Paid Members WeeAl Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, Pinc said: Did Sheamus usedĀ to shout "Fella!" as he came down the aisle, or was he shouting an Irish word that sounded similar? Because if he was just shouting 'Fella', that's a confusing thing to shout. I always thought that's what he shouted as well, so you aren't alone there Pinc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 I went on holiday to Florida at the beginning of May 2002. When I left, it was the WWF. When I watched RAW on (I think) TNN the next Monday in real time~! the scratch logo was missing the āFā bit. My mum asked me if it was ājust āWWā now?ā and I genuinely couldnāt answer her as I didnāt know about it renaming to WWE. But on that front, I donāt understand why the scratch WWE logo was just two āWās, and why it still is when they stylised to coincide with the WWE Network launch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 Not really confusion because I just assumed it was a name but it didn't click that Paul Bearer was a takeĀ on Pallbearer until I was about 28. Edit* didn't realise Hannibal posted the same thing on page 1 š Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Cod Eye said: The one that springs to mind for me, was when Jim Ross made his announcing debut for WWF at 'Mania 9. I wasn't used to either his announcing style or his thick Oklahoma accent, and whenever he proclaimed someone was going for a "high risk maneuver", I honestly thought he was saying"Irish Maneuver". Confused the hell out of me at the time... Sticking to the WM9 theme, I remember asking my Dad what a 'slobberknocker' was, thinking it was a boxing term or something. Unsurprisingly he didn't have a fucking clue. For some reason, as WM9 was the first PPV I'd ever watched 'live', I'd got it into my head that all PPV's would be held outdoors from then on in. I was pissed off when King of the Ring was held in a boring old arena like all the other shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Just rewatched (for the billionth time) the 92 Rumble match, still donāt get why Hogan got all pissy as Sid throwing him out when he was well within his rights to do so, did Hulk really think Sid would just take a dive for him once they got rid of Flair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I was always confused when Ken Shamrock came in in 97, and I guess you can apply this to any MMA-esque gimmick, as to why, if heās such a good MMA fighter, why isnāt he fighting for an MMA promotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 3 hours ago, GPW Kristian Zane said: John Cena challenging Rey Mysterio for the WWE Title immediately after Rey won it. What a babyface, right? 2 hours ago, Supremo said: I still donāt know why Undertaker murdered Paul Bearer by burying him in cement. For that matter, who brought him.back to life?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 Why Vince McMahon always called Shawn Michaels the most Brazilian competitor in WWF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Your Fight Site said: I went on holiday to Florida at the beginning of May 2002. When I left, it was the WWF. When I watched RAW on (I think) TNN the next Monday in real time~! the scratch logo was missing the āFā bit. My mum asked me if it was ājust āWWā now?ā and I genuinely couldnāt answer her as I didnāt know about it renaming to WWE. But on that front, I donāt understand why the scratch WWE logo was just two āWās, and why it still is when they stylised to coincide with the WWE Network launch. I remember Sky used to have Smackdown as WWFE Smackdown sometimes on their EPG so when I saw it as WWE I just assumed there'd been a typo. It seemed really odd and shocking as a kidĀ not knowing anything about it in the build up and it suddenly changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoote Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 For the longest time in my youth, JR's Okie drawl had me convinced people were being whipped like "Doberman" mules...cue pubescent Bigfoote conjuring images of donkeys and hounds in coitus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 I suppose I speak for all of us when the WWF wheeled out ācelebritiesāĀ in the mid 90ās, after the money to attract proper A-listers had run out, it was a case of āWho the fuck are you?ā Even the marquee big name for Wrestlemania 11, Lawrence Taylor, meant the square root of fuck all to 90% of peopleĀ living outside of north America. Iād have shown more interest in Bobby Davro or Bob Carolgees topping the bill. Half the time I just took the WWFās word that whoever they wheeled out were meant to be famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W35ty Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 For years i couldn't understand what the ring announces were saying at the start of a match. "This contest is sheduled for one for" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted August 15, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted August 15, 2018 2 hours ago, garynysmon said: I suppose I speak for all of us when the WWF wheeled out ācelebritiesāĀ in the mid 90ās, after the money to attract proper A-listers had run out, it was a case of āWho the fuck are you?ā Even the marquee big name for Wrestlemania 11, Lawrence Taylor, meant the square root of fuck all to 90% of peopleĀ living outside of north America. Iād have shown more interest in Bobby Davro or Bob Carolgees topping the bill. Half the time I just took the WWFās word that whoever they wheeled out were meant to be famous. See, itās the opposite for me. Because of WWE, I know the names of random U.S. celebs like Pete Rose and Drew Carey.Ā Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Showtime Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 For the longest time I'd never seen Vince McMahon's name written down or on the screen, I didn't know what it was, and as a kid it never occured to me that Americans could have "Mc" in their last name. So each time Ventura or whoever said "McMahon!" I thought they were saying "Big Man", but in some weird YankeeĀ slang I didn't understand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofSports Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 The original World of Sport wrestling - āSeconds outā¦Round 2ā. For years, I thought was an odd way of monitoring time, as opposed to, will the weary looking geeks with the towel, bucket & sponge, get out of the ring. This would often be shown around the same time as horseracing on BBC1 with the unfathomable āwritten byā, which of course was ridden by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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