J.T. Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 2 hours ago, MADCAP said: I'm sad because you had to explain that. I forgot that for some people wrestling is serious business. We will not that keep us from properly celebrating Ernie Ladd Month. 1
Victator Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 The Jive Tones were one of my favorite teams when I was watching 88 NWA. I remember them as a kid, I thought they were connected to the Fantastics because of the bow ties and coats. 4
J.T. Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Once you are comfortable with the fact that Pro Wrestling is supposed to be patently offensive and fans are marks to be worked by gimmicks like that, you could appreciate the Jive Tone's tag team work. Pez and Tiger were solid mat wrestlers and they were a cohesive unit, but no one in their right mind would put tag-team titles on that gimmick. 1
Victator Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 1 hour ago, J.T. said: Once you are comfortable with the fact that Pro Wrestling is supposed to be patently offensive and fans are marks to be worked by gimmicks like that, you could appreciate the Jive Tone's tag team work. Pez and Tiger were solid mat wrestlers and they were a cohesive unit, but no one in their right mind would put tag-team titles on that gimmick. I just thought of them as the black Fantastics. 1
AxB Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 The thing I never understood bout Scoot Andrews, right, is he was doing a Black Nature Boy gimmick, but: Where's the robe? Happy Ernie Ladd month everyone! 2
PetrolCB Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 Nice dress on Scoot. He's a babe. ...oh wait, you meant physical right.
AxB Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 I was posting in my bloody accent you yankee twat. 1
Ryan Posted February 7, 2017 Posted February 7, 2017 14 hours ago, J.T. said: Once you are comfortable with the fact that Pro Wrestling is supposed to be patently offensive and fans are marks to be worked by gimmicks like that, you could appreciate the Jive Tone's tag team work. Pez and Tiger were solid mat wrestlers and they were a cohesive unit, but no one in their right mind would put tag-team titles on that gimmick. I would. They say madness runs in our family. Some even call me mad. And why? Because I dare to dream of my own race of Atomic Monsters. Atomic Supermen with octagonal shaped bodies that suck blood...(wanders off muttering to self) 5
Spritenaut 32 Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 On 2/5/2017 at 10:26 AM, mattdangerously said: Watts didn't book Doom's title run. I believe they had a booking committee at the time. Doom was fucking awesome, though. Wasn't Doom's finisher a diving shoulder block off the top of the turnbuckle.....? Yeah, Bill would hate that. 1
Hoarr Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Waiting for someone to start posting some real ghoulish shit now. 2
J.T. Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Megumi Kudo before her barbed wire match with Shark Tsuchiya. Megumi Kudo DURING her barbed wire match with Shark Tsuchiya. And here is the match itself. .
sydneybrown Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Well, if you want ghoulish, there's always this... A cover so iconic, to this day no one bothered to find out what happened with the rapist. 6
J.T. Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 This is the reason why the standard metric measuring wrestling bloodshed is the Mutoh scale. 1
J.T. Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 The infamous JBL (c) vs Eddie Gurrero Iron Man match. 1
odessasteps Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 I guess any random photo from Starrcade 85 would suffice. 3
sydneybrown Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 31 minutes ago, J.T. said: This is the reason why the standard metric measuring wrestling bloodshed is the Mutoh scale. I'm glad you brought that up. Is the Mutoh scale still the standard? I've always thought Eddie's gig put an end to that. The Eddie bladejob was so disgusting, I've only watched that match all the way through once, and aside from Taker/Foley HITC, it's the one match I really was worried that something really bad was moments away from happening. Well, aside from Bill Alfonso's head turning into a faucet when he bladed in a match against Francine.
BurningBeard Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 Eddie blitzed the Mutoh scale definitely, it's just this archaic smark term that seems to have hung around. Hell, I reckon Vince and HBK's blade job at Survivor Series 03 were both more gruesome than Mutoh's 1
J.T. Posted February 8, 2017 Posted February 8, 2017 1 hour ago, sydneybrown said: I'm glad you brought that up. Is the Mutoh scale still the standard? I've always thought Eddie's gig put an end to that. What Mutoh called a special occasion to bleed buckets Megumi Kudo called "Friday" and there were far worse and more dramatic looking blade jobs than Mutoh's. I remember people at my watch party getting nauseated when Eddie spewed plasma in that Iron Man match. I am not sure if it is still on the internet, but there used to be an infamous image of Mr. Pogo sitting on the floor of a shower after a match and there are pools of blood trailing after him.
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