Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 18, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2015 I would have thought it started due to the Rock'N'Wrestling phase, all the rock bands at the time had long hair, it was the fashion for larger than life personalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbacon85 Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015  Wrestlers with long hair. When did it start? Why did it start? and why hasn't it gone away yet?It has its advantage of hiding “light” when throwing a punch. As long as your hand hits the hair and the other guy throws their head back, you don't know whether it connected or not. Not sure if that's how it started, like. Surely they grew their hair so it's easier to call spots and communicate in rest holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted January 18, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2015 Wrestlers with long hair. When did it start? Why did it start? and why hasn't it gone away yet? Â In addition to all of the above correct responses, and as a bit of an extension to Your Fight Site's explanation, big hair helps to sell the visual impact of a wrestler's movements- long locks flicking back and bouncing around when a wrestler sells a punch, for example, helps to exaggerate the move which translates better to the man sat in Row Z, who might not be able to hear all of the blows as well as the guys in the first few rows. Â It's the same reason why they always teach guys to use as big a range of movement as possible in wrestling, which is why the best worked wrestling punches will look nothing like the short fast jabs that a boxer would use. You want everybody in the arena (and the hard cam) to be able to pick up on what is happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 Does anyone do a double axe-handle these days? Macho's version was one of my favourite moves as a kid. Still think the version from the top to the floor looks devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Miz does. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What match/segment is it where Hogan looks into the camera and screams 'I am the man, I am God'? Â It's in his nWo days obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Big Benny HG Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 What match/segment is it where Hogan looks into the camera and screams 'I am the man, I am God'? Â It's in his nWo days obviously You know, I think this might be the 27 October 1997 episode of Nitro. By sheer coincidence I've just read this in a classic Wrestling Observer newsletter I was glancing through today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane O' Mac Version 2 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015  Can someone explain why there's an overriding obsession (from some) that top guys need to wear trunks? Apart from, obviously, getting a good look at their junk lolloping around, because everyone wants to see that.Yeah, I've never got that. I don't know where it comes from. There seems to be a school of thought that all proper stars wore trunks. The fact is some people just suit tights better. Chris Jericho always looked better in tights. Loads of people suit a non-trunks look. Bret, HBK, Undertaker, Rick Rude, Jake, Angle, Perfect, Umaga, Edge, Rollins, Reigns, etc.  I agree on Jericho. He's one of my favourites, but switching to trunks made him look much shorter and stockier. Does he still wear lifts? I haven't noticed in his recent returns.  Maybe it's because I saw him for the first time in 2002*, but I always thought Hulk Hogan looked far better in the red and yellow tights than the yellow trunks of the 80s.  *Addendum- I had a Hollywood Hogan figure as a little one in the late 90s, but never watched WCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Can someone explain why there's an overriding obsession (from some) that top guys need to wear trunks? Apart from, obviously, getting a good look at their junk lolloping around, because everyone wants to see that. Â Fin Martin said it in Powerslam years ago and it stuck. I don't know if it was common for newsletter/Internet writers, but Powerslam was the first time I saw it. It was either in relation to Triple H changing to trunks, or it was around the time Edge was just on the cusp of the main event and Fin decided changing to trunks would get him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammorgz Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Christ. Edge in his pants would have been even worse than Jericho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 20, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 20, 2015 Christ. Edge in his pants would have been even worse than Jericho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Whos Next Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 During The Wrestling Classic, Jesse Ventura teases at an alliance with Randy Savage. Was there any pay off to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammorgz Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Â Christ. Edge in his pants would have been even worse than Jericho. Surprisingly not as bad as I thought it would be. Still, not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members eugenespeed Posted January 21, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2015 During The Wrestling Classic, Jesse Ventura teases at an alliance with Randy Savage. Was there any pay off to this?  They at least tagged for a bit  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Foale Posted January 21, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 21, 2015 I'm likely being retarded here but WWE.com is not letting me read the first article on the site at the moment without the WWE Network announcement over riding it. Is there a way I can read it? Anyone else experienced this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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