Dirty Eddie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Anybody know the real reason Rick Rude left the WWF in 1990?Thanks.God knows if it's the real reason or (much like anything wrestling related) another Wrestling Myth. I heard (either on a couple of shoots or in reading interviews) that Rude wanted to start a family with his wife at the time, and had requested to Vince that he wanted to get off the Gas for a while (as it can screw with your baby-producing equipment) to try and have kids. Vince didn't care for the idea, so he opted to go work for WCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 What's the full story behind the WWF's referee strike a few years back? Who were the replacement refs brought in? I know Steve Lombardi was brought in.^Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 What's the full story behind the WWF's referee strike a few years back? Who were the replacement refs brought in? I know Steve Lombardi was brought in.^Anyone?I can recall Harvey Wippleman and perhaps Tom Pritchard being Scab Refs for a few weeks. I can't remember the outcome of the situation though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Rob Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Does anyone know the links of some decent wrestling DVD selling/trading boards? US will do, as the UK one doesn't seem very active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members The Ratt Posted January 18, 2008 Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_the_Lion Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 On the subject of the HBK set - whats the release date for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty LC Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 What's the full story behind the WWF's referee strike a few years back? Who were the replacement refs brought in? I know Steve Lombardi was brought in.^Anyone?I can recall Harvey Wippleman and perhaps Tom Pritchard being Scab Refs for a few weeks. I can't remember the outcome of the situation though.IIRC, it was a bit of a piss-take on strikes by officials in "proper" American sports (specifically, baseball I believe). I can't recall exactly the exact circumstances as to why the WWF refs walked out, however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klown Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 On the subject of the HBK set - whats the release date for it?Its out now in the States, released here end of Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty LC Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ?Yeah. At least two are available on WWFE DVD/video. They did one on the April-ish 90 SNME, which is on the Bret Hart DVD (and is a bloody excellent match), and there's also one from around 89ish on one of the Coliseum Video releases (might have been one of the World Tour vids)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members The Ratt Posted January 18, 2008 Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ?Yeah. At least two are available on WWFE DVD/video. They did one on the April-ish 90 SNME, which is on the Bret Hart DVD (and is a bloody excellent match), and there's also one from around 89ish on one of the Coliseum Video releases (might have been one of the World Tour vids)...Cheers for the info, i'll have to dig these out later to watch. I'm actually surprised they had more than the one match. As I don't think WWF did a lot of face v face matches back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_the_Lion Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ?Yeah. At least two are available on WWFE DVD/video. They did one on the April-ish 90 SNME, which is on the Bret Hart DVD (and is a bloody excellent match), and there's also one from around 89ish on one of the Coliseum Video releases (might have been one of the World Tour vids)...Cheers for the info, i'll have to dig these out later to watch. I'm actually surprised they had more than the one match. As I don't think WWF did a lot of face v face matches back then.Weren't the Hart Foundation still heels at that point? Probably not - my grasp of chronology is fucking awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freaky Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ?Yeah. At least two are available on WWFE DVD/video. They did one on the April-ish 90 SNME, which is on the Bret Hart DVD (and is a bloody excellent match), and there's also one from around 89ish on one of the Coliseum Video releases (might have been one of the World Tour vids)...Cheers for the info, i'll have to dig these out later to watch. I'm actually surprised they had more than the one match. As I don't think WWF did a lot of face v face matches back then.Weren't the Hart Foundation still heels at that point? Probably not - my grasp of chronology is fucking awful.No, the Harts had turned face in early 1988.The WWF had a habit of doing face v face tag-team matches on the videotape releases around that time. Just before Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart split, there was a match between them and the Legion of Doom which was on something like World Tour 91. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty LC Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) Did the Hart Foundation and Rockers ever have any other matches against each other, apart from the one that features on the new Shawn Michaels set when the top rope snaps ?Yeah. At least two are available on WWFE DVD/video. They did one on the April-ish 90 SNME, which is on the Bret Hart DVD (and is a bloody excellent match), and there's also one from around 89ish on one of the Coliseum Video releases (might have been one of the World Tour vids)...Cheers for the info, i'll have to dig these out later to watch. I'm actually surprised they had more than the one match. As I don't think WWF did a lot of face v face matches back then.Weren't the Hart Foundation still heels at that point? Probably not - my grasp of chronology is fucking awful.No, the Harts had turned face in early 1988.The WWF had a habit of doing face v face tag-team matches on the videotape releases around that time. Just before Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart split, there was a match between them and the Legion of Doom which was on something like World Tour 91.Wrestlefest 94 is the tape that must be recommended for this type of thing, containing an AWESOME Bret & Owen Hart v Rick & Scott Steiner match... Edited January 18, 2008 by The Mighty LC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members JNLister Posted January 18, 2008 Paid Members Share Posted January 18, 2008 (edited) WrestleFest 90 is the tape with the August 89 match. Rest of the tape is pretty awful aside from a fun Savage-Piper match.  The match is up at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGjfrHz1cok  The 1990 SNME match is at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KknzW1D2uA...feature=related  A singles match from the time (Bret-Shawn) is at:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7xO0HJb1xg...feature=related Edited January 18, 2008 by JNLister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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