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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 27, 2007 3:11:44 GMT -5
From Mid-South - This is only a trailer for some kind of upcoming DVD release. Wish I could find the whole match, because legend has it that Jake completely no-sold Ali's punches (his reasoning: He had to show up the next week, Ali didn't). youtube.com/watch?v=OsN6dwWBy20 |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 27, 2007 3:22:49 GMT -5
btw, before anyone gets confused, the Barbarian here isn't the Powers of Pain one (Konga/Sione), it's John Nord (Berzerker).
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Post by "Nature Boy" Ric Moranis on Dec 27, 2007 4:14:21 GMT -5
Nice find! I guess that's the YouTube page of Bill Watts' one son, Micah. Found this gem on his page... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-VOnET50oIt's some sort of 1986 UWF promo video that they sent out to persuade local TV stations around the country to buy their programming in syndication. There's a ton of great highlights (Birds, DiBiase, Terry Taylor, Dr. Death, etc.), wrestler character introductions, and they also show the actual ratings that the UWF drew in different markets around the country (pretty big ones by today's standards). Thought it was neat to see an inside video made by wrestling people that's essentially trying to convince squares in suits to buy their product. And who knew that the UWF's Vice President of Marketing (who you're supposed to contact at the end of the video) is now the announcer on WWE RAW?  Also in the video, they sell their secondary show, UWF "Power Pro Wrestling" as a country/western themed show with a Texas flavor. Which is interesting from a historical standpoint, since Power Pro eventually became the "NWA/UWF merger show" hosted by Jim Ross & Magnum TA. Then it was "NWA Pro", and ultimately "WCW [PRO] Wrestling", which I think was WCW's last syndicated program in the U.S. |
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Post by THE Dinobot on Dec 27, 2007 4:39:51 GMT -5
This dvd might just be pretty rad (if it's the one with the Roberts stuff). The first looks good too. Who was that with Jake at the :35 mark, with the shaved head on the sides?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 27, 2007 4:43:30 GMT -5
Nord the Barbarian
aka John Nord, The Berzerker, the Viking, Yukon John, etc.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Dec 27, 2007 4:50:37 GMT -5
Thanks. Had to watch it without sound, so if it was said, that's why didn't know.
Jeez, that dude had a major transformation.
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Post by willywonka666 on Dec 27, 2007 9:07:33 GMT -5
I've seen that somewhere, was it on Jake's WWE dvd?
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Post by stevierichardsfan on Dec 27, 2007 9:30:14 GMT -5
i dont remember seing it on jakes wwe dvd
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