ka-to Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Spring Lake That's right. Now I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, PetrolCB said: I think it was Spring Lake. Another Jersey, Raven from Short Hills. and Balls Mahoney from Nutley 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Balls did live in Jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 minute ago, ka-to said: Balls did live in Jersey. He should've been announced from the Cul-de-sac in Nutley, NJ. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ka-to said: Balls did live in Jersey. My step-dad worked with Mahoney's girlfriend at Shop Rite quite a while ago. My step-dad was a bakery technician for a company called Guttenplans, which basically meant he went to different Shop Rite's and helped trian the staff. Edited February 11, 2022 by Nice Guy Eddie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Just now, PetrolCB said: He should've been announced from the Cul-de-sac in Nutley, NJ. Bravo Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, cwoy2j said: I remember Flair was billed as being from Minneapolis, MN for a long time in JCP (and in the Apter mags) to play up his connection to The Andersons and then at some point they switched over to Charlotte, NC. I wanna say he was billed exclusively as being from Charlotte in 1993 during the build-up to the Vader match at Starrcade. As a kid, I always thought it was weird he was billed from Minneapolis in the SNES Royal Rumble game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I can never hear Robbinsdale, MN and not think of Rick Rude. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 23 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Marcus Alexander Bagwell being from Sprayberry High School in Marietta, GA. They never announce Xavier Woods as being from there. Even though his High School athletic (and academic) career is way more impressive than Bagwells. But Austin Creed did go to that school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Early in his first WWF run, the Big Boss Man was announced from the Department of Corrections in Cobb County, Georgia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, AxB said: They never announce Xavier Woods as being from there. Even though his High School athletic (and academic) career is way more impressive than Bagwells. But Austin Creed did go to that school. IIRC, Bagwell had the Sprayberry crest on his tights when he first started in wcw. Not saying heat like your white meat babyface putting his high school crest on his trunks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 24 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: My step-dad was a bakery technician... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I remember Erik Watts being billed from the University of Oklahoma and Jesse Ventura asking, "What? Does he still live on campus?". 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 minute ago, PetrolCB said: As far as I know, my step-dad never dropped his gum in the bagel dough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 41 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Early in his first WWF run, the Big Boss Man was announced from the Department of Corrections in Cobb County, Georgia. I have had some good friends from Cobb County but I gotta imagine CCCF is not the place you wanna find yourself at. Certainly not a CCCF that's living in Big Bubba Bossman Ray Traylor the Guardian Angel's shadow. Hell no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Horatio said: I have had some good friends from Cobb County but I gotta imagine CCCF is not the place you wanna find yourself at. Certainly not a CCCF that's living in Big Bubba Bossman Ray Traylor the Guardian Angel's shadow. Hell no. Why do think Nailz was so fucked up? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horatio Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Why do think Nailz was so fucked up? Today, I guess I'd say because he was just a mean old man without a mommy. At the time, though, I was just scared shitless of someone who would actually do prison for a living. Taker was so brave to stand face to face with him. So brave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Has anyone mentioned Sting and Hulk Hogan both being from Venice Beach, California? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 13 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: Why do think Nailz was so fucked up? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, Infinit said: Has anyone mentioned Sting and Hulk Hogan both being from Venice Beach, California? The Hulkster was hanging and banging while the Stinger was still Fightin’ Freedom and running on blades, brah! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I discovered this tonight. Please don't ban me. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) On 2/10/2022 at 9:46 AM, Swift said: There was discussion recently of Anthony Agogo being from Lowestoft but being billed as being from East England, presumably because Lowestoft is basically unknown. I personally like when people are billed from their actual hometown rather than just being billed from the nearest big city (Edge & Christian for example). What are some of the more obscure actual places wrestlers have been billed from? Bray, Co. Wicklow is just a small seaside town south of Dublin so it surprises me that Balor wasn't just saddled with Dublin. No idea if West Newbury, MA or Aberdeen, WA are small places or not but I've literally never heard of them outside of their famous hometown wrestlers. EDIT: Just had a quick look. They're all small based on population - West Newbury ~4k, Aberdeen ~17k, Bray ~32k It might also be worthwhile to consider which wrestlers come from the most populous areas. There are a lot of wrestlers (e.g. Tazz, Brody Lee) from New York City. Based on UN 2018 estimates, that's a population of 8.8 million in the city proper, 18.8 million in the greater metropolitan area. Makhan Singh and The Great Gama were billed as being from Karachi, Pakistan. UN estimates 14.9 million in the city proper, but "only" 15.4 million in the GMA... so it's maybe a less straightforward question than it seems. For the sake of argument, let's go with the total population of the Metropolitan Area. There are a ton of wrestlers (including Villanos I, II, III and V) from Mexico City (9.2/21.5) and Little Tokyo, who worked at WM III vs King Kong Bundy is presumably from Tokyo, Japan (13.5/37.4) so maybe Little Tokyo is the answer? HOWEVER Former Intercontinental champion Maximillian Moon was billed as being from Outer Space, which astronomers have estimated has a total population of roughly 70 billion trillion (70 times (10 to the 22nd power)). BUT Blitzkrieg was billed as being from The Cosmos. "Outer Space" does not include planet Earth (hence: "outer") but The Cosmos does. That's roughly 7.753 billion more people. So: in my opinion Our Top Three are: 1) Blitzkrieg 2) Max Moon 3) Little Tokyo  Edited February 11, 2022 by Gordlow I spelled "Maximillian" incorrectly 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 My favorite all-time hometown introduction is still the tag team of Sting and Eddie Gilbert: Sting - from "Every Man's Nightmare" Eddie Gilbert - from "Every Woman's Dream" 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) Double post Edited February 11, 2022 by Gonzo Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 4:46 PM, Swift said: There was discussion recently of Anthony Agogo being from Lowestoft but being billed as being from East England, presumably because Lowestoft is basically unknown. I personally like when people are billed from their actual hometown rather than just being billed from the nearest big city (Edge & Christian for example). What are some of the more obscure actual places wrestlers have been billed from? Bray, Co. Wicklow is just a small seaside town south of Dublin so it surprises me that Balor wasn't just saddled with Dublin. No idea if West Newbury, MA or Aberdeen, WA are small places or not but I've literally never heard of them outside of their famous hometown wrestlers. EDIT: Just had a quick look. They're all small based on population - West Newbury ~4k, Aberdeen ~17k, Bray ~32k Believe "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan was billed as being from Glens Falls, New York. I know Brock Lesnar is billed as being from Minneapolis but was actually born and went to high school in Webster, South Dakota (population 2K-ish). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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