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oldskool posted:I know he got WWF Magazine writer Lou Gianfriddo with the chicken wing on RAW, but I think Russo & Gianfriddo are different people.
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Perigryn posted:I remember Vic Venom referring to Gianfriddo as "Louie The Frito" in one of his columns... The thing I remember most about his columns was him demanding they "Run a picture of Jeff Jarrett in this column from now on, even if I don't talk about him!" And they did.
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Nov 28, 2011 14:28
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I'm in contact with an indy wrestler who's a) local and b) had Ian Rotten shoot on him and bash his head in with a chair. Should I ask him to do an interview about his indy career?
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Nov 28, 2011 14:53
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I would love to read (watch?) that interview, especially if he has dirt on Ian, that's always entertaining.
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Nov 28, 2011 15:09
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I was playing WWE 12 and thought why is Vader called Vader? Is it a Star Wars thing or something else? Also he got to keep the name when he went to WWE was this always the case or was he going to be called some cheese ball name instead?
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Nov 28, 2011 15:22
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MisterGBH posted:I was playing WWE 12 and thought why is Vader called Vader? Is it a Star Wars thing or something else? I believe the Vader gimmick was created in Japan and they were just looking for a guy to fill it, and Leon White was the guy. The name itself was probably based on Star Wars, yeah.
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Nov 28, 2011 15:25
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MisterGBH posted:I was playing WWE 12 and thought why is Vader called Vader? Is it a Star Wars thing or something else? When he debuted in New Japan, he was given the moniker of "Big Van Vader", which was supposedly based on some sort of mythical legend in Japan. I have no idea if that explanation is actually true, however.
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Nov 28, 2011 15:39
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flashy_mcflash posted:I believe the Vader gimmick was created in Japan and they were just looking for a guy to fill it, and Leon White was the guy. The name itself was probably based on Star Wars, yeah. Vader used to have a crazy mask that looked like a stormtrooper had sex with a cylon that was born from the mating between satan and another science fiction robot. It always looked vaguely star warsy to me, but Japan is weird so who knows.
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Nov 28, 2011 16:30
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FishBulb posted:Vader used to have a crazy mask that looked like a stormtrooper had sex with a cylon that was born from the mating between satan and another science fiction robot. It always looked vaguely star warsy to me, but Japan is weird so who knows. It was loving awesome and I wish they'd give it to his son. I was so disappointed when he came to WWE without the armour. If it wasn't for that, I probably wouldn't have watched WCW until at least 1995 or 1996. I remember switching the channel to WCW Worldwide after Superstars one day and being like WHAT THE CHRIST.
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So I watched Guest Booker with Al Snow and like most stuff with Al Snow he's a very opinionated guy. His experience as a booker would be his time with OVW, where Snow claims that ratings went up and attendance went up in his time as booker. Anyone know if this is true? And if it is true, is Al Snow the best kept secret in booking?
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Nov 28, 2011 18:31
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Behold!!
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Lone Rogue posted:So I watched Guest Booker with Al Snow and like most stuff with Al Snow he's a very opinionated guy. If I recall correctly, Snow took over after Cornette got axed, and the show basically went into a freefall. So I'm pretty sure Snow is completely full of poo poo.
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Nov 28, 2011 18:50
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:If I recall correctly, Snow took over after Cornette got axed, and the show basically went into a freefall. So I'm pretty sure Snow is completely full of poo poo. His claim was directly, "We went from 60 people for TV tapings to 300 and they had to increase the amount of Fairgrounds shows because of how we were doing". I met Al Snow once. He spent most of the time sleeping. He agreed with something I said instead of calling me a jackass smart mark which is an oxymoron you loving retard so that was nice.
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Nov 28, 2011 19:00
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My favourite part of that interview is that Al Snow apparently doesn't understand the concept of fiction.
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oldpainless posted:Behold!! I like how the "Big" is in quotes, as if that's just a nickname but Van Vader isn't at all questionable. Mother fucker is big!! That mask always reminded me of that He Man character with an elephant head, painted black
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Nov 28, 2011 19:49
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Lone Rogue posted:His claim was directly, "We went from 60 people for TV tapings to 300 and they had to increase the amount of Fairgrounds shows because of how we were doing". I wish there was an online reference for OVW attendance, because he is so full of poo poo here.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:I wish there was an online reference for OVW attendance, because he is so full of poo poo here. I've come to accept with Al that most of his "facts" are hogwash and some of his opinions are his own but if he had a wrestling school I'd send every wantabee wrestler I knew to it. I love his philosophy on the business. Of course, he also thinks Larry Sharpe had the first wrestling school...
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Nov 28, 2011 20:59
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oldskool posted:I know he got WWF Magazine writer Lou Gianfriddo with the chicken wing on RAW, but I think Russo & Gianfriddo are different people. Ah right ok. My mistake.
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Nov 28, 2011 21:24
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oldpainless posted:Behold!! 
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Nov 28, 2011 21:25
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MisterGBH posted:I was playing WWE 12 and thought why is Vader called Vader? Is it a Star Wars thing or something else? I think Jim Cornette once said that Vince wanted to call him Mastodon - not just as in "look at this mastodon, this mammoth of a man!" like he said on commentary, he wanted his name to be Mastodon. Eventually they just stuck with Vader because of the pre-existing name recognition. Funny that later they started calling Brodus Clay "The Mastodon of Mayhem." I guess that, like Kane, Vince has wanted to use the name Mastodon for a long time.
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Nov 28, 2011 21:29
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Crouton posted:Eventually they just stuck with Vader because of the pre-existing name recognition. What an odd concept!
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oldpainless posted:Behold!! You need to mention that the mask spewed smoke. HulkaMatt posted:What an odd concept! Vince is pretty good about that. For example, he changed the Road Warriors to the Legion of Doom.
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Going back to Russo appearing on WWF TV, he appeared on a Raw in the ring in 1997 to give a WWF magazine award to someone. Sorry I can't be more specific, I just remember re-watching this a couple years back and being like "Holy poo poo that's Vince Russo"
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Nov 28, 2011 21:46
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Rusty Shackelford posted:You need to mention that the mask spewed smoke. They were the Legion of Doom in Georgia Championship Wrestling, well before they got to the WWE.
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I think they used Legion of Doom in promos when they were Road Warriors too, it was just an alternate name.
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flashy_mcflash posted:I think they used Legion of Doom in promos when they were Road Warriors too, it was just an alternate name. Sorry, I meant more that he retired the Road Warriors name.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:Sorry, I meant more that he retired the Road Warriors name. I wonder if he thought he'd get sued by Mel Gibson? Though I guess he'd have gone after them all that time they were actually working as Road Warriors. Basically I just want to see Mel Gibson take the Doomsday Device.
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flashy_mcflash posted:I wonder if he thought he'd get sued by Mel Gibson? Though I guess he'd have gone after them all that time they were actually working as Road Warriors. Jews were behind the Montreal Screwjob!
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flashy_mcflash posted:I wonder if he thought he'd get sued by Mel Gibson? Though I guess he'd have gone after them all that time they were actually working as Road Warriors. How many gimmicks sprung up out of that movie or series of movies? Besides the Road Warriors, one of Sid's initial gimmicks was Lord Humongous, which was from Mad max 2.
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Rusty Shackelford posted:How many gimmicks sprung up out of that movie or series of movies? Besides the Road Warriors, one of Sid's initial gimmicks was Lord Humongous, which was from Mad max 2. From a Yahoo! Answers: 1.The Road Warriors 2.Lord Humongous 3.Mad Maxine 4.Master Blasters 5.The Thunder Dome 6.The Wheel (mostly used in World Championship Wrestling) Powers of Pain and Demolition should be considered as well. I always thought Luna Vachon took her style from Mad Max but maybe she was just being punk.
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triplexpac posted:Going back to Russo appearing on WWF TV, he appeared on a Raw in the ring in 1997 to give a WWF magazine award to someone. Back a year or so ago when I marathoned Raws from like 96-99, I actually saw this. He was there as "The Head Writer of WWF Magazine" or something to give Sable (and Sunny, although she absent due to illness - I have no idea the backstory to this) an award for best selling issue in WWF Magazine history. It was this dual bikini spread thing, and the whole ceremony ended with someone - maybe Luna - attacking and stripping Sable. Russo, being the progressive and kind-hearted man that he is, took off his jacket and covered Sable up to protect her modesty. I don't remember, however, if he was identified as "Vince Russo" or as some sort of gimmick name. I'm pretty sure it was the former.
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:Back a year or so ago when I marathoned Raws from like 96-99, I actually saw this. He was there as "The Head Writer of WWF Magazine" or something to give Sable (and Sunny, although she absent due to illness - I have no idea the backstory to this) an award for best selling issue in WWF Magazine history. It was this dual bikini spread thing, and the whole ceremony ended with someone - maybe Luna - attacking and stripping Sable. Russo, being the progressive and kind-hearted man that he is, took off his jacket and covered Sable up to protect her modesty. He went by Vic Venom in the magazine at the time
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Lone Rogue posted:From a Yahoo! Answers: 
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flashy_mcflash posted:I believe the Vader gimmick was created in Japan and they were just looking for a guy to fill it, and Leon White was the guy. The name itself was probably based on Star Wars, yeah. Vader is dutch for "Father", and Vader does nothing else that is similar to Darth Vader. I mean, if his finisher was a chokeslam, maybe. But apart from that it's pretty tough.
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Nov 29, 2011 10:14
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Thanks for answering the Vader question guys. It's an odd mix really.
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So what's up with Jinder Mahal? Whenever someone asks 'why isn't this dude fired' people say he's huge in India but...all he ever gets to do is get clowned on in pretty racist ways. Is he some big name from India or something, or is it just kinda 'hey he's the only dude who looks like us and speaks Hindi in his promos, better than nothing I guess'?
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Vader's ring name doesn't come from Star Wars, actually. It was the name of some legendary samurai and Inoki gave it to him in New Japan. Vader said this in an interview, although I don't have a link.
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Nov 30, 2011 06:41
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Jinder isn't huge in India. I don't think anybody actually believes that.
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HulkaMatt posted:Jinder isn't huge in India. I don't think anybody actually believes that. Well, WWE might.
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