Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'm pretty sure that's why we got the YET-AY instead because Giant Gonzalez fell through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Say, that reminds me, has anyone ever asked Kevin Sullivan (or whoever came up with the idea) why the Yeti turned out to be a mummy rather than a... well, Yeti? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nice Guy Eddie Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Say, that reminds me, has anyone ever asked Kevin Sullivan (or whoever came up with the idea) why the Yeti turned out to be a mummy rather than a... well, Yeti? Toilet paper is cheaper than a giant size yeti costume? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Hattrick Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Say, that reminds me, has anyone ever asked Kevin Sullivan (or whoever came up with the idea) why the Yeti turned out to be a mummy rather than a... well, Yeti? Toilet paper is cheaper than a giant size yeti costume? Just think, if Russo was around WCW at that point, The Yeti would have been a rapper (wrapper? nyuk nyuk nyuk) named 2-ply. Which, I'm not sure whether that would have been better or worse. Speaking of which, I may need to find that Russo books ol' school thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Bisch should've brought Prince Kharis in to feud with the Yettay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The story I always heard was that Yeti was originally supposed to be Gonzalez in a similar outfit to his WWF one. It fell through and we got a mummy, but the name stayed for inexplicable WCW reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Let's not forget that he eventually became a ninja, but kept the name of course. As for Piper not jobbing to Hogan, people forget that Piper was just as bad as anyone when it came to doing clean jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The Patriot was the bomb. The Patriot fucking missile?!?!?!?!?! GWF kids.....GWF. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydneybrown Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I'm pretty sure that's why we got the YET-AY instead because Giant Gonzalez fell through. No, no, Three rings, THREE GIANTS!!! The Giant, The Yeti, and Gonzalez. But that idea kinda got dropped when one dropped out and another bombed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The Patriot was the bomb. The Patriot fucking missile?!?!?!?!?! GWF kids.....GWF. The Patriot during the GWF days was awesome. PWI loved that bastard, and when he left, I remember a lead story with a bloody Eddie Gilbert saying "A REAL Patriot doesn't quit". Was awesome. Stilll pissed my mom tossed away by box full of wrestling magazines without asking me about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hogan and Gonzales were friends. Hogan wanted to bring him in and beat him because he liked (likes? He probably still enjoys the thought of) beating giants. Pretty sure the three giants were always supposed to be The Giant, The One Man Gang, and Gonzales as THE YEH-TAY! They just stuck Reis in there as the substitute YEH-TAY when the Gonzales deal fell through. He came back a few months later wearing the same ninja outfit as The Super Giant Ninja and lost to Gang. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xojp29_one-man-gang-vs-super-giant-ninja-wcw-united-states-title_sport Dusty and Schiavone act like they've never seen him before. Gang would go on to Nitro and not only get slammed and pinned clean but Hogan blew off the 747 like it was nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Only WCW would have a wrestler called "The Giant" be the second-tallest guy in the promotion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Did Hogan ever score a pinfall finish over Roddy Piper? And if not... why not? What's the story there? I cannot fathom Hogan not wanting to go over Piper clean at some point, after Piper beat him multiple times. Especially in WCW when he had creative control. I mean he brought Warrior in to get his win back, why not Piper... well, officially, Hogan won the rematch for the WCW Title at SuperBrawl 7. Piper really wins with the sleeper, but Savage pulls Hogan's leg under the ropes after the fact and the referee restarts the match, which Hogan wins after nailing Piper with Brass Knux. this is where the nonsensical Savage nWo-turn happens. Hogan also pins Piper during both of their return to WWE in 2003ish. of course, Hogan was masquerading as "Mr. America" so maybe that doesn't count. but to answer your second question, i always assumed that Piper absolutely refused to lose to Hogan as a trade for not winning the title. Hogan won the Age in the Cage match, didn't he? with help from Savage I think. Piper actually won that one with the sleeper. Post-match, Savage and Hogan beat him down and cuffed him to the cage tho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I had always assumed The Yeti was Giant Gonzales. It actually wasn't until a few years ago I found out it was actually Reis. Were there any super-big guys from the late 80s-early 90s that weren't in the Dungeon of Doom at some point? edit: I just checked and King Kong Bundy wasn't in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I seem to remember Hogan wanting to bring Yokozuna in after WWF fired him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Hogan wanted to bring in anybody who beat him ever so he could get his wins back. Fucking loon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I just read the observer issue talking about The Yeti shit. He said Ron Reis became the Yeti when Jorge Gonzalez had to drop out due to health issues. But as for who the three giants were supposed to be, here's the Sept 25 1995 quote: "There is also talk of some sort of a three-ring gimmick triangular match with The Giant, Ron Reis and El Gigante and I think the show is going to be billed as "War of the Worlds" Reis was probably always going to be a humping mummy, just called something else. Gonzalez being the Yeti as a thinly veiled Giant Gonzalez gimmick ripoff is pretty much par for the course for WCW as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Savage's NWO turn made perfect sense. He had a choice between being blackballed or buying in to the big new thing and he sold out. Add in that his arch enemy Ric Flair was an NWO rival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Savage's NWO turn made perfect sense. He had a choice between being blackballed or buying in to the big new thing and he sold out. Add in that his arch enemy Ric Flair was an NWO rival. "hey these guys have been beating me senseless for six months. they cost me the world title and my girl. but i guess i'll just be buddy-buddy with them from now on....." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Classic Macho Man logic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 There was a really surreal Savage/Flair match on Nitro not long after. Flair as babyface in this was really strange. They really laid it in too, before the flub ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I just read the observer issue talking about The Yeti shit. He said Ron Reis became the Yeti when Jorge Gonzalez had to drop out due to health issues. But as for who the three giants were supposed to be, here's the Sept 25 1995 quote: "There is also talk of some sort of a three-ring gimmick triangular match with The Giant, Ron Reis and El Gigante and I think the show is going to be billed as "War of the Worlds" Reis was probably always going to be a humping mummy, just called something else. Gonzalez being the Yeti as a thinly veiled Giant Gonzalez gimmick ripoff is pretty much par for the course for WCW as well. Especially given that they had Tenta as Avalanche and Traylor as The Boss not too long before that. They loved pushing as far as they could with WWF owned gimmicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Re: The Yeti. The funny thing is that on Nitro, they had a mummy burst out of a block of ice. Even back then, I was like WTF?? A frozen mummy called The Yeti?? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I always wondered if Dusty couldn't pronounce "Mummy" correctly or something. I'm serious In Florida, the Zambuie Express was so named because Blackjack Mulligan couldn't pronounce the team's actual name - "Zimbabwe Express" correctly, and Zambuie was generally the word that came out of his mouth. Also, one of the members was renamed "Elijah Akeem" supposedly because Dusty kept butchering his actual gimmick name in promos. In retrospect, a Yeh-TAY / Mum-MAY tag team with Dusty on commentary woulda been worth the price of admission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The Yet-tay pronunciation was because that's how Kevin Sullivan said it in the booking meetings so Schiavone just said it the same way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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