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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 5, 2021 18:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 5, 2021 19:32:14 GMT -5
I think if Herb were still alive he'd be looked at in a much more positive way. I think many would put him on the same pedestal as McMahon, Bischoff and Heyman if he were still alive. All three men were not always successful. Two of those men saw a company die under their promotion. McMahon twice with XFL, Heyman with ECW. Bischoff winds up getting off, but barely, based on the timing of WCW going out of business. He had a hand in it dying just as much as anyone. Herb was much like a Paul Heyman in the way he did business in lying and making guys believe there was more to the promotion. If Herb lives, he is seen in the same light as McMahon, Bischoff and Heyman-very positively by majority of fans.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2021 23:48:42 GMT -5
I think if Herb were still alive he'd be looked at in a much more positive way. I think many would put him on the same pedestal as McMahon, Bischoff, and Heyman if he were still alive. All three men were not always successful. Two of those men saw a company die under their promotion. McMahon twice with XFL, Heyman with ECW. Bischoff winds up getting off, but barely, based on the timing of WCW going out of business. He had a hand in it dying just as much as anyone. Herb was much like a Paul Heyman in the way he did business in lying and making guys believe there was more to the promotion. If Herb lives, he is seen in the same light as McMahon, Bischoff, and Heyman-very positively by the majority of fans. eccentric does not mean beloved. Heyman is looked at that way not just because of his ability to work the boys but by the success of ECW as a whole. The fan base was rabid and unfortunately, the UWF never developed one. It was a failed passion play of a flawed and charismatic man. |
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Mar 6, 2021 0:01:37 GMT -5
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Post by Squirrel Master on Mar 6, 2021 0:36:41 GMT -5
Herb Abrams’ UWF advertising spot Paul Orndorff endorses the Super Arm Blaster! youtu.be/qLHR0lHjVgE |
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Post by 67 more on Mar 6, 2021 7:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Mar 6, 2021 8:15:40 GMT -5
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Post by y4j1981 on Mar 6, 2021 8:38:20 GMT -5
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 9:22:45 GMT -5
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Mar 6, 2021 9:25:16 GMT -5
Them boys turned a Sunset Flip into a whole calculus problem |
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Post by Squirrel Master on Mar 6, 2021 9:28:37 GMT -5
Good times! I miss this UWF, it was must-see TV for me. The Fury Hour was a dollar-store version of WWF and the ring action was nowhere near the greatness of Bill Watts Presents UWF circa 1986.
As bad as the Herb Abrams version of UWF was, I was entertained. I didn’t order Beach Brawl PPV (no one did, apparently) yet I put it together on VHS because they gave it all away little by little in the weeks that followed.
The main event of Terry Gordy vs. Johnny Ace was a helluva fight as Ace lit up Gordy for six straight minutes. I didn’t know he had it in him!
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 9:55:34 GMT -5
Most folks who know the UWF remember the bigger names Abrams was able to sign or who he used in the biggest spots. People like Steve Williams, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Paul Orndorff. But looking at the wrestlers a step below that its obvious how much Abrams was scrapping the bottom of the barrel of mainstream US wrestling in 1990-1994. He had stars like... B. Brian Blair  Colonel DeBeers  And whoever this guy is:  |
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 6, 2021 10:33:54 GMT -5
I still think if Herb lives he will be remembered more fondly. Outside of WWF and WCW at the time a lot of guys had no where else to go in the U.S. and Herb gave them a place to work even if the checks bounced. Most of these were guys that WWF and WCW didn't want at the time and were probably grateful pre-check bouncing to Herb. Also Andre was a huge signing even though it didn't work out. Andre was a guy who should have been a lifer in WWF and Herb had the guts to get him to come along, even though it didn't work out.
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Post by 67 more on Mar 6, 2021 10:38:40 GMT -5
Them boys turned a Sunset Flip into a whole calculus problem Sunset Flop |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 10:48:41 GMT -5
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 10:50:43 GMT -5
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 11:42:40 GMT -5
Not technically from UWF, but I was watching episode 16 of Fury Hour on YouTube. The video leaves the commercials intact. At the tail end there is a spot for Pool the Masters Way. It’s a video hosted by pool player Steve Mizerak, but he prefers to be called  |
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Mar 6, 2021 14:00:27 GMT -5
Not technically from UWF, but I was watching episode 16 of Fury Hour on YouTube. The video leaves the commercials intact. At the tail end there is a spot for Pool the Masters Way. It’s a video hosted by pool player Steve Mizerak, but he prefers to be called In an odd piece of trivia, this dude died 2 days before The Miz that we know made his debut on Smackdown. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Mar 6, 2021 15:38:04 GMT -5
An assortment of Captain Lou UWF pics. With the UWF SportsChannel Television Championship  Shilling his own Mean Gene-esque 900 Number, Capt. Lou’s RapLine  The still image used to promote his interview segment Capt. Lou’s Corner  |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Mar 6, 2021 22:04:38 GMT -5
Some roster stills with stats grabbed from an early episode of Fury Hour:  "Cowboy" Bob " Where the hell am I?" Orton |
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