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Post by Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite on May 7, 2024 17:22:03 GMT -5
Bobby Eaton in WCW. He stayed until 2000, but after the Blue Bloods broke up, I couldn't name a single significant thing he did Koko B Ware in WWF. He Was still around in 1994 and even wrestled Owen Hart. The rumor has always been Bobby was so nice a guy no one ever wanted to tell him he was going to be let go. Koko must have had a long term contract but they rarely used him on TV after early 1993 and barely in 91, 92. I was totally shocked when he appeared in March 94 on a TV show and beat Bastion Booger. Koko B Ware versus Bastion Booger sounds like a sold out main event in 13 different states
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Post by THE FVNKER on May 7, 2024 19:19:05 GMT -5
But who's side was he on? Bunkhouse Buck as the third man would have made more money than Hogan. Yeah for Vince 😂
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Post by jean0987654321 on May 7, 2024 20:29:46 GMT -5
JTG and Matt Sydal was in WWE for a while there not being used. They both got cut in 2014
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Post by eudypfohl on May 9, 2024 22:14:33 GMT -5
I remember reading somewhere that Yokozuna was still under contract until late-1998, but I know why he was gone for a long time. When was his last TV appearance? Was it still 1996 or did he appear at all in 1997? Yoko supposedly(at least what I remember from reading the boards back then) was down to about 400 something at one point in 1998 and was backstage at many RAWs back then hanging wirh the boys...it was like they were on the cusp of bringing him back but it never happened. Not sure why or what the story was with that...
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Post by Mozenrath on May 9, 2024 23:58:38 GMT -5
Gorilla was, by contract, employed for life when VKM bought out his father and his partners (Gorilla was one of said partners). I don't remember if it was Meltzer or Prichard who shared what Gorilla's pay was but it was amazing. Something like equivalent to opening match money x number of shows ran x every day. He was also only doing TV, so home 3 or 4 days a week and got his expenses paid. Think about that for a second. For a good chunk of Gorilla's run, the WWF ran 3 shows a day, double shots on Sundays, probably equated to 10 shows on average a week. I don't think I'm out of line with thinking that preliminary contracted guys in 1988 or 89 got 1k or more a week. You do the math. My pick is Rick Martel in the WWF. He wrestled like 4 times in 94, randomly showed up in 95 for the Rumble and then wasn't heard from for two years until he had a great, albeit short run in WCW. I swear looking back that he was done after putting Razor over for the vacated IC title on RAW, but I was wrong. Oh yeah, Gorilla made a lot of money. Heenan said once that he used to just carry huge wads of cash in his wallet when on the road, like in the neighborhood of 25 thousand dollars, "in case I want to buy something." Heenan: "What, a house?!"
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Post by wildojinx on May 10, 2024 0:05:08 GMT -5
DeWayne Bruce (under several different personas) was with WCW from 1989 up until the bitter end.
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