Ultimo Gallos
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Jan 5, 2022 14:17:27 GMT -5
I know one fed in LA asked Bob how much for him to do it. What is odd is in Bob's book he comes off as fairly funny. I'd like imagine it was a real outlaw Indy that would hire an untrained monkey, and then Holly. Would have to fight the monkey after the monkey went into business for himself If Bob wasn't 2 to 3k to book I am sure Battlezone would book Bob vs a monkey.
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Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby
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Blanket burrito season is back, and I never left the blankets
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Jan 5, 2022 14:20:15 GMT -5
I think I'm remembering right that Chavo Guerrero wanted to take the Kerwin White character in a Klansman direction?
Kerwin White was already a bad idea, but hoy, it could have been so much worse.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 5, 2022 14:23:37 GMT -5
I always love the story of the pitch meeting for unfrozen Nazi Heidenreich. The writer starts doing the f***in’ goosestep and salute like right in front of Vince. Instead of joining in as a lot of people would assume, Vince just leaves the room without saying a word. This is definitely one of my favorite writer's room stories. It seems sooooo much worse than Vince getting furious with him. Just gets up, leaves. I wonder what the first thing said was after he left? I hope it was someone saying "I think he likes it."
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Venti
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Post by Venti on Jan 5, 2022 14:25:55 GMT -5
Bob Holly as an astronant with a monkey. I'm still upset that we never got that!
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 5, 2022 14:26:02 GMT -5
I can't believe that made it as far as a hype video.
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Venti
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Post by Venti on Jan 5, 2022 14:30:45 GMT -5
Thankfully, the direction they were going for with Paul Burchill and his sister Katie Lea was scrapped.
I don't even want to type it out cause of how gross it is, but im sure others can connect the dots of what I'm saying.
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Sephiroth
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 5, 2022 14:44:11 GMT -5
Vince Russo as the father of Stacy Kiebler’s baby.
Voodoo Kin Mafia showing up at the WWECW ppv to accept an open challenge by Mercury, Nitro, and Melina.
The Toxic Turtles
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Jan 5, 2022 14:45:16 GMT -5
Justin Bieber almost main evented Summerslam against the Wyatt Family.
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Feyrhausen
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Post by Feyrhausen on Jan 5, 2022 16:00:17 GMT -5
He could've be billed as Mussolini's great-grandson as they form an Axis Powers stable. Question is, who would they feud with? Wait a few years and it could be Jack Swagger and David Hart Smith. [Would have said Kurt Angle but a)He went to TNA and b)Jack fits the Luger role of the team better.] Hirohito/Kenzo Suzuki and Heidenreich were a thing in 2004. It was 2 years before Angle went to TNA.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 5, 2022 16:03:26 GMT -5
Apparently the original idea for Harlem Heat was that they were going to be convicts that Colonel Robert Parker won in a card game. They would be led to the ring by Parker who looked like a southern plantation owner while wearing chains. Fortunately someone came to their senses and nixed it. However you can tell it was close to being greenlighted. For instance in the 1993 Fall Brawl Wargames poster which has all the guys in the main event on it, both Harlem Heat members are clearly wearing prision uniforms. There was also a early match of there's on YouTube I saw where they have prison uniform tops but at least have their regular black and red tights they were wearing at the time and didn't come out in chains.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 5, 2022 16:13:43 GMT -5
I always love the story of the pitch meeting for unfrozen Nazi Heidenreich. The writer starts doing the f***in’ goosestep and salute like right in front of Vince. Instead of joining in as a lot of people would assume, Vince just leaves the room without saying a word. This is definitely one of my favorite writer's room stories. It seems sooooo much worse than Vince getting furious with him. Just gets up, leaves. I wonder what the first thing said was after he left? I hope it was someone saying "I think he likes it." I also choose to believe it was after like everyone just sat down for the meeting... and that Unfrozen Nazi was the first pitch and Vince was just done after that. >_>
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jan 5, 2022 16:18:06 GMT -5
Regarding Fred Ottoman as Sheik Tugboat, for everyone who says this is crazy, it was a takeoff of an old AWA angle with Sheik Jerry Blackwell, so I could see it happening.
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Post by chronocross on Jan 5, 2022 16:57:43 GMT -5
Apparently the original idea for Harlem Heat was that they were going to be convicts that Colonel Robert Parker won in a card game. They would be led to the ring by Parker who looked like a southern plantation owner while wearing chains. Fortunately someone came to their senses and nixed it. However you can tell it was close to being greenlighted. For instance in the 1993 Fall Brawl Wargames poster which has all the guys in the main event on it, both Harlem Heat members are clearly wearing prision uniforms. There was also a early match of there's on YouTube I saw where they have prison uniform tops but at least have their regular black and red tights they were wearing at the time and didn't come out in chains. I remember seeing a brief clip of Harlem Heat with the blue denim prison tops after winning an enhancement match in a video online, I think it was during one of those Roundtable discussion shows WWE used to air on their on demand service.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 5, 2022 16:59:10 GMT -5
I dunno if this was NEWZ someone invented on Usenet or what, but back in the day when Sandman was to come to WCW, someone claimed he'd do a bowling gimmick not unlike Hole-In-One Darsow.
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Post by James Fabiano on Jan 5, 2022 16:59:59 GMT -5
Justin Bieber almost main evented Summerslam against the Wyatt Family. And now I really wish the FFH was still around so we'd get a "Justin Beaver" puppet referencing this.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 5, 2022 17:06:10 GMT -5
1991
"Let's check Vince's thought process: "I've got a Dragon. Hmmm. I've got a Snake. Ummmm. I've got a Skinner. Yep. I've got a Birdman. Sure do. I've got a Bulldog. I've got a whole damn zoo, alright. But I don't have a king of the jungle! Yeah! I need a Lion!" Well, not long after that neuron finished firing, Vince came up with the ideal new gimmick. I guess that Battle Cat was so effective that Vince has decided to create a wrestler with a Lion's mask - not a Tiger Mask ;-) - and has gotten none other than Paul Orndorff to return to the WWF and work the character, called The Lion (oooohs and aaaaaahs from the crowd). I wonder whether this one will even make it to TV."
1994
"Rumoured to be coming to the WWF for TV after the PPV are Hercules Hernandez (as a gang member enemy of Razor Ramon; can you imagine two guys with the fake accents, Chico? Razor supposedly wants to take a little time off in the new year, leading to the guess that this enemy would put him out)"
1997
"The Undertaker story, to be revealed in time, is that his parents and he were all set to be buried that fateful night in the cemetary (about which Paul Bearer spoke), but Papa Shango used his voodoo to bring Undertaker back to life. Shango has signed a four-year contract to come in with that story line. First Sid, then Shango...just when you thought the situation on top couldn't be worse."
1998
"Later in the year, perhaps at Survivor Series, speculation is that the Head Bangers will team with Maralyn Manson to face Insane Clown Posse and a third partner."
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hassanchop
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Who are you to doubt Belldandy?
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Post by hassanchop on Jan 5, 2022 17:16:36 GMT -5
Mr. Belding hosting Raw
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fw91
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Post by fw91 on Jan 5, 2022 19:35:02 GMT -5
DX vs Nation Flag Football game.
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Cranjis McBasketball
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Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 5, 2022 19:43:21 GMT -5
Regarding Fred Ottoman as Sheik Tugboat, for everyone who says this is crazy, it was a takeoff of an old AWA angle with Sheik Jerry Blackwell, so I could see it happening. Was it expected to draw 100,000 people to their flagship show? Because WWE apparently thought Shiek Tugboat would.
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fg
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Post by fg on Jan 5, 2022 20:58:05 GMT -5
1991 "Let's check Vince's thought process: "I've got a Dragon. Hmmm. I've got a Snake. Ummmm. I've got a Skinner. Yep. I've got a Birdman. Sure do. I've got a Bulldog. I've got a whole damn zoo, alright. But I don't have a king of the jungle! Yeah! I need a Lion!" Well, not long after that neuron finished firing, Vince came up with the ideal new gimmick. I guess that Battle Cat was so effective that Vince has decided to create a wrestler with a Lion's mask - not a Tiger Mask ;-) - and has gotten none other than Paul Orndorff to return to the WWF and work the character, called The Lion (oooohs and aaaaaahs from the crowd). I wonder whether this one will even make it to TV." 1994 "Rumoured to be coming to the WWF for TV after the PPV are Hercules Hernandez (as a gang member enemy of Razor Ramon; can you imagine two guys with the fake accents, Chico? Razor supposedly wants to take a little time off in the new year, leading to the guess that this enemy would put him out)" 1997 "The Undertaker story, to be revealed in time, is that his parents and he were all set to be buried that fateful night in the cemetary (about which Paul Bearer spoke), but Papa Shango used his voodoo to bring Undertaker back to life. Shango has signed a four-year contract to come in with that story line. First Sid, then Shango...just when you thought the situation on top couldn't be worse." 1998 "Later in the year, perhaps at Survivor Series, speculation is that the Head Bangers will team with Maralyn Manson to face Insane Clown Posse and a third partner." Was this from Dave Meltzer?
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