Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted July 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) Use the tapes to make your own furniture. Edited July 24, 2017 by Arch Stanton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted July 24, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:  I like that but I would have OCD that some of the tapes are in their cases and some aren't. Miraculously, considering my mum's legendary clear outs, my VHS tapes remain largely intact. Will never forget coming home from the summer after my first year of university to find my mum had put all my Hasbro's in a bin bag ready to donate to the village school's summer jumble sale. That was a narrow escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 1 hour ago, garynysmon said: Will never forget coming home from the summer after my first year of university to find my mum had put all my Hasbro's in a bin bag ready to donate to the village school's summer jumble sale. That was a narrow escape. So how much did you make on her? Enough for a carded Dusty Rhodes I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Steve Blackman appearing in another thread got me thinking, which at this hour can be dangerous, but here goes. Alternate history time: Cutting his WWF run short, Steve ends up in ECW, introduced by Cyrus on behalf of The Network. Due to a diversity initiative, it is claimed that he is 63% African American and, given the middle nickname "The Token," he is randomly slotted into various tag matches between wrestlers engaged in feuds that don't concern him. Goodnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 This may well have been discussed at the time, but the whole Jinder physique thing - most of what I remember reading on here at the time was along the lines of 'size of the cunt' 'bet vince is wanking!' And lots of talk post title win of gets on roils, wins the belt etc Given the India expansion and what not, is it possible Jinder was approached well in advance and told 'sort your look out' and indeed given notice to transform rather than be rewarded for doing so?  Secondly, whenever there's talk of the glory years, here, on twitter or anywhere else for that matter, DiBiase, Perfect, Rude even the likes of Honky Tonk Man feature regularly - one name I have fond memories of watching but who never seems to be spoken of in the same light is Texas Tornado.  is there a particular reason for that? Was 10yr old me just taken in by physique and a cool finisher? Was he actually turd? Just find it odd that he seems as heavily featured in any video covers and such from back in the day, yet I rarely hear a sausage about him in retrospec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 Not sure if you're being serious John? Kerry Von Erich's WWF run was pretty brief but there's a whole WWE documentary out about the territory where he and his family were big time players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 In a land of colourful personalities like his most famous opponent Mr Perfect, the Texas Tornado as a character bored me to tears. He enriched my life as a young British WWF fan about as much as Dino Bravo had before him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members John Matrix Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 15 minutes ago, Egg Shen said: Not sure if you're being serious John? Kerry Von Erich's WWF run was pretty brief but there's a whole WWE documentary out about the territory where he and his family were big time players. Totally mate.  I know the Von Erich's generally get a lot of press and carry weight, its just that character specifically I don't hear mentioned in the same company as the other IC level guys of the time, like you say, perhaps the brevity of his tenure maybe? or, as as Zeb points out, he was dull as fuck.  10 year old Matrix was all about the physique back then so i'm not surprised to learn I may have fonder memories of a guy like that than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Au Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 Kerry was great but he didn't get much of a chance to show it whilst he was in the WWF. If he could have kept his shit together, not lost his foot (or fucked it up after surgery if the dirt thread's to be believed) and not killed himself, he had the look and ability to have been at least the level of Lex Luger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 Kerry was considerably past his prime by the time he was Texas Tornado, had little of the qualities left that made him a star back in Texas, and was simply overshadowed by everyone around him in early '90s WWF; he looked to little boy BomberPat like a rubbish Ultimate Warrior, and who gives a shit about that when the actual Ultimate Warrior is knocking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Arch Stanton Posted July 26, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2017 His physique was still insane when he came to WWF, but he was very much 'just a wrestler' at a time when everyone on the roster had these outlandish gimmicks and massive personalities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 I'll never forgot when I first saw Kerry in WWF and, physically, I remember being completely blown away by what a superstar Kerry looked like. Obviously as a 80s/90s kid, the better physique meant you were on the bus with Arnie. I'll also never forget being disappointed by how average he became once he started the wrestling part. In terms of a classic Vince-approved look, Kerry was top 5, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 That Survivor Series match he had with all the different "Warriors"(Ultimate, Road Warriors and the Tornado) showed why he isn't thought of as well as others. The Warrior and LOD made him look about as charismatic as Lance Storm in comparison... Also, I can't remember any matches or storylines he had in the WWF that would stand out as a classic, unlike Perfect, Million $ Man and Rude etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 I loved Tornado. SummerSlam 90 was my first PPV and holds a ridiculous amount of nostalgia for me - including Kerry's brilliant little promo in that magnificent accent and great win over perfect. Unfortunately the follow up feud with Dibiase never came to anything and he got lost in the shuffle. I was thinking of starting a thread about the best year of PPV openers recently. For me, 1991 absolutely kills it. Rumble and WM are obvious ones but the SummerSlam opener is a beauty and the babyface team were all adored by me. Survivor Series opener has a shit finish but is a riot of colour and I adored it hugely as a kid. Watched it recently and it's still ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted July 27, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted July 27, 2017 Big fan of the Summerslam 1991 opener. I loved the look the Dragon had as a child in his 91 run. Tornado had a whopping good entrance theme as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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