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I never get tired of Steve Blackman stories, he's like a mythical unicorn in that era of WWF. A guy who legit knew how to fight and probably could kill everyone but they just put him in the Hardcore division to protect the rest of the roster. Also here's the JBL airport story. love that Blackman comes off as an 80's school bully with the "I will finish you LATER" and JBL probably poo poo himself https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/3n0ba9/steve_blackman_fucked_up_jbl_in_an_airport_once/
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rare Magic card l00k posted:Bob comes off in a lot of interviews as a guy who was a dick because that was just kind of the locker room culture. He strikes me as the kind of guy who if he came up in the current WWE would be one of the favorites of UUDD. Definitely would have insisted on Final Destination, no items, Fox only.
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remember after the Benoit murder/suicide, i don't know which 24-hour news show it was had Mark Mero and Steve Blackman to talk about steroids in wrestling and every time Mero cut Blackman off Blackman would just take a sharp inhale through his nose and look to the ground like he was about to reach through his monitor and snap Mero's neck
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That's funny. Blackman dropped out before he could face Mero, who lost to Bradshaw on takedowns.
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The wrestlegames thread made me curious, what the hell is Del Rio up to these days?
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I dont remember which Summer Slam (2003? 06?) it was but the mid card had Shane McMahon vs. Steve "The Lethal Weapon" Blackman and there was a point were Steve was kicking a downed Shane O' Mac in the stands and a fan was jumping up and down excitedly in perfect rhythm with Blackman's kicks creating the illusion that the fan was loving Steve in the butt, it was spectacular.
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Dick Bastardly posted:I dont remember which Summer Slam (2003? 06?) it was but the mid card had Shane McMahon vs. Steve "The Lethal Weapon" Blackman and there was a point were Steve was kicking a downed Shane O' Mac in the stands and a fan was jumping up and down excitedly in perfect rhythm with Blackman's kicks creating the illusion that the fan was loving Steve in the butt, it was spectacular. my second random fan thing, after the fan yelling "KILL YOURSELF!" at Beefcake, was the time there was a dramatic promo between HBK and JBL, and right between, almost in slow motion, rose one of those cardboard things of Shawn Michaels, circa about 1996 or so.
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ShootaBoy posted:The wrestlegames thread made me curious, what the hell is Del Rio up to these days? He's started a new lucha company, Nacion Lucha Libre, where he's pushed like the strongest babyface in kayfabe history.
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Also the company apparently doesn't pay their workers
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Angry_Ed posted:Now wishing I was in the alternate universe where Steve Blackman destroyed everyone in the Brawl for All, especially Bradshaw. (From a skills perspective, in spite of the end results of his fights, Godfather actually looks the next best, with functional boxing and shockingly great first layer takedown defense against Severn. Halloween Jack posted:That's funny. Blackman dropped out before he could face Mero, who lost to Bradshaw on takedowns.
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Never a better time to repost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEaWKzq8iF0
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davidbix posted:(From a skills perspective, in spite of the end results of his fights, Godfather actually looks the next best, with functional boxing and shockingly great first layer takedown defense against Severn. quote:...but he already beat Mero. Mero advanced as an alternate when Blackman got hurt.
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Also they mysteriously withdrew Severn from the tournament after it became apparent being a pretty good fighter ala Godfather wasn't going to match up to Severn's "Wait, I get five points for a double leg? Then I'm doing that twice and then holding this guy down until time runs out"
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How did WWE ever get B4A passed by an athletic commission? (I fully expect the answer to be “lol they didn’t”)
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Randaconda posted:my second random fan thing, after the fan yelling "KILL YOURSELF!" at Beefcake, was the time there was a dramatic promo between HBK and JBL, and right between, almost in slow motion, rose one of those cardboard things of Shawn Michaels, circa about 1996 or so. This is always funny to me, any time a giant cardboard cutout of a wrestler appears. Please share videos or pictures or gifs where this happens, I've been good. EDIT: Unrelated, but this will also never stop being funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd53lRZfnV0 Pope Corky the IX fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Aug 24, 2019 |
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I loved when someone had  in the crowd.And when someone put up  at HHH. So we referred to him as words for ages.
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Is it just me or is the essence of Cena's character based upon cultural appropriation?
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Dick Bastardly posted:Is it just me or is the essence of Cena's character based upon cultural appropriation? No, it's based on stolen valor. Serious: I think the cross-pollination of white voices in hip hop music, by the time Cena started doing it, is more complicated than that. Especially as he was basically positioned as Vanilla Ice as a lower card heel and then more Eminem as he started being booked more seriously Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Aug 24, 2019 |
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Punch McLightning posted:He's started a new lucha company, Nacion Lucha Libre, where he's pushed like the strongest babyface in kayfabe history. So basically, all this time, del Rio has been the Mexican Jeff Jarrett?
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Maxwell Lord posted:So basically, all this time, del Rio has been the Mexican Jeff Jarrett? Nah, before he was ruined by booking, del Rio looked like he belonged in the main event
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davidbix posted:
Uh, why was that shocking? He was the Supreme Fighting Machine, after all!
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Davros1 posted:Uh, why was that shocking? He was the Supreme Fighting Machine, after all! Was Kama before or after Papa Shango?
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Nystral posted:Was Kama before or after Papa Shango? I think after
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Nystral posted:Was Kama before or after Papa Shango? It was after. Papa Shango was done in '93, Kama came along during the Million Dollar Corporation era, debuting in '95. Stole the urn at Wrestlemania XI
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he stopped doing shango in 94, and came back from a stint in USWA as kama in the new generation era e;fb Joey McChrist fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Aug 24, 2019 |
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Then he became Kama Mustafa, which was weird to me because it sounded so similar to Colonel Mustafa.
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This is a weird Wikipedia passagequote:Wright had verbally agreed to join World Championship Wrestling to serve as the enforcer for the New World Order, but then mysteriously never heard from WCW afterwards. Wright then learned that WCW signed Virgil to be the NWO's enforcer by watching WCW Monday Nitro at home with his wife, and that they had signed him for less than what they offered Wright. Wright stated that while he was bitter by this episode, it allowed him to create The Godfather character, and as a result was one of the few WWF talents to stay loyal to the company during the Monday Night Wars. 2) Is the list of people who "stayed loyal" to WWF really that low? I guess they're not counting an Austin/Foley/HHH/anyone who was in WCW prior to/in the nascent "Monday Night Wars" era? 3) This is now my favorite minor What If of wrestling and the butterfly effect of there being no Godfather or Curly Bill.
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fun fact, according to Charles Wright the Kama part of the name is actually an acronym for Kickin' A Man's rear end
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I like how most companies would, y'know, scout talent, work out which ones would work the best on their rosters, give them a tryout, then sign a deal, while WCW was like "We don't have enough of them there black fellas. Who's the cheapest one we can find?"
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dsriggs posted:I like how most companies would, y'know, scout talent, work out which ones would work the best on their rosters, give them a tryout, then sign a deal, while WCW was like "We don't have enough of them there black fellas. Who's the cheapest one we can find?" There is no way that '96 WCW said "who is the cheapest we can find?" and not "who is the most expensive we can find?"
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forkboy84 posted:Stole the urn at Wrestlemania XI 
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forkboy84 posted:There is no way that '96 WCW said "who is the cheapest we can find?" and not "who is the most expensive we can find?" Remember that WCW was subject to racial discrimination lawsuits. For your reading pleasure: https://www.scribd.com/document/304892811/WCW-Racial-Discrimination-Lawsuit dsriggs fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Aug 24, 2019 |
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I loves me some WCW, but wrestling has always been racist as gently caress and it has shown no signs of stopping thus far.
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Is there a kayfabe reason why the inverted atomic drop is legal and not considered a low blow?
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Hellblazer187 posted:Is there a kayfabe reason why the inverted atomic drop is legal and not considered a low blow? Tailbone
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Yeah, same reason Bret and Jeff Hardy could do a stomp/legdrop to the 'lower abdomen'.
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Hellblazer187 posted:Is there a kayfabe reason why the inverted atomic drop is legal and not considered a low blow? I believe the logic is because the victim falls onto a stationary leg, rather than the leg moving, it doesn't count. Gotta love loopholes.
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jesus WEP posted:How did WWE ever get B4A passed by an athletic commission? (I fully expect the answer to be “lol they didn’t”) That is in fact the answer.
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Did Blackman have a legit fighting career? Like no one really questions that he would have murdered the other wrestlers but is there my reason to think Severn/Shamrock wouldn’t have just taken him down like Severn/Godfather?
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pseudodragon posted:Did Blackman have a legit fighting career? Like no one really questions that he would have murdered the other wrestlers but is there my reason to think Severn/Shamrock wouldn’t have just taken him down like Severn/Godfather? Not a career, no. After he got over malaria he started training in escrima and tae kwon do before he got back to pro wrestling, according to wikipedia. And he runs an MMA gym now, while is like a fighting career I guess?
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