Does anyone know what RVD is doing now or if he plans to return to WWE or go to TNA? The last thing I heard him doing was working for IGF v Necro Butcher and Kendo Ka Shin. Thanks in advance

Could somebody please tell me the old British Wrestling weight classes and the limits for all of them? thanks.

They had a battle royal, with all sorts of characters from the past. The participants were Al Snow (with Head), Bart Gunn (in Smokin’ Gunns attire but with Brawl for All music), Doink the Clown, Repo Man, Steve Blackman (in really good shape), Pete Gas (Shane’s buddy, not mine), Bob Backlund, Gangrel, The Goon, Skinner, I.R.S., Flash Funk (with no entrance, a big mistake), Scotty 2 Hotty, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, Sgt. Slaughter and Gillberg.

Raw 15th anniversary ?

This supposedly happened during the time that Michaels was out for around four years, and I remember people saying it was one of the reasons why he had no need, financially, to bother trying to come back.

I remember reading somewhere seemingly reputable that when the cost-cutting measures post purchase of WCW came in, whoever was told to look at where to reduce downsides was told by McMahon that he was not to touch Shawn's, which came across as strange to him since he was cutting the lesser salaries of active members of the roster yet was forbidden to cut the bigger salary of someone inactive.

Should answer everything for ya http://www.robvandam.com/

EDIT: well, it would if it wasnt so hideously behind on news, last I saw of him was on Hogans CCW program that just finished. Wiki has his last match as that IGF one. Theres talk of him coming to the UK March/April time. He has signed up to appear for American Ramage across Europe in March/April as well.

But I'm surprised they carried on paying him through 2001 when it is (now) well known that he was scheduled to be a big part of WM-X7 until he turned up fucked out of his mind on drugs and was sent home.

This is the first i've heard of this. What was the whole story?

Also what comic book is the Jushin Lyger character based on?

Thanks in advance.

It was from an Anime series called, funnily enough, Jushin Liger. Look, here's the opening sequence! Liger's first ring costume was closer to the anime character.

As this was only weeks before the WCW purchase, I would have thought Vince would have seen dropping Michaels as an obvious cost-cutting measure.

This is the first i've heard of this. What was the whole story?

I suppose a response depends on your line of thinking. There's the case that people have suggested that Michaels had some weird psychosexual hold over McMahon.

I'd look at it rather that Vince didn't have to cut costs, and so was loyal to a man who "broke his back" for the company and, like Undertaker, was a mid-90s main-eventer that didn't flee to WCW, when there was plenty of opportunity to head there.



Near enough what Dopper said.

Michaels was scheduled to appear on TV during the night of the RAW/Nitro simulcast. Hunter, Taker and others were in Vince's office to watch the show on the screen when Shawn stumbled in, totally pilled up, drooling everywhere. Taker looked at Hunter and said "Can you believe this?". Hunter tried to get Shawn out of there but Vince saw him.and told Hunter to find him and tell him he was done. Shawn cut a promo on Hunter for not sticking up for him and didn't speak to him until a year later, when he had become religious and discussed things with Nash, who directed him to talk to Hunter and apologise.

It was from an Anime series called, funnily enough, Jushin Liger. Look, here's the opening sequence! Liger's first ring costume was closer to the anime character.

And they all lived happily ever after. The End.

It was from an Anime series called, funnily enough, Jushin Liger. Look, here's the opening sequence! Liger's first ring costume was closer to the anime character.

I could be wholly wrong, but my recollection is that the anime character "evolved" from plain old Jushin Liger (which was Liger's ring name under that original gimmick) to Jushin Thunder Liger in the comics and/or TV show, with the wrestling character following suit and changing his, er, suit.

Apart from Bret.

So nobody knows where I can get spoiler free WCW and old NWA cards ?

. Thanks for the info guys and the video.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ozYEG9R8Sf4
There's an episode from later in the series with a new opening showing the Thunder evolution...

So nobody knows where I can get spoiler free WCW and old NWA cards ?

Cool, thanks. *scurries off to youtube to watch more of the show*

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ozYEG9R8Sf4
There's an episode from later in the series with a new opening showing the Thunder evolution...

In Royal Rumble 1998 was someone actually supposed to come out at number 22 or was the number left blank just to build up the Austin entrance and win?

Apart from Bret.

Awesome, didn't know the costume change was prompted by the show. Don't think much to the second music though.

EDIT - Yeah, Tiger Mask was a anime about a wrestler that was later used as a template for a real wrestlers gimmick, Black Tiger comes from the same thing. There's been a lot of different "Ranger" characters, in MPro, Hustle and others, and I'm sure groups like DDT will have used the odd anime influenced individual for short periods...Oh, and Kinnikumantaro fought an MMA match on New Year's Eve

You can go to prowrestlinghistory.com and click on The Wrestling Video Guide. It only has shows released on tape and you'll have to hunt around by catalogue number, but it's spoiler free listings.

Whats the Matt Hardy and Katie Lea rumour?

Has Teddy Hart ever wrestled on uk soil and if so for who and when?

Teddy Hart wrestled for 1PW. He wrestled Pac at one of there shows and I believe he wrestled in a six man or something as well. He's even got his own shoot interview out under the old One Pro Wrestling distribution.

Liger did one with ROH...

Whats the Matt Hardy and Katie Lea rumour?

Didn't the Great Muta do one with ROH as well?? maybe not but I could of sworn I read about it somewhere.