Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted October 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) It would be full of more than softcore, but not quite hardcore porn adverts after 10pm too. You couldn't watch the wrestling with your parents. Definately not. I saw some dodgy sights on some of those German channels. Early 90s Germans must have liked fat German women. Edited October 9, 2013 by bAzTNM#1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnuts Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 does anyone know what the WWE UK office in Hammersmith actually does? UK events or European market maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted October 9, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 9, 2013 It would be full of more than softcore, but not quite hardcore porn adverts after 10pm too. You couldn't watch the wrestling with your parents. Â I wouldn't have dreamed of doing that anyway. Between "that one in pink you like" and "that stripper with the silly hat" I think Raid Sr was convinced it was turning me into a gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 It would be full of more than softcore, but not quite hardcore porn adverts after 10pm too. You couldn't watch the wrestling with your parents. Â I wouldn't have dreamed of doing that anyway. Between "that one in pink you like" and "that stripper with the silly hat" I think Raid Sr was convinced it was turning me into a gay. Â My best mate when I was a kid - who I'd watch WWF with on Friday nights plus other random times - Grandad said the WWF and attending a drama group would turn him gay. Â Couple of years back I was surprised not only to see said mate (who I lost touch with in the early 90's) is not only gay, but is a stand up comedian that was blogging explicitly about pulling younger guys in the town. Â Suppose the grandad was right . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I just read that an import scheduled to appear for one of the British promotions missed his flight. A terrible shame as I understand the promotion, Preston City Wrestling, are very professional. Â It got me wondering in general terms what happens when a worker misses his flight. Presumably at the point it came to light the flight had left ground, so I would imagine it's difficult/impossible for the promoter to get a refund. These flights cost a lot of money - does the promoter just have to suck it up, can he/she demand the worker pay the cost as it's their fault (though I'd expect they'd be told to whistle dixie), or is it all down to the contractual terms between the airline and promoter and the promoter and worker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 What's the story with UK worker King Kendo? Â I've seen his name mentioned on here before, but all I know is that he wears all the entrance gear the same as the original Kendo Nagasaki. Googling him just brings up some guy from the 80's who tried doing the gimmick before Peter Thornley put a stop to it. Â As he's on a show round my way at the end of the month (against Ultimo Dragon in a tag match) I'm now wondering if he is any good? Â I just skimmed through the UKFF Top 50 topic and he has not been mentioned yet. I don't know if that's good thing (he's in the Top 30) or a bad thing (he's not in the Top 50). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex shane's selling ability Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 The current King Kendo is still, I believe, 90s worker Dale Preston who's solid enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted October 11, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 11, 2013 What's the story with UK worker King Kendo? Â Not as good as Kongo Kev? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted October 12, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 12, 2013 I didn't know Jake Roberts used this theme in WCW. Does anybody have a clue as to who created it? Like it a lot. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Is it public knowledge whether the Jarrett's got their money back when Panda Energy bought in, or at any other stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryFice Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) My cousin sent me a text to ask a wrestling question last week. Here's the gist of it:  Can you think of a wrestler from the eighties/nineties with long, possibly curly blonde hair who runs his fingers through his hair on his intro / entrance? We can't remember his name but think our (female) boss looks like him.  What wrestler's name do you think she is struggling to remember? The answer is below.  My suggestions:  SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read Mr Perfect, Shawn Michaels, Tom Prichard   Who it has apparently turned out to be:  SPOILER - Highlight the black box to read Randy Savage   WHAT?! Edited October 12, 2013 by RoryFice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) I was watching World War III '95 recently and after watching weeks of Nitro building up "60 men, with a giant in each ring!", I was hyped. I had spent ages trying to figure who they could have as the 3rd giant. Did they have a 7 foot jobber? Or would they bring in some new exotic monster from a far flung despot? Then I watched it only to be confronted with the third giant being... Hulk Hogan? Â Now, I can sort of see what they were trying to do. Hulk Hogan is the man, the myth, the legend. In terms of wrestling stature, he could be classed as a giant, and he is a hulk after all... But he's not a giant! He's not tall enough! Â So, my question is was Hulk Hogan always going to be the third giant? Or were they actually going to have another 7-footer coming in and it all fell through, so they tried to cover their arse with Hogan? Edited October 13, 2013 by Forrest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted October 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 13, 2013 I didn't know Jake Roberts used this theme in WCW. Does anybody have a clue as to who created it? Like it a lot. The Flowerpot Men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted October 13, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) So, my question is was Hulk Hogan always going to be the third giant? Or were they actually going to have another 7-footer coming in and it all fell through, so they tried to cover their arse with Hogan? Things weren't as literal as they were now. People just used to say things and hoped you digested them. The angle you are referencing was built around the Dungeon of Doom trying to steal Hulk Hogan's powers. So nobody was complaining about the 3rd giant thing. There were way more things to bang your head off the wall over during that period. It must have been the original plan, because they were going to have the Yeti (who showed up wearing some kind of ninja outfit for some reason), the Giant and Hogan is each ring, and then they'd all come together for the big showdown. The 3 giants thing sounds like it was a tag line thought up after the match was made. Â The Yeti was originally going to be El Gigante, though. He may have even done an appearance on Nitro in full mummified costume if memories serves me right. But Ron Reis was as big and as useless (and a mate of DDPs) so he got the gig in the end. Edited October 13, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicko Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Haystacks was originally going to be the third giant, but they realised he was shit so replaced him with Hogan. They used the excuse that he was 'the' giant of wrestling. Â That what Wrestlecall on 0836306971 said, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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