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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Jan 2, 2023 20:57:53 GMT -5
After Dixie replaced Don West with Taz as commentator, they had West be the manager for Amazing Red. Didn't last long and was an odd pairing. Probably not as odd as giving Red a brother, Crimson.
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Post by CMWaters on Jan 2, 2023 21:12:12 GMT -5
This was a short lived one that happened between the initial betrayal to Undertaker and Kane's debut:
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Post by DragonMasterP on Jan 2, 2023 21:58:47 GMT -5
Bob Backlund also managed Kurt Angle for a New York minute in early 2000. Wasn’t it Backlund and the Iron Sheik? Or did Sheiky just show up backstage? I don't remember Sheik showing up in 2000, but I do remember him and Backlund co-managing the Sultan a few years before.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2023 22:13:17 GMT -5
Teddy Long managing Mark Jindrak. I marked when he gave him a shout-out at the Hall of Fame.
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Jan 2, 2023 23:41:55 GMT -5
William Regal and Layla. I think they were put together simply because they were both English.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 3, 2023 2:58:05 GMT -5
Bobby Heenan managed David Schultz and Buddy Rose for one set of separate tapings in 1984.
Jimmy Hart had maybe 2 appearances with The Missing Link. He also managed The Moondogs at the same taping where they faced Hogan and Orndorff but didn't manage them during that match.
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Post by chrom on Jan 3, 2023 7:15:33 GMT -5
Mr. Fuji managed Kamala for a time.
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Jan 3, 2023 8:58:51 GMT -5
Tyson Kidd and the least intimidating big man ever Jackson Andrews.
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Post by tafkaga on Jan 3, 2023 9:39:19 GMT -5
I had forgotten that Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony managed the Godwinns until recently.
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Post by FHgrad99 on Jan 3, 2023 12:18:36 GMT -5
Sir Oliver Humperdink managed the Fabulous Freebirds in WCW briefly in the early 90's as Big Daddy Dink.
Speaking of Humperdink, I remember him briefly managing Paul Orndorff after he fired Bobby Heenan a second time.
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 3, 2023 14:42:07 GMT -5
Mr. Fuji managed Kamala for a time. King Curtis was his original manager but his knees were so bad he had to retire from travel. Not sure if he was mentioned yet. Oddly enough I think Curtis was with Kamala longer than Fuji. There was also an odd period where different managers had Kamala for a night, not sure if it was a storyline with Fuji not being at the house show. One was Johnny Valiant and I think possibly Heenan. Edit: It was late 1984 so they replaced Blassie temporarily. I had forgotten that Dirty White Boy Tony Anthony managed the Godwinns until recently. He didn't last too long. Must have been still under contract from a year earlier and they just never used him. He was gone I think the night after Badd Blood or the September In Your House and I don't recall him being with them Summerslam.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 3, 2023 15:33:07 GMT -5
Bobby Heenan managed David Schultz and Buddy Rose for one set of separate tapings in 1984. Jimmy Hart had maybe 2 appearances with The Missing Link. He also managed The Moondogs at the same taping where they faced Hogan and Orndorff but didn't manage them during that match. For some reason in 84-85 they would constantly switch what managers wrestlers had without any explanation given. Schultz went from Heenan to Piper. Orndorff went from Piper to Heenan. Big John Studd went from Piper to Heenan. Greg Valentine went from Captain Lou Albano to Jimmy Hart to Johnny V all in a year. Jim Neidhart went from Fuji to Jimmy Hart. George Steele went from Fuji to Fred Blassie. Ken Patera went from Albano to Heenan. It's like they would be with one guy one week and then someone else the next with no reason given. Like why was it so hard to pick a manager for a guy and just stick with it? At least with Bundy going from Hart to Heenan they explained it on TV and said it was part of two for one trade with Adonis and Missing Link going the other way. Seemed like after that they were then more consistent with it where when a guy had a manager they would keep that pairing for a while and if there was a switch they would explain it. Examples being Blassie selling his stable (Sheik, Volkoff, Hercules) to Slick, Heenan buying Hercules contract from Slick, and Fuji selling the Warlord and Barbarian's contract to Slick and Heenan respectively.
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Post by The Blue Nova on Jan 3, 2023 16:49:37 GMT -5
Didn't Blassie manage Studd originally??
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Jan 3, 2023 16:54:19 GMT -5
Bob Backlund also managed Kurt Angle for a New York minute in early 2000. Wasn’t it Backlund and the Iron Sheik? Or did Sheiky just show up backstage? Backlund and Sheik managed The Sultan (Rikishi). They also showed up in a segment on Sunday Night Heat in 1999 to help train Mankind for his Last Man Standing Match with the Rock.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jan 3, 2023 17:04:26 GMT -5
Maryse being DiBiase Jr's valet is paradoxical enough, memorable to me in just how unmemorable it was.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Jan 3, 2023 17:06:28 GMT -5
Gail Kim w/ Daniel Bryan Dana Brooke w/ Titus Worldwide Rosa Mendes w/ Adam Rose
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 3, 2023 19:42:48 GMT -5
Bobby Heenan managed David Schultz and Buddy Rose for one set of separate tapings in 1984. Jimmy Hart had maybe 2 appearances with The Missing Link. He also managed The Moondogs at the same taping where they faced Hogan and Orndorff but didn't manage them during that match. For some reason in 84-85 they would constantly switch what managers wrestlers had without any explanation given. Schultz went from Heenan to Piper. Orndorff went from Piper to Heenan. Big John Studd went from Piper to Heenan. Greg Valentine went from Captain Lou Albano to Jimmy Hart to Johnny V all in a year. Jim Neidhart went from Fuji to Jimmy Hart. George Steele went from Fuji to Fred Blassie. Ken Patera went from Albano to Heenan. It's like they would be with one guy one week and then someone else the next with no reason given. Like why was it so hard to pick a manager for a guy and just stick with it? At least with Bundy going from Hart to Heenan they explained it on TV and said it was part of two for one trade with Adonis and Missing Link going the other way. Seemed like after that they were then more consistent with it where when a guy had a manager they would keep that pairing for a while and if there was a switch they would explain it. Examples being Blassie selling his stable (Sheik, Volkoff, Hercules) to Slick, Heenan buying Hercules contract from Slick, and Fuji selling the Warlord and Barbarian's contract to Slick and Heenan respectively. Actually Schultz went from Piper to Heenan and then Johnny V for one week.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 3, 2023 19:49:21 GMT -5
For some reason in 84-85 they would constantly switch what managers wrestlers had without any explanation given. Schultz went from Heenan to Piper. Orndorff went from Piper to Heenan. Big John Studd went from Piper to Heenan. Greg Valentine went from Captain Lou Albano to Jimmy Hart to Johnny V all in a year. Jim Neidhart went from Fuji to Jimmy Hart. George Steele went from Fuji to Fred Blassie. Ken Patera went from Albano to Heenan. It's like they would be with one guy one week and then someone else the next with no reason given. Like why was it so hard to pick a manager for a guy and just stick with it? At least with Bundy going from Hart to Heenan they explained it on TV and said it was part of two for one trade with Adonis and Missing Link going the other way. Seemed like after that they were then more consistent with it where when a guy had a manager they would keep that pairing for a while and if there was a switch they would explain it. Examples being Blassie selling his stable (Sheik, Volkoff, Hercules) to Slick, Heenan buying Hercules contract from Slick, and Fuji selling the Warlord and Barbarian's contract to Slick and Heenan respectively. Actually Schultz went from Piper to Heenan and then Johnny V for one week. Schultz and Johnny V sounds like such a bizarre pairing. I'm curious to see what a promo would be like with them as it would be such a trainwreck. I think a good question would be if anyone had actually had a consistent manager in 1984-85. I guess maybe Sheik and Volkoff with Blassie.
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 3, 2023 20:11:06 GMT -5
Schultz and Johnny V sounds like such a bizarre pairing. I'm curious to see what a promo would be like with them as it would be such a trainwreck. I think a good question would be if anyone had actually had a consistent manager in 1984-85. I guess maybe Sheik and Volkoff with Blassie. I am a huge Johnny fan but he seems to be the odd man out between he and Jimmy Valiant and Albano. Jimmy and Lou were perfect at promos. Did Johnny ever say much in his with the group? His promos with WWF 1980s talent seemed so forced and akward. The way David Schultz was and still seems to be, I can't seem him working well with Johnny. Johnny was a more mild mannered guy who didn't take wrestling very seriously.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 3, 2023 20:14:57 GMT -5
Schultz and Johnny V sounds like such a bizarre pairing. I'm curious to see what a promo would be like with them as it would be such a trainwreck. I think a good question would be if anyone had actually had a consistent manager in 1984-85. I guess maybe Sheik and Volkoff with Blassie. I am a huge Johnny fan but he seems to be the odd man out between he and Jimmy Valiant and Albano. Jimmy and Lou were perfect at promos. Did Johnny ever say much in his with the group? His promos with WWF 1980s talent seemed so forced and akward. The way David Schultz was and still seems to be, I can't seem him working well with Johnny. Johnny was a more mild mannered guy who didn't take wrestling very seriously. I've never seen any Valiant Brothers promos so I wouldn't know. Him being more quiet is surprising to hear as he was such a loud and bombastic character during his managerial run. in the mid 80's. Yeah I can't see him and Schultz working. I don't see Schultz surly redneck character mixing at all with Johnny V's goofball act.
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