sydneybrown Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Headhunters were in 1996 Rumble, then came back for a one shot in the summer of 1997. They tried to attack Bulldog & Owen & The Headbangers only for Bulldog to slam one of them with ease. The other almost fell off the top rope moments later. Speaking of which...Vic Grimes' infamous WWF run that was over just as it started. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Key? Wasn't he playing a Coke dealer with an angle that he was selling to Hawk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 5 minutes ago, sydneybrown said: Headhunters were in 1996 Rumble, then came back for a one shot in the summer of 1997. They tried to attack Bulldog & Owen & The Headbangers only for Bulldog to slam one of them with ease. The other almost fell off the top rope moments later. Speaking of which...Vic Grimes' infamous WWF run that was over just as it started. Even during the Attitude Era, I don't see how anyone expected a drug dealer character called Key to end up anywhere other than the awful, quickly forgotten gimmick category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 5 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: Key? Wasn't he playing a Coke dealer with an angle that he was selling to Hawk? Yup. Key=Kilo. white suit= white powder. It wasn't exactly subtle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Him looking like an idiot almost wiping out on the top rope because he was wearing dress shoes and not boots didn't help either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 58 minutes ago, paul sosnowski said: Wow, I definitely don't remember this guy at all... (Tyson Kidd's bodyguard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Andrews Oh shit, he's also the guy who beat up Rosa Mendes.... Slocum was engaged to fellow wrestler Milena Roucka in 2012. On August 5, 2012, Roucka filed battery charges against Slocum with the San Antonio Police Department, over an earlier incident at their Las Vegashome.[22][23] Roucka stated that she was afraid Slocum would kill her, and that abuse was an ongoing problem.[22] Police photographed scratches and bruises on her body.[22] It was then revealed that Slocum was also engaged to another woman, Amber Stoval, who he had been dating for 4 years prior.[24] IIRC they wrote the guy off TV by having Mark Henry absolutely decimate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 How about Sivi Afi being the third Islander? I believe he only made one TV appearance with them. After Tama left following WM4, Sivi Afi and Haku worked house shows as The Islanders continuing the feud with the Bulldogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The best part was that Afi forgot he was supposed to be a heel and was slapping the fans hands on the way to the ring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 WWF brought in Spellbinder from USWA and called him Phantasmo? Phantasio? He appeared on one episode of Superstars. I told my Dad about it and when he never showed up on WWF tv again my Dad was sure I made it up. Those WCW all nighters were great. They were my first exposure to lots of great matches I'd missed as a young fan. Had those on VHS up until a few years ago when I finally did a tape purge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Niners Fan in CT said: 90s on TBS, maybe 1994.. WCW did a show called "All Nighter" or something like that which showed some of WCW's best matches over the last few years but in between the matches it was Heenan and I think Tony, maybe Gene and it was like a sleepover, they were all in pajamas and the interactions between them were hilarious, It was probably on from maybe 11 at night or so to 5 in the morning. Something like that. I was a kid so naturally I passed out, not used to staying up that late but I did have the whole thing recorded. No idea what happened to the tape though. I have never heard of this show until today. But it sure sounded interesting. Doing a quick Youtube search I found this. Can't play audio because I'm at work, but seeing the announcers hang around in casual gear and who knows what else is a sight to behold. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, odessasteps said: IIRC, the relative rating success of that led to a remewed push for Flair, since they showed the 89 Steamboat stuff and 91 Sting Bash match, amongst others. I think Tenay and maybe Hudson or Cruise were also there. My absolute favorite all-nighter moment was them throwing to a match, while Cruise was behind a chair in a Vader mask doing the Vader shuffle. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Lord Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 2 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: 90s on TBS, maybe 1994.. WCW did a show called "All Nighter" or something like that which showed some of WCW's best matches over the last few years but in between the matches it was Heenan and I think Tony, maybe Gene and it was like a sleepover, they were all in pajamas and the interactions between them were hilarious, It was probably on from maybe 11 at night or so to 5 in the morning. Something like that. I was a kid so naturally I passed out, not used to staying up that late but I did have the whole thing recorded. No idea what happened to the tape though. I have this one tape too somewhere. You know they all had to be drinking. I would love it if the WWE put that up on the Network. I think my tape is broke somewhere in the 3/4th's position. Best part is them all reliving The Mulkey's win on Saturday Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Yup. Key=Kilo. white suit= white powder. It wasn't exactly subtle. For some reason, I'm feeling a bit sad the we didn't get Key in a tag team with Ki-Lo Brown. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Mordecai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 54 minutes ago, Vader does my taxes! said: For some reason, I'm feeling a bit sad the we didn't get Key in a tag team with Ki-Lo Brown. For some reason I now have Mr Brownstone stuck in my head. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throat Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 On an episode of Action Zone, probably in 95 or 96, Michael Hayes said something I couldn't believe made air on a taped show pre-Attitude Era. He and Todd Pettingill were talking about tattoos, and Todd goes "Do you have any tattoos?" And Hayes goes "Yeah, I've got a tattoo! Sometimes it says WWF and sometimes it says World Wre-" and Todd cuts him off and goes to break. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 21 minutes ago, Wyld Samurai said: For some reason I now have Mr Brownstone stuck in my head. Hopefully, he doesn't get stuck in your arm and your bloodstream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The WCW all-nighters were great. IIRC, they were always on a Friday night, so it was great trying to stay up to watch the whole thing. I don't think I ever made it through one. Years later, Key would take care of that problem for me, but create a world of new problems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyld Samurai Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 WCW Worldwide / Pro and All Nighters was the only way I could watch NWA back in the day. I didn't have cable until the mid 90s, but every now and then I'd be able to find some late night NWA action. I remember that being the first time I ever saw Flair vs Steamboat'so Chi-Town Rumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Yup. Key=Kilo. white suit= white powder. It wasn't exactly subtle. I hate to admit it, but I didn't get the drug reference at the time. Not even a little. And I was nearly 30 when the Attitude Era rolled around, so I can't even blame being young and naive. Years later, after I had acquired WWF/E TV and put them on DVD, I rewatched the Key appearances and went "Holy Crap! He's their drug dealer. It's sooooo obvious. How did I not get that the first time?" This thread made me wonder if I could name every gimmick Mike Shaw ever had. Sadly, I can. Trucker Norm. What were they thinking? Speaking of Mike Shaw, remember when the Varsity Club broke up and they repacked "Captain" Mike Rotunda as a yacht captain? Complete with blue blazer and white cap? Lol. Lol lol lol lol. That was unmemorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Bray set Captain Mike's shrimp boat on fire. Remember that FCW promo with Eli Cottonwood in the background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 40 minutes ago, Vader does my taxes! said: This thread made me wonder if I could name every gimmick Mike Shaw ever had. Sadly, I can. Trucker Norm. What were they thinking? Speaking of Mike Shaw, remember when the Varsity Club broke up and they repacked "Captain" Mike Rotunda as a yacht captain? Complete with blue blazer and white cap? Lol. Lol lol lol lol. That was unmemorable. WCW's roster was so depleted in the spring of 1990 due to injuries and guys leaving that Norman and Mike Rotunda were for a couple months the #2 and #3 singles babyfaces on the roster (Luger being #1). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Dennis Knight doing a heel chef gimmick on Florida indies feuding with Headbanger Mosh. I think this was around 2002. The promotion used to air on Sunshine Network. Speaking of Sunshine Network, I remember when they used to run a late Friday night wrestling block of MLW and WEW. You had Joey Styles doing commentary in a Hawaiian shirt on Nosawa and Vampiro matches. WEW had such gems like GI Ho and Tai Killer Weed. GI Ho once teamed with Norman Smiley vs Francine and Michael Shane, HBK's nephew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 How did WWF not have a wrestling chef in the mid 90s when there were a slew of wrestlers with other occupation gimmicks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 In an alternate universe somewhere, I bet Magnum TA never has his car accident. He eventually signs with the WWF in the early 90s, and is given a wrestling chef gimmick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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