Hagan Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Was Garvin beating Flair for the title ever shown on TV? Is there a copy of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em6OBJ3NMqk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Pretty sure the first Crockett TV show I ever saw was an episode of World Wide Wrestling that consisted entirely of that match. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It was also featured on The Danger Zone VHS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph2112 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The first wrestling show I ever went to was in 1981ish at the Hamburg PA field house. Each guy did multiple matches, mostly squashes. One of the job guys was Curt Hennig. I distinctly remember him jobbing to Snuka and Swede Hanson. At least I think I do. Does anyone have any other information on this, like was he ever on WWF television at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Hennig was a regular squash guy in early 80s WWF. He was treated one step above the regular squash victims on commentary and put over as a promising young wrestler, and would usually get some offense in. Eddie Gilbert was in the same spot and he and Hennig teamed quite regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Here's a good question in light of UFC last night. How come the pre-Vince Jr WW(W)F never had an Irish World Champion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 There weren't any Irish wrestlers around. Danno O'Mahony was brought over to Boston in the 30s in order to capitalise on that city's Irish population, but after that, the next wrestler to come out of Ireland was Finlay. Wrestling basically didn't exist in Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I was always surprised that there wasn't a Boston Irish kid floating around that could have gotten a push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Well, there was Irish Mickey Doyle, out on the left coast. Did he ever work the Northeast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I was including Irish-Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 You guys do realize Vince Sr. created the name "Hulk Hogan" because he wanted an Irish-sounding wrestler, right? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I believe he just wanted him to be "Terry Hogan" and dye his hair red. VKM came up with the "Incredible" Hulk Hogan, to capitalize on the TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 "No way, brother, I can't dye my hair red. Might make my hair fall out!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 In fairness, Hogan on his first DVD said he vetoed the hair dye because he knew his hair was already thinning and didn't want to speed it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Comedian Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 So who was the first actual Irish-American WWF champ, Mick Foley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhammedboehm Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Little Guido? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Taker's ginger ass has to be Irish right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Callaway is actually a Scottish name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 The Bonnie Tyler album featuring "Ravishing" was released about six months after "The Wrestling Album". The album took about two years to produce (another single from that album, "Holding Out for a Hero", was released on the "Footloose" soundtrack in 1984), and it appears Jim Steinman came up with the instrumental first, then slightly changed the melody and added lyrics for the Tyler version. Actually, Wikipedia says Steinman was working on the Wrestling Album and the Tyler album at the same time. So I guess he just figured the Tyler track could do double duty, maybe thinking nobody would care about a wrestling album. To be fair, both the Tyler song and Hulk Hogan's Theme are pretty obscure. Mainstream wise, Tyler was done by the time the album came out (Holding Out for a Hero was on the album but it had already been out for two years by then) and Hogan only used that song briefly. I was a kid of the 80s and never heard "Ravishing" until recently when reading about its similarity to the Hogan song. Jim Steinman can write like a motherfucker, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I was always surprised that there wasn't a Boston Irish kid floating around that could have gotten a push. Well, Kevin Sullivan wasn't tall enough for that ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 What about Backlund? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Backlund is weird enough without pretending to be Irish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I was always surprised that there wasn't a Boston Irish kid floating around that could have gotten a push. Well, Kevin Sullivan wasn't tall enough for that ride I also wouldn't be surprised if Vince Sr. had a weird superiority complex towards Boston Irish people because of being New York Irish and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 The Bonnie Tyler album featuring "Ravishing" was released about six months after "The Wrestling Album". The album took about two years to produce (another single from that album, "Holding Out for a Hero", was released on the "Footloose" soundtrack in 1984), and it appears Jim Steinman came up with the instrumental first, then slightly changed the melody and added lyrics for the Tyler version. Actually, Wikipedia says Steinman was working on the Wrestling Album and the Tyler album at the same time. So I guess he just figured the Tyler track could do double duty, maybe thinking nobody would care about a wrestling album. To be fair, both the Tyler song and Hulk Hogan's Theme are pretty obscure. Mainstream wise, Tyler was done by the time the album came out (Holding Out for a Hero was on the album but it had already been out for two years by then) and Hogan only used that song briefly. I was a kid of the 80s and never heard "Ravishing" until recently when reading about its similarity to the Hogan song. Jim Steinman can write like a motherfucker, though. That's wild to me, because Ravishing is shoot my favorite Bonnie Tyler song. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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