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EdgarTheSlouch

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Holy shit. I've seen pictures of wrestling turtles from all kinds of indy and lucha promotions before, but never this! I used to love reading WrestleCrap entries so I am stunned that I've not heard of this before, even if it was a one-off house show deal.

 

They probably kept it so quiet because those guys likely suffocated in those suits. Imagine getting a sweat on in those fucking things.

 

Edit: I just read that one of the turtles was Gillberg! haha. The story is up on WWE.com.

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Too much like the Ninja Turtles lol. Seems a bit mental the WWF were going to do this. Just asking to get hit with a law-suit. Is this a Jerry Jarrett idea? A WCW like move.

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Thing is, those outfits are so poor I believe its the same ones any indy group or UK based show used for Ninja Turtles at the time. A shitty fancy dress costume. You think the WWF would have had better quality control when it came to their turtles.

 

Even Cowabunga - the wrestling Ninja Turtle - had a better mask.

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And these guys are just amazing. Really working the Turtles gimmick to the fullest.

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WWE.com interviewed Duane Gill about it. Here it is... http://www.wwe.com/article/gillberg-battling-turtles-interview

 

The story explains where the suits came from and how they came to work a match in them. It wasn't a failed WWE creative experiment or anything like that, just a case of Gill turning up at a show with the suits, which he had made, Vince finding it funny and throwing them out there for a match on a whim.

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When did that happen? By the look of the entrance way in the second picture, that gorgeous neon affair, I'm guessing either 92 or 93?

 

TheHistoryofWWE is saying..

 

 

 

WWF @ Augusta, GA - Civic Center - March 9, 1993 (8,000; sell out)

Wrestling Challenge taping:

Jim Ross was in attendance at the show

Timmy & Tommy Turtle (Barry Hardy & Duane Gill) defeated Tommy Stevenson & Ron Preston

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