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Lone Rogue posted:To be fair, 2/3rd of wrestlers are wrestlers because they failed at something. That includes Rock and Austin. Both were football rejects right? Rock and Austin.
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ColeM posted:Both were football rejects right? Rock and Austin. Correct. Austin even had a football player gimmick in his first few matches. At one point in the WWF, likely because Jim Ross is a football enthusiast, most guys in the WWF were football rejects.
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Lone Rogue posted:Correct. Austin even had a football player gimmick in his first few matches. Wrestling has always attracted football players (both failed and guys looking for a new job) - big beefy dudes who like being the center of attention and performing, it's not a big surprise there is a crossover.
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Also getting the poo poo knocked out of them/knocking the poo poo out of other people.
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Jerusalem posted:Wrestling has always attracted football players (both failed and guys looking for a new job) - big beefy dudes who like being the center of attention and performing, it's not a big surprise there is a crossover. It always surprised me how very few hockey players transition to wrestling, or rather successfully.
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Lone Rogue posted:It always surprised me how very few hockey players transition to wrestling, or rather successfully. "Okay next we're going to show you how to punch somebody without hurting them." "I quit."
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Jerusalem posted:Wrestling has always attracted football players (both failed and guys looking for a new job) - big beefy dudes who like being the center of attention and performing, it's not a big surprise there is a crossover. Not to mention Ernie Ladd setting a precedent for being able to do both to a high level.
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Jerusalem posted:"Okay next we're going to show you how to punch somebody without hurting them."  Does Jericho count? Did he play junior hockey?
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LordPants posted:Does Jericho count? Did he play junior hockey? Not at all. If memory serves, he got into wrestling in his late teens and never went to college.
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It stands to reason that every Canadian wrestler played at least some level of hockey, but I can't think of any who played at a level as high as junior. Most failed junior players end up pursuing mma, golf or poker. I have no stats to support that statement, just observations.
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Timby posted:Not at all. If memory serves, he got into wrestling in his late teens and never went to college. Fair enough I just figured Canadian + Dad NHL player. etc.
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Incorrect, Jericho went to a Winnipeg CC and got a journalism diploma.
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Gaz-L posted:Not to mention Ernie Ladd setting a precedent for being able to do both to a high level. Wahoo McDaniel had a decent NFL career too, as I understand it.
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Timby posted:Not at all. If memory serves, he got into wrestling in his late teens and never went to college.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Incorrect, Jericho went to a Winnipeg CC and got a journalism diploma. Because Jesse Ventura told him to! 
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When did the Undertaker become the general backstage? And since he isn't there much anymore (I assume), is there a new person who all the wrestlers look up to?
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I remember a story about a hockey player who was brought in to ref a match, and when he asked how to pull a punch, the match participants snickered and told him not to worry about it. I want to say it was Saggs of the Nasty Boys. So when the time for the spot comes, the guys pulls Saggs' shirt over his head and lays three vicious uppercuts into him, drat near knocking him the gently caress out cold.
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Spikeguy posted:When did the Undertaker become the general backstage? And since he isn't there much anymore (I assume), is there a new person who all the wrestlers look up to?
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Critical posted:I remember a story about a hockey player who was brought in to ref a match, and when he asked how to pull a punch, the match participants snickered and told him not to worry about it. I want to say it was Saggs of the Nasty Boys. Dave "The Hammer" Schultz in WCW.
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Critical posted:I remember a story about a hockey player who was brought in to ref a match, and when he asked how to pull a punch, the match participants snickered and told him not to worry about it. I want to say it was Saggs of the Nasty Boys. I found it: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x205cz_nasty-boys-vs-cactus-jack-kevin-sul_sport#rel-page-1 It was at Slamboree '94 and happens around the 4:00 mark. Just from watching it a bit, the match looked pretty brutal.
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Spikeguy posted:When did the Undertaker become the general backstage? And since he isn't there much anymore (I assume), is there a new person who all the wrestlers look up to? Supposedly, Triple H and Shawn Michaels pulled Sheamus and Drew McIntyre aside and told them that it was Randy Orton's locker room now. Not sure if that means Orton is Undertaker now or if Orton is what Triple H and Shawn Michaels used to be.
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Lone Rogue posted:If Garrett had worked the indies I might respect him. Instead, he's going the easy route with getting TV time on TNA. Have you WATCHED SPIKE Tv lately? Garrett is practically on the indies.
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Lone Rogue posted:Supposedly, Triple H and Shawn Michaels pulled Sheamus and Drew McIntyre aside and told them that it was Randy Orton's locker room now. Not sure if that means Orton is Undertaker now or if Orton is what Triple H and Shawn Michaels used to be. Orton looks out for the underneath guys (so does Cena, to varying degrees), so it is his locker room in that sense. Why HHH and Shawn get to decide whose locker room it is, I have no idea.
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CombineThresher posted:Orton looks out for the underneath guys (so does Cena, to varying degrees), so it is his locker room in that sense. Why HHH and Shawn get to decide whose locker room it is, I have no idea. Because they're the Kliq and they do poo poo like that?
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CombineThresher posted:Orton looks out for the underneath guys (so does Cena, to varying degrees), so it is his locker room in that sense. Why HHH and Shawn get to decide whose locker room it is, I have no idea. It reads to me that you have a pair of vets acknowedging that the time of The Undertaker as THE locker room leader is formally over and that this tradition is falling on Orton to set the tone. This is more of guys showing respect and passing a torch then anything nefarious.
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CombineThresher posted:Orton looks out for the underneath guys (so does Cena, to varying degrees), so it is his locker room in that sense. Why HHH and Shawn get to decide whose locker room it is, I have no idea. Probably the story is more "give the guy some respect, he's the guy who goes to bat for you," rather than "this is the way it is, shut up." HHH is a human shovel, but doesn't everyone still say he loves the business? I can't see him loving with the locker room if so.
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Dead Snoopy posted:It reads to me that you have a pair of vets acknowedging that the time of The Undertaker as THE locker room leader is formally over and that this tradition is falling on Orton to set the tone. This is more of guys showing respect and passing a torch then anything nefarious. Yeah, the only way I took it nefarious was them telling Drew and Sheamus this because Drew and Sheamus are in their ear and Orton goes by the beat of his own drum. He gained his reputation backstage for having some clout and sticking up to HHH in front of everyone.
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Lone Rogue posted:Yeah, the only way I took it nefarious was them telling Drew and Sheamus this because Drew and Sheamus are in their ear and Orton goes by the beat of his own drum. Do you know how he stuck up to HHH?
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Spikeguy posted:Do you know how he stuck up to HHH? I had to search google since this was stuff from a few years ago. No idea of the sources. quote:During the Iraq show, Umaga was getting new tights made, and the seamstress said he couldn't use certain colors because they were "Hunter's colors." Umaga insisted anyways. When Shawn Michaels saw the tights, he threw a fit. Orton, then stood up for Umaga, in front of everyone. I also recall something about Triple H burying someone on TV and Orton calling him on it in the locker room in front of everyone. Hunter tried to brush it off as a joke or something and then left the locker. I think it was around 2009. Again, might all be bullshit but if you do a search for Orton "locker room leader" you'll see a few links mentioning how he stood up to HHH and HBK.
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Did batista ever have a MMA match? He seemed to tease it for a while but never followed through
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Manwithastick posted:Did batista ever have a MMA match? He seemed to tease it for a while but never followed through No, although he's reportedly reached a pretty advanced level of training since that's what he does now. Most of the ridiculous money marks have went out of business or been absorbed by Zuffa, Batista never got a financially viable offer.
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jeffersonlives posted:No, although he's reportedly reached a pretty advanced level of training I highly doubt that
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Critical posted:I remember a story about a hockey player who was brought in to ref a match, and when he asked how to pull a punch, the match participants snickered and told him not to worry about it. I want to say it was Saggs of the Nasty Boys. The way I heard the story, it was very good natured on everybody's part, and Saggs got knocked loopy but he didn't have a problem with it at all (he was probably loving delighted!).
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Jerusalem posted:The way I heard the story, it was very good natured on everybody's part, and Saggs got knocked loopy but he didn't have a problem with it at all (he was probably loving delighted!). I met Jerry Saggs when I was like six. Unlike Knobbs, Saggs wasn't a complete dick.
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jeffersonlives posted:No, although he's reportedly reached a pretty advanced level of training since that's what he does now. Most of the ridiculous money marks have went out of business or been absorbed by Zuffa, Batista never got a financially viable offer.
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Flameingblack posted:Wouldn't be surprised to see Batista pimp out the next season of The Ultimate Fighter-type show. That'd probably be a good role for him. If the Bellator reality show (and you know there'll be one) has a role for a host or even a regular announcer, Batista would do fine there.
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flashy_mcflash posted:That'd probably be a good role for him. If the Bellator reality show (and you know there'll be one) has a role for a host or even a regular announcer, Batista would do fine there.
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Has anyone ever run with a gimmick where they steal their opponent's moves consistently. So an "Anything you can do I can do better" style thing?
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Lone Rogue posted:During the Iraq show, Umaga was getting new tights made, and the seamstress said he couldn't use certain colors because they were "Hunter's colors." Umaga insisted anyways. When Shawn Michaels saw the tights, he threw a fit. Orton, then stood up for Umaga, in front of everyone. I wonder if that tied into this somehow: 
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