AxB Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 He did a couple in TNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 The old standing ones? I know he still did the ones off the rope all the way until the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Just off the Top Rope in TNA. Presumably he could have reversed a Powerbomb into one if anyone was strong enough to get him up for one. But his vertical leap deserted him in the mid 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Today's releases got me thinking: Is Samoa Joe the highest-profile Samoan wrestler that isn't at least a shirttail relative of the Anoa'i's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Zimbra said: Today's releases got me thinking: Is Samoa Joe the highest-profile Samoan wrestler that isn't at least a shirttail relative of the Anoa'i's? If not him, it would be interesting to know who else could it be? Considering Joe has been more high profile and successful than at least a few of the actual Anoai members. Unless there's a successful Samoan who I didn't realize was a Samoan out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 You'd prob have to go back to Tapu aka Chief Tapu aka one of the New Guinea Headhunters. Only also person not in the family worth even mentioning is maybe Coco Samoa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 12 minutes ago, odessasteps said: You'd prob have to go back to Tapu aka Chief Tapu aka one of the New Guinea Headhunters. Only also person not in the family worth even mentioning is maybe Coco Samoa. I was thinking about Coco Samoa, actually, but the little I've seen him and read of him, decided not to bring his name up in the conversation. No match for Joe's success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Meanie Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I'm watching some old NJPW matches from 1986-1987, and the referees have on shirts that say WWF on them. White shirt with red text, neither the font/style/colors match the WWF as we knew it. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 How did Ricky Steamboat come to make a one-off appearance in World Class in 1986 on their October Cotton Bowl card? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 George Scott was booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 But he just last week told Lacey Von Erich that he never worked for the Von Erichs! nb: This whole twitter thread is insane: Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 When was Scott Casey in the WWF? Was that after this WCCW stint? 1987-ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 36 minutes ago, Peck said: When was Scott Casey in the WWF? Was that after this WCCW stint? 1987-ish? Yes. In fact, Casey was there when tully and arn debuted in the wwf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 4 hours ago, odessasteps said: George Scott was booking. That and Vince always played nice with the Von Erich’s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Peck said: When was Scott Casey in the WWF? Was that after this WCCW stint? 1987-ish? He was on Survivor Series '88 in Jake and Hacksaw's team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 7:35 PM, Happ Hazzard said: How did Ricky Steamboat come to make a one-off appearance in World Class in 1986 on their October Cotton Bowl card? I’m so glad to see that this site is still up lol! This was my go to for so many things back before the internet supplied information automatically with 1 click in 1 second. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 Did WWF ever acknowledge WCW on air before say 1995? I feel like they did not. Even the Real Worlds Champion stuff is very hush hush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister TV Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, GuerrillaMonsoon said: Did WWF ever acknowledge WCW on air before say 1995? I feel like they did not. Even the Real Worlds Champion stuff is very hush hush No, and they only mentioned the NWA a few times early on in the expansion, when Vince interviewed Lou Thez on TNT and either Al Hayes or Ernie Ladd slipping on commentary during a Funk or Harley match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 I was surprised in that clip I posted of the Tully and Arn debut that Alfred mentioned his father was former wrestler and promoter Joe Blanchard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted April 19, 2021 Share Posted April 19, 2021 What a good basic question that I can’t believe I never asked. It’s so funny that the NWA and WCW acknowledged them so many times, and did a bunch of other lowkey stuff that was unheard of at the time. The WWF was better at timing though, when they dropped something it was a bomb not a firecracker. That’s ultimately 1 of the reason’s the WWF won the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodyChamp Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I just found this. Apparently this is an old Podcast but I don’t do Podcasts off the assembly line. I YouTube what I YouTube and Google what I Google whenever I want to know what I want to know. Then like any normal human being I click on something else in the “more like this” sections of all of those services, and not what I originally searched for lol! That’s what happened here. I’ve watched many of these Conrad clips and the guy annoys me to say the least, but holy f*^% did he get after it here at around 6:50. 6:50 is where I’d start to be totally in context but wow. About dang time too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoBaltimore Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Sorry for digging this up from a couple months ago but I had to bring this up. So at the time I didn't see all the WWF shows that I hoped due to my parents doing a good job making sure I wasn't a full-on couch potato back then. Watching 96 Raw and PPVs in October it still had that slight undercurrent of Attitude stuff by October and was quickly ramping up. But one thing I never heard much about all this time was the time that Paul Heyman called into Livewire. I almost forgot it existed until I was going through some episodes on Youtube and man is it a doozy. So I guess the main question is considering it was known that WWF had a hand in ECW in some way were Vince and Paul on some kind of partnership at that point? Between this and ECW wrestlers going to Mind Games looking back it really makes me wonder. But honestly? I just wanted to post this because it not only got people talking but it's something I still can't believe happened. Oh, and there is a Russo warning but that was expected with his whole Vic Venom thing. And to be fair I'll admit that along with AOL his columns were my first intro to the "Hmm...something's not as it seems" part of my wrestling fandom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Vince himself said in the ECW doc that he was paying Paul. I think both sides were paying Paul as a bit of a recruit for their respective feds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 The latest BTS patreon was on the ECW bankruptcy stuff and Paul going to the WWF. some of the stuff he did at the time is amazing, inclluding using multiple emaiils to write letters putting down the coverage from dave and wade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 18 hours ago, odessasteps said: The latest BTS patreon was on the ECW bankruptcy stuff and Paul going to the WWF. some of the stuff he did at the time is amazing, inclluding using multiple emaiils to write letters putting down the coverage from dave and wade. What's BTS? I tried Google and didn't come up with anything that seemed obviously wrestling-related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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