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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Dec 31, 2011 18:14:53 GMT -5
I always see everyone saying how Wade Barrett was an underground bare knuckle fighter, but why? I know it's always claimed on TV, and Barrett has spoken about it online, but it's pro wrestling. The entire purpose is to get the audience to believe in the lie.
Is there any actual proof about what Barrett did before wrestling, or does everyone buy into what the workers say?
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 31, 2011 18:17:42 GMT -5
He has a nasty looking scar on his neck which he claimed he for after winning a fight and being stabbed. He certainly has the face of a fighter.
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Post by Yami Daimao on Dec 31, 2011 18:19:34 GMT -5
I'm not sure if his street fighter background is legit, but after reading that one story that was posted not too long ago, I sure as hell hope it is. EDIT: He has a nasty looking scar on his neck which he claimed he for after winning a fight and being stabbed. He certainly has the face of a fighter. That's the story. But the scar is on his upper side, under his arm, I believe. He claimed some guy try to steal his prize money after a fight, stabbed him, but proceeded to beat his face in and left with his money, bloodied and all. I almost refuse to believe it's false on account how badass it makes him sound.
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Post by molson5 on Dec 31, 2011 18:23:06 GMT -5
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been a thriving bare knuckles boxing scene in the UK in about 80 years or so.
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Post by Some Guy on Dec 31, 2011 18:23:36 GMT -5
Didn't he hint that he killed a guy who stabbed him after a fight (as the guy was trying to take his prize money)?
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Post by CH Punk on Dec 31, 2011 18:24:48 GMT -5
His nose is not what most people would call straight. Anyway, his gimmick doesn't involve bare-knuckle fighting, so it would make little sense to bring it up if it was a complete work.
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 31, 2011 18:26:44 GMT -5
Since Bare Knuckle Boxing isn't exactly a world-wide sports phenomenon, I doubt anything other than the reports that he was are out there. He has the looks of a guy who did it, and there are a lot of sources that say he was, but I don't think you'll find Youtube videos or anything.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 18:31:30 GMT -5
Really, I find the marine biologist thing harder to believe.
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Post by TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out on Dec 31, 2011 18:56:49 GMT -5
His nose is not what most people would call straight. Anyway, his gimmick doesn't involve bare-knuckle fighting, so it would make little sense to bring it up if it was a complete work. I thought that, but then they barely mention Del Rio making the Olympic wrestling team for Mexico, which to me is more impressive. I'm not on either side of this argument, I just find it weird that in this era, everyone buys crazy stories about a wrestler's badassness without any proof.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Dec 31, 2011 19:14:18 GMT -5
His nose is not what most people would call straight. Anyway, his gimmick doesn't involve bare-knuckle fighting, so it would make little sense to bring it up if it was a complete work. I thought that, but then they barely mention Del Rio making the Olympic wrestling team for Mexico, which to me is more impressive. I'm not on either side of this argument, I just find it weird that in this era, everyone buys crazy stories about a wrestler's badassness without any proof. I love the Del Rio story where he didn't want to pay for those other losers.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Dec 31, 2011 19:41:26 GMT -5
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been a thriving bare knuckles boxing scene in the UK in about 80 years or so. Dunno if you'd call it thriving but there is a bare knuckle boxing scene still ongoing. On Lawless Britain on Brave a couple of years ago there was an episode about it, it followed two fighters getting ready for their first bareknuckle fights and had a few interviews/clips of other fights including one that lasted for over 40 minutes. Think it's called Field Rage or something like that. Anyway, the fights take place in a field somewhere in England and are I think organised by the Traveller community but have non-traveller fighters from local towns, amateur cagefighters, local hardnuts etc come down to fight too. The documentary followed two fighters from London going down for it. There's also a group in the Midlands who organise bareknuckle fights in local warehouses and parking lots. Edit: Not sure if it counts as bareknuckle or not but it's kinda similar but during the 70's the unlicenced boxing scene was pretty big in the UK with the likes of Lenny McClean and Roy Shaw.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Dec 31, 2011 19:42:45 GMT -5
Photo proof: Btw, the WWE made him shave the mustache before being signed.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 31, 2011 19:48:08 GMT -5
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think there's been a thriving bare knuckles boxing scene in the UK in about 80 years or so. Maybe not thriving but Gypsies/Irish travellers still do it, I'm not sure if any of the movie below takes place in England but many other fights do. They are illegal though so I doubt there's much in the way of records. Edit: Dammit beaten to it.
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Post by Brother Nero....Wolfe on Dec 31, 2011 19:51:44 GMT -5
I almost refuse to believe it's false on account how badass it makes him sound. This is exactly my reason for believing it. I want to believe dammit.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 31, 2011 19:59:44 GMT -5
If he was never a bare knuckle fighter, I wonder how else he got that broken nose. That's the nose of someone who's been in a war.
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Post by H-Fist on Dec 31, 2011 20:09:55 GMT -5
If he was never a bare knuckle fighter, I wonder how else he got that broken nose. That's the nose of someone who's been in a war. He was born with that thing. They told his mother when she was in labor either she'd have to have a C-section or they'd have to break his nose to get it through the birth canal.
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Post by molson5 on Dec 31, 2011 20:12:42 GMT -5
His nose is not what most people would call straight. Anyway, his gimmick doesn't involve bare-knuckle fighting, so it would make little sense to bring it up if it was a complete work. It was never his gimmick, but it was how he was introduced on NXT. "Here's Chris Jericho's pro Wade Barrett, a former bare knuckle boxer".
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Post by worldsstrongestman on Dec 31, 2011 21:19:25 GMT -5
He has a Roman nose. His nose roams all over his face.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 31, 2011 21:20:43 GMT -5
Really, I find the marine biologist thing harder to believe. They should have called him Wade Vanderlay.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2011 21:31:41 GMT -5
"bare knuckle boxing" sounds more badass than "regular fighting"
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