any wrestling fans on here?

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WWE raw just came on....which I am watching religously after a 4 year hiatus....
Anybody else watch?

I stop typing and watch...Lita is on

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terry funk is trying to wrestle and he can barely walk

[etouffee]

terry funk? holy shizz. dude was born in 1944, making him 5 years older than ric flair. that's just rif*ckindiculous.


*no, i don't keep up with such things. it's in teh wikipedia.

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poor guy....it was sad...he threw a punch and just about fell over...

Jim Ross just said "he almost got the fatal 3 count"...does one die when he is on the wrong side of a pin in professional wrestling

[olevetonahill]

Nope

[etouffee]

who did he wrestle? did he win?

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he tagged up with Tommy Dreamer and attacked EDGE and Mick Foley...

They are gonna fight on the next ppv

[Scott D]

haha....that's going to be classic...in a 'I'm going to wander the arena while the WWE tries to pass off having 200 year old Mae Young in a match on a PPV' kind of way.

[bri]

Wow, sounds like they're lining up the QUALITY for the ECW One Night Stand 2 PPV.

All I care about is...THEY'RE REUNITING DX AT VENGANCE!!!!!! :D

[Scott D]

yeah but Trips is going to milk it until Vengeance.

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hopefully you didnt see the ppv of mae young showing her puppies...BLAUFAHGAHEGHEAHDGFAGaarrrghh........

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Would be nice to get Road Dog and Billy Gunn back involved in the dx angle

[Scott D]

thankfully I was spared that, and the 'giving birth' episode. I was probably walking the concourse at home. :D

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I like how Kane is not breaking character when he talks about his movie....NO NO I really am crazy and like to kill people!!

[bri]

LONG LIVE KAYFABE!!!! :D

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lol...for real.......I like how they are bringing back the squash matches and this whole kayfabe thing Kane is doing.....

I wish they would quit giving the bigfoot that was in THE LONGEST YARD speaking lines...

[tbl]

Wrestling.... I will withold my comments.

[bri]

Well, calling it "wrestling" is your first mistake.

It's "rasslin'", fella. ;)

[AllAboutThe'O']

I stopped watching wrestling for a few weeks then turned it on last week to find out that Triple H has a new entrance theme. His old one RAWKED, whether you loved or hated him. If I ever host a sports talk show, I'm using that as my theme. Also Motorhead is doing his new theme as well.

[HoserSooner]

Also Motorhead is doing his new theme as well.

One of the few reasons that I still pay attention to WWE anymore. Anything that tries to give Motörhead some mainstream exposure is good with me.

[Cack]

wow Tommy Dreamer is in WWE now?? ... Mick Foley is back?? ... DX is coming back?? ... wow it's been a while since i've watched RASTLIN' ... i used to watch it religiously (i like in SC so it's like a given ... you drink beer and watch Rastlin' down here) ... but it's just went down hill ... i think ... but i may have to turn it back on if all that is going on hhmmm

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Its kinda of what happened to me.....I m flippin thru the channels and they got this guy named Boogerman that eats worms and breakdances to the ring.....hooked ever since

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Its kinda of what happened to me.....I m flippin thru the channels and they got this guy named Boogerman that eats worms and breakdances to the ring.....hooked ever sinceIt's the modern-day vaudeville act.

[bri]

http://cache.indemand.com/shared/prod/46340_l.jpg

Oh lord, I HOPE Shawn Michaels' knee injury doesn't pooch this deal...

[critical_phil]

Oh lord, I HOPE Shawn Michaels' knee injury doesn't pooch this deal...


maybe they can get gorgeous jimmy garvin to fill in.

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maybe they can get gorgeous jimmy garvin to fill in.


and bring precious with him

[Pricetag]

The WWE cracks me up. We have all the cool stuff that has been mentioned in this thread, but at the same time, the have f'n cheerleader dudes, too.

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Those guys belong in the early 90s with Doink, Brother Love, and the other freaks they came out with then...Personally I wish Kamala would take them back to africa

[HoserSooner]

The WWE cracks me up. We have all the cool stuff that has been mentioned in this thread, but at the same time, the have f'n cheerleader dudes, too.

And didn't one of them actually have one of the belts, or was I seeing things?

That whole idea is as queer as a three dollar bill.

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they are tag champs...which 2 I dunno....

[Cack]

i think the whole group is tag champs ... they said one time that it's the first time more than 2 people were tag champs ... i don't know ... but it's people like that, that keep me from watching it every week

[bri]

Hopefully, once they finally get around to splitting them up and getting rid of that gimmick, they'll be tolerable.

And you people are missing the important point here...That I am going to order Vengance on PPV, I will sit and watch it, and I will MARK OUT LIKE A LITTLE BITCH WHEN DX REUNITES. :D

[Cack]

i'll tell you right now ... something will happen and DX will NOT reunite

[HoserSooner]

i think the whole group is tag champs ... they said one time that it's the first time more than 2 people were tag champs ...

Demolition did it back in the early 90's with the WWF when they added the third guy, but The Freebirds did it first back in the AWA days when they were 'feuding' with The Road Warriors.


God I feel like such a wrestling geek :O

[Cack]

haha ... then what does that mean for the rest of us that know what you're talkin about

[HoserSooner]

haha ... then what does that mean for the rest of us that know what you're talkin about

Not sure what it makes the rest of you, but I don't feel so bad now. :D

[Scott D]

Hoser's local paper has a major wrasslin update weekly if not nearly daily ;)

[HoserSooner]

Not exactly, but there really is a guy that has a 'wrestling column' in the Toronto Sun on Sundays.

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Demolition did it back in the early 90's with the WWF when they added the third guy, but The Freebirds did it first back in the AWA days when they were 'feuding' with The Road Warriors.


God I feel like such a wrestling geek :O


Ax Smash and Crush...I believe smash was also one of my all time favorite characters....THE REPO MAN with his insane laugh....I loved it when He repo'd the WWF belt

[Cack]

what about ... Duke "The Dumpster" Drocey (not sure on the spelling of the last name) ... or the Bush Wackers (they came straight out of Clemson ... missing teeth ... dirty ... inbread ... yep def. Clemson people)

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Or TL Hopper the wrestling plumber

[Cack]

TONKA

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TONKA

Do you mean Tatanka?...he is back on smackdown after 10 years

[Cack]

haha yeah something like that ... red mohawk

he's back?? wow they are hurting ... i would MUCH rather see Sting back ... but w/ the blonde flat top and te pastel(sp) colors ... it sounds ghey now ... but he was awesome

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Sting is on TNA right now doing some kind of weird angle...

Yeah Tatanka came back as a surprise partner of Matt Hardy at the PPV a couple of months back...I thought probably a one time gig...but now he is on quite a bit....did a short spot on him friday becoming an official lakota warrior

[Cack]

Sting is on TNA right now doing some kind of weird angle...

Yeah Tatanka came back as a surprise partner of Matt Hardy at the PPV a couple of months back...I thought probably a one time gig...but now he is on quite a bit....did a short spot on him friday becoming an official lakota warrior

yeah TNA sucks ... i've watched it a few times ... and yeah they have some of the older big names ... but the others are like your local wrestlers ... if it's not one of the main card fights it's horrible

hell last time Tatanka tried to come back he was about 300lbs of lard

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TNA sux bad...Its like a wrestling promotion for all of WWEs lower card wrestlers........

[Cack]

yeah i seriously don't see how they are still running ... have you seen where they wrestle at ... it's the small venues like ECW used to fight at (which kicked *** and i'm mad that WWE bought them out and shut it down) ... but ECW was good ... it was it's own style ... and those places were more than packed like mexicans

[TexasLidig8r]

Well.. if DX is back.. does that mean they have to drag this thing out?

http://www.pmpnetwork.com/joanie_laurer/chyna2.jpg

[Cack]

i'm sure she's in a nutt house somewhere ... and the 1,2,3, Kid a.k.a. Syxx a.k.a. Syxx Pac a.k.a. X Pac might be coming back so he can get some more drug money ... since their porno together didn't do too hot

[Cack]

oh yeah i forgot ... the Lightening Kid before the 1,2,3, Kid

[bri]

Okay, you're new, so I'm gonna let your hateful blasphemy slide...this time.

FREE X-PAC!!!!!

[Cack]

Okay, you're new, so I'm gonna let your hateful blasphemy slide...this time.

FREE X-PAC!!!!!

haha ... what is he from Oklahoma or something ... don't get me wrong i love the 5 foot 5 a buck20 pound kid ... he's fun to watch ... but on the sereal life (unfortuantly i did see a few episodes of that one) ... sadley he's turned into a druggie

[Cack]

when i was younger we had The Greenville Memorial Auditorium ... the last time WCW came before they tore it down ... my uncle new the guy that was working the security and told my dad to call him cause he needed some more help ... well not until last year did i find out ... my dad told him he'd work for free if i could just tag around a little and that if i caused any problems he would take care of me ... i got to meet and take pictures with ... RIC FLAIR, Macho Man, Arn Anderson, DDP, The Barbarion, Buff Bagwell, The Nasty Boys, Chris Benoit, The Big Boss Man (at the time Ray Trailor), Dean Melinko, and a few others ... not until this past weekend ... i was looking through my photo albumn and i saw ... i have my picture w/ ... Eddy Guerrio ... i was flipping through and saw that picture and just stopped on it ... he was actually one of the nicest guys there ... i sat w/ the families and girlfriends of all the wrestlers (boy you should have seen the woman WOW)

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You should be happy to know that ECW is coming back after the PPV from what I understand...they are signing up a lot of the old schoolers and gonna try and get it on USA as well

[AllAboutThe'O']

Those guys belong in the early 90s with Doink, Brother Love, and the other freaks they came out with then...Personally I wish Kamala would take them back to africa
They've got a Kamala knockoff now, I believe. Isn't his name Umaga or something like that?

[jmr_77]

They've got a Kamala knockoff now, I believe. Isn't his name Umaga or something like that?

Yeah, his name is Umaga. He is kind of like Kamala in that he has a manager (Kamala had a handler) and wild. But Umaga to me is more like the Wild Samoans from way back in the day (early to mid 80s).

Man I love this thread. Takes me back with some of the names mentioned in these posts.

[Cack]

lets just drop some names and remember some lost guys

what about

Junkyard Dogg

[bri]

Oh man, JYD is the "recent wrestling death" that bummed me out the most. :(

[Cack]

Oh man, JYD is the "recent wrestling death" that bummed me out the most. :(

yeah it was sad

[bri]

It was also the most surprising, because it didn't involve the phrase "drug overdose". :D

[Cack]

haha yeah that's a first in a long list

what about FLYING BRIAN

[Pricetag]

At the Tulsa Talons game last Saturday night, one of the Talons scored a touchdown, and then runs over, bounces off the pad, and drops the leg, Hogan style, on a teammate. He then proceeds to cover him for the 1-2-3. He hooked the leg and everything. Best celebration I've seen this year to date.

[Cack]

At the Tulsa Talons game last Saturday night, one of the Talons scored a touchdown, and then runs over, bounces off the pad, and drops the leg, Hogan style, on a teammate. He then proceeds to cover him for the 1-2-3. He hooked the leg and everything. Best celebration I've seen this year to date.

haha that sounds great ... he should have done it to the ball

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http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9281/sexysurprise6ti.gif

[Pricetag]

I hated Kamala with a purple passion back in the Mid South days. Dude seemed unbeatable, kinda like The Undertaker when he first hit the scene.

[Cack]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/9281/sexysurprise6ti.gif


hhmmm RED X MAN ... i don't think i remember him :(

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I don't know but the ECW match is just a good a time to die as any. Terry Funk may be the first planned in ring death. That would really put Edge over, he killed the Funk. I am going to be ****ed if Dreamer jobs to Edge and Foley on his OWN damm show. Cena is going to get the worst reception in the history of wrestling, The crowd may beat him for the title. Of course the way the WWE is gong....Cena would just FU the entire stadium and somehow miraculously overcome 3,000 people to retain. He will probably FU RVD off the balconies of the Hammerstein Ballroom and then they will call Cena the Hardcore Champ.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I like the Kane who doesn't care, I used to love when Kane would come out and wouldn't care at all about losing as long as he beat the ever living **** out of some fool. That is why I like Benoit too, both of them just seem to like to hurt people.

[Cack]

so Cena is a bad guy now?? i really haven't watched it in a while

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

The WWE pretty much refuses to let Cena get beat, so I don't like him since he is probably not even Top 15 skill wise on Raw. You could probably put Cena in an elimination match against The Rock, Stone Cold, Triple H, Undertaker, Bret Hart, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, and Kane and he would find a way to FU all of them and win the way the WWE is going!

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Or something real gay like making Austin, Undertaker, or Kane submit :P

[1stTimeCaller]

I haven't read one word in this thread but I'd like to add that I like wrestling girls. In fact, I'm 19-0 in the backseat of an Oldsmobile.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Sadly some unfortunate girls are 0-19 :P

[Cack]

I haven't read one word in this thread but I'd like to add that I like wrestling girls. In fact, I'm 19-0 in the backseat of an Oldsmobile.

but see ... even if you lose and finish on bottom ... you're still a winner :D

[HoserSooner]

My faves from the past include Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, The Moondogs, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, The Freebirds, and of course The Road Warriors.

That was back in the days when wrestling wasn't fake. :D

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Rumor had it that Greg Valentine was going to wrestly Hogan at this year's Wrestlemania but Hogan wouldn't because Valentine wasn't good enough.

[bri]

Cena's a face, but the crowd is HATING him because it's that whole "it's cool to boo this guy" thing. But hey, it results in Trips getting face pops, which in turn gives me back DX, so everybody wins, I say. :D

[jmr_77]

Cena's a face, but the crowd is HATING him because it's that whole "it's cool to boo this guy" thing. But hey, it results in Trips getting face pops, which in turn gives me back DX, so everybody wins, I say. :D

How long to you think they will run the DX angle, and to what degree? I am sure Shawn Michaels won't do the majority of the stuff they did back in the day, since he is a Christian now. I like the reuniting of DX, even if it is for a short run.

[jmr_77]

Some names from the past for me are the Von Erichs, Road Warriors, SD Jones, Nikolai Volkoff, Iron Sheik, "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, JYD, Ole and Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard

[bri]

How long to you think they will run the DX angle, and to what degree? I am sure Shawn Michaels won't do the majority of the stuff they did back in the day, since he is a Christian now. I like the reuniting of DX, even if it is for a short run.

I don't know. They're running an injury angle with HBK right now to give him time to get some minor 'scoping on his knee, but he should be back in time for Vengance, which is where they're planning to reunite DX. I have no idea who else will be in it, but as long as there's someone wearing the black and green...I WILL BE WATCHING.

I thought the same thing in regards to Shawn and his beliefs, but I think he's reached a place where he's comfortable with some of the "tamer" DX stuff. I don't think we'll see them asking chicks in the crowd to show their tits or anything, and he's already said that he won't do the crotch chop, but he can just do the "less offensive" X chop.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Can they induct Carlito as an honorary member!

[bri]

Actually, I'm ****ed that McMahonagement ran off Jericho and Christian, because those guys are MADE for DX...

[Scott D]

How long to you think they will run the DX angle, and to what degree? I am sure Shawn Michaels won't do the majority of the stuff they did back in the day, since he is a Christian now. I like the reuniting of DX, even if it is for a short run.

he was bigtime into his Christianity then also...however he's created a stage persona that has revelled in being as irreverent as all get up. It's also more likely that Shawn Michaels the man can differentiate himself from HBK the 'stage personality'. :)

that being said...they run the angle maybe until they give Trips the belt again for the 200th time.

[Scott D]

Actually, I'm ****ed that McMahonagement ran off Jericho and Christian, because those guys are MADE for DX...

Christian? naaaah....that's about as appealing as Raven having a personality ;)

[bri]

Dude, you will NOT besmirch the name of Captian Charisma!!! :P

[Scott D]

Dude, you will NOT besmirch the name of Captian Charisma!!! :P

and here I was worried about besmirching Raven :D

[Sooner_Bob]

My brother has gigabyte after gigabyte of rasslin' PPVs, Wrestlemanias, etc. on his PC . . . that dude is crazy about the stuff.


And as far as TNA goes, I don't know that I'd say it "sucks" or not, at least it is givin' folks an alternative to the pr0n/rasslin' of WWE.

I watched a little of TNA a while back until they had Buff Bagwell back on as a potential tag partner of Stings. Lex Luger I could handle, but Buff is pretty annoying.

[bri]

and here I was worried about besmirching Raven :D

Nope, besmirch away. I'm not really a big Scotty Riggs mark. ;)

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Can they induct Carlito as an honorary member!

I friggin love Carlito.....


I love all the old school big heels.......kamala...who is a truck driver now....Abdullah...who has a nice barbecue place in atlanta...One Man Gange......Earthquake....Typhoon....

[Sooner_Bob]

I friggin love Carlito.....


I love all the old school big heels.......kamala...who is a truck driver now....Abdullah...who has a nice barbecue place in atlanta...One Man Gange......Earthquake....Typhoon....


I saw the One Man Gang and Kerry Von Erich wrassle in Ada way back before they built the new horse arena there on the north side of town.

That dude was huge.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Creepy Little Bastard!!! THose where good times!! Yeah I wish Christian and Jericho were still around. Hopefully Jericho hurries back. I just think it would be cool. You know how they say used to say, "we got two words for you...Suck it" Carlito could say "I have 3 words for you....That's Not Cool" Plus he could spit apples in everyone's face. They need a Diva and they still need a big enforcer. So give them Mickie James because that girl is SEXY when she is acting crazy. And then you could give them a cool relaxed Big Show.

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If Big Show would have been around in the 80s he never would have lost

[bri]

Creepy Little Bastard!!! THose where good times!! Yeah I wish Christian and Jericho were still around. Hopefully Jericho hurries back. I just think it would be cool. You know how they say used to say, "we got two words for you...Suck it" Carlito could say "I have 3 words for you....That's Not Cool" Plus he could spit apples in everyone's face. They need a Diva and they still need a big enforcer. So give them Mickie James because that girl is SEXY when she is acting crazy. And then you could give them a cool relaxed Big Show.

It still cheeses me that Christian got runoft to Jeff Jarret's Suck Squad, and friggin' EDGE got pushed to the top of the card. Maybe Cap'n Charisma should have nailed the skank instead...

Carlito is a cool, smug "tweener", but I just can't see him in DX. He lacks that manic, anti-establishment quality. :D

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It still cheeses me that Christian got runoft to Jeff Jarret's Suck Squad, and friggin' EDGE got pushed to the top of the card. Maybe Cap'n Charisma should have nailed the skank instead...

Carlito is a cool, smug "tweener", but I just can't see him in DX. He lacks that manic, anti-establishment quality. :D

Yeah but look at The Roadie and Billy Gunn....Even Triple H for that matter......they pretty much were midcarders without much character before DX

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Carlito reminds me of a young Eddie in alot of ways, I could definetly see him lying, cheating, and stealing his way to the top...he reminds me of him personality wise not ring wise.

[Sooner24]

I saw the One Man Gang and Kerry Von Erich wrassle in Ada way back before they built the new horse arena there on the north side of town.

That dude was huge.


I saw Kerry Von Erich and Ice Man King Parsons wrestle in Madill Oklahoma and try to kill each other then after the match they both got into the same Lincoln Town car and Kerry drove off. :D

[Mixer!]

I watched a little of TNA a while back until they had Buff Bagwell back on as a potential tag partner of Stings. Lex Luger I could handle, but Buff is pretty annoying.
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7982/buff3vb.gif

:D :D

[bri]

That pic gives a good illustration of how he maintains employment...

[Sooner24]

maybe they can get gorgeous jimmy garvin to fill in.



Did You Know.................Jimmy Garvin become an airline pilot for U.S. Airways and now works for Net Jets Aviation.

If I was getting on a plane and this was my pilot and flight attendent I am afraid i would just drive. :eek:

http://www.highspots.com/images/images_125/c-photo_jimmygarvin.jpg

[Sooner_Bob]

That pic gives a good illustration of how he maintains employment...



Now that's comedy gold . . . ;)

[AllAboutThe'O']

Yeah but look at The Roadie and Billy Gunn....Even Triple H for that matter......they pretty much were midcarders without much character before DX
I still remember the Triple H that first broke into the WWE, the so-called Greenwich "blue-blood." Remember when he feuded with the Godwinns and got covered in hog slop in the process? The Triple H of today would totally throttle the Triple H of 10 years ago if they met.

[bri]

Remember when Triple H was slated to win the King of the Ring one year, but then management decided to "de-push" him after the infamous MSG Curtain Call?

The guy they chose to win KotR instead of Hunter? Stone Cold Steve Austin, who beat Jake Roberts in the finals and proceeded to invent "Austin 3:16" in the post-match interview. :D

[Scott D]

I still remember the Triple H that first broke into the WWE, the so-called Greenwich "blue-blood." Remember when he feuded with the Godwinns and got covered in hog slop in the process? The Triple H of today would totally throttle the Triple H of 10 years ago if they met.

the trips of today outweighs the trips of then by what? 40 lbs? :D

[AllAboutThe'O']

Remember when Triple H was slated to win the King of the Ring one year, but then management decided to "de-push" him after the infamous MSG Curtain Call?

The guy they chose to win KotR instead of Hunter? Stone Cold Steve Austin, who beat Jake Roberts in the finals and proceeded to invent "Austin 3:16" in the post-match interview. :D
I remember when SCSA broke into the WWF as "The Ringmaster."
Ever notice that the greatest stars the WWF has built over the past 10 years were essentially nobodies going in? SCSA, the Rock, Triple H, heck even the Undertaker wasn't really a big name when he first stepped foot in the WWF. Mick Foley had a solid run at ECW prior to the WWF but nobody really thought he would succeed in the big-time either. And the so-called stars that the WWF was counting on really didn't live up to the hype. Mark Henry, Big Show and Brock Lesnar, among others (I know Lesnar won the heavyweight title but still his career didn't match the massive hype he had coming into the federation).

[Scott D]

I remember when SCSA broke into the WWF as "The Ringmaster."
Ever notice that the greatest stars the WWF has built over the past 10 years were essentially nobodies going in? SCSA, the Rock, Triple H, heck even the Undertaker wasn't really a big name when he first stepped foot in the WWF. Mick Foley had a solid run at ECW prior to the WWF but nobody really thought he would succeed in the big-time either. And the so-called stars that the WWF was counting on really didn't live up to the hype. Mark Henry, Big Show and Brock Lesnar, among others (I know Lesnar won the heavyweight title but still his career didn't match the massive hype he had coming into the federation).

didn't Lesnar quit because of the direction Vince was taking things?

[AllAboutThe'O']

didn't Lesnar quit because of the direction Vince was taking things?
Yep, pretty much.
I'll also add Diamond Dallas Page, Goldberg and Scott Steiner to the list of big names that flopped in the WWF.

[bri]

Lesnar quit because he was a pinhead. An amazing talent, but I think he knocked himself stupid when he f*cked up the Shooting Brock Press at WM. :D

[bri]

Of all the former WCW talent to never catch on AT ALL in the "E", DDP was my favorite. When they brought him in as a creepy heel, stalking 'Taker's skeezy wife, I knew he was in trouble.

Of the guys who DID get decent runs after coming in during the "Invasion", Booker T and Jericho's burials in the midcard sting the most.

[Scott D]

The Bookman is still one of my favs...real nice guy when he's not in his Ring persona..which is pretty much anytime the camera isn't on him.

[tbl]

Scott Steiner. I sat next to him late one night about a month ago on the train in the ATL airport, just me and him. I knew he was a wrestler but I couldn't figure it out. I got home and went searching through the websites and found out I was sitting next to one of the 4 horsemen. If I had said something, he might have put me in the Steiner Recliner, so I'm glad I kept my mouth shut.

BTW, wrestling sucks. ;)

[bri]

The Bookman is still one of my favs...real nice guy when he's not in his Ring persona..which is pretty much anytime the camera isn't on him.

I'm glad that Booker will forever be remembered as the last WCW World champ...kinda makes up for that time they put the Big Gold Belt on David Arquette. :D

[Scott D]

I'm glad that Booker will forever be remembered as the last WCW World champ...kinda makes up for that time they put the Big Gold Belt on William Goldberg :D

Fixed :D

[bri]

I'll admit, I marked for Billy Goldberg when he first started his jobber-crushing push. And when he finally beat Hogan for the strap in the Atlanta Dome, I was a happy smark. But then they f*cked up and tried to turn him heel..."just because". He never recovered after that, and that atrocious WWE run he had didn't help.

Still, I hear he's a great guy when he's not being GOLDBERG.

[Scott D]

I'll admit, I marked for Billy Goldberg when he first started his jobber-crushing push. And when he finally beat Hogan for the strap in the Atlanta Dome, I was a happy smark. But then they f*cked up and tried to turn him heel..."just because". He never recovered after that, and that atrocious WWE run he had didn't help.

Still, I hear he's a great guy when he's not being GOLDBERG.

Hah...we booed the hell out of him....let me rephrase that....EVERYONE not employed by WCW in The Palace at Auburn Hills booed the hell out of him. Of course the Nitro audience never got that..because they played the canned Atlanta roaring crowd pop to hide the boos. On the other hand, the crowed marked out heavily for Sti...er Kevin Nash coming from the rafters chanting Nash, despite the silly mask.

then again we chanted ECW and Nitro Sucks a lot also :D

[bri]

Heh...I mark for Kevin Nash. I'm actually tempted to try and watch JJSS (Jeff Jarret's Suck Squad) just to see him beat up on cruiserweights. :D

[Scott D]

nothing is as humorous as an arena half full of Canadians marking out over Bret Hart during his "Anti-American" days, especially when it got the original NoD a huge pop.

[bri]

Now why did you have to go and bring Bret Hart up in a perfectly fun thread? ;)

[Scott D]

Because it was about silly marking out? :D

[bri]

Yeah, but there's silly marking out, and then there's making career decisions based on marking out for yourself. ;)

[Scott D]

yeah but this was way before screwgate...I think it was not long after the doubleswitch of him and austin over who was a heel and who was a face.

[bri]

I love the fact that's what ****ed him off, that "stupid American fans" were cheering the "bad guy"...which, of course, led to his disgust at DX and THEIR acceptance...which, of course, led to the Montreal Screwjob, because he decided to be a dick and not want to do what the boss said to do because he didn't want to lose to Shawn. :D

[Scott D]

I love the fact that's what ****ed him off, that "stupid American fans" were cheering the "bad guy"...which, of course, led to his disgust at DX and THEIR acceptance...which, of course, led to the Montreal Screwjob, because he decided to be a dick and not want to do what the boss said to do because he didn't want to lose to Shawn. :D

well hell you'd be ****ed if your boss wanted to pay you half of what you were making and defer as much of your money as possible...and then he tells you to go to the competition to 'take the money and run'...then orchestrates the screwjob on top of that :D

[bri]

Hey, Vince tried to let him drop the belt in honor. Would YOU want someone showing up on the other brand's show and drop YOUR belt in a trash can? :D

[Scott D]

Hey, Vince tried to let him drop the belt in honor. Would YOU want someone showing up on the other brand's show and drop YOUR belt in a trash can? :D

*cough*hardcore title*cough*

:D

[bri]

*cough*Madusa & the women's title*cough*

;)

[Scott D]

hah like anyone even knew there was a women's title back then ;)

[bri]

YOU WILL NOT DIMINISH THE EFFORTS OF WENDI RICHTER AND....um....uh....Wendi Richter.


;)

[Scott D]

as if tag teaming with Cyndi Lauper didn't already do that ;)

[bri]

Dude....that's hot.


Wait, no it's not.

[Scott D]

even then it was lightyears better than an 80 yr old woman giving birth to a rubber hand.

[AllAboutThe'O']

even then it was lightyears better than an 80 yr old woman giving birth to a rubber hand.
Or another 80-plus year old woman flashing her "puppies."

[Scott D]

wasn't that the same 80 plus year old woman?

[bri]

Actually, the SAME 80-year-old woman.

When Mae Young finally dies, the "class" quotient of WWE programming will go WAY up. :D

[Scott D]

the worst part is...she's an Oklahoma native :eek:

[bri]

Yeah, but at least she doesn't wear Crocs. :D

Actually, bitch so old, she's an Indian Territory native...

[AllAboutThe'O']

Actually, the SAME 80-year-old woman.

When Mae Young finally dies, the "class" quotient of WWE programming will go WAY up. :D
Yeah, you're right. My mistake.

[AllAboutThe'O']

Let's switch gears for a moment and talk old school WWF TV.
I started following the WWF in the late 1980s by watching Prime Time Wrestling on Monday nights on USA, with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan. I also remember when Heenan wanted to break away and be his own host, so they built another room in the studio for Heenan to have his own "show," which aired on about the final half-hour of Prime Time Wrestling. Needless to say, the Bobby Heenan Show wasn't a great success, and shortly thereafter he was reunited with Gorilla.
The two were also the announce team for the Wrestling Challenge syndicated TV show.
Of course, the main TV show during that era had to be "Superstars of Wrestling," also syndicated, with Mr. McMahon and Jesse Ventura the announce team. Later on, the Body left and Rowdy Roddy Piper stepped into the color role. I think Macho Man Savage also joined McMahon on "Superstars;" I know he teamed with McMahon during the early days of "RAW."

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I miss vince calling the matches.....I found him quite entertaining

[HoserSooner]

I miss vince calling the matches.....I found him quite entertaining

Gorillia Monsoon and Jesse Ventura were the best commontators they've had since I started watching back in the mid-80's. Heenan was quite humorous though when he was on.

[Cack]

what ... how can you not like ... PUPPIES!!! PUPPIES!!!

[HoserSooner]

what ... how can you not like ... PUPPIES!!! PUPPIES!!!

Yeah, I have to say that Lawler does a pretty good job as the comic-sidekick to Ross.

Monsoon and Ventura probably wouldn't mesh well with the way wrestling has changed morally these days.

[Scott D]

Monsoon wouldn't because he's been dead for about 6 years. Ventura made a few apperances on the current version while he was Governor of Minnesota.

[HoserSooner]

Monsoon wouldn't because he's been dead for about 6 years. Ventura made a few apperances on the current version while he was Governor of Minnesota.

Well, yeah.

But with the angle that the WWE takes these days with the sex, etc., I don't think Monsoon and Ventura would be as good if they were able to do the commontating.

[jmr_77]

I always enjoyed Vince calling the matches, as well as Bobby Heenan. I could not stand Randy Savage as an announcer. Jerry Lawler's act is very old now. But, WWE announcing is way ahead of Jarretts bunch in TNA.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I thought Heenan great...I just got thru watching The Self Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior and Heenan cracked me up everytime he came on

[Cack]

i loved when the announce tables STARTED to get busted. it ended up getting played out and every night someone would do it, but when they first started it was pretty cool, and it was always the Mexican's table

[stoops the eternal pimp]

i loved when the announce tables STARTED to get busted. it ended up getting played out and every night someone would do it, but when they first started it was pretty cool, and it was always the Mexican's table
The poor Spanish announcing team never could make it thru a PPV without table breakage

[Cack]

yeah i know ... sometimes i thought the Spanish Announce group was just there to have their table busted

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I kept waiting for El Matador to snap on somebody

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I just got the wrestlemania anthology set on DVD......I started watching last nite counting dead wrestlers

[bri]

Now THERE'S a fun drinking game. :)

[stoops the eternal pimp]

not to mention dead celebrities......RIP Billy Martin and Liberace....

[jmr_77]

not to mention dead celebrities......RIP Billy Martin and Liberace....

Ray Charles is another celebrity from Wrestlemania no longer with us.

It is amazing to look back at wrestlers from just 10 years ago who are now dead. Most of the deaths had something to do with drugs.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yup....I just happened to be watching the PPV where Owen Hart died...something I wish I had not seen

[bri]

Yeah, that would suck...HARD.

[TexasLidig8r]

That's ALOT of the practitioners of the "sweet science" who have gone on to meet their maker.

http://www.garywill.com/wrestling/decwres.htm

[Cack]

that list would be a LOT better if it was actually in some form of an order

[TexasLidig8r]

that list would be a LOT better if it was actually in some form of an order

Scroll down Homeslice.. it's alphabetical.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Anyone that sees the number of dead wrestlers and then can sit there and still call the Rock a sell out, I pretty much consider them dumbasses!!!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Anyone that sees the number of dead wrestlers and then can sit there and still call the Rock a sell out, I pretty much consider them dumbasses!!!

true.....For every Ric Flair or Hulk Hogan that make it thru in decent health...there are hundreds of Rick Rudes and Curt Hennigs

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

I would rather do movies with Stifler than have two horrible knees, a messed up neck, and lots of pain like Stone Cold Steve Austin and the money is probably ALOT better.

[bri]

Plus, The Rundown is F*CKING AWESOME. :D

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Yeah I probably ruined that movie in theatres for a few people. When he rock bottomed that guy in the bar, i reverted back to Raw arena and started a ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY chant!!!

MIIIIIIIISSSSTTTTEEEEERRRRR KKKKKEEEEENNNNEEEEDDDDYYYYYY.....Kennedy!!! He is coming back!

[bri]

true.....For every Ric Flair or Hulk Hogan that make it thru in decent health...there are hundreds of Rick Rudes and Curt Hennigs

Are you kidding? Hogan can barely walk; he's had at least one knee and a hip replaced, and Flair broke his back in a plane crash at the beginning of his career.

Plus, he's also batsh*t crazy from living his gimmick for the past three decades...:D

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Yeah I probably ruined that movie in theatres for a few people. When he rock bottomed that guy in the bar, i reverted back to Raw arena and started a ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY chant!!!

MIIIIIIIISSSSTTTTEEEEERRRRR KKKKKEEEEENNNNEEEEDDDDYYYYYY.....Kennedy!!! He is coming back!


I marked out too except I seem to go into JR imitations at the drop of a hat.......I screamed "Rock Bottom Rock Bottom, GOOOOD GAAWWWWD!!"

[bri]

Speaking of marking out... (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=761269470&n=2)

So. GIDDY. :D

[bri]

Dear Smackdown,

You suck. HARD.

Sincerly yours,
Bri

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Who is next to job to the Great Khali...Taker...Piper... I hope Stone Cold or Rock don't answer the phone. What the hell are they doing to Kurt Angle, I remember when he would rather suplex you than look at you. They are pussifying Benoit and Angle, and I can't tolerate that. Hopefully Batista hurries and Orton stops grabbing the wrong ***, and Ken Kennedy beats the everlasting **** out of Booker T and the "All Hail the King" going for like 2 whole segments. And why the hell is Burchill jobbing, he has to be the most over jobber in the history of wrestling. Also can we get an Undertaker/Scotty Too Hotty tagteam, maybe if Taker tombstones the guy, just maybe then Scotty can get his finisher off.

[bri]

Seeing as how the SD roster currently consists of almost 100% jobbers, I don't think they'll run out of "developmental talent" to throw at The Great John Studd. :D

I think Angle is gonna be a whole new level of badass in EC-Dub. I wasn't too sold on the new ECW 'cause I thought it was just gonna be the same old, same old...but moving Angle over there has me interested.

I'd like to see Orton in the reformed DX, but that would mean moving him off of SD, and they can't lose anymore main eventers.

Burchill's jobbing so they can take him off TV with an injury angle and bring him back sans pirate gimmick, I think.

[pilobolus]

Last night I was watching the submission match between Bret Hart and Steve Austin from Wrestlemania 13. One of the few five star WWF/E matches, great stuff.

http://wrestlespective.blogspot.com/2010/04/bret-harts-role-in-wwfs-rise-in.html

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Raws 900th episode monday night...hard to believe all the records its broken

[badger]

Raws 900th episode monday night...hard to believe all the records its broken

Don't you love all those "Did you knows?" that basically are patting themselves on the back till their hand falls off?

To which, I annoyingly counter: Did you know most shows take the summer off? Did you know the NFL has an offseason? Did you know nobody watches any show on Syfy except WWE stuff? Did you know you used that same 'Did you know' several times already? Yes, I already know that John Cena created a coffee cup and kids make a Cena wish more often than other wish! :P

I watch WWE regularly, but they really didn't wow me with their 900th show. Maybe they're saving their good stuff for episode 1,000?

[Mississippi Sooner]

I pretty much trailed off watching most wrestling after about 2003 or so, but still catch bits and pieces because my step-son is still a fanatic. A couple of weeks ago, TNA did a tribute show for ECW (carefully never mentioning the name ECW of course, lest they bring down the wrath of McMahon).

I was pleasantly surprised. They brought back most all of the old TNA guys that they could, and gave a shout out to all the ones that have passed on and the ones who couldn't make it. They even talked about how they wished Joey Styles could have been there because, really, his over the top announcing was one of the things that made ECW extreme.

Even though the matches were tame compared to the old ECW style, it was still a decent show. After all, the insane south Philly crowd was an important part of the anarchy of ECW, and no one is going to allow Sabu to half kill himself for the sake of his art anymore. Anyone remember Sabu's barbed wire fence match with Terry Funk where Sabu gashed his arm so deep that the ring was drenched in blood, and Terry had to spend several minutes killing time while Sabu frantically taped his arm to try to stop the bleeding? That was good stuff.

Anyway, it did cause my step-son to say he wished he could have seen some of the old ECW stuff, so I dug through my old collection of VHS tapes and, lo and behold, I still had a treasure trove of old ECW shows and pay per views including their very first, Barley Legal.

We spent the better part of a Sunday afternoon watching those, and he was enthralled by how those shows were and still are like nothing else pro wrestling has ever done. If anything ever came close, other than Japan's FMW, it was the old early 1980s World Class stuff out of Dallas.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I am currently bleaching my skin and getting some hair plugs so I can look like king sheamus

[OUthunder]

it's time to play the game

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah....its funny what kind of push putting the pipe to the boss's daughter will get you

[badger]

Triple H might gets tons of push and tons of t-shirts, but he no longer interests me. ZZzzzzz "All others in the locker room are no challenge, only the old guy I lost to already at Wrestlemania" "My nose is still big" "Oh yeah, you forgot Wrestlemania 17? That's one badger actually got to see and part of the match was EMT's doing absolutely nothing by pat me on the face to comfort my injuries from Undertaker." "Time to spit water in the air!"

:rolleyes:

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah it gets a little old...hopefully when the undertaker does end his streak, its to get a young guy over and not some old guy on his way out like hunter hearst helmsley

[OUthunder]

i'd lay pipe to her too.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

yeah...definitely thought she was hotter before the weird voice change

[OUthunder]

HHH is already semi retired. He's a millionaire, married to a multi millionaire's daughter. What's really left for the guy to accomplish?

I think HHH gets one more title run when Cena gets the belt and that will be it. Of course, they'll drag it out until WM 28.

HHH has the best designed t-shirts of any wrestler. I own one and I'm only a casual follower now.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I have a "I'm awesome" shirt mostly because I am

[ouleaf]

I actually really hope they let the Undertaker retire with the perfect Wrestlemania record. The Undertaker definitely has his own chapter in the history book of the WWF/E. He's probably been one of my top favorite superstars of all time, and he has had some of the all time greatest matches in WWF/E history between him, Mankind, Kane, and Shawn Michaels.

[badger]

NP got the original "Nexus" shirt and I got Orton's giant mask shirt (because they didn't have any others in my size, other than Cena's Tebow orange shirt) when WWE came to Tulsa last year. The Nexus logo faded quickly on NP's shirt and I only wore that Orton shirt once... the day I got it... and it probably already making someone else very happy to find an authentic and practically new WWE shirt at Salvation Army :)

I still have Ken Kennedy's last WWE shirt, because he's from Green Bay, Wisconsin (and they marked all his stuff down when RKO got him fired for allegedly dropping him on his bad shoulder hehe). I will probably never buy another WWE shirt just because the screen printing really seems to suck.

Oh... and thanks for letting me nerd up on wrestling here a little by resurrecting this thread :D

[NormanPride]

Seeing the Rock come back for a bit really makes you realize how much the new guys suck on the mic.

[badger]

Best of WWE in recent history:

1- Any Money in the Bank matches. They promote new talent (like OU's own Jack Swagger) and always have killer spots in them.

2- Retiring Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels. Hey, it wasn't WWE's fault that Ric Flair then went over to TNA to keep getting money.

3- Finishing the Bret Hart screwjob issues. They took it too far by continuing to bring Hart back and not just stopping at Wrestlemania, but it was touching to see HBK and Hart hug and then they kept it going by having Vince attack him and say he deserved to get screwed, hehe.

4- Nexus. Another one that they took too far. What a concept - a killer faction of nothing but WWE n00bs who destroyed the ring and everything around it!

5- Convincing Rock to come back. He is the sole reason my DVR still records this show.

And now, the worst:

1- Anything involving John Cena. I remember swearing off PPV's because he won every d@mn main event for like a year. There are so many things he did that just made me not want to watch, but here's s short list: Spraypainting "JBL is poopy" on a limo, warming up his thuganomics with a few "yo yo yo" ing, getting fired but not going away, being owned by Nexus but still working around those rules somehow... argggggggggg.

2- No more Jim Ross. I know this might be our favorite Sooner announcer's decision, but I miss him and seeing his OU pin and OU championship ring on national television accompanied by Boomer Sooner music.

3- Everything ECW. I know it was inevitable with RVD getting suspended that the show would falter soon after, but... arrrrgggg, the whole "new breed" crap, letting Paul Heyman go... MAKING VINCE ECW CHAMPION?!?!?! How do you celebrate your 100th show?! Give Colin Delaney a contract, only to turn him heel and future endeavor him shortly after. Booooo!!!!!

4- NXT competitions. I have a marvelous idea! Let's have them juggle in the middle of the ring after running backstage to chug soda! And your promo topic is... CEREAL. Gaaaaaag.

5- The downfall of mid-major divisions. Is there even an intercontinental or cruiserweight title anymore? Who even is the tag team, diva or women's champ right now? Don't know, and WWE gives me no reason to care :(

[texaspokieokie]

how can you care about any of it ??

[badger]

NP and I spent part of the evening on Top Gear and then fast forwarded through the DVR recording of Raw. Here's a few things that stick out.

1- John Cena is a tool. This was such a step back from his first promo, it's almost like they're turning him at this point... which was much delayed, it's about d@mn time. So much hate in the crowd anyway.

2- I actually missed JBL. Please, keep telling Texans how much they suck. Please. The only thing that would have made that part better would have been for Jack Swagger to come out in OU gear and "Boomer Sooner" the crowd to death :D

3- The Divas used to matter. Is it because TV is PG? Is it because all they do is get two-minute matches and no promo/storyline time? <sigh> i don't feel empowered.

4- Taker has music now! I like it, but only if it starts with lightning/thunder, not the words part. That's what I don't like about RKO's music - it doesn't just hit you... it just kind of starts.

5- The n00bs are getting buried. I missed the old guys that are coming back, but the new guys were starting to grow on me.

[NormanPride]

how can you care about any of it ??

I don't most of the time. But it's rare that you get to see trolls in real life, and I love watching them work. :)

Wrestler: Well I'm back here in City A where I've done more winning than all your pro teams combined!

Crowd: Booo!

Wrestler: I know, it hurts to have such pathetic sports teams to cheer for, but then again, wouldn't you perform badly too if you had to live here?

Crowd: BOOO!

Wrestler: I mean the taxes are high, the food sucks, and the worst part of it all is that Rival City B is over 200 miles away!

Crowd: BOOOOOO!!!!

I love it :D

[Mississippi Sooner]

I don't most of the time. But it's rare that you get to see trolls in real life, and I love watching them work. :)

Wrestler: Well I'm back here in City A where I've done more winning than all your pro teams combined!

Crowd: Booo!

Wrestler: I know, it hurts to have such pathetic sports teams to cheer for, but then again, wouldn't you perform badly too if you had to live here?

Crowd: BOOO!

Wrestler: I mean the taxes are high, the food sucks, and the worst part of it all is that Rival City B is over 200 miles away!

Crowd: BOOOOOO!!!!

I love it :D

I've known a few wrestlers in my life, and to a man they all said that being a heel was twice as much fun as being a babyface. This was particularly true back before the business was exposed as it is now, and the best heels ran the risk of being attacked by fans going to or leaving the ring. I guess I can understand the adrenaline rush that it must provide.

[OUmillenium]

I was a sick wrestling fan from about late 1982 til 1986 or so. Watched WCW, MidSouth, World Class, and occasionally Southwest (USA network).

Quit watching about 86 when I "smartened" up after being in the martial arts a few years.

Watched a little WCW in the late 90s when Goldberg was hot.

I just skim WWE. Went to a show in Tulsa about a year ago (for free) but don't generally watch WWE.

I do try to keep up with TNA but mostly just because of the old guys like Flair, Sting, Steiner, etc.

[OUmillenium]

I hated Kamala with a purple passion back in the Mid South days. Dude seemed unbeatable, kinda like The Undertaker when he first hit the scene.

Yep, me too. My favorite wrestler back then was Mr Wrestling II (I always liked the masked guys) and Kamala hammered him in a few matches.

[Canyonero]

I use to love watching the old MidSouth stuff on KTVT, along with the NWA/WCCW. I really enjoy when JR is on KREF and he starts telling out wrestling stories.

Here (http://www.midsouthwrestling.com/akabarpage1.html) is a good read about Skandor Akbar.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Yep, me too. My favorite wrestler back then was Mr Wrestling II (I always liked the masked guys) and Kamala hammered him in a few matches.

I've got a pretty allsome shoot interview dvd with kamala...Its weird listening to him talk...


Something you may not know...He was afraid he had some legitimate heat going with Andre the Giant, so he wrestled with a gun in a pocket sown onto his trunks in case Andre tried to seriously hurt him

[OUmillenium]

Wow, that's one I haven't heard. Everybody from Dusty Rhodes to Pat Patterson to you name it said Andre really was super strong and could have crushed anybody he ever went up against. Not sure how Kamala would have known Andre was gonna hurt him in time to do anything about it, but i believe the story.

www.kayfabememories.com message board is the best one I have found for talking old school wrestling.

Some former wrestlers, managers, refs have posted their from time to time. Bob Roop used to get on and tell some cool stuff. In the WorldClass forum, one of their old refs (James Beard) still posts there.

JJ Dillon had a forum there as well.

On that board, I am Fan of Mr W II.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Yeah...He said they had a match where kamala messed up the spot and tried to pin Andre..Andre got pissed and threw Kamala up in the air so high he landed standing up on his feet..Andre went to get up and Kamala started punching him(legit) because he was afraid of Andre getting up and pounding him...He said they never had a problem after that but he carried the gun just in case

[Sooner_Bob]

Anyone go to the World Class Championship Wrestling event in Ada back in the 80's? They had it at the old rodeo arena before they built the current agriplex.

It was outdoors and was loaded with stars of the day. One Man Gang, JYD, the Von Erichs . . . I can't remember the rest that were there.

[C&CDean]

This thread still makes me sad after what, 5-6 years? You people...

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Anyone go to the World Class Championship Wrestling event in Ada back in the 80's? They had it at the old rodeo arena before they built the current agriplex.

It was outdoors and was loaded with stars of the day. One Man Gang, JYD, the Von Erichs . . . I can't remember the rest that were there.

Yup....the missing link...OMG...JYD, Scandar

[cantwait48]

Wow, that's one I haven't heard. Everybody from Dusty Rhodes to Pat Patterson to you name it said Andre really was super strong and could have crushed anybody he ever went up against. Not sure how Kamala would have known Andre was gonna hurt him in time to do anything about it, but i believe the story.

www.kayfabememories.com message board is the best one I have found for talking old school wrestling.

Some former wrestlers, managers, refs have posted their from time to time. Bob Roop used to get on and tell some cool stuff. In the WorldClass forum, one of their old refs (James Beard) still posts there.

JJ Dillon had a forum there as well.

On that board, I am Fan of Mr W II.



great link but I just wasted an entire freakin day

[texaspokieokie]

I don't most of the time. But it's rare that you get to see trolls in real life, and I love watching them work. :)

Wrestler: Well I'm back here in City A where I've done more winning than all your pro teams combined!

Crowd: Booo!

Wrestler: I know, it hurts to have such pathetic sports teams to cheer for, but then again, wouldn't you perform badly too if you had to live here?

Crowd: BOOO!

Wrestler: I mean the taxes are high, the food sucks, and the worst part of it all is that Rival City B is over 200 miles away!

Crowd: BOOOOOO!!!!

I love it :D

i saw Gorgeous George in Tulsa, when i was a kid. (probly 60 yrs ago)
don't remember anything about it.

[OUmillenium]

Wow. My grandmother was a big wrestling fan according to all my older cousins. She passed when I was 5. I always imagined her watching Gorgeous George and booing him/the TV or cheering if he was getting pounded.

[Pricetag]

I don't most of the time. But it's rare that you get to see trolls in real life, and I love watching them work. :)

Wrestler: Well I'm back here in City A where I've done more winning than all your pro teams combined!

Crowd: Booo!

Wrestler: I know, it hurts to have such pathetic sports teams to cheer for, but then again, wouldn't you perform badly too if you had to live here?

Crowd: BOOO!

Wrestler: I mean the taxes are high, the food sucks, and the worst part of it all is that Rival City B is over 200 miles away!

Crowd: BOOOOOO!!!!

I love it :D
Heh, I remember Ravishing Rick Rude calling us a "bunch of dumb Oklahoma sharecroppers" at the first show I ever attended.

Nowadays around here, all they have to do is get one of the Latin guys on the mic and let him speak Spanish, and the crowd flips out. "USA! USA! USA!"

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I am an Alberto Del Rio fan....

[ouleaf]

I am an Alberto Del Rio fan....

That guy does have a pretty good bit right now. Hope they continue to develop his character.

[Wishboned]

Wow. My grandmother was a big wrestling fan according to all my older cousins. She passed when I was 5. I always imagined her watching Gorgeous George and booing him/the TV or cheering if he was getting pounded.

My grandmother got me hooked on wrestling at a young age. My mom told me that my grandmother was such a big fan because wrestling was one of the first things that was televised when they got their first television.

[Pricetag]

Did any of you guys ever believe it was real? My dad was on my brother and I from the first time we ever saw it to make sure we knew that it was a show, and we were still huge fans. I can't imagine what it might have been like had we believed it was real.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

I never did even as a kid....

I had some neighbors that drove to dallas every weekend for the world class shows..loved the von erichs...as adults, they swore it was real. I mean they hated scandar akbar and kamala...the freebirds..they would get so pissed anytime you brought anybody up who fought the von erichs

[texaspokieokie]

for a long time, fritz von erich was a villian, bad guy.

turned out in real life, he pretty much was a villian. (to his family)

[Wishboned]

for a long time, fritz von erich was a villian, bad guy.

turned out in real life, he pretty much was a villian. (to his family)

It's a shame what happened to all those boys. Kevin is the only one left.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Here is a question for ya..Raw is a 2 hour show..how many minutes of the episode do you think is actual "rasslin"?

[Wishboned]

Here is a question for ya..Raw is a 2 hour show..how many minutes of the episode do you think is actual "rasslin"?

Subtracting commercial time, promos, and recaps of what happened just before the commercial break...35 minutes.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

well I'll go ahead and answer since i found it...this last episode...from bell to bell, there was a total of 16 minutes and some change

[badger]

I know it's somewhat violent for little kids to be watching it so much, but let's face it - kids need rewards occasionally for not misbehaving and My Little Pony reruns isn't gonna cut it.

[ouleaf]

Yeah...Raw this week did not feature many matches at all. A lot of air time was up divided between promotions for the different Wrestlemania matches. Rock/Cena/Miz took up a lot of time, Undertaker/HHH promo took up a lot of time, Stone Cold's bit took up a whole lot of time. Pretty much going to be the same thing for the next couple of weeks up until the big night.

Thought Stone Cold looked pretty good in his return this week. You could tell he was really looking forward to it. He couldn't even hide the smile on his face when he came out and then again when he exited. Still think he has the best entrance music.

[r5TPsooner]

Sting is the champ.

[texaspokieokie]

I know it's somewhat violent for little kids to be watching it so much, but let's face it - kids need rewards occasionally for not misbehaving and My Little Pony reruns isn't gonna cut it.

REWARD ????

[OUmillenium]

TNA has way too much promo and mic time as well. Although it was cool to see them working a bigger venue, I think in NC, last week.

[badger]

If you haven't heard (I just did, because I never watch TNA), google "Jeff Hardy" and look at the most recent news. Or, just go to Youtube and watch the Jeff Hardy/Sting match at their Sunday PPV.
(if you want to know, scroll down)



















Spoiler: Jeff Hardy has had past problems with drug use and on Sunday, he was scheduled to be facing Sting for the TNA's main title belt in the main event. Of a $35 pay per view. Guess what happens.
(if you want to know more, scroll further)































Spoiler: Jeff Hardy is apparently getting scolded backstage when they find him hiding in a corner, obviously in no condition to compete as his intro music is flooding the arena (without him entering of course, because he's getting chewed out). When he finally appears, he stumbles down to the arena, vaguely acknowledges the crowd, then sits in the ring's corner.
(if you want to know the worst part, read the final spoiler below)



















Spoiler: And then, the kicker -- The main event match starts with Jeff Hardy teasing who in the crowd he is going to toss his t-shirt to... and then he drops it at ringside, then gets rolled up seconds later to end the match. You spent more time reading this post than PPV buyers watching their main event title match.

[badger]

Anyone order Rasslemania last night? NP and I were out, otherwise might have considered it. It looked like a good show from reviews and photos I've seen online... but I heard the price was a crazy-high $60. Holy shizzle. I remember when the first Wrestlemania I ordered 10 years ago was $30.

[ouleaf]

Watched it and it was pretty meh for all the pre-hype they did with getting the Rock and Stone Cold involved in some capacity. Was also 4 hours long, so that might have affected the extra $$$ to order.

The whole night was just a little off. The match order was weird. A lot of the matches were a little sloppy and just weren't executed very well.

Undertaker/HHH match wasn't worth all the hype. For a no holds barred/no DQ match it wasn't nearly as violent as I thought it would have been. I don't know if that has anything to do with the change in rating? Triple H looked like he still had a lot of rust to knock off having not wrestled in a while. The match had it's moments where you thought Triple H might win it, but Undertaker won on his triangle choke submission.

Best part of the whole night might have been the Stage created for the event. It really was awesome.

[badger]

WWE has blamed both the sink in PPV buy rates and the increased PPV costs to communal viewing... so next time you feel like ordering, we should just get a big watch party together for it :D

WWE has done many things that just caused me to not really want to get PPVs anymore.. when I used to get them, it seemed Cena was winning every main event for about a year (2007-08ish I think). And of course, the cost just continued to edge up as buy rates went down. :rolleyes:

[ouleaf]

WWE has blamed both the sink in PPV buy rates and the increased PPV costs to communal viewing... so next time you feel like ordering, we should just get a big watch party together for it



Hasn't this always been the case....you always get a big group together to watch the PPVs and split the cost. I think the real problem is more and more people streaming it online than the communal viewing.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

very meh...undertaker-trips match best of the night..thought it was good..

everthing else was really predictable and not much to talk about...i think it just showed that in a show where guys cant spend 90 of the show on the mic(like on raw), this generation of guys just can't work....they have to have a mic in their hands to tell the story while the old guys could put together an epic match without the mic.

[Hot Rod]

First of all, the Rock with his tongue waggling, saying it was going to be the best Wrestlemania of all-time?...and it wasn't even close.

HHH/Taker along with Edge/Del Rio were the best matches in my opinion.

Felt sorry for Lawler, having to deal with that mess of a match for his first ever WM gig. Heck, even Stone Cold didn't really make it interesting.

Best part of the night...hearing Boomer Sooner :D

[ouleaf]

Actually thought from a technical standpoint the Rey Mysterio/Cody Rhodes match was pretty solid, even though there wasn't much to it story-wise, other than it will setup more story lines for Cody Rhodes as a singles competitor now.

[OUthunder]

I purchased it last night as well. The wife was out of town and I figured WTH? Best matches of the night were HHH/Taker and Edge/Del Rio. I too though that the show was meh, and everything else was very predictable.

The Rock ans Stone Cold added very little to the show with the exception of some old school nostalgia.

Honestly, I can't even remember the rest of the card and I was stone cold sober.

[badger]

Shock and awe: Edge announced that he was being forced to retire by doctors last night. He was the current heavyweight champ and already had a ladder match with Alberto Del Rio scheduled at the next PPV, "Extreme Rules."

I absolutely love Edge's current entrance music, but will also miss his Canadian-ness and turning the move every wrestler does into his finishing move (the spear, yes).

His favorite storylines for me were:
- Making fun of the home crowd with Christian, either via the five-second photo op (sometimes with Angle) or just taunting in general
- Shaving Kurt Angle bald
- Telling Montreal that that it "isn't Canada, ribbit ribbit"
- While injured, giving excuses in each city (specific to cities) why they would not be privileged enough to see him wrestle. In Arizona, he said it was because they were one of the last ones to adopt MLK Day as a holiday and he was disapproved as a "color blind Canadian"
- The real life Lita/Hardy drama, leading to the Rated R Superstar nickname

It would have been a great ladder match I'm sure, but like Edge said, catching this ailment now means he won't end up in a wheelchair (or worse)

[yermom]

i can't watch this crap anymore but i have been watching a few of the documentaries streaming on netflix lately :D

i can't remember when i stopped watching. Triple H was still Hunter Hearst Helmsley back then and there was no Goldberg or NWO

it's pretty crazy how WCW went from beating WWE in ratings to getting bought by them in seemingly short order. i can't even remember when they lost that fight with the World Wildlife Fund. didn't they start that mess themselves?

[StoopTroup]

I hear the Rock is cooking

[mgsooner]

But can you smell what he's cooking?

[badger]

it's pretty crazy how WCW went from beating WWE in ratings to getting bought by them in seemingly short order. i can't even remember when they lost that fight with the World Wildlife Fund. didn't they start that mess themselves?

If you're curious about how it happened, there's actually a documentary on Netflix now... I think it's called "the rise and fall of wcw" available on instaview, or whatever it's called where you can watch it on Xbox/PS3/PC

It is kind of WWE leaning, because they produced it, but there's some fun interviews that they got before the guys bolted for TNA (eric bishoff, hulk, ric flair, etc)

[olevetonahill]

The ONLY kinda rasslin a Man needs to watch

http://www.whatmenreallysayaboutwomen.com/flyonthewall/women_images/mud_wrestling.jpg

[Pricetag]

I never liked Edge the singles competitor nearly as much as I liked Edge as part of Edge and Christian. Those guys were great together.

I guess the behind the scenes folks have confirmed that this isn't an angle? It will be interesting to see what they'll do with the World Heavyweight Title now that it is vacated.

[yermom]

If you're curious about how it happened, there's actually a documentary on Netflix now... I think it's called "the rise and fall of wcw" available on instaview, or whatever it's called where you can watch it on Xbox/PS3/PC

It is kind of WWE leaning, because they produced it, but there's some fun interviews that they got before the guys bolted for TNA (eric bishoff, hulk, ric flair, etc)

i just said i'd been watching those :D

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

No one listens to you ;)

[badger]

i just said i'd been watching those :D

i didn't know if you saw that one or not. :P