switch at Wrestlemania and Baba was unhappy with the switch. Since titles mean a lot, and he felt Warrior would mean nothing and Hogan meant everything to the card, that it would hurt the main event. At the same time, Gordy was unhappy as well, because he knew he'd have to put Hogan over cleanly and felt it would hurt him in Japan. Apparently Gordy felt that he has to make his living working 16 weeks in Japan by being perceived as one of the toughest Americans, and since he generally has put over Tenryu or Tsuruta in the "big match," and he feels it's not his time to take the top spot, that this would kill his momentum coming off he & Williams winning the tag team title. And Hansen himself wanted the match and apparently was more than willing to put Hogan over. While there was some speculation among wrestlers that this was a trade and that Hogan would come back and do the favor for Hansen, I don't buy that. Remember, Hansen did the movie for McMahon. McMahon badly needs a fresh "untouched" heel to work with Hogan and Warrior (Savage, Hennig and Rude are all retreads -- Earthquake is the only fresh one and Hogan will use him up this summer). Hansen, if he stays in Japan, will lose the No. 1 spot anyway because of his age and because the young guys are hungry for it. Supposedly, it was Hansen himself who had gotten in Gordy's ear and convinced him jobbing to Hogan was a bad idea. May 8, 1989 Highlights from the Superstars TV tapings on 4/26 in Omaha before a sellout 10,130 fans included the debut of Kendo Nagasaki, managed by Mr. Fuji, beating Tim Horner. Tom Magee worked once again as "The Megaman" managed by Jimmy Hart and looked poor. If I knew Kendo had made it to the WWF, especially almost a decade past his expiration date, I've totally forgetten it. I knew Kabuki made a one-off or two, but not Kendo.
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Post by lildude8218 on May 7, 2015 21:40:40 GMT -5
the Kendo match was a tryout which never aired. he later had a match with Duggan in 1991 in Japan that made one of the Coliseum videos but that was about it.
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