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With Virgil making a bit of a splash online lately, I was reminded of his early WWF career, back when he was Ted DiBiase's bodyguard. When I was a kid I thought Virgil was the toughest man on earth because he just stood there looking menacing. When DiBiase told the Ultimate Warrior that he'd have to go through Virgil to get to him, I thought the Warrior was doomed. As an adult I recognize that DiBiase was just using a stalling tactic to get heat, but when I was a kid I thought that being put in the ring with Virgil would lead to certain death. This got me thinking that I used to have some dumb thoughts about wrestling when I was a kid. Some other examples: - Those promos guys used to do in front of green screens with their logos? Yeah, I used to think that they just painted walls in the arena with the logos - On Superstars they'd cut away to Bill Red Lyons in the control centre. There were monitors in the background playing matches. I thought those matches were happening live, and WWF had dozens of shows happening at any given moment - Some older kid convinced me that the Islanders put mustard on Matilda and ate her So, what dumb things did you used think about wrestling? I don't mean things like thinking it was real, I just mean other dumb little things you used to believe and now feel silly about.
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your face and my rear end
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Jul 24, 2015 01:25
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that it was fake
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Jul 24, 2015 01:29
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oatgan posted:your face and my rear end
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Jul 24, 2015 01:29
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I thought that there were stunt grannies in the audience.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:31
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Chris Benoit killed his family.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:31
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TNA has finally figuring things out and turned around for good.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:34
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Elix Skipper really played in the CFL.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:36
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I used to believe some of it was real because "Who would ever willingly set themselves on fire or jump off a giant ladder or bleed like that? Like of course it's all predetermined but how can you go through the motions of a 'script' with that danger?" Turns out, by being a hardass motherfucker.
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Jul 24, 2015 01:36
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Why don't they all just quit and make their own wrestling league without that jerk Mr. McMahon? I was really pleased about this insight as a kid.
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Jul 24, 2015 02:03
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Val Venis had a sizable hog and gave up his dreams of loving women for money to roll with guys in hot shorts
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Jul 24, 2015 02:13
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Revenant Threshold posted:Why don't they all just quit and make their own wrestling league without that jerk Mr. McMahon? this is not dumb a wrestler's Worker's Collective would be tremendous
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Jul 24, 2015 02:13
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Eat This Glob posted:Val Venis had a sizable hog and gave up his dreams of loving women for money to roll with guys in hot shorts he still found time to make a few pornos in wwf though
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Jul 24, 2015 02:16
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that rock and austin were the biggest stars of the attitude era, and not triple h
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Jul 24, 2015 02:19
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Wade Barrett really fought Gypsies for pounds sterling.
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Jul 24, 2015 02:24
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That Shamrock really hurt Triple H after he won the intercontinental championship tournament after Triple H had to give up the belt due to his knee injury. Triple H was almost healed until Shamrock slammed that car door on his knee, damnit!!!
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Jul 24, 2015 02:29
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oatgan posted:he still found time to make a few pornos in wwf though It's the sizeable hog part he was wrong about.
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Jul 24, 2015 02:34
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That the green mist was deadly
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Jul 24, 2015 02:40
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That Jobbers got paid the most in wrestling. Like it made sense to me; when you were the new hot item the fame was the reward and you basically got paid poo poo because you got to win and build your career. Heh.
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Jul 24, 2015 02:50
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When I was like 4 or 5 the Undertaker kayfabe died on TV so I demanded that I make dinner that night(chicken nuggets) so I could lead the family in a prayer I don't even remember watching wrestling back then
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Jul 24, 2015 03:31
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That DICK! posted:When I was like 4 or 5 the Undertaker kayfabe died on TV so I demanded that I make dinner that night(chicken nuggets) so I could lead the family in a prayer "Undertaker.... Has met his maker. Ask not for whom the bell repeatedly tolls for it tolls for thee"
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Jul 24, 2015 03:51
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That Albert was the son of George "The Animal" Steele. That Earthquake was in the Beastie Boys video for "Fight for Your Right" during the "WHAT'S THAT NOISE?!" part.
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Jul 24, 2015 04:09
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That Hollywood Hogan wasn't the best thing about WCW. Or that cruiserweight matches were less fake because you can't fake flips.
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Jul 24, 2015 04:11
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i thought too cool was actually too cool (for school).
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Jul 24, 2015 04:13
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IRS, Duke The Dumpster Droese, The Goon and among others had wrestling as their side job.
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Jul 24, 2015 04:40
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I was nearly inconsolable because the ultimate warrior had beaten hulk hogan and hulk wasn't gonna come back.
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Jul 24, 2015 05:00
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I thought Earl Hebner was a really good guy. (Also that spelled the end of Kayfabe for me.)
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Jul 24, 2015 05:31
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I thought wins and losses mattered and no one would get over if they just traded wins and losses back and forth all the time. What an idiot I was, I'm glad WWE set me straight. I also thought Shamrock was legitimately the most dangerous man alive and figured he never got that pesky internal bleeding problem fixed because he was too insane to sit still for a doctor. HE'S IN THE ZONE!!!
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Jul 24, 2015 05:49
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it's going to get better
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Jul 24, 2015 05:55
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Papa Shango made some jobber's hand catch on fire and I cried and felt SO BAD for the dude i was also 8 lol just kidding it was earlier today
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Jul 24, 2015 06:24
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Doo-Wop Duodenum posted:it's going to get better
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Jul 24, 2015 06:56
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Of all the possibilities for what the United States Championship was, "a championship held by someone other than the best wrestler" never once crossed my mind. Because that doesn't make any sense, if you know what the word "championship" means.
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Jul 24, 2015 07:23
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Earthquake killed Damien. I was so sad because I got to pet Damien at a house show once. Or whichever snake he was using at the time that they called Damien because there were probably a ton of them.
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Jul 24, 2015 07:32
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I thought Hulk Hogan was black because of how insanely tanned he was back in the nWo days.
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Jul 24, 2015 08:17
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I thought I was supposed to hate Brock Lesnar because he bearhugged Hogan until he spit up blood
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Jul 24, 2015 08:24
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Thought Stone cold was the bad guy during the attitude era. Was convinced William Regal was the greatest of all time.
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Jul 24, 2015 08:48
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JorahTheExplorer posted:Was convinced William Regal was the greatest of all time. This is correct though? I thought Dean Ambrose's career was going somewhere.
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Jul 24, 2015 09:44
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i knew the matches were predetermined but i thought all promos were unscripted shoots because the wrestlers really didn't like each other
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Jul 24, 2015 09:44
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just wait and see where this goes
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CopywrightMMXI posted:So, what dumb things did you used think about wrestling? I don't mean things like thinking it was real, I just mean other dumb little things you used to believe and now feel silly about. That it was good.
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