PetrolCB Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Well, the Mechanics name is available now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt788 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Bam Neely had a cup of coffee in WWE but I remember virtually nothing about him. Ron Waterman was a Heat jobber who was supposed to go places but never did. Sakoda was Yang's extremely injury prone partner. Tiger Ali Sing was supposedly hated by other wrestlers and shitcanned quickly. The Maestro was hated by WCW and shitcanned as well. Jesus Aguilera was a talented man with an unescapable bad gimmick. Joy Giovanni was Big Show's hot platonic friend. I heard they all got jobs at the Olive Garden and Shane Douglas is their manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 28 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: Well, the Mechanics name is available now. Surprised no one brought up that name when the revival was on austin's podcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, Matt788 said: Bam Neely had a cup of coffee in WWE but I remember virtually nothing about him. Ron Waterman was a Heat jobber who was supposed to go places but never did. Sakoda was Yang's extremely injury prone partner. Tiger Ali Sing was supposedly hated by other wrestlers and shitcanned quickly. The Maestro was hated by WCW and shitcanned as well. Jesus Aguilera was a talented man with an unescapable bad gimmick. Joy Giovanni was Big Show's hot platonic friend. I heard they all got jobs at the Olive Garden and Shane Douglas is their manager. And they all have better insurance than a current WWE wrestler. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdangerously Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Trinity had a run in the WWE. So did Francine. Owen Hart and Brian Pillman tagged together in WCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I was thinking about a particular botch today for some reason, but couldn't quite remember the details. Jeff Hardy and Rico were the principal actors, but I think it was a 6-man table match, so probably Rico/3MW vs. the Hardys and somebody... Anyway, Rico was supposed to tease a top rope moonsault to one of the babyfaces, but Jeff would break it up. Jeff was way out of position and/or didn't know the spot was on, though, because he was laying outside the ring far from the action. Rico had to stall by posing for no reason and acting like he couldn't keep his balance. Eventually he looked over his shoulder and yelled "Come on Jeff God damnit!" and the camera clearly picked it up. Jeff got up and shook the ropes on the opposite side of the ring and Rico sold it by crotching himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 The original MVP, Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz. I believe it was Lombardi in the gimmick. I only actually remember him from a WWF Magazine hyping him up, but I'm not sure he ever made it to TV. Did he? I originally thought this thread was gonna be less about short lived gimmicks, and more about moments that became in-jokes for you and your buddies and that nobody else would remember. So, on that theme... as kids, we owned this video - http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-fighting-fit-with-roddy-piper-just-so-you-know-he-is-not-your-dad-be-thankful/ It's Roddy Piper teaching kids how to deal with bullies. At one point he teaches them that if a bully comes looking for a fight, they should say "I don't want any trouble!" and has the kids all say it along with him. It sounded so ridiculous that it became a sort of sing songy catchphrase for me and my brothers. Another couple of random, obscure moments both came from the 2000 Royal Rumble. The Mean Street Posse do run-ins during the Rumble, and Pete Gas completely misjudges the ropes as he's sliding in and takes the rope full force to the neck and bounces back on his ass. Great replay value. The other moment is when Taka gets thrown out and lands on his head, and for some reason Lawler finds this hilarious. Someone in the back does too, because I think they do a backwards/forwards replay of it. Anyway, Lawler being his hilarious self keeps referring to Taka as Chinese. JR goes to correct him but ends up saying "He's Chapanese!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 41 minutes ago, Go2Sleep said: I was thinking about a particular botch today for some reason, but couldn't quite remember the details. Jeff Hardy and Rico were the principal actors, but I think it was a 6-man table match, so probably Rico/3MW vs. the Hardys and somebody... Anyway, Rico was supposed to tease a top rope moonsault to one of the babyfaces, but Jeff would break it up. Jeff was way out of position and/or didn't know the spot was on, though, because he was laying outside the ring far from the action. Rico had to stall by posing for no reason and acting like he couldn't keep his balance. Eventually he looked over his shoulder and yelled "Come on Jeff God damnit!" and the camera clearly picked it up. Jeff got up and shook the ropes on the opposite side of the ring and Rico sold it by crotching himself. Survivor Series '02. Out of everything they've left intact on WWEN, Rico's line is now muted during that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 55 minutes ago, Bald Henry said: The original MVP, Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz. I believe it was Lombardi in the gimmick. I only actually remember him from a WWF Magazine hyping him up, but I'm not sure he ever made it to TV. Did he? I remember his gimmick debuted the same time as a baseball strike. He showed up in the crowds holding up an "I'm on strike" sign, IIRC. Speaking of Lombardi gimmicks, I remember watching Superstars one afternoon and seeing Kim Che actually wrestling a match against a jobber. I think it was right after Kamala had turned face and ditched Wippleman and Kim Che to be managed by Slick and I guess they were giving him a match to show he was coming to get revenge on Kamala or something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 5 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: I love the big red Censored X being used when Ron Bass attacked Beefcake with the spurs. That red X across the screen made 7 year old me think that was the most vicious thing ever. I am pretty sure that "X" returned when someone beat the shit out of Duke the Dumpster but I do not recall who or what happened exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 29 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: Survivor Series '02. Out of everything they've left intact on WWEN, Rico's line is now muted during that spot. Sadly, Scott Steiner's "Gimme the fuckin mic!" is also muted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Well now I'm going to unsubscribe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I am pretty sure that "X" returned when someone beat the shit out of Duke the Dumpster but I do not recall who or what happened exactly. JBL's shower beat down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 I feel like it was Triple H? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 8 hours ago, Niners Fan in CT said: I am pretty sure that "X" returned when someone beat the shit out of Duke the Dumpster but I do not recall who or what happened exactly. It was Jerry Lawler attacking him with a trashcan. It wasn't an X, the camera just went REALLY wide as if to say that what was happening was just too brutal to show up close. Unless the other shows put an X on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vgmastr Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 9 hours ago, Bald Henry said: The original MVP, Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz. I believe it was Lombardi in the gimmick. I only actually remember him from a WWF Magazine hyping him up, but I'm not sure he ever made it to TV. Did he? He originally debuted in the fall of '93 as MVP. He wrestled one match on Superstars and was in a Battle Royal on Raw, and the gimmick was dropped. Then in the fall of '94, during the baseball strike, they brought the gimmick back under the Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz name. This time the concept was he was a current MLB player who turned to wrestling because he was out of work. He showed up a ton of times in the crowd with an "I'm on strike!" sign and eventually wrestled a couple matches on Superstars and Challenge before the gimmick was dropped again. Here's a match from Superstars where Vince and Lawler try to figure out which MLB player is under the makeup, and Vince makes sure to get in one "Not sure if he's a pitcher or catcher" joke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 11 hours ago, Matt788 said: Bam Neely had a cup of coffee in WWE but I remember virtually nothing about him. I remember he was Chavo's bodyguard during Chavo's La Familia/ECW heel champ run, and they eventually split him off and made him a singles wrestler, at which point his WWE career died quickly. I can't recall a single match of Neely's, or anything he did while paired with Chavo, or even what his finisher was, or what he wore to the ring. So... yeah. I might recognize Ricky Ortiz if I passed him. Or I might think he was Carlito/Carly Colon with bad tats (he's a wrestler; what are the odds?). It'd help if he carried his rally towel around and waved it as he passed. Only things I really remember about Ortiz are afro, rally towel, big splash finisher even though he really wasn't big enough to make that work for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Ortiz is now married to Layla so I think he won. Anyone remember when Cena turned on Bull Buchanan then known as B-2, when Redd Dogg attacked B-2 becoming Cena's new muscle before reappearing on Raw a week or so later billed as Rodney Mack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 17 hours ago, Matt788 said: Anyone remember BA Brad Armstrong as the only wrestler in No Limit soldiers who could wrestle? Didn't Armstrong also show up on the early days of ECW on the Sci Fi channel? I seem to remember him coming out to commentate, arguing with Taz and leaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 24 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said: Didn't Armstrong also show up on the early days of ECW on the Sci Fi channel? I seem to remember him coming out to commentate, arguing with Taz and leaving. Yep. I'll just copy and paste this from Wiki... On September 12, 2006, Armstrong signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and began wrestling at ECW brand house shows and acting as a trainer to the younger members of the roster. In December, around the time rumors of ECW color commentator Tazz leaving the company began to circulate, Armstrong began to make sporadic appearances as a "guest commentator" on the brand. The three-man booth, originally for a single match on the December 19 episode before expanding to a full show on January 9, did not last and Armstrong resumed his role as a producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Heath Slater is the last active Nexus member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go2Sleep Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 19 minutes ago, JonnyLaw said: Heath Slater is the last active Nexus member. Did Darren Young just retire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Facepalm.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt788 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Anyone remember that 5 or 6 week period where every week on Raw you would see Michael Tarver in the background of a backstage segment texting on his phone? Or how about Jamie Noble bringing in his cousin Nunzio? and then it was never mentioned again that they were related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt788 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 Also the time Kane dragged Daivari by his foot all the way up the ramp and stage. His entire back was sickeningly bruised up in pics on the internet the next day. As well as the time Daivari told the internet that he tried to do as many hindu squats as Benoit and he was so exhausted he peed blood for a day. WWE was a little abusive to Daivari, and they never let him do his babyface character after the Hassan debacle. Good thing there is another Daivari that hopefully gets less abused and miscast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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