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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2020 7:29:48 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 10, 2020 12:52:15 GMT -5
Wrestler Steven Dane, aka Steve Casey has passed away. He was trained by Scott Casey, in Texas, and worked as his brother, Steve Casey, in World Class and also worked in Texas through the USWA period and in Global Wrestling Federation. He also wrestled as Steven Dane in WCW and "had a cup of coffee" in the WWF, wrestling as Steve Casey, at a tv taping, in Chicago (losing to Jerry Lynn and Scott Putski). Never a big name, but a solid wrestler.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2020 14:23:48 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 9:08:13 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 12, 2020 20:32:49 GMT -5
My guess that would be with The Great Khali as their local rep. He has promoted and run his own school, in Punjab. India has a long history with legit and worked wrestling. Lou Thesz did some tours there, facing Indian legend Dara Singh, in front of 60,000, in a soccer stadium. Before that, there was The Great Gama, who faced Stanislaus Zbyszko on a couple of occasions and whose training regimens were practiced by Bruce Lee and Karl Gotch (who taught them to a couple of generations of trainees at the New Japan dojo. Here is Gotch demonstrating the exercises using the mace, which was favored by the Indian wrestlers...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2020 6:46:00 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2020 11:08:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2020 13:46:47 GMT -5
I haven't watched Monday Night RAW in (estimate) 3 months and can't remember when last I watched Smackdown.
Looks like the blush has been lost from the proverbial wrestling rose, at least for me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2020 13:55:56 GMT -5
Maybe you’ll return to watching it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2020 8:10:42 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 11:38:33 GMT -5
In Your House 5 aired on PPV 25 years ago today: The main event saw Bret Hart defending the WWF Championship against Davey Boy Smith. I would go as far as saying that this bout was even better than their stellar SummerSlam 1992 encounter. How different things were then. Triple H, then Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, took on Henry Godwinn in a Arkansas Hog Pen match. I didn’t mind it. There’s room for all kinds of stuff in wrestling. A match like that might not work today - and Triple H certainly wouldn’t be in such a bout - but there was satisfaction in seeing the Connecticut snob taking on Henry Godwinn even though Godwinn lost. Other bouts included Undertaker vs. Mabel in a casket match, and Razor Ramon and Marty Jannetty taking on the 1-2-3 Kid and Sycho Sid. A pretty solid card, all things considered.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 18, 2020 1:25:41 GMT -5
Slightly wrestling related.... Atlantic City to Auction right to press the button, when they implode the Trump Plaza and Casino.Essentially, the place has been derelict for years and went bankrupt in 2009 (and Chapter 11, again, in 2014). Trump basically insulted Atlantic City, saying he made his money and got out (after going belly-up); so, they are flipping the bird back to him by auctioning off the right to "press the button" when they implode the place, with the proceeds going to the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City (an urban charity, which Trump would never support, so further irony). Now, the wrestling angle is that he sponsored Wrestlemania 4 and 5, which were held elsewhere, but made to sound like they were occurring at the hotel and casino, which also drew rather poor houses, especially after Wrestlemania III. The WWF and Trump advertised it as taking place at the Hotel and Casino; but, they actually took place at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, which was across the street. Both events drew about 18,000+, ranking in the lower third of Wrestlemania attendance numbers. I believe, at the time, it was reported that the event was heavily "papered", where tickets were given away to fill the seats. Gates continued to drop, after Wrestlemania 3, as the bloom was off the Wrestling Boom rose, both in the WWF, due to the stagnation of Hogan and failure to elevate anyone else and in WCW, which was bought by Turner and mismanaged into the ground. Things got worse in the early 90s, but, this is where most fingers point to the decline of the WWF. Yet another thing that was left a mess after associating with The Orange One. Funny enough, there was almost a similar storyline during the Attitude Era. The WWF had bought the Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas; but, never went ahead with plans to create a WWF-themed hotel attraction. They had already lost money in their failed New York venture and decided to sell off. The hotel was to be imploded and they talked of doing a storyline where Stone Cold blows it up; but, because of safety regulations, they couldn't really film an angle that would have been remotely believable (not that that didn't stop them with the blown up car thing, later, that ended when Benoit murdered his family and killed himself) and dropped the idea.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2020 11:16:09 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 20, 2020 20:39:47 GMT -5
WWE Youtube posting of Bob Armstrong, from the Hall of Fame, reflecting on "49 years in sports entertainment."
Newsflash Vince, Stephanie, Kevin Dunn and the rest: Bullet Bob Armstrong didn't spend a single minute in "sports entertainment. Bullet Bob Armstrong spent 49 years in "Rasslin'," something you have always hated. Bullet Bob Armstrong was pure Southern Pro Wrestling, at its finest, daddy!
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 20, 2020 20:48:55 GMT -5
Pro wrestling has already been dead, for the past 20 years; it died with WCW. All that is left is "sports entertainment," cosplay, and WWE wannabes. I tried watching NWA Shockwave; but, it doesn't work without a crowd and piggybacking on Championship Wrestling from Hollywood doesn't seem like a winning formula (and most of the roster took gigs elsewhere, when they could find them).
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