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Post by fortknox on May 14, 2020 13:20:35 GMT -5
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Post by Aceorton on May 14, 2020 14:07:34 GMT -5
I remember reading about this in PWI at the time. I think Crush may even have appeared in shoulder pads at least once, but not positive on that.
Normally I'd say they'd have had trouble explaining why Crush would suddenly be teaming with a guy who cost him his only WWF gold, but then again, they also pretended that Crush and Repo Man had no history together.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 14:13:49 GMT -5
Hawk left at SSlam, and I guess Animal committed to the dates so he needed a partner and Crush was an easy fit I suppose. He had an insurance deal.......after he left WWF, I think, which only allowed him to wrestle in tag matches and not in singles, but maybe it was in place by this point? (Dark Side of the Ring showed him wrestling the Beverly Bros. 2-on-1 at a show where he hurt his back and that took him off the shelf for a couple years.)
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Post by timelimitdraw on May 14, 2020 16:45:21 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, he got hurt finishing those WWF dates, then cashed in on a Lloyd's of London policy for a couple of years before returning. Not sure if the "tag-only" clause was legit or not because he eventually had a few singles matches in his last WWE run as The Road Warrior, coming full circle.
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 14, 2020 17:32:25 GMT -5
I remember reading about this in PWI at the time. I think Crush may even have appeared in shoulder pads at least once, but not positive on that. Normally I'd say they'd have had trouble explaining why Crush would suddenly be teaming with a guy who cost him his only WWF gold, but then again, they also pretended that Crush and Repo Man had no history together. That was all water under the bridge brah. Chaka. |
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Post by petef3 on May 15, 2020 1:12:51 GMT -5
Crush and Repo Man had no history together. In terms of WWF continuity, Repo and Smash were different people.
Whether Kona Crush was the same guy kayfabe-wise as Demolition Crush is...ambiguous. They never said that it was (at the time), but they never really said that it wasn't, either. The only acknowledgment that I know of came on a '94 Coliseum Video during a Crush-Undertaker match where Johnny Polo mentions it, well after he's turned heel, and I'm sure Polo was acting on his own with little oversight.
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on May 15, 2020 2:42:03 GMT -5
I remember a small mention of this in WWF Magazine. I remember thinking, wtf? I don't think Animal was ever on TV again after SS and Crush was still beating jobbers on TV with zero mention of teaming with Animal.
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Post by johnnyk9 on May 15, 2020 7:32:33 GMT -5
Shame Vince didn’t try them on TV I promise would been into the idea at the time
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Post by Hit Girl on May 15, 2020 12:38:54 GMT -5
The Legion of Demolition,
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Post by XaviersSS2015hair on May 15, 2020 12:45:38 GMT -5
The Legion of Demolition, The fans can still chant, LOD! So it kind of works. 😆 |
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 15, 2020 16:04:58 GMT -5
Crush and Repo Man had no history together. In terms of WWF continuity, Repo and Smash were different people. Whether Kona Crush was the same guy kayfabe-wise as Demolition Crush is...ambiguous. They never said that it was (at the time), but they never really said that it wasn't, either. The only acknowledgment that I know of came on a '94 Coliseum Video during a Crush-Undertaker match where Johnny Polo mentions it, well after he's turned heel, and I'm sure Polo was acting on his own with little oversight. The commentary seems a little bit more loose on Coliseum Video. I don't think Vince McMahon thought it served any purpose or helped them at all to bring up that Crush (babyface Hawaiian-man) used to be in Demolition, so they just never mentioned it. They just wanted to present him as if this was his big debut. In retrospect, WWE does acknowledge that babyface singles wrestler Crush and Crush from Demolition were one in the same, at least in his bio on WWE.com, which credits him as a co-holder of tag titles. There's no reason not to acknowledge it now. |
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Post by horsemen4ever on May 15, 2020 16:07:21 GMT -5
This could have been the WWF answer to the Anderson / Eaton tag team gimmick they had.
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Post by Milkman Norm on May 15, 2020 18:00:55 GMT -5
Crush and Repo Man had no history together. In terms of WWF continuity, Repo and Smash were different people. Whether Kona Crush was the same guy kayfabe-wise as Demolition Crush is...ambiguous. They never said that it was (at the time), but they never really said that it wasn't, either. The only acknowledgment that I know of came on a '94 Coliseum Video during a Crush-Undertaker match where Johnny Polo mentions it, well after he's turned heel, and I'm sure Polo was acting on his own with little oversight. Next you're gonna tell me Krusher Kruschev was a different guy too! |
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Post by lildude8218 on May 16, 2020 2:18:22 GMT -5
The DemoLegion
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Post by Mozenrath on May 16, 2020 2:24:11 GMT -5
Crush and Repo Man had no history together. In terms of WWF continuity, Repo and Smash were different people. Whether Kona Crush was the same guy kayfabe-wise as Demolition Crush is...ambiguous. They never said that it was (at the time), but they never really said that it wasn't, either. The only acknowledgment that I know of came on a '94 Coliseum Video during a Crush-Undertaker match where Johnny Polo mentions it, well after he's turned heel, and I'm sure Polo was acting on his own with little oversight. I always assumed he was the same guy just since, they're both named Crush, anyway. |
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Post by auph10imitated on Sept 26, 2020 5:10:58 GMT -5
Is it just the lighting in the photos or is Crush wearing dark blue? Or is it just his regular purple and the lighting makes it look darker
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Sept 28, 2020 9:13:31 GMT -5
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Post by jason1980s on Sept 28, 2020 9:44:30 GMT -5
I think an Animal and Crush team really could have worked long term. I guess Animal really was more used to working with Hawk or had more of a brother relationship with him so it didn't go too far. It probably would have helped Crush long term too. He may have had a long WWF career but he sucked. A tag team with Paul Ellering as manager would help overshadow Crush's shortcomings which were ring talent and speaking skills. Animal could help with the in ring load and Paul would help prevent Crush from doing much speaking.
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 28, 2020 11:20:45 GMT -5
I checked out the Twitter of that promo and found:  Did that happen? The Legion of Demolition, The fans can still chant, LOD! So it kind of works. 😆 If Crush joined LOD in 1998, if he didn't leave and Chainz assumes leadership role and kick Crush to the curb, they will be Legion of DOA. Imagine Crush circa 98 joining LOD 2000, would he have the face paint over the biker look? In terms of WWF continuity, Repo and Smash were different people. Whether Kona Crush was the same guy kayfabe-wise as Demolition Crush is...ambiguous. They never said that it was (at the time), but they never really said that it wasn't, either. Is Jailbird Crush the same as Kona Crush? |
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Post by jason1980s on Sept 28, 2020 11:49:38 GMT -5
There was a match with Animal and Hawk versus Dino and Mustafa I think from April 1992 during a Europe tour. They came out to Mustafa's theme and it was one of those shows where the wrestlers came down stairs, walked a little bit and then went into the ring.
Crush has this look on his face in that promo like he's about to crap himself having to speak. He really wasn't a natural at anything. It always amazes me WWF kept bringing him back time after time. Animal probably saw the writing on the wall with that partnership too. This was the guy that helped kill Demolition when LOD first came in.
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