Skinty McEdger posted:

"Killlll yoooourseeeelllllf"

Jason Sextro posted:

This is beyond the scope of this thread but Rick Rude hit his peak post-WWF, I always thought his WCW work was top-notch

Rarity posted:

I looked that up while researching the Islanders, it's ridiculous how many of those guys ended up getting big chances in WWE.


Demolition are absolute wank, I'm fairly certain my mind won't be changed on this one.

Rarity posted:

It's ok, I'm calling an ambulance. How long have you had this affliction?

Rarity posted:

Oh.

Oh no.

rare Magic card l00k posted:

I'm not a fan of the One Man Gang.

Now Akeem The African Dream, there's a talented big man.

sean10mm posted:

Matilda was a textbook chill bulldog that didn't give a gently caress about anything but dinner and belly rubs, and heels acting like she was a werewolf was always delightful.

Rarity posted:

They've got zero excuse for being gassed. According to Wikipedia up to that point Savage had wrestled for 15 mins 18 secs and DiBiase had wrestled for just 10 mins 38 secs. By no means have they been putting on marathons and they've had massive rest periods as well. That's loving shameful.

DeathChicken posted:

The Bulldogs and the Rougeaus genuinely hated each other (like of the 'Backstage one of them punched the other in the face with a roll of nickels' hate), so there was that too

Platypus Farm posted:

Except for George "The Animal" Steele who I will never forgive rarity for being mean to

Jerusalem posted:

Ron Bass taking the spurs to Brutus Beefcake was one of the most horrifying things I saw in wrestling as a kid.

Gaz-L posted:

What about Piper/Valentine Dog Collar?

Beeswax posted:

Same. Emphatically. Real shame he's an rear end in a top hat in real life.

C. Everett Koop posted:

Hogan's run was him vs. enormous guys who looked like they could threaten him (such as Andre, Bundy, Gang, Bossman) or the evil sneaky foreigner (Sheik, Slaughter, Yoko) so they could get as jingoistic as humanly possible.

But wrestling has always loved size, it's why Andre was such an attraction across the world. Vince wasn't an exception to this rule but when your main attraction is 6'8" and the size of a two-car garage you've got to bring in some really big motherfuckers to make him a feasible underdog. Big, coordinated guys are generally the exception, not the rule. For every Bam Bam and Vader there's a bunch of plodding motherfuckers who are lucky to walk without breaking everything in a 500ft radius, including/especially themselves.

DeathChicken posted:

Andre was roughly as tall as Wilt Chamberlain (given pictures of them floating around), so he was probably about 7'1. Still ridiculous

RC and Moon Pie posted:

They worked together a ton in Mid-Atlantic as tag partners and in a feud.

The Valentine-Roddy Piper dog collar match from Starrcade 1983 is a nice piece of brutality.

Rarity posted:

Wait, you're only just realising now that I hate them?

Alaois posted:

???????

DeathChicken posted:

They managed to book Andre really well even as he steadily got worse physically. If wrestling were a fighting game he had his damage sliders set up to 200%

CoolCat posted:

Hugo?

DeathChicken posted:

C. Everett Koop posted:

They can't sue you for copyright infringement if you do a complete poo poo job of it, I guess.

MotU posted:

i hope you realize now that bossman is good + great

Rarity posted:

Sorry, I'm not going to start thinking someone is good cause they managed to have a decent match with Shawn Michaels. Even Hogan managed that

astrollinthepork posted:

Bret would never do that!

Davros1 posted:

When Taylor went back to WCW, he still wore this jacket, just with a silver piece of fabric on the back covering up the words "Red Rooster" with "Terrence Taylor".