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In Foleys book he says Terry Funk chose to be Chainsaw Charlie. How true is this? Has Funk ever spoke about it? To me it seems like a decision to try and hide the fact Funk was old as balls or make him marketable.
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Terry Funk was in a stable in Japan with a chainsaw-slinging maniac garbage wrestler and a blood feud with the guy's equally chainsaw-slinging successor, I'd be willing to believe it was just Terry Funk being wonderfully insane.
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Jul 9, 2015 13:40
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when youve been the same character for 30 years its probably fun to play someone else
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Jul 9, 2015 13:47
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061469 posted:Developmental for announcers? I don't know... I mean, the guy is 42 years old. When did Cole start? When he was 28 or 29. He was an announcer for SD by 30.
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Jul 9, 2015 14:06
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And he had years of experience as an on-camera journalist too.
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MisterGBH posted:In Foleys book he says Terry Funk chose to be Chainsaw Charlie. How true is this? Has Funk ever spoke about it? To me it seems like a decision to try and hide the fact Funk was old as balls or make him marketable. For what it's worth, I read the same thing on Wrestlecrap years ago. They were like "you'll come out of this box, it'll be cool" and Funk was like "THAT'S BORING, I'LL BE CHAINSAW CHARLIE, SOMEBODY GET ME A CHAINSAW!"
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Jul 9, 2015 20:11
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Terry Funk is the coolest and the best
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LvK posted:Terry Funk was in a stable in Japan with a chainsaw-slinging maniac garbage wrestler and a blood feud with the guy's equally chainsaw-slinging successor, I'd be willing to believe it was just Terry Funk being wonderfully insane. Terry Funk had an idea for a gimmick called Dr Nosetal. He would blurt out random facts and berate the fans for not knowing that. He would finish babyface's sentences and scream that he already knew that. He tried to give the gimmick to Mikey Whipwreck. Terry Funk is a man among mere ants.
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Jul 9, 2015 21:48
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Gonzo McFee posted:Terry Funk had an idea for a gimmick called Dr Nosetal. He would blurt out random facts and berate the fans for not knowing that. He would finish babyface's sentences and scream that he already knew that. He tried to give the gimmick to Mikey Whipwreck. Wasn't this Bob Backlund's heel gimmick
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The only problem with Chainsaw Charlie is that it was Terry Funk and everyone knew of Funk and that it happened in the general insanity of the Attitude era. If a new guy turned up tomorrow cutting his way out of a box with a chainsaw then you would tune into see it. People would be asking you about the guy with a chainsaw. It would start the Chainsaw era. EugeneJ posted:Wasn't this Bob Backlund's heel gimmick I thought that while writing it. Further proof that Funk is a genius. He'd have out booked everyone if his horse didn't keep getting sick. Gonzo McFee fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 21:55
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Rewatching old PPVs... It struck me that Earl Hebner kinda sucked. His counts are always super slow and he seems to insert himself into stuff too often. Just watched him mess up the finish to Rock vs. Angle at No Way Out 2001. Why was he always so well respected (until the merch selling thing anyway)? It seemed like he got treated way better than Tim White.
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Jul 10, 2015 00:53
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Scott Armstrong is the worst loving counter and he actively distracts me from Cena/Punk MITB
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saltylopez posted:Earl Hebner loving sucked.
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Jul 10, 2015 01:31
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Benne posted:Scott Armstrong is the worst loving counter and he actively distracts me from Cena/Punk MITB When he first joined WWE, he was with the ECW brand. This was during the time WWE was ordering officials to "treat the match like it's a shoot". So there was a main event live on Sci Fi, and a wrestler forgot to kick out. Of course Scott Armstrong counts 3 and ends the match early, loving up the entire show.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:36
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EugeneJ posted:When he first joined WWE, he was with the ECW brand. This was during the time WWE was ordering officials to "treat the match like it's a shoot". So there was a main event live on Sci Fi, and a wrestler forgot to kick out. Of course Scott Armstrong counts 3 and ends the match early, loving up the entire show. That wasn't Scott Armstrong, the ref in question did exactly what he was told to do and was fired shortly afterwards.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:38
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I think for a long time Hebner was the most recognizable partly because he interacted more with wrestlers during matches and he was the ref in a lot of big matches. So he kinda got himself over in a way.
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Jul 10, 2015 02:42
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By god there are two Hebners, Hogan got screwed
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Gonzo McFee posted:The only problem with Chainsaw Charlie is that it was Terry Funk and everyone knew of Funk and that it happened in the general insanity of the Attitude era. I had no clue who he was. I was a big Mankind mark, so I thought his crazy friend was amazing.
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Jul 10, 2015 06:57
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Sadly I still remember Funk trying to climb the guard rail, or was it even just negotiating the arena steps when ECW was being relaunched during the RVD/Cena MITB contract signing.... Edit: Speaking of the ECW relaunch, Amish Roadkill appeared than disappeared as Vince had big plans or something for him. Did he ever reappear before he was released?
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Jul 10, 2015 08:12
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Benne posted:Scott Armstrong is the worst loving counter and he actively distracts me from Cena/Punk MITB loving hell, I'm glad it's not just me.
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Jul 10, 2015 11:17
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EugeneJ posted:When he first joined WWE, he was with the ECW brand. This was during the time WWE was ordering officials to "treat the match like it's a shoot". So there was a main event live on Sci Fi, and a wrestler forgot to kick out. Of course Scott Armstrong counts 3 and ends the match early, loving up the entire show. So, what was the ref supposed to do in this case? How do you get around counting 3 if some dumb fucker just plain forgets to kick out, shoulders down in the middle of the ring, without becoming HEEL REF or breaking the illusion? Stop at 2.5 and yell at the wrestler about something nonspecific? Also, how do you forget to kick out? I mean, they go over spots, and there's a specific move that the person uses to end the match. This isn't even Wrestling 101 here.
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Jul 10, 2015 15:05
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it's not that uncommon to see refs stop counting because someone forgot to kick out. edit: er actually thinking about it that's pretty rare, i'm thinking of the ref thinking the finish isn't the finish.
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Jul 10, 2015 15:11
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I think they do 2.5 and say his shoulder's up even if it's not.
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Go RV! posted:So, what was the ref supposed to do in this case? How do you get around counting 3 if some dumb fucker just plain forgets to kick out, shoulders down in the middle of the ring, without becoming HEEL REF or breaking the illusion? Stop at 2.5 and yell at the wrestler about something nonspecific? From what I know, aside from clearly planned spots, the refs are still told to call the match like a shoot. If the guy down doesn't kick out, or at least give some sort of physical indication that he's trying to kick out, I think the ref is just supposed to count it. This is may be different for something like a title match where it's a big deal who goes over, but I believe the thought is they would rather have the wrong guy win and fix it on the next show, than do what you describe above and have the ref obviously hold up his count for no reason. Keeping up the illusion is more important than the actual result of any particular match short of a PPV main event. Summer Rae told an interesting story recently on some radio show about one time when she was valet for Fandango and was supposed to reach through the ropes and trip his opponent while the ref's back was turned. She hosed up and did it in full view of the ref, and the ref disqualified Fandango. And Fandango was supposed to win that match. She was super upset and apologized to everyone and expected to get a ton of heat about it, but everyone was just like "poo poo happens, whatever."
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Jul 10, 2015 18:25
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Remember that glorious five minutes when everyone became meta-marks and speculated that Undertaker was supposed to kick out of the third F5 
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I didn't do that.
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Minidust posted:Remember that glorious five minutes when everyone became meta-marks and speculated that Undertaker was supposed to kick out of the third F5 Not everyone. Stupid people. Stupid people did that. Common mistake.
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Jul 10, 2015 20:26
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I remember people being convinced that Brock was shooting on Taker
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Jul 10, 2015 20:46
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Minidust posted:Remember that glorious five minutes when everyone became meta-marks and speculated that Undertaker was supposed to kick out of the third F5 I remember a few people doing that and getting made fun of.
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Jul 10, 2015 21:32
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Benne posted:I remember people being convinced that Brock was shooting on Taker Just like he shot on Roman Reigns at the last mania
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it was a shoot f5
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Jul 10, 2015 21:52
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How Brock got busted open has still never been proven. Motive established.
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:it was a shoot f5
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oldpainless posted:How Brock got busted open has still never been proven. Motive established. He was on the juice (big time)
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Jul 10, 2015 22:29
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Is Jim Ross completely done with WWE? I was surprised at how harsh he was on their style of wrestling in comments he's made since then.
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Halloween Jack posted:Is Jim Ross completely done with WWE? I was surprised at how harsh he was on their style of wrestling in comments he's made since then. I think he recorded some voice over for them a few months back (not sure for what) but he isn't on any kind of legends deal. I don't think anyone besides Chyna is ever completely done with the WWE though.
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croutonZA posted:I think he recorded some voice over for them a few months back (not sure for what) but he isn't on any kind of legends deal. Jeff Jarrett, CM Punk
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Jul 11, 2015 02:12
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Taka Michinoku. Not like WWE would offer to bring him back, but he would definitely never go if they did.
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DynamiteKidd posted:Taka Michinoku. What's the story there?
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He was a comedy jobber whose gimmick was "haha look at that guy he is a race" He was also a hundred times better than his place on the card and knew it, putting aside the insulting character.
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