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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 23, 2018 22:10:22 GMT -5
Wrestling as a whole has been part of the Marvel fabric since the beginning. The Thing encountered boisterous pro wrestler Golden Angel as early as Fantastic Four #14. In the '70s we got the Grapplers, the four female ex-workers who turned to crime (with one of them eventually becoming Songbird). Then in the '80s, Thing would join the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (UCWF) and that stuff was everywhere for a few years. One of the Eternals became a luchador-style wrestler and fought Thor. Then there's that time the Hulk attended a show and there was a certain namesake working a match, pissing off the gray (at the time) goliath somethin' fierce. Wasn't the UCWF connected with someone named The Power Broker and all of it's members super humanly powered? I believe the Thing fought Thundra during a match in UCWF. I always loved that concept, whatever happened to them, Madison? They became Avengers. Well, at least four of them became Avengers in later years: Thing himself, D-Man, Screaming Mimi/Songbird, and Vance Astrovik, aka Justice. And a fifth, The Beyonder, was invited to join the Avengers (so that they could keep an eye on him), but declined. The Power Broker was ultimately revealed to be behind many (but not all) of the super-powered workers, yes. A lot of them got their powers other ways (Grapplers go theirs through Roxxon, Armadillo through Dr Malus, Vance was a mutant, Gator was mystically cursed, etc). The Thundra match was before the UCWF, during the old Roxxon saga that was running through Marvel Two-in-One. I haven't kept up in a long time but I read every once in a while where they reference at least Thing's old career, so not sure how that all ended up.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jun 23, 2018 22:14:22 GMT -5
I've wanted a UCWF mini run since I learned about it. There's a lot that could be done with that.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jun 23, 2018 22:17:21 GMT -5
Spidey's dealt with wrestlers a lot. The Grizzly was an ex-wrestler who got a power suit from The Tinkerer. Yep, and I am still very proud that during my time working on the Official Handbooks, I got to flesh out his background and homage real wrestler Dave McKigney a little bit at the same time (Grizzly is now officially Canadian and was born in the fictional town of McKigney, Saskatchewan - McKigney the wrestler was most known for training Terrible Ted, the Wrestling Bear). On a related note, during my time on those books, the Mutant Liberation Front member Sumo also got a real name: Jun Tenta. I love both of these facts.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jun 23, 2018 22:19:02 GMT -5
I've wanted a UCWF mini run since I learned about it. There's a lot that could be done with that. Before Deus passed, that was one of several things we were bouncing back and forth while trying to put a pitch together to show them. We didn't really get very far beyond that though.
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Post by Mister Pigwell on Jun 23, 2018 22:23:29 GMT -5
I've wanted a UCWF mini run since I learned about it. There's a lot that could be done with that. Before Deus passed, that was one of several things we were bouncing back and forth while trying to put a pitch together to show them. We didn't really get very far beyond that though. Damn shame. My stepson is all neckdeep in comics stuff now and this exact topic of wrestling and Marvel was somthing he wanted to know more about just a couple weeks back. Looked some stuff up for him but I was motly empty handed on any info. That project would have been tailor-made for him.
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Post by MrElijah on Jun 23, 2018 22:32:43 GMT -5
Wrestling as a whole has been part of the Marvel fabric since the beginning. The Thing encountered boisterous pro wrestler Golden Angel as early as Fantastic Four #14. In the '70s we got the Grapplers, the four female ex-workers who turned to crime (with one of them eventually becoming Songbird). Then in the '80s, Thing would join the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (UCWF) and that stuff was everywhere for a few years. One of the Eternals became a luchador-style wrestler and fought Thor. Then there's that time the Hulk attended a show and there was a certain namesake working a match, pissing off the gray (at the time) goliath somethin' fierce. No lie, I would love if a writer has Songbird in a middle of a fight busts out a Diamond Cutter or a legit wrestling hold.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jun 24, 2018 15:00:35 GMT -5
Yea the UCWF was connected to the Power Broker. It is also were D-Man aka Demolition Man comes from. I wish Marvel would put out a trade of the Thing solo run from the 80s.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Jun 24, 2018 15:09:06 GMT -5
Wrestling as a whole has been part of the Marvel fabric since the beginning. The Thing encountered boisterous pro wrestler Golden Angel as early as Fantastic Four #14. In the '70s we got the Grapplers, the four female ex-workers who turned to crime (with one of them eventually becoming Songbird). Then in the '80s, Thing would join the Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation (UCWF) and that stuff was everywhere for a few years. One of the Eternals became a luchador-style wrestler and fought Thor. Then there's that time the Hulk attended a show and there was a certain namesake working a match, pissing off the gray (at the time) goliath somethin' fierce. The UCWF guys at least in part were tied into Captain America/USAgent too as Malus the Power Broker gave at least the Right and Left Winger and Battlestar their powers if not Johnny Walker/Jack Daniels himself. Also She-Thing/Sharon Ventura first met Ben as a result of his wrestling connections before she was a mainstay in the FF for several years.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Jun 24, 2018 16:34:35 GMT -5
Ultimate Spider Man also worked wrestling, but his opponent was in on it and asked him to take it easy.
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