NBT Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) 1PW dance off. That's the Curry Man dance. It gets followed by Euroboy doing the Carlton Banks dance from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Edited December 30, 2006 by Natural Born Thrilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty LC Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Thank Christ this topic is no longer locked. <thumbs up>What was the tag team "Public Enemy"'s gimmick?Did they ever win the WCW tag-team titles?Thank you brahs.They were supposed to be street thugs from the mean streets of Philly or something. They started out as tremendous brawlers in ECW's Eastern (as opposed to Extreme) days, and were in demand from both WWF and WCW within a year. As was evidence by their eventual passage to WCW, their success really was down to a lot of smoke and mirrors, because the exciting ECW team looked like a parody of themselves in WCW (and their WWF days were a disaster).IIRC, they had a one-week reign as WCW tag team champions, trading the belts with Harlem Heat in 95/96 on successive editions of Nitro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryboy Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Public Enemys gimmick was actually supposed to be a big tongue in cheek. They were announced as being from South Central, Los Angeles, and wore clotes that were supposed to be street clothes, Rocco Rock did some break dancing, their finisher was called the Drive by. Obviously they weren't black guys from the streets of LA, Rocco Rock was in his 40's. But the fans liked it and they became very popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPW Kristian Zane Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Anyone know the name of the song that played during the highlight video at the end of the Tribute to the Troops special? thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euthanasia Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Was Ultimate Fight Night 7 (I think) supposed to be on Bravo tonight, as I vaguely remember reading in the MMA thread? I would look again but dont want either that or last nights show spoiled. Ive looked through the TV listings on Sky and dont see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 "Smoke and mirrors" is a harsh way to describe TPE's success. They were pushed hard based on the fact that they had a unique gimmick, a ton of charisma, great promos and could have great matches in their chosen style. Like, y'know, every successful wrestler ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Million$Body Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Japanese wrestling dojo's - How long does an average student stay there for? How to they prepare their students? I am just wondering what contrast there is between the methods employed by the UK, USA and Japan when training wrestlers. Edited December 31, 2006 by Million$Body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Normal time is a year or so, I believe. Benoit talks about his time at the New Japan dojo on his DVD, and says that for the first six months pretty much all he did was the intense calisthenics work that was a big part of the New Japan way. I believe after that they do hard drills pretty much constantly. Dynamite refers to the instructors hitting guys over the head with a kendo stick every time they made a mistake, thus making sure guys learned to do things right first time pretty quickly. There's also a tough "dues-paying" process - cleaning the dojo, running errands for senior wrestlers, lacing and tying their boots, carrying their bags and so on, as well as standing at ringside watching and learning, as well as getting involved in the odd match, as you'll no doubt have seen on any number of Japanese tapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$tew Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Normal time is a year or so, I believe. Benoit talks about his time at the New Japan dojo on his DVD, and says that for the first six months pretty much all he did was the intense calisthenics work that was a big part of the New Japan way. I believe after that they do hard drills pretty much constantly. Dynamite refers to the instructors hitting guys over the head with a kendo stick every time they made a mistake, thus making sure guys learned to do things right first time pretty quickly. There's also a tough "dues-paying" process - cleaning the dojo, running errands for senior wrestlers, lacing and tying their boots, carrying their bags and so on, as well as standing at ringside watching and learning, as well as getting involved in the odd match, as you'll no doubt have seen on any number of Japanese tapes.Also, the rookies live at the dojo too, sharing rooms with each other. Their board is free, their food is free - and apart from their chores, all they have to do is train. It's a pretty spartan life, I guess to separate out the weak minded and the people who don't *really* want to make it.I'd love to hear Fergal Devitt talk about it, because he's the first Westerner to be inducted into the full NJPW dojo system since Benoit - and it'd be really interesting to hear how and if things have changed since Benoit's time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Million$Body Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 (edited) Normal time is a year or so, I believe. Benoit talks about his time at the New Japan dojo on his DVD, and says that for the first six months pretty much all he did was the intense calisthenics work that was a big part of the New Japan way. I believe after that they do hard drills pretty much constantly. Dynamite refers to the instructors hitting guys over the head with a kendo stick every time they made a mistake, thus making sure guys learned to do things right first time pretty quickly. There's also a tough "dues-paying" process - cleaning the dojo, running errands for senior wrestlers, lacing and tying their boots, carrying their bags and so on, as well as standing at ringside watching and learning, as well as getting involved in the odd match, as you'll no doubt have seen on any number of Japanese tapes.Also, the rookies live at the dojo too, sharing rooms with each other. Their board is free, their food is free - and apart from their chores, all they have to do is train. It's a pretty spartan life, I guess to separate out the weak minded and the people who don't *really* want to make it.I'd love to hear Fergal Devitt talk about it, because he's the first Westerner to be inducted into the full NJPW dojo system since Benoit - and it'd be really interesting to hear how and if things have changed since Benoit's time. Thanks for the insight Kenny and Stew. I too would like to hear from Fergal Devitt. I'll hunt him down on myspace. EDIT: Fergal on myspace it's quickly become apparent that Fergal is friends with Scott Norton and Matt "Gian Bernard/A Train" Bloom (which can't be a bad thing can it?) Edited December 31, 2006 by Million$Body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 He'd kinda have to be friends with them. What other Westerners are there for him to talk to in NJ dressing rooms right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Million$Body Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 He'd kinda have to be friends with them. What other Westerners are there for him to talk to in NJ dressing rooms right now?I honestly don't know who's in NJPW right now as I only really follow Noah. I believe that kind Fergal could well be interested in talking to the UKFF via interview form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members CuckedByMenry Posted January 3, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 1PW dance off. That's the Curry Man dance. It gets followed by Euroboy doing the Carlton Banks dance from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted January 3, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted January 3, 2007 1PW dance off. That's the Curry Man dance. It gets followed by Euroboy doing the Carlton Banks dance from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. About 0:42 in I was laughing hysterically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBT Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I still love the fact the commentators didn't realise it was the Curry Man dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts