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Post by Aceorton on Jul 15, 2007 23:44:35 GMT -5
Sometime in the mid-'90s they switched Davey Boy Smith's announced hometown from Leeds to Manchester. I don't recall exactly when, although it may have been around the time of his heel turn in '95.
Just curious: Is there an obvious difference in status/class between Leeds and Manchester? I've been wondering if the WWF was trying to make DBS seem tougher, or more sophisticated, or to capitalize on a stronger fan base in Manchester. The cities seem to be roughly the same size.
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Post by Marksus on Jul 16, 2007 13:09:42 GMT -5
I'm guessing that since they ran shows in Manchester it was to make him more of a home town guy.
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Post by Old School Heel mark4Morishima on Jul 16, 2007 13:15:33 GMT -5
They're both pretty cruddy towns.
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Post by ellisdee on Jul 17, 2007 6:13:28 GMT -5
I think Leeds does have a better reputation than Manchester. Therefore Davey = Hard Man.
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Post by 'Foretold' Joker on Jul 17, 2007 6:30:04 GMT -5
Manchester is a larger city in England than Leeds. Plus it has more stadiums so it would make sense to change his hometown if he was becoming a face.
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Post by CaptainFall on Jul 17, 2007 17:20:08 GMT -5
I think it was purely down to the fact Manchester is more famous and therefore more people in America would have heard of it than Leeds.
In terms of class/status, they're pretty much identical. I don't think you sound tougher if you come from one or the other. Both cities have their rough areas and both have their smart areas.
*nerd alert* As it goes there is a historic rivalry between Manchester and Leeds. It's a Yorkshire/Lancashire War of the Roses thing. Some of them are quite proud about it (older people really) so you could be in trouble if you got a Yorkshireman and someone from Lancashire mixed up.
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Post by tibbo on Jul 17, 2007 17:23:23 GMT -5
Leeds won the top league title in football in '91, and manchester were the dominant team in the mid '90s too
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Jul 17, 2007 17:25:21 GMT -5
Manchester is known as a bit of a dive, so I'd suspect they were trying to make him seem tough.
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Jul 17, 2007 17:58:04 GMT -5
I think it was purely down to the fact Manchester is more famous and therefore more people in America would have heard of it than Leeds. In terms of class/status, they're pretty much identical. I don't think you sound tougher if you come from one or the other. Both cities have their rough areas and both have their smart areas. *nerd alert* As it goes there is a historic rivalry between Manchester and Leeds. It's a Yorkshire/Lancashire War of the Roses thing. Some of them are quite proud about it (older people really) so you could be in trouble if you got a Yorkshireman and someone from Lancashire mixed up. I'd have to agree I think more people in America will have heard of Manchester and there is a major rivalry between the two cities not quite up there with Manchester/Liverpool but pretty big. |
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jul 18, 2007 1:18:06 GMT -5
They changed his hometown about 1,000 times, he calls London his hometown at Summerslam 92. I'm sure they eventually changed it to Birmingham for One Night Only.
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Post by What? on Jul 18, 2007 2:17:07 GMT -5
He was from Warrington anyway which is closer to Manc.
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Post by thedall on Jul 18, 2007 2:56:00 GMT -5
Well William Regal was from about 5 miles from where I live (Midlands), but he's billed as Blackpool because he started his career there and there's a chance that Americans would've heard of the place. Guessing its similar with Davey Boy Smith, whom, incidentally, I the story of his middle name's origin- haha!
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Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Jul 18, 2007 10:53:34 GMT -5
Well William Regal was from about 5 miles from where I live (Midlands), but he's billed as Blackpool because he started his career there and there's a chance that Americans would've heard of the place. Guessing its similar with Davey Boy Smith, whom, incidentally, I the story of his middle name's origin- haha! regal's from the midlands??? so am i (about as far west as you can go without being in wales, if anyone cares). off to wiki i go... |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Jul 18, 2007 11:16:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I think Regal's from Stoke (without resorting to research)...
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Post by tibbo on Jul 18, 2007 17:23:10 GMT -5
Regal is from Lichfield i believe, which isn't too far away from me either.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Jul 18, 2007 18:16:51 GMT -5
Yeah I'm in the East Midlands, so Stoke is pretty close to me.
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Post by thedall on Jul 19, 2007 2:58:37 GMT -5
Regal is from Lichfield i believe, which isn't too far away from me either. Well, Sir Tibboo, it appears we live in the same place! |
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Post by Marksus on Jul 19, 2007 13:07:12 GMT -5
Northampton all the way.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 19, 2007 17:17:00 GMT -5
I'm from Chestershirelondontownpool.
Okay, so I'm not English. I just wanted to feel included.
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Post by Frank Zappa on Jul 19, 2007 17:26:03 GMT -5
Man, I miss bulldog so much. I used to mark like crazy for him.
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