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Post by wildojinx on Dec 5, 2013 17:34:19 GMT -5
Pro Wrestling Illustrated, a kayfabe magazine, mentioned in passing that Diesel's real name was Kevin Nash, in 1995.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 5, 2013 20:02:07 GMT -5
When the Goon debuted, Curt Hennig was on the announce team and talked about how that was really Bill Irwin, and someone (Vince? JR?) followed it by saying he had been training in the NHL during his offtime or something.
Even beyond the FUNB angle, towards the end of his career, Hogan's been referred to as Terry a couple of times onscreen.
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Dec 5, 2013 20:11:36 GMT -5
His real name wasn't Salvatore Sincere at all, his name was Tom Brandi! And he is what we call a "jobber"!
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Post by tigermaskxxxvii on Dec 5, 2013 20:15:33 GMT -5
Pro Wrestling Illustrated, a kayfabe magazine, mentioned in passing that Diesel's real name was Kevin Nash, in 1995. I remember thinking I was slick because I remember reading a WWF Magazine interview with Diesel and Big D mentions being in the second Ninja Turtles movie so I remember getting my vhs copy of the movie and reading through the credits to learn his real name (luckily I didn't tend to rewind after watching vhs movies after viewing so I didn't have to wait long to crack this code).
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Post by crowwreak was WRONG on Dec 5, 2013 21:20:14 GMT -5
That time Piper revealed that the Disciple was called Ed Leslie
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 5, 2013 21:39:27 GMT -5
AMY DOO-MAH
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Post by molson5 on Dec 5, 2013 23:12:24 GMT -5
On the Andre the Giant VHS, Lord Alfred Hayes points out that Andre's real name is Andre Rousimoff. Jack Tunney also called Andre "Mr. Rousimoff" during a contract signing with Hogan. Obviously, "the Giant" wasn't his real last name, but it was still kind of strange to see them break that out. It made it seem very official.
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Post by Lila on Dec 5, 2013 23:17:12 GMT -5
The Undertaker was acknowledged as Mark Calloway during his feud with Vince, when he was trying to abduct Stephanie. The entire time Sara was around, she would just call him Mark and you tell he was annoyed by it because character.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 23:19:14 GMT -5
The Undertaker was acknowledged as Mark Calloway during his feud with Vince, when he was trying to abduct Stephanie. The entire time Sara was around, she would just call him Mark and you tell he was annoyed by it because character. Wasn't there an interview where she claimed that the Undertaker character was taking over Mark or some such nonsense right before Taker turned satanic?
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Post by Lila on Dec 5, 2013 23:22:25 GMT -5
The entire time Sara was around, she would just call him Mark and you tell he was annoyed by it because character. Wasn't there an interview where she claimed that the Undertaker character was taking over Mark or some such nonsense right before Taker turned satanic? If you're talking about 98 Taker, he was still with his first wife/meeting Sara. I can't recall anything like this happening in 2003 when he was about to go back to Deadman Taker.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 5, 2013 23:22:32 GMT -5
When Colonel Mustafa debuted, Gorilla said "THAT'S THE IRON SHIEK!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 23:24:05 GMT -5
Wasn't there an interview where she claimed that the Undertaker character was taking over Mark or some such nonsense right before Taker turned satanic? If you're talking about 98 Taker, he was still with his first wife/meeting Sara. I can't recall anything like this happening in 2003 when he was about to go back to Deadman Taker. That was a different wife!? Yeah 98 is the one that I'm talking about.
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Post by Lila on Dec 5, 2013 23:26:05 GMT -5
If you're talking about 98 Taker, he was still with his first wife/meeting Sara. I can't recall anything like this happening in 2003 when he was about to go back to Deadman Taker. That was a different wife!? Yeah 98 is the one that I'm talking about. You have to link me if there's video of this for comedic reasons.
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Post by funkycoldmadina on Dec 5, 2013 23:34:18 GMT -5
That was a different wife!? Yeah 98 is the one that I'm talking about. You have to link me if there's video of this for comedic reasons. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Vince being the one that said something like, "Mark has become so obsessed with this character, The Undertaker, that it is taking over who he really is." I think it was one of those "Live from Vince McMahon's home in Greenwich, Connecticut where he is with his daughter" interviews. If I am wrong, I will be so glad. Then I can see the first Sarataker's acting chops.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2013 23:36:33 GMT -5
You have to link me if there's video of this for comedic reasons. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember Vince being the one that said something like, "Mark has become so obsessed with this character, The Undertaker, that it is taking over who he really is." I think it was one of those "Live from Vince McMahon's home in Greenwich, Connecticut where he is with his daughter" interviews. If I am wrong, I will be so glad. Then I can see the first Sarataker's acting chops. Yeah, I think that's what it was and I got the two of those jumbled up for some reason.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Dec 5, 2013 23:40:12 GMT -5
When Faarooq first showed up in 1996, Jerry Lawler instantly yelled that it was Ron Simmons.
During Hulk Hogan's 2002 run, he mentioned that his real name was Terry Bollea.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Dec 6, 2013 0:41:19 GMT -5
I'm not sure if they ever mentioned his name, but when Umaga first showed up the announcers acknowledged that he wasn't some savage but an intelligent person who was 'honoring his Samoan heritage' by wrestling the way he did.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2013 2:59:01 GMT -5
Edge after the whole thing with Matt Hardy.[\quote] ADAM......YOU BASTARD!
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 6, 2013 5:04:54 GMT -5
Edge after the whole thing with Matt Hardy. Also, that CM Punk line posted earlier in this thread still makes me cringe with how lame it was. Punk in general is lame to me. He reminds me so much of the South Park episode where Butters tries to do someone amazing, over the top and that has never been done before, that will garner a lot of attention. Punk seems like a guy who, despite seeming to not want any attention whatsoever, wants to do something amazing, over the top before and never done before that will gain lots of attention. With Butters he is told repeatedly "Simpson's did it." Punk is the same way in that there has been nothing in wrestling that hasn't been done before. Austin was more groundbreaking, n w o was more groundbreaking, even Shane Douglas' NWA title throw down was more groundbreaking and they were all years before Punk. Not sure how I feel about the real names being used. In some cases I suppose it has to be done to change the wrestler's gimmick (Sincere to Brandi). Tatanka's was strange as I don't recall him being called by his real name on TV. Perhaps a WWF Magazine had an article with his real name. When he signed autographs (at least up until 2007 when he was only signing Tatanka), he signed with his real name. I would think something like that would be frowned on. I like the suspension of disbelief in not using the real names. They never hid Tatanka's real name. I can't say as I recall them ever saying it on TV, but they made no attempt to hide it.
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 6, 2013 7:50:26 GMT -5
I didn't mind the Punk line, mainly because it taught me I'd been pronouncing HHH's surname wrong all these years.
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