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Post by CMWaters on Oct 21, 2013 22:52:16 GMT -5
...could he and Vader had a good big man feud? Now, I haven't really seen any Gorilla Monsoon matches to know for sure, so that's why I'm deferring. Let's say Gorilla started dedaces later, and ended up in a feud with Vader. Do you think they could have had a good one? This thought brought to you by this picture:  |
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Oct 22, 2013 0:06:26 GMT -5
What if Batman & John Cena were both in their prime in 1996 & they had a match?
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Oct 22, 2013 0:27:16 GMT -5
Absolutely. It was awesome seeing him stand up to Vader back when Vader was pushed as an unstoppable monster. Had he been a little younger and without any health issues, I would've marked for a Monsoon/Vader match.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2013 13:19:49 GMT -5
To make this scenario happen, you'd have to retcon his commentary team with Heenan.
........best we stop the thread here before blood is shed, I'd say.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Oct 22, 2013 13:21:25 GMT -5
Hell, I would have marked out for 1996 Gorilla against 1996 Vader!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2013 13:26:57 GMT -5
I don't think that I've ever seen a Gorilla Monsoon match. Somehow I doubt that I'm missing a whole lot.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2013 13:47:34 GMT -5
I don't think that I've ever seen a Gorilla Monsoon match. Somehow I doubt that I'm missing a whole lot. If you've seen the clip of Gorilla and Ali's confrontation (with Ali selling the everloving sh&t out of it all), you probably don't need to see anything else. Not a condemnation of Gorilla's style or anything, it's just so damned historic and awesome that everything else he did in the ring is probably worthless in comparison. |
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Oct 22, 2013 13:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by molson5 on Oct 23, 2013 0:52:35 GMT -5
Fun fact, Gorilla Monsoon was 59 when he confronted Vader - which is younger than Hulk Hogan is now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 14:34:29 GMT -5
To make this scenario happen, you'd have to retcon his commentary team with Heenan. ........best we stop the thread here before blood is shed, I'd say. BUT - What if Gorilla Monsoon the wrestler had the same gimmick and promo style as Gorilla Monsoon the commentator? We might have experienced a happening. |
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 23, 2013 14:35:28 GMT -5
To make this scenario happen, you'd have to retcon his commentary team with Heenan. ........best we stop the thread here before blood is shed, I'd say. I always preferred Monsoon/Ventura to Monsoon/Heenan, but the point does remain. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2013 14:42:39 GMT -5
Fun fact, Gorilla Monsoon was 59 when he confronted Vader - which is younger than Hulk Hogan is now. It always saddens me when I realize that Gorilla was only 62 when he died - an age I figured he was close to or already at when I had started watching wrestling in 1989. |
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Oct 23, 2013 16:52:02 GMT -5
Fun fact, Gorilla Monsoon was 59 when he confronted Vader - which is younger than Hulk Hogan is now. It always saddens me when I realize that Gorilla was only 62 when he died - an age I figured he was close to or already at when I had started watching wrestling in 1989. Yea, when I first saw him in '86 or '87, I thought he was in his 60's already. |
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Post by Professor Chaos on Oct 23, 2013 18:05:07 GMT -5
I was at a live event once and before the show started the guy in front of me tells his wife "There's Gorilla Monsoon". The wife replies "Who the hell do you work with named Gorilla Monsoon?" I thought it was funny. Carry on
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 23, 2013 18:12:29 GMT -5
Absolutely. It was awesome seeing him stand up to Vader back when Vader was pushed as an unstoppable monster. Had he been a little younger and without any health issues, I would've marked for a Monsoon/Vader match. I was a kid in 96, so I had never seen Gorilla wrestle. I only knew of his career thru references in commentary. When he stood up to Vader and chopped him back, I was immediately excited and terrified. It was awesome to see someone stand up to Vader, but I was scared for his life. Gorilla was so nice and I always like him. I was very worried when he was injured. |
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Post by BD Punk AKA SUSPENDED! on Oct 23, 2013 20:50:15 GMT -5
If Gorilla in his prime wrestled 1996 Vader, it would have been pandemonium. The crowd would be going bananas!
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Post by Mac on Oct 23, 2013 21:36:32 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon anytime after the late 60s looked like some fat nerd trying out for wrestling school. He had a TERRIBLE look of a guy wrestling in front of 10-12 people in a middle school gym on a Saturday night, just ugh. BUT for a big fat guy who didnt look too great he handled himself pretty well, was over the majority of his career and playing the straihtman on commentary for Heenan and Ventura was gold.
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Oct 23, 2013 21:58:04 GMT -5
If Gorilla in his prime wrestled 1996 Vader, it would have been pandemonium. The crowd would be going bananas! It could be a main event anywhere in the country and the fans would be hanging from the rafters. An irresistible force meeting an immovable object. Both guys knew the difference between a wrist lock and a wrist lock, so it would really be a happening. |
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Oct 24, 2013 9:37:54 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon anytime after the late 60s looked like some fat nerd trying out for wrestling school. He had a TERRIBLE look of a guy wrestling in front of 10-12 people in a middle school gym on a Saturday night, just ugh. BUT for a big fat guy who didnt look too great he handled himself pretty well, was over the majority of his career and playing the straihtman on commentary for Heenan and Ventura was gold. You're forgetting that back when Monsoon was wrestling, the look for wrestlers wasn't the same. They were more natural strongmen. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2013 9:43:53 GMT -5
I was at a live event once and before the show started the guy in front of me tells his wife "There's Gorilla Monsoon". The wife replies "Who the hell do you work with named Gorilla Monsoon?" I thought it was funny. Carry on "Will you stop?!" |
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