OT- A&E ..Macho Man Savage...
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Mick Foley is a legend. He's lucky to be alive after some of his falls and hits.
He is very lucky he didn't get smart with Ming. He may have been crippled or at the least missing a nose.
Fast forward that night, stumbling back to our rooms one of the wrestlers knocks on Benoit's door and takes off leaving me and my buddy in the hall. Chris comes to door at 3 am in his underwear and he was pissed. We were like don't kill us dude. After what happened with him and his family it still is a bad memory.
Scott Steiner was as stiff as they came, but he dropped the funniest promo ever IMO. Who knew this guy possessed mic skills like Macho Man and Jake The Snake? His was better than any of theirs.
Ultimate warrior on the Mic was a legit psycho. Half the time mean gene would just stand there and be like Wtf did he just say?? 😆
You have to remember when Baron Von Raschke started his thing in 1966 it was only 21 years after the end of WWII. Lots of 40-something guys in the audience who had fought the Nazis. When BVR goose stepped around the ring or did the Heil Hitler salute there was some genuine hatred for him.
This may be the greatest thread ever, but it's missing a heavy dose of Fabulous Moolah and Wendy Richter.
And since we are name dropping:
King Kong bundy, Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkof, demolition (smash and crush), mr fuji, Bobby the brain Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Chris Caliendo, one man gang, tatanka, Mr perfect, Ken patera, and the honky tonk man.
Also, I hope I'm not the only one here that saved up enough s&h greenstamps to buy the "rock and wrestling" cassette tape.
And since we are name dropping:
King Kong bundy, Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkof, demolition (smash and crush), mr fuji, Bobby the brain Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Chris Caliendo, one man gang, tatanka, Mr perfect, Ken patera, and the honky tonk man.
Also, I hope I'm not the only one here that saved up enough s&h greenstamps to buy the "rock and wrestling" cassette tape.
The days of the AWA, Nick Bockwinkle, Verne Gagne, Mad Dog Vachon, Adrian Adonis and his tag team partner Jesse "the body" Ventura. Those were some awesome times.
Ravishing Rick Rude was savage AF
ManKind
Razor Ramon WolfPack4Lif
Hitman Hart
Everyone that’s already been named. Wrestling is and will always be male soap opera with fighting to solve it (fake but the stunts and stunts are none the less dangerous and taxing on the body, definitely athletes)
ManKind
Razor Ramon WolfPack4Lif
Hitman Hart
Everyone that’s already been named. Wrestling is and will always be male soap opera with fighting to solve it (fake but the stunts and stunts are none the less dangerous and taxing on the body, definitely athletes)
The Saturday morning stuff was great and doing all you could to stay up late enough to watch Saturday Night Main Event was a struggle that every 10-14 year old went through.
Don't forget the lovable losers of old, George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski and Kenny "Sod Buster" Jay. They were the Washington Generals of wrestling.
He graduated from Omaha North. My dad was in his graduating class and he would come back for all of their class reunions when I was growing up. I guess he loved to dance and as my dad was much more of a drinker than a dancer my mom danced quite a bit with him at those reunions in the 70s and 80s. I wish cel phones existed back then because there are no pictures of what would be viral content today.
My uncle claimed (back in the early 80s) that Ted DiBiase graduated with him at Omaha Central. Not sure of the truth of this one as my uncle was known to play a little free and loose with facts sometimes.
To keep this thread inclusive, don't forget about the midget wrestlers. I remember Cowboy Lang, Lord Littlebrook, and The Mighty Atom.
Cowboy Bob Ellis, Reggie Parks, Vern Gagne, Mad Dog Vachon, Bobby The Brain Heenan, Baron Von Raschke and the biggest star back in the 70's was Joe Swieback selling his Geraspeed!
On the Piper documentary Roddy was supposed to hit Snuka with one of the hollowed out coconuts. He hit him with a real full one and it did some damage. Hot Rod was the guy everybody loved to hate. Wrestlemania 3 I think when it was Mr T and Hogan vs Piper and Mr Wonderful. Capt Lou Albano and Cyndi Lauper were involved.
Completey un-PC. Those were the days...
The best era. My favorite was Ricky the Dragon.
Junkyard Dog, Andre, the Hulk, Road Warriors. Man it was great
Junkyard Dog, Andre, the Hulk, Road Warriors. Man it was great
Pro wrestling taught me that the best way to throw a powerful punch is to stomp your foot at the exact second you hit the other guys face.
