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Post by jason1980s on Jun 20, 2022 11:38:54 GMT -5
I think my favorite Gorilla story was he’d walk around with like $25,000 in cash. Heenan asked him why he’d do that. Gorilla says “What if I want to buy something?” Heenan says “What a house?!” I used to road trip to shows with Nikolai and we'd always pass an area of Jersey where lots of guys lived. So he would always pass by Gorilla's town and talk about him helping him when he was new to the U.S. and spoke little English. Gorilla helped him get a driver's license, most likely with mafia connections. But he also said Gorilla live in a huge house and money was no object to him. One day Nikolai was at his house and waiting for trash pickup was a huge box filled with old clothes. Gorilla would just throw them out and get new. So he gave them to Nikolai who tailored them to fit his brother back home. I also remember a Wrestlemania, I think V where Jesse made reference to Gorilla having a lot of money for the casino. |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jun 20, 2022 12:09:34 GMT -5
On an Early RAW Gorilla and Brain absolutely seem to almost break character in how much they absolutely hate Rob Bartlett while he pretends to be Vince and it may be one of my favorite RAW episodes because of it. Gorilla losing his cool at Bartlett's amazing commentary Vince impression is what I'm here for. Bartlett: “Papa Shango battles Bob Backlund! Going for the argyle arbor wufurwubba flegoforo UN-believable!” Gorilla: “STOOOPPPP!!” |
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Post by 67 more on Jun 20, 2022 12:19:40 GMT -5
Gorilla losing his cool at Bartlett's amazing commentary Vince impression is what I'm here for. Bartlett: “Papa Shango battles Bob Backlund! Going for the argyle arbor wufurwubba flegoforo UN-believable!” Gorilla: “STOOOPPPP!!” Bartlett sucked but he put work in for that Vince schtick |
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Post by khali on Jun 20, 2022 17:18:34 GMT -5
As funny as Gorilla could be with Heenan and Ventura, his funniest moment is probably the Ted Arcidi/Tony Atlas match. I’ve never heard a commentator bury a match so hard and it’s hilarious.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jun 20, 2022 18:13:36 GMT -5
He's the greatest announcer of all time.
His bewilderment at Rhythm and Blues' gold record for "Hunka Hunka Honkey Love" at WMVI is priceless.
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Post by buckethead on Jun 21, 2022 15:15:08 GMT -5
I’ve said it before but his stuff on prime time wrestling with heenan is just still great. I'll say it til my dying day... They deserved an Emmy for this show. |
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Post by fg on Jun 22, 2022 12:29:50 GMT -5
There was a segment where Gene Okerlund was interviewing Boris Zuckov. He announces his name. As Boris is running to the podium, Gorilla says: “Or Airhead.”
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