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Post by mrjl on Mar 26, 2014 20:05:40 GMT -5
-Good guys and bad guys didn't really hate each other at the first WrestleMania. Mean Gene would interview one guy in front of the backdrop, then as soon as the guy barely left the shot, his opponent would walk into view and do his part. -Hearing an early "Brutus Beefcake" being announced without his nickname "The Barber" just doesn't sound right. -Killer Tim Brooks never aged; he was probably born looking like he was 43. -Kevin Sullivan will no-sell an atom bomb dropped directly onto his head. Wait, why would anyone drop Brian Adams on Kevin Sullivan's head? Him being dead notwithstanding, it just seems so Wile. E. Coyote. Bryan Clark was Adam Bomb, Brian Adams was Crush
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Post by Chip on Mar 26, 2014 20:10:21 GMT -5
That Terry Taylor had a pretty blatant rip on the Million Dollar Man gimmick in WCW as the Taylor Made Man. The suit is almost identical even, no sweet laugh though.
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Post by cherry coloured funk on Mar 26, 2014 23:49:13 GMT -5
Leilani Kai really did not age well between her two WM appearances. Mostly her hair.
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Post by CMWaters on Mar 27, 2014 0:36:57 GMT -5
Leilani Kai really did not age well between her two WM appearances. Mostly her hair. Was a residual effect of her Glamour Girls look, methinks.
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TheDieselTrain
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Post by TheDieselTrain on Mar 27, 2014 1:42:40 GMT -5
I still mark for Gary Michael Cappetta's ring announcing.
Johnny B. Badd is scary in HD
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Post by turkeysandwich on Mar 27, 2014 2:42:24 GMT -5
No matter what you may think of women's wrestling in WWE today, it could never be as bad as all the grandmas in one piece bathing suits with their hair pulling snapmares and monkey flips at the first Survivor Series.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Mar 27, 2014 2:46:44 GMT -5
No matter what you may think of women's wrestling in WWE today, it could never be as bad as all the grandmas in one piece bathing suits with their hair pulling snapmares and monkey flips at the first Survivor Series. Nobody ever got a boner watching that.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 27, 2014 3:27:26 GMT -5
No matter what you may think of women's wrestling in WWE today, it could never be as bad as all the grandmas in one piece bathing suits with their hair pulling snapmares and monkey flips at the first Survivor Series. Or the utter shittiness of Kat, Hervina, and Debra in the ring. Poor Ivory seemed like a one-woman division at times.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2014 4:03:29 GMT -5
WrestleMania 8 - during his promo IRS looks a lot like Bo Dallas, particularly from the side. Never really saw the resemblance before but totally spotted it there.
Also, this is more a general observation from watching the first eight Manias over the past few days, Gorilla called anyone decently large, "The Big Guy."
Edit: He literally called Earthquake that immediately after I posted that. Like, the second. Too good of timing to not mention it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 27, 2014 4:36:58 GMT -5
WrestleMania 8 - during his promo IRS looks a lot like Bo Dallas, particularly from the side. Never really saw the resemblance before but totally spotted it there. Also, this is more a general observation from watching the first eight Manias over the past few days, Gorilla called anyone decently large, "The Big Guy." Edit: He literally called Earthquake that immediately after I posted that. Like, the second. Too good of timing to not mention it. Yeah, maybe it is due to being a bit, well, huskier, but IRS looks more like Bo than might be immediately obvious, while I think Bray largely got the Windham genes from his mom, Barry Windham's sister.
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Post by Professor Chaos on Mar 27, 2014 5:45:04 GMT -5
WrestleMania 8 - during his promo IRS looks a lot like Bo Dallas, particularly from the side. Never really saw the resemblance before but totally spotted it there. Also, this is more a general observation from watching the first eight Manias over the past few days, Gorilla called anyone decently large, "The Big Guy." Edit: He literally called Earthquake that immediately after I posted that. Like, the second. Too good of timing to not mention it. Yeah, maybe it is due to being a bit, well, huskier, but IRS looks more like Bo than might be immediately obvious, while I think Bray largely got the Windham genes from his mom, Barry Windham's sister. Bo and Bray could pass as twins in the face for me.
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 27, 2014 7:53:45 GMT -5
-Good guys and bad guys didn't really hate each other at the first WrestleMania. Mean Gene would interview one guy in front of the backdrop, then as soon as the guy barely left the shot, his opponent would walk into view and do his part. WrestleMania was very interested especially in that regard. During the Hogan entrance one could see Ricky Steamboat, S.D. Jones AND Iron Sheik, in the back, watching the Hogan/Mr. T entrance. Even Vince was around. That had to be a kayfabe killer. Parents would have to explain to their kids "Sheik is just biding his time, looking for a perfect chance to attack Hulk." I guess WM was such a special event, no one cared to say anything to the Sheik or maybe it was a rib to see what people would say. I also enjoyed Barry Windham "we're headed to the ring right now" while wearing a polo shirt and jeans. That Terry Taylor had a pretty blatant rip on the Million Dollar Man gimmick in WCW as the Taylor Made Man. The suit is almost identical even, no sweet laugh though. Robert Roode wore Taylor's robe in his earlier TNA days, so I always class Roode as a lower card guy like Taylor. I call him "Roodester."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2014 10:29:47 GMT -5
It's physically impossible for Real American to stop playing until Hogan rips his shirt off. At both Mania 8 and Mania 9 he's attacked in the middle of it and it plays during the entire brawl afterward until he dispatches the guy(s) long enough to rip the shirt and pose a bit.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 27, 2014 10:53:36 GMT -5
Tony Schiavone tried the "Will you stop" bit with Heenan a few times and it always sounded forced.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Mar 27, 2014 13:49:29 GMT -5
That Rick Steiner had a simpleton gimmick early on. At least I think he stopped doing the gimmick at some point . . . or that it was a gimmick.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 27, 2014 13:51:52 GMT -5
That Rick Steiner had a simpleton gimmick early on. At least I think he stopped doing the gimmick at some point . . . or that it was a gimmick. I always kind of assumed that was the deal since one of his trademarks was wearing mismatched boots.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 27, 2014 14:25:58 GMT -5
Yes, Rick Steiner played an oddball or simpleton who had a screw loose. He used to have an imaginary friend named Alex and he would come to draw a face on his hand which was to represent Alex. He would talk for Alex. Rick Steiner turned face because he came to disagree with the Varisty Club's group beatdowns. I remember Woman debuted as a 'fan' named Robin who supported Rick Steiner. She was really working with Sullivan, scheming against Steiner and she became known as 'Woman.'
Anyway, Rick Steiner would sometimes give goofy promos where he would say offdball things, kind of like when Saturn was in WWE.
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Mar 27, 2014 14:27:16 GMT -5
WOW! WCW 2000 really was horrible as people say it was.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Mar 27, 2014 14:31:35 GMT -5
Yeah, maybe it is due to being a bit, well, huskier, but IRS looks more like Bo than might be immediately obvious, while I think Bray largely got the Windham genes from his mom, Barry Windham's sister. Bo and Bray could pass as twins in the face for me. Yeah, they really do look a like maybe not completely identical but enough that you can definitely tell they are brothers... well when Bray's face isn't obscured by 20 feet of beard.
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Crappler El 0 M
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 27, 2014 14:37:50 GMT -5
Bo and Bray could pass as twins in the face for me. Yeah, they really do look a like maybe not completely identical but enough that you can definitely tell they are brothers... well when Bray's face isn't obscured by 20 feet of beard. The child who reminds me most of Mike Rotunda is his daughter Mika who could be seen sitting near Cena at NXT Arrival. Bo looks like her, but I think she has the closest resemblance to a young Mike Rotunda.
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