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Admiral Joeslop posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbsRtuoIDSc He looks like his head has been CGI’d onto his body
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:it was so he could try and screw over the IFBB not understanding that bodybuilding is niche and no one is going to buy a ppv for it even if you add wrestling storylines to the bodybuilding What's funny to me is WWF was able to get away with pissing off every other main promotion at the time and use it to become the biggest thing around but this absolutely did not work in bodybuilding because there was really only one in the IBFF. Like it was an example of all Vince's tricks not working. 
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History Comes Inside! posted:He looks like his head has been CGI’d onto his body https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNwQKA4BuPQ&t=179s
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Shard posted:this show was way better than arm wrestling I still want closure for the angle where Tsunami stole the Dragon Star.
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Look at the striations!
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Oh my God https://twitter.com/RicFlairNatrBoy/status/1707377387409707478?t=2E635E_GrexhaCSPlKQBZQ&s=19
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TL posted:I still want closure for the angle where Tsunami stole the Dragon Star. I remember once thinking Willie Johnson KEY SYMBOL THE BAM and Billy Blanks were the same person.
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I recommend watching the first 8 minutes of the 10/8/1988 episode of WCW for an incredible road warriors promo. Animal talks about his trip to Hawaii. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCb7nkenJvg
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Bam Bam Bigelow and Sir Oliver Humperdink have shown up. Bam Bam is entertaining.
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I'm an unapologetic Sir Oliver Humperdink mark.
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heh heh....dink
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*Bryan Alvarez voice* HUMP her DINK?
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So how long after JCP sold to Ted turner did David crockett stay on as a host?
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Alaois posted:*Bryan Alvarez voice* I hardly know her
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Mr Hootington posted:So how long after JCP sold to Ted turner did David crockett stay on as a host? not much longer, iirc Good Ol JR is arriving soon.
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David does work backstage as a producer for a while, maybe until vince buys it.
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Suplex Liberace posted:not much longer, iirc Good Ol JR is arriving soon. JR has been around since UWF was bought. I'll be sad to see David go. He isn't the beat, but he does have an infectious excitement for all of it. The man seems to actually love wrestling.
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Erin M. Fiasco posted:I'm an unapologetic Sir Oliver Humperdink mark. I've been told I've never seen Humperdink when he was super good but I'm content to think it's like watching Jimmy Hart in Memphis with the First Family.
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What the heck is Humperdink's history? I only know him from the Bam Bam era. Also: Shoving Bam Bam back into the midcard after the Lawrence Taylor match was such a waste. Dude could hang in the main. And it's not like he was even out of place in the New Generation era.
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ChrisBTY posted:Also: Shoving Bam Bam back into the midcard after the Lawrence Taylor match was such a waste. Dude could hang in the main. And it's not like he was even out of place in the New Generation era. I want to say, like a lot of things, it was Kliq bullshit but I might be wrong. I vaguely remember hearing that mentioned at some point. And probably some frustration on Bammer’s part since he’d been strung along a bit on both his Fed runs only to get depushed both times.
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He definitely had kliq heat if you believe Nash’s story about him doing a racism at a gas station and nearly getting them all shot or whatever it was
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Shard posted:this show was way better than arm wrestling I love how most of the competitors have names like "The Machine", "Red Dragon", and "Tsunami" and then there's one guy who is just "Yin Yang Man". History Comes Inside! posted:He definitely had kliq heat if you believe Nash’s story about him doing a racism at a gas station and nearly getting them all shot or whatever it was The story apparently didn't involve racism from what I recall but more Bam Bam calling a bunch of gang members pussies leading to Nash, Hall, and Bam Bam having to speed away from the store. Hoss Corncave fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Oct 3, 2023 |
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Hoss Corncave posted:The story apparently didn't involve racism from what I recall but more Bam Bam calling a bunch of gang members pussies leading to Nash, Hall, and Bam Bam having to speed away from the store. Nah it did. Nash told it on his podcast but here’s someone’s write up of the story because I can’t listen to any clips right now to confirm it’s the right one I’d be posting. TLDR quote:
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ChrisBTY posted:What the heck is Humperdink's history? I only know him from the Bam Bam era. I think Bam Bam was the embodiment of "big fish in a big pond" during his WWF and WCW runs. Compared to 99% of people he's an absolute monstrous human being, but you place him next to a Hogan or a Nash and he's more of a goofy looking person--he just loses mystique. ECW was the perfect place for him to really standout and be the alpha hoss that he could be.
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I feel like the whole point with Bam Bam was for the losing streak to lead to his babyface turn but yeah, they killed what heat he had with it. Losing streak storylines can really be BAD in wrestling, especially if the person is already really only a midcarder.
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Maxwell Lord posted:I feel like the whole point with Bam Bam was for the losing streak to lead to his babyface turn but yeah, they killed what heat he had with it. Losing streak storylines can really be BAD in wrestling, especially if the person is already really only a midcarder. It was never gonna work, the man doesn't work all that well as a sympathetic babyface. It should've been a winning streak where he becomes too big for the corporation and turns antihero while maintaining his edge. Either way though, he wasn't probably enough of a talker to carry a strong face push.
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iamsosmrt posted:I think Bam Bam was the embodiment of "big fish in a big pond" during his WWF and WCW runs. Compared to 99% of people he's an absolute monstrous human being, but you place him next to a Hogan or a Nash and he's more of a goofy looking person--he just loses mystique. ECW was the perfect place for him to really standout and be the alpha hoss that he could be. It's true that at the Survivor Series where he was the last man standing, on the other side was a team where King Kong Bundy wasn't even the second biggest guy (that was One Man Gang, the first was Andre).
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I should also mention that my best friend of 22 years looked a lot like Bam Bam so I have a soft spot for the bammer.
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iamsosmrt posted:I think Bam Bam was the embodiment of "big fish in a big pond" during his WWF and WCW runs. Compared to 99% of people he's an absolute monstrous human being, but you place him next to a Hogan or a Nash and he's more of a goofy looking person--he just loses mystique. ECW was the perfect place for him to really standout and be the alpha hoss that he could be. I remember how stunned I was to learn that Scott Hall was like 6'5, until I realized most of the time I remember seeing him he was standing next to Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan.
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Cavauro posted:what was the deal with that logo. it’s 3 intertwined “b”s, a reference to his shoot love of free samples
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the bottom Bs should have been close together to make the top B more of a B. even though it would have sacrificed the appearance of the four way crossing thing with a spot in the middle. my opin, rest ub oeace
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Even if he wasn't the biggest guy in WWF/WCW he was athletic enough to stand out so he 100% could of been the guy. But than you hear stories of him doing dumb poo poo like counting money in front of Baba and you realize why he never got that shot
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bam was a real carnie. respect
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maruhkati posted:I remember how stunned I was to learn that Scott Hall was like 6'5, until I realized most of the time I remember seeing him he was standing next to Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan. Yeah, 'deceptively tall' is certainly a thing, like when I finally saw Jake Roberts and DiBiase in person.
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kevin nash knew he could be a wrestler when he was at a wrestling show and they kept billing wrestlers as 6'10 when he was actually 6'10 and taller than those wrestlers
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