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« Reply #50 on: January 27, 2012, 02:59:17 PM » |
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Some Solie jobber favs on GCW...
Chick Donavan
Mike Jackson
Dale Veasy (sp?)
on a side note he did a GREAT job of putting over Pistol Pez Whatley leading up to Pez breaking Buzz Sawyers undefeated streak on TV.
add some others...
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« Reply #51 on: January 28, 2012, 06:45:10 AM » |
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I remember when Stables were cool, not factions like Evolution or 4 Horseman but actual Stables.......
I remember when Heavyweight titles meant something and a Short run was 9 mos - 1 yr
I remember the days of flashy tights and robes. My favorite was Rick Rude showing off a new pair of airbrushed tights every week. Best was Jakes wife right on his crotch....
I remember when a 2 hour show consisted of 15 minutes of talking and 1 hr 45 mins of wrestling...
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« Reply #52 on: January 28, 2012, 08:00:22 AM » |
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My favorite was Rick Rude showing off a new pair of airbrushed tights every week. Best was Jakes wife right on his crotch.... Ha, ha... As soon as I read the first sentence, I immediately thought of Cheryl Roberts' face on his tights! When Rude & Heenan appeared on Regis & Kathy Lee, Rude did the striptease de-robing to reveal he had Kathy Lee's face on the front of his tights and Regis' on the ass side. It really got the studio audience going! I'll have to search for the clip later on; I'm sure someone's got it uploaded somewhere. |
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« Reply #53 on: January 28, 2012, 08:12:53 AM » |
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And, on the topic of stables in wrestling:
I always liked the "Bobby Heenan Family." Bobby claims to have gotten the idea, believe it or not, from Charles Manson, who at the time, was a big story in the news. Manson referred to his followers/cohorts as his "family." So, Heenan started the whole Heenan Family business around the late-60's (although, I'm not sure most people ever made the connection) and kept it until he retired from managing in the early 90's.
I thought that the older inceptions of the Horsemen were cool, but I didn't like the later versions with guys like Mongo, Benoit, and Malenko.
I don't know if it was coincidence or not, but it seemed like "true" stables in wrestling died with the nWo.
At its apex, they had more guys in an nWo faction than not!
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« Reply #54 on: January 28, 2012, 12:26:06 PM » |
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House of Humperdink which was countered by Piper's Palace at one point, oh dear.
Legion of Doom...original one consisted of Bundy, Spoiler and the RW's with Paul managing if I remember correctly.
Paul Jones had Jones' Army....I think that eventually became the Powers of Pain.
Gart Hart always had a great stable. Kabuki, etc... liked his because it was always changing.
Skandar Akbar had a great one too in Texas vs the Von Erichs.
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« Reply #55 on: January 29, 2012, 03:16:28 AM » |
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Jimmy Hart had The First Family of Wrestling back in the early 80's in Memphis, and I would see them on Georgia Championship Wrestling. King Kong Bundy, Kevin Sullivan, Rick Rude, Eddie Gilbert and many many more. Hart and his boys were always fueding with Jerry King Lawler and Tommy Wildfire Rich among others.
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« Reply #56 on: January 29, 2012, 12:14:36 PM » |
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Jimmy Hart had The First Family of Wrestling back in the early 80's in Memphis, and I would see them on Georgia Championship Wrestling. King Kong Bundy, Kevin Sullivan, Rick Rude, Eddie Gilbert and many many more. Hart and his boys were always fueding with Jerry King Lawler and Tommy Wildfire Rich among others.
Sullivans devil worshipper clique in Florida with Lewin, Roberts, etc... was very memorable. I remember reading magazines and being afraid of Sullivan.... haha |
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« Reply #57 on: January 29, 2012, 12:28:03 PM » |
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House of Humperdink which was countered by Piper's Palace at one point, oh dear.
Legion of Doom...original one consisted of Bundy, Spoiler and the RW's with Paul managing if I remember correctly.
Paul Jones had Jones' Army....I think that eventually became the Powers of Pain.
Gart Hart always had a great stable. Kabuki, etc... liked his because it was always changing.
Skandar Akbar had a great one too in Texas vs the Von Erichs.
I always liked Gary Hart's persona. From what I've read, he was a good guy...actually gave a damn about the wrestlers' well-being, etc. |
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« Reply #58 on: January 29, 2012, 12:32:29 PM » |
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I always liked Gary Hart's persona. From what I've read, he was a good guy...actually gave a damn about the wrestlers' well-being, etc.
I've read the same thing and he was very bright. He was involved in a bad plane crash in the 70's and almost died from it from what I have read. |
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« Reply #59 on: January 29, 2012, 12:33:48 PM » |
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I've read the same thing and he was very bright. He was involved in a bad plane crash in the 70's and almost died from it from what I have read.
Good interviews with him on the WCCW DVD |
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« Reply #60 on: January 29, 2012, 12:35:50 PM » |
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Good interviews with him on the WCCW DVD
I'd like to see those. |
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