jmule
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Post by jmule on May 1, 2016 22:10:42 GMT -5
Did they only have that 1 title match at MSG and I think 1 rematch?
When I was little I was under the impression that they had a long rivalry.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on May 1, 2016 22:16:23 GMT -5
they had a rematch about a year later. Hogan had New Japan dates to fill after winning and I think Sheik had a feud with Slaughter afterwards.
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brody
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Post by brody on May 7, 2016 9:20:03 GMT -5
Wrestlingdata has 23 title matches listed plus one tag match with Duggan and Hogan facing Shiek and Volkoff in 1987.
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thecrusherwi
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Post by thecrusherwi on May 7, 2016 10:29:45 GMT -5
If I remember right, that rematch at the Spectrum is one of the bloodiest matches ever.
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siredger
ALF
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Post by siredger on May 7, 2016 12:02:57 GMT -5
Wow. I need to see that. The MSG match when Hogan won the title is their only match I ever saw.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 10:41:56 GMT -5
I saw a tag match in 1991 at a Providence RI house show with Hogan and Duggan vs. Slaughter an--
........oh wait, that was Col. Mustafa. Completely different guy. My bad.
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Post by fg on May 9, 2016 11:15:56 GMT -5
Way, way, way back in the day, WWE did in fact acknowledge that the Sheik and Mustafa were the same person. I remember reading about it in their magazine's crossword puzzle back in 1991. I just thought I would mention this.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 14:25:05 GMT -5
Way, way, way back in the day, WWE did in fact acknowledge that the Sheik and Mustafa were the same person. I remember reading about it in their magazine's crossword puzzle back in 1991. I just thought I would mention this. Piper kinda prompted Vince to acknowledge it during Col. Mustafa's debut, almost egging Vince to say something. I've always had the impression Vince wouldn't have said anything had Piper just gone along with it. Meanwhile, the Mooney and Lord Alfred version (dubbed for Prime Time airing, IIRC) makes zero mention of who Mustafa used to be - which is what I reckon the kind of treatment Vince wanted in the first place. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 9, 2016 14:32:35 GMT -5
Way, way, way back in the day, WWE did in fact acknowledge that the Sheik and Mustafa were the same person. I remember reading about it in their magazine's crossword puzzle back in 1991. I just thought I would mention this. Piper kinda prompted Vince to acknowledge it during Col. Mustafa's debut, almost egging Vince to say something. I've always had the impression Vince wouldn't have said anything had Piper just gone along with it. Meanwhile, the Mooney and Lord Alfred version (dubbed for Prime Time airing, IIRC) makes zero mention of who Mustafa used to be - which is what I reckon the kind of treatment Vince wanted in the first place. Much like the Saba Simba/Tony Atlas thing. If Vince was trying to bring these guys in with their new gimmicks why didn't he just smarten Roddy up about it before he recorded commentary? |
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Post by A Platypus Rave on May 9, 2016 14:45:12 GMT -5
Piper kinda prompted Vince to acknowledge it during Col. Mustafa's debut, almost egging Vince to say something. I've always had the impression Vince wouldn't have said anything had Piper just gone along with it. Meanwhile, the Mooney and Lord Alfred version (dubbed for Prime Time airing, IIRC) makes zero mention of who Mustafa used to be - which is what I reckon the kind of treatment Vince wanted in the first place. Much like the Saba Simba/Tony Atlas thing. If Vince was trying to bring these guys in with their new gimmicks why didn't he just smarten Roddy up about it before he recorded commentary? Because Roddy was crazy?  |
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2016 14:55:00 GMT -5
Piper kinda prompted Vince to acknowledge it during Col. Mustafa's debut, almost egging Vince to say something. I've always had the impression Vince wouldn't have said anything had Piper just gone along with it. Meanwhile, the Mooney and Lord Alfred version (dubbed for Prime Time airing, IIRC) makes zero mention of who Mustafa used to be - which is what I reckon the kind of treatment Vince wanted in the first place. Much like the Saba Simba/Tony Atlas thing. If Vince was trying to bring these guys in with their new gimmicks why didn't he just smarten Roddy up about it before he recorded commentary? Different times, I guess? He seems much more serious in the present era, yelling in peoples' ears and what not. But back in the late '80s/early '90s, he probably didn't have that attitude (yet). Though I'd hate to think guys like Piper and Savage (and even Heenan and Gorilla) going "off script" would harden him to do what he's doing nowadays... Plus he was probably just a different kind of person out there doing the commentary (having fun, getting into the banter, embracing the arena & audience element when they were live in a bldg) vs. sitting backstage like a Howard Hughes recluse at the Gorilla position. |
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