iamthedoctor Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Oh and due to needing a piss and then getting an ice cream, I completely missed Virgil getting squashed by Adam Bomb. My mate had a similar, but slightly worse, issue when we went to Insurrextion. He sods off to the bogs at which point Bulldog's theme hits and he charges the ring. Mate returns just in time for Bulldog's music to finish after he's gone back up the aisle after beating Crash Holly for the Hardcore Title. Â I heard a rumour about this event and wondered if it was true. Back when they did the main event where Rock defended the WWF Title against Shane Mcmahon & Triple H and after the show went off the air I gather Vince McMahon was still lying in the ring. A fan reported that after the broadcast Earlo Hebner gave Vince McMahon a Rock Bottom & People's Elbow which seeing him do sounded pretty cool. Â Did this actually happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted April 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) Probably. I think its in Earl Hebners contract that he has to be put over on every show he's on. He was feuding with the McMahons at the time as well, and beat the shit out of DX on one house show. Triple H and X-Pac were proper bumping for Earls punches. Edited April 23, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Xtreme_lives Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Just been watching WM18 prior to this years mania and thought I spotted the fan that ric flair hits during the promo with undertaker looked to be Paul London is that him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted April 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2013 I heard a rumour about this event and wondered if it was true. Back when they did the main event where Rock defended the WWF Title against Shane Mcmahon & Triple H and after the show went off the air I gather Vince McMahon was still lying in the ring. A fan reported that after the broadcast Earlo Hebner gave Vince McMahon a Rock Bottom & People's Elbow which seeing him do sounded pretty cool. Â Probably. I think its in Earl Hebners contract that he has to be put over on every show he's on. He was feuding with the McMahons at the time as well, and beat the shit out of DX on one house show. Triple H and X-Pac were proper bumping for Earls punches. Â Sure sounds like post-show shenanigans at Insurrextion 2000 to me. Â Earl was one of the biggest players in 2000, he really was. On top of his famed involvement in Y2J's retracted title win, firing and return at Backlash, he also had a pointlessly tacked on fight with Tim White during Show/Rock at No Way Out just to create distraction for Shane to interfere (a ref bump would have sufficed), because they had bickered earlier over the finish to Jericho/Angle. Who sat around thinking "let's create an ongoing Earl/Timmy issue tonight, that'll be good" ?? Â Earl also tagged up with Rock to beat HHH, X-Pac and Road Dog 2 on 3 on an episode of SmackDown, as ludicrous as that sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagnam Style Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Yeah it was Paul London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheShowOff Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Â HHH liked doing the ref shove spot off the ropes as early as 1996 as it was always bound to get a reaction, obviously when the cameras weren't rolling they'd take it to the extreme... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Cooley Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Why did Meltzer bring up the Jimmy Snuka murder rumour again in the last Observer? He didn't provide any new facts or analysis, did he? He just seemed to rehash it for no apparent reason, unless I'm missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted April 23, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 23, 2013 (edited) You must be missing the first sentence of it where he said "I want to bring this up, based on the story when reviewing the Jimmy Snuka book months ago on the death of Nancy Argentino." Edited April 23, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 This is kinda a wrestling question - a lot of wrestlers seem to be popping up at the comic convention type events around the world. I was wondering if anyone knows the business model for this? Are they paid a flat fee plus accommodation and travel or do they take all the risk and hope they make a profit charging 30 quid for a photo and autograph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Whos Next Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 This is kinda a wrestling question - a lot of wrestlers seem to be popping up at the comic convention type events around the world. I was wondering if anyone knows the business model for this? Are they paid a flat fee plus accommodation and travel or do they take all the risk and hope they make a profit charging 30 quid for a photo and autograph? Â Tough one... it tends to vary between convention organisers. For example, there's some talent from TNA at Collectormania this year in Milton Keynes. Â Given TNA is supposed to handle the outside bookings of its talent, I imagine that either accomodation is covered, or TNA pays for their air fair as a promotional cost. You'll probably get Jeremy Borash harrasing Stormtroopers to get them to the next tour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatseeker Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Anyone going to Foley tonight in Glasgow? MY tickets dont say meet and great but are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 When Mrs Loki and I were out and about on holiday, we ended up at a funfair, and I ended up telling her how the phrase "mark" came from how carny folk would literally "mark" a gullible public member with a spot of chalkdust or whatever so the other sideshow owners could pick them out and cheat them, basically. Â Afterwards, I though "is that true, or did I just completely make that up?" I'm sure I read that on here, can someone like Lister confirm that story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 (edited) When Mrs Loki and I were out and about on holiday, we ended up at a funfair, and I ended up telling her how the phrase "mark" came from how carny folk would literally "mark" a gullible public member with a spot of chalkdust or whatever so the other sideshow owners could pick them out and cheat them, basically. Afterwards, I though "is that true, or did I just completely make that up?" I'm sure I read that on here, can someone like Lister confirm that story?  Every now and again news reports surface of the dippers in Glasgow doing this.  I saw it happen in Bothwell Street from my office, where a guy used the ATM and had a chalk line scratched down his back. He turned towards Central Station, and I think the worst may have happened once he was round in that busier street assuming the chalk guys accomplices were in that direction. Edited April 25, 2013 by Ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted April 25, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2013 Anyone going to Foley tonight in Glasgow? MY tickets dont say meet and great but are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamp Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 'Mark' is still used as a term by conmen isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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