Phil Austin

Hurricane will be off TV for the most part to sell his Triple H beating I guess, but will probably still be on Heat etc.

Smash had been Krusher Kruschev, working in Mid-Atlantic and then Mid-South, from where he was poached.

Who went on to become Repo Man, and do that awful golf gimmick in WCW. Didn't he have other gimmicks in WCW?

He was also Blacktop Bully (? I think I remember that horrible name right), and the best gimmick of all----Barry Darsow.

Who was the first WWF wrestler to have entrance music that was an actual song by an actual band rather than "stock" music?Also, what was the first PPV to have a real theme song? WM17?

Perhaps the DX music, if that counts? Can't think of anything before that...

Hulk Hogan originally had the Rocky music. I guess he must be one of the first? Or maybe Gorgeous George?

Sounds a bit tommyboi-ish but I was just wondering if there was any legitimate heat between Steve Austin and Vince McMahon during their wonderful Mr. McMahon angle?

Not as far as I was aware.

Was it Jackie Pallo's satellite wrestling show? Or the welsh wrestling shows (I believe run by Oric Williams?)

Dont know if someones asked this or its been said somewhere else but what was the story behind Trish's black eye? i only saw the end of the match, what happened? Or what are they saying happened?

Jogging!

How long was Barry Windham involved with the WWF for in 1989? I know he is on the back of the Survivor Series 1989 video as he was meant to be a member of Randy Savage's team that night. What happened?

It must have been a matter of weeks or months-it was long enough for him to get a theme tune though, as I have a copy of that on my PC.

Ok, here's one-is there any truth to the longstanding 'urban legend' that Owen Hart's original mystery partner for his Wrestlemania tag title win over the Smokin' Gunns was going to be Chris Benoit? I've always believed this to be true but can never remember where I heard it first.

Sounds like Rob Bartlett, who was co-host for the first few months.IMDB profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058891/

Strike one more for the God of Wrestling:)

Haven't watched it in a while, but I believe it was Stan Lane.Oh, and John Lister knows all this stuff because he is in fact the true God of Wrestling (so suck on that Triple H!)Great to hear about the Orient Express again, a truly underrated WWF team! Never knew they had a transitional period as a three man team!My question: Where did Jamison (the nerdy Bushwhacker manager guy) appear from? Was he like Ralphus, a ring crew type guy or did they employ him especially-had he worked as a manager or something elsewhere? And what did he do once he left?

...and then regretted it straight away after having to air live the Cactus Jack/Triple H gorefest and the Mae Young topless shot!

My question: Which show was the infamous Sid "Can we do over?"/"No, Sid, we're live." promo?

I *think* it's IYH 12 (December 96 where he headlined against Bret Hart).Alternatively, it's on WWF's Funniest Moments.

You could be right, John-I thought it was one of the early IYH? 1 or 2?

Interesting-I saw the Sting one and thought it was ok. Given that naive first impression, I must dig out the Michaels & Bret Hart ones on Limewire or edonkey!The Matt Hardy one is good, I personally also liked the Jeff Hardy one if only for the awesome shot of him and the Undertaker they used, but my favourite was the history one (until they NWO'ed it!). I remember getting to see it on the big screen at Insurrextion with the fans cheering loudly for each legendary star as they appeared.