truth on hold Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Years ago, there was a great conversation as to who the best wrestler was/ is. I start the thread again: 1) Hogan 2) Andre 3) Sheik 4) Flair 831888[/snapback] The Ultimate Warrior was awesome when he came out. The guy is on the speaker circuit, trumping a fairly extreme route agenda. http://www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/p...dailycampus.com
MrLocke Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Here's a good jobber: Buck Quartermain. I remember Scott Taylor was a jobber for awhile and then became Scotty too Hotty.
BB2004 Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Years ago, there was a great conversation as to who the best wrestler was/ is. I start the thread again: 1) Hogan 2) Andre 3) Sheik 4) Flair 831888[/snapback] Hulk Hogan. But I didn't understand why he had to switch to a bad guy in the mid 90's.
BB2004 Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Gorilla Monsoon. Started out as a wrestler and went on to become the greatest play-by-play commentator in entertainment history. 832146[/snapback] Agreed. There has not been anyone else in my opinion who comes even close to him on the play by play. He made it more exciting than anyone. I was sorry that he didn't continue to do it. Did he stop when Hulk Hogan went to the WCW?
NavyBillsFan Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Agreed. There has not been anyone else in my opinion who comes even close to him on the play by play. He made it more exciting than anyone. I was sorry that he didn't continue to do it. Did he stop when Hulk Hogan went to the WCW? 832971[/snapback] Ah hold on guys.... Dont forget about Gordon Solie.... This guy was the Godfather of play by play. He mostly stayed in the Southern areas and was the NWA-Georgia and Florida play man. Great person and his book is OUTSTANDING! Lots of stories about the true people and star of wrestling and how they are crooks and back stabbers behind the ring...
NavyBillsFan Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Hulk Hogan. But I didn't understand why he had to switch to a bad guy in the mid 90's. 832970[/snapback] Hogan started off a bad guy in the late 70's and early 80's. Classy Freddie Blassie was his manager. I got lots of the old AWA stuff on tape. Including the first Andre the Giant vs. Hogan match. Great stuff! Hogan turning bad guy in the 90's was a good thing for wrestling. Wrestling was in their dead point and then the NWO came in w/ the whole Sting thing with him turing into the Crow. That got wrestling back in the prime time. WCW almost put Vince out of business at one point.
ajzepp Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Ah hold on guys....Dont forget about Gordon Solie.... This guy was the Godfather of play by play. He mostly stayed in the Southern areas and was the NWA-Georgia and Florida play man. Great person and his book is OUTSTANDING! Lots of stories about the true people and star of wrestling and how they are crooks and back stabbers behind the ring... 832992[/snapback] There's nothing more nostalgic for me than hearing the voice of Gordon Solie. My family moved to Atlanta the first time back in 1980, which is when I first discovered pro wrestling. I was all caught up in the Buzz Sawyer v. Tommy Rich feud, and I tuned in every week to see guys like Flair, the Koloffs, early Road Warriors, early Jake Roberts, Dusy Rhodes, etc. I was pretty much hooked on it immediately. I remember the time when I first found out it was "fake"....I had sat down at the dinner table and asked my dad if we could go to the Omni cause Sawyer and Rich were in a haircut match inside of a cage. My dad hit me with, "that stuff is all fake".
Anon Y. Mous Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 Here is a link on Johnny K-9 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/01/07/824236.html
DCBongo Posted November 12, 2006 Posted November 12, 2006 I'd have to say Savage Hoagn King Kong Bundy Flair Ricky Steamboat I know, Bundy? Dude, the guy crushed midgets, whats not to love
BB2004 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Ah hold on guys....Dont forget about Gordon Solie.... This guy was the Godfather of play by play. He mostly stayed in the Southern areas and was the NWA-Georgia and Florida play man. Great person and his book is OUTSTANDING! Lots of stories about the true people and star of wrestling and how they are crooks and back stabbers behind the ring... 832992[/snapback] If you could find me a link or give the information on this that would be cool. Growing up as a kid in the 1980's I used to wait for this stuff to come on very Saturday and Sunday when they didn't even have the matches like they do now. You'd be lucky if you got one match for about ten minutes on WWF Challenge or WWF Superstars.
BB2004 Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 1) hogan--definitely one of the WORST pure wrestlers of all time. he was out of shape for most of his career and injured for all of it. Yes, he was out of shape... those 24" pythons were the work of steroids, so was the flab though. probably contributed to his injuries and lack of skillset. his persona and popularity far outweigh his downfalls though, so he's #1, and there really shouldn't be an argument about that. What Hulk Hogan did for the WWF was outstanding. He had the charisma and character that most people loved. He was the main good guy during the WWF years. You didn't have to worry about him turning into a bad guy. He was a winner and when the WWF let him walk in the mid 1990's, it was one of the worst mistakes that the WWF could have made. Why they had to get rid of him is mindboggling. If they didn't want to feature him as the main event guy, that's alright. But to let him go?
R. Rich Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Ah hold on guys....Dont forget about Gordon Solie.... This guy was the Godfather of play by play. He mostly stayed in the Southern areas and was the NWA-Georgia and Florida play man. Great person and his book is OUTSTANDING! Lots of stories about the true people and star of wrestling and how they are crooks and back stabbers behind the ring... 832992[/snapback] Good call there. Monsoon was the Mike Patrick or Kevin Harlan of the WWF. He'd make someone lacing up their boots sound like it was the most exciting thing ever.
Rico Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Good call there. Monsoon was the Mike Patrick or Kevin Harlan of the WWF. He'd make someone lacing up their boots sound like it was the most exciting thing ever. 835038[/snapback] More like Monsoon was the Bud Abbott to Bobby Heenan's Lou Costello. Gordon Solie took that sh-- way too seriously, just a boring old fart IMO.
Anon Y. Mous Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 Here is a link on Johnny K-9 http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/01/07/824236.html 833269[/snapback] Did anybody read this? Or was this common knowledge? Its an interesting read
EC-Bills Posted November 13, 2006 Posted November 13, 2006 There's nothing more nostalgic for me than hearing the voice of Gordon Solie. My family moved to Atlanta the first time back in 1980, which is when I first discovered pro wrestling. I was all caught up in the Buzz Sawyer v. Tommy Rich feud, and I tuned in every week to see guys like Flair, the Koloffs, early Road Warriors, early Jake Roberts, Dusy Rhodes, etc. I was pretty much hooked on it immediately. I remember the time when I first found out it was "fake"....I had sat down at the dinner table and asked my dad if we could go to the Omni cause Sawyer and Rich were in a haircut match inside of a cage. My dad hit me with, "that stuff is all fake". 833017[/snapback] I hope you told him he was lying and then ran from the table crying like the little girl you are. Oh wait, you're not /dev/null. Forget I said anything I agree Gordon Solie was great. From his time on TBS to when moved to Continental Champsionship Wrestling in Alabama. Great stuff!
Spun Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Yes to Pampero Firpo, great character. He used to carry around some sort of shrunken head and pet it while calling it his inspiration. Crusher Verdue (sp) Dominic Denucci Little Abner Osborne Victor Rivera Waldo von Erich There was one guy that they used to introduce as being from Buffalo, Ron Saunders. I remember they used to print some of the results in the Buffalo Evening News like they did with the boxing results. And they used to have matches at the Peace Bridge Exhibition Center.
ricojes Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Big John Studd The Mounty Ted "The Million Dollar Man" DiBiase Harley Race Ravishing Rick Rude Bam Bam Bigelow Bob Backlund Dean Malenko Psycho Sid or Sid Vicious All time favorite...The Four horsemen (Arn and Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Ric Flair)
The Poojer Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 WOW, it took over 6 pages for a shout out to Bob Backlund!!!!! Big John StuddThe Mounty Ted "The Million Dollar Man" DiBiase Harley Race Ravishing Rick Rude Bam Bam Bigelow Bob Backlund Dean Malenko Psycho Sid or Sid Vicious All time favorite...The Four horsemen (Arn and Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Ric Flair) 836883[/snapback]
R. Rich Posted November 14, 2006 Posted November 14, 2006 Big John StuddThe Mounty Ted "The Million Dollar Man" DiBiase Harley Race Ravishing Rick Rude Bam Bam Bigelow Bob Backlund Dean Malenko Psycho Sid or Sid Vicious All time favorite...The Four horsemen (Arn and Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard and Ric Flair) 836883[/snapback] Cool; another Rick Rude fan. I was in attendance for Wrestlemania 5 in Atlantic City, when Rude beat the Ultimate Warrior (thanks to Bobby Heenan) for the Intercontinental title. Those were the days; back when pro wrestling was a lot of fun before McMahon turned it into bargain basement porn w/ a side order of has beens and subpar losers elevated to 'superstar' status. John Cena????
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