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Post by Cactus Jack on Feb 4, 2007 7:52:29 GMT -5
Let's give some praise to Shotgun Saturday Night. It seems that the Fake Razor Ramon vs. Rocky Maivia match has been removed from YouTube, so now there are no videos at all of classic Shotgun Saturday Night on the internet. This makes me cry. Be warned that this topic is about the classic Shotgun, not the 2000-era "Shotgun" which was a jobber/recap weekend show. Remember the yellow ring ropes? Remember the smaller ring? Remember that it was broadcast from clubs and nightspots? Remember how it was meant to be "edgy"? Remember Marlena flashing The Sultan on the first broadcast? Remember how the UK never got it? Discuss moments, beg Double Double E for it back, anything. As long as we remember. |
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Post by willywonka666 on Feb 4, 2007 8:20:00 GMT -5
I didn't get it in my area long, but I do remember Brian Pillman being color commentator, there needs to be clips of that on youtube pronto!
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 4, 2007 8:45:18 GMT -5
I honestly don't remember it that much except for Brian Pillman who was one of my favorite wrestlers, doing commentary and doing crazy shit during the broadcast and yeah I remember the Marlena thing that was amzing because you did not see something like that back than. I loved the small feel of it, it was cool and I thought a well put together show. Basically what I thought ECW would be like.
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Post by randomranter on Feb 4, 2007 8:45:29 GMT -5
Anyone got a clip of Marlena flashing the sultan? Or "Fondle Me Elmo"?
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Post by hellohumanoids on Feb 4, 2007 8:46:05 GMT -5
I watched it as early as early '98, but i don't remember them going to nightclub venues, souns interesting though. My biggest memory is just "Too Much" appearing on it all the time. I guess i missed the best episodes in 97 then.....
DAMN!
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Post by skskillz on Feb 4, 2007 8:56:17 GMT -5
The night club venues stopped well before 2000. It stopped in 1997, IIRC, because I distinctly remember a killer Furnas-Lafon vs. Hardy Boyz match that was taped before Raw and aired on Shotgun (as were all Shotgun shows in late-97, I believe).
How long did the nightclub thing even last? I doubt it was too long. My only real memory of it, outside of Marlena, was Rocky Maivia facing Savio Vega while Vince McMahon kept calling him "Rocky Johnson". HHH then joined the broadcast booth and sarcastically said something like "boy, Rocky Johnson looked great out there", and Vince acknowledged his error.
This appreciation thread should include the taped before Raw version of SGSN. It had some killer matches.
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Feb 4, 2007 9:23:14 GMT -5
I still remember this being on Sky one on Saturday Afternoons, i'm sure of it, it went Shotgun, edited Raw then Livewire, i think. I may have gotten the order wrong but i'm almost certain it was there. Anyone know?
My only clear memory i have of this programme is Too Cool coming down to the ring in their pre-hip hop Rikishi fool dance era in crash helmets, and at one point Brian Christopher told the crowd to shut up really loudly, banged on the steel steps with his hands, waited a few seconds then suddenly realised the pain he was in from doing it and stomped around going "yaaaarrrhrghrghrhrhrhrhrgh".
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Post by Dr. Marzvon Zombie M.D. on Feb 4, 2007 9:52:57 GMT -5
Let's see my fav moment from the show was taker vs hunter in the trainstation in nyc and taker tombstoned hunter on the esculator and hunter slide down to the bottom, that was a very cool moment.
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Post by Cactus Jack on Feb 4, 2007 11:08:30 GMT -5
This appreciation thread should include the taped before Raw version of SGSN. It had some killer matches. True, but it was a completely different program to the club Shotgun. And I know that they stopped taping it in nightspots way before 2000, I just wasn't sure if it went on a hiatus first. And DrBackflipsHoffman, the version that was on Sky One was the taped before Raw jobber show. Sorry. |
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Post by hellohumanoids on Feb 4, 2007 11:15:46 GMT -5
In Mick Foley's book, i remember on one edition on Shotgun in early '97, Terry Funk went on a rant and used a swear word, insulted Vince i think. Then he got sacked. Nice to see this on youtube.
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Post by mysterydriver on Feb 4, 2007 11:46:06 GMT -5
Isn't Shotgun where they discovered a homeless Nikolai Volkoff?
Also, didn't it debut The Flying Nuns(Headbangers in...well nun attire)?
I miss that show.
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Post by wrasslinmachine on Feb 4, 2007 12:05:41 GMT -5
I remember the one episode when HHH was tombstone on an escalator at the Penn station. I miss those days.
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Post by T Vang is a HO-DADDY~! on Feb 4, 2007 12:10:26 GMT -5
OK, so I this isn't from the "oh so amazing" nightclub shows, but I do remember in 1997 and into 98 it definitely wasn't a jobber show, with battle royals that gave IC title shots (which the Rock used to win one) and progressions of major feuds. Don't hate on non-nightclub Shotgun!
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Post by Dave FCIC on Feb 4, 2007 12:12:32 GMT -5
OK, so I this isn't from the "oh so amazing" nightclub shows, but I do remember in 1997 and into 98 it definitely wasn't a jobber show, with battle royals that gave IC title shots (which the Rock used to win one) and progressions of major feuds. Don't hate on non-nightclub Shotgun! It wasn't a jobber show to the extent of what HeAT and Velocity were, but it was still a jobber show, but put to better use. |
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Post by Dean-o on Feb 4, 2007 12:34:47 GMT -5
I remember when Ahmed Johnson did the Pearl River Plunge on D'Lo Brown on top of a car
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Post by Arturo Classico on Feb 4, 2007 12:40:01 GMT -5
OK, so I this isn't from the "oh so amazing" nightclub shows, but I do remember in 1997 and into 98 it definitely wasn't a jobber show, with battle royals that gave IC title shots (which the Rock used to win one) and progressions of major feuds. Don't hate on non-nightclub Shotgun! It wasn't a jobber show to the extent of what HeAT and Velocity were, but it was still a jobber show, but put to better use. I seem to remember that early on with Heat it was the B show and actually major things happened on Heat and ME stars like Austin and Taker were on it sometimes. Maybe I went insane but I remember that. Although it was no where as good as Shotgun which intensity was amazing, never should have been cancelled. In fact I would have kept it alive and have the three brands be Raw, Smackdown, and Shotgun. |
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Post by Cactus Jack on Feb 4, 2007 12:47:12 GMT -5
Yeah, Heat was the B-Show until Smackdown debuted in 1999.
And also, yeah, the Headbangers made their debut on Shotgun.
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Post by bobolebowski on Feb 4, 2007 12:52:09 GMT -5
i never got shotgun but i do remember some things about it...
the fake razor vs rocky maivia match
the first episode where marc mero and sable got in a fight
i think i remember the patroit winning a battle royal
and the triple h undertaker tombstone thing
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Post by Cactus Jack on Feb 4, 2007 13:09:37 GMT -5
I'm still waiting to see a clip of HHH selling the Tombstone all the way down an esculator.
Hell, does anyone have any clips of Shotgun?
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Post by Diddly on Feb 4, 2007 13:20:29 GMT -5
I have the 2nd episode of Shotgun on my computer, I could try to upload it to Daily Motion or something.
It contains:
Fake Razor vs. Rocky Maivia
Fake Diesel vs. Marc Mero
Faarooq vs. Savio Vega
Furnas & LaFon vs. Headbangers
And also:
Fondle Me Elmo
Pettingill finds homeless Nikolai
Pettingill/Honkey Tonk Man Duet
So much action in one small hour
I also recall it having the WWF logo in the bottom left with a badge around it... pretty cool and different at the time.
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