Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 I imagine THE YEH-TAY! would've eventually been unwrapped revealing El Gigante and his nekkid giant fur suit. Then you would've had giant nekkid fur suited YEH-TAY! pointing at Hogan and telling him he wanted the belt cause he already took dat ass. Reis probably would've still been a giant ninja because why else would he have a giant ninja suit ready to go? One never knows when they'll need a giant ninja suit. It's better to be prepared.
cool arrow Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 Very true. I always say it's better to have a giant ninja suit and not need it, than the other way around. 1
Tromatagon Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 Ok, so totally weird because it is right when we are talking about this, but Reis says he was originally supposed to be a giant ninja before El Gigante backed out of being the Yeti in an interview he just did this past week. 1
Shane Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 How long was Tracy Smothers in 2000-era WCW? Did he make the c-shows more than just the random match I found versus the Barbarian from the 1/29/00 episode of Worldwide? I had no idea he came back to WCW at that point. He would have been fun to have on the main shows.
cool arrow Posted September 8, 2014 Posted September 8, 2014 Wrestlingdata.com just shows the one match that you mentioned.
BurningBeard Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 How long was Blackjack Mulligan around WWF in 87? He seemed to get a fair bit of exposure considering he was on the downward end of his career and was put over pretty big on commentary
cool arrow Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Looks like he was around as late as November '87, which surprises the hell out of me. Apparently he was at the Steamboat/Santana level, beating the likes of Valentine and Beefcake but losing to Savage.
BurningBeard Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 just watched a surreal promo on youtube of Blackjack in the Snake Pit shilling WWF ice cream bars alongside Jake. If that's the case how come he ended up leaving? Crazy schedule?
cool arrow Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Wasn't that right around the time he had his legal problems? Or was that a little later?
colonial Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Mulligan and Kendall Windham's legal issues popped up around 1989. At that point, he was popping up on indy shows in Florida (one of the Apter mags had an article on Mulligan wrestling Dory Funk Jr. around that time). Looking at some results from 1987, Mulligan was getting a decent push, but it didn't seem to show on TV (he never seemed to feud with anyone -- he just won matches. Frankly, the only "feud" he seemed to have was a "Battle for Texas" series against Jimmy Jack Funk). He won a series of Bunkhouse Battle Royals in early 1987, but wasn't booked at WM 3, which I found extremely odd. I thought they were setting him up to be the next guy to feud with heel Andre after Hogan-Andre came to a close (and Mulligan may have been a better fit for Team Hogan at Survivor Series 87 than Ken Patera if he stuck around). 1
twiztor Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 what are the legit heights on Andre the Giant and the Big Show? i've always wondered who was taller.
cool arrow Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Andre was 6'10". (Though trust me on this one, don't ever post that information in the comments on Youtube.) Wight is an inch or two taller than that.
Tromatagon Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 How about not posting anything on the comments of YouTube ever 1
cool arrow Posted September 16, 2014 Posted September 16, 2014 Even better. The stoopid is strong there. 1
sydneybrown Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Looks like he was around as late as November '87, which surprises the hell out of me. Apparently he was at the Steamboat/Santana level, beating the likes of Valentine and Beefcake but losing to Savage. I have no idea where you're getting that from. Mulligan's last appearance was at the April 1987 Superstars taping setting up a feud with Ron Bass, which never happened because Mulligan left. The ice cream bar promo mentioned earlier was probably one of the last things he did for the company.
cool arrow Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 I'm getting it from Wrestlingdata.com so if you have a problem with it, take it up with them. http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=1582&bild=1&details=7&liga=3&jahr=1987&seite=3
twiztor Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 1987/11/12 @ ARCO ArenaBlackjack Mulligan defeated King Kong Bundy and Nikolai Volkoff and ??? [$50.000 Bunkhouse Battle Royal] well obviously he called it quits after winning the bounty. edit: by the way, this event is not listed on historyofwwe.com
Cobra Commander Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 1987/11/12 @ ARCO ArenaBlackjack Mulligan defeated King Kong Bundy and Nikolai Volkoff and ??? [$50.000 Bunkhouse Battle Royal] well obviously he called it quits after winning the bounty. how do you think he kickstarted his counterfeiting operation? 2
cool arrow Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 Does a match with four participants truly count as a battle royal?
RandomAct Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 I'll tweet this to Nancy Grace. Why, did Mulligan have a little white girl that went missing? 2
sydneybrown Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 I'm getting it from Wrestlingdata.com so if you have a problem with it, take it up with them. http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=1582&bild=1&details=7&liga=3&jahr=1987&seite=3 FWIW, the supposed November 87 show that match came from happened 2/6/87.
BEN! Posted September 19, 2014 Posted September 19, 2014 I'll tweet this to Nancy Grace. Why, did Mulligan have a little white girl that went missing? Kendall looked like a really ugly Taylor Swift back then. Mulligan seems like he would've been a George Scott guy. When did Scott leave the WWF? 4
Thomas Bugg Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 So looking back at this match, other than a botched neckbreaker at about the 5:30 mark I really don't see the problem with this match and why Regal got in hot water. There were stiff shots like the Euro uppercuts and the open palm strikes, but nothing that you don't already get in a Regal match. And from what I understand he was told by the agents to give Goldberg a competitive match, and maybe I'm blind, but both sell each other's offense well. So was Regal taking liberties or is Goldberg being a whiny bitch?
Brian Fowler Posted September 20, 2014 Posted September 20, 2014 Regal has pointed out repeatedly that the issue wasn't that he "took liberties" but that the match went too long (yes, at 5.5 minutes) and was too competitive. Regal's side of the story is that he was told to give Goldberg five minutes and be competitive, and when Bischoff began ripping into him, both the agent responsible (who, afaik, Regal has never named) and Goldberg remained silent, but that Goldberg apologized to him later (and then trashed him in his book...) so Regal just took the heat. It's also not why he was fired, as he was around for several more months.
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