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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Apr 21, 2019 21:47:56 GMT -5
Hogan apparently was advertised for the first Starrcade.
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 21, 2019 22:01:19 GMT -5
Survivor Series '88. The Jobber Takeover. I came here to post this example. If memory serves, on Jake’s team Scott Casey replaced B.Brian Blair who replaced Don Muraco who replaced JYD. Casey probably couldn’t believe his luck... Casey replaced Blair who replaced JYD on the Jake-Duggan team. Brunzell replaced Muraco on the Warrior-Beefcake team. And the silliest part was that Brunzell and Blair were announced as replacements at the end of the same Superstars episode where they'd initially announced JYD and Muraco (who must have been fired after it was too late to retape the Survivor Series Report).
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Apr 21, 2019 23:19:16 GMT -5
The first show I ever attended was a house show in Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 1992. Hawk wasn't there so instead we got the tag team of Animal and wait for it... Sgt. Slaughter! I can't remember for certain but I think they wrestled the Natural Disasters. During a post-match beat down Hacksaw Jim Duggan who was Slaughter's tag team partner at the time and had been in a match earlier in the night ran to the ring covered in soap suds, wearing gym shorts and flip-flops. Apparantly somebody notified Hacksaw that his partner was being beat down so he had to run out of the shower to go save him. 1992 WWF, everybody!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 6:20:48 GMT -5
Celtic Wrestling once had Joey Matthews booked just after his first release following MNMs hot run.
Then a week before he was due to appear, TNA came calling, wouldn't let him fulfill his bookings (and he ended up working one PPV dark match teaming with Christian York and that was it).
They replaced him with Tracey Smothers.
Work wise it was a downgrade but Tracey is awesome and straight up noone died so I call it a win.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2019 7:28:05 GMT -5
Oh and 123 Kid being replaced by Virgil of all people against PCO at a house show in 1995. Everybody was like WTF when Virgil’s theme hit. All 1,000 of us Wow. A rando 1995 return for Virgil, at what looks like 5-6 house shows at the end of May/beginning of June. I thought he was gone in '93 and that his '94 Rumble spot was an oddball return, but turns out he was very active in '94 and I managed to forget a ton of TV taping appearances. His last bunch were against Nikolai Volkoff, now DiBiase's servant, and turns out he was injured during one of them and (barring this '95 fill-in series) that was the end of him...
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 22, 2019 10:29:19 GMT -5
The first show I ever attended was a house show in Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 1992. Hawk wasn't there so instead we got the tag team of Animal and wait for it... Sgt. Slaughter! I can't remember for certain but I think they wrestled the Natural Disasters. During a post-match beat down Hacksaw Jim Duggan who was Slaughter's tag team partner at the time and had been in a match earlier in the night ran to the ring covered in soap suds, wearing gym shorts and flip-flops. Apparantly somebody notified Hacksaw that his partner was being beat down so he had to run out of the shower to go save him. 1992 WWF, everybody! Wow, soap suds is some serious kayfabing for a house show. I don't think I've ever seen someone do that. Also, I like the implication that if it had been Animal alone getting beaten down, no one would have cared. But since it's Slaughter, Duggan drops his rubber duckie and runs naked to the ring.
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Post by fortknox on Apr 22, 2019 10:57:24 GMT -5
FYI, I have this poster. We got it from the cable company when we ordered it. Back when it was Luger/Flair.
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Post by SmashTV on Apr 22, 2019 11:37:19 GMT -5
I came here to post this example. If memory serves, on Jake’s team Scott Casey replaced B.Brian Blair who replaced Don Muraco who replaced JYD. Casey probably couldn’t believe his luck... Casey replaced Blair who replaced JYD on the Jake-Duggan team. Brunzell replaced Muraco on the Warrior-Beefcake team. And the silliest part was that Brunzell and Blair were announced as replacements at the end of the same Superstars episode where they'd initially announced JYD and Muraco (who must have been fired after it was too late to retape the Survivor Series Report). Thanks. I’ve always remembered it happening how I typed it, and consequently always thought it weird that Brunzell was a team member on merit. This explains his appearance here.
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Post by jason1980s on Apr 22, 2019 15:16:00 GMT -5
WCW always seemed to be having replacements during the early 90s. It was like they were still in the territory way of doing business (even after Turner purchased) and most guys were not under full contract and could come and go. The Chamber of Horrors match, which was supposed to be a main event type of match, had a lot of replacements. On the other hand they usually had added matches on the PPVs with guys who seemed to come out of nowhere and probably weren't under full contract.
I wonder why WWF didn't go with Tom Magee for the Survivor Series instead of Scott Casey. If Tom was still under contract he would probably be a better choice than Scott. I'm glad Scott got one PPV though, it probably meant a lot to him.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 22, 2019 15:48:19 GMT -5
September 2018: Progress Wrestling manages to pull in a fairly large crowd (including myself) at Wembley Arena.
The intended main events are Travis Banks vs Zack Sabre Jr for the Progress Championship, and Jimmy Havoc vs Will Ospreay for the last time ever.
Literally the day after these are set up (In the May Spring Bank Holiday weekend) NJPW releases its Autumn schedule, with an event that same Sunday, and Will and later Zack are called in for it.
Then a few weeks later Travis Banks needs shoulder surgery while he's still the champion, and won't be cleared until about December.
So we end up with Walter as champion, and Tyler Bate as his challenger, with basically no heat on the actual match. Ospreay vs Havoc gets moved to the show before as an apology, and is used to set up Hasvoc vs Paul Robinson at Wembley. Zack Sabre Jr gets his match against Walter the month after, and basically leaves the company afterwards because WWE is restricting who can face their signed people, and the champion is one of them.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Apr 22, 2019 18:47:42 GMT -5
FYI, I have this poster. We got it from the cable company when we ordered it. Back when it was Luger/Flair. I have this poster too! I purchased it at Starrcast last year straight from the personal collection of Conrad Thompson, although I worked with Dave Millican to make the purchase. As terrible as the ppv is it fell on my 10th birthday. How many people can say that one of if not THE worst ppv in wrestling history fell on their 10th birthday?😂
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Post by chazraps on Apr 22, 2019 18:58:00 GMT -5
Nothing to do with wrestling, but in September 2007 I paid to see a KRS-ONE concert, and right before the last opener before KRS' headlining slot took the stage, we were told KRS-ONE would not be able to make it to the venue last night but would be replaced with a surprise who was "just as good."
Audience starts buzzing: Big Daddy Kane? Chuck D? Rakim?
Saying "just as good" as KRS-ONE is a huge comparison to make and given how late the announcement was made, we thought there's now way they'd disappoint us.
The host comes out and asks us to "make some noise" for...Chip-Fu of the Fu-Schnickens.
The guy from the Shaq song.
He did two songs, then lip-synced a song from his "new reggae project," then walked off the stage as the house lights went up and security told us we had to leave.
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Post by ianriccaboni on Apr 22, 2019 19:49:42 GMT -5
The seemingly week to week changes to the Chamber of Horrors match. Barry Windham was advertised on the villain team but somehow made Sting's team and was replaced by El Gigante after he replaced... El Gigante. But he was also replaced on the Villain side by Vader.
Oz and One Man Gang were replaced by Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher in what were much cleaner, one for one substitutions. Oz was then put into a match with Bill Kazmaier. One Man Gang, I think, left the company.
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 22, 2019 22:16:28 GMT -5
I wonder why WWF didn't go with Tom Magee for the Survivor Series instead of Scott Casey. If Tom was still under contract he would probably be a better choice than Scott. I'm glad Scott got one PPV though, it probably meant a lot to him. Casey was at least known to the WWF audience, and had been a star in other places. He always felt just outside main roster status: better than the rest of the face jobbers (I'd even put him above Sam Houston), but not going to actually beat anybody unless it was Iron Mike Sharpe on Prime Time. Plus, he could really work when he wanted to. You'll notice he wasn't even the first guy eliminated in the Survivor Series match - that honor went to Ken Patera, whom they were practically shoving out the door. Booking that match in hindsight, it would have been cool to see Casey last until the end, like they did with the Young Stallions the year before, only to have him lose to Perfect, who needed to stay unbeaten. Fun fact: Scott Casey was 41 at the time of that match. Patera was 46. Santana was 35, Duggan was 34 and Jake was the baby at 33. For the heels: Andre 42, Race 45, Bravo 40, Rude 29, Perfect 30.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Apr 22, 2019 22:31:04 GMT -5
Nothing to do with wrestling, but in September 2007 I paid to see a KRS-ONE concert, and right before the last opener before KRS' headlining slot took the stage, we were told KRS-ONE would not be able to make it to the venue last night but would be replaced with a surprise who was "just as good." Audience starts buzzing: Big Daddy Kane? Chuck D? Rakim? Saying "just as good" as KRS-ONE is a huge comparison to make and given how late the announcement was made, we thought there's now way they'd disappoint us. The host comes out and asks us to "make some noise" for...Chip-Fu of the Fu-Schnickens. The guy from the Shaq song. He did two songs, then lip-synced a song from his "new reggae project," then walked off the stage as the house lights went up and security told us we had to leave. I can't lie: I love the Fu Schnickens, and I am disappointed I wasn't there so I could be the only person freaking out. Wait no. I like Das EFX. Never mind. Fu Schnickens are okay, I guess. It reminds me though: One time I saw Slick Rick in concert, and he was like, "Wouldn't it be crazy if Big Daddy Kane just walked out and did a song?" and Big Daddy Kane just walks out and does No Half Steppin and then leaves.
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Post by Paul on Apr 23, 2019 2:30:19 GMT -5
I never got my D’Lo Brown vs Steve Blackman match at a house show in 1999. I know that sounds rather odd to complain about, but I was a D’Lo fan at the time. Sure, all the big stars were there so I should be happy but what’d we get? TIGER ALI SINGH VS DROZ. Oh and 123 Kid being replaced by Virgil of all people against PCO at a house show in 1995. Everybody was like WTF when Virgil’s theme hit. All 1,000 of us I'm picturing an entire crowd of 1,000 people asking quizzically "What the f***?" to one another in unison the moment his music started. heh.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 23, 2019 2:38:29 GMT -5
GCW L.A. Confidential Nick Gage vs Joey Ryan To Nick Gage vs David Arquette...Wowzers Yeah, this has to be it considering the end result was pretty damn close to a Hollywood actor dying in the ring.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on Apr 23, 2019 4:59:49 GMT -5
The first show I ever attended was a house show in Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 1992. Hawk wasn't there so instead we got the tag team of Animal and wait for it... Sgt. Slaughter! I can't remember for certain but I think they wrestled the Natural Disasters. During a post-match beat down Hacksaw Jim Duggan who was Slaughter's tag team partner at the time and had been in a match earlier in the night ran to the ring covered in soap suds, wearing gym shorts and flip-flops. Apparantly somebody notified Hacksaw that his partner was being beat down so he had to run out of the shower to go save him. 1992 WWF, everybody! Wow, soap suds is some serious kayfabing for a house show. I don't think I've ever seen someone do that. Also, I like the implication that if it had been Animal alone getting beaten down, no one would have cared. But since it's Slaughter, Duggan drops his rubber duckie and runs naked to the ring. I heard an episode of STWW recently and Prichard said he pitched the guy running out of the shower save to Vince for an angle and Vince thought it was terrible. I guess he got to try it out on house shows at least. Yeah Animal would have been S.O.L. waiting for Hawk to drop his stash and stumble out of whatever biker bar he was in that night 😆
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Post by ronnie2hotty on Apr 23, 2019 6:29:06 GMT -5
FYI, I have this poster. We got it from the cable company when we ordered it. Back when it was Luger/Flair. I have this poster too! I purchased it at Starrcast last year straight from the personal collection of Conrad Thompson, although I worked with Dave Millican to make the purchase. As terrible as the ppv is it fell on my 10th birthday. How many people can say that one of if not THE worst ppv in wrestling history fell on their 10th birthday?😂 WrestleMania 11 was on my 17th birthday. That was pretty bad. But I did get Flair/Steamboat 2 out of 3 falls Clash of the Champions match was on my 11th birthday. Which was the same day as WrestleMania 5. There have actually been 5 WrestleManias on my birthday, so you have to take the good with the bad I guess, lol.
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