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  1. thee Reverend Axl Future
    True and true, but Schultz was told by McMahon via Strongbow to "blast 'em", and even if his actions are deemed more heinous, his superiors shouldn't have fired him, if not backed him up. It is obvious that there were more factors involved than a scale of violence or bullying. - RAF p.s. - (namely being Hogan)
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    Mr.Fuji bows, inscrutably smiling. Salt inside waistband. --------------------------------------- "U.S.A.!" chants give energy to the baby (from Canada - HA!). -------------------------------------- The squared circle is not a place for cowards or mollycoddles' (for Phil Irwin) (2004) ------------------------------------- The dignity of Sailor Art Thomas, the voice of Ladd: fuck the man! ------------------------------------ Ox Baker's false teeth were a better gimmick than DX, for me (true). (2006) - RAF
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    More "treasures"... Ah, Drew Friedman, you are a scamp with impeccable taste. I don't remember where I picked up this (unmailed) postcard but it rocks. I read of it and I sent for it, thee Cactus' One's side biz starring Mr. & Mrs. Foley. This was atopic I dropped when I met CJack soon after and he bemoaned his lack of return on his investment. I shoulda bought a vest. the ol' pack rat, RAF
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    Muraco also wrestled on TV chewing gum, and another time wearing sunglasses, and Mr. Monsoon had a conniption fit each time. Muraco is the man, a free thinker who goes his own way w/o a worry about The Man hassling him. stevedore surfer, RAF
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    Xanta Klaus climbed up his black sleigh and flew Northward. Bags of broken toys. ------------------------------------------------------------- Old wrestling program, winners circled, subs noted. 2 bucks on eBay. -------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Rotten had me glue his cuts shut because I wasn't (as) drunk. (11/06) ------------------------------------------------------------- The order of skull hardness was an archaic construct, so unwoke. (05/20) - RAF
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    We all know that this is some Twilight Zone cornfield twist shiznit, and the COVID-19s will continue to dominate out lives with no light on the horizon, until Dolfan finishes the total sum of each and every WrestleMania and peace, health and prosperity can be restored. So get to cycling, brother. - RAF
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    F'n genius. I have never seen this before and it is great. Some thoughts: - the reffing and enforcement of the rules really play up then structure of the British rounds style, and when you get folks who understand that way of working it is fun. - I love when the degeneration of the video tape is like filters and effects, here it's like the glamour and peacockosity of EAStreet is sucking the color out of the audience and making them merely b&w. - Street's boots and hair are magnificent here. Early years Triple HHH pouffy mane is merely a shadow of the EAS crowning glory. - I enjoy when a worker is able to convey the large amount of moves in his/her arsenal, with nthe implication being that the maneuvers used are the best ones for that moment. Street does that, prime Flair could do that, many old lucha and WoS workers do that. I don't like the "my gimmick is I know a lot of moves and I am going to show you a whole bunch"-style of worker (Quackenbush, Zack Sabre Jr. as examples, good workers both). The moves have to serve the psychology and story of the match. - Dave Barrie does a textbook "effective rookie" gimmick here. A great complement to EAS. pip pip, RAF
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    Twofer, babies! 20/20 was trash but any and all info on rassling was sought and absorbed back then. There was not the riches we have today, my lovelies. Between this and the Snuka Piper's Pit me and my degenerate chums were tickled pink. At the end of many "news magazine" TV shows a complete transcript was offered, so rosy-cheeked Rev had to go to the Post Office for a $5 money order and wait 8-10 weeks for this to arrive, Later on I found out what we all felt: that the Good Doctor was a martyr to Thee Bitch Goddess Kay Fabe, and (as opposed to Hogan v. Belzer) given a direct order (from VKM thru Strongbow) to "blast 'em". Schultz was too real'n'scary'n'Southern for Mr. McMahon and Hogan and kid-friendly WWF. Anyway, I've carted this booklet around with me for 35 years, innumerable moves and apartments, and it still makes me smile. no Dr. D, no SCSA, RAF
  9. thee Reverend Axl Future
    I started a new thread about Wrestling Ephemera, check it out. Cross posting this here, scope it out over there for some amusing details. a little batty from this quarantine thang aren't we all but still "productive", RAF
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    You know - ephemera: Items of limited or temporary use and/or value, collectible and rare usually because people rarely save them, many having sentimental attachment or niche interest, often mass produced & made of paper or other disposable material. I went through one of my boxes of wrestling crap, Wow, I like my stuff!! I hope you dig it too. Please post your own. UTC Pavillion, Chicago IL 1992 - I am a big fan of swiping posters and whatnot, I have rarely ever bought a poster but stuff like this accrue a sense of time and place for me and thus sentimental value. How many other people took , let alone saved one of these. Plus, I don't like a Sting championship and this was a good match. My roommate totally groped Nikita Koloff's buttocks when he was thrown into the protective guardrail in front of us. Yeah, my pal Vinnie and I went to this. No Dusty but we also got the amazingly shitty debut of Lisa Sliwa, wife of NYC pest & Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa. Bam Bam impressed, and I saw a youthful Paul H. when he was a fresh-faced radio DJ, photog, club promoter and go-getter as well as Larry Sharpe in a tracksuit. Anyway, I hope you were amused. - RAF p.s. Photobucket can eat a bag of pig anuses. Does anyone have a recommendation for a free hosting service? Does anybody use Google's?
  11. thee Reverend Axl Future
    The American Nightmare angle is one of my top three favorite angles of all time, and all that Sullivan run is gold. I have seen a few episodes that were decent quality, but much of the rest is third of fourth generation.I don't even know if it has been all preserved. RF used to have some available but they were barely watchable. There were some commercial tapes floating around of later era stuff. Anyway, if you get a chance to see this angle in any quality, Abudadein commands thee to do it. - RAF
  12. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Mr, Referee, you have a midget biting your rump. High antics! ---------------------------------------------------------- Grand Wizard performed his morning ablutions: stretch smoke shave tea laugh. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Jock's eyes bugged out and a warm stain spread out from his crotch: sugar hold. (2005) - RAF
  13. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Mr. R, surely you are hip to Chris Colt (Chris Von Colt was his last (of many) gimmicks for his final run), one of the business' most forgotten & most controversial personalities, and another link in the occult chain of thee real Rock & Wrestling connection. say it ain't so, RAF
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    5 stars?!?!? I dug it but it is a dog's breakfast. Does Onita have a direct US equivalent? I think he is unique, very tied to the Japanese idiom & culture. I mean, I think about explaining wrestling personalities to non-fans and how long this explaining would go, and Mr. Atsushi Onita's bio would be quite involved indeed. - RAF
  15. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Tully Blanchard knew where the ropes were at all times. Shrewd ring general. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lawler's back yard was Kamala's debut jungle, then he served hot dogs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arcane carny lore whispered drunkenly to me: "it's freaks, geeks, and sheiks". ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Hardy Girls love mall punk look, sacrificial ring lamb boy. Walker by fifty? ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Big Van Vader how do you fit on the toilet" - a 9 year old's sign. (circa 2004) - RAF
  16. thee Reverend Axl Future
    NSFW? Brother, if I owned a work I would be showing this on a loop and playing "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott continuously. Productivity and workplace morale, y'know? means of production, RAF
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    (silently sobbing) - RAF
  18. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Not for nothing, how good are the French Catch refs? I want an indy fed to do a FC gimmick match but the ref has to be smoking the whole time. French Catch needs to be the new Strong Style on the indies. - RAF
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    I forgive you, COVID-19, for destroying our economy because you brought thee "Salt An' Peppah Jam, daddy" onto my chromebook (but not for imprisoning me with my big drunken Jersey wife). Is JYD the best worker with no wrestling moves ever? He is the proof that with charisma, interviews, a good gimmick and entrance, great booking and the right opponents, you can be on top. Kamala have a repertoire like Jushin Thunder Liger compared to him (and the Ugandan Giant was also over as heck) I can see why Mr. Dibiase did NOTHING once he got to WWF because he worked his second generation/adopted carny DNA ass off his whole career before that. The American Dream... well, he's the got dang AMerican Dream, daddy, the Red Blotch on thee Rasslin' Mt. Rushmore, baby. - RAF
  20. thee Reverend Axl Future
    We are rolling now, cats. --------------------------------------------------- Wrestling Machine - new category to nerd on. Thank you, Mr. Dean. ------------------------------------------------------ French Catch?!? Sacre bleu! Where has this been all my life? Vive le frog graps! ------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Graham ruined it for the kids, with the blade. MSG riot. ------------------------------------------------------- There once was a Sudani named Abbie, who may appear to be a bit flabby, but give him a fork and some jobber dork, and soon we will all see him get stabby. (04/26/20) - RAF
  21. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Not out of the realm of possibility, SK, but do you remember (I am old) or are familiar with cable pre-1978? I was hardly national, and had a very limited availability. No MTV yet, either and closed circuit was far more prevalent than PPV and not nearly as lucrative. Mr. McMahon could have even started later in my view and been as successful, since none of the other major promoters would have had the vision or initiative. VKM: inevitable. (hip reference there) - yeah we all saw the meme no need to post it GetDown, RAF
  22. thee Reverend Axl Future
    VKM's takeover was successful because of technological breakthrough in media that changed the US entertainment consumption from local to national - cable, PPV, VHS, et al. Some of this he capitalized on, arguably before any of the more tradition bound promoters could (and later younger ones would not have had access to the capital and talent that WWF had). Others breakthroughs were happily timed, but he moved on it. If his control of the company came earlier, and he did not wait, it would have been much more difficult to come out on top. Hogan was a perfect choice for that time, but would not have been before that. I think that he could have found a substitute - that is what promoters and bookers do. - RAF
  23. thee Reverend Axl Future
    I forgot to mention in my whinging how much I am digging everybody's contributions. We got ourselves a regular Norton Anthology over here, or at least a beatnik coffee house... - RAF
  24. thee Reverend Axl Future
    Still blue. Still recuperating. Still too lazy to go into the basement. Still sad that wrestling companies want to keep making shows in Pandemika. A real gov't would be leading, not making things potentially worse. Ah, well... --------------------------------------------------- Bought me some Zubaz but took the coward's way out: Black-on-black zebra. ------------------------------------------------- Lawler liked monsters and comics and Elvis, too. He booked to his strengths. ------------------------------------------------ It all comes down to thee Hot Tag - The kids don't know. Watch some Mid-South tapes. ----------------------------------------------- My fave Rick Rude sell was the sore buttocks dance from an Atomic Drop. (04/25/20) - RAF
  25. thee Reverend Axl Future
    I too hate when I accidentally post my privately commissioned videos for my own personal use on-line instead of the Fantastics vs. Sheepherders clip I just found. I feel your pain, RAF
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