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Post by Todd Pettengill on May 24, 2005 0:50:38 GMT -5
RD, I'm from upstate NY & have been watching wrestling for too long. My family owns a summer home up on the NY/Canadian border. As A kid over the summer I would always tune into the Weekend WWF shows, but they would be hosted by Ray Rougeau. He would totally mark out for any Canadian wrestler including his Mountie brother. I always thought these WWF Canada Shows were really interesting. Had the Same logo, the same matches but it was different. Have you yourself ever watched a tape of any of these Shows? Your thoughts? Are they crap?
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Post by rdreynolds on May 24, 2005 7:43:07 GMT -5
RD, I'm from upstate NY & have been watching wrestling for too long. My family owns a summer home up on the NY/Canadian border. As A kid over the summer I would always tune into the Weekend WWF shows, but they would be hosted by Ray Rougeau. He would totally mark out for any Canadian wrestler including his Mountie brother. I always thought these WWF Canada Shows were really interesting. Had the Same logo, the same matches but it was different. Have you yourself ever watched a tape of any of these Shows? Your thoughts? Are they crap? Thanks I don't believe I've ever seen one of these shows. That's actually not a bad idea, though. I think catering a product to a specific audience is really a lost art in wrestling. For instance, in the old days, wrestlers would cut promos mentioning specific towns as a way of hyping up the show, selling tickets. I can't see that doing anything but helping house show attendance. It's something that should be brought back. RD |
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Jun 8, 2005 0:15:12 GMT -5
That's Exactly how it was with the promos. It's proof that even as mainstream as Vince had gotten at that point he still had to promote & think regionally. I do reccomend you getting a hold of some old Ray Rougeau hosted stuff it's pretty funny if your an American.
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The Masked Jobber
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Post by The Masked Jobber on Jun 8, 2005 7:28:14 GMT -5
I know there were matches that Ray commentated with Gorrila Monsoon when he was WWF president. Its funny, though, during the matches and heels do something wrong Monsoom will always make a threat of finung the wrestlers or suspending them but as weall know noneof that actually happened.
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