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Post by Hassan bin Sober on May 24, 2014 4:34:37 GMT -5
That WCW had a wrestler named "The Terrorist".
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Post by DoubleDare on May 25, 2014 22:51:51 GMT -5
The WWF loved using this song for the opening promo on raw in the first few years. youtu.be/7TkIBetJiWE
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Post by Vincent Whiney on May 25, 2014 22:57:19 GMT -5
Selling really changed a lot. Watching In Your House: DX earlier and Jarrett takes two chokeslams and a minute later is up and strutting.
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Post by lildude8218 on May 26, 2014 15:08:37 GMT -5
That referee right there wasn't even supposed to be in the RING!
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Post by MrBRulzOK on May 26, 2014 23:39:06 GMT -5
There's a reason why Teddy Long eventually went with the bald look.
Also, JYD was a terrible, terrible wrestler.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 28, 2014 13:04:19 GMT -5
Here's a quote from Randy Savage that would have gone over my head in 1994...
During a match between Jim Neidhart and Jim Powers, Ross and Savage talk about how Neidhart and Owen were guilty of causing problems within the Hart family. Randy Savage says, "Unlike a friend of mine who was just found not guilty." This was just after Vince McMahon/Titan Sports were acquitted in the steroid trials. On TV, WWF never really openly talked about this situation or why Vince was gone.
Considering the many years of speculation about Vince and Randy's relationship or fallout, I think it's interesting that as of July 1994 (a few months before leaving WWF), Randy would call Vince his friend.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 28, 2014 13:11:07 GMT -5
The Iron Sheik was in WCW.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2014 18:33:14 GMT -5
Selling really changed a lot. Watching In Your House: DX earlier and Jarrett takes two chokeslams and a minute later is up and strutting. He was holding his neck and really STRUGGLED through it though. It was like a compulsion, he had to do it. Just adds to my theory: the Fargo strut was Jeff Jarrett's life-force. He lived strut-to-strut, if he didn't strut he didn't exist.
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Post by Injustice45 on May 28, 2014 18:47:03 GMT -5
According to the WWE themselves, D-Generation X is the greatest faction, with The Brood right behind them.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on May 28, 2014 19:45:09 GMT -5
I learned last night while watching In Your House: International Incident that it's one of the most hilarious PPVs ever. Not only does Jim Ross go apeshit over faulty equipment during the opening match (worked for his weird heel thing he did at the time, but still funny), but it also features Brian Pillman saying that Skip and Zip double-team Sunny as you can almost hear Vince shit his pants, and Vince and Lawler arguing over the gender of a fan in the front row, also during the opening contest. Possibly one of the most fun I've ever had watching an old show. I recommend at least the first half hour of this show to anyone who wants a laugh. And Sunny is adorable and hilarious during it. "I'm the manager of the year!"
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Post by lildude8218 on May 29, 2014 16:03:34 GMT -5
Clash of the Champions XXXII @ 24:35 - Damien Sandow: Time Traveler
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Post by Mozenrath on May 29, 2014 16:17:44 GMT -5
There's a reason why Teddy Long eventually went with the bald look. Also, JYD was a terrible, terrible wrestler. By the time he came to WWF, yeah, he was definitely on the downswing.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 29, 2014 17:38:41 GMT -5
There's a reason why Teddy Long eventually went with the bald look. Also, JYD was a terrible, terrible wrestler. By the time he came to WWF, yeah, he was definitely on the downswing. By that point he was Junk Food Dog. Still had a ton of charisma, though.
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Post by jason1980s on May 29, 2014 17:54:25 GMT -5
By the time he came to WWF, yeah, he was definitely on the downswing. By that point he was Junk Food Dog. Still had a ton of charisma, though. When I would look through magazines from the 80s, I guess around mid 1990s, I would see the name "Junk Food Dog" mentioned and wonder who the heck that was. I always thought it was someone who may have copied his gimmick and similar name.
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Post by Injustice45 on May 29, 2014 17:57:24 GMT -5
Thanks to the WWE Network, I learned that DX "invading" WCW with a tank was a "critical" moment for the WWF.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on May 29, 2014 18:29:38 GMT -5
By that point he was Junk Food Dog. Still had a ton of charisma, though. When I would look through magazines from the 80s, I guess around mid 1990s, I would see the name "Junk Food Dog" mentioned and wonder who the heck that was. I always thought it was someone who may have copied his gimmick and similar name. That was what some of the newsletter/tape trading community called him. I guess they were the IWC of their day.
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Post by Smasher1311 on May 29, 2014 18:35:10 GMT -5
That there was a wrestler named Awesome Kong in WCW before Kia Stevens became Awesome Kong...and at least in the Battlebowl match i've watched with him, he sucked. And he had a partner named King Kong. I don't know why, but i laughed my ass off.
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Post by Dr. Mantis Toboggan on May 29, 2014 19:38:28 GMT -5
I learned that The Godwinns were in WCW as Tex Slazenger (Dennis Knight) and Shanghai Pierce (Mark Canterbury). I'd seen them before watching old shows on Classics On Demand, but for whatever reason, I never recognized Knight as Tex. Probably because he didn't have his Doc Holliday tattoo yet(or as some people say, Freddie Mercury tattoo).
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Post by Dave the Dave on May 30, 2014 1:53:51 GMT -5
Scotty Riggs did Buff Bagwell's gimmick after the Flock. Like identical. They're like two muscular Tyler Breezes.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on May 30, 2014 22:21:01 GMT -5
Not many just get pro wrestling like Terry Funk did.
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