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Endorph posted:How many workers does WWE even have who's native language isn't english? Kozlov?
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Maryse, Justin Gabriel, Primo, The Great Khali, Yoshi Tatsu, and Vladimir Kozlov.
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Jul 25, 2010 18:45
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:Maryse, Justin Gabriel, Primo, The Great Khali, Yoshi Tatsu, and Vladimir Kozlov.
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Jul 25, 2010 19:02
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Endorph posted:So I guess the best talker out of those is Maryse by default, since she's the only who isn't playing up the "english is their second language" thing and actually gets some promo time. *rants in french* Eh. Gabriel hasn't been awful on the mic. (Though I thought English was an official language in South Africa?) That's a sad current bunch though.
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Tonfa posted:*rants in french* I thought the white South African population generally spoke Afrikaans as their mother tongue? Maybe I'm wrong.
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After reading many threads in WH2K, I've come to find out Ultimate Warrior is a conservative nutjob that despises gays. I remember about 10 years ago some of my friends telling me Warrior was gay and he had gotten blackballed from wrestling for coming out of the closet on national TV. Has anyone else ever heard these rumors? How do you think they came to be when Warrior seems to be at the complete opposite spectrum?
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:I thought the white South African population generally spoke Afrikaans as their mother tongue? Maybe I'm wrong. there's 11 offical languages for South Africa, English is one of them.
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Jul 25, 2010 20:56
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The Croc posted:there's 11 offical languages for South Africa, English is one of them. Oh I know, I just thought that English was generally spoken by the black population more so than the white one, just because one of the issues with apartheid was that the white government refused to teach English in public schools. Like I said though, I am far from an expert on South Africa, Correct me if I'm wrong. Edit, but anyway, from his website: quote:048 What languages do you speak? Zack_Gochuck fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jul 25, 2010 |
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Jul 25, 2010 21:12
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savinhill posted:After reading many threads in WH2K, I've come to find out Ultimate Warrior is a conservative nutjob that despises gays. I remember about 10 years ago some of my friends telling me Warrior was gay and he had gotten blackballed from wrestling for coming out of the closet on national TV. Has anyone else ever heard these rumors? How do you think they came to be when Warrior seems to be at the complete opposite spectrum? There were tons of bogus Warrior rumours back in the day. He was probably the main wrestler for crazy rumours. The greatest of which was that he died and was replaced by Texas Tornado.
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Jul 25, 2010 22:48
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Lone Rogue posted:There were tons of bogus Warrior rumours back in the day. He was probably the main wrestler for crazy rumours. The greatest of which was that he died and was replaced by Texas Tornado. I was about to post exactly this. In a business filled with insane rumors (Macho Man raping Stephanie, et al), Warrior was head-and-shoulders above the rest. By the way, Savinhill, did you know Ultimate Warrior feuded with this very website? No bullshit. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/legal-threats/legal-threat-ultimate.php
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I was about to post exactly this. In a business filled with insane rumors (Macho Man raping Stephanie, et al), Warrior was head-and-shoulders above the rest. I didn't know he feuded with this site. Thanks for that link, did anything more ever happen with the feud?
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savinhill posted:I didn't know he feuded with this site. Thanks for that link, did anything more ever happen with the feud? We sent Orlando Jordan to fight him in Spain. It didn't go so well 
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If TNA actually got that to happen it would be the best thing ever.
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savinhill posted:If TNA actually got that to happen it would be the best thing ever. Sending Orlando Jordan away to Spain?
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I was thinking about how Matt & Jeff Hardy are both on the main rosters of the two promotions and was wondering about real life siblings in different promotions at the same time. Bret was in WCW while Owen was in the WWF in 1998. Brian Armstrong was the Road Dogg in the WWF while his brother Brad was Buzzkill in WCW in 2000. Scott Steiner was in WWE while Rick was in TNA in 2002-3. Cody Rhodes was in WWE while his half-brother Dustin was Black Reign in TNA in 2007. Any others?
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Jul 26, 2010 03:05
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Edge was in WWE while Christian was in TNA.
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Burrito posted:Edge was in WWE while Christian was in TNA. Ahem, these days they are just lifelong friends.
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Jul 26, 2010 03:32
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Looking at the WH2K Fvaorite Finisher thread, I have to know: What the gently caress is up with Marcus Cor Von's Pounce? It just looks like a crappy shoulder tackle, but everyone here seems to love the poo poo out of it. What am I missing here?
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Jul 26, 2010 03:44
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The only tackle style move that looks worse than Edge's spear. Dunno why anyone likes it. Well those and Mongo's shoulder tackle.
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Jul 26, 2010 03:46
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Brickhouse Betty posted:Looking at the WH2K Fvaorite Finisher thread, I have to know: What the gently caress is up with Marcus Cor Von's Pounce? He comes at the wrestler from the side and usually they sell it like death by being sent flying across the ring. It's a cool looking move.
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Jul 26, 2010 03:49
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJFLgY8UgY In this clip Jimmy Valiant looks like he weighs 120 lbs., how did he get so skinny? He really looks like he's ready to drop dead.
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Jul 26, 2010 03:57
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Jerusalem posted:He comes at the wrestler from the side and usually they sell it like death by being sent flying across the ring. It's a cool looking move. It was also one of the few moves that really benefited from the six sided ring. It's just not quite the same when done in a standard ring.
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Jul 26, 2010 03:58
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I was thinking about how Matt & Jeff Hardy are both on the main rosters of the two promotions and was wondering about real life siblings in different promotions at the same time. Lanny Poffo stayed in WWF for a year after Randy Savage left for WCW. Rikishi was in TNA for a year while Umaga was wrestling in WWE. If we're just counting related and not necessarily siblings Eddie was in WWE for a year while Chavo was still in WCW.
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Jul 26, 2010 04:16
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:Does the WWE actually own the rights to Doink the Clown? I'm curious because he still makes appearances in WWE being portrayed by other wrestlers, but apparently Matt Borne still plays him in the indies. I once worked with a Doink that was simply advertised as "The Wrestling Clown" since the promoters wanted to play it safe (although he was verbally referred to as Doink at the show itself). My favorite workaround was an old firehouse show flyer that just took out the "i" and called him "Donk."
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Jul 26, 2010 04:27
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I was thinking about how Matt & Jeff Hardy are both on the main rosters of the two promotions and was wondering about real life siblings in different promotions at the same time. This was also reversed when Owen was briefly in WCW while Bret was in WWF in the early 90s.
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Jul 26, 2010 04:37
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Jerusalem posted:He comes at the wrestler from the side and usually they sell it like death by being sent flying across the ring. It's a cool looking move. yes, the real impact of the pounce depends a whole lot on the recipient and how they sell it. willie "da bomb" richardson had a beautiful pounce on the most recent Chikara show I watched. somebody gotta gif dat. hell, even a scrawny guy like the Human Tornado can pull the move off well, like so http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD1zyaFE800
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Jul 26, 2010 04:38
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LightsGameraAction posted:Lanny Poffo stayed in WWF for a year after Randy Savage left for WCW. According to wikipedia, Lanny Poffo last appeared in the WWF shortly after the 1992 Survivor Series, several years before Randy left.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:According to wikipedia, Lanny Poffo last appeared in the WWF shortly after the 1992 Survivor Series, several years before Randy left. He last appeared in wcw several years before his contract ran out.
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Curtis of Nigeria posted:He last appeared in wcw several years before his contract ran out. Right, Randy & Lanny were in the WWF at the same time and then in WCW at the same time.
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Jul 26, 2010 07:12
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Rusty Shackelford posted:I was thinking about how Matt & Jeff Hardy are both on the main rosters of the two promotions and was wondering about real life siblings in different promotions at the same time. Johnny Ace and Animal were in different/opposing promotions several times. They got to work together in late 99 as Johnny Ace and the Road Warriors were a three man team for Baba's funeral.
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Jul 26, 2010 07:46
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Rusty Shackelford posted:Right, Randy & Lanny were in the WWF at the same time and then in WCW at the same time. While we're on the topic. What was the deal with Lanny and WCW? It seems almost like a waste of a career.
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Magic_Ceiling_Fan posted:While we're on the topic. What was the deal with Lanny and WCW? It seems almost like a waste of a career. They hired him due to his brother. His brother just bought the Gorgeous George gimmick and told him he could use it. Lanny got ready by getting into shape and dying his hair. However, WCW never called him and refused to answer his phone calls. All the while Lanny got paid. It seems like its just WCW being WCW.
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I've heard that it was a sort of deal they had with Savage. They could have him but they needed to have Lanny too. Then they didn't really want to use him so his salary was just kinda' thought of as part of Randy's. Don't quote me on this, though.
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LividLiquid posted:I've heard that it was a sort of deal they had with Savage. They could have him but they needed to have Lanny too. Then they didn't really want to use him so his salary was just kinda' thought of as part of Randy's. Given what they had to do to make Hogan happy, this would not surprise me at all.
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Jul 26, 2010 08:48
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Matt Sydal (Evan Bourne) is with WWE while his brother is still working the indies, if that counts.
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Jul 26, 2010 09:24
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Brickhouse Betty posted:Looking at the WH2K Fvaorite Finisher thread, I have to know: What the gently caress is up with Marcus Cor Von's Pounce? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaTU7whcGi8 PERIOD no seriously watch some other videos of it, if the person sells it well it looks awesome
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When was Cena's last iconic promo? I'm trying to find the equivalent of Jericho's Fatal 4Way promo or Miz's crumbs promo, or Swagger's trophy promo.
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The Berzerker posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaTU7whcGi8 Where has Monty gone since he was cut by WWE anyway?
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Manwithastick posted:Where has Monty gone since he was cut by WWE anyway? He wasn't cut, he asked to leave to take of some family issues. Apparently, he has a personal training business that's really profitable.
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