Chuck Conry
Dennis Stamp
zombies DON'T Run
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Post by Chuck Conry on May 16, 2015 21:55:27 GMT -5
At 32 years of age and after being extremely into wrestling as a kid, I totally just now figured out that Z-Man was WCW TV Champion. Of course, it wasn't much of a run and he lost it in pretty lack lust fashion, but looking back now it seems like Ol' Z-Man had a rather nice little spot in WCW in the late 80s and early 90s. I recall having his action figure and pretty much using it as a jobber, outside teaming him with Flyin' Brian! I also remember all my friends HATED the guy and were bummed when they were given his action figure by their parents as gifts.
What do you guys think of the Z-Man?
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 16, 2015 21:57:15 GMT -5
Tom Zenk is the guy I think of when I think "vanilla wrestler". Good, not great in the ring. Decent, yet utterly unremarkable look, just all around "yep, he's certainly existing".
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Post by Clawley Race on May 16, 2015 22:40:50 GMT -5
6-7 year old me was a Z-Man fan and he was constantly my mid card figure champion
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on May 16, 2015 22:57:43 GMT -5
Jay Lethal does a great impression of him.
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Capt Lunatic
Unicron
Buttah in mah ass, lollipops in mah mouth
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Post by Capt Lunatic on May 17, 2015 6:32:29 GMT -5
Zman and Brad Armstrong should have been a tag team called "Solid Hands"
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 9:58:49 GMT -5
Post by jason1980s on May 17, 2015 9:58:49 GMT -5
I could never find his Galoob toy in the early 1990s. I wonder if it was short packed with the company feeling it wouldn't sell as well. Couldn't be because kids were grabbing them as fast they could.
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Post by Medicinal Thunder Liger on May 17, 2015 10:09:15 GMT -5
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lovingway
El Dandy
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 10:38:21 GMT -5
Post by lovingway on May 17, 2015 10:38:21 GMT -5
Yea Yea Yea Yea
Such lyrics
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 13:32:45 GMT -5
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Post by willywonka666 on May 17, 2015 13:32:45 GMT -5
LOL Holy shit-what happened?? |
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Bub (BLM)
Patti Mayonnaise
advocates duck on rodent violence
Fed. Up.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on May 17, 2015 13:42:07 GMT -5
He was tagging with Brian Pillman when I first started watching wrestling, and because I loved Flyin' Brian, I sort of just loved Z-Man as well. Once that team split up, I completely forgot him though.
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 13:48:55 GMT -5
Post by chronocross on May 17, 2015 13:48:55 GMT -5
He was decent in the ring, I liked his match with Brian Pillman at Wrestlewar 92, and before that getting the crap scared out of him by the pyro during his entrance.
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 15:18:29 GMT -5
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Post by somsta on May 17, 2015 15:18:29 GMT -5
He was tagging with Brian Pillman when I first started watching wrestling, and because I loved Flyin' Brian, I sort of just loved Z-Man as well. Once that team split up, I completely forgot him though. I've been trying to put into words how I felt about Zenk, and that's pretty much it for me too. |
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Chuck Conry
Dennis Stamp
zombies DON'T Run
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 15:49:37 GMT -5
Post by Chuck Conry on May 17, 2015 15:49:37 GMT -5
I could never find his Galoob toy in the early 1990s. I wonder if it was short packed with the company feeling it wouldn't sell as well. Couldn't be because kids were grabbing them as fast they could. I'm pretty sure I got the normal Z-Man in a two pack with Flyin' Brian! There was a bendy one as well.  |
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Z-Man!
May 17, 2015 16:07:23 GMT -5
Post by Surfer Sandman on May 17, 2015 16:07:23 GMT -5
At 32 years of age and after being extremely into wrestling as a kid, I totally just now figured out that Z-Man was WCW TV Champion. Of course, it wasn't much of a run and he lost it in pretty lack lust fashion, but looking back now it seems like Ol' Z-Man had a rather nice little spot in WCW in the late 80s and early 90s. I recall having his action figure and pretty much using it as a jobber, outside teaming him with Flyin' Brian! I also remember all my friends HATED the guy and were bummed when they were given his action figure by their parents as gifts. What do you guys think of the Z-Man? I was a big fan of the team of Z-Man and Flyin' Brian and was devastated when Brian pulled his heel turn. |
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Post by toodarkmark on May 17, 2015 20:28:39 GMT -5
I remember liking almost everything about NWA in 1989, except Tom Zenk. He stuck out like a sore thumb for me.
His burial by Ole was the only thing I liked about Ole's booking. He could work, he had a good look, but he was so, so utterly CORNY.
I wondered what an arrogant, I'm good looking type heel run would have been like with him.
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Capt Lunatic
Unicron
Buttah in mah ass, lollipops in mah mouth
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Post by Capt Lunatic on May 17, 2015 22:28:43 GMT -5
I remembered him from The Can-Am Connection. When he was tagging with Pillman, I always expected him to quit just like he quit on Rick Martel.
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 17, 2015 22:48:32 GMT -5
The Can-Am Connection!
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Post by dangerousdanpotato on May 18, 2015 18:16:18 GMT -5
I wondered what an arrogant, I'm good looking type heel run would have been like with him. Like Paul Roma Beta. |
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on May 18, 2015 18:20:55 GMT -5
I wondered what an arrogant, I'm good looking type heel run would have been like with him. Like Paul Roma Beta. Pretty much. The two were honestly pretty interchangeable. |
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Lancers
El Dandy
Oh you
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Post by Lancers on May 18, 2015 18:32:10 GMT -5
LOL Holy shit-what happened?? Due to the shaved eyebrows, I'm assuming started a cult and the Internal Revenue Service didn't grant him tax immunity. |
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