Divorced Dad Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 What were some wrestling rumours/stories that you heard in the playground at school? Someone at school spread the rumours that Stone Cold's catchphrase was Austin 3:16 because he won his first ever match in 3 minutes and 16 seconds. It wasn't til years later that I saw the Austin 3:16 promo. Another was when someone talked about this promotion called ECW. They said that it was so crazy and violent that the fans threw thumbtacks into the ring. I'd only ever seen WWF at this point so was imagining huge arenas full of people throwing thumbtacks at the ring. Again it was a good few years before I found out this was bullshit. So what playground rumours or stories did other UKFF'ers have?
WyattSheepMask Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 That 3 minutes 16 seconds one did the rounds in our playground too. The other Steve Austin was one came from one kid who said that whenever JR called him the “toughest SOB”, SOB stood for ‘Soldier of Brilliance’
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 19, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 19, 2021 That Raven in WWF was a fake. The real Raven was still in ECW.
Tennessee Moltisanti Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Undertaker and Kane had a sister who debuted at King of the Ring 98 and she came in to save Kane who was about to be set on fire. She was also rumoured to have hit Stone Cold with a Tombstone.
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Sid Justice was actually Sid Vicious brother. In Secondary School, someone claimed to have seen a VHS of Sunny having sex in the ring..... Years later this did come true.
IronSheik Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Jake Roberts' finisher the DDT stood for "Damian's dinner time". The British Bulldog had muscle implants in his arms. The British Bulldog had scratches around his pecks made by his Bulldog Winston (later realised these were stretch marks from roids doubling his body mass) Warrior died and was replaced by the Mania 8 Warrior. That guy with blond hair on WCW called Big Poppa Pump is Scott Steiner of the Steiner Brothers. This one was true, but I couldn't believe it for months when I was younger.
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted March 19, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 19, 2021 The one that went around my school was that Kane and Undertaker were played by the same person because of that one segment, despite the fact they’d both been seen on screen at the same time on numerous occasions before then.
Mr Butternut Squash Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 Ultimate Warrior was dead and replaced by Texas Tornado.
Hugh Thesz Posted March 19, 2021 Posted March 19, 2021 I am pretty sure @JNLister in his amazing Hulk Who fanzine who told the story of when ITV or Sky jumped ahead about eighteen months in their WWF coverage it was due to the Junkyard dog crashing a coach and killing a load of wrestlers. On a related note is there any surviving copies of either Hulk Who videos? On a completely unrelated note there was a rumour in my school that the singer Fish put antler headgear regularly at concerts and had killed stage invaders on two occasions.
boshealecta Posted March 20, 2021 Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, IronSheik said: Jake Roberts' finisher the DDT stood for "Damian's dinner time". the rumour I heard was it was called the Deadly Death Trap Theres was also a rumour the day after Wrestlemania IX by some kid who had stayed up and watched it. He was telling people Hulk Hogan was champion and we told him he was a liar as Hulk wasn’t even in the main event.
Paid Members Statto Posted March 20, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2021 10 hours ago, IronSheik said: Jake Roberts' finisher the DDT stood for "Damian's dinner time". That either came from or made it into one of the tabloids at some point, I'm certain. I honestly don't recall if it was a positive thing (profiles of the wrestlers etc) or negative (e.g. some kid copying this vile filth & DDTing his mate in the playground) but I vividly recall reading it in the Sun or Mirror (we were a highbrow two newspapers a day family...)
Paid Members TheBurningRed Posted March 20, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2021 Around year 4, the word going round was wrestling is fake but the royal rumble is 100% real as there was no way to fake it. A few of us believed this until at least year 9. Idiots. Also the story of Eddie Guerreros death got mixed up somewhere down the line and the word was he accidentally swallowed and choked on his toothbrush.
Paid Members air_raid Posted March 20, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2021 There were new Hasbros out in the States of Hakushi, Mantaur, Henry Godwinn and Waylon Mercy. HOG came with a bucket and everything, honest.
Paid Members JNLister Posted March 20, 2021 Paid Members Posted March 20, 2021 12 hours ago, Hugh Thesz said: On a related note is there any surviving copies of either Hulk Who videos?
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