Guest Edwin Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Was listening to Rico Suave and Dennis Rivera on a separate podcast. Rico told a story from a personal experience of his with Abdullah the Butcher. Abdullah was working some dates in Puerto Rico and he asked Rico for some photos of his to send to bookers in Japan to try and get him booked over there. Rico gave them to him, but didn't make much of it. The following Monday morning Rico gets a call from Atlanta and it's Abdullah, but Rico thinks it's a prank call and he hangs up on him. He receives another call from Atlanta and again he hangs up. Then Carlos calls Rico and tells him to call Abdullah back at the number that was calling him from Atlanta that he kept hanging up on. Rico calls Abdullah back and Abdullah tells him Mad Man Pondo was scheduled to do a tour of Big Japan along with him, but he had to cancel the tour and Abdullah had suggested Rico as a replacement and that he needed to send his passport express mail so Abdullah could have that same afternoon to get the paperwork started with the Big Japan office. Abdullah also told Rico to go buy a plane ticket to Japan and that the office would reimburse him for it once they arrived in Japan. Rico calls Carlos back and tells him about the offer and Carlos directs him to a traveling agency in Puerto Rico. Rico arrives at the traveling agency and the agent tells him it's $1,982 for a two way plane ticket. Rico leaves and calls Carlos and tells him how much it is and that he doesn't have the money to pay for it as he was working undercard matches and managing so he wasn't making that much money at the time. Carlos tells him to call Abdullah and to talk with Abdullah. Rico calls and Abdullah tells him to go back to the traveling agency and to call him once he was there. Rico returns and calls Abdullah and Abdullah puts his wife on the phone and she organizes the flight and Abdullah pays for Rico's ticket. The agent hands Rico the receipt for the reimbursement and it's $2,700. A couple of days pass and Rico flies to Japan. Upon arriving he meets Abdullah and they both meet with Kojika at the Big Japan office and Kojika reimburses Abdullah for plane ticket. When they leave the office, Abdullah tells Rico he knew the travel agent and he told him to make the receipt for $2,700. Abdullah gave the extra $700 to Rico so he could spend the early part of the tour without having to ask for a payment in advance as Rico only had $138 to spend for the early part of the tour until he got paid. Rico worked several Big Japan tours as Crazy Sheik. He also told a story he had on one of his tours of Big Japan with the young lions. He said he saw them building the ring and he was going to help them and Abdullah told him not to because he was a main eventing foreigner. Rico insisted in helping them. A couple of days later they have a day off and he is training and after the training he showers and when he gets out of the shower, his ring gear was missing and he asked around and no one knew where it was. Before the next show on the tour, one of the young lions comes up to Rico and he hands him his ring gear all washed up and folded and told him they were thankful and they respected Rico because despite being in the main event, he still set time aside to help them put the ring together and after that he grew closer to them and that opened the door for him to do several other tours with Big Japan. He also said he met Stan Hansen on one of his tours and Hansen asked who he was and he said José Estrada's son. Hansen said he was a friend of his father and he took him drinking that day with him and Rico said it was the biggest mistake he made on tour as Hansen could drink like crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoae Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Lol at the random use of Repo Man’a pic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 you say random I say someone deliberately winking through the fourth wall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Edwin said: Hansen could drink like crazy. So, Foley, "Stan said nothing good could happen when you went out", huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 only better choice would've been PCO's past life as Jean-Pierre LaFitte 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordi the former AEW fan Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) Hey! Have a listen to the music they use for the trailer for the English version of the 1984 Jackie Chan comedy/martial arts vehicle Wheels on Meals. If you've watched much 90s AJPW, you'll recognize it for sure. Edit: From what I can figure out: The movie was released in Japan as "Spartan X" which is also the name of that song... so, surprisingly (to me at least), Misawa apparently lifted the movie theme for his entrance! Edited November 21, 2020 by El Gran Gordi 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLaw Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/19/2020 at 10:45 PM, Zimbra said: I managed to finish the crossword in 9m8s, but I'll admit I cheated and looked up the Angelo Dawkins one. Great job, @S.K.o.S.! That’s the one that was stumping me at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 2 hours ago, El Gran Gordi said: Hey! Have a listen to the music they use for the trailer for the English version of the 1984 Jackie Chan comedy/martial arts vehicle Wheels on Meals. If you've watched much 90s AJPW, you'll recognize it for sure. Edit: From what I can figure out: The movie was released in Japan as "Spartan X" which is also the name of that song... so, surprisingly (to me at least), Misawa apparently lifted the movie theme for his entrance! Cheers, @El Gran Gordi. Spartan X is one of the most iconic wrestling themes for the late, great, Mitsuharu Misawa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Please and thank you. Love Sasha Banks and Bayley in the main event of WrestleMania XXXVII. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Infinit said: I totally co-sign Sami as 97 Bret Hart. 1997, my favourite year in wrestling history. Bret Hart was the Wrestler of the Year and in the Match of the Year vs. Steve Austin at WrestleMania 13. Edited November 21, 2020 by The Natural 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salads Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 'Near or at the end of their careers' can get confusing in the world of pro wrestling where a career can have multiple endings or cameos extending decades beyond full-time activity. WOR Dave recently described Minoru Suzuki as having the best year of work by a 52 year old in history. I thought that sounded like a cool spin on the wrestler of the year debate format - 'Wrestler of the Age'. Competition would be too crowded in the middle of the bell curve, but working in from the edges might be interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 So what was Fujiwara doing in 2001? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Until the last year or two, Casas would have been a candidate for best 50+ year old worker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shartnado Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: So, Foley, "Stan said nothing good could happen when you went out", huh? Yeah, he probably just said that to make Foley feel better. He knew that it's more like " It's unlikely that anything good happens when you go out!" But if he said that, Foley would still feel bummed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custos Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Salads said: WOR Dave recently described Minoru Suzuki as having the best year of work by a 52 year old in history. I thought that sounded like a cool spin on the wrestler of the year debate format - 'Wrestler of the Age'. Competition would be too crowded in the middle of the bell curve, but working in from the edges might be interesting. Terry Funk was 52 at the time of the Barely Legal PPV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Tenryu has a good year, before he had that "Change finisher every year and name it after my age" run. Which didn't work because everyone preferred the He Is 53 Years Old move to the 54 Years Old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 11/20/2020 at 4:23 AM, Ziggy said: What other top level wrestlers that have had their best body of work near or at the end of their careers All the wrestlers who were blacklisted because of the Speaking Out movement. Although that's basically just J**y R**n, M***y W******h and D***d S***r, since all of the ones with WWE contracts were forgiven (by the company, and therefore by a lot of the companies fans). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 I’ve wanted to see the Spartan X cut of Wheels on Meals just to see if it has a tonal shift due to the Spartan X theme playing constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 More people will see this here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 WWE filed trademarks for The Goddess, The Queen, Big Don. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, D.Z said: Big Don. Trump returning to WWE confirmed. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Casey said: Trump returning to WWE confirmed. Why would you speak that evil into the world? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Trump managing Lars Sullivan to the WWE Championship would garner old school heat. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 "Managing"? What would he do, be filmed golfing, give a thumbs up to the camera and then Lars goes to the ring? 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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