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I can’t believe no one has mentioned Haku !
10 Backstage Stories About Haku That We Can't Believe
Wrestlers from all walks of life agree that Haku is a formidable opponent, and here are a few shocking backstage stories about him.
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@MN5 said in Pro Wrestling:
@Bones said in Pro Wrestling:
Has Blue Blazer been mentioned?
He has now, yes
Sad story indeed
Hart wrenching
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@Bones said in Pro Wrestling:
@MN5 said in Pro Wrestling:
@Bones said in Pro Wrestling:
Has Blue Blazer been mentioned?
He has now, yes
Sad story indeed
Hart wrenching
Have you no Hart?
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In all seriousness, Owen Hart was awesome. One of the few genuine good guys in wrestling. Massive tragedy.
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@MN5 not sure about the bingo halls, Bruno Sammartino sold out Madison Square Garden for 15 years straight and Andre was a global superstar well before Hogan.
Vince Jr and Hogan changed the game around TV and PPVs, but pro wrestling was big business before them.
That said, Hulk Hogan is probably the biggest name in pro wrestling history. Agree with the point that Terry Bollea wasn't a good guy, but the character was legendary. Ask anyone who didn't watch to name a pro wrestler, and for decades, the most common answer would be Hulk Hogan.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Pro Wrestling:
In all seriousness, Owen Hart was awesome. One of the few genuine good guys in wrestling. Massive tragedy.
It’s often the ‘heels’ who are the real good guys.
Ted Dibiase as one example said some lovely words about Hogan.
Others who seem ( ed ) like top guys are both members of demolition, both members of powers of pain, honky tonk man, King Kong Bundy, both Rougeau brothers, Haku ( as long as you don’t piss him off ) and the One Man Gang/Akeem
Jake the snake is contradictory and completely full of shit but he’s probably a nice fellow too.
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@Godder said in Pro Wrestling:
@MN5 not sure about the bingo halls, Bruno Sammartino sold out Madison Square Garden for 15 years straight and Andre was a global superstar well before Hogan.
Vince Jr and Hogan changed the game around TV and PPVs, but pro wrestling was big business before them.
That said, Hulk Hogan is probably the biggest name in pro wrestling history. Agree with the point that Terry Bollea wasn't a good guy, but the character was legendary. Ask anyone who didn't watch to name a pro wrestler, and for decades, the most common answer would be Hulk Hogan.
Yeah possibly not entirely accurate.
But the Hulk Hogan character certainly made it easier for others to earn big money
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Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
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@Nepia said in Pro Wrestling:
Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
you're right, the only way you could watch those big events was to wait for them to come out on VHS
im not sure if there was PPV back thenThe posts would have meant the weekly show they had on tv here, was late on a friday night from memory
Its why it was great going back to watch Wrestlemania on Netflix earlier this year, alot of that stuff i never watched back in the day.
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Wrestlemania 2 - within the first 10 minutes, Rowdy Roddy Piper says this:
"And another thing, you know Mr T, I know you're a smart alec - you come out with a kilt, but let me tell you something - never will I shave my hair like an Indian and paint myself black".
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@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
Wrestlemania 2 - within the first 10 minutes, Rowdy Roddy Piper says this:
"And another thing, you know Mr T, I know you're a smart alec - you come out with a kilt, but let me tell you something - never will I shave my hair like an Indian and paint myself black".
Class.WrestleMania really came into its own the following year.
Fresh from challenging Hogan the year before King Kong Bundy did what we all have felt like doing from time to time and squashed the hilariously named midget little beaver.
Jesse Ventura’s commentary makes it even better.
1.37 in.
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@MN5 I've tried to download ALL the WrestleManias from the raging rivers, with limited success thus far.
The one thing that jumped out at me from watching about half of WM2 thus far... the format hasn't changed. I'd assumed the random unnecessary celebrities, and weird crossover matches, were a fairly recent thing. Nope... there from the start. -
@Kruse said in Pro Wrestling:
@MN5 I've tried to download ALL the WrestleManias from the raging rivers, with limited success thus far.
The one thing that jumped out at me from watching about half of WM2 thus far... the format hasn't changed. I'd assumed the random unnecessary celebrities, and weird crossover matches, were a fairly recent thing. Nope... there from the start.Wrestling turned to absolute shit right about the time the Rock and Bautista became movies stars
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@Nepia said in Pro Wrestling:
Reading back through the thread a number of posters mention watching Wrestlemania on TV. I don't remember ever seeing a Wrestlemania on TV, I can only remember them on video and having to book them out. IIRC Wrestlemania was already a couple of years old when WWF Superstars of Wrestling started on TV in NZ. (Looking at Wrestlemania 1 on wiki and not many of the wrestlers are still alive. Mr T is the only one from the main event.
Is my memory faulty or others?
Hart Foundation and Bret Hart were always my favourites, even when they were heels.
TV2 had golden era PPVs for about 18 months - SummerSlam 89 to Royal Rumble 91, including Wrestlemania VI which had the main event of Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior, title for title (WWF and intercontinental titles). Later (1997-2002 or so), TV2 had WCW PPVs while TV4 had WWF/E including Wrestlemania starting with Wrestlemania 14 (main event of Stone Cold vs Shawn Michaels, special guest referee Mike Tyson). As the Attitude Era tapered off after WWF/E bought WCW, it all moved to Sky.
Loved Bret and the Hart Foundation generally as a kid. Hart Foundation winning the tag team titles from Demolition at Summerslam 90 is still one of my favourite matches - they get a great pop when Bret pins Crush in the third fall.
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