Zimbra Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, driver said: Was there ever an American Express? Yeah, Dan Spivey and Mike Rotundo wrestled as American Express for a couple of years in the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 Just now, Zimbra said: Yeah, Dan Spivey and Mike Rotundo wrestled as American Express for a couple of years in the 80s. Weren't they the US Express? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 minute ago, Infinit said: Weren't they the US Express? Almost: that was Windham/Rotunda. When they swapped Spivey in they became the American Express. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I was half joking just because of the credit card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 13 hours ago, Zimbra said: Almost: that was Windham/Rotunda. When they swapped Spivey in they became the American Express. Wow, I need to check the Wrestling Challenges featuring Spivey/Rotundo, since I totally figured they were still going by US Express at that point. As a side note, it wasn't the team's official name or anything, but when Nikolai Volkoff and Jim Duggan teamed up in 1990, before their SummerSlam match against Orient Express, Volkoff referred to his team as the American Express ("And don't leave your home without it! Hooooo!"), but that was more of a promo punchline, rather than anything official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Not an Express but I seem to remember Earthquake and Dino Bravo referring to themselves as (or Jimmy Hart calling them) the "Masters of Disaster" around the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) Dr Tom Pritchard was the Doctor of Disaster. Jesse Ventura: "Do you realise what that means? This man has a PhD... in 'Disaster'." Edited September 23, 2021 by AxB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 20 minutes ago, AxB said: Dr Tom Pritchard was the Doctor of Disaster. Jesse Ventura: "Do you realise what that means? This man has a PhD... in 'Disaster'." I'm excited about the idea of Dr. Tom footage in either 85-90 WWF or 92-93 WCW where Jesse could actually say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 He did say it, in 93 WCW. It was on a PPV I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AxB said: He did say it, in 93 WCW. It was on a PPV I think. Oh yeah, they had the SMW deal before Watts left. I knew that. I blame having Ruby Soho stuck in my head. There's the 8 man tag. Let me find it Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson, WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas fought Steve Austin & Brian Pillman, Tom Prichard & Stan Lane (w/ Jim Cornette & Bobby Eaton) to a double disqualification at 10:14 when all eight men began brawling in and out of the ring and Cornette was thrown in the ring by Gibson. That is a match that exists. Edited September 23, 2021 by Matt D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 7 hours ago, AxB said: Dr Tom Pritchard was the Doctor of Disaster. Jesse Ventura: "Do you realise what that means? This man has a PhD... in 'Disaster'." Jesse also speculated that Dr. Tom might have a degree in gynaecology. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Happ Hazzard said: Jesse also speculated that Dr. Tom might have a degree in gynaecology. That must have been once he became the Doctor of Desire! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Dr. Tom as a double major seems legit to me! James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 On 9/21/2021 at 5:46 PM, J.H. said: Is that one with Marina Sirtis and Marina Sirtis Best Supporting Breasts? James This being Hollywood, Greek Brit Marina Sirtis as a New York Hispanic (Puerto Rican?) was totally plausible. The movie was filmed in London and set in NYC. Also... On 9/21/2021 at 7:43 PM, Zimbra said: Yeah, Dan Spivey and Mike Rotundo wrestled as American Express for a couple of years in the 80s. That sounds like a tag team name that would have ended with AmEx's lawyers sending a letter to the promotion. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Death Wish 3 is ridiculous I agree but somehow enjoyable. I haven’t seen the other sequels. The first 2 are great. MIA 1 and 2 are also great. The 3rd MIA is terrible and not even enjoyable in a ridiculous 80s movie way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I saw either 4 or 5 a couple months back and it was basically a slasher film where the killer is a geriatric man with a .45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 4 and 5 didn’t come along until the 90s IIRC. Might have even been direct to video. I passed because I hated watching the 80s embarrass itself in the 90s. There’s a new one with Bruce Willis that was panned, which usually means it’s great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 I remember now, because John P. Ryan is the villain. There was a carbomb scene in either this or the fifth one that was so absurd it couldn't be forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I just recently stumbled upon old German WWF television shows, it was an episode in which fake Razor debuted in ring, fake Diesel joined him for a post match beat down. What I found interesting was: Not only did the German announcers acknowledge that the two men weren't the real Diesel and Razor, they actually said "Razor is actually Scott Hall, and Diesel is Kevin Nash". Since both WCW and WWF were on the same channel at that time, I can assume this was a way of cross-promoting, but I still was amazed by it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Is that all that different from what they did on English-language WWF? I know in the lead-up to the reveal, they had WWF President Gorilla Monsoon issue a statement on-air that he had no idea what Jim Ross was talking about when he promised to deliver Razor Ramon and Diesel, because Scott Hall and Kevin Nash had left WWF. I don't recall if they ever mentioned those names after the fakes debuted, but it wouldn't have seemed out of place if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Am I crazy or were Fake Diesel and Fake Razor in AAA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 47 minutes ago, Infinit said: Am I crazy or were Fake Diesel and Fake Razor in AAA? They were, I remember seeing a trios with them in it on a tape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) April/May 1997 according to cagematch. Teamed with Jake once and Fuerza vs Cibernetico, Canek and Larin Lover Edited September 30, 2021 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 17 hours ago, tbarrie said: Is that all that different from what they did on English-language WWF? I know in the lead-up to the reveal, they had WWF President Gorilla Monsoon issue a statement on-air that he had no idea what Jim Ross was talking about when he promised to deliver Razor Ramon and Diesel, because Scott Hall and Kevin Nash had left WWF. I don't recall if they ever mentioned those names after the fakes debuted, but it wouldn't have seemed out of place if they did. No idea, I hadn't seen the English broadcast. I was just amazed by it, don't think I saw it back in the day. Wrestling was on on weekdays around ten in the evening and I was 12 that year. Plus my parents weren't too high on wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Fair enough. And I can see why you'd be amazed, as the belief that WWE was actually trying to pass the fakes off as the real articles is bafflingly common on the internet. For the record, they weren't. I have no idea what they were trying to do with that angle, but it wasn't that. The two guys were clearly presented as fakes in-storyline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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