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rotinaj posted:What's Raven up to these days? He's also feuding with Sandman's son... quote:PWU: Wrestle-Reality & Boyle's World Gym presents:
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According to wikipedia (so as always, take this with a pinch of salt)quote:The tournament also resulted in a number of legitimate injuries -- Steve Blackman and Road Warrior Hawk were unable to work in usual WWF capacities for a while after. Savio Vega aggravated an old arm injury and would never work for WWF again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Brawl_for_All
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:I'm pretty sure that Ultimate Warrior was never a heel. At least under the Ultimate Warrior name. I seem to remember from DiBiase's book that he started as a face (pre-WWE), but he was turned heel when he split from his tag partner at the time. Not sure about his WWE career though
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What about Mysterio? Was he ever heel? Or RVD for that matter?
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I was reading Big Show's entry in Kendo Nagasaki's Grapple Manual recently, and he mentions that when "The Giant" was introduced in WCW he has supposed to be Andre the Giant's son out for revenge. I'd never heard this before - is it true? And if so, how long did it last before it was dropped?
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Captain Misc. posted:Ok, I need some help. The Grappler? - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VNvknRLwVU I know this is an old video, but looking at his tights in the picture I can see GR-, the mask is the same design and according to http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/portland-new/ The Grappler was wrestling on the 2005 TV tapings
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Weird question maybe, but for the folks that have attended WWE house shows - are they not usually in arenas. I found this picture on a random image feed, and as far as I can see it's Ziggler vs Morrison in what appears to be a Chikara-size venue, rather than the usual WWE-size arena. Can anyone cast any light on this? I thought it might have been something like OVW or FCW but the turnbuckle pads have the WWE logo on them... 
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Sep 2, 2009 23:15
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Pneub posted:I was just joking around, but I do remember the anouncers selling Luger having metal in his arms. I never thought there was any truth to it though. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luger quote:The WWF also incorporated his motorcycle accident into his gimmick, capitalizing on the fact that he had a "metal plate" inserted into his forearm which was said to cause more damage when it struck an opponent. This caused a number of his opponents to demand that he wear a cover over it during matches when he had a streak of knocking people out. This eventually led to WWF officials demanding that Luger wear an elbow pad, though he would often remove it. However, the most  part of the article is this (particularly if you're a UK goon who remembers Elton Welsby)quote:He is also an avid Manchester United English Football supporter, having been introduced to the game by British TV presenter Elton Welsby
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Sep 3, 2009 10:39
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Dean Malenko and Steve Lombardi for the Hall of Fame - they're both employed by the company so must be in their good books still (plus I've developed a soft spot for Dean Malenko recently).
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ColeM posted:Its sad how Dean's career ended. Stuck forever in the cruiser weight/light-heavy weight championship divisions until he retired. His gimmick in the WWE was awful. The 'Ice Man' gimmick suited him because it hid his lack of charisma and looked really good with his cold demeanor. That's the thing with Malenko, I hated him in the WWF/E because there was nothing likeable about him - I've since gone back and watched his WCW and ECW matches and the guy was great.
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Umbra Dubium posted:Didn't he cut a promo on Vince along the lines of "I'm not Hulk Hogan, brother, but let me tell you something, brother, whatchoo gonna do when... uh... Americamania runs wild on you, brother!"? Promo on Vince : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFLWZEHEoYc Lie Detector : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz0RZrMoSWQ
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PoO3 posted:Does Umaga really mean shriveled monkey penis in Samoan? According to http://www.samoa.co.uk/tattoos.html it means "the end", at least in respect to traditional Samoan tattoos
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Oct 10, 2009 21:30
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Satire Forum Mom posted:Are there any shoot interviews with Japanese wrestlers, like Kobashi/Misawa/Liger/etc? Preferably ones translated into English. I would love to hear what they have to say. There is at least a Hayabusa one which is translated - http://www.highspots.com/product.asp?id=15350&category=0 The first quarter of an hour or so is on YouTube Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqY7pjppQWQ Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGZe65fESlk apsouthern fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Oct 10, 2009 |
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The Cosby Mysteries posted:What's the story behind this? http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/2000095m.htm - I could pick out the relevant part but really you need the whole detail Match #8: Jeff Jarrett vs. Booker T. in a San Francisco 49'ers Match for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Title * There are poles at each turnbuckle, each of which holding up a box over ten feet in the air. * One of thoses boxes has the world title. * Bill: It would be funny if one box had a piñata. * Jarrett enters first. * From last week, Jeff Jarrett becomes by favorite wrestler that week for bashing Beetlejuice with his guitar. * Booker comes out next. * Booker takes off his shirt and hands it to an old lady. * Jarrett attacks Booker outside the ring, signaling the bell. * Jarrett jabs Booker with a chair. * Back inside, Booker reverses a whip to the corner, but Jarrett gets in a clothesline afterward. * Jarrett grabs a box, kicks it open and finds... * A blow-up doll. What'd you expect from Russo booking? * Booker whips Jarrett into a back elbow. * Booker with a side slam. * Booker grabs a second box, opens it and finds... * A picture of Scott Hall. * Jarrett charges but Booker nails him with the framed picture. * Jarrett rolls outside next to the blow up doll. * Booker goes for the third box, but Jarrett cuts him off. * Jarrett dumps Booker and goes outside. * Jarrett nails Booker with an empty box. * Jarrett slams Booker on the rail. * Jarrett breaks a box over Booker's head. * Jarrett sends Booker into the announcer's booth. * Jarrett stomps away as Madden screams for Jarrett to go for the box. * Jarrett tries a piledriver but Booker counters with his own. * And the table doesn't break. Ouch. * Booker enters the ring as Jarrett takes a swig of some water laying at ringside. * Booker goes for a box and finds the Coal Miners Glove from the "Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal" match from 1992. * Jarrett trips Booker and crotches him on the ringpost, though. * Jarrett steals the glove from Booker. * Jarrett signals for Booker to get up, hits the ropes and nails his opponent in the chest. * Jarrett celebrates instead of going for the win. * Another shot to the midsection. * Jarrett grabs a used box, goes to the middle rope and breaks it over Booker's head. * Jarrett climbs up for the last box, but Booker cuts him off. * Booker whips Jarrett, who avoids a dropkick by hanging on the ropes. * Jarrett loads up the glove for another punch to the face. * Both men are down and Mark Johnson counts to ten. * Jarrett picks Booker up at eight. * Jarrett with a whip and a sleeperhold after missing two clotheslines. * Crowd chants for Booker T during the resthold, which Madden says is for Jarrett. * Johnson raises the arm three times to usual results. * Booker makes the comeback and does his own sleeperhold. * But, since Booker is a face, he suffers a backdrop suplex. * Johnson counts again, with Jarrett getting up at eight. * Jarrett loads up the glove and goes to the corner with the box. * Hey, just open the box! Duh! * Booker blocks the top rope punch with a urinage. * Booker goes for the box but Jarrett grabs his leg. * Punches by Jarrett. * Booker blocks The Stroke, gets the axe kick and Harlem Sidekick. * Through this, Schiavone did the "Spinerooni!" chant, with Madden telling him to shut up. Heh. * Jarrett counters Booker's attempt to win with a punch to the nuts. * Booker tries a sidekick but gets crotched on the ropes. * Outside, Jarrett looks for something under the ring but is unsuccessful. * Jarrett piggybacks Booker and backdrops him. * Jarrett goes for a guitar under the ring and he can't get it out for some reason. * Jarrett goes up top UNDER THE LAST BOX. * Beetlejuice comes out from nowhere and gives Jarrett some ballshots. * Beetlejuice beats on Jarrett out of the ring. * Booker opens the last box and gets the belt for the win! * YOUR WINNER AND NEW/STILL WCW WORLD CHAMPION: Booker T in 13:02. * Post-match, Scott Steiner comes in from behind with a lead pipe to the back. * Jarrett throws Beetlejuice into the ring. * Steiner puts the Recliner on Beetlejuice as we fade out...
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Capsaicin posted:All of them are generally pretty good, although WM25 has my favorite spot and the biggest "OH poo poo" spot. Would this be the "OH poo poo" spot by any chance? 
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According to wikipedia  the J.O.B. Squad consisted of Al Snow, Blue Meanie, Gillberg, 2 Cold Scorpio & Hardcore HollyAlso, you can still buy J.O.B. Squad t-shirts at Al Snow's MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/allelujahsnow
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Twin Cinema posted:I have always had this question, yet never found a sufficient answer. Why does Hornswoggle have poo poo on his face? According to the wonderfully intelligent people at Yahoo Answers (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080812195800AAFC8Lm) it's either a. HE IS THE WWE VERSION OF PIGPEN or b. It helps him to see in the bright light, kinda like what football teams wear when they are playing 
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Oct 27, 2009 18:00
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Jay 2K Winger posted:I was the guy with that sign, at King of Trios '09. It was "UGOMAIMEBUISUM," which I got off the cover of one of their DVDs which I'd seen advertised somewhere. I have no idea what it means, but all of Da Soul Touchaz marked out for the sign and were glad to autograph it. According to http://www.thesoultouchaz.webs.com/ it's now UGOMAIMEBUIMESUM. Still no idea what the gently caress it means though
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Oct 29, 2009 10:24
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After re-watching the Cena debut match against Kurt Angle today, have there been any other big debuts where the new guy has gone up against an established top star and done well. The only other I can think of would be someone like Carlito who beat Cena for the US Title. Santino I wouldn't count because of the way the match was won with the inteference from Lashley. Most guys now like Sheamus seem to mainly be booked against jobbers at first to get them over wins, or go the other way and get booked as underdogs at first.
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Oct 30, 2009 17:30
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Beeswax posted:Is there a name for that move Mr perfect used to do where he'd vault over a seated opponent to drag their head forward into the mat? The one Ziggler broke out on this week's Smackdown. Wikipedia just had it named as Neck Snap - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckbreaker#Neck_snap quote:The attacking wrestler stands behind and facing a sitting opponent before then running toward them and performing a somersault over them. As the wrestler falls, they grab the opponent by the back of the head or neck, pushing it downwards as they drop to the mat. This causes the opponent to jerk their neck backwards, snapping it to the mat.
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Oct 31, 2009 16:00
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Tato posted:I think it's so weird that the monday night wars were raging so hot that both promotions opened loving restaurants. Did anyone on this board ever get the chance to eat at WWF New York or the WCW Nitro Grill? I'm interested to hear about it, because most of the reviews I've found were really funny in how bad the service was at both joints. This is the only review I think I've ever read about either: X-Entertainment visit WWF New York http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/590.html
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Jerusalem posted:Is JR pronounced Jay Are or Jur? Junior
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After watching Raw this week, have there been many other multi team tag matches with those kind of rules? Usually they're more "tornado tag"-type matches; or the ones where you have 2 men in the ring, and anyone can be tagged in (like the one at Wrestlemania XX)
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gibsonisacripple posted:Has Hulk Hogan ever wrestled in the UK? Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage: London 1989 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WlIds2b-aY edit: according to http://www.softwolves.pp.se/wrestling/wwf/1991 he also wrestled Slaughter in London in 1991
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Mr. Carlisle posted:Just saw a bit on the new Botchamania where Shane Douglas throws down a wrestler wearing a back and neck mechanism (no idea what its called, looks to be some sort of brace for a broken back/neck) and the entire place goes ballistic with fans jumping into the ring and whatnot - I'm assuming that was a work? Pitbull #1 (Gary Wolfe) was the the guy in the halo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8JpaM5rKkA
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HulkaMatt posted:Look excited and look like you're about to ring the bell for every nearfall. Like this? 
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Meat Recital posted:When was the last time the WHC or WWE title changed hands outside of a PPV? According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Heavyweight_Champions_%28WWE%29 Jericho won the WHC on Raw November 3rd, 2008 According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Champions Orton won the WWE title on Raw June 15th, 2009
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El Generico posted:Anybody know where I can get some public domain pro wrestling images (shots of moves being performed especially)? I'm working on a browser game. Not sure if you'll be able to find anything useful, but Flickr allows you to search for images with a Creative Commons licence. I'm no expert on image licensing though so these may not be any use. Example Chokeslam image found on Flickr:  This image has this licence attached: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en_GB so have a look and see if they're any use
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They also did the Royal Rumble drawing numbers gimmick in 2007 - which lead to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yv5jy1cfqY
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In Bret Hart's autobiography (thanks Cletus42o) Bret claims he invented hitting the turnbuckle chest first (something I always associated with Chris Benoit personally, not having watched many Hart matches). Is this bollocks as I suspect it may be? Does anyone have knowledge of any wrestlers before Bret doing this on a regular basis?
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Hockles posted:No, I distinctly remember matches where he would be Irish Whipped into the turnbuckle, and instead of of turning and "landing" on his back, he just runs full speed into the turnbuckle, sternum first. Yeah, that's what I meant when I asked the question originally. It just seemed unlikely that something so basic would be unknown before Hart, but I suppose it's possible. The only thing I can add to this conversation is that the Hurracanrana was created by a 43 year old wrestler called Daniel Garcia while he was playing a luchador called Huracán Ramírez in a series of Mexican films... (at least according to Wikipedia)
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Rockfish posted:Jake the Sanem invented the donkey punch I thought that was Mongo McMichael when he starred in Blazing Saddles?
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CM Junk posted:That was Alex Karras punching a horse. I refuse to accept that joke I apologise, I had no idea that he was actually a pro-wrestler at one point. I guess you learn something new everyday...
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I realise I'm probably missing a really obvious example here and setting myself to look like a cock (even more than usual), but has anyone ever done a "countering a spear into a DDT" spot before? For some reason it popped into my head earlier today and it seems like such an obvious move...
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CVagts posted:He didn't say "the worst" just "some of the worst." And I disagree on that. They were pretty bad, and they lost a lot, but they were excited to be there, so the gimmick didn't bomb as bad as it probably should have. Without the Spirit Squad, we wouldn't have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_zMpLPRfk
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Fallon posted:Randy lives his gimmick and that's why I like him First thing that springs to mind (although I'm not sure whether WWE or the "giffer" slowed it down)  Having said that, it is Paul London so it's possible he just bent the law of physics
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DrunkenGarbageCan posted:Has the Undertaker EVER done any shoot interviews, Q & A's, whatever since joining the WWE? Even any video of him acting out of character besides thanking Flair on the Raw after WM XXV? Taken from the Undertaker Thread - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3209332  And the excerpts from WWE Unscripted quote:I started training at this gym between my junior and senior years of college, and I met a guy there who was trying to find someone to go to wrestling school with him. I was interested, but I had basketball. I went to college on a basketball scholarship, and I was good enough that I was getting offers to go overseas and play professionally. quote:It took me a long time to figure out how to have a normal life. My life for nine years was all wrestling: everything was centred on wrestling. I loved it. I wore all black, even at home. I was always the Undertaker, Mark was never around. Now, I've got the two seperated. It took me a long time to figure it out. My wife helped me with that quite a bit. It took meeting her to actually be happy away from this, to find out there was something more to life than wrestling and being on the road. I used to be a wild partyer. I lived the life, I definitely lived the life. I didn't leave much to the imagination. quote:I think originally people were taken with The Undertaker character because it was so different than anything they had seen. I think everybody has some fascination with death and are curious about what happens when people die. It's kind of a taboo kind of thing, something people don't talk about, so I think I captured a lot of people's imaginations, like "Wow! This guy's right out there, he's talking about souls, about things that people don't like to talk about." Initially, people were terrified of me. Kids in the arena would be bawling when I made my ring entrance. It was like the boogeyman had come to life. And somewhere in the process of that first year, year and a half, the fans really got high on that character; it became a really cool character. I think just by my size, and the way this character looked, and he moved so slow, and then there was this sudden burst, this explosion of energy, and then he'd be right back to slow again - the whole package just fascinated people. It was just one of those rarities when everything fell into place and just hit. For me, it was stuff that I was interested in anyway, so that made it easy. I lived the character, lived it for all this years. I always was in black, going to the airport, going to the gym, everywhere. When Sara and I met, my whole wardrobe was black. She's actually responsible for getting me to wear stuff that's not black. quote:It used to be you had big, rawboned guys, and some guys had beer guts. Now everybody puts in their time in the gym. They realise that an element of the business that's gotten real big is "Looks do matter." Your physical appearance does matter; it matters with Vince McMahon. Vince is a bodybuilder; he puts in his time in the gym. If you can impress him, you're opening the door a little wider for yourself. And when someone on our roster isn't in shape, they hear about it. Which led to Jerusalem's quote Jerusalem posted:I've said it before and I'll say it again, imagine dating his daughters? Now imagine dating his daughters and sneaking her back in the house at 2am and finding him sitting at the table with a bowl of cocoa puffs looking really loving angry.
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I've got Terry Funk's "More Than Hardcore" in front of me nowquote:...he wanted to do something spectacular and memorable. We somehow came up with the idea of Cactus taking a big fall off the top. Then, after he came back, to everyone's amazement, Undertaker would choke slam him into the cage roof. The prop guy was supposed to make sure the two sides of the cage were secure, so the impact from Mick's body would cause the top of the cage to sag and gradually come open, so Mick would slowly tumble into the ring
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That's why they should stick with calling it a Mafia kick in the West. Actually, while trying to see if I could find reference to a Mafia kick online to see if there was any difference, I found this exchange on the IMDB "WCW Nitro" quotes page which made me smile quote:Tony Schiavone: [Barbarian just kicked his opponent] Mafia kick to the head.
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Sue Denim posted:As I understand it Vampiro has been working post WCW does anyone have any information and/or links? I've found some stuff, just a few short clips though. I used to love Vampiro as a teenager. Don't ask how I know this, but he did a bunch of stuff for the Backyard Wrestling video game, so I would assume he also wrestled for them occasionally. There's also a Vampiro documentary called Angel, Hero, Devil: http://www.vampiromovie.com/, although I've no idea how good it is edit: in the time it's taken me to type this you've already found out about the documentary... 2nd edit: according to Online World of Wrestling (regarding the back injury) quote:Vampiro broke his back on July 7th 2009 after jumping out of his bedroom window. The story goes that while he was sleeping a gang of robbers broke into his house. A cop who was patrolling the area noticed that his garage door had been broken open and called for back up. When more cops arrived they entered the garage and then the house but didn't find anyone, except for Vampiro who was asleep in his bedroom. Vampiro opened his eyes to find cops standing over his bed pointing their guns at him. Naturally he freaked out and did a suicide dive out of his window. He suffered four cracked vertebrae but luckily no lasting damage. He is expected to make a full recovery and won't require any surgery. Doctors have told him that with rehab he should be healthy again within three months. 
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