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Post by The Blue Nova on Sept 14, 2022 0:02:34 GMT -5
What are some Obscure wrestler runs in promotions that made no sense to you and seemed out of place here are some of mine PG 13 WCW 2000. PG 13 was a great team in the early to mid 90s but seemed out of place in WCW in late 99 to 2000. There rap gimmick seemed passe by that point. Even tho too cool pretty much stole the gimmick Too Cool seemed more modern then PG 13 , Bob Backlund WWF 2000
Marty Jannetty WCW 1998. It just seemed really obscure and out of place and Marty seemed to be a relic of the 80s Chris Adams WCW 1998 (just shows you how WCW was hiring anyone at that point)
. John Nord Mike Enos and Wayne Bloom all seemed super random in the Star Studded WCW in 1998.
Rod Price 1998 ECW Rod was mainly a southern guy wrestling in Texas and a super breif stint in 1997 USWA during its dying days in its last few months. Great wrestler but was always known as Austins old tag partner .
Paul Diamond ECW. Another obscure ECW guy from around 1997 early 1998. aside from a few matches in ECW and WCW between 1993 and 1994 and a short stint in Memphis dying days in 1997. Paul Hadn't really done much in years before resurfacing in ECW briefly. He was also Shawn Michaels original Tag Partner so maybe thats why he was ini Memphis and ECW in 1997 1998
Jim Neidhart in WCW 1993. He was only around for a few months and didn't do anything of note.(WCW in 1993 had alot of guys who didn't last long or were obsecure. Johnny Gunn Wrecking Krew,The Kongs,ShockMaster , Charlie Norris, Jim Steele The Cole twins.(most of those guys were around for a year or less.)
What are some others you remember.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 14, 2022 0:23:35 GMT -5
You mention Marty in WCW, but there was also a brief run of a month or two of Marty in 1995 ECW. Him and the Steiner Bros.before they went to WWF and WCW respectively.
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Post by The Blue Nova on Sept 14, 2022 1:01:03 GMT -5
You mention Marty in WCW, but there was also a brief run of a month or two of Marty in 1995 ECW. Him and the Steiner Bros.before they went to WWF and WCW respectively. Yes! and Ron Simmons had a tiny ECW run to!! and anvil as well!
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 14, 2022 1:06:49 GMT -5
You mention Marty in WCW, but there was also a brief run of a month or two of Marty in 1995 ECW. Him and the Steiner Bros.before they went to WWF and WCW respectively. Yes! and Ron Simmons had a tiny ECW run to!! and anvil as well! Missed Anvil's run...but Ron I'm not sure if fully counts, as this was still in the "Eastern" or at the very least early "Extreme" days, and could have just been a WCW loan like Foley as Cactus Jack was at first (with the infamous "spit on WCW Tag Title" promo). Marty and the Steiners, it was intrenched in the days of Extreme. Speaking of that, even though it never made TV, Scott Hall had a very short ECW run before they closed (he lost both his matches, not sure the second but the first was against Big Sal E. Graziano).
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 14, 2022 1:15:49 GMT -5
You mention Marty in WCW, but there was also a brief run of a month or two of Marty in 1995 ECW. Him and the Steiner Bros.before they went to WWF and WCW respectively. Yes! and Ron Simmons had a tiny ECW run to!! and anvil as well! Ron's was wild in that he showed quite a bit more personality than he ever really had license to in WCW. Makes me wonder if his main event run would have solidified more if he had shown more of that charisma there.
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Post by XIII on Sept 14, 2022 4:39:19 GMT -5
Owen Hart in WCW in like ‘91
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 14, 2022 5:11:17 GMT -5
Yes! and Ron Simmons had a tiny ECW run to!! and anvil as well! Missed Anvil's run...but Ron I'm not sure if fully counts, as this was still in the "Eastern" or at the very least early "Extreme" days, and could have just been a WCW loan like Foley as Cactus Jack was at first (with the infamous "spit on WCW Tag Title" promo). Marty and the Steiners, it was intrenched in the days of Extreme. Speaking of that, even though it never made TV, Scott Hall had a very short ECW run before they closed (he lost both his matches, not sure the second but the first was against Big Sal E. Graziano). Justin Credible was the other one.
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Post by Sigma: Current SRW Champ! on Sept 14, 2022 6:05:59 GMT -5
Rob Van Dam's WCW Run in 1993 as Robby V. Made it into the TV Title Tournament, but got squashed by Vinnie Vegas in the Semis I think. Could have been a solid lower-mid card face during that time and had some killer matches with Orndorff and Regal for the TV Title.
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Post by nickcave on Sept 14, 2022 13:05:35 GMT -5
One of Kerry Von Erich's last matches was in ECW, sure it was still the Eastern version at that point but even saying "Kerry Von Erich had a match in ECW" sounds off
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 14, 2022 13:21:25 GMT -5
One of Kerry Von Erich's last matches was in ECW, sure it was still the Eastern version at that point but even saying "Kerry Von Erich had a match in ECW" sounds off Most of these threads are predominantly shit I knew about but I always learn something and this is WILD
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Sept 14, 2022 14:16:56 GMT -5
Jim Neidhart in WCW 1993. He was only around for a few months and didn't do anything of note. This one just makes me think in 1993 Stu Hart landed on the wrong card in his Rolodex a few months after Neidhart’s most recent firing. Stu: Vince, you got anything for the big guy? Bill Watts: This is Cowboy Bill Watts. I don’t know who you’re talking about, but if Vince wants him, hell we’ll pay double!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2022 14:29:41 GMT -5
The Freebirds in WWF.
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Post by tafkaga on Sept 14, 2022 16:22:06 GMT -5
Kevin Von Erich in WWWF wearing boots is a weird one for me.
Ken Patera in AWA in 1989 lifting cars with Wayne Bloom.
Ahmed Johnson aka "Big T" in WCW with a giant pot belly as part of Harlem Heat 2000.
The Rock & Roll Express and Fantastics in WCW wrestling as JTTS in the tag team division was an odd thing to see.
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Post by The Blue Nova on Sept 14, 2022 16:37:49 GMT -5
Kevin Von Erich in WWWF wearing boots is a weird one for me. Ken Patera in AWA in 1989 lifting cars with Wayne Bloom. Ahmed Johnson aka "Big T" in WCW with a giant pot belly as part of Harlem Heat 2000. The Rock & Roll Express and Fantastics in WCW wrestling as JTTS in the tag team division was an odd thing to see. Yes and Greg Valentine in 1996 to 1998 wcw
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 14, 2022 16:45:32 GMT -5
Yes! and Ron Simmons had a tiny ECW run to!! and anvil as well! Missed Anvil's run...but Ron I'm not sure if fully counts, as this was still in the "Eastern" or at the very least early "Extreme" days, and could have just been a WCW loan like Foley as Cactus Jack was at first (with the infamous "spit on WCW Tag Title" promo). Marty and the Steiners, it was intrenched in the days of Extreme. Speaking of that, even though it never made TV, Scott Hall had a very short ECW run before they closed (he lost both his matches, not sure the second but the first was against Big Sal E. Graziano). Unsure if Anvil was there in the Eastern days, but he made an appearance or two in 1995...most notably the outdoor Heatwave '95 show (same one the Steiners match on Extreme Warfare came from....oh man now I'm hearing that ad just by mentioning the tape's name...) His opponent was Marty Jannetty, and you can guess how the ECW crowd reacted to them. Basically, they chanted for their partners. A lot. (Looked up on Google Groups...it was Middletown, NY. Yikes, Jim Powers had a match there too!) Ron Simmons I think came in late-94, as Extreme began, and stayed there till spring of 1995. I don't think he was with WCW then, as he disappeared until becoming Faarooq after that. Simmons is known for the original "You Suck" singalong chants, as the Arena usuals would sing that phrase to the Seminole war chant. There was a LOT of random runs in late '90s ECW. The aforementioned Rod Price (and I wonder if he was chosen SPECIFICALLY because he was Stone Cold's partner). Speaking of Global, I think Chaz Taylor did a few shows as well. Then you got a couple of old Mid-South guys for some reason: Tommy Rogers. Jack Victory...though that worked out as part of Steve Corino's act. One Man Gang. Ricky Morton. They even got the Bushwhackers/Sheepherders for a one-shot as the New Zealand Dudleys. (Flash forward 2 years, and the Dudleys' more iconic look was a camouflage not unlike the Whackers...think Edge and Christian even called them the Bushwhackers 2000). Uganda/Botswana Beast was another weird one. P.N. NEWS as a Baldie. The Samoan Gangsta Party in 1996.
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Post by nickcave on Sept 14, 2022 16:56:34 GMT -5
Kevin Von Erich in WWWF wearing boots is a weird one for me. Ken Patera in AWA in 1989 lifting cars with Wayne Bloom. Ahmed Johnson aka "Big T" in WCW with a giant pot belly as part of Harlem Heat 2000. The Rock & Roll Express and Fantastics in WCW wrestling as JTTS in the tag team division was an odd thing to see. Yes and Greg Valentine in 1996 to 1998 wcw Greg Valentine getting a random WCW World title shot against the Giant on an episode of Nitro
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 14, 2022 16:57:19 GMT -5
Missed Anvil's run...but Ron I'm not sure if fully counts, as this was still in the "Eastern" or at the very least early "Extreme" days, and could have just been a WCW loan like Foley as Cactus Jack was at first (with the infamous "spit on WCW Tag Title" promo). Marty and the Steiners, it was intrenched in the days of Extreme. Speaking of that, even though it never made TV, Scott Hall had a very short ECW run before they closed (he lost both his matches, not sure the second but the first was against Big Sal E. Graziano). Unsure if Anvil was there in the Eastern days, but he made an appearance or two in 1995...most notably the outdoor Heatwave '95 show (same one the Steiners match on Extreme Warfare came from....oh man now I'm hearing that ad just by mentioning the tape's name...) His opponent was Marty Jannetty, and you can guess how the ECW crowd reacted to them. Basically, they chanted for their partners. A lot. (Looked up on Google Groups...it was Middletown, NY. Yikes, Jim Powers had a match there too!) Ron Simmons I think came in late-94, as Extreme began, and stayed there till spring of 1995. I don't think he was with WCW then, as he disappeared until becoming Faarooq after that. Simmons is known for the original "You Suck" singalong chants, as the Arena usuals would sing that phrase to the Seminole war chant. There was a LOT of random runs in late '90s ECW. The aforementioned Rod Price (and I wonder if he was chosen SPECIFICALLY because he was Stone Cold's partner). Speaking of Global, I think Chaz Taylor did a few shows as well. Then you got a couple of old Mid-South guys for some reason: Tommy Rogers. Jack Victory...though that worked out as part of Steve Corino's act. One Man Gang. Ricky Morton. They even got the Bushwhackers/Sheepherders for a one-shot as the New Zealand Dudleys. (Flash forward 2 years, and the Dudleys' more iconic look was a camouflage not unlike the Whackers...think Edge and Christian even called them the Bushwhackers 2000). Uganda/Botswana Beast was another weird one. P.N. NEWS as a Baldie. The Samoan Gangsta Party in 1996. And of course, one of the more random runs of all (short lived too):
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Post by James Fabiano on Sept 14, 2022 17:02:58 GMT -5
One of Kerry Von Erich's last matches was in ECW, sure it was still the Eastern version at that point but even saying "Kerry Von Erich had a match in ECW" sounds off Infamous for Kerry being a masked mystery wrestler, only he comes out with the mask on...and his robe that plainly says "Kerry". Speaking of Dallas wrestling...1993 Global had appearances by Jake Roberts and Koko B. Ware. Koko was more of a regular there for a time.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Sept 14, 2022 19:48:51 GMT -5
Unsure if Anvil was there in the Eastern days, but he made an appearance or two in 1995...most notably the outdoor Heatwave '95 show (same one the Steiners match on Extreme Warfare came from....oh man now I'm hearing that ad just by mentioning the tape's name...) His opponent was Marty Jannetty, and you can guess how the ECW crowd reacted to them. Basically, they chanted for their partners. A lot. (Looked up on Google Groups...it was Middletown, NY. Yikes, Jim Powers had a match there too!) Ron Simmons I think came in late-94, as Extreme began, and stayed there till spring of 1995. I don't think he was with WCW then, as he disappeared until becoming Faarooq after that. Simmons is known for the original "You Suck" singalong chants, as the Arena usuals would sing that phrase to the Seminole war chant. There was a LOT of random runs in late '90s ECW. The aforementioned Rod Price (and I wonder if he was chosen SPECIFICALLY because he was Stone Cold's partner). Speaking of Global, I think Chaz Taylor did a few shows as well. Then you got a couple of old Mid-South guys for some reason: Tommy Rogers. Jack Victory...though that worked out as part of Steve Corino's act. One Man Gang. Ricky Morton. They even got the Bushwhackers/Sheepherders for a one-shot as the New Zealand Dudleys. (Flash forward 2 years, and the Dudleys' more iconic look was a camouflage not unlike the Whackers...think Edge and Christian even called them the Bushwhackers 2000). Uganda/Botswana Beast was another weird one. P.N. NEWS as a Baldie. The Samoan Gangsta Party in 1996. And of course, one of the more random runs of all (short lived too): He made it into the second ECW game because of that 4 month run
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 14, 2022 19:53:54 GMT -5
And of course, one of the more random runs of all (short lived too): He made it into the second ECW game because of that 4 month run Wonder if that makes Dusty one of the few to ever make it into a WWE game, WCW game (he was in one of those, right?) and ECW game. Raven is probably the next likely.
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