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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 2, 2014 20:06:07 GMT -5
In so many ways, the Monsoon/Ventura and Monsoon/Heenan combinations in the booth were reflective of what WWF wrestling simply felt like at the time. Heenan leaving, Gorilla having his heart broken after Joey's death, so much of that combined into the factors that made me never feel as attached to the late 90's as I did to the late 80's/early 90's.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2014 12:33:35 GMT -5
Monsoon and Heenan were the best pairing in history.
Monsoon: Look! He hit him on the rear obciferal protuberence!
Heenan: Yeah, he hit him on the back of his head too.
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Post by doinkmark on Mar 4, 2014 12:40:31 GMT -5
Gorilla probably would've assumed the Sgt. Slaughter Commissioner role, and 1998 DX would've said and done a bunch of suggestive things involving bananas during their segments together.
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Post by BrianZane on Mar 4, 2014 17:27:18 GMT -5
When the WWF moved Superstars from syndication to USA Network in Sept. 1996, they started producing two very different versions of the shows. The North American version was hosted by Jim Ross and Jim Cornette, who called the show as if were actually happening on Sunday morning (with lots of plugs/mentions of USA and the next night's Raw), and the international version was hosted by Kevin Kelly and Gorilla, who was still WWF President at the time. Here's a video of Kevin and Gorilla calling an Undertaker/Goon match. It's a little awkward as Ross and Cornette appear on-screen during the segment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQxCfiU9qfgWhat the hell was that?! Not Gorilla and Kevin. I mean, the unseen ref bump and awkward as hell cut. Did it air like that?! I'm more disturbed by the fact that the crowd noise stays completely consistent throughout the match. Come on, editors, were you even trying?
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