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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 12, 2020 19:28:31 GMT -5
The New Generation were a (very) short-lived tag team in Memphis, comprised of Bart Batten & Johnny Wilhoit. Hoping to recreate some of the Fabulous Ones magic, a music video was created using a very popular song of the time to hype their upcoming debut and, well....we got this:
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Post by Terry McConkey on Apr 12, 2020 19:50:00 GMT -5
The music does not fit at all.
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 12, 2020 19:52:23 GMT -5
I get that the folks in the Memphis office in 1984 weren't up on gay culture but jebus! It's one of the most homoerotic thing I've ever seen.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2020 20:01:09 GMT -5
It's like someone sent their homemade gay porn to America's Funniest Home Videos and instead of rejecting it they edited out all the nudity and just aired it anyway.
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Post by XIII on Apr 12, 2020 20:03:29 GMT -5
Nothing like two bros riding on a motorcycle together and taking a romantic carriage ride.
Combined with that song.....they had to know. lol
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Apr 12, 2020 20:05:43 GMT -5
I have been so in love with this video for years. It's like the sort of thing you'd encounter on Tim & Eric Awesome Show. It's just got this really bizarre vibe and even in the 80s I have no idea how anyone thought this could have come across as genuinely cool, but thank god they did so I could watch it over and over again. It's fascinating and hilarious.
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Post by horsemen4ever on Apr 12, 2020 22:01:19 GMT -5
This song should never be used for a tag team, has to be used for a single wrestler, because it is about a boy, singular, so gramaticly incorrect.
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Post by mrpeacock on Apr 13, 2020 2:15:29 GMT -5
Even weirder to me seeing only one Batten Twin. Figured they never worked without eachother.
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Post by Larryhausen on Apr 13, 2020 2:51:57 GMT -5
What would it take to convince Hangman and Omega to recreate this shot for shot?
Preferably at the Hardy Compound with Matt or Señor Benjamin as the carriage driver.
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 13, 2020 9:13:34 GMT -5
I'd argue that the SMW Rock America video for the Thrillseekers was worse, since the shirtless shots at least show that they actually look like wrestlers, while the Thrillseekers video just looks like two guys hanging around an arcade (and the song is called Rock America, for two Canadians): www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoidl4m0zP4 |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Apr 13, 2020 10:02:12 GMT -5
There's another veeeeeeeery homoerotic video from Memphis from the same period for Austin Idol where it shows him working out shirtless in very skimpy shorts. The camera pans up and stops for a full second on his crotch.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 13, 2020 11:11:52 GMT -5
I’m trying to figure out why I remember this. I was too young and didn’t have access to Memphis. Guessing it was a throw in on a traded tape
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 13, 2020 12:03:45 GMT -5
I’m trying to figure out why I remember this. I was too young and didn’t have access to Memphis. Guessing it was a throw in on a traded tape I believe it was clipped on either the Daily Show or one of the similar shows like that in the last decade. |
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Apr 13, 2020 12:09:38 GMT -5
I've watched gay porn less homoerotic then this.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Apr 13, 2020 12:40:49 GMT -5
I've watched gay porn less homoerotic then this. Yeah I was waiting for it to end in a sponge bath |
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Post by Display Name on Apr 13, 2020 13:04:31 GMT -5
Wow, yeah, that video absolutely only insinuates one thing.
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Post by Aceorton on Apr 13, 2020 14:45:13 GMT -5
The shirtless buggy ride is where it goes to a whole new level.
Part of me thinks it had to have been a rib, and another part thinks that Lawler/Jarrett were just insanely off on what they thought "cool" looked like.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 13, 2020 16:04:58 GMT -5
The shirtless buggy ride is where it goes to a whole new level. Part of me thinks it had to have been a rib, and another part thinks that Lawler/Jarrett were just insanely off on what they thought "cool" looked like. If you've seen a decent number of Memphis vignettes like this....yeah, they thought it was cool. It worked for the Fabulous Ones there and the only thing that set their video apart was a much better song (ZZ Top). |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Apr 13, 2020 16:10:45 GMT -5
I can't tell if it's just the poor tape quality, but the blonde guy looks like he's wearing a shitty disguise/wig
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Post by cabbageboy on Apr 13, 2020 17:18:35 GMT -5
I know Bryan and Vinny reviewed this in detail a long while ago and I was gasping for air from laughing. I think the big problem these guys had is that Bart Batten (I think?) has the most 1980s stereotypical white trash heel look with the blonde hair and dark beard. He makes various "tough" faces in the video and just overall looks like he'd be better as a heel than as a supposed pretty boy babyface.
One thing people forget about the Fabulous Ones is that they dressed up like goofs and made those ridiculous videos, but once the bell rang they had vicious tough guy brawls with teams like the Sheepherders or Moondogs.
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