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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 12, 2018 0:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 13, 2018 0:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by Display Name on Nov 13, 2018 5:51:33 GMT -5
I’ll never forget that cover. I was 8 and weirded out by it.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 14, 2018 0:44:41 GMT -5
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 15, 2018 1:21:00 GMT -5
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Nov 15, 2018 1:59:59 GMT -5
It’s amazing how Lawler ended up working there after actually suing the wwe for the “King” Harley Race gimmick.
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Nov 15, 2018 2:01:06 GMT -5
In my opinion Jake’s final good program. He declined pretty fast after that.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 16, 2018 1:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 9:12:53 GMT -5
Like a lot of young fans who started buying the magazines, we read about the Superstar in the tye-dye, had the body and had the gift for gab. Then we'd finally see him on TV and we get...this. His body was alright, but dude was stumbling over words and his matches were not good. It'd be better to say my first impression was even "Bad To The Bone" Billy, but it was later on.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 17, 2018 10:18:10 GMT -5
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 18, 2018 10:50:04 GMT -5
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 19, 2018 9:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by SmashTV on Nov 19, 2018 11:30:27 GMT -5
Just seeing some of the headlines from articles here brings back happy memories. When I began getting the magazines circa 1989 I'd get as many of the Apter mags I could find in the UK. If you knew where to look, and as wrestling took off, you could get PWI, Inside Wrestling, The Wrestler, Sports Review Wrestling and (occasionally) Wrestling Superstars, although PWI was the main one.
Quite possibly like many of you, I only knew about the WWF, and so getting the Apter magazines made me think I had an inside scoop that my friends didn't have. For example, I'd never even HEARD of the AWA, WCCW or the like, and yet the Apter magazines spoke of them glowingly. The first interview I read in PWI was with Iceman King Parsons? Who the hell was Iceman King Parsons? Reading the Apter magazines opened me up to whole new aspects of the sport. I began to appreciate the writers (Bob Smith and Chris Bernucca were always favourites of mine), looked forward to columns (Eddie Ellner's 'controversial' heel column 'Off the Top Rope' was a guilty pleasure) and took the rankings and arena reports seriously.
I collected the magazines religiously until 1997, a year after I stopped watching before dumping them all around 2001. Surprisingly, I actually didn't feel as emotional about it as expected. I don't know if the Apter mags are still going, but the mark they made on my fandom can't go overlooked.
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 19, 2018 17:11:10 GMT -5
Considering what Pillman said about OJ at Cyberslam 96, him as Kato is kind of hilarious in hindsight.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 19, 2018 18:18:08 GMT -5
Just seeing some of the headlines from articles here brings back happy memories. When I began getting the magazines circa 1989 I'd get as many of the Apter mags I could find in the UK. If you knew where to look, and as wrestling took off, you could get PWI, Inside Wrestling, The Wrestler, Sports Review Wrestling and (occasionally) Wrestling Superstars, although PWI was the main one. Quite possibly like many of you, I only knew about the WWF, and so getting the Apter magazines made me think I had an inside scoop that my friends didn't have. For example, I'd never even HEARD of the AWA, WCCW or the like, and yet the Apter magazines spoke of them glowingly. The first interview I read in PWI was with Iceman King Parsons? Who the hell was Iceman King Parsons? Reading the Apter magazines opened me up to whole new aspects of the sport. I began to appreciate the writers (Bob Smith and Chris Bernucca were always favourites of mine), looked forward to columns (Eddie Ellner's 'controversial' heel column 'Off the Top Rope' was a guilty pleasure) and took the rankings and arena reports seriously. I collected the magazines religiously until 1997, a year after I stopped watching before dumping them all around 2001. Surprisingly, I actually didn't feel as emotional about it as expected. I don't know if the Apter mags are still going, but the mark they made on my fandom can't go overlooked. It was either Eddie or Brandi (or both) that had snarky articles responding to fans letters. I was planning on publishing those, too.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 20, 2018 0:41:16 GMT -5
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Post by SmashTV on Nov 20, 2018 7:37:49 GMT -5
Just seeing some of the headlines from articles here brings back happy memories. When I began getting the magazines circa 1989 I'd get as many of the Apter mags I could find in the UK. If you knew where to look, and as wrestling took off, you could get PWI, Inside Wrestling, The Wrestler, Sports Review Wrestling and (occasionally) Wrestling Superstars, although PWI was the main one. Quite possibly like many of you, I only knew about the WWF, and so getting the Apter magazines made me think I had an inside scoop that my friends didn't have. For example, I'd never even HEARD of the AWA, WCCW or the like, and yet the Apter magazines spoke of them glowingly. The first interview I read in PWI was with Iceman King Parsons? Who the hell was Iceman King Parsons? Reading the Apter magazines opened me up to whole new aspects of the sport. I began to appreciate the writers (Bob Smith and Chris Bernucca were always favourites of mine), looked forward to columns (Eddie Ellner's 'controversial' heel column 'Off the Top Rope' was a guilty pleasure) and took the rankings and arena reports seriously. I collected the magazines religiously until 1997, a year after I stopped watching before dumping them all around 2001. Surprisingly, I actually didn't feel as emotional about it as expected. I don't know if the Apter mags are still going, but the mark they made on my fandom can't go overlooked. It was either Eddie or Brandi (or both) that had snarky articles responding to fans letters. I was planning on publishing those, too. Both - Eddie Ellner left and was replaced by Brandi Manciewicz - supposedly Matt Brock's niece. SPOILER - Matt Brock was fictional, although I only found this out about five years ago myself. I won't lie, I was a bit disappointed when I found this out.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 21, 2018 10:15:36 GMT -5
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Post by Session Moth is over on Nov 21, 2018 10:51:53 GMT -5
There is an article in PWI from late 2003/early 2004 where Bob Orton Jr is questioned on the future of his son Randy. I remember reading it back when I was in college. If you have that could you put it up?
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Nov 21, 2018 11:34:30 GMT -5
There is an article in PWI from late 2003/early 2004 where Bob Orton Jr is questioned on the future of his son Randy. I remember reading it back when I was in college. If you have that could you put it up? I can look and see if I have that one.
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