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RZApublican posted:On a scale of one to ten how high was Hulk during that promo? Jake Roberts.
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Good god, what an atrocious promo.
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Jun 14, 2014 23:40
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MassRafTer posted:Jake Roberts. Robert Downey Jr. on a bad day.
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Jun 15, 2014 00:20
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LividLiquid posted:Good god, what an atrocious promo. Stick it brother, you are now known as the STUPID LITTLE MAN.
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MassRafTer posted:Jake Roberts. I'm old enough to remember when Jake Roberts wasn't old, fat and on crack, and the DDT was the target of a  campaign to ban the move because it was TOO EXTREME and KILLED SIX MEN IN KANSAS CITY or something, but somehow it was always allowed and Jake was able to paralyze a new person every week like everybody wanted.
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"I think Jakes DDT should be banned. Its too dangerous." "What about the huge python he carries that sometimes bites people?" "The snake is fine, its that DDT I'm concerned about."
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The DDT might kill people but Damien? He's harmless. Trust me. *bites macho man, dies of cocaine overdose*
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Luigi Thirty posted:The DDT might kill people but Damien? He's harmless. Trust me. I thought that was a specially defanged cobra that bit him for that bit and then promptly croaked because
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sean10mm posted:I thought that was a specially defanged cobra that bit him for that bit and then promptly croaked because I thought that was the cobra that died from being left overnight in the trunk of Jake's car.
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sean10mm posted:I thought that was a specially defanged cobra that bit him for that bit and then promptly croaked because Not defanged, devenomed. It definitely had fangs.
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RZApublican posted:One last WCW tale, which again involves poor ED and once again illustrates why Bookers are better than Writers and could also be a warning to all who are producing pro-wrestling currently. One afternoon at TV I was walking with Ed Ferarra who had the format sheet for Nitro in his hand and he was organizing what seemed like 100 pre-taped segments backstage. I half jokingly commented to him, "drat, you aren't afraid to write a thousand pre-tapes are you?" To this he responded, "Well, we have to tell these stories." in rebuttal I pointed out, "You know, if given time some of us can actually tell these stories in the ring." This got no verbal response from Ed, all I got from him was a look of befuddlement like this concept had never occurred to him before and he didn't really believe me. All this needs is "And then the entire backstage roster stood up and applauded" to be one of those "poo poo that didn't happen" stories.
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Luigi Thirty posted:The DDT might kill people but Damien? He's harmless. Trust me. I laughed at this having initially read it as Damien having killed Macho Man in the long-term, as the snake was as drugged out as Jake himself. Speaking of which, how did Jake treat Damien? Well cared for and loved (as much as a snake can be)? Or woefully abused?
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Lotus Brony posted:Speaking of which, how did Jake treat Damien? Well cared for and loved (as much as a snake can be)? Or woefully abused? In theory, the former. In practice... There's been more than two Damiens.
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Lotus Brony posted:I laughed at this having initially read it as Damien having killed Macho Man in the long-term, as the snake was as drugged out as Jake himself.
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Cromulent posted:I don't know about woefully, but definitely abused. WWF had a company on call who could ship another snake at a moments notice since they'd die so often. I really hate watching the animals in 80s WWF knowing they were around the likes of Dynamite Kid and all the other sociopaths. Frankie made it out 
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I don't think Jake abused the snakes but he didn't actually like having to take them on the road. (Yes, he was personally responsible for carrying them around.) One Damien died in 2004 because Jake forgot to feed him for the better part of a year. (Granted, there's some he-said-she-said about who was supposed to be taking care of the snake, if I remember right.)
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Even if Jake was trying to take care of Damien, I can't imagine that he could have done so very well on the road in the 80's, even before he was drugged/drunk out of his mind all the time.
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Yeah, I don't think they gave him any training on how to care for the snake while on the road. He's told a couple funny stories about the snake escaping on a plane (don't say it) and in the locker room shower.
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Jun 17, 2014 18:49
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I have heard that at least one Damian died because Jake left him in a rent-a-car trunk on a hot day.
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I mean he's no Kerry Von Erich going around killing animals but it was still him being hosed up 24/7.
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Jun 17, 2014 19:34
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"Forgot to feed him for a year"
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Jun 17, 2014 20:29
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Aw cripes, that sucks about Damien. How about Koko B Ware's birds? They fare any better? I wouldn't be surprised if those were rented, as those types of birds don't do well with traveling.
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Lotus Brony posted:Aw cripes, that sucks about Damien. How about Koko B Ware's birds? They fare any better? I wouldn't be surprised if those were rented, as those types of birds don't do well with traveling. Yeah, he only had one bird (Frankie) that, iirc, was actually his pet before the gimmick. Sadly, Frankie died in a house fire back in like 2000.
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Jun 17, 2014 21:10
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I wanted to throw up a little when Dave started telling the story of Kerry putting the Claw on a cat before Bryan demanded he stop Of course Dave kept going for a bit
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OneThousandMonkeys posted:"Forgot to feed him for a year" You only have to feed snakes quarterly, its wild
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Oh... oh god. Oh god! The British Bulldogs were entrusted with an actual bulldog! MATILDA! MAAATIIIILDAAAA!! 
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LvK posted:Oh... oh god. Oh god! The British Bulldogs were entrusted with an actual bulldog! MATILDA! MAAATIIIILDAAAA!! Sociopaths often love animals and treat them well. Just look at me, I love cats! Tonight, 8 PM: WCW Road Wild 97: THE FIRST DEFENSE Lex Luger defends his newly won WCW World title against Hollywood Hogan. Konnan faces Rey Mysterio Jr in a Mexican Death Match Mongo and Benoit take on Jarrett and Malenko in an elimination match. Alex Wright defends the cruiserweight title against Jericho. Ric Flair wrestles Syxx. Hennig clashes with DDP. Macho vs Giant Steiners vs Outsiders for the tag titles... it's a bad show folks. A really bad show. After the heights of last week we're back to Sturgis, back to the bikers and a bad show. I hope it'll be funny! It will be better to laugh than to cry. http://www.psp-tv.com/r/BadMoviesWorseWrestling 8 PM for Nitro, 7:30 for the Season 3 premiere of Cowboy Who?
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MassRafTer posted:Sociopaths often love animals and treat them well. Just look at me, I love cats! Is this the one with Brutus Beefcake?
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This is the show that opens with Harlem Heat as faces at a biker rally, isn't it? That's a bad wrestling memory.
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STAC Goat posted:This is the show that opens with Harlem Heat as faces at a biker rally, isn't it? That was 96 iirc
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triplexpac posted:I wanted to throw up a little when Dave started telling the story of Kerry putting the Claw on a cat before Bryan demanded he stop I didn't realize that was a true story until I heard him talking about it today.
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Halloween Jack posted:I don't think Jake abused the snakes but he didn't actually like having to take them on the road. (Yes, he was personally responsible for carrying them around.) One Damien died in 2004 because Jake forgot to feed him for the better part of a year. (Granted, there's some he-said-she-said about who was supposed to be taking care of the snake, if I remember right.) I had heard the truth of that story was that Jake actually started to get into animal rescue, and he brought in that snake which was already in ill health, not that his alcoholism or drug abuse contributed to it's death.
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Jun 18, 2014 01:09
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Somehow there's way more yokels, hayseeds and white trash then a normal wrestling show in attendence.
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Open up retro observer and first thing you see isquote:WCW SPRING STAMPEDE FINAL POLL RESULTS 
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LordPants posted:Open up retro observer and first thing you see is After watching that show recently I can say without a doubt all but 10 of those people are idiots.
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Jun 18, 2014 09:46
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Yeah, Spring Stampede was fun. Now that goddamn Sturgis PPV....
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So was Meltz hard on the decision to hotshot the belt back and forth from Hogan to Luger and back to Hogan?
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Thauros posted:Yeah, Spring Stampede was fun. Now that goddamn Sturgis PPV.... Maybe I am crazy but Road Wild 1997 wasn't as bad as I remembered. The ending sucked but there were three good matches on the card.
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triplexpac posted:I wanted to throw up a little when Dave started telling the story of Kerry putting the Claw on a cat before Bryan demanded he stop I enjoyed how for a moment, Bryan got caught up in it and was going to ask a question about what happened, but quickly stopped himself and went back to demanding they move on.
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