TGM
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Post by TGM on Apr 10, 2014 13:06:26 GMT -5
My friend recently told me that he heard on Steve Austin's podcast that the reason wrestlers wear wrist tape is to help a wrestler grip another during an irish whip. I'd always thought wrist tape was just to look cool.
Also I read somewhere (I forget where, but CM Punk springs to mind) that a normal tag team match as we know it, is traditionally called an Australian tag team match and wasn't the norm (A tornado tag was considered a tag match.)
Anybody else have any obscure wrestling facts that they can share or things that they've just figured out?
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 10, 2014 16:06:10 GMT -5
And while it was called an Australian Tag match, it did not originate in Australia; that was just a fancy name they gave it to make it sound more exotic.
- As a publicity stunt, Bela Lugosi once managed Lou Thesz during a wrestling match. They had met through a mutual acquaintance.
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Apr 10, 2014 20:48:55 GMT -5
The very first professional wrestler to wear a mask was named..."The Masked Wrestler"
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Spider2024
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Post by Spider2024 on Apr 10, 2014 20:52:03 GMT -5
WCW never released a video game for a Sega console.
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Post by The Lach is very tired on Apr 11, 2014 2:54:38 GMT -5
The first promotion named World Championship Wrestling was founded in 1964 in Melbourne, Australia & ran until 1978. It was part of the NWA from 1969 until it folded. Well known wrestlers to have worked in the company include Abdullah The Butcher, Killer Kowalski, Andre The Giant, Mr Fuji, King Curtis Iaukea & Haystacks Calhoun.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 11, 2014 3:04:12 GMT -5
Hillbilly Jim's real name is Hillwilliam James
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Post by Mayonnaise on Apr 11, 2014 3:26:33 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan was the last WWF Champion as the change from WWF to WWE occurred during his Undisputed WWF/E Title run.
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willyjakes
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Post by willyjakes on Apr 11, 2014 11:21:47 GMT -5
The intercontinental title changed hands a disgraceful 12 times in 2001.
The first time Piper was pinned cleanly on WWF TV came at Wrestlemania 8
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Apr 11, 2014 12:13:13 GMT -5
The intercontinental title changed hands a disgraceful 12 times in 2001. thats still better than the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in 2000 (19 times)
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Post by cruiserfan on Apr 11, 2014 12:14:01 GMT -5
Chris Jericho knows 4 more holds than Dean Malenko.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 11, 2014 14:45:25 GMT -5
Ultimo Dragon is the only person to hold a WWF, WCW and NWA Title at the same time.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 12, 2014 0:04:48 GMT -5
Ultimo Dragon is the only person to hold a WWF, WCW and NWA Title at the same time.
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Post by Racksman on Apr 12, 2014 1:14:24 GMT -5
Ultimo Dragon is the only person to hold a WWF, WCW and NWA Title at the same time. Being fair, that particular WWF Title hadn't been recognized by the WWF since the 70's or 80's.
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Post by 67 more on Apr 12, 2014 1:55:46 GMT -5
Rellik is killer spelled backwards.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 12, 2014 2:03:44 GMT -5
The combined weight of every WWE champion, along with every World Champion in the WWE, is quite heavy.
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TGM
Hank Scorpio
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Post by TGM on Apr 12, 2014 5:50:13 GMT -5
Another one I meant to put in the OP was that a European uppercut was invented in British wrestling as a way to invent a strike that looked vicious but wasnt an obviously pulled punch.
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Apr 12, 2014 6:38:39 GMT -5
Despite calling Mean Gene his "brother" many times, Hulk Hogan & Mean Gene Okerlund are not related
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2014 8:42:38 GMT -5
Sid has half the brains that you do.
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mrjl
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Post by mrjl on Apr 12, 2014 9:51:52 GMT -5
Also I read somewhere (I forget where, but CM Punk springs to mind) that a normal tag team match as we know it, is traditionally called an Australian tag team match and wasn't the norm (A tornado tag was considered a tag match.) Anybody else have any obscure wrestling facts that they can share or things that they've just figured out? I read that fact in The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Tag Teams. The son of the promoter who came up with it said the reason why his father gave was because nobody could check it out.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Apr 12, 2014 10:01:47 GMT -5
They guy in ZZ Top without a beard, is actually named Frank Beard.
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