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Mr Hootington posted:Rock n roll express broke up in August 1988? You're gonna learn something about Wrestling Breakups and Wrestler Retirements over the next few months lol
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STONE COLD 64 posted:You're gonna learn something about Wrestling Breakups and Wrestler Retirements over the next few months lol I'm guessing it is crockett flailing or Gibson is hurt. It is just weird having them announce that Morton is pursing a solo career now and if he tag teams it will be Nikita. Such a weird pairing. Whatever though. Morton has been higher than an airplane in every appearance since they cane back.
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Ganso Bomb posted:So glad this ended with “padlocking them…” and not “taking a poo poo in them” I missed the word "bags" which made your post even stranger.
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the promo where mr fuji, yokozuna, and mean gene are at a japanese restaurant and yokozuna is just shooting on the yakiniku in the background while mr fuji goes YES MEAN GENE-SAN, EAT THE RICE. HAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH is incredible
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I feel like Vince kept putting Fuji on camera because he found his accent hilarious. It’s the only possible explanation for Fuji Vice.
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Fuji peaked with Demolition imo but still had some gas with the Powers of Pain. By Yoko they had to pair him with Corny and he was just around for the salt in the eyes spot. He took a good Demolition Decapitation at WM5 or 6 tho.
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Maxwell Lord posted:I feel like Vince kept putting Fuji on camera because he found his accent hilarious. Sadly you're right on the money.
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Ganso Bomb posted:So glad this ended with “padlocking them…” and not “taking a poo poo in them” I mean I wouldn't rule it out
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Halloween Jack posted:He was the 11-time winner of Big Dave's Worst Manager Awards, until he was replaced by Sonny Onoo. I never understood why anyone thought either of those characters was a good idea. I mean, I understand it, but I don't understand it. I think what makes him especially uncomfortable isn't just that he's a racist gimmick, it's it being a racist gimmick that feels a good 20 to 30 years out of date for the era it's in, probably why I got so surprised by that Kamala segment too Anyways I watched part of Clash of The Champions 22 last night after Raw #1 and it's funny seeing all these guys who either will become huge later in the decade(Steve Austin, Mick Foley) and/or undergo radical alterations(like Sting or Rick Rude), and seeing Chris Benoit in anything will always be a bit awkward, 2 Cold Scorpio had a very "interesting" intro video gimmick, and the opening bit with Tony Schiavone and Bill Watts was funny if for nothing else than the fact that Bill is like twice Tony's size
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Al Perez's spinning throw is one of the funniest moves I've ever seen.
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drrockso20 posted:I think what makes him especially uncomfortable isn't just that he's a racist gimmick, it's it being a racist gimmick that feels a good 20 to 30 years out of date for the era it's in, probably why I got so surprised by that Kamala segment too https://youtu.be/83w9pMhz4Ic?si=DcR0E_mETOizlRB_
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Lol, anyways watching more of Clash and why the hell is WCW doing Arm Wrestling and treating it as something worth giving PPV* time to Also it's funny contrasting how WWF and WCW treat talking about or showing Wrestlers not currently employed by them, WWF usually tries to pretend they don't exist while WCW doesn't care and will gladly talk about or show old footage featuring people no longer with them at the time like the Steiner Brothers or Ric Flair *yes I know Clash isn't actually a PPV but whatever
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I knew it was briefly popular for a bit in the 80's(mostly because of that one Sylvester Stallone movie) but didn't think it would extend into the 90's Also Cactus Jack winning a major match thanks mostly by beating the poo poo out of a bunch of guys with a boot is just magical, also man the audience is loving him and it astounds me that WCW didn't realize the talent they had in a guy like him in the long run(like yeah sure that could be said about a lot of guys but it especially sticks out with Mick Foley)
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drrockso20 posted:I knew it was briefly popular for a bit in the 80's(mostly because of that one Sylvester Stallone movie) but didn't think it would extend into the 90's Stallone got $12 million to star in OVER THE TOP, I'm in the wrong business lol
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Mr Hootington posted:Al Perez's spinning throw is one of the funniest moves I've ever seen. It's a hell of lot less funny when Santam Singh does it.
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haljordan posted:Stallone got $12 million to star in OVER THE TOP, I'm in the wrong business lol Also featuring Terry Funk (RIP), Reggie Bennett and Scott Norton when he was 'just' an arm wrestler.
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Dawgstar posted:Also featuring Terry Funk (RIP), Reggie Bennett and Scott Norton when he was 'just' an arm wrestler. I like to think after Robert Loggia's character in Over the Top fired him as a bodyguard, Terry Funk had to take a job bouncing at the shitkicker bar in Road House. haljordan fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Sep 23, 2023 |
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Dawgstar posted:Also featuring Terry Funk (RIP), Reggie Bennett and Scott Norton when he was 'just' an arm wrestler. This video featuring the promo Funk cut on Stallone for his audition is a must watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpawn45ZnU
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Finished Clash of Champions 3. It was half decent. Now I get to witness the death throes of JCP.
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Some sports are just really not conducive to being spectator sports. Arm wrestling is one of them and body building is another.
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Halloween Jack posted:Some sports are just really not conducive to being spectator sports. Arm wrestling is one of them and body building is another. I remember the WBF started and it was just weird. Let's go look at interchangeable dudes with muscles. Who don't hit each other or hold swords. loving bullshit.
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Angry_Ed posted:The WBF existed just so Vince could https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbsRtuoIDSc I thought maybe my memories were overtuned about this clip but no, that's the horniest Vince McMahon has ever been.
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Halloween Jack posted:Some sports are just really not conducive to being spectator sports. Arm wrestling is one of them and body building is another. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuNuEuW_jp8
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Luigi Thirty posted:Sonny Onoo was the office’s Japanese liaison, and having a bilingual manager for Japanese talent you’re bringing in is a good idea but they really should have found someone on-camera who was better than him. It’s not like he’s the only guy in the country who speaks English and Japanese. The gimmick was definitely unfortunate, perhaps even more so because one week on Nitro, Onoo cut a promo where he "accidentally" lost the stereotypical accent, Gene Okerlund called him out on it, and Onoo suddenly pivoted into a new character. Basically, the idea was that he decided to put on that persona to lull people into seeing him as more non-threatening and ineffectual. And then it was never referenced again. So even though they introduced a shift to a much less offensive version of the gimmick, it was immediately dropped.
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