Pro Wrasslin' Thread

Postby **Spangler** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:04 pm

RIP, Mean Gene.
https://www.wwe.com/article/mean-gene-o ... 05241548=1

Absolutely the best interviewer of all time.

The last time I saw him was maybe RAW 25th anniversary. He didn't look very good, but he could still do the job.

Postby **iamjs** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:19 pm

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:22 am

I must have mentally blocked out the "Day in the Life" series with Referee Tim White from the mid-2000s, where he tried to kill himself in a new and unique way every week.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:46 am

I must have mentally blocked out the "Day in the Life" series with Referee Tim White from the mid-2000s, where he tried to kill himself in a new and unique way every week.

Josh Matthews was pretty hilarious though. "Oh no, Mr. White! That's not wise!" It was a rip off of Mr. Bill but whatever.

I was surprised to see Tim White in the Andre doc. He ended up stealing the show, too.

Postby **iamjs** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:21 am

If I remember correctly, Tim White was the one that kept Andre in line most nights, or did what he could to keep a bad situation from becoming worse.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:50 pm

If I remember correctly, Tim White was the one that kept Andre in line most nights, or did what he could to keep a bad situation from becoming worse.

Yup. He was Andre's assistant.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:53 pm

His accounts were super interesting because he was one of the few who talked about him as a man, not the myth of the Giant.

Postby **Spangler** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:42 pm

Forgot to post this: Mean Gene's band from the 60s.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:39 am

Thought this was really well done.

Postby **slappybrown** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:30 pm

Thought this was really well done.

Top notch

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 8:37 pm

They're using Gene to bring Hogan back tomorrow night on RAW so he doesn't get booed. These F'n people that run this company..

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:18 pm

I just watched the video of the Dudley Boys "promo" from ECW Heatwave in 1999. Good lord.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:32 pm

I just watched the video of the Dudley Boys "promo" from ECW Heatwave in 1999. Good lord.

That's one of many aspects of ECW that doesn't exactly age well.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:44 pm

On the other hand, I never get tired of watching this clip. Insane pop for Stone Cold, and then Foley winning the title. What a moment, just wish JR had been announcing.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:50 pm

I love reading Vince's lips right after. "YOU SON OF A BICH!"

Postby **nocera** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:46 pm

Imagine that moment with 2019 WWE production. Zooming in and out, close up reaction shots of the audience, Cole's "Is it!? Is he here!? OH MY!" maybe even through in a commercial break after after the pop.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:21 pm

They would've ruined it for sure. And they probably couldn't have gone without advertising it ahead of time so they can tell us how many facebook likes the news of Stone Cold's return got.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:37 am

This continues to be one of my favorite bits of all time. They had to sneak him out of the arena because there were about 500 brothers that wanted to kick his ass

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:48 am

Billy Corgan is on my tv at the local Fox station plugging his NWA event in Charlotte.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Sun Jan 13, 2019 11:10 am

Homer Simpson, smiling politely.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:00 am

This continues to be one of my favorite bits of all time. They had to sneak him out of the arena because there were about 500 brothers that wanted to kick his ass

I forget if I read it in an article or if it was in a youtube interview, but DiBiase ended up running into that kid at an airport like 20-25 years later when he went to rent a car.

Postby **iamjs** » Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:36 pm

not sure if anybody is watching, but what the hell happened on that last segment? Bliss was talking to Heyman, some dude name Otis came out and started rambling some nonsense. His tag team partner (I'm guessing, since their gear matched) came out and walked him to the back.

Not even 5 seconds later, they end the segment, announce the 4 way match, and then go to a long commercial.

https://twitter.com/GIFSkull/status/1085019356017287168

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:49 pm

Mick Foley has an Instagram account now, and this was his first post. Awesome:

Postby **Spangler** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:54 pm

not sure if anybody is watching, but what the hell happened on that last segment? Bliss was talking to Heyman, some dude name Otis came out and started rambling some nonsense. His tag team partner (I'm guessing, since their gear matched) came out and walked him to the back.

Not even 5 seconds later, they end the segment, announce the 4 way match, and then go to a long commercial.

https://twitter.com/GIFSkull/status/1085019356017287168

I just happened to turn on Raw when this segment was happening. I turned it off right after.

Postby **Spangler** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:02 pm

Rey and Andrade had a spectacular match on Smackdown tonight.