jmule
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Post by jmule on Sept 18, 2014 13:25:55 GMT -5
Does anyone know why everytime Greg valentine was in the ring gorilla would say "it takes this guy 20/30/40 mins just get warmed up!"...
Cause I've never seen a valentine match longer than 10 mins, so what's the gag?
Was he just calling him slow?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 13:42:56 GMT -5
No, he was saying that Valentine is a slow starter and that he gets stronger as the match goes longer.
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Post by Aceorton on Sept 18, 2014 16:07:53 GMT -5
It eventually became a go-to line for Valentine's style/character, but I always detected **just** a hint of ball-busting when Gorilla said it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 16:09:42 GMT -5
It takes the Hammer 30 minutes to warm up and me 2 to fall asleep during one of his matches.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 16:42:03 GMT -5
Valentine was a more subtle character, and that line really expressed what he was all about. He was an iron horse who could go out and absorb a beating that most men couldn't. With the right opponent, I really enjoyed his matches. His series with Ron Garvin in '89 was really good.
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Post by Chip on Sept 18, 2014 16:48:25 GMT -5
I always figured he was taking the piss and calling him lazy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2014 17:10:16 GMT -5
Reminds me of when JR would call slightly botched moves "unorthodox" or "modified", or call some guys "hosses" or saying their offense has "bowling shoe tendnencies". Sounds like a stealth insult to me, but I can't be sure.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Sept 18, 2014 20:05:00 GMT -5
It would've been nice if the WWF had more 20-30-40 minute matches back then so you could see Valentine getting stronger and his offense getting more effective as he went.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Sept 18, 2014 22:27:25 GMT -5
He did have legit long matches in Mid Atlantic and Florida. In those days it was the norm to have 1 hour matches. I remember Gorden Solie would recap house show matches and say stuff we are at the 45 minute mark.
That is an example is why the NWA was superior to the WWF.
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Post by lildude8218 on Sept 18, 2014 22:37:00 GMT -5
he had some very long matches during his first WWWF stint, including at least one 60 minute draw with Backlund, it was probably a call back to that.
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Post by Pervy Stone Cold on Sept 18, 2014 22:38:07 GMT -5
Reminds me of when JR would call slightly botched moves "unorthodox" or "modified", or call some guys "hosses" or saying their offense has "bowling shoe tendnencies". Sounds like a stealth insult to me, but I can't be sure. Like when JR described Roddy Piper's offense as "It's not pretty, but everything he does hurts." |
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Post by DjZonk on Sept 19, 2014 1:16:02 GMT -5
If there was a more boring wrestler than Greg Valentine I haven't seen it.
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Post by jmule on Sept 19, 2014 6:34:38 GMT -5
Well I like valentine I'm not knockin him I'm just so sick of hearing about his warm ups... I'd also like to point out that I think the dollar collar chain match between him and piper is the most brutal match ever!  |
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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 19, 2014 6:37:59 GMT -5
Reminds me of when JR would call slightly botched moves "unorthodox" or "modified", or call some guys "hosses" or saying their offense has "bowling shoe tendnencies". Sounds like a stealth insult to me, but I can't be sure. Haha I don't remember the "bowling shoe tendencies" That could be used at any job "Sure, Mike's a nice guy, but what a putz-he has bowling shoe tendencies-no way will he get promoted" |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 10:05:57 GMT -5
If there was a more boring wrestler than Greg Valentine I haven't seen it. Either of his WWF tag team partners. |
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Sept 19, 2014 10:19:08 GMT -5
It worked as a line when he was in Royal Rumbles.
Plus his slow tree falling bump was always fun.
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Post by Angus Mcloud on Sept 19, 2014 17:04:51 GMT -5
If there was a more boring wrestler than Greg Valentine I haven't seen it. Either of his WWF tag team partners. And his Dad |
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 19, 2014 19:44:29 GMT -5
It was just Gorilla getting him over. Making the audience aware of how tough he was, that the longer the match went, the greater advantage he'd have.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2014 19:46:06 GMT -5
I can't imagine actually watching a 60 minute Greg Valentine match. Holy shit would I be in a coma.
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Post by edgestar on Sept 19, 2014 21:20:03 GMT -5
I remember seeing his picture in a Wrestlemania magazine when I was around 4 years old, and his facial expression scared me lol
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