The Great ML Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 17 hours ago, Zimbra said: They were, I remember seeing a trios with them in it on a tape. There was a brief WWF and AAA talent agreement at the time, especially to pad out a thin roster at Royal Rumble 97. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Supposedly the fake Razor and Diesel thing was to support the lawsuit against WCW for them trying to pass off Hall and Nash as their WWF characters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Something I've thought about recently. If Rick Rude isn't hurt at the end of 92, does the Vader in 93 run happen the same way? All signs seem to point to Rude beating Simmons at Starrcade, then when the match is canceled, Simmons immediately drops the title to Vader. I personally think we are getting a Rude run on top until the summer if things happen differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olythegreat89 Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Interesting question. Chono is NWA champ until 93 so if Rude beats Simmons for the WCW title, I could see Vader beating Chono for the NWA title around Superbrawl 3 and still have a dominant run as champ throughout the rest of 93. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 3 hours ago, Happ Hazzard said: Supposedly the fake Razor and Diesel thing was to support the lawsuit against WCW for them trying to pass off Hall and Nash as their WWF characters. Oh yeah, that does sound familiar. And it helped their case if they could demonstrate that they were still using the "Razor Ramon" and "Diesel" IP, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 (edited) 16 hours ago, RandomAct said: Something I've thought about recently. If Rick Rude isn't hurt at the end of 92, does the Vader in 93 run happen the same way? All signs seem to point to Rude beating Simmons at Starrcade, then when the match is canceled, Simmons immediately drops the title to Vader. I personally think we are getting a Rude run on top until the summer if things happen differently. At some point, didn't they even plant the seeds for a Rude/Vader feud? It's sad that we never got to see a tough-guy face Rude run. Edited October 1 by Log 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 2 minutes ago, Log said: At some point, didn't they even plant the seeds for a Rude/Vader feud? It's sad that we never got to see a tough-guy face Rude run. Leading up to the match, there was a backstage interview with both where Vader said Rude owed him one and when Rude wins the title that Vader wants the first shot. That was about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 20 minutes ago, Peck said: Leading up to the match, there was a backstage interview with both where Vader said Rude owed him one and when Rude wins the title that Vader wants the first shot. That was about it though. I thought there was something with Rude accidentally hitting Vader with a chair or vice-versa. Did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 The deal was Vader stepping in at Halloween Havoc to defend the US title against Nikita for Rude, since Rude was facing Chono for the NWA belt. Rude cut a promo saying that he'd give Vader a shot at the World title should he beat Simmons, to return the favor. It never went any further than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Any specific reasoning behind the cult following of Tex Slazenger at WCW's Center Stage Theater in early '93? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMJ Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Found this on WrestlingClassics.com: Part of the reason Tex Slazenger seemed to be over more was due to some fans at the Center Stage for tapings of WCW Saturday Night, including future WCW announcer Scott Hudson, adopting him as a comedy cult hero. They would bring signs showing support for Tex and would chant and cheer for him at the expense of his babyface foes. WCW's bookers and other honchos were less than impressed by this and attempted to surpress this fan movement. I think there may have been some incidents of signs being confiscated and fans being told to knock it off or face ejection from the building. There are some follow-up posts too, including one from someone who seems like they were part of the Tex Fan Club. And based on some other discussion about Dennis "Tex Slazenger" Knight, he was supposedly really well-liked backstage and a bit of a goofball and its possible that the Center Stage regulars saw that personality more than the cameras ever captured. Its not all that uncommon to hear similar stories about other guys in the 70s and 80s (and really 92' wasn't that far removed from those eras, especially WCW), whose fans ended up drinking beers with them after the show in a way that today's fans would never experience. So, if your audience is also made up of some of these fans, and the audience as a whole isn't all that big, even a half dozen or so can make lots of noise. But, again, that's kinda conjecture as to how this all might have started as a laugh/joke and then turned into something weirdly cute and endearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Isn't that exactly how Lance Hoyt got over in TNA, and Mojo Rawley got over in NXT? By just hanging out with the fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 It's funny how guys either in the business already or wanted to be in the business thought it was more important to try and break kayfabe and be too smart for the room. Even though Bruce and John did newsletter stuff, I don't know that the Front Row, Section D guys wanted jobs in the business or were just out to amuse themselves and their friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 I always marked out for The Texicans. The throwback gimmick, great sleazy look, the good names, the... mask? Solid workers able to get heat, so much more fun than just seeing some bland green babyface get an undeserved W. Southern Justice is a boss team name as well. The Attitude Era surely proved their gameness and sense of humor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReiseReise Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Another old German WWF show, this time it was a WWF Challenge from 1990, and this time I got REALLY weirded out. And one point, in the middle of multiple squash matches, they showed wrestling rankings. This in itself wasn't too weird, but first list was actually a top ten of all wrestling and had actually Ric Flair (who was with the NWA) and several other wrestlers from outside the Federation at that time (Stan Hansen, Jerry Lawler e. g.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwoy2j Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 15 hours ago, thee Reverend Axl Future said: I always marked out for The Texicans. The throwback gimmick, great sleazy look, the good names, the... mask? Solid workers able to get heat, so much more fun than just seeing some bland green babyface get an undeserved W. Southern Justice is a boss team name as well. The Attitude Era surely proved their gameness and sense of humor. As a kid, for some reason I always thought it was cool that only one guy in the team had a mask. One dude doesn't give a fuck that people know who he is but the other guy needs to hide his identity for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 I was a Southern Justice mark. It sucks that Canterbury got hurt almost right after they were repackaged. When Knight became Mideon I was bummed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Z Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 On 10/1/2021 at 9:04 AM, Log said: I thought there was something with Rude accidentally hitting Vader with a chair or vice-versa. Did that happen? Close, Harley Race (Vader's manager) accidentally hit Rude with a chair at Spring Stampede 1994 to cost Rude the International Title. I believe that Rude and Vader were scheduled to meet at Slamboree '94 before Rude got hurt in Japan, and Rude was the quasi-face in the abrupted feud. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 38 minutes ago, Big Z said: Close, Harley Race (Vader's manager) accidentally hit Rude with a chair at Spring Stampede 1994 to cost Rude the International Title. I believe that Rude and Vader were scheduled to meet at Slamboree '94 before Rude got hurt in Japan, and Rude was the quasi-face in the abrupted feud. Correct on all counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Anyone know of a site that has decent listings for early/mid 80s Florida TV? Or are the bits and pieces available so spread out that no one ever bothered? Trying to figure out the dates on some Windham stuff and not having a lot of luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 15 Share Posted November 15 Maybe contact Barry Rose / the 104 N Albany folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Where did the convention of dickish heels in Japan using one name in all caps come from? First one I remember was AKIRA, was there anyone before that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 19 minutes ago, Zimbra said: Where did the convention of dickish heels in Japan using one name in all caps come from? First one I remember was AKIRA, was there anyone before that? My understanding is that Kanji doesn’t have lowercase, so any Japanese wrestler that uses an English stylized version of their name uses all caps. It’s probably considered flashy to use English for names there so it’s mostly done by heels. I’m sure someone more familiar with puro has more info on how it’s perceived and who did it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 The "American Starship" gimmick was used in the WWF?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Dan Spivey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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