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One of the reasons may also be to do with the history of Memphis wrestling. In 1977 Memphis wrestling had a huge internal war with Nick Gulas and Jerry Jarrett, when Gulas insisted on pushing his useless son George as a top name. Jarrett broke away from Gulas, and Lawler went with him, creating the CWA and making the promotion on of the best. I would think as it turned into such a huge battle because of the nepotism, Lawler probably didn't want to then look like he was doing the same.
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Warning - boring old man alert. I'm of an age and so my choices are somewhat vintage! First WrestleMania watched? I think either 3 or 7. If 3 had been released by Silvervision by Spring '91 then it was that one, if not it was 7 borrowed off a mate at school. Favourite WrestleMania? 8. Height of my fandom, height of the wrestling boom in the country. Fairly shit matches, but Piper vs Hart and Savage vs Flair made up for it. All about the spectacle though really. The Hoosier Dome looked cool, all the big name and colourful characters in attendance plus all the little extras. LOD interview introducing (well to a new audience) Paul Ellering, Lex Luger popping up, Shawn Michaels first proper PPV match in his new persona, return of the Warrior etc. Like I said, mainly crap matches, but oh boy to go back and watch it through innocent eyes with all the excitement and hype. Have you ever been to WrestleMania? No - but I think I will (please bring it to the UK as I'm old and lazy) but I'm regularly in the US for work so would combine it. I think just the event though. All the Raw, HOF etc. may be overkill. I'll just settle for the buzz of the event itself. Best/Worst WrestleMania matches Favourites - Warrior vs Hogan, Steamboat vs Savage, Hogan vs Savage, Hart vs Piper, Savage vs Warrior, Austin vs Hart, Triple H vs Sting. Worst - too many to name Best/Worst WrestleMania moments Savage winning the title at 4, Warrior at 6, Demolition winning at 6. Favourite WrestleMania theme and/or intro? Soft spot for 6. The stars in the galaxy etc. Vince sounding like a madman, drawings turn into Hogan and Warrior, big colour, that music hits and the classic logo flys in. Nostalgia! Favourite WrestleMania announcer call? ("The boyhood dream has come true" etc etc) The Irrepresible Force meets the Immovable object from Gorilla at 3.
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I believe in the revised edition (illustrations of various on the front instead of the original lone Kendo Nagasaki cover) there's an additional chapter in which Simon Garfield attends the British Wrestlers Reunion (I think) but in it he mentions one of the board of the reunion, ex-British champion Wayne Bridges, who hosted the event for years at his pub (The Bridges - natch) in Kent. Apparently ol' Wayne didn't much like the original book (protecting Kayfabe long after its demise) and wants a word with who he refers to Garfield as 'Simon Garfunkel'
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May not have been too talented in real life, but I bet that he was top-end in more than just my figure fed. That Hasbro figure of his was out-fucking-standing. Probably one of the best sculpts.
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News coming in that the greatest Million Dollar champion of all time, Virgil has passed away. A strange character in the wrestling world, but a man who deserves his place in the history books just because he was so unique.
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I was thinking this last year when I did a couple of car boot sales last year. Crazy thing is, that I always forget, is that Hasbros and Galoobs are nearing 35 years old!!! Mad to think that seeing people coming along with 1970's Action Men on those antique shows on TV, that give it another 15-20 years and someone will pop up on the Antiques Roadshow showing off their mint Repo Man Hasbro.
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I have to say, this looks like it could be very, very good!