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thee Reverend Axl Future

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  1. Alright, I will plug it: I will be on thee Cigars and Conversations with Derek St, Holmes Esq, podcast tonight at 8:00pm CST, also featuring Mr. Jay G. I guess I am the expendable pity pandemic guest so I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE. Search for it, I dunno how these things work - watch it live or listen to it later. I may or may not be high........... .......on wrestling, that is (and/or COVID19, and/or looting, and/or bipartisanship, and/or pain meds). I will drop names and name drop(kick)s. -ciao, my lovelies, RAF
  2. I remember reading this. It seems like a dozen lifetimes ago, both in my wrestling world and in my life. Also, EGilbert was one of the smartest peoples ever about the business and he was helpless against the politickers. - RAF
  3. St. Brody used blood for his baptisms. Crazy Texas prophet, HUSS. ------------------------------------- Puerto Rico, angry mob - please let the local face get the pin, young fool. --------------------------------------- The Great Malenko sacrificed his teeth for this business. And you did...? (2006-07) - RAF
  4. This is such genius. Again, thank you Mr. Johnny Legend. "My Dinner With Andre" was the punchline to many a jape back then, and this was Messrs. Kaufman & Blassie's take on it. I still quote from this, usually to a deafening lack of reaction. I had to go into a video r?ental store, get them to order this for me, wait a month or so and PAY RETAIL (probably $40) to be able to own this artifact. Worth it. Works great on first dates. This has to be a rib, right? - RAF
  5. I would rather watch this GIF for twelve minutes than your average RAW main event, and I would learn more. I am terribly predictable, RAF
  6. I was thinking that that brilliant scenario by L_W_P needed a scene with Bray summoning some Warriors Baseball Furies softball league droogies to set on Sid Justice who morphs into a pile of sqeegees and leg casts. This man has a storied history. - RAF
  7. Quality bumpers: Rick Rude, Ric Flair, Rick Steamboat and Dick Murdoch. - RAF
  8. This looks like a photo from a 1985 WFIA convention that never happened... - RAF
  9. When VJM renamed his heel challengers he almost always went with Irish names, go figure. I was thinking that a second generation guy would know his value more and be a savvier negotiator with more leverage, at least at first. We all see what a master of politicking that Mr. Hogan became.... When did Zacko retire? How close to expansion? - RAF
  10. Good points, but Spring '83 is not too far away from December 1983 to imagine a verbal agreement or negotiations to be taking place around then. I can also surmise a Vince McMahon not wanting a second generation worker, one without a cagey vet dad who has been around the office politics (Fritz, Larry). By this reasoning that would "eliminate" Savage as well as Ted DiBiase, another hungry youth (who had WWWF experience). VKM had experience with HHogan - maybe he had the VJM stamp of approval? He did name him... - RAF
  11. Well, let's look at what the requirements were: - young but not green - charismatic, if not handsome - big, tall and muscular - not too Southern - experienced but not too established - preferably some recognition with the general public I think VKM was avoiding an overtly ethnic worker/gimmick. Obviously a heel could be turned, so that's not a factor. The W/WWF never required their champion to be a great ring technician as long as the could work the crowd & had solid psychology. As long as the heel challengers were workhorses, the champ would shine. The chosen one had to take orders willingly (Muraco would be right out, as he would get bored and go back surfing every so often). I really think Hohan was lightning in a bottle. Hogan was the prime choice and easily taken from stingy ol' Gagne. I don't think Mr. McMahon would have started his master plan without Hogan - he would have had to wait The longer he waited, the longer some other territory would see the potential of nationwide cable and later PPV. - RAF
  12. Sid V has never interested me post-Humongous, but I will always resent the fact that he almost successfully manslaughtered Arn Anderson (a worker who has brought me much enjoyment) with a pair of safety scissors. He is large, so I see why Mr. McMahon and many folks here love him. - RAF
  13. I wish I could do a FOIA request for the production and sales of some of this merch. I assume the WWE is practically print on demand, able to get small print runs as they need. What merch did they overorder and get stuck with? What stuff was just prototypes and never really made? Did someone's nephew design that Rollins shirt and they printed a gross to humor them? Is it hip and I am out of touch? Who buys all those Miz bobbleheads? Why are there no Capt. Lou Albano workshirts for me? (I know the answer to that one really) aaargh, RAF
  14. I love and endorse this post. - it's psychedelic pandemonium, daddy, RAF
  15. When Abbie besiegted Baba there was blood everywhere, but when Thee Madman From The Sudan finally wird his ausgezählt it was as if they had slaughtered a goat in there, amiright? - ach, RAF
  16. "I call him Dave Dog." - Capt. Lou Albano I miss you, RAF
  17. Doink was then breaking point for the newsstand magazines and to a lesser extent, the newsletters, on the cartoonishness of the WWF. The "Apter mags" were vociferous in their hatred for this gimmick, a obvious pandering to the kiddie market and a blatant slap to the critics and old school fans who decried the circus atmosphere of McMahon's sports entertainment Goliath. It also didn't help that the WWF was restricting access to the writers and photographers of those magazines, effectively preventing them from competing with the WWF's own house magazine, The newsletters continue their cries about the repackaging of established workers to new simplistic gimmicks with no acknowledgement of their histories or true identities, Well, it worked for VKM, at least in the short term and in hindsight, the Doink gimmicks had legs and was pretty good. Matt Bourne was 80% of the reason for this, it is plain to see now. The right worker can make any gimmick work. It's cool (and unexpected) how much love Doink is getting here lately. I am sure some other message board is mocking thee DVDVR for it right now... - RAF
  18. Both those LA Park matches were festive as heck. With the LP vs. JFatu match (not shown on this episode) that's a good hour+ of solid lucha brutality.. I forgot how much I like Joey Styles solo on commentary. Mance Warner never fails to crack me up on his promos. Man, Jimmy Havok is literally THE LEAST threatening wrestler I have ever witnessed in a full sized ring. - RAF
  19. My insider source confirms that the Norfolk VA school was indeed Lou Thesz' (along with Mark Fleming). What an elitist. - RAF
  20. I always was flummoxed by the absolute living examples that the best workers don't make the best teachers, student quality wise, and the reverse as well. Dory Funk Jr.'s school never turned out a breakout star but Johnny Rodz ' gym was a hit factory. The ono-on-one model is much better for training, in my opinion, than a class of 6-12 goofs. - RAF, big Java Ruuk fan BTW...
  21. I noticed that as well.Believe me, answering the mail and phones back then would have taxed the patience of even the hardest carny, with all the mugglies and feebs trying to get in. I will ask around. I thought it may be Moolah but she was a sweet Carolina belle. - RAF
  22. How did Piper bust that bottle on his own head? He just did, that's all. --------------------------------------------- Wrestlers want burgers, boulder shatters a glass door. Hotel meet-up soon. --------------------------------------------- When did the idea of the Double Goozle strike? Road trip satori. --------------------------------------------- Sailor Art Thomas didn't lose his temper, but all the bastards tried. (2005) - sick of being broken, RAF
  23. Don't get old, kids - I wanted to post regularly but I have been under the weather, very sorry. Here is some more phun stuff--- Big stickers! Like 7"x5" big, probably from a magazine. I like them both: petulant Goto and sexyslim Abbie. As I have stated repeatedly, back then you ordered everything connected to wrestling, and you could since there was less available. WCCW and UWF both started to open schools and more importantly, advertise them. As wrestling went national via cable, the schools weren't just local. However, everything was about 90% kay fabed, meaning if you were "half-smart" you could read betwixt the lines... Hey, Percy Pringle III is letting us pull his coat. Thank you, sir. Jim Ross had a hand in it to, at least as the face of the UWF. I love this page. Did a single person who ever got involved in the business get in with info from this book? I like to think some halfwit redneck hunchback was inspired by his love of rasslin' and armed with $15.95 plus p&h became a wrestling arena food preparation specialist. Thank you again, Mr. Pringle 3. 13 schools - that's it for 1989. Moolah had a camp as well. Johnny Rodz was training as well but I don't know if he had an actual school yet. dream baby dream, RAF
  24. I squinted me eyes and it was John Saxon vs. Klaus Kinski and that made it even better. - RAF
  25. The intersection of folks who will overpay for (collectible?) sneakers and complete sets of expensive wrestling-themed dolls is bigger than you may comprehend and will probably make this quite profitable. Menchildren will buy the craziest things... - RAF
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