The Nature Boy Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Wrestlers seem to have a difficult time differentiating between "pulling a rib" and "acting like a tremendous douchebag for no reason." Realy? That was acting like a "tremendous douchebag?" Big D wrestling drew less than 100 people to it's shows and for it get back to Meltzer that it was a rib, I'm pretty sure he eventually told JBL "hey I'm just fucking with ya kid" after he left him shit his pants for a while. He probably saw JBL as overly nervous about working with someone he looked up to and decided to mess with him. This isn't putting lighter fluid in someone's asthma inhaler or feeding someone their dog. That wasn't even Bossman's best rib. This was Bossman's best rib: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ken Erico Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Was Big D Wrestling the gimmickname for what Cagematch refers to as NWA Dallas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 All it's ever called in the Observer is Big D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Big D ran opposition to Global in the mid-90s across town. The top 'face' owned and ran the company...his name was also Big D. He never bathed and always stunk out loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Reading the Observers I just don't understand why so many people wanted to lose money running wrestling shows in Dallas in the 90s. Big D never has more than 150 people listed for their shows and Dave constantly talks about how they have to give away 30,000 tickets for the GWF shows to even manage to get 1,500-2,000 in the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Ken Erico Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Egos,i guess. "I have this idea and it's gonna turn business around." The only thing that would have turned things around would have been the resurrection of the dead Von Erichs. I think even shows with Kevin didn't draw too well before he retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Didn't Kevin hold a promoter up for more money to work a memorial show for Kerry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Didn't Kevin hold a promoter up for more money to work a memorial show for Kerry? It was a benefit show for Kerry's daughters and everyone on the show worked for free and that included Sid Vicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Reading the Observers I just don't understand why so many people wanted to lose money running wrestling shows in Dallas in the 90s. Big D never has more than 150 people listed for their shows and Dave constantly talks about how they have to give away 30,000 tickets for the GWF shows to even manage to get 1,500-2,000 in the building. James Beard or Mark Nulty or someone with knowledge posted about this on WC.The Jarretts were running the Sportatorium with crowds of a couple of hundred, not paying very much for tickets, so Pedicino or whoever was in charge of Global thought it'd be better to sell the first couple of rows at higher prices, then just paper everything else, get crowds of 1000+ to look good for TV, and make out like bandits on the concessions, which the promotion ran themselves. They might have actually owned the building, not sure about that but it was certainly not an expensive venue to run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Didn't Kevin hold a promoter up for more money to work a memorial show for Kerry? It was a benefit show for Kerry's daughters and everyone on the show worked for free and that included Sid Vicious. How disappointingly un-carny. Oh well. Say, speaking of Sid in Texas, was the Sid dropkick just an invention of the Apter mags, or did it really happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Oh well that meant everyone on the card EXCEPT Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Now that's more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Here is some more information about how terrible Big D was: Jake Roberts, as a babyface, worked, advertised this time (last week he appeared as a surprise) for Big D on 8/8 which drew the largest paid crowd in the history of the promotion, 361. Roberts beat Gary Young via count out in the main event. Bill Irwin and Billy Steele both interfered after a 30:00 match but Roberts DDT'd Steele and threw Irwin over the top rope. Anyone got any pics of Bradshaw in the American Vampire getup? I have never heard of it, and it seems like the bloom was off the Vampiro rose by this point but it would be interesting to see: The first meeting of Vampiro Americano (John Hawk) vs. Canadian Vampire is scheduled for 8/22 in Monterrey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I like to imagine that JBL worked as "Vampiro Americano" so no one would know that he was actually there to do this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x119jd_jbl-kicks-out-illegals_news Beating up Vampiro helped him attack Canadians too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Anyone got any pics of Bradshaw in the American Vampire getup? I have never heard of it, and it seems like the bloom was off the Vampiro rose by this point but it would be interesting to see: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Courtesy of Luchawiki: JBL as Vampiro Americano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Robert Pattinson is no longer the least intimidating vampire in history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nature Boy Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 He looks like a bad Ultimate Warrior knockoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Vampiro Americano looks like the lovechild of the Ultimate Warrior and the Undertaker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzombie1988 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Delete Please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Carney is as carney does. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzil Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fresh Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 That's grabbing the brass ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Oh god, they're bringing in the "King of Zing" from The JBL (not Cole) Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 He followed that by asking to cut New Days music because it's worse than his music. And he did this on back to back nights too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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