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I went to the Raw taping in 2001 where Paul Heyman appeared to replace Jerry Lawler as commentator. I was in a section where most of the fans were chanting "ECW" at anything ECW-related in the ring (Rhino in a dark match, Justin Credible on Heat). After about the 10th "ECW" chant, a young boy, who couldn't be older than 9, stood up, turned toward the fans and said ...
"ECW IS DEAD! GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON!"
And no one chanted "ECW" again.
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Jersey Boys is the movie take on the Broadway show about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. It's directed by Clint Eastwood, so it may surprise with grown-up ticketgoers.
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How active is Kenny Dykstra nowadays? He must still be in his twenties, seems like the kind of guy who could pop up in Jeff Jarrett's new promotion if he's still wrestling.
Not sure if he's wrestling currently, but he's now a student at Nichols College in Massachusetts, where he's majoring in sports management and is a defensive lineman on the football team ...
http://nicholsathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3345&path=football
He's also a published author, releasing an anti-bullying book for children last year ...
http://www.amazon.com/Billys-Bully-Kenneth-L-Doane/dp/1620861348
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Fake Razor is now, according to this article, a motivational speaker in the Calgary area ...
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Monsoon and Ventura also hosted "Prime Time Wrestling" from 1985-86. Monsoon replaced Jack Reynolds early in the show's run, and Ventura was on until the week before WM2. Bobby Heenan replaced Ventura the week after WM2 (I believe).
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Did he and Bill Murray ever iron out their longstanding beef?
According to the Chicago Tribune, Murray did visit Ramis at his home during the latter's illness, so it appears the two made peace before Ramis' death.
JD
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Michael Modest still wrestles in Las Vegas-area indies. Believe he may have a wrestling school (or serves as trainer at a school) in the "Sin City" area.
Haven't seen Morgan's name in results in years. Last I heard he was working in the mortgage industry in Florida.
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IIRC, it was from a bunkhouse battle royal at Nassau Coliseum in 1988. WWF Magazine had pics from that battle royal, and I'm pretty sure Don Muraco is wearing the Jets jersey (it was a Mark Gastineau #99 jersey, but it said "The Rock" on the back).
The Rougeaus are wearing the NY Islanders jerseys (they just started their "we love the USA" gimmick around the time of this match and were still faces). Not seen but from what I remember in the magazine - Lanny Poffo in a suit of armor.
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I seem to remember rumors back in the day that Nick Bockwinkel was offered the "Million Dollar Man" gimmick before Ted DiBiase (or serving as DiBiase's manager), but that he turned it down due to his age and travel requirements. Any truth to those rumors or just bunk?
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Cannonball Run (1981) -- It's essentially nothing more than a multi-million dollar home movie for Burt Reynolds and his buddies to romp around for 90 minutes, but it's always good for a few laughs. Roger Moore playing a guy who thinks he's Roger Moore gets me every time ("You know what your problem is, Mother? You're too Jewish!")
Midnight Madness (1980) -- Disney's second PG-rated movie (after "The Black Hole") is about an all-night scavenger hunt in Los Angeles among college students. The plot makes no sense (why are the students competing in this, given that the only award is bragging rights and none of the participants seem too fond of Leon, the one in charge of the hunt?), but I have to watch it at least once a year. Michael J. Fox (who's reportedly embarrassed about doing this film) and Paul Reubens make early film appearances here, while Stephen Furst hams it up as the lead villain.
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Why didn't Steve Bradley make it big? I remember him being touted as the next big thing, especially in the Apter mags, back in the late 90s. He actually worked a dark match at the first wrestling show I ever went to (Raw in late 99) and he seemed like he had a ton of potential as he was decently sized and had a lot of speed and agility. Then he kind of disappeared and died a couple years back.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he just get hired because he was an RVD clone?
It was generally perceived that Bradley was signed by the WWF to be the company's version of RVD, then got rid of him once "the real deal" was signed. He was in developmental seemingly forever -- I'm pretty sure he wrestled in Memphis, OVW and IWA Puerto Rico when all three were developmental territories, and had numerous dark matches before getting the boot (at one point, it seemed like Bradley, Bo Dupp and the Haas Brothers were the dark match "regulars" for a few months).
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316 - Eric Roberts (96 of which are dated 2013/2014!)
Okay the list at IMDB backs this up...but there has to be some loophole...I mean, that means he's showing up to a different shoot on a different production at a rate of almost one a week for two years.
That shouldn't be possible. If it's true, he deserves some kind of publicity for this. It's like he's part of some crazy bet.
Roberts literally phones in some of his recent appearances. Here's a trailer for a "film" where Roberts voices the lead -- he apparently read all of his lines off a landline phone from his home ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VnkM_VtpFM
The director's resume is a bit, uh, unique. A friend of mine saw this film off Netflix on a whim and it's atrocious as advertised.
JD
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Re: Adonis-Heyman photo
Adonis and Heyman were paired in the AWA during Adrian's short run there in 1987.
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David Niven: Returned as Charles Litton for 1982's Trail of the Pink Panther and 1983's Curse of the Pink Panther, which were filmed back-to-back (both are dreadful movies that exploited Peter Sellers' passing, although Roger Moore had a decent cameo at the end of "Curse"). Niven was dealing with ALS at the time of his filming, and his speech was so slurred that Rich Little had to dub some of his lines in post-production.
Laurel and Hardy: Final film was Utopia (1951, also known as Atoll K). Not as bad as it's made out to be, but clearly one of their worst films. Both were dealing with severe health problems during productions -- Stan looks skeletal and required life-saving surgery after filming, while Ollie appears to be about 100 pounds above the weight he was in his "prime." Add to that the poor dubbing of the other actors (all the other actors spoke French and Italian), and the movie is a bit of a mess, although the dynamic duo shine in some scenes.
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Re: Terry Garvin's "change"
My memory is a bit hazy from the original ESPN broadcasts, but I seem to recall Terry Garvin/Sims telling the interviewer that he changed his gimmick and name to "Sims" for his son, who didn't know who his "real daddy" was.
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Sorry, it's this guy ...
http://www.campiwf.com/mrcasino.html