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Post by The Barber on Dec 19, 2023 7:12:13 GMT -5
I actually liked Sable back then.
What's that you say? You want sexy women who can act? Go watch Baywatch.
This was pro wrestling during the Attitude Era. What did you expect to see...high class entertainment?
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 19, 2023 7:28:09 GMT -5
Going a step further than Sable, BB. Mostly forgotten today, had a very short run as an on screen character. I think she was actually Bob Holly’s wife. The woman had all the charisma of a plank. But on top of that, and I’m sure this is an alien concept to some, but there is such a thing as too big. I’m a red blooded guy like any other, but it can get to the point of being downright obscene, not sexy at all.
On a similar note, wasn’t there a skit of Hall and Nash taking bumps from a porn star who practically had watermelons under her shirt?
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Post by "Playboy" Don Douglas on Dec 19, 2023 7:44:46 GMT -5
I actually liked Sable back then. What's that you say? You want sexy women who can act? Go watch Baywatch. This was pro wrestling during the Attitude Era. What did you expect to see...high class entertainment? Not necessarily high class entertainment. Just some discernible skill, personality, positive attributes, or signs of a will to live. What is or isn’t physically attractive is subjective, so while she also failed in that regard with me, I understand that others will have a different perspective. But if it wasn’t for the fact that they occasionally had her speak, they could have put a blonde wig on a mannequin and got the same result. As it was, it was as if they had found the most bored DMV clerk in America, asked her if she liked wrestling or knew anything about it, she said, “No,” they said, “Perfect!,” and put her all over TV.
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 19, 2023 7:52:45 GMT -5
Going a step further than Sable, BB. Mostly forgotten today, had a very short run as an on screen character. I think she was actually Bob Holly’s wife. The woman had all the charisma of a plank. But on top of that, and I’m sure this is an alien concept to some, but there is such a thing as too big. I’m a red blooded guy like any other, but it can get to the point of being downright obscene, not sexy at all. On a similar note, wasn’t there a skit of Hall and Nash taking bumps from a porn star who practically had watermelons under her shirt? Nah, Bob was cheating on his wife with her. Allegedly that was why her run was so brief, but given the history of fidelity in the business I'm not sure I buy that.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 19, 2023 8:20:32 GMT -5
I also second the mud/gravy/ pudding match. I never got what was so titillating about seeing women covered in brown unless you were Swamp Thing. I guess its a weird sexist thing about demeaning women by making them debase themselves otherwise I don't get it. I always found it funny when 10k plus arena crowds were super into the Bra and panites matches or swimsuit competitions cause its like in row z you see a action figure sized thing being sexy and now all of us sit with a boner as we watch the next match of Rico losing to Rikishi
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Post by FinalGwen on Dec 19, 2023 8:27:11 GMT -5
Even when things did manage to be sexy it loses its appeal when you imagine Vince sitting backstage with a grin on his face as his employees indulge his fetishes.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Dec 19, 2023 8:45:36 GMT -5
Extreme Strip Poker somehow featured extremely sexy women being half naked at best and then absolutely no sex appeal from it.
And I don't even mean because it cut back to Balls Mahoney every 10 seconds.
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Post by Sephiroth on Dec 19, 2023 9:04:27 GMT -5
Extreme Strip Poker somehow featured extremely sexy women being half naked at best and then absolutely no sex appeal from it. And I don't even mean because it cut back to Balls Mahoney every 10 seconds. On a related note, as far as I’m concerned Kelly x2 will never live down not being able to unhook her own bra.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 9:36:29 GMT -5
Most of these can be chalked up to "the 90s were a different time," it seems. Yes, this was considered entertainment then. (I'm realizing not all of you grew up or were young adults then...I'm old...)
Doesn't mean it was okay to treat certain people a certain way, but there you go.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 9:38:34 GMT -5
Maybe I'm alone on this, but I found nothing hot about the Godfather's ho train. The whole thing was pretty gross, actually. Given what we know about human trafficking now (including an alleged example coming from the Moolah controversy years back), I can see your point. Yeah the Godfather/ho's were presented as "fun" rather than "realistic" I guess we'll say...but yeah.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 9:39:40 GMT -5
Brian Lawler wasn't a bad looking guy, but calling himself "Grandmaster Sexay" was an example of supreme hubris. Hey it can't be like Bobby Eaton calling himself "beautiful"...
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 10:03:13 GMT -5
About Sable...actually I felt the same way a lot of you do now. She just looked like a typical cougar (hypocritical, since I tend to fancy a lot of actresses of a certain age) and needed smoke and mirrors to look like a good worker (particularly at Mania 14, when she had 3 people to cover for her).
It behooves me to say it (sorry, Muffy Tepperman moment there), but back in the day I preferred That Other Blonde over Sable. She looked fine, had charisma, and knew the business. Unfortunately after her managing stints, she didn't get chances to show it.
Pardon me, I need a shower after saying good things about HER...
Anyway, other examples...
An offshoot of the Godfather, but Big Mama in JCP? (she had, erm, unique looks, and she was presented basically as a street walker. Although Jimmy Valiant didn't blatantly act things out like the Godfather did, there was that one segment where he offered BM to Dusty Rhodes. Yes it was to have backup against Baby Doll, but the implications still lingered.)
Ric Flair and "Precious" star in a preview of what would happen when he beat Jimmy Garvin.
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Post by agent817 on Dec 19, 2023 10:05:59 GMT -5
Brian Lawler wasn't a bad looking guy, but calling himself "Grandmaster Sexay" was an example of supreme hubris. Just remember he was called "Too Sexy" Brian Christopher before that. You could say the same about Scotty 2 Hotty, and he was "Too Hot" Scott Taylor beforehand.
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Post by Dragonfly on Dec 19, 2023 10:29:25 GMT -5
Michael Hayes barely covering his Terry Gordy has replaced the whale in my nightmares. Thanks for that.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Dec 19, 2023 10:33:47 GMT -5
Couldn't they have rescheduled the photoshoot to a day where Michael Hayes wasn't staring at the sun from 2 inches away.
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Dec 19, 2023 10:40:21 GMT -5
Anything Terri Runnels did after mid 1998. I always had a thing for Terri, the only things I remember her doing post Goldust was PMS and briefly managing the Hardys. Oh and briefly dating New Jack which seemed pretty random
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 13:18:59 GMT -5
Anything Terri Runnels did after mid 1998. I always had a thing for Terri, the only things I remember her doing post Goldust was PMS and briefly managing the Hardys. Oh and briefly dating New Jack which seemed pretty random Oh, I've heard of more random trysts Terri has had.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 19, 2023 13:21:27 GMT -5
Brian Pillman's XXX Files (though that was likely supposed to be non-sexy)
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Dec 19, 2023 13:28:37 GMT -5
I always had a thing for Terri, the only things I remember her doing post Goldust was PMS and briefly managing the Hardys. Oh and briefly dating New Jack which seemed pretty random Oh, I've heard of more random trysts Terri has had. It was pretty depressing seeing her go from Marlena to someone who was regulated to bra and panties matches. It is especially sad during the Royal Rumble 2000 Bikini contest,when she is acting pretty desperate to get the crowd's attention. Also, her character was known as the "Horny She-Devil". She went from Marlena, to the Horny She-Devil. Ick.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 19, 2023 13:29:44 GMT -5
Oh, I've heard of more random trysts Terri has had. It was pretty depressing seeing her go from Marlena to someone who was regulated to bra and panties matches. It is especially sad during the Royal Rumble 2000 Bikini contest,when she is acting pretty desperate to get the crowd's attention. Also, her character was known as the "Horny She-Devil". She went from Marlena, to the Horny She-Devil. Ick. It's more jarring if you use Alexandra York as a starting point instead.
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