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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Dec 24, 2012 23:00:21 GMT -5
Hornswoggle is from Wisconsin
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Post by EJS on Dec 24, 2012 23:22:09 GMT -5
Is Brodus Clay really from Planet Funk?
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 25, 2012 0:00:19 GMT -5
Is Brodus Clay really from Planet Funk? Yes, and how dare you try and claim otherwise -_-
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2012 0:04:39 GMT -5
John Cena from boston? Pffff come on now everyone knows he is from Krypton.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Dec 25, 2012 0:08:49 GMT -5
I ask because sometimes the kayfabe hometown that prevents a hometown pop. I've noticed this when Dolph was on commentary with someone and the other commentator was running down Cleveland, and Dolph had to use the Miz to point out how Cleveland doesn't necessarily suck. This is because Dolph is a hometown boy, but has to say that he's from Hollywood Florida. Also, it's weird that Val Venis was Canadian but had to be from a very American city like Las Vegas. He couldn't be super patriotic American against foreigners, but couldn't join his anti-american friends when ever a bunch of evil Canadians banded together. Also Kofi's from Boston. no? But can't pull that Hometown Boston card cause "he's from Ghana". Then again it seems like Cena is the only one who can (considering Riley, Tensai, and others are from that area). I just recently learned that Jake Roberts is from Texas, not Stone Mountain Georgia. Can you imagine Mick Foley still being billed from Truth or Consequences New Mexico? Val Venis was billed from Vegas to play up his pornstar gimmick. Also, Shawn Stasiak never was able to get a hometown pop. Neither was any masked wrestler in the 80's. If anything the San Fernando Valley would be a better hometown for Val Venis. In fact, he should've used The Death Valley Driver as his finisher and called it the "San Fernando Valley Driver" There is, you know, a difference between: 1) Hometown 2) Residence 3) Place of birth For any given person that can be three different places. You can be born in New York, grow up in Los Angeles and consider that your hometown and reside in Atlanta. I guess such a person, kayfabe or otherwise, could choose to be billed from any of the three. Indeed for instance Jericho was born in Manhasset, New York is billed from Winnipeg... (or Winitoba... or Toronto...) and lives in Florida. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o77NwC2TLR8
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 25, 2012 0:28:35 GMT -5
Thank you
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Post by sonofblaine on Dec 25, 2012 1:00:23 GMT -5
Where is Parts Unknown exactly? Near Dudleyville? First you get on a plane, kick the doors down, take the two pilots that have already made the sacrifice so that you can face the challenge, dispose of them, take the controls, SHOVE THAT CONTROL INTO A NOSEDIVE, HULK HOGAN! Then, push yourself to total self-destruction. That will take you to a world close to Parts Unknown. It's a mile or two up the road from there. Hope that was helpful.
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Post by jimmyjames on Dec 25, 2012 1:47:31 GMT -5
Val Venis was billed from Vegas to play up his pornstar gimmick. Also, Shawn Stasiak never was able to get a hometown pop. Neither was any masked wrestler in the 80's. If anything the San Fernando Valley would be a better hometown for Val Venis. In fact, he should've used The Death Valley Driver as his finisher and called it the "San Fernando Valley Driver" Agreed, but using San Fernando Valley, Chatsworth or North Hollywood doesn't have the same cache as Las Vegas. Plus, people actually know where Las Vegas is.
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Post by Jimmy on Dec 25, 2012 5:37:48 GMT -5
Val should have just been billed as being from Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
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Post by Big L on Dec 25, 2012 15:40:46 GMT -5
Is R-Truth from Charlotte? Yup. Although they couldn't actually bill him from a hometown until his heel turn, because he sang himself to the ring. True
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on Dec 25, 2012 15:42:41 GMT -5
Val should have just been billed as being from Intercourse, Pennsylvania. I went to Wikipedia to see if this was an actual place.
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Post by Waffel113 on Dec 25, 2012 19:41:30 GMT -5
Apparently Dudleyville is real. Quoth Wikipedia:
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Post by agent817 on Dec 25, 2012 20:03:34 GMT -5
Muhammad Hassan being billed from Detroit, Michigan when he was actually from Syracuse, New York.
Also, remember when Chris Benoit went from being billed from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to being announced as "now residing in Atlanta, Georgia"?
Also, didn't The Rock have his hometowns change from Honolulu, Hawaii to Miami, Florida? I could have sworn that I remember reading somewhere that he was billed from Hawaii.
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Post by YiHammer on Dec 26, 2012 4:22:59 GMT -5
Santino
Dudes from Canada and has played a Russian and Italian
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Post by Sparvid on Dec 26, 2012 11:16:59 GMT -5
Also, didn't The Rock have his hometowns change from Honolulu, Hawaii to Miami, Florida? I could have sworn that I remember reading somewhere that he was billed from Hawaii. I found a clip from 1996 where he's billed from "The South Pacific".
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 26, 2012 11:25:29 GMT -5
I'm going to hazard a guess that Planet Funk is not a real place.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 26, 2012 11:30:08 GMT -5
Val should have just been billed as being from Intercourse, Pennsylvania. or, since he's Canadian they could've billed him from Dildo, Newfoundland (which is also a real place)
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 26, 2012 11:31:55 GMT -5
Muhammad Hassan being billed from Detroit, Michigan when he was actually from Syracuse, New York. Also, remember when Chris Benoit went from being billed from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to being announced as "now residing in Atlanta, Georgia"? Also, didn't The Rock have his hometowns change from Honolulu, Hawaii to Miami, Florida? I could have sworn that I remember reading somewhere that he was billed from Hawaii. they did the same thing to Jericho and Christian. it was so they could represent America in potential feuds with Hassan. it was quietly dropped when Hassan was let go and they realized it was silly to pretend a guy with a nickname like the Canadian Crippler was from Atlanta.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Dec 27, 2012 4:37:41 GMT -5
There is, you know, a difference between: 1) Hometown 2) Residence 3) Place of birth For any given person that can be three different places. You can be born in New York, grow up in Los Angeles and consider that your hometown and reside in Atlanta. I guess such a person, kayfabe or otherwise, could choose to be billed from any of the three. If were to ever be a WWE wrestler there's more than three towns I would be fine with being billed from. Whatever they thought "sounded better". 1. Hampton, NH (where I went to Highschool and where I just moved from) 2. Worcester, MA (where my dad lives and where I lived for about four years with him) 3. Seabrook, NH (where I lived for about a year recently and where a lot of my friends are from) 4. Danvers, MA (where I currently reside and where my grandmother has lived since I was very little) 5. Newburyport, MA (where I went to elementary school) 6. Dover, NH (where I was actually born) 7. Haverhill, MA (lived here for awhile too lol, around middle school age) I have some never of affinity for all of them except Dover so I wouldn't mind being billed from any of them. Hell despite never having lived there I'd be fine with being billed from Boston, MA or Portsmouth, NH as well. That is assuming my character didn't necessitate me being billed from somewhere entirely different.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Dec 27, 2012 4:39:09 GMT -5
Not that I would ever pursue a professional wrestler career but if I did and made it to the WWE it would be kind of fun to be be billed from Newburyport and be a John Cena superfan who eventually turns on him.
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