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Post by cherry coloured funk on Dec 31, 2012 2:52:47 GMT -5
I think they mean they are forgotten because outside of Nova I dont think any of them wrestled in WWE. If anyone was a fan of ECW they remember all these guys (save maybe Chilly Willy) Doring, Roadkill, Anderson, and Cyrus (as The Jackyl) all did at some point, though never for any significant amount of time. Kronus appeared on Raw in 1997.
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Post by Vanilla Gorilla on Dec 31, 2012 4:39:28 GMT -5
What about "The Giant" Paul Lauria? The Broad Street Bully Tony Stetson? Johnny Hotbody? Johnny Gunn?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 5:59:16 GMT -5
Yep, that was her! No idea who she was or what happened to her. She also wrestled on the first JCW show against a girl dressed up as Mankind. Was an indy manager and wrestler and also promoted shows in Philadelphia for a few years in the 90s.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 31, 2012 6:42:59 GMT -5
I remember Chris Hamrick's largely forgettable run in the dying days of ECW.
I also remember Hack Myers. Wasn't he kind of a big deal in ECW around 1995, at least as far as the lower mid-card was concerned? He had his own custom chant; fans chanted "SHAH!" whenever he punched someone.
Someone brought up the Virgin Princess Angel. I only saw her at one show: the Double Tables supercard (circa 1995). Hack Myers spanked her after he lost his match, and I think that was the last time either of them were ever seen in ECW.
911 was almost completely forgotten after ECW. I know WCW hired him to wrestle at least one PPV match as 'Big Al' and that he was invited to participate in the Hardcore Homecoming event, but beyond that, 911 has seemingly done nothing in wrestle after his short ECW career. He didn't do much in ECW, either; he was more of an 'enforcer' for the Paul Heyman (when he managed Sabu) than an actual wrestler.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 8:08:50 GMT -5
Funny thing about 911. The night after ECW had their "Barely Legal" PPV, WCW did a live Nitro from Philadelphia. It was almost like an ECW reunion: Public Enemy (who actually won a match), "Team Extreme" (Ace Darling & Devon Storm), etc. 911 was also on the show. Jobbed out to Lex Luger in like a minute.
As for Angel, wasn't it on that Double Tables show that Shane Douglas saved and asked her to join the Triple Threat? She was the "head cheerleader", while Mr. Hughes was "the offensive line". (Then I didn't see her again. Mr. Hughes disappeared not too long after that also.)
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Post by Slingshot Suplay on Dec 31, 2012 11:14:16 GMT -5
Tito Santana - ECW Champion Johnny HotBody
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 31, 2012 14:27:48 GMT -5
As for Angel, wasn't it on that Double Tables show that Shane Douglas saved and asked her to join the Triple Threat? She was the "head cheerleader", while Mr. Hughes was "the offensive line". (Then I didn't see her again. Mr. Hughes disappeared not too long after that also.) I'm not sure if Mr. Hughes was still in ECW when the Double Tables supercard took place on February 4, 1995. ECW had already begun the shift from a promotion staffed with former stars of the WWF and WCW to a promotion that focused on unestablished, groundbreaking wrestlers like Sabu and The Public Enemy. Mr. Hughes did not fit that new focus, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was gone by the time Double Tables went down. I talk a lot about Double Tables because I actually ordered an official VHS copy of the damn show from ECW circa 1996. Shane Douglas wrestled Tully Blanchard; the tape I had did not show him saving Angel or even mentioning the Triple Threat.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Dec 31, 2012 14:31:16 GMT -5
Tito Santana - ECW Champion If my memory of reading PWI serves me correctly, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka was ECW's first ever world champion. He won the title by surviving a battle royale event for the gold.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Dec 31, 2012 15:06:51 GMT -5
What about "The Giant" Paul Lauria? The Broad Street Bully Tony Stetson? Johnny Hotbody? Johnny Gunn? Toss in Shark Attack Kid, Don E. Allen, and Ubas.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 31, 2012 17:45:39 GMT -5
As for Angel, wasn't it on that Double Tables show that Shane Douglas saved and asked her to join the Triple Threat? She was the "head cheerleader", while Mr. Hughes was "the offensive line". (Then I didn't see her again. Mr. Hughes disappeared not too long after that also.) I'm not sure if Mr. Hughes was still in ECW when the Double Tables supercard took place on February 4, 1995. ECW had already begun the shift from a promotion staffed with former stars of the WWF and WCW to a promotion that focused on unestablished, groundbreaking wrestlers like Sabu and The Public Enemy. Mr. Hughes did not fit that new focus, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was gone by the time Double Tables went down. I talk a lot about Double Tables because I actually ordered an official VHS copy of the damn show from ECW circa 1996. Shane Douglas wrestled Tully Blanchard; the tape I had did not show him saving Angel or even mentioning the Triple Threat. The Shane Douglas/Mr. Hughes/Angel angle was actually from Heat Wave 94. Douglas was wrestling Sabu and he wanted Hughes out there to counteract 911 and Angel to counteract Paul Heyman. Tito Santana - ECW Champion Interesting thing about Tito as ECW Champion - he never actually lost the title. He won it from Don Muraco (another big name from ECW's early years that nobody mentions anymore) then like a week later Eddie Gilbert got fired as booker and Paul Heyman took over. Santana was advertised to defend the title at UltraClash against Shane Douglas, but either quit the company out of respect for Gilbert or was told by Heyman not to bother to show up (depending on who you ask). ECW just announced a phantom title change had happened the night before and Shane Douglas defended the belt against The Sandman (who I think was still doing the surfer gimmick at the time). Kinda ironic when you consider how if the WWF or WCW would've tried something like this a few years later, ECW would be the first people to trash them for insulting the fans. Santana never worked for ECW again, and if I'm correct the tapings where he won the ECW title was the only actual show he ever did work for the company (he had like 2 or 3 matches at the taping).
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 31, 2012 18:16:19 GMT -5
The Dark Patriot and Hawk also had a cup of coffee in ECW around 1993.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2012 18:52:29 GMT -5
Guy named Bill Wiles, who was "Wild" Bill Wiles and who was part of Lou E. Dangerously (Sign Guy Dudley doing a Paul E. Dangerously parody)' stable, teaming with C.W. Anderson. He did a terrible Elvis impersonation gimmick for a little bit, which had Joey Styles saying that it was terrible and he wasn't a fan of the first one (Honky Tonk Man) in the first place.
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Post by THRJamesAngelo on Dec 31, 2012 19:02:24 GMT -5
I remember all of them in the article. The list that the OP has is a more proper "forgotten" list.
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Post by eDemento2099 on Jan 1, 2013 0:48:28 GMT -5
That's a very interesting point! I agree with your outlook on the situation, assuming what you said is correct.
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Post by miketenayssrsface on Jan 1, 2013 1:07:12 GMT -5
3 pages and no metion of EL PUERTO RICANO? the dirt bike kid? Dino Sendoff!! ECWs generic jobbing unmasked luchador puerto ricano was always one of my favorite unsung guys. pretty sure he went on to wrestle under his real name of tom marquez in the dying days(still as a jobber/enhancement guy), but will never forget the bumps he took against a just then up and coming taz. top rope belly to bellys where he was just totally donkey kong'd right on his head/neck. just took enormous risk and beatings for little to nothing for the good of getting others over in the company What about "The Giant" Paul Lauria? The Broad Street Bully Tony Stetson? Johnny Hotbody? Johnny Gunn? oh my. ;D gotta give it up for the broad street bullies. still remember them as raven and stevies goons at one point, taking ddt and piledrivers galore from tommy I also remember Hack Myers. Wasn't he kind of a big deal in ECW around 1995, at least as far as the lower mid-card was concerned? He had his own custom chant; fans chanted "SHAH!" whenever he punched someone. 911 was almost completely forgotten after ECW. I know WCW hired him to wrestle at least one PPV match as 'Big Al' and that he was invited to participate in the Hardcore Homecoming event, but beyond that, 911 has seemingly done nothing in wrestle after his short ECW career. He didn't do much in ECW, either; he was more of an 'enforcer' for the Paul Heyman (when he managed Sabu) than an actual wrestler. hack myers was one of the most over low/mid card guys they had despite rarely getting a win. not sure why ever stopped using him either. local guy at the time and along with having a totally unique look my god was he over with the SHIT/SHAWWWW chants. 911 was great as well. well...at least when he was chokeslamming people also lesser know worker TOMMY ROGERS probably deserves a shout out here. worked as enhancement and had a couple decent ppv openers for the company as a late replacement when needed. also 98.5% sure he created christians current day finishing move way back when(unprettier) ahh, ecw
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Post by The Portable Stove on Jan 1, 2013 2:28:18 GMT -5
The only reason I've heard of Johnny Hotbody is that trivia question of who was the first person to win every single ECW Championship title. Or something along those lines.
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Post by lovingway on Jan 1, 2013 4:42:49 GMT -5
I believe El Puerto Ricano and Ubas were the same person
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Post by notasmark on Jan 1, 2013 6:33:33 GMT -5
911 was almost completely forgotten after ECW. I know WCW hired him to wrestle at least one PPV match as 'Big Al' I don't think that's true. According to Wikipedia Alex Gerke (Who?) was Big Al in WCW.
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Post by Jimmy on Jan 1, 2013 7:10:31 GMT -5
Poling (911) wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1996 and 1997, under the names Tombstone, Sledge Hammer and Big Al. Contrary to common internet myth however, Poling did not portray the Big Al who appeared in WCW in early 2000.
So he was 'Big Al' but not THAT 'Big Al'.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2013 7:23:55 GMT -5
I'm not sure if Mr. Hughes was still in ECW when the Double Tables supercard took place on February 4, 1995. ECW had already begun the shift from a promotion staffed with former stars of the WWF and WCW to a promotion that focused on unestablished, groundbreaking wrestlers like Sabu and The Public Enemy. Mr. Hughes did not fit that new focus, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was gone by the time Double Tables went down. I talk a lot about Double Tables because I actually ordered an official VHS copy of the damn show from ECW circa 1996. Shane Douglas wrestled Tully Blanchard; the tape I had did not show him saving Angel or even mentioning the Triple Threat. The Shane Douglas/Mr. Hughes/Angel angle was actually from Heat Wave 94. Douglas was wrestling Sabu and he wanted Hughes out there to counteract 911 and Angel to counteract Paul Heyman. I knew it was a tape I owned, and Heat Wave '94 fits the bill. Thank you for correcting me. However, just so you know, Ron Simmons lost to 911 on that Double Tables show.
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