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gimmick · 04-11-2004 9:20pm #1

Perhaps this can be made a sticky?? Hanza? Bombidol?

Only post here questions you may have about wrestling which wont lead to discussion, be it IWW, NWA, or WWE, WcW etc.

We as forum contributors answer and move on.

This way it could be a nice 'one stop shop' for any questions which need answering.

moongoose · 07-11-2004 3:13am

how many ecw wrestlers have made it to wwe?

gimmick · 07-11-2004 3:37pm

Depends on what you mean by 'make it'.

There have been RVD, Lance Storm, Dreamer, Raven, Taz, Justin Credible, Balls Mahoney, Mick Foley to name a few.

Of those argubly on RVD and Foley 'made it' in a wrestling sense. Storm and Dreamer are trainers in OVW i think. Taz never really got a good in ring run. Raven was the most wasted talent WWE/F ever wasted.

Cactus Col · 10-11-2004 5:58pm

Okay ... what's the root of the bad blood between Hogan and Savage? (hulk and randy that is)

cannonballkid · 10-11-2004 6:37pm

Hulk told savage he would get him a push at some time and never did not sure when

norbert64 · 10-11-2004 6:45pm

Has Coach ever been a wrestler, even an amateur 1 or R the WWE just sticking him in the ring cold turkey.

cannonballkid · 10-11-2004 6:51pm

Not sure i know he played basketball for his college

Magnolia_Fan · 10-11-2004 6:57pm

Whats the latest on the movie about Owen Hart?

ShawnRaven · 10-11-2004 7:01pm

cannonballkid wrote:

Hulk told savage he would get him a push at some time and never did not sure when

Sorry mate, but that's rubbish.
Savage was bitter about his divorce with Elizabeth. Apparently she crashed over in the Boella house with Hogan and the wife and kids. Savage took it up completely the wrong way, blamed Hogan for his marriage failing.

They didn't get on well for a couple of years until Savage's contract was up in WWE, (the black eye you see Hogan sporting at Wrestlemania IX is from when Savage decked him the night beforehand). Savage contacted Hogan to get him into WCW and they worked for a bit.

History repeated itself around 2000 or something when Savage blamed Hogan for his failed relationship with Stephanie Bellars (Gorgeous George), he's been also known to use the "Hogan and the NWO wouldn't put me over" story.

Personally, i don't think Savage ever got over from being a main eventer 2 wrestlemania's in a row to being a midcarder the following one. And was just bitter against Hogan.

Hope this helps.
VR!

ShawnRaven · 10-11-2004 7:07pm

gimmick wrote:

Depends on what you mean by 'make it'.

There have been RVD, Lance Storm, Dreamer, Raven, Taz, Justin Credible, Balls Mahoney, Mick Foley to name a few.

Of those argubly on RVD and Foley 'made it' in a wrestling sense. Storm and Dreamer are trainers in OVW i think. Taz never really got a good in ring run. Raven was the most wasted talent WWE/F ever wasted.

Shane Douglas had two runs in WWE, both unsuccessful.
in 1990 he was actually a substitute Rocker, teaming with Janetty while Michaels recovered a dodgy knee (legit apparently) for a couple of weeks. He also lasted over 20 minutes in the 1991 Royal Rumble.

Then there was 1995, Dean Douglas, who basically didn't get on well with the Kliq, and ended on his ear by the end of the year.

Louie Spicolli I believe did a run in ECW, but that was after WWE i think, he was Rad Radford

Chris Candido as Skip, didn't take off as he was overshadowed by Sunny.
Surprised Steven Richards and The Blue Meanie weren't mentioned.

And WWE had huge plans for Tazz, but he was too injured for them to follow it up. Hell, they had him destory Kurt Angle on his debut.

VR!

norbert64 · 10-11-2004 9:09pm

I guess this is prolly irrevelant now since the election is over & everytin, but does NE1 else think the WWE should have kept politics out of the ring, considering the whole La Resistance thing.

I guess it was a good gimmick 2 get the Rock 2 return, but i really thought they could have done it many other ways, that didn't include him coming back as some Captain America guy 2 protect his country.

Then again the whole storyline was prolly just another way 4 the U.S.A 2 celebrate themselves.

Like c'mon if you ever need a posterchild 4 how patriotic Americans R then you need look no further than the WWE.

Back on topic. Question 4 y'all.
R Billy Kidman & Torrie Wilson really married.

C YA

gimmick · 10-11-2004 9:19pm

Norbert64 wrote:

R Billy Kidman & Torrie Wilson really married.

Yes indeed. The lucky lucky LUCKY baaaastard.

Norbert64 wrote:

Has Coach ever been a wrestler, even an amateur 1 or R the WWE just sticking him in the ring cold turkey.

AFAIK, he is a trained wrestler who just didnt quite make the grade.

DoctorEdgeWild · 11-11-2004 1:49am

What exactly is the story with Tazz? Whats keeping him out of the ring? If injury, what exactly? I remember how big a push he was given when he first appeared on the WWF scene. Is there any chance of him wrestling at this level again? Thanks.

ShawnRaven · 11-11-2004 3:28am

DoctorEdgeWild wrote:

What exactly is the story with Tazz? Whats keeping him out of the ring? If injury, what exactly? I remember how big a push he was given when he first appeared on the WWF scene. Is there any chance of him wrestling at this level again? Thanks.

He was quite badly injured at Wrestlemania 2000 when Hardcore Holly bashed Crash with the candy jar. Tazz had the Tazzmission on when Crash took the shot. Tazz was out for a while but made brief appearances. He does one off's although he hasn't done any in a while.

He's also very happy announcing, so i can't see him giving up that gig.
His last singles match was on RAW in January 2002 weeks before the Royal Rumble against Curt Hennig, he then won the tag straps with Spike Dudley, but that lasted pissing time and he hung the boots.

VR!

Cactus Col · 11-11-2004 3:56pm

I recently heard that Road Dogg (can't remember what he's called now ... BG Armstrong? ... BG JAmmes?) has the rights to the D X name .... is that true?

ShawnRaven · 11-11-2004 4:42pm

Cactus Col wrote:

I recently heard that Road Dogg (can't remember what he's called now ... BG Armstrong? ... BG JAmmes?) has the rights to the D X name .... is that true?

Fraid not, given how big DX were before Brian Armstrong was even part of the group. Vince had the name copyrighted. What you might be thinking of was the gimmick match at Fully Loaded 1999, where the battle for the DX name, Billy Gunn and Chyna Vs Road Dogg and X-Pac. Road Dogg and X-Pac went over, but that didn't stop them from dragging the tiring angle out to 2000!

Remember folks, Chyna, HBK and HHH were the real DX. Don't let em tell ya any different.

This has been a public service announcement brought to you by the powers of Valid Reasoning.

VR!

Kencu · 11-11-2004 7:05pm

A few noteworthy members of the ECW/WWE club missing. Rey Mysterio, Dean Malenko, Benoit, Jericho, The Dudleys, Public Enemy had a short stay, Eddie. The list goes on and on really. But lets not forget the most successful of all the former ECW guys, Stone Cold Steve Austin. In fact it was in ECW that Austin actually lit the flame that would become the rampaging bigger than the business gimmick that was Stone Cold. Anyone who hasn’t seen Austin’s ECW stuff should hunt it down. If you liked Big Show’s “showster” wait till you see Austin rag on him. It’s great.

ShawnRaven · 11-11-2004 11:30pm

Kencu wrote:

Austin actually lit the flame that would become the rampaging bigger than the business gimmick that was Stone Cold. Anyone who hasn?t seen Austin?s ECW stuff should hunt it down. If you liked Big Show?s ?showster? wait till you see Austin rag on him. It?s great.

They can be found on "Cause Stone Cold Said So", and "The Stone Cold Truth" releases. The latter has all of them on the extras on the DVD.

His skit on Bischoff is pure class
"Welcome to Monday Night NiQuil! Where the Big Boys Play with each other!, If the matches don't put you to sleep, i certainly will!"

VR!

norbert64 · 18-11-2004 1:49am

Anyone know when or even if, Steph is coming back 2 Smackdown or maybe Raw.

Also can someone tell me what the deal was with Vince, Shane & the baby @ one of the PPV's. Granted Shane wasn't in the PPV in person, throughout the show they had some trailers & pics of Vince with Shane & some baby. So was it to show the new generation of McMahons, i.e. is that Shane's kid or what was going on.

Thanx in advance

ShawnRaven · 18-11-2004 1:53am

The theme was "Where it all begins again", and Marissa McMahon had given birth mere months before the event, so it was just put in there to co-incide with the theme. Which i think it did perfectly.
That was Shane's kid on that promo.

As for Steph, here's hoping that she's not personally, she annoyed the living **** outta me

VR!

smiaras · 18-11-2004 9:20am

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Ph3n0m · 18-11-2004 11:19am

The whole reason they chanted "you're crap" was because he, if I remember correctly, he was obviously miming in-store

smiaras · 18-11-2004 2:17pm

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Ph3n0m · 18-11-2004 2:31pm

smiaras wrote:

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ah, mis-read your post - anyway the full story behind the "crapping" can be found below

"Close-friend of Hulk Hogan, and major Florida radio jockey Bubba the Love Sponge recently took shots at "Macho Man" Randy Savage. He did this because Savage was badmouthing his friend, Hulk Hogan, on WrestleZone Radio. He asked his listeners to ask Savage eight questions if they ever saw him:

(1) Why did Gorgeous George break up with you? Is it because you tried to have a three-way with her and her sister?
(2) Did Road Warrior Hawk really kick your ass backstage at a Kid Rock concert?
(3) Did Brutus Beefcake really kick your ass and pull your pants down at Hogan's house?
(4) Did you really sh-- your pants at Gold's Gym?
(5) Why did you shave your eyebrows?
(6) Do you use hairplugs?
(7) What is Nubain, and how much do you spend on it per month?
(8) Why did Elizabeth break up with you and get with Lex Luger?"

Whether the crapping is true or not - that is obviously known to Hogan,Savage and Bubba

norbert64 · 18-11-2004 5:32pm

Cheers for the info Valid, very much appreciated.
Although i still hope Steph comes back.

Another question if i may. Anyone know when the Angle !!U SUCK!!! chant is going to end. Granted it's only a gimmick but i think this is prolly the longest a chant has ever lasted. There has of course been others, like the Austin ''WHAT'' chant but Angle's chant seems 2 be going on and on & it's starting to bug me, coz i think Angle is one of the best in the biz @ the moment and dont deserve this.

B4 you say it, i know alot of chants last even after a wreslter has left the Biz, such as the Macho man chant u mentioned, but that has 2 do with the personal life of Macho Man.
Angle's U Suck chant was part of a storyline on Smackdown so should have ended by now. Come to think of it, that chant has been going on even since Hass and Benjamin were tag team partners 4 Angle. D'ya member, i think it was the Team Angle storyline, & that was like a year & a half ago. So i think it's time to retire the chant.

C YA

gimmick · 18-11-2004 5:55pm

norbert64 wrote:

Another question if i may. Anyone know when the Angle !!U SUCK!!! chant is going to end.

We may know our wwe, but afaik, none of us can read minds and predict the future.

For what its worth, I think the U Suck chant is very entertaining and Agle plays off it very well.

ShawnRaven · 19-11-2004 10:35am

norbert64 wrote:

Another question if i may. Anyone know when the Angle !!U SUCK!!! chant is going to end. Granted it's only a gimmick but i think this is prolly the longest a chant has ever lasted. There has of course been others, like the Austin ''WHAT'' chant but Angle's chant seems 2 be going on and on & it's starting to bug me, coz i think Angle is one of the best in the biz @ the moment and dont deserve this.

So i think it's time to retire the chant.

Knowing Angle, it's probably an crybaby attention thing to be honest, he hates the What? chant with a passion, even outside of the ring because nobody will let him talk. But some things just stick, and some thing won't be forgotten, after all, very few people forget that Billy Gunn once had a porn moustache and mullet when he was one half of the Smoking Gunns, or Bob Holly's stint in WWE as "Sparky" Thurman Plugg (basically taking the piss out of STP oil and Spark Plugs, way to go WWE creative!)

Angle brought the U Suck chant over as a face telling Hass and Benjy that the people chant U Suck because "he earned it"! It was his intention to get the crowd to stop. But sh*t sticks i guess

Personally, i don't have a lot of time for part timers anymore

VR!

Mr.Nice Guy · 19-11-2004 7:57pm

norbert64 wrote:

Angle's U Suck chant was part of a storyline on Smackdown so should have ended by now.

The U Suck chant was not part of a storyline on Smackdown it was a creation by the fans and continued due to the fans.It would have made its first appearance around 2001 I'd say.The original(and best)version was "U Suck,what?"but not many fans use the "what" bit anymore.

Cactus Col · 22-11-2004 2:09pm

Just curious to know what wwe wrestlers are using themes that were previously used by other wrestlers (i.e. Angles theme was previously used by The Patriot)

D-FENS · 22-11-2004 3:54pm

Cactus Col wrote:

Just curious to know what wwe wrestlers are using themes that were previously used by other wrestlers (i.e. Angles theme was previously used by The Patriot)

At the moment, there's no real active wrestlers using a past wrestler's music.
Tomko comes out to Christian's and Rosey to Hurricane's but they're associated with them so doe'snt really count.

Teddy Long still comes out to Rodney Mack's theme even though he has'nt managed him for about a year ( Suppose Rodney won't be needing it now )

And of course Jerry Lawler has the infamous King music that Harley Race and Haku used

There has been many in the past though, one that springs to mind is the Sultan's that Tiger Ali Singh then used and , if i'm not mistaken , Lowdown also.

The most famous has to be "Real American" by Dillinger. Originally supposed to be for the American Express of Barry Windham and Mike Rotundo , Hogan loved it when he heard it , and so Vince of course gave it to him , and the rest is history.

Cactus Col · 22-11-2004 6:52pm

Who was the fake Undertaker?

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