Burst
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Post by Burst on Nov 25, 2015 10:25:21 GMT -5
In the sense of kayfabe-era incidents of wrestlers being threatened or attacked due to people getting fully involved with the kayfabe of the various feuds. You could argue this is one of the benefits of the post-kayfabe era, that wrestlers (for the most part) don't have to worry about being knifed on the way back from the ring or attacked after the show.
I read an interview with Stan Hansen recently where he was talking about the time he broke Bruno Sammartino's neck, and how vicious the crowd was in MSG afterwards. What stood out to me was that apparently, Bruno told him afterwards that he (Bruno) had gotten offers from various presumably mafia-type figures to "take care" of Stan for what he did to him, but was able to defuse it by basically saying "No, I can handle him, I'll get him next time".
It's not quite as direct as wrestlers having batteries thrown at them in Puerto Rico, but it's still a bit unsettling.
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Post by Old Baby on Nov 25, 2015 11:36:46 GMT -5
Fred Blassie commented once about being stabbed several times and how the fans destroyed his car.
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Post by KobashiChop on Nov 25, 2015 12:17:37 GMT -5
Bobby Herman getting shot at has to be up there.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Nov 25, 2015 13:14:17 GMT -5
I know I've read about Fred Blassie, Billy Graham, and I think Harley Race having their cars wrecked back in the day.
Maybe the Freight Train incident comes across as way too real. New Jack went to town on that kid.
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Post by James Fabiano on Nov 25, 2015 16:12:01 GMT -5
I know I keep bringing this up, but hey, squeaky wheel. There's just too many indy guys at least in my area who take themselves WAY TOO SERIOUSLY. Unfortunately, this includes taking their attitude out on fans legit, especially with the advent of social media. This has happened to me and my friends, and we were involved in some ugly incidents that bordered on out-and-out bullying. That's why I created the first FB group to be listed in my sig.
Oh and any Vince Russo "this was a story from the Internet, it must be REAL" angle of course.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 25, 2015 16:24:04 GMT -5
Haven't Funk and Piper also been stabbed?
And Jericho nearly got shot in Mexico.
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jmule
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Post by jmule on Nov 25, 2015 16:32:30 GMT -5
Piper and bob Orton beating up a wild fan in the street.
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Post by Old Baby on Nov 25, 2015 16:48:24 GMT -5
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Nov 25, 2015 18:16:22 GMT -5
Hasn't Jim Cornette bragged about having the most stabbing/shooting attempts against him on record?
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Nov 25, 2015 18:38:54 GMT -5
I know I've read about Fred Blassie, Billy Graham, and I think Harley Race having their cars wrecked back in the day. Maybe the Freight Train incident comes across as way too real. New Jack went to town on that kid. I'm hoping you meant Mass Transit and not Colt's buddy
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 19:31:49 GMT -5
Yeah, that Mass Transit assault was disgusting. Then New Jack cutting the promo "I don't care if this [so-and-so] dies!" while they're still mopping up the kid's blood. I watched it once, never again.
Obligatory Savage-Steamboat mention here. Horrified 12 year old me.
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Post by MC Blowfish on Nov 25, 2015 19:53:14 GMT -5
I know I've read about Fred Blassie, Billy Graham, and I think Harley Race having their cars wrecked back in the day. Maybe the Freight Train incident comes across as way too real. New Jack went to town on that kid. I'm hoping you meant Mass Transit and not Colt's buddy Yeah that's what I meant. Thanks for the correction!
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agent817
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Post by agent817 on Nov 25, 2015 20:53:44 GMT -5
I have read somewhere that when Sgt. Slaughter did his Iraqi-sympathizer heel run that he was asked to stay at the arena until after hours, like say, around 1 a.m. to ensure that there were no marks out there ready to attack him for sympathizing with Iraq during Desert Storm. Is this true?
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Post by mysterydriver on Nov 25, 2015 22:13:54 GMT -5
I have read somewhere that when Sgt. Slaughter was doing his Iraqi-sympathizer heel run that he was asked to stay at the arena until after hours, like say, around 1 a.m. to ensure that there were no marks out there ready to attack him for sympathizing with Iraq during Desert Storm. Is this true? I don't know of that specifically, but Slaughter has told stories of where people took the effort to find out where he lived and constantly defaced his house, so the idea of people wanting to 'wait' for him is a very likely scenario.
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Post by CeilingFan on Nov 25, 2015 22:19:10 GMT -5
Piper and bob Orton beating up a wild fan in the street.
Story I heard was that they were filming Piper, Orndorff, and Orton throwing Gene Okerlund out of a gym. The fan, not realizing it was a work, tried to be a hero and got beat down.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 25, 2015 22:20:37 GMT -5
Mick got piss poured on him once in Puerto Rico. Small potatoes compared to most of this, but I felt like it was skeezy enough to bear mentioning, a fan pouring a cup of pee on someone.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Nov 25, 2015 23:45:13 GMT -5
Mid-South fans would fill up water guns with Drain-O and aim for the heels' eyes at shows.
Allegedly, during the JYD/Freebirds feud, a fan pulled out a gun during a match when the Dog was in trouble, hoping to even the odds before security got him.
One I personally witnessed was in 1986 at Gilley's during a Texas All-Star show. Megaheel "Sheepherder" Jonathan Boyd had a verbal altercation with a drunk cowboy at ringside that ended up with the cowboy being escorted out of the building. A few minutes later during Boyd's match, there was a commotion near the building's entrance involving security - the cowboy had returned with a gun. Think he got arrested that time.
Oh, and there's this:
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Post by Captain & Diet on Nov 26, 2015 3:27:49 GMT -5
My grandmother told me stories about how she used to go to wrestling shops at the Olympic Auditorium in LA. She said that the heels would work crowds I to such a frenzy (especially Gorgeous George) that the crowd would throw anything they could get their hands on at the heels.
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Reflecto
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Post by Reflecto on Nov 26, 2015 10:10:51 GMT -5
In the sense of kayfabe-era incidents of wrestlers being threatened or attacked due to people getting fully involved with the kayfabe of the various feuds. You could argue this is one of the benefits of the post-kayfabe era, that wrestlers (for the most part) don't have to worry about being knifed on the way back from the ring or attacked after the show. I read an interview with Stan Hansen recently where he was talking about the time he broke Bruno Sammartino's neck, and how vicious the crowd was in MSG afterwards. What stood out to me was that apparently, Bruno told him afterwards that he (Bruno) had gotten offers from various presumably mafia-type figures to "take care" of Stan for what he did to him, but was able to defuse it by basically saying "No, I can handle him, I'll get him next time". It's not quite as direct as wrestlers having batteries thrown at them in Puerto Rico, but it's still a bit unsettling. Similar to that story from the same area: Lou Albano and Tony Altimore start up a new tag team gimmick of two guys who are in the Mafia- not even hinting at it like some vaguely-underground gimmicks, even going far enough to wear long black gloves, hold their hands up and say "MAFIA!" Some members of the Gambino? family then eventually met them after a show and "informed them" what they were really like. Suddenly, the two were not members of the Mafia anymore. (Similarly- Tajiri having Kyo Dai killed quickly because he feared the Yakuza seeing it and retaliating.)
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Post by héad.casé on Nov 26, 2015 16:38:58 GMT -5
I remember Flair telling a story on his Highspots shoot where he was defending the NWA Title in Puerto Rico, and brought Roddy Piper with him as back up because he didn't want to go alone. Anyway, the match is going on and there are armed guards around the ring with their guns trained on the crowd. Piper does the heel thing and trips the local wrestler from outside the ring as he's running the ropes. Suddenly the armed guards turn their guns from the crowd right to Piper's head. Flair quickly let the local pin him for the title before Piper got his brains blown out and got out of there with Piper. I think he said he didn't even go back to win the title back because of that, they just sent him the belt back/made him a new belt since only that audience would've seen it.
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