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Actually, when Taz did his fire entrance back in the day, there was a lot more flame than Kane. I remember hooking that stuff up. One day some local union box pusher decides it is time to test the system (before the pyro guy inspected it!) so he turns on the gas. Someone goes "do you smell gas?" I was under the stage hooking up the igniters. The pyro guy runs over and notices the valve open. We had to evacuate the place for 6 hours while the fire department did their thing. When we got back in, we found out that Leon White was sleeping in a back room and no one ever told him to get out.
By decibel level of the sound system, Mark Calloway (in his Kid Rock days) and Dwayne had the loudest entrances. Until Paul went with his Motorhead HHH entrance. Then he insisted we jack up the volume. We tested it at a weighted 145dB.
Like I said, Paul was VERY particular about his entrance.
Mike
By decibel level of the sound system, Mark Calloway (in his Kid Rock days) and Dwayne had the loudest entrances. Until Paul went with his Motorhead HHH entrance. Then he insisted we jack up the volume. We tested it at a weighted 145dB.
Like I said, Paul was VERY particular about his entrance.
Mike
Maybe I can help you out with a yellow shirt. I'll call Ron as Hogan owes him a few silver bullets.
In reference to the comment about Scott Norton being tough on the younger wrestlers, I concur. Scotty aways felt you had to earn your right away in the industry. The old school crowd like himself, use to armory hop in doing shows and rarely would they have much left over after paying their expenses. I guess he resented the instant fame that the likes of Goldberg and others were able to attain without paying their dues. Oh well, from the days of Wahoo McDaniels, Ivan, and George to todays smoke, music and pretty boys, it has been fun watching.
In reference to the comment about Scott Norton being tough on the younger wrestlers, I concur. Scotty aways felt you had to earn your right away in the industry. The old school crowd like himself, use to armory hop in doing shows and rarely would they have much left over after paying their expenses. I guess he resented the instant fame that the likes of Goldberg and others were able to attain without paying their dues. Oh well, from the days of Wahoo McDaniels, Ivan, and George to todays smoke, music and pretty boys, it has been fun watching.
"As a kid I always wanted one of Hogan's yellow tank tops that he'd rip apart. I finally got one when I went and saw and without thinking, I ripped it in half pretending to be him. I was pissed."
ha ha. I remember being a kid and you could buy those tops pre ripped when they sold WWF merchandise mail order. I had one. cant remember how old I was at the time
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ha ha. I remember being a kid and you could buy those tops pre ripped when they sold WWF merchandise mail order. I had one. cant remember how old I was at the time
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In reference to something MackRyan said earlier on this page....
Paul Levesque (Triple H) is being groomed to take over when Vince retires?? (Yes, I know he's married to Stephanie, so he's family)
Where does Shane fit into the future plans of the company?
Also, wasn't one of the main reasons Triple H stayed away so long this past year was because of Linda's senate run in Mass. last year? I thought I heard they pretty much stopped the family's public appearances so as to not give her opponent any extra possible ammo during the campaign.
Paul Levesque (Triple H) is being groomed to take over when Vince retires?? (Yes, I know he's married to Stephanie, so he's family)
Where does Shane fit into the future plans of the company?
Also, wasn't one of the main reasons Triple H stayed away so long this past year was because of Linda's senate run in Mass. last year? I thought I heard they pretty much stopped the family's public appearances so as to not give her opponent any extra possible ammo during the campaign.
Kbb Shane left the cmpany about 18 months ago to venture out on his own, its all Steph and Paul (HHH) in line behind vince.
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Shane O Mac is no longer with WWE. It was thought a while back that he wanted to do stuff with MMA. I heard recently that he is starting his own sports agent office, but I don't know for sure. I find it odd that he would leave the WWE when he, Stephanie and Paul are going to be running things. He's always been a big part of the behind the scenes stuff for WWF/E and now he's gone. If you really pay attention, you can tell that something is missing since Shane left.
Yea, you would certainly know better than I. Ive only been to Raw one time and I remember Jerichos entrance pyro was louder than Kanes. Tazz had a loud one too, but I never experienced it live.
Yeah, Jericho had some loud pyro. But that was the main element in his entrance. I usually don't think about pyro being loud as much as bright and hot. I thought you were talking about entrance music.
Mike
Mike
Val was in TNA for about 2 weeks when TNA went live on January 4th of last year. IIRC, he jobbed to someone pretty good that night. They went up against WWE when Bret Hart came back. TNA went to a 4 sided ring which helped to kill their identity and uniqueness. TNA got hammered in the ratings, no surprise there.
A ditty about my son inlaws first visit to Austin. I along with my son go to the airport to pickup my daughter and her WCW beau. He gets in the car, introduces himself and says,"Colonel, I'm told that when in Texas you have to eat beef BBQ". Living outside Atlanta, he was mostly accustomed to pork BBQ. I related to him that BBQ for lunch was a good idea and after dropping my daughter off to ready for a party that evening, we proceed to Rudy's BBQ (closest place at that time). Standing and looking at the overhead Rudy's menu, with my son on his left and myself to his right, a gal in her young 20s approaches him and taps him on the back. He turns and says,"yes, mam?". She says, "My God, how tall are you?". He responds, " I am a little over 7'2". She then asks, "My God, what do you do?". I could tell that the question just didn't sit right with him. He responds, "You see these two gentlemen with me?". She nods and he responds, "Well we raise elephants, they hold them down and I breed them". She turned as red as Rudy's decor and quickly departed. I told myself, this young man can handle himself. He and my daughter married 18 months later. Do you think that young gal was an Aggie?
When I was in college working at Cavenders I sold a duster to Bradshaw just before his first match ever in the WWF. He was huge and extremely nice. You could tell he was green and didn't have much at the time.
Colonel, that is a great story.
Once, when I was at Cauliflower Alley, Gary Hart, R. Bruce Tharpe, Oliver Humperdink, my fellow tv announcer Jim Brewster, and Exotic Adrian Street all went to the Cellar for a steak dinner. When the waitress came to our table, Street looks at her and asks, "Does this establishment server fairies?"
"What?"
"Does your restaraunt serve...FAIRIES?"
The waitress looks a little flustered and and answers, "Sir, we are very open-minded here. Of course we serve them."
Street smiles very sweetly and says, "Then I'll have two, broiled."
Humpy and Gary couldn't stop laughing. I miss those two guys.
Cg
Once, when I was at Cauliflower Alley, Gary Hart, R. Bruce Tharpe, Oliver Humperdink, my fellow tv announcer Jim Brewster, and Exotic Adrian Street all went to the Cellar for a steak dinner. When the waitress came to our table, Street looks at her and asks, "Does this establishment server fairies?"
"What?"
"Does your restaraunt serve...FAIRIES?"
The waitress looks a little flustered and and answers, "Sir, we are very open-minded here. Of course we serve them."
Street smiles very sweetly and says, "Then I'll have two, broiled."
Humpy and Gary couldn't stop laughing. I miss those two guys.
Cg
Colonel, that's a great story.
Once, when I was Cauliflower Alley, Adrian Street, Gary Hart, Oliver Humperdink, R. Bruce Tharpe, fellow tv announcer Jim Brewster and I went to dinner at the Cellar.
When the waitress came to take our orders, Adrian looked at her and asked, "Does this establishment serve fairies?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you serve...fairies?"
The girl became a little flustered and said, "Sir, we are very open-minded here. Of course we serve them."
Adrian Street smiled sweetly and said, "Then I'll have two, broiled."
Humpy and Gary couldn't stop laughing. I miss those two guys.
Cg
Once, when I was Cauliflower Alley, Adrian Street, Gary Hart, Oliver Humperdink, R. Bruce Tharpe, fellow tv announcer Jim Brewster and I went to dinner at the Cellar.
When the waitress came to take our orders, Adrian looked at her and asked, "Does this establishment serve fairies?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you serve...fairies?"
The girl became a little flustered and said, "Sir, we are very open-minded here. Of course we serve them."
Adrian Street smiled sweetly and said, "Then I'll have two, broiled."
Humpy and Gary couldn't stop laughing. I miss those two guys.
Cg
I think this is my favorite thread ever on OB. My parents like to say that they named my brothers and I after the Von Erichs (Mike, David, and Kevin). I've loved wrestling ever since I was a kid, but my favorite wrestlers were usually the lesser known guys, like Konnan, Raven, and The Iceman. Thanks for all the stories, guys.
Raven was a badass. He has let himself go though. He was in TNA last year with all the old ECW guys. Not the same guy at all, but that's to be expected. He cut the best promo's though. Quote The Raven, Nevermore.
Reading this thread, it made me reflect on a wonderful time in my youth loving the crap out of the old WWF.
I have a couple of stories that I'll add to this thread that should be moved to the classic's.
2 separate stories on 3 WCW wrestlers.
Back in the mid-90's, I fell completely in love with WCW.
Sting in particular.
Dad and I went down to Waxahachie and stop by the local IHOP.
Dad kept staring at the big man sitting right behind me. He kept saying, "I've seen that guy before, and damn he's big, but I can't place him."
Then, Dad says something like "Hey Steve!" The guy turns around and there in the flesh sitting directly behind me, is none other than Sting. I notice that sitting across the table from him is another gigantic man. I had no idea who it was, not a clue, but I figure it must of been another wrestler. So, we started talking and the next thing we knew, Sting and the other man said something to the effect of "Hey, let's join tables so we can visit." I remember shaking to near death.
We do, and the further our conversation goes, Sting asks us if we like this part of Texas. We said it's home here, and yes we do. He said he had just moved into the Waxahachie area and his good buddy Jim was here to help him move his stuff in. I said, excuse me, but you look familiar, but I can't place you. Next thing I know, the dude pulls out a pen and draws out this very interesting looking design. He turns it around so I can see it, and I'll be damned to this very day, it was Jim Hellwig (the Ultimate Warrior). I bought damn near pissed my pants.
My father and I happen to drive down from Duncanville to Waxahachie to do some work, stop in at the IHOP, and run into the great Sting and Ultimate Warrior and we ate breakfast with those two men.
One of the all-time great stories/memories of wrestling for me.
I remember sitting there listening to the stories of the 2 men and just couldn't believe that it was real and not a dream. Truly amazing.
Sting's son is now either a junior or senior now Waxahachie HS.
Funny thing to, about a year ago, I stop back into that same IHOP, and there was Sting sitting there again with a group of about 5-6 other men. They were discussing the upcoming sermon and lessons for the upcoming Sunday service.
Story #2 happened right around the year 2000.
My brother and his best friend were over at our folks house and I decide to drop by with my girlfriend (now wife) to see everyone.
My brothers best friend was all hopped up on something concerning his father and his father's job. Apparently, this man's job was to travel all over the country moving very exotic and expensive vehicles for the extremely famous and wealthy.
Well, his father was coming by my folks house with his truck and extremely long trailer that houses up to 3 vehicles in it.
About an hour goes by, and this big-ass truck pulls up in my parent neighborhood with this ridiculous truck and trailer attached.
My brother's best buddy hauls outside to see his dad (who he hadn't seen for several weeks due to his job) and they give each other the hug/high 5 action, and he says something like, "come take a look at these bad boys in the trailer." We do, and good Lord, we saw 1 lambo, 1 ferrari, 1 aston-martin. We ask, "who's are these?" He says, Goldberg. My wife flips out before we do. He said he was on his way to somewhere in Arizona to drop off these 3 cars that Bill Goldberg had just purchased. I was a bit skeptical at first. We go inside to visit with everyone for about an hour or so, then all of a sudden the dudes beeper goes off and he went to the front door of my folks house. He said, do y'all mind if we add a couple more people to our visit, my mom and dad say "Come on in, the more the merrier."
In walks freakin' Bill Goldberg and his girlfriend (yes, she was smokin, and sorry no pics since this was 10+ years ago).
He politely asks if it's ok if they came in since they were following there new cars home to there place in Arizona.
They stayed about 30 minutes or so, had a glass of water, loved on our dogs, said thank you so much for the hospitality, signed some autographs, took some pictures, and headed on out.
Was truly a cool moment.
You have no idea at how huge these men really are until you've seen them up close.
I've seen plenty of WCW events, and seeing the wrestlers there is one thing, seeing them right in front of you is another.
Sting, Ultimate Warrior, and Goldberg are truly great men and very appreciative to the wrestling community.
Just thought I'd share.
I have a couple of stories that I'll add to this thread that should be moved to the classic's.
2 separate stories on 3 WCW wrestlers.
Back in the mid-90's, I fell completely in love with WCW.
Sting in particular.
Dad and I went down to Waxahachie and stop by the local IHOP.
Dad kept staring at the big man sitting right behind me. He kept saying, "I've seen that guy before, and damn he's big, but I can't place him."
Then, Dad says something like "Hey Steve!" The guy turns around and there in the flesh sitting directly behind me, is none other than Sting. I notice that sitting across the table from him is another gigantic man. I had no idea who it was, not a clue, but I figure it must of been another wrestler. So, we started talking and the next thing we knew, Sting and the other man said something to the effect of "Hey, let's join tables so we can visit." I remember shaking to near death.
We do, and the further our conversation goes, Sting asks us if we like this part of Texas. We said it's home here, and yes we do. He said he had just moved into the Waxahachie area and his good buddy Jim was here to help him move his stuff in. I said, excuse me, but you look familiar, but I can't place you. Next thing I know, the dude pulls out a pen and draws out this very interesting looking design. He turns it around so I can see it, and I'll be damned to this very day, it was Jim Hellwig (the Ultimate Warrior). I bought damn near pissed my pants.
My father and I happen to drive down from Duncanville to Waxahachie to do some work, stop in at the IHOP, and run into the great Sting and Ultimate Warrior and we ate breakfast with those two men.
One of the all-time great stories/memories of wrestling for me.
I remember sitting there listening to the stories of the 2 men and just couldn't believe that it was real and not a dream. Truly amazing.
Sting's son is now either a junior or senior now Waxahachie HS.
Funny thing to, about a year ago, I stop back into that same IHOP, and there was Sting sitting there again with a group of about 5-6 other men. They were discussing the upcoming sermon and lessons for the upcoming Sunday service.
Story #2 happened right around the year 2000.
My brother and his best friend were over at our folks house and I decide to drop by with my girlfriend (now wife) to see everyone.
My brothers best friend was all hopped up on something concerning his father and his father's job. Apparently, this man's job was to travel all over the country moving very exotic and expensive vehicles for the extremely famous and wealthy.
Well, his father was coming by my folks house with his truck and extremely long trailer that houses up to 3 vehicles in it.
About an hour goes by, and this big-ass truck pulls up in my parent neighborhood with this ridiculous truck and trailer attached.
My brother's best buddy hauls outside to see his dad (who he hadn't seen for several weeks due to his job) and they give each other the hug/high 5 action, and he says something like, "come take a look at these bad boys in the trailer." We do, and good Lord, we saw 1 lambo, 1 ferrari, 1 aston-martin. We ask, "who's are these?" He says, Goldberg. My wife flips out before we do. He said he was on his way to somewhere in Arizona to drop off these 3 cars that Bill Goldberg had just purchased. I was a bit skeptical at first. We go inside to visit with everyone for about an hour or so, then all of a sudden the dudes beeper goes off and he went to the front door of my folks house. He said, do y'all mind if we add a couple more people to our visit, my mom and dad say "Come on in, the more the merrier."
In walks freakin' Bill Goldberg and his girlfriend (yes, she was smokin, and sorry no pics since this was 10+ years ago).
He politely asks if it's ok if they came in since they were following there new cars home to there place in Arizona.
They stayed about 30 minutes or so, had a glass of water, loved on our dogs, said thank you so much for the hospitality, signed some autographs, took some pictures, and headed on out.
Was truly a cool moment.
You have no idea at how huge these men really are until you've seen them up close.
I've seen plenty of WCW events, and seeing the wrestlers there is one thing, seeing them right in front of you is another.
Sting, Ultimate Warrior, and Goldberg are truly great men and very appreciative to the wrestling community.
Just thought I'd share.
Some of the wrestlers have a great sense of humor. I noted in the tread where DDP was well liked. That is not the opinion of his peers nor of my son inlaw. Ron gave him the idea of forming a diamond with his hands at the end of his show. DDP even gave Ron credit in his book for the gesture. Later DDP takes a rapper to civil court over using his diamond hand signal. DDP calls Ron and asks for his support and promises him financial imbursement. The suit is settled out of court and your right, DDP is never heard of again. Ron says DDP is trying to market his health yoga workout these days and is having a tough time. They all ride off into the sunset at the end.
Another ditty that you might know. Micheals, former NFl tackle, trys his hand at the wrestling game. There is a nice, out of the way cafe in Atlanta that most of the WCW crowd patronized with their spouses and serious girlfriends. Word was that it was for WCW family and off limits to darlins. Micheals enters, three sheets to the wind with a couple of darlins. Scott Norton is there with his wife and when Micheals goes by Scotty's table he slaps Scotty on the back real hard. Scott turns and tells him he does that again he will knock him out. Micheals proceeded to slap his back again. Scotty knocks him out. Guess Micheals had a real serious drinking problem as many do after retiring from the big stage.
Another ditty that you might know. Micheals, former NFl tackle, trys his hand at the wrestling game. There is a nice, out of the way cafe in Atlanta that most of the WCW crowd patronized with their spouses and serious girlfriends. Word was that it was for WCW family and off limits to darlins. Micheals enters, three sheets to the wind with a couple of darlins. Scott Norton is there with his wife and when Micheals goes by Scotty's table he slaps Scotty on the back real hard. Scott turns and tells him he does that again he will knock him out. Micheals proceeded to slap his back again. Scotty knocks him out. Guess Micheals had a real serious drinking problem as many do after retiring from the big stage.
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