Moderators PowerButchi Posted January 28, 2011 Moderators Posted January 28, 2011 Came over this poster on ProWrestlingOnly. It's from Angelo Poffo's outlaw fed ICW which was at war with Memphis. Â Â Â That is a horrid, yet utterly tremendous way of promoting. Shows the Memphis lads are wankers if they don't show, and if they do (which I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have) the biggest stars of Memphis show up on the outlaw's card. Win/Win and terrific. Can anyone else think of other great ways of promoting like this?
Paid Members JNLister Posted January 28, 2011 Paid Members Posted January 28, 2011 Can't find the pic at the moment, but there's a 1930s wrestling show where the poster advertises "8 young negro boys vs a gorilla", which sounds a winner to me.
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted January 28, 2011 Paid Members Posted January 28, 2011 I think I need to know more about Izzy Slapowitz
Happ Hazzard Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 Regarding the poster in the OP, to the best of my knowledge only one wrestler on the card has passed away. The card was about 30 years ago. Not something you could say about many far more recent events.
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted January 28, 2011 Paid Members Posted January 28, 2011 Regarding the poster in the OP, to the best of my knowledge only one wrestler on the card has passed away. The card was about 30 years ago. Not something you could say about many far more recent events. I long for the days of exploiting cerebal palsy. The business was so much more healthier and without all the drug related deaths the morality level was up as well.
Moderators PowerButchi Posted January 28, 2011 Author Moderators Posted January 28, 2011 Indeed. It's well known that Wrestling was far cleaner and better when black lads fought gorillas, Dick Murdoch would spout racist rhetoric even as a face and David Manning would sign pictures of a dead David Von Erich which they'd sell at the sportatorium.
Richie Freebird Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 What a sickeningly brilliant poster. I can
Loki Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Roddy Piper wrestled a bear. I guess it was probably the same bear. Â I reckon fighting a gorilla is even more stupid, but it would have been drugged to the eyeballs at the time I imagine. Â In more recent years, Bischoff's open challenge to Vince McMahon had that same craziness about it. You knew it wasn't going to happen, but... this IS wrestling...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 1, 2011 Paid Members Posted February 1, 2011 In more recent years, Bischoff's open challenge to Vince McMahon had that same craziness about it. You knew it wasn't going to happen, but... this IS wrestling... Wasn't Eric's fault that Vince bottled it. Bischoff would have needed one kick to the tample. Wouldn't have even taked his biker jacket off.
Richie Freebird Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Has anyone seen the shoot tape in Cornette
Richie Freebird Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 Stand up for WWE is as bad as any of these  Good shout, however, that was worth it for the fat guy
Moderators PowerButchi Posted February 1, 2011 Author Moderators Posted February 1, 2011 Stand up for WWE is as bad as any of these  Yeah. It's obviously as bad as exploiting celebral palsy charities to make a rival company look bad and having black lads wrestle gorillas. If not worse. Obviously.
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