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Post by efarns on Jan 9, 2018 13:21:59 GMT -5
What was your work name and which promotions did you work for? Flash Liddell Stryker Silence Stryker Dark Silence Only worked for 2 promotions, neithere of which amounted to anything. Wales Coastal (was friends with the promoter and family, they trained me) did seaside towns along the coast here and New Forest Xtreme. The rest were spot shoes and one offs through others I worked with. You're talking weekend warriors and the lowest level flea markets. The only thing we ever did worth a damn with NFX is we'd book a show in a town near a decent sized agricultural show or classic car show and then book a tent at that show. Set up the ring and have about 6-8 guys, with a box of cheap masks and singlets. We'd charge entry and all work and load of matches under different masks in different styles with names we came up with on the spot. Parents brought their bored kids in to watch and while they were there we gave the hard sell for the evening show and sold tickets. That is real hardcore pro wresting. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 13:28:10 GMT -5
Flash Liddell Stryker Silence Stryker Dark Silence Only worked for 2 promotions, neithere of which amounted to anything. Wales Coastal (was friends with the promoter and family, they trained me) did seaside towns along the coast here and New Forest Xtreme. The rest were spot shoes and one offs through others I worked with. You're talking weekend warriors and the lowest level flea markets. The only thing we ever did worth a damn with NFX is we'd book a show in a town near a decent sized agricultural show or classic car show and then book a tent at that show. Set up the ring and have about 6-8 guys, with a box of cheap masks and singlets. We'd charge entry and all work and load of matches under different masks in different styles with names we came up with on the spot. Parents brought their bored kids in to watch and while they were there we gave the hard sell for the evening show and sold tickets. That is real hardcore pro wresting. We carnied hard. Those shows were great fun actually, the mask shows. We got to try all different styles and have fun, and the kids were generally way into it. Having the biggest guy there work like Ricky Morton against the Road Warriors, the smallest guy work like a powerhouse etc. Just good fun. |
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Jan 9, 2018 16:00:23 GMT -5
Lufisto stepped on my foot while she was walking to the ring. I wasn't injured though.
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on Jan 9, 2018 20:29:11 GMT -5
I accidentally big booted a fan in the side of the head once.
I went to give a guy a running big boot in the corner of the guardrail, which he was supposed to duck. At the exact moment he moved, a fan leaned in to take a selfie with him (seriously).
Dude moved, fan didn't, and I couldn't stop.
He was cool about it because he knew it was completely his fault, and kept coming to shows, but never sat in the front again.
I wish I had video of some of my matches. I know a couple used to be on Youtube, but I can't seem to find them now. A lot of my stuff was filmed, but I have no idea what happened to those tapes. The promoter had them all, and seeing as how my last match was 12 years ago, I'm assuming they are gone forever.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Jan 9, 2018 22:11:12 GMT -5
Too Cold Scorpio booted me in the head at an ECW event. He took a hip toss right by the barrier and I was front row, clipped me right above the ear.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 10, 2018 9:46:25 GMT -5
Too Cold Scorpio booted me in the head at an ECW event. He took a hip toss right by the barrier and I was front row, clipped me right above the ear. HE'S HARDCORE! HE'S HARDCORE! HE'S HARDCORE! |
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 10, 2018 10:26:06 GMT -5
Too Cold Scorpio booted me in the head at an ECW event. He took a hip toss right by the barrier and I was front row, clipped me right above the ear. You're lucky it was his boot... |
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Post by efarns on Jan 10, 2018 11:22:06 GMT -5
That is real hardcore pro wresting. We carnied hard. Those shows were great fun actually, the mask shows. We got to try all different styles and have fun, and the kids were generally way into it. Having the biggest guy there work like Ricky Morton against the Road Warriors, the smallest guy work like a powerhouse etc. Just good fun. Not quite the same thing, but our local promotion ran their biggest show during the town's Independence Day festival. The afternoon was an endless parade of any random indy worker who felt like making the trip to Parkersburg to have a match. Then that ticket also got you in to the evening show, with the better workers and an actual headliner. Your promoter was smarter, letting you work 8 times a day. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 11:56:27 GMT -5
We carnied hard. Those shows were great fun actually, the mask shows. We got to try all different styles and have fun, and the kids were generally way into it. Having the biggest guy there work like Ricky Morton against the Road Warriors, the smallest guy work like a powerhouse etc. Just good fun. Not quite the same thing, but our local promotion ran their biggest show during the town's Independence Day festival. The afternoon was an endless parade of any random indy worker who felt like making the trip to Parkersburg to have a match. Then that ticket also got you in to the evening show, with the better workers and an actual headliner. Your promoter was smarter, letting you work 8 times a day. This was nothing to do with our promoter, we did it all off our own backs, or we'd have only been working in front of his drugged up rich kid friends. It was great training for us, kept us in shape, and generally brought us decent (by our standards) houses. He paid us to basically make things happen for him, and put up the money for venues etc. And used said venues to do skeezy business. That ID show sounds great fun, but must have cost a bomb for the promoter. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 12:41:33 GMT -5
A lawyer named Cookie is the carniest thing I've ever heard. You just can't make this shit up. I <3 the wrestling business for that Coincidentally, there is a lawyer in my town also named Cookie. |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Jan 11, 2018 8:04:14 GMT -5
That was, uh, legitimate defense. That's what Rougeau's lawyer (Cookie Lazarus, yes, his name is COOKIE) pleaded and we got innocented. Other than that, I may have pushed a few barricades into people and I dropped an overshooting flying cross body-ing Stevie Fabulous on 2-3 people's laps, but they were good ol' boys and he weights like 120 pounds, they laughed it off. "Cookie Lazarus: Attorney At Law" That sounds like a hilarious sitcom waiting to happen |
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Jan 11, 2018 8:23:56 GMT -5
That was, uh, legitimate defense. That's what Rougeau's lawyer (Cookie Lazarus, yes, his name is COOKIE) pleaded and we got innocented. Other than that, I may have pushed a few barricades into people and I dropped an overshooting flying cross body-ing Stevie Fabulous on 2-3 people's laps, but they were good ol' boys and he weights like 120 pounds, they laughed it off. "Cookie Lazarus: Attorney At Law" That sounds like a hilarious sitcom waiting to happen "The defendant is found: Not Guilty" "But we had video of him stabbing the victim 16 times, no lawyer is that good!" "That's the way... The Cookie crumbles" |
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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on Jan 12, 2018 7:56:47 GMT -5
"Cookie Lazarus: Attorney At Law" That sounds like a hilarious sitcom waiting to happen "The defendant is found: Not Guilty" "But we had video of him stabbing the victim 16 times, no lawyer is that good!" "That's the way... The Cookie crumbles" Cookie: Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, before you rush to pass judgement on my client, I think it's important we remember that it takes TWO people to get stabbed... |
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jan 12, 2018 8:09:16 GMT -5
You just can't make this shit up. I <3 the wrestling business for that Coincidentally, there is a lawyer in my town also named Cookie. I can't say we had one with a name quite like that in my town, but we DID have one named Gregory Reed (G.Reed). |
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