Lardlad
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Post by Lardlad on Feb 3, 2013 9:34:58 GMT -5
I was just watching the Kevin Nash YouShoot and saw them show Nash a clip of this video/documentary that Man Mountain Rock shot which appears to be around 1995, 1996?
I haven't seen it before and cannot find it. Is it still available to view, and if so can someone post a link?
Basically Nash sort of laughed it off and thought it wasn't very revealing at all.
Has there ever been talk on whether or not this guy is going to release all the footage? It intrigues me.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Feb 3, 2013 9:37:12 GMT -5
Basically, he can't really sell it, I do believe, because the people in it won't give permission to use them. I could be very wrong in that case. Basically, it's them doing a lot of drugs. The video was online for a bit, and included Rad Radford/Louie Spicoli f***ed up in the ring.
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Post by willywonka666 on Feb 3, 2013 9:55:41 GMT -5
He was wanting to release it, but I'm not sure what happened? Could he get in trouble? Jimmy Garvin taped some backstage/locker room stuff in the NWA in 1987 and I don't think it was anything bad, but he did release it in some form, and I don't know if he had to seek out everyone that appeared in it
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Post by Lardlad on Feb 3, 2013 12:24:23 GMT -5
The video that Sean Oliver/Kayfabe Commentaries showed on the dvd release appeared to be from YouTube. I've searched everything and can't find it.
If anyone comes across it or knows the guys youtbube channel let us know!
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Post by Manute Bol on Feb 3, 2013 12:53:09 GMT -5
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Post by Medicinal Thunder Liger on Feb 3, 2013 18:00:54 GMT -5
He was wanting to release it, but I'm not sure what happened? Could he get in trouble? Jimmy Garvin taped some backstage/locker room stuff in the NWA in 1987 and I don't think it was anything bad, but he did release it in some form, and I don't know if he had to seek out everyone that appeared in it nothing too bad on it, just good ol' Road Warrior Hawk enjoying some nose candy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2013 18:04:46 GMT -5
I'm surprised that some more modern footage hasn't surfaced yet, when you consider that virtually everyone backstage has a phone with video recording capabilities.
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Post by nickcave on Feb 3, 2013 18:11:30 GMT -5
My biggest question is whatever happened to Man Mountain Rock's WWF guitar?
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Post by Lardlad on Feb 3, 2013 21:41:04 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the YouTube link lintenergy. At the end of the video it says to order a copy go to MaxxPayne.com but that site doesn't exist. Too bad because I had my credit card out. My biggest question is whatever happened to Man Mountain Rock's WWF guitar? I want to believe that WWE music composer Jim Johnston has it in his studio somewhere.
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Post by molson5 on Feb 3, 2013 21:51:21 GMT -5
I'm sure the footage would be entertaining, but the shock value/marketability has long since expired. It's no bombshell anymore that wrestlers partied too much on the road. I mean really, what would shock us?
It is kind of weird though, that Maxx Payne has just entirely disappeared - does he even have a twitter account? He seems like a guy who would have been all over the IWC in different forms, expressing strong opinions on different issues, but he just vanished.
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Post by celticjobber on Feb 3, 2013 23:57:19 GMT -5
I think WWE threatened to sue Maxx Payne's ass off if he released the footage.
I remember emailing Maxx back when his website was up, and he seemed like a nice guy. I asked about his old CD reviews column in WWF magazine, he said Vince Russo actually let the wrestlers do their own work instead of ghost-writing it.
The last I heard about him, he was trying to sue Rockstar games over the Max Payne videogame series.
From Wikipedia:
"In July 2003 Peterson filed a $10 million USD lawsuit in the United States district court for Utah against Rockstar Games, 3D Realms, Gathering of Developers, and Remedy Entertainment. Peterson accused them of stealing his ring name Maxx Payne and his neo-noir theme for the protagonist of the video game Max Payne.[3][11][12] The case was settled out of court."
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Post by Z-A Sandbaggin' Son of a b!%@h on Feb 3, 2013 23:58:35 GMT -5
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Feb 4, 2013 0:00:13 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the YouTube link lintenergy. At the end of the video it says to order a copy go to MaxxPayne.com but that site doesn't exist. Too bad because I had my credit card out. My biggest question is whatever happened to Man Mountain Rock's WWF guitar? I want to believe that WWE music composer Jim Johnston has it in his studio somewhere. It might be in that warehouse where they keep all the old stuff. The one that's on Punk's DVD/Blu-Ray.
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Post by molson5 on Feb 4, 2013 0:12:59 GMT -5
The case was settled out of court." I wonder if maybe the WWE gave him a few bucks to shut up and go away forever too. Between settlements from Rock Star and the WWE, that's a lot of cheap beer and junk food to keep Maxx Payne quiet indefinitely.
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Post by Andrew is Good on Feb 4, 2013 1:47:52 GMT -5
A tad bit off topic, but when I was a kid, I thought Man Mountain Rock was pretty cool. He looked tough, he seemed to have a neat gimmick, he feud with Mr. Backlund briefly due to Mr. Backlund's hatred for rock music and I thought he was pretty fun.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 2:24:14 GMT -5
The same men in black visited Maxx Payne which also ran Tom Zenk off the face of the earth after he did some controversial interviews discussing the wrestling industry.
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Post by Craig-UK on Feb 4, 2013 8:21:58 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the YouTube link lintenergy. At the end of the video it says to order a copy go to MaxxPayne.com but that site doesn't exist. Too bad because I had my credit card out. I want to believe that WWE music composer Jim Johnston has it in his studio somewhere. It might be in that warehouse where they keep all the old stuff. The one that's on Punk's DVD/Blu-Ray. Unfortunately not. He must of sold it to someone and they eventually put it on ebay. I saved pictures of when it was on sale in 2007-8.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Feb 4, 2013 8:41:37 GMT -5
the biggest issue was he filmed a lot of stuff without telling the other wrestlers.
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Post by aaronslip on Feb 4, 2013 14:15:21 GMT -5
The film will never see the light of day, unless anyone in it and their whole families die. He has no right to sell the footage unless those in it want it sold, which the likely wouldn't. If the grainy trailer footage appeared in this YouShoot vid which I'm yet to download, then either that person got permission from the filter and subject, or it was just stollen from YouTube. I'd wager the latter.
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Post by nickcave on Feb 5, 2013 2:00:03 GMT -5
It might be in that warehouse where they keep all the old stuff. The one that's on Punk's DVD/Blu-Ray. Unfortunately not. He must of sold it to someone and they eventually put it on ebay. I saved pictures of when it was on sale in 2007-8. I'm not lying when I say I would buy that in a heartbeat
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