caley Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 It was an era of class and honor. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Wait, so he brought out two Fatu brothers to beat up who I'm 75% sure are a pair of porn stars? the Lesbians were actually UPW workers (Savvy Sasha and Looney Lane). If the photos are any indicator, they went deep cover after the angle to maybe pick up an extra booking or two. If you were gonna be a woman bumping for Samoans in the 2003 WWE, you had to be a trained worker, bro. the "No offense, but" energy had to be off the charts for scouting women's wrestlers to find the right pair for this spot. Edited October 10, 2023 by Cobra Commander 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/report-name-earmarked-brian-pillman-202806093.html Because god damn pal, we can't be calling someone JUNIOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 LEXIS KING Well. I guess it could have been Brian Bengal? B. Brian Bengal? B. Brian Bengal, Jr.? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Pillman junior's mother's maiden name was King, and his sister who passed away was called Alexis. So it's a tribute name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 12 hours ago, BrianS81177 said: Good god has that been 5 years already? Christ I am getting old.... We're all old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 7 hours ago, Cobra Commander said: the Lesbians were actually UPW workers (Savvy Sasha and Looney Lane). If the photos are any indicator, they went deep cover after the angle to maybe pick up an extra booking or two. If you were gonna be a woman bumping for Samoans in the 2003 WWE, you had to be a trained worker, bro. the "No offense, but" energy had to be off the charts for scouting women's wrestlers to find the right pair for this spot. Looney Lane was in one of those late 90’s/early 2000’s tv docs on pro wrestling, can’t remember which one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Mister TV said: Looney Lane was in one of those late 90’s/early 2000’s tv docs on pro wrestling, can’t remember which one though. It would be the same one Cena and Samoa Joe are on given it was mostly featuring UPW talent under Rick Bassman. It was Discovery's Inside Pro Wrestling School. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 42 minutes ago, Elsalvajeloco said: It would be the same one Cena and Samoa Joe are on given it was mostly featuring UPW talent under Rick Bassman. It was Discovery's Inside Pro Wrestling School. That's the one, its somewhat tangled in my mind with the MTV True Life and the glimpses into the indie scene in Beyond the Mat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: LEXIS KING Well. I guess it could have been Brian Bengal? B. Brian Bengal? B. Brian Bengal, Jr.? They should have gone with Lewis Cannon. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, Mister TV said: That's the one, its somewhat tangled in my mind with the MTV True Life and the glimpses into the indie scene in Beyond the Mat. I saw that one on a plane, but the only thing I really remember about it is Cena as The Prototype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 44 minutes ago, nofuture said: They should have gone with Lewis Cannon. Or Lou S. Cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Considering that the only thing Pillman Jr. has going for him is being a nepo baby, changing his name is hilarious. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I guess WWE finally finished the stack of prep school yearbooks and have moved on to stealing names from strippers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 38 minutes ago, JLowe said: Considering that the only thing Pillman Jr. has going for him is being a nepo baby, changing his name is hilarious. Maybe changing his name isn't the worst idea. Trying to be 1989 Brian Pillman wasn't the best idea since it TBH didn't really work all that well for senior. Nor was merging the Varsity Club and adopting the Blondes moniker without actually earning it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, AxB said: Pillman junior's mother's maiden name was King, and his sister who passed away was called Alexis. So it's a tribute name. Well I found the name, of course I read that part in the article It sucks but it does sound like something from the fed who came up with, say, Tegan Nox. It's like they have their own language now. NXT Speak. Edited October 10, 2023 by Curt McGirt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, JLowe said: I saw that one on a plane, but the only thing I really remember about it is Cena as The Prototype I vaguely remember the rest of it since it was well over two decades ago, but I think most people remember Cena going grocery shopping. Not counting Tough Enough, there was a few early to mid 2000s profiles on training to be a wrestler or "never before seen" looks into pro wrestling counting the aforementioned True Life episode. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) Tony Atlas sure as hell doesn't have a problem getting ahold of a cella phone these days Edited October 10, 2023 by Curt McGirt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 14 hours ago, zendragon said: Terry Funk punched out a horse, you really think he’d be bothered by an ant? Well, he cursed out a horse, at least. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 44 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: it sucks but it does sound like something from the fed who came up with, say, Tegan Nox. It's like they have their own language now. NXT Speak. There has to be an overcorrection along the way with a promotion running headlong into the IP infringement like Jerry Jarrett in Memphis using shit like The Pink Panther and whatever the film character/fad du jour was at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Battman Tony Marino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Over the weekend, I watched the Wimpbusters (although it may have aired multiple times) episode of Memphis wrestling from 1984. 1. Will we ever get a song that popular again where it transcends pop culture enough to get a wrestling parody? Maybe Acky Breaky Heart and obviously Whoomp There It Is but we didn't get parodies. 2. How was anyone able to live this down? If people think wrestling is goofy today, I don't think modern day wrestling would ever be able to reach this level of cringe inducing pop culture idolatry. Granted, it's the 80s. 3. On that note, again, was Jerry Jarrett basing a good portion of his stuff from already existing IPs? Wasn't Lord Humongous, the wrestling character, a Memphis creation before Jeff Van Camp took it around the horn? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Pretty sure wrestling worked under the concept of “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission” in regards to copyright until the mid-80s 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 I don't think they even did that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 31 minutes ago, Cobra Commander said: Pretty sure wrestling worked under the concept of “it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission” in regards to copyright until the mid-80s You're telling me the folks who descended from carnival people and throughout their existence held up people at gunpoint and used other various means of violence and intimidation didn't have some sort of legal team to rectify this? I'm blown away in disbelief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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