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Post by lildude8218 on Jul 8, 2018 8:01:12 GMT -5
Test got his name because he came in as a bodyguard/roadie for Motley Crue. Roadies often go to the microphone before a show and say "Test. Test."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 17:47:40 GMT -5
Took me almost two decades as a fan to realize the "Figure 4 Leg-Lock" was named so because it twists the opponent's legs literally into the figure of the number "4." I always thought it was because applying it was a four-step process, and once you had it on it was the "fourth figure" of the leg-lock. This might be because the Royal Rumble SNES game had a four-frame animation for Ric to apply it. This is also why Charlotte's "figure 8" had her hands in something of a circle so that her body resembled the number "8." Well, the ECW fans first called him Justin Edible, which didn't make sense. It does. The fans refused to have him shoved down their throats during his mega push. He was "Just Inedible." But aren't the fans then being really, really meta then? Plus, that means they'll "eat up" other people then that are being "fed" to them. |
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Jul 8, 2018 17:59:04 GMT -5
It's a WCW/WWF one really, but it was only recently that I rewatched Austin's 'Is it, funny? Is it, humorous?' promo with Hugh Morrus, and realised that his name was meant to be a pun on the word humorous. I'm not sure I've ever met a single person whose pronunciation makes that gag work. Tony Schiavone often pronounced it as 'humorous' in WCW. |
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Post by bootytea on Jul 8, 2018 18:22:24 GMT -5
I had no clue what the five knuckle shuffle meant
Also, not WWE, but I didnt get that the Johnsons were meant to be penises.
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Post by chazraps on Jul 8, 2018 19:41:44 GMT -5
Took me almost two decades as a fan to realize the "Figure 4 Leg-Lock" was named so because it twists the opponent's legs literally into the figure of the number "4." I always thought it was because applying it was a four-step process, and once you had it on it was the "fourth figure" of the leg-lock. This might be because the Royal Rumble SNES game had a four-frame animation for Ric to apply it. This is also why Charlotte's "figure 8" had her hands in something of a circle so that her body resembled the number "8." It does. The fans refused to have him shoved down their throats during his mega push. He was "Just Inedible." But aren't the fans then being really, really meta then? Plus, that means they'll "eat up" other people then that are being "fed" to them. These are fans who chanted "DON'T WORK ME" in '96. |
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Post by chazraps on Jul 8, 2018 19:44:03 GMT -5
Test got his name because he came in as a bodyguard/roadie for Motley Crue. Roadies often go to the microphone before a show and say "Test. Test." I thought it was a steroid reference, and it was supposedly eventually going to connect him to "Key" - Vic Grimes' VERY short lived drug dealer character (whose name is a play on Kilo). |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2018 19:44:45 GMT -5
But aren't the fans then being really, really meta then? Plus, that means they'll "eat up" other people then that are being "fed" to them. These are fans who chanted "DON'T WORK ME" in '96. Right but when they say that, then the booker knows they can work the shit out of them. |
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Post by One of the Cooler, Candid TOKs on Jul 8, 2018 20:01:49 GMT -5
These are fans who chanted "DON'T WORK ME" in '96. Right but when they say that, then the booker knows they can work the shit out of them. Yup, that's ECW in a nutshell. Also, I may have thought Eugene was legitimately disabled at first. I didn't start watching until halfway through his run and knew it was worked but...yeah |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 7:05:34 GMT -5
...Rellik spelled backwards is Killer. I'm sorry WHAT'S THIS NOW  |
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Post by tankisfreemason on Jul 10, 2018 7:20:04 GMT -5
Took me almost two decades as a fan to realize the "Figure 4 Leg-Lock" was named so because it twists the opponent's legs literally into the figure of the number "4." I always thought it was because applying it was a four-step process, and once you had it on it was the "fourth figure" of the leg-lock. This might be because the Royal Rumble SNES game had a four-frame animation for Ric to apply it. This is also why Charlotte's "figure 8" had her hands in something of a circle so that her body resembled the number "8." Well, the ECW fans first called him Justin Edible, which didn't make sense. It does. The fans refused to have him shoved down their throats during his mega push. He was "Just Inedible." I grew up thinking the Figure Four was named that because of the Four Horsemen. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2018 18:48:30 GMT -5
This isn’t embarrassing but it’s a bit odd: The Honky Tonk Man and Brutus Beefcake went against each other at the first three Survivor Series cards on opposite teams. Pretty sure that hasn’t happened since.
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Post by SirLucas on Jul 12, 2018 22:25:52 GMT -5
When I was young, I thought Spike Dudley in his early ECW days was supposed to be a down syndrome character. Later did I discover his character was a guy tripped out on acid and not someone who was mentally challenged.
Then I later discovered that the initials Little Spike Dudley were LSD.
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Post by mrtumoursmisery on Jul 12, 2018 23:31:22 GMT -5
When I was young, I thought Spike Dudley in his early ECW days was supposed to be a down syndrome character. Later did I discover his character was a guy tripped out on acid and not someone who was mentally challenged. Then I later discovered that the initials Little Spike Dudley were LSD. And his finishing move was called the acid drop (in ECW, anyway). |
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Post by IgnahtaSempria on Jul 20, 2018 21:56:41 GMT -5
Just thought of a new one.
I just realized that Candice LeRae's second-rope neckbreaker is called "Ms. LeRae's Wild Ride" not just in reference to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, but also the fact that she adopted that move from Joey Ryan, who called it the Mustache Ride.
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Post by mrbananagrabber on Jul 21, 2018 19:55:24 GMT -5
I always thought that Shawn Michaels threw Marty Janetty through the Barber Shop window. It was only recently when I heard the original commentary I learned what really happened.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jul 22, 2018 0:25:02 GMT -5
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Post by thegame415 on Jul 22, 2018 1:19:38 GMT -5
Not really WWE, but I alway thought the show was called "Something to Wrestle With", not "Something to Wrestle, with Bruce Prichard".
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Post by captainhindsite on Jul 22, 2018 5:46:38 GMT -5
We all know Rezor and Akam of Authors of Pain's names are plays on "occam's razor," right? plays on what now |
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Jul 22, 2018 6:15:49 GMT -5
We all know Rezor and Akam of Authors of Pain's names are plays on "occam's razor," right? plays on what now Basically, the simplest solution is usually the right one. In this case, winning matches by clobbering fools into extinction. |
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Post by karl100589 on Jul 22, 2018 6:19:27 GMT -5
The reason Val Venis' special was called The Money Shot
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