|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Aug 15, 2019 23:03:07 GMT -5
Thought I'd share this. WATL in Atlanta had a salesman, Joe Pedicino, who convinced the station to broadcast wrestling programming in primetime, from 8:00 pm to 3:00 am, with shows from various territories, including Dallas (World Class), Oklahoma (UWF), Alabama (Continental) and Georgia (Deep South), as well as the WWF and NWA/Crockett syndicated shows. Other promotions that apepared were USA Championship (Knoxville), Continental Wrestling Federation (formerly Continental Championship Wrestling, under a new owner), Memphis (CWA) and Puerto Rico (WWC), as well as Southern Championship Wrestling (promoted by Crusher Jerry Blackwell, with Pedicino involved) and Pedicino's Georgia All-Star (taped in Augusta, GA, at a bar called Miss Kitty's). One of the segments of the programming block was Pro Wrestling This Week, featuring Pedicino and Gordon Solie presenting matches from various promotions, around the country. This was syndicated across the US. Solie had a falling out with Pedicino and they did an angle where Paul E Dangerously (Paul Heyman) bought the show and Gordon walked off the set, refusing to work for him, with Heyman acting as co-host from then on, until the show was cancelled in 1992.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 23:10:15 GMT -5
Thought I'd share this. WATL in Atlanta had a salesman, Joe Pedicino, who convinced the station to broadcast wrestling programming in primetime, from 8:00 pm to 3:00 am, with shows from various territories, including Dallas (World Class), Oklahoma (UWF), Alabama (Continental) and Georgia (Deep South), as well as the WWF and NWA/Crockett syndicated shows. Other promotions that apepared were USA Championship (Knoxville), Continental Wrestling Federation (formerly Continental Championship Wrestling, under a new owner), Memphis (CWA) and Puerto Rico (WWC), as well as Southern Championship Wrestling (promoted by Crusher Jerry Blackwell, with Pedicino involved) and Pedicino's Georgia All-Star (taped in Augusta, GA, at a bar called Miss Kitty's). One of the segments of the programming block was Pro Wrestling This Week, featuring Pedicino and Gordon Solie presenting matches from various promotions, around the country. This was syndicated across the US. Solie had a falling out with Pedicino and they did an angle where Paul E Dangerously (Paul Heyman) bought the show and Gordon walked off the set, refusing to work for him, with Heyman acting as co-host from then on, until the show was cancelled in 1992. Thanks for sharing this and my cable company had this in my lineup and I watched the last 6-8 shows and then it's got cancelled like you said in 1992. I really enjoyed it and it was a treasure trove back then. I really miss it. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 6:38:34 GMT -5
So, any thoughts on Survivor Series 1987? I first saw this in the mid-90s. From 1989 onwards, the official videotape licensee in the UK, Silver Vision, released various tapes (which Coliseum Video had released in North America). Most WWF tapes, such as Hulk Hogan: Real American, were available in stores; however, Survivor Series 1987 was a mail-order exclusive. This was the UK tape:  I remember enjoying the format of this. Having seen it in the 90s, which was the pre-internet age, I did not know the results. No Wiki or Google then. I loved the epic tag-team main event (they couldn't do that now). The main event was heated - and I was surprised to see Hogan lose via count-out. It was a surprise to see the heel team win. But I guess Hogan got the last laugh, and the PPV ended with Hogan celebrating. I did read an article about how Vince McMahon offered this to PPV providers on the condition that they did not order a particular WCW PPV (I can't recall which one). Brutal, eh? |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 9:33:24 GMT -5
Sadly, I don't know anything about it and I've never, ever had a chance to watch it and I do know that Andre's team defeated Hogan's team. That's occurred during my 2nd year of work and I just got my first promotion and I was too busy worrying about anything else.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 14:54:24 GMT -5
If you watch it, then watch it for the big tag team match (The British Bulldogs, The Killer Bees, The Fabulous Rougeaus, Strike Force and The Young Stallions vs. The Bolsheviks, The Dream Team, Demolition, The Islanders and the Hart Foundation).
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2019 23:51:21 GMT -5
2015 Royal Rumble Match
This is most hated Royal Rumble Match in history of WWF/WWE history ... do you agree or not?
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 7:23:21 GMT -5
The very nature of a Rumble or Battle Royal means they can never be boring for me.
That said, some are better than others. The 1993 and 2006 Royal Rumbles weren't as good for me.
To this day, and we'll discuss it when we touch on that event, the stories told in the 1990 Royal Rumble were good, e.g. Ted DiBiase drawing no. 1, Hogan/Warrior, the ringside confrontation between Bobby Heenan and Mr. Fuji, etc.
I didn't like that the 1995 Royal Rumble had 60 seconds between entrants. It told a good story for Shawn Michaels, but lasting under 40 minutes made it not as enjoyable as for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 10:15:38 GMT -5
I didn't like that the 1995 Royal Rumble had 60 seconds between entrants. It told a good story for Shawn Michaels, but lasting under 40 minutes made it not as enjoyable as for me. I think that the 60 seconds was fine with me; and I'm curious what you think it should be 30 seconds between entrants or longer? |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 10:38:36 GMT -5
2 minutes is my favourite format. 60 seconds is too short for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 13:31:29 GMT -5
2 minutes is my favourite format. 60 seconds is too short for me. Understood. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 15:41:32 GMT -5
Sting's 8 WCW Championship Victories
I attended SUPERBRAWL 2 back in 1992.
|
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Aug 17, 2019 17:28:51 GMT -5
Watched Great American Bash on PPV, as it was obvious that Sting was going to go over. Believe that was also Vader's PPV debut, with the gimmick helmet.
|
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Aug 17, 2019 18:08:10 GMT -5
Speaking of Vader and the helmet, it always makes me laugh sarcastically when I read or hear someone claim that the gimmick was based on an ancient samurai legend...  Yeah; a samurai who looked like this....  To be fair, Darth Vader's helmet was based on the zingaro-style helmet, worn by samurai...  Speaking of Vader, this is how he looked when he first came to New Japan (this is early; but, i don't believe it is his debut which was in Dec of 1987). Note the full bodysuit and the mask. The bodysuit gave way to the singlet and tights, while the mask went through a few variations...     Vader's WCW debut.... Highlights of the infamous 1990 match against Stan Hansen (New Japan vs All Japan), where Vader's right eye popped out of its socket, after a hansen potato. That was pretty grisly... |
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Aug 17, 2019 18:46:21 GMT -5
Vader's side of what occured... and Hansen's......... Hansen is very near-sighted and wears glasses, outside the ring; but, worked without anything in the ring. Part of why he hit so hard was that he couldn't really see well enough to judge it. So, his opponents had to be sharp to where he was going to hit to work with him, or just take it. As such, he was one of the kings of the "potato," the solid hit (vs a "working punch", where they hit softer). Vader had a rep for laying it in, too, an potatoed plenty of people. This was pretty much a match sponsored by the State of Idaho, if you know what I mean.  Hansen, meanwhile, in the years before, had been the AWA World Champion, defeating Rick Martel. he and Verne started having issues about the way they were promoting and conflicts with his Japanese tours and he walked out on a card (Denver, I think), with the belt. He had promised Baba a tour as champion and Verne had agreed (Verne had previously made a deal with Baba to make Jumbo Tsuruta champion, in Japan, then tsuruta dropped it in the US, to Martel). Hansen went to Japan with the belt, then sent it back to Verne in no state to ever use again (he's coy about it; but, word was he smashed it and ran over it with his truck, before sending it back. verne then had to have a new belt made. The one Hansen destroyed was the "inmate belt" (supposedly made in a prison workshop)...  This was the replacement...  ps..The World's Ugliest World Title Belt.........  The Memphis Continental Wrestling Association World Title (created so Lawler could be a world champion, before he would win the AWA World title). That thing looked like a license plate riveted to leather. |
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2019 18:49:29 GMT -5
Speaking of Vader, you know I'm a Hulk Hogan fan (he got me into the sport), but I profoundly disagree with how Vader was used during WCW's Hulkamania era.
Hogan had three PPV matches against Vader. The first, at SuperBrawl V ended inconclusively. But Hogan won the bouts at Uncensored '95 and Bash at the Beach '95. Good going, Hulkster, right?
Wrong! It's absurd that in a strap match against Vader, at Uncensored '95, Hogan dragged Ric Flair around the ring to win. And didn't he climb out of a cage at BATB '95?
Speaking of which, although there were some great WWF cage matches (Piper VS Rick Rude in late '89 was one), I never liked the whole WWF ethos of "escape the cage to win". Cowardice, anyone? Even within the context of scripted wrestling, I didn't like the idea that it wasn't about skill. A guy simply had to escape. It also meant, within a storyline context, that the advantage went to some faces, e.g. Hogan VS Andre in a cage was, well, it's more difficult for Andre to climb over the cage or get his huge frame through the door.
I preferred cage matches which ended in pinfalls.
Also, I don't believe WWF-style cage matches were conducive to wrestling bouts. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels had a cage match, probably in 1992 or 1993. It was always great to see those two wrestler, but in a cage match, the bulk of their match was trying to escape. Seeing two wrestlers scramble to escape a cage isn't a good idea for me.
|
|
