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Post by efarns on Mar 7, 2016 18:53:21 GMT -5
If you watched much WCW in the mid 90's, you remember Joey. The first time I distinguished him from all the other jobbers, he was booked on a Class of Champions, only to be totally squashed. Then, I read in an Apter mag that Joey was part of a stable in Memphis. He had a good look and some babyface fire. I waited patiently to see if he'd ever be pushed, but it never happened. Did he get over in other territories? Do you have a Maybe memory to share?
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Post by chronocross on Mar 7, 2016 20:40:52 GMT -5
I think Teddy Long managed him a bit also in 95-96 on mostly the Saturday Night/Worldwide/Pro shows.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Mar 7, 2016 22:10:38 GMT -5
I think Teddy Long managed him a bit also in 95-96 on mostly the Saturday Night/Worldwide/Pro shows. More than that, they did an extended storyline where Long would watch his matches and be scouting him as a potential talent. Kind of inexplicable in retrospect.
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Post by pegasuswarrior on Mar 7, 2016 22:22:48 GMT -5
Gary Michael Capetta put him over like a GOD in the ring introduction. But then again, who didn't he put over like that?
Love Joey Maggs. I like(d) to call him Magpipes. And of course Magglio Ordonez came along and that's how wrestling nostalgia meets baseball meets this thread.
Good one, OP.
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Post by efarns on Mar 8, 2016 8:32:37 GMT -5
I think Teddy Long managed him a bit also in 95-96 on mostly the Saturday Night/Worldwide/Pro shows. More than that, they did an extended storyline where Long would watch his matches and be scouting him as a potential talent. Kind of inexplicable in retrospect. Right. It seemed like they would do something with him, which was the point, I guess.
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Post by SmashTV on Mar 8, 2016 12:38:22 GMT -5
When WCW was shown here in the UK on Saturday afternoons circa 1993 (quite short lived and heavily edited), it seemed like Joey Maggs was on every week. Dustin Rhodes Marcus Bagwell l and The Young Pistols always got a lot of television time too.
This used to annoy me as I wanted Flair, Sting, Vader, Anderson etc. Sadly, interviews aside they never seemed to be shown.
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Post by ________ has left the building on Mar 8, 2016 12:49:55 GMT -5
I remember Joey Maggs was getting a heel push in Austin Idol's unofficial, short lived of Continental reboot in Montgomery, AL. He used his real last name, Magliano, and called his finisher the Magnificent Moment. Larry Santo was also getting a push as Mr Tennessee and feuding with the Bullet. Maggs was someone if you were watching WCW weekend shows, you saw regularly. Another thing about that Teddy Long scouting angle; he was also scouting Men At Work (Mark Starr and Chris Kanyon) and Bobby Walker. He managed Walker along with Maggs before it all got dropped.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Mar 8, 2016 13:00:32 GMT -5
He had a good stint in Memphis as well before going to WCW. Won a couple titles.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 15:59:49 GMT -5
Joey Maggs WAS a WWF jobber at one point too, right? I'm rather certain I saw him there originally, then was fascinated (at the time) seeing him over in WCW being treated a bit better than a jobber.
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Post by efarns on Mar 8, 2016 16:38:16 GMT -5
Joey Maggs WAS a WWF jobber at one point too, right? I'm rather certain I saw him there originally, then was fascinated (at the time) seeing him over in WCW being treated a bit better than a jobber. I did see him in The WWF a time or two, but nothing as prestigious as being in Teddy Long's stable of enhancement.
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Post by molson5 on Mar 8, 2016 21:11:10 GMT -5
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Post by mysterydriver on Mar 8, 2016 21:13:15 GMT -5
Maggs was the first time my little kid mind put together that some things were not just possible and that meant wrestling could be staged.
I was probably 9-ish and leaving to go do some farm work with my dad when my uncle rushed out and said, "Hey! Did you see that Joey Maggs beat Ric Flair for the world title!" and I instantly knew that crap wasn't real. Joey Maggs would never beat Ric Flair. Now, if he had said The Barbarian had beat Hulk Hogan, then sure. I mean...daggone...
Wait.
Am I Vince McMahon?
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Post by efarns on Mar 8, 2016 21:52:27 GMT -5
Great find! I remember watching this from my college dorm room on Saturday Night, because that is how awesome my freshman year was. Joey Maggs versus Bob Cook was my best entertainment option. After seeing him lose this, deep down, I knew I would never see Joey win a match. Looking at this again, Cook moved pretty well. Too bad he looked so terrible. He had some potential.
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Post by Hickster on Mar 8, 2016 22:52:58 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing, I miss stuff like this.
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Post by Stu on Mar 9, 2016 0:35:50 GMT -5
I remember Sid destroying him circa 1990-1991
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Mar 9, 2016 1:56:16 GMT -5
He was always Jumping Jumping
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 9, 2016 3:37:03 GMT -5
I remember Sid destroying him circa 1990-1991 Clash of the Champions XIV, I watched that match because of this thread, and because I've been on a kick of watching random Clash matches.
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Post by Scott on Mar 9, 2016 4:14:39 GMT -5
I always forget he wasn't the other guy in the American Males.
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Post by efarns on Mar 9, 2016 10:02:10 GMT -5
I always forget he wasn't the other guy in the American Males. Or, he could have been the third guy in the Can Am Connection
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