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Post by leapinglambert on Jul 5, 2008 21:20:08 GMT -5
'Crappers are probably familiar with "Bunny Hugged", the 1951 cartoon in which Bugs Bunny becomes a professional wrestler.
"Ravishing Ronald", the wrestler that The Crusher beats up before Bugs, is probably a takeoff on "Gorgeous George", but I wonder if "The Crusher" (the thuggish wrestler that Bugs eventually beats) is modelled on someone.
Any ideas?
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Post by lildude8218 on Jul 5, 2008 21:22:12 GMT -5
The Crusher perhaps?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 5, 2008 21:31:01 GMT -5
I imagine The Crusher.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Jul 5, 2008 22:46:25 GMT -5
yeah, no doubt the actual Crusher.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jul 5, 2008 22:56:28 GMT -5
I need to go back and check my timeline, but it wouldn't have been the case - The Crusher, I believe, had previously appeared in a boxing cartoon vs. Bugs years before that.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jul 6, 2008 0:41:09 GMT -5
I need to go back and check my timeline, but it wouldn't have been the case - The Crusher, I believe, had previously appeared in a boxing cartoon vs. Bugs years before that. Yes, it's called Rabbit Punch. |
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Post by HoagieWithPastrami on Jul 6, 2008 3:31:25 GMT -5
I know that if I'm ever wrestling a guy that wears some sort of shirt or other kind of top in the ring, I'm safety pinning him to the mat for the 1-2-3.
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Post by leapinglambert on Jul 7, 2008 22:18:41 GMT -5
There was a wrestler called "The Crusher"? Who was he? (Before my time, I suspect!)
Thanks...
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jul 7, 2008 22:32:04 GMT -5
There was a wrestler called "The Crusher"? Who was he? (Before my time, I suspect!) Thanks... "The Crusher" Reggie Liskowski (sp?) - Was huge up in the Northern midstates. He and Dick The Bruiser (Dick Afflis) were pretty much gods to that region. Both were big barrel-chested guys who didn't really wrestle as much as brawl. Crusher was known for coming to the ring smoking a stogie. Hell, I found one clip where he does a run-in, gets beat down, makes a comeback and beats the s*** out of a guy, and never loses the cigar. He was like a prototype for Austin and Sandman. |
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 7, 2008 22:48:24 GMT -5
There was a wrestler called "The Crusher"? Who was he? (Before my time, I suspect!) Thanks... "The Crusher" Reggie Liskowski (sp?) - Was huge up in the Northern midstates. He and Dick The Bruiser (Dick Afflis) were pretty much gods to that region. Both were big barrel-chested guys who didn't really wrestle as much as brawl. Crusher was known for coming to the ring smoking a stogie. Hell, I found one clip where he does a run-in, gets beat down, makes a comeback and beats the s*** out of a guy, and never loses the cigar. He was like a prototype for Austin and Sandman. Now THAT's a rebel BADASS if I ever saw one. Honestly, I always wondered how Taker never choked on that MASSIVE wad of chaw he was always sportin' as the American Badass. I wonder if the WWE could get away with a wrestler smoking in today's PC culture? |
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Jul 7, 2008 22:53:04 GMT -5
Kind of odd the bring up Bugs and wrestling ans I realized tonight that John Cena isn't Superman, he is Bugs Bunny. Indestructible, breaks the forth wall, gets in fights with hillbillies, commits various pranks and hijinks. He has pretty much looked at the camera and said "Ain't I a stinker?"
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 7, 2008 22:55:50 GMT -5
Kind of odd the bring up Bugs and wrestling ans I realized tonight that John Cena isn't Superman, he is Bugs Bunny. Indestructible, breaks the forth wall, gets in fights with hillbillies, commits various pranks and hijinks. He has pretty much looked at the camera and said "Ain't I a stinker?" How about we call him BOTH at the same time?  ;D |
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Post by jfbop37 on Jul 7, 2008 23:54:45 GMT -5
Didn't Crusher come out to Beer Barrell Polka as his entrance music in the 80's.
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Post by Chainsaw on Jul 7, 2008 23:56:01 GMT -5
I love the announcer in that cartoon.
THHHHAAAAAAA TEHRRAH!!!
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Post by Rockhound on Jul 8, 2008 0:00:03 GMT -5
Ravishing Ronald is nothing but a jobber!
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Post by leapinglambert on Jul 8, 2008 14:42:47 GMT -5
"The Crusher" Reggie Liskowski (sp?) - Was huge up in the Northern midstates. He and Dick The Bruiser (Dick Afflis) were pretty much gods to that region. Both were big barrel-chested guys who didn't really wrestle as much as brawl. Crusher was known for coming to the ring smoking a stogie. Hell, I found one clip where he does a run-in, gets beat down, makes a comeback and beats the s*** out of a guy, and never loses the cigar. He was like a prototype for Austin and Sandman.[/quote] Thanks  |
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Jul 8, 2008 14:58:00 GMT -5
Speaking of Bugs Bunny and wrestling, wouldn't it be awesome to see him, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd end it all inside Hell in a Cell?
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jul 8, 2008 15:22:19 GMT -5
I created Crusher in FPWR. His finishers are the bearhug and the single leg crab.
Now if only the game had bunny ears...
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Post by Rorschach on Jul 8, 2008 20:18:34 GMT -5
I created Crusher in FPWR. His finishers are the bearhug and the single leg crab. Now if only the game had bunny ears... Put him up agains Shark Boy. He's cartoony enough to be Bugs' stand-in. |
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Post by Jock Ass on Jul 8, 2008 20:27:25 GMT -5
Speaking of Bugs Bunny and wrestling, wouldn't it be awesome to see him, Daffy Duck, and Elmer Fudd end it all inside Hell in a Cell? Would Yosemite Sam be the referee? Porky Pig and Foghorn Leghorn on commentary? But for God's Sake, don't let the cage be provided by The Acme Corporation out of Walla Walla, Washington! |
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