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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 21, 2014 17:10:19 GMT -5
In the spirit of Halloween! As goofy as they often are, I have a soft for for them. So sufficed to say, I loved the old FMW tapes with guys like Super Leather or Jason the Terrible. And I wonder if Mark Calloway cringes any time he remembers his first note able feud being with Nigtmare Freddy.
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Post by Viking Hall on Oct 21, 2014 18:09:15 GMT -5
A guilty pleasure for me too. In a way, they make amazing gimmicks, especially in the context of nineties wrestling. But even in a landscape that included evil clowns and voodoo witch doctors they were beyond cheesy. I guess the Deathmatch promotions were their natural home really as they were able to indulge in levels of violence that horror movies provide. Did anyone ever do a rip off Michael Myers? Halloween Michael vs Nightmare Freddy would equal money every day of the week.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 21, 2014 18:15:24 GMT -5
Eddie Gilbert was Michael in W*ING, alongside his brother Doug, who was doing the Freddy gimmick (Doug wasn't the original Memphis Freddy, his father Tommy was). They did an infamous shoot promo where they quit in the ring and removed their masks.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 21, 2014 19:04:05 GMT -5
Wasn't there a luchadore who dressed like Chucky? And let's not forget the Zombie!
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 21, 2014 20:07:55 GMT -5
There was a Chucky mini in one of the lucha promotions, yes. He accompanied Monser.
Been tons of monsters, really. One of the first was Dr. Frank in Memphis (Lawler brought in the Frankenstein Monster to help him). After that we had another Monster show up in 70s Los Angeles. Tons of mummies, from Prince Kharis in Smokey Mountain to the Mummy (Bobby Duncum Sr.) in Southwest. Gangrel the vampire, originally Vampire Warrior. Memphis, after the success of Nightmare Freddy, introduced a Jason (no connection to Jason the Terrible, a similar gimmick that got started in Stampede), a zombie, the Wolfman, and a few others.
One of the lucha (I think it was a lucha promotion) even had an Invisible Man gimmick. Molly Holly briefly had a Scream "Ghostface" gimmick in WCW.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 21, 2014 21:52:47 GMT -5
Maybe I'm just too used to North American booking, but I honestly can't think of a good reason why W*NG or FMW never put Leatherface, Jason, Freddy, and Michael into a stable together. Heck, hire the Mexican Chucky and put him in it too! And why there has never been a Pinhead gimmick in Japan is also beyond me.
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Post by Display Name on Oct 21, 2014 22:57:32 GMT -5
Nobody has posted the Memphis "Do The Freddy" music video yet?Boo
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Post by Evilution E5150 on Oct 21, 2014 23:30:44 GMT -5
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Post by DjZonk on Oct 22, 2014 3:04:10 GMT -5
Leatherface in Memphis was something to behold. People in the audience felt Jerry Lawler was about to be murdered.
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 22, 2014 8:02:47 GMT -5
Leatherface in Memphis was something to behold. People in the audience felt Jerry Lawler was about to be murdered. Normally I am not judgmental enough to buy into the stereotype of southerners as hicks-but when I see the audience in some of those old Memphis shows, I can just hear the banjo music. |
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Post by DjZonk on Oct 22, 2014 10:13:27 GMT -5
Rick Steiner being harassed from Chucky from Child's Play deserves an honourable mention.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 22, 2014 13:42:14 GMT -5
Sandman vs. Zombie or Bambi vs. Godzilla: which match was a more one-sided affair?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Oct 22, 2014 17:24:47 GMT -5
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 22, 2014 17:37:03 GMT -5
Not a movie, but a series, but I guess a modern equivalent is Samuel Shaw's blatant Dexter gimmick with some Norman Bates thrown in for good measure.
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Post by Apricots And A Pear Tree on Oct 22, 2014 17:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 22, 2014 18:17:50 GMT -5
Not a movie, but a series, but I guess a modern equivalent is Samuel Shaw's blatant Dexter gimmick with some Norman Bates thrown in for good measure. Sad part O's that gimmick actually looked like it had some potential. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 24, 2014 19:21:41 GMT -5
This is also the appropriate thread to restate mi old idea about Shelton Benjamin having a Norman Bates gimmick. Remember Mama Benjamin? The gimmick would involve Shelton getting the news that she had passed away and breaking down. Then he would start doing random run ins wearing a dress and glasses and acting psycho. But later on he'd be wearing his regular ring gear and insist he had no idea what everyone was talking about. There would even be backstage skits of someone listening behind a closed door, and inside we would hear Mama Benjamin's voice screing at her son: " Who was that hussy I saw ya talkin to last week?" "No one momma, I swear!" "Don't be telling me no lies boy!"
Hey, I think I it would have been funny.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Oct 24, 2014 20:12:02 GMT -5
Jason tagged with Owen Friday The 13th Part XI: Jason Becomes A Winner! Woo! |
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Post by Sephiroth on Oct 25, 2014 7:17:32 GMT -5
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Post by The Blue Nova on Oct 25, 2014 21:25:21 GMT -5
Nobody has posted the Memphis "Do The Freddy" music video yet?Boo Done!! |
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