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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 21, 2020 21:44:44 GMT -5
I can’t believe the Fuji/dog thing is actually true, mainly because that dude would have killed Fuji for pulling some stuff like that, For more lighthearted ribbing, the ever classic case of Buff Bagwell and the smashed top hat. The top hat story is a gem. I love that it's harmless, if annoying. For those who don't know, during the InVasion, Bagwell was not well-liked, to put it mildly. He had his collapsible top hat backstage, and place it on a table extended. He walked away, and return to find it flattened. He extends it again, walks away, and comes back to find it collapsed. This happens a few times, with him getting increasingly annoyed. Finally, he leaves it flattened, defeated. He comes back to find it fully extended. I've never read that it was purposely-designed to be collapsible.
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Post by fg on Apr 21, 2020 21:49:41 GMT -5
This one? ![](https://royalgrumble.weebly.com/uploads/7/9/3/6/79361650/1196mqb_orig.jpg) And thus, "That's good shit," was born. That’s the one. Thanks. It’s been a long time since I saw that photo so I assumed it was Vinces office. Maybe it was his office at the arena.
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Post by Dub H on Apr 21, 2020 21:54:43 GMT -5
A very recent one : Kenny and Nakazawa gave a list of tag mobes names for Tony to read during their match.
Except they were all Porn-Themed names which ended with Tony saying live " Ooh hentai"
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Post by Rave on Apr 21, 2020 21:57:48 GMT -5
Everyone crapping in Lawler's crown is gross, but hearing Paul Bearer tell the story makes it hysterical. "I watched the door!"
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 21, 2020 23:50:26 GMT -5
The top hat story is a gem. I love that it's harmless, if annoying. For those who don't know, during the InVasion, Bagwell was not well-liked, to put it mildly. He had his collapsible top hat backstage, and place it on a table extended. He walked away, and return to find it flattened. He extends it again, walks away, and comes back to find it collapsed. This happens a few times, with him getting increasingly annoyed. Finally, he leaves it flattened, defeated. He comes back to find it fully extended. I've never read that it was purposely-designed to be collapsible. I am pretty sure it was, which would obviously be way more practical for travel, but it's possible it wasn't. In the version of the story I heard, it seemed to be by design and not them breaking his stuff.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 21, 2020 23:59:53 GMT -5
I feel like the Fuji dog story may be more legend than true. I've heard he did it to both Toru Tanaka and Jimmy Snuka at this point.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 22, 2020 0:15:50 GMT -5
I remember hearing a story that Mike Awesome pulled a rib on Lance Storm on his first match in Japan's FMW... Awesome told Storm that one of his opponents, Sambo Asako, who was a big fat guy, was light on his feet and Storm would be able to bodyslam him. So Lance tried it during the match and Asako was not.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Apr 22, 2020 0:16:24 GMT -5
I feel like the Fuji dog story may be more legend than true. I've heard he did it to both Toru Tanaka and Jimmy Snuka at this point. The first time I heard it was in regards to a neighbor who wasn't in the business. So it may very well be of the same nature as the York/Valentine thing from above. But even then, Jeebus, if that's what you find funny...
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 22, 2020 0:40:49 GMT -5
I remember hearing a story that Mike Awesome pulled a rib on Lance Storm on his first match in Japan's FMW... Awesome told Storm that one of his opponents, Sambo Asako, who was a big fat guy, was light on his feet and Storm would be able to bodyslam him. So Lance tried it during the match and Asako was not. Yeah, I remember Lance telling that story at some point. Thankfully, I think no one got hurt, since I could see this potentially ending badly. Either way, he still probably had more fun with that than wrestling Koji Kitao the times he had to do that, where Koji only seemed to stop being a dick when Lance stiffed him back, but still sold for him and made it clear he was trying to make Koji look good if he'd let him. I wonder if Kitao was paranoid coming from the sometimes political sumo scene that people would try to take liberties with him, or if he just had an inflated ego.
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Post by SmashTV on Apr 22, 2020 1:27:24 GMT -5
A more innocent one I remember is from Bret’s book where Jim Neidhart somehow convinced Stu Hart that the rum and cokes he was serving him was actually just plain coke. Stu is happily swigging them down for a few hours until he suddenly realises that the room is swaying and he can’t walk properly.
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Post by honsou on Apr 22, 2020 1:53:31 GMT -5
Paul Bearer told one during a shoot which was pretty bizarre but kinda mean.
So as he tells it, Undertaker has a strong phobia of cucumbers and so one day Bearer put cucumbers in each finger of Undertakers gloves
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 22, 2020 2:11:36 GMT -5
Either way, he still probably had more fun with that than wrestling Koji Kitao the times he had to do that, where Koji only seemed to stop being a dick when Lance stiffed him back, but still sold for him and made it clear he was trying to make Koji look good if he'd let him. I wonder if Kitao was paranoid coming from the sometimes political sumo scene that people would try to take liberties with him, or if he just had an inflated ego. Probably more B than A. From what I've heard, Kitao had a huge ego even after being kicked out of sumo, he was still a celebrity in Japan. Someone made a short documentary about Kitao's careers in sumo and wrestling and I posted it here when Kitao died but I can't find it on YouTube now that explained his story better.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 22, 2020 2:24:12 GMT -5
Either way, he still probably had more fun with that than wrestling Koji Kitao the times he had to do that, where Koji only seemed to stop being a dick when Lance stiffed him back, but still sold for him and made it clear he was trying to make Koji look good if he'd let him. I wonder if Kitao was paranoid coming from the sometimes political sumo scene that people would try to take liberties with him, or if he just had an inflated ego. Probably more B than A. From what I've heard, Kitao had a huge ego even after being kicked out of sumo, he was still a celebrity in Japan. Someone made a short documentary about Kitao's careers in sumo and wrestling and I posted it here when Kitao died but I can't find it on YouTube now that explained his story better. If it's by who I think it was, unfortunately, they had to move their documentaries to their patreon because various Japanese wrestling companies were copywrite striking them due to the footage.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Apr 22, 2020 6:24:27 GMT -5
A more innocent one I remember is from Bret’s book where Jim Neidhart somehow convinced Stu Hart that the rum and cokes he was serving him was actually just plain coke. Stu is happily swigging them down for a few hours until he suddenly realises that the room is swaying and he can’t walk properly. This is a good one lol. I don’t remember the specifics from the book but it’s easy to see how someone could pull it off too. Just one scenario: “Yeah Coke is slightly different in Canada. I like the American Coke a lot better so whenever I go there I bring a few cases back with me. In fact all the Coke I have at this party is the American Coke. Here try some.”
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 22, 2020 6:30:36 GMT -5
The Mick Foley/Steve Austin/DDP cookies story is an example of a harmless, though certainly annoying for DDP, series of ribs, culminating in the cookies mashed into the bed.
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Post by Glitch on Apr 22, 2020 6:34:54 GMT -5
A very recent one : Kenny and Nakazawa gave a list of tag mobes names for Tony to read during their match. Except they were all Porn-Themed names which ended with Tony saying live " Ooh hentai" I actually find this hilarious. They can rib without all the horrific things mentioned here.
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Post by MrElijah on Apr 22, 2020 7:19:20 GMT -5
Owen pretending to be Reggie Parks and calling up Stu trying to goad him into a fight. "Well Reg if ya wanted to go and try me back then why didn't ya try me?" "That Damn Owen got me again." Also Owen's rib that wasn't a rib that ended with Jim Cornette telling Stu that Bruce Prichard was a pervert because he thought Owen, Davey and Bruce was ribbing him.
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Apr 22, 2020 11:47:30 GMT -5
One I saw last year. BIW usually brings in a few local college kids to help the ring crew. One of these kids you could tell was a big country guy. 6'5" and huge. But not the brightest. The guy that owns the ring tells him "Hey go into the trailer and find me a left handed cresant wrench." We watched this kid dig thru the ring trailer for an hour. Holding up every wrench he found"is this it guys?" "NOPE keep looking." Finally the kid comes out of the trailer "I can't find one guys". Everyone is laughing and the promoter pulled him to the side and explained the rib.
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 22, 2020 11:58:39 GMT -5
Here's a lighter one:
The British Bulldogs gave a referee's son Mr Fuji's bowler hat and cane and told him to follow Demolition down to the ring. So the Demos are coming down with their leather and heavy metal theme, and then they turn around and see this kid smiling and waving the cane.
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Apr 22, 2020 12:56:57 GMT -5
Mr Fuji one time made a new guy drive them to the arena, the new guy didn’t know where the arena was so they ended up driving over eight hours, once the show ended Fuji told the guy that he was driving and they just lasted fifteen minutes to the hotel. Another time Fuji grabbed a condom and put red coloring inside of it he then put it inside his mouth, Hogan walked by and asked Fuji what he had in his mouth, Fuji spit the condom on Hogan’s face. Fuji was an asshole, and if the dog "rib" is true, a monster as well. I know I’m going to regret asking...
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