SirSmUgly Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, zendragon said: We did get Black trenchcoat/ baseball bat Shelton in OVW No offense to Shelton, but that is just not close enough. On another note, I've mainlined a bunch of Portland and '92 WCW SN and now I think that most free TV matches should be two-out-of-three falls. They offer so many variations that allow for finer gradations between main eventers, upper midcarders, midcarders who are on their way up, career midcarders, and jobbers. Edited March 29, 2022 by SirSmellingtonofCascadia 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 There's a Stang now. He was in The Acclaimed's Goth Phase video. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said: The big Apter mag up and comer for my era of reading them definitely has to be Reckless Youth. Edited 7 hours ago by Zakk_Sabbath I also remember a big spotlight feature on Kevin Northcutt for some reason I thought Northcutt would become a big star as well, 9 time NWA Texas Champ! Him and Lance Archer showing up in TNA around the same time, I figured they'd both go far. A shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarrie Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 7 hours ago, Technico Support said: My favorite WWF Magazine memory was the time the mom & pop store up the block from me would just ignore street dates and put the issue on sale as soon as they got it. So I read a story about Zeus' heinous attack at the hands of Zeus on Saturday Night's Main Event on a Saturday morning, 14ish hours before it would air. I see problems with that story beyond when it was released. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 14 hours ago, Technico Support said: Stuff that leaps to mind from the old magazines in no particular order: The Crockett-era Road Warriors being ranked the #1 team in the world in PWI forever despite not holding a title Magazines running their own storylines wherein they hand-wring over giving or taking away World Title recognition Wrestling Superstars magazine's Dream Matches. Hogan vs Tyson! WWF vs NWA in a Battle of the Network Stars style competition! A tag tournaemnt where the regular teams are mixed up and the final was Eaton/Morton vs Lane/Gibson! Eddie Ellner's heel act. Dr. Sydney M. Basil Second tier mag (Wrestling Eye? Main Event?) weirdness, like a story about how HTM made a deal with the spirits of the Mississippi Delta so he could keep the IC title. Ads for Champions of the Galaxy wrestling card game. Yeah, I bought that. General anti-Hogan sentiment, in all their kayfabe stories, after Vince cut the Apter mags off If you(or anyone) has the December 1990 issue of The Wrestler, my uncle Joseph Peklicz had a letter published calling out the babyface Rockers for their constant double-teaming. Trying to remember if the section in The Wrestler was called Sincerely Yours or Your Letters. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 22 minutes ago, Peck said: If you(or anyone) has the December 1990 issue of The Wrestler, my uncle Joseph Peklicz had a letter published calling out the babyface Rockers for their constant double-teaming. Trying to remember if the section in The Wrestler was called Sincerely Yours or Your Letters. Wait what? Those letters were REAL?!?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, DEAN said: Wait what? Those letters were REAL?!?! Heh, well that one was. Been looking for a screencap of that for years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I just saw the Steve Harvey, Kevin and JJ episode. Some of the corniest, silliest mess I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen alot of TV produced by Kevin Sullivan! And JJ Dillion was the kayfabe producer for alot of it. How freaking WCW of a thing is that, still living on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMLuke Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 9 hours ago, odessasteps said: I will again mention my favorite apter mag story: when someone (maybe Liz Hunter) went to Thief River Falls to try and figure out why Barry Darsow became Khrusher Khrushchev. Good choice. Personally preferred Liz Hunter's visit to Stan Hanson's home in Brazos Valley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Never seen this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 36 minutes ago, AaronMLuke said: Good choice. Personally preferred Liz Hunter's visit to Stan Hanson's home in Brazos Valley. Loved learning Stan owned his own island in Japan to raise kobe beef. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronMLuke Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, odessasteps said: Loved learning Stan owned his own island in Japan to raise kobe beef. Been at least 3 decades since I read those, but my favorite bit was Liz fending off Stan with a can of Garbanzo beans. Wish I still felt that was all real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Classic magazine thread? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Coaster Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 8 hours ago, DEAN said: Wait what? Those letters were REAL?!?! I also had a letter published in The Wrestler. Called Hulk Hogan a baby for saying that Tunney’s decision to not give him a rematch against The Warrior was “Gaga”. I probably referenced Bob Backlund, too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I loved the running gag in the Apter mags of Nikita Koloff constantly using "Legs in one casket" instead "eggs in one basket". I can think of at least 3interviews where it happened until I think it was Stu Saks cut him off after Nikita's babyface turn and was like "I know what he is gonna sayand I'm cutting him off at the pass" James 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 9 hours ago, Peck said: If you(or anyone) has the December 1990 issue of The Wrestler, my uncle Joseph Peklicz had a letter published calling out the babyface Rockers for their constant double-teaming. Trying to remember if the section in The Wrestler was called Sincerely Yours or Your Letters. THAT'S AWESOME. Bonus points if he referred to them as "pandering twits." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) PowerSlam Magazine was the biggest in the UK and printed some letters of mine. There was also a section covering wrestling board posts including our very own! My comment as The Crippler was printed when The Undertaker required surgery in May 2007. I said something like: "Mr Kennedy won't be able to cash in his MITB contract as The Undertaker's the Dead Man requiring no anaesthetic." Remember on the board "Wrestlers better than Shawn Michaels" by Dylan Waco and other posters? That made it as well. Edited March 30, 2022 by The Natural 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagan Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Is there any bigger dork in wrestling than Seth? From his cartoony performances and defense of his garbage booking to his just absurd amount of WWE bootlicking, I can't think of any wrestler who is less cool right now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Dude seemed like a dork from the first time I saw Tyler Black he’s always been corny and lame. He really is a perfect WWE wrestler and I don’t really mean that to be insulting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 49 minutes ago, Sublime said: Dude seemed like a dork from the first time I saw Tyler Black he’s always been corny and lame. He really is a perfect WWE wrestler and I don’t really mean that to be insulting. My dude literally took his name from characters in Fight Club and Harry Potter. You couldn't be more on the nose if he called himself Edgelord McLarper. 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 Dude's about to wrestle some ingrate who spent the last few years in the minor leagues. Seth's latest comments are just him warming up in the bullpen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) Seth Rollins is Exhibit A for why tag team wrestling needs to be more prominent on the American scene like back in the '80s. Dude is a perfect lifetime tag member. The problem is that Bret and Shawn were successful tag wrestlers who then became successful singles wrestlers, so WWE decided to try that shit with everyone. This may be a fiery take, but guys like Edge and Rollins would have had much better careers if they were long-term tag wrestlers. It's too bad that by about 1998, WCW and WWE both clearly hated tag wrestling and sort of torched the divisions. There have been small revivals (snort) in WWE (2000, 2003, 2015-16 in NXT, et al.), but there are a lot of wrestlers who would be better off in a vibrant tag scene. Edited March 30, 2022 by SirSmellingtonofCascadia I don't copy-edit my own garbage. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 I do wonder if Seth is doing amazing heel character work, in and out of the ring or is he really this big a dipstick in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 He was dipping his toes in that water during his big top babyface run, which is partially explanatory for people turning against him. I'm reading it as those being his genuine beliefs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyJ Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 5 hours ago, Hagan said: Is there any bigger dork in wrestling than Seth? From his cartoony performances and defense of his garbage booking to his just absurd amount of WWE bootlicking, I can't think of any wrestler who is less cool right now. Let's be honest, Rollins entire career is one big house of cards. He's been riding the wave of waves for the last decade. It's hard to tell whether or not he's self-aware. If he is, I'm sure he sees endless talents either released or going nowhere fast and knows that he is blessed and will keep on toeing the company line. If he isn't, he may be further in the WWE bubble than any other wrestler I can recall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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