The Natural Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Enjoy this throwback: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 More people will see this here: Made BBC News. 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 That was was funnier than the one I posted before. The chop that Kobashi throws sounds ghastly, like someone throwing a pork butt on a cement floor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, The Natural said: More people will see this here: Made BBC News. I saw a pic of Kobashi collecting tickets on the train. Made me think of the scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on the blimp. Kobashi chops a passenger out of the train window. "No ticket." 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 34 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: That was was funnier than the one I posted before. The chop that Kobashi throws sounds ghastly, like someone throwing a pork butt on a cement floor. Kenta Kobashi has the best chops ever. Honourable mention to Gunther, TAFKA WALTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 5 hours ago, Greggulator said: MAJOR EFED HELP NEEDED Are their any good examples of a highly athletic wrestler turned into a Foley-style monster or along those lines? Adapting a character I have who currently wrestles like peak Shelton Benjamin into a representative of the darkside. First thing that comes to mind is Terry Funk going from scientific NWA champ to hardcore legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SovietShooter Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/20/2023 at 8:03 PM, BrianS81177 said: It is but man oh man someone needs to keep Eric Darkstorm as far the fuck away from any woman as possible. That dude is a ticking timebomb who is gonna badly hurt a woman one day - if he hasn't already. Whoa, I used to wrestle on shows with him in the NWA back in 2001-2002ish. He worked under a mask as "Rain". He was trained by Jamie Noble and Tyson Smith (not Kenny Omega... a dude that worked as Star\Vinny Viagra, that was featured on a reality show about Loss Prevention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/22/2023 at 10:26 AM, Greggulator said: MAJOR EFED HELP NEEDED Are their any good examples of a highly athletic wrestler turned into a Foley-style monster or along those lines? Adapting a character I have who currently wrestles like peak Shelton Benjamin into a representative of the darkside. Dewey Robertson becoming The Missing Link? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) Iizuka going from super scientific grappler to deranged maniac wieliding a metal glove? James Edited September 25, 2023 by J.H. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 ^^^ Good catch! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Onita went from being a pretty normal jr heavyweight to the deathmatch king. I don't know that I'd characterize him as a monster, though. Matsunaga was an Aoyagi karate guy before he became Mr Danger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Akihisa Mera becoming the Great Kabuki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 4 hours ago, Zimbra said: Onita went from being a pretty normal jr heavyweight to the deathmatch king. I don't know that I'd characterize him as a monster, though. Matsunaga was an Aoyagi karate guy before he became Mr Danger. Isn't Minoru Fujita nowadays a deathmatch guy? That would fall into the same category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Watching that Superstars episode where Justin Hawk Bradshaw beats down Hakushi, and brands him, then the week after JR announces he left the WWF out of shame. There can't be too many instances where the 'F/E have announced a guy leaving of their own volition? Vince's tribute to Savage on Raw in 1994 was one. I guess they sort of allude to Bret at Montreal on commentary during/before the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianS81177 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) On 9/22/2023 at 7:26 AM, Greggulator said: MAJOR EFED HELP NEEDED Are their any good examples of a highly athletic wrestler turned into a Foley-style monster or along those lines? Adapting a character I have who currently wrestles like peak Shelton Benjamin into a representative of the darkside. Assuming you aren't referring to gimmick changes? Like Cpl. Kirchner becoming Leatherface? Al Snow? He wasn't really a monster but he went from being a scientific grappler to a nutjob that hits guys with cookie sheets and talks to a plastic head. Sal Bellomo went from smiling babyface jobber in the WWF to long haired, bushy bearded wildman brawler in ECW. *edit* I missed the "athletic" part. Kirchner and Bellomo were never athletic lol. Edited September 25, 2023 by BrianS81177 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Odd trivia that popped into my head and I'm trying to answer while sick and unable to fall asleep: how many guys appeared on a WWE, WCW and ECW (not WWECW) PPV and did anyone appear on all those and a TNA and AEW PPV? First one I came up with Terry Funk, Rick Rude, Shane Douglas, Sabu, Dusty Rhodes, Raven and Candido (and the latter five were on TNA shows) and Sabu is the only one I can think of off the top of my head to have been on all 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Lance Storm first three 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 5 hours ago, sabremike said: Odd trivia that popped into my head and I'm trying to answer while sick and unable to fall asleep: how many guys appeared on a WWE, WCW and ECW (not WWECW) PPV and did anyone appear on all those and a TNA and AEW PPV? First one I came up with Terry Funk, Rick Rude, Shane Douglas, Sabu, Dusty Rhodes, Raven and Candido (and the latter five were on TNA shows) and Sabu is the only one I can think of off the top of my head to have been on all 5. Jerry Lynn and Jake Roberts are 2 others that hit all 5. Sandman and Mike Awesome did the first 4 but not AEW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Is there still time for Hak? Is he still taking bookings? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 We did this a couple years ago almost. Unfortunately, there is such a gap between the end of ECW and WCW and the creation of AEW. You have weird anomalies like Sting still being active means someone who worked in Mid-South/UWF is still active on national TV. Jeff Jarrett still wrestling means you have someone who would have worked Memphis (Sting also did as well FWIW) and the combined Dallas/Jerry Jarrett office is still active on national TV. However, both never worked for ECW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Man, Jeff Jarrett would have been a primo heel to the mutants. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 47 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Man, Jeff Jarrett would have been a primo heel to the mutants. In my 1994 rewatch, I am a little over couple months away from the RAW taping in Liberty, NY (at a high school gym that's smaller than some of the venues ECW was running). It's the Christmas season so Jeff is wearing tinsel attached to the straps on his wrestling gear. You want to wish all the harm in the world on him. FWIW he's also wearing similar gear to what Dreamer had on. They (ECW fans) fucking hated Dreamer in 1994. I believe this is right about the time he got the Roadie, which is also crazy cause he's still doing tag matches with his brothers on WCW TV where I am at on my rewatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 For some reason I just thought of Brad Armstrong being Jeff Jarrett’s Roadie in 1995 instead of Brian. That probably would have pissed off internet people but it might have opened the door to a Bret Hart/Brad Armstrong match which would have been a good 5 minutes of WWF TV In fact there weren’t any Bret Hart matchups against any members of the Armstrong family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsalvajeloco Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Why just have one roadie? He's a big time country star. Bring in all the Armstrongs as roadies. Would have been a better use of them. Plus the WAR (wins above replacement) for that 1994-95 WWF roster would have been crazy. He didn't have much charisma, but Steve Armstrong isn't better than that era King Kong Bundy? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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