SpykeDudlei1

Been said before but I’ll say it again, arguably the greatest ever thread in the long and illustrious history of the UKFF.

@air_raidyou are an absolute legend for the time, effort and detail you put into this. 

I salute you! 😀👋🏻

On 7/13/2022 at 3:19 PM, UnitedEmpireEra said:

It seems the mods on here have joined 

The New Jersey inbredio cheer squad.

grotesque as they look, you have to laugh. 
 

Now you can remove me 

because I don’t want to stay here with a guy that has a face like a pillsbury dough boy and genome of an Austrian Duke 

18 hours ago, air_raid said:

Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve been harassed by someone from the business about factual inaccuracies. Of a sort.

4 hours ago, air_raid said:

Post Mania, considerably. He’ll barely be wrestling by June/July, be sparingly used as a face in September-November in the Canadian market only, and have his first retirement match in January 1992.

I know this is a thread for house shows but on the subject of Bravo don’t forget his team with Sheiky Baby/Mustafa against LOD at European Rampage in April 92. Never have I witnessed two men look more plodding/immobile in the same ring at the same time….and I watched the ill-fated Heroes of Wrestling show.

Dear god, the UK fans - and in particular the 2 Sheffield TV special crowds got served some shite in 92 & 93 didn’t they? (I would say SummerSlam 92 being the exception but let’s not kid ourselves that was a 2-match show)…

- Mountie v Virgil (92)

- Duggan v Repo (92)

- Fatu v Knobbs (93)

- Doink v Kamala (93)

- Backlund v Demento (93)

- Typhoon v Brawler (93)

I was there for the one in 93. Utter dog turd. Serious dross.

5 hours ago, wandshogun09 said:

Was this the period when Demolition started wearing those shite masks as well? Completely killed them off between that and dropping one of the best wrestling entrance songs ever from their act.

👏🏻 As I was saying above hadn’t read @wandshogun09post when I made my comment.

And you mean the Demolition gimp masks? Had to be a Vince idea.

8 hours ago, air_raid said:

18th/19th TVs it’s Smash & Crush with Mr Fuji back and new shit music,

I’m open to and welcome being proven wrong on this but has any wrestler/team ever gone from one of the most iconic, recognisable, kick-ass theme tunes ever to a rotting, fly-covered steaming pile of horse crap in one move like they did with the Demos? 

11 hours ago, Your Fight Site said:

He probably is Vince’s.

Before I scrolled down beyond the original post I was bracing myself for this response from someone….and if not, I was making it 🤣

50 minutes ago, Max Power said:

Highlight for me was when Vince was in the ring after his match and Theory's music hit and Vince shit his pants cos he thought it was Austin's music.

The daft old bastard couldn't tell the difference.

I’m glad you’ve confirmed I wasn’t imagining that. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

I always love stuff like this and especially from that period 89–91 in particular. I read every bit so keep ‘em coming is what I say.

Well, sort of…

On 3/8/2022 at 1:47 PM, Supremo said:

He’s definitely slipped someone a tenner.

Isn’t this what Jack Nicholson’s ‘Joker’ looked like when things started to go tits-up for the character in the 1989 film?

15 hours ago, air_raid said:

OK, I’ve done another one. Yes, they’re hard questions in a sense but if you just know then you know, otherwise have fun and just guess. Again I’ve hovered around 80s/90s WWF and it’s one of my favourite niche topics, “Card Subject To Change” - 15 questions for a total of 16 points plus tie-break option if required.

(1) Who was announced as the challenger for the Intercontinental title on two early SummerSlams but didn’t make it to either for real or kayfabe reasons? 1 point

(2) Barry Windham was announced on Macho Kings team for Survivors 89 but replaced when he had surgery then quit the company - can you remember what his gimmick name was at the time? 1 point

(3) The Model Rick Martel had two SummerSlam matches announced for SummerSlams in 1990 and in 1993 but didn’t wrestle either of them, a point for each opponent you can name? 2 points

(4) The Undertaker’s celebrated debut as “the mystery partner” at Survivors 90 was actually a substitution - who was originally announced as the fourth member of the Million Dollar Team? 1 point

(5) The match where Hacksaw, Sgt Laughter, Texas Tornado & El Matador beat Col Mustafa, Berzerker, Skinner and Hercules is probably the most chopped and changed match in Survivor Series history, FOUR different guys were announced then later pulled from the face or heel teams (2 each) due to injuries or departures. Highly random so you only have to guess one for the point. 1 point

(6) Bret Hart vs Shawn Michaels at Survivors 92 was set up before Shawn won the Intercontinental title from our dear Davey Boy - can any of you remember who Bulldogs announced challenger was? 1 point

(7) Speaking of Smithers - he’s conspicuous by his absence from Mania VIII. Who was he wrestling before the show went long and it was dropped? 1 point

(8) Sherri Martel was involved in the first mixed tag in WWF PPV history at Mania VI. She was also announced for what would have been the second but quit or was fired before it happened - who would have been the other woman in the match? 1 point

(9) There were THREE announced matches for Mania X that ended up changed or scrapped - Earthquake’s match, the Womens title match, and the ten man tag dropped when the show went long. I’ll give you the point if you can name four participants out of the ten. 1 point

(10) Bam Bam Bigelow was one of the many wrestlers that had great runs but never held a title in the 80s/90s. However once he was pencilled in to win the tag belts in an announced title defence which became non title when plans changed. A point for ANY of - which PPV (including year), his partner or the opponents, or you can volunteer 2 or all 3 facts which I’ll add to your score in the event of a tie break. 1 point (plus tie break)

(11) Razor vs Double J & The Roadie at the first In Your House was meant to be a tag match but Kid had suffered a neck injury in Germany - can you remember who he was wrestling at the time? 1 point

(12) Which singles match announced for a mid-90s Mania had to be changed to a multi-man because the office knew it could be too crap for WrestleMania due to the rapidly-dwindling stamina of one of the wrestlers? Clue : weight gain involved. 1 point

(13) The planned (and later cancelled) Ahmed Johnson vs Farooq match at SummerSlam 96 was planned when they finally got Ron to sign, however the WWF Magazine previewing the show had already gone to print. Who did they announce as Ahmed’s originally scheduled challenger? 1 point

(14) Speaking of Ahmed, he had a match announced for In Your House : Final Four before the card got shuffled due to the injury to Shawns smile. Who was the big Johnson originally going to wrestle? 1 point

(15) Sid had THREE matches announced for PPV in 1997 that were cancelled due to injury. He was supposed to wrestle Bret at Revenge Of The Taker but was injured. He was supposed to wrestle Mankind at A Cold Day In Hell but he was still injured. He was also supposed to wrestle at SummerSlam but after a car accident he was re-injured - who was that meant to be against? 1 point

 

Have fun. Hopefully.

I’ve made an effort not to look beyond your post, wrote my answers in notes and posting a direct quote to yours so have not seen any answers posted by others. See how I get on….

1. Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake
2. The Widowmaker
3. Tito Santana
4.  
5. “The Dragon”
6. The Mountie
7. The Berzerker
8. Luna Vachon
9. Jeff Jarrett, Smoking Gunns (Billy & Bart), 1-2-3 Kid, Tatanka
10. Royal Rumble 1995, Tatanka, 1-2-3 Kid & Bob “Spark Plugg” Holly
11. Hakushi
12. Yokozuna v Vader
13.  
14. Crush
15. Owen Hart

Congrats @johnnyboy! Sterling effort.

I’ll take my joint Super Bowl round victory given it’s the best I’m going to get this season.

Thanks for running it again @MVP RULZ.

Just disappointed that I didn’t keep a record of the yearly winners from 2005-2012 before you took it over. I think @hbk4life was among them and know I won at least once. Possibly an old player @Lion_of_the_Midlands too. Doubt anyone could remember to fill in all the blanks though.

11 minutes ago, jazzygeofferz said:

So by simple process of deduction it's Miz, Punk, Ziggler? Not necessarily in that order though. 

Correct…Ziggler, Punk, Miz (then Ziggler, Punk, Miz again).

Your question @jazzygeofferz 

4 hours ago, FailedPromoter said:

Could have sworn air_raid had nailed it with his guess, only other name I can pluck out would be Miz instead of Ziggler perhaps?

Taking this as your guess (tied in with @air_raid’s picks), you’ve now also got 2 out of 3.

I’ll narrow it down further seeing as we’ve hit a road bump…. @HarmonicGenerator& @air_raid have got 2 out of 3 correct.

I’ll not say too much other than to say I’ve seen 2 of the 3 correct answers so far.

Ok, here’s my question…

In the six Royal Rumble matches from 2010-2015, only 3 men entered at #1 on two separate occasions each and in the same order (2010/2013, 2011/2014 & 2012/2015).

Can you name them?

3 hours ago, air_raid said:

Go for it. Probably don’t have another round worth of questions in me anyway. Unless “Bret Hart on Coliseum Video” tickles anyones fancy.

Is the answer ‘Smack ‘em, Whack ‘em’? 😃

1 hour ago, Ro_y Disco said:

How about continuing this Round Robin style, as winner @SpykeDudlei1could pitch a question, first correct answer gets to set one etc? 

I’m up for this as long as @air_raiddoesn’t feel like their idea has been taken over.

1 minute ago, patiirc said:

@air_raid it was really good, thanks for doing it. Total guess regarding Koko though. Just thought he had a different finisher at one point and went with that. 

Yeah he did. He’d go from the top rope dropkick to the (often dangerous looking) Ghostbuster/brain buster suplex.  

I thought it was a good idea and not just because I won. Thanks for doing it.

As you spotted, I totally missed out a question although I’m being truthful when I say I would’ve answered Rooster/Taylor anyway as I was aware of that.

That was a mix of trying to do it without my reading glasses on, at 1am and on my small phone screen whilst bouncing backwards and forwards from the text box to the questions.

I’d be up for a few more of those.

1. Hart Foundation

2. True

3. Lifting hammerlock

4. Bruno Sammartino

5. Mr Perfect

6. Kurt Angle

7. Mr X (I have literally ZERO clue)

8. Johnny Valiant

9. Haku

10. Pat Patterson

11. British Bulldog

12. Steve “Mongo” McMichael

13. Barry Windham (US Express & New Blackjacks)

14. Shawn Michaels

QB: Matthew Stafford (Rams)

RB: Joe Mixon (Bengals)

WR: Cooper Kupp (Rams)

TE: CJ Uzomah (Bengals)

K: Evan McPherson (Bengals)

DST: LA Rams

Result: LA Rams 31-34 Cincinnati Bengals

Winning Margin: 3 points

1st team to score any points: LA Rams

1st team to score Touchdown: LA Rams

Player to score 1st Touchdown: Cooper Kupp

Total Number of Touchdowns scored: 7

Total Number of Interceptions made: 2

Will the game go to Overtime: No

MVP: Joe Burrow

Time and quarter of 1st Touchdown: 08:15, 1st quarter

Total Rushing yards: 89 yards (Bengals)

Total Passing Yards: 385 yards (Rams)

Total net yards: 865 yards 

1st quarter: Rams

2nd quarter: Tie

3rd quarter: Bengals

4th quarter: Bengals

On 2/9/2022 at 4:14 PM, boshealecta said:

I think everyone should have to wear Bossman attire. Just 30 Bossmans 

Random thought after reading this….I remember back in about 2000 a group of us playing on one of the old video games and doing an (almost) All-Trish Rumble….29 Trish Stratus plus one Kane.

Kane won! 🤣