Storm1:08 Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Something thats been bugging me for a few days now.......How did Chris Benoit return to WWE from his neck surgery? I can't remember any video packages hyping his return, and i can't remember any major suprise run-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPC Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) I think he was drafted to Smackdown in 2002 during the first ever draft. And i think that was his bug huge suprise return. October 2001: Chris Benoit makes an appearance on Heat, saying that he has several months before he'll return to ring action.. February 1, 2002: Chris Benoit flew to Texas to meet with Dr. Youngblood.. March 25, 2002 - RAW: Chris Benoit was drafted by Vince McMahon for the WWF Smackdown! brand.. #3 April 2002: Chris Benoit begins appearing at Heartland Wrestling Association events and training for his in-ring return.. May 27, 2002 - RAW in Edmonton: Chris Benoit makes his return to the WWE kicking off the show with a suprise appearance.. ~~~Chris Benoit later gets into a confrontation with Eddy Guerrero before Ric Flair has him thrown out of the building.. ~~~Chris Benoit returns later during the Main Event between Eddy Guerrero & Rob Van Dam.. ~~~Steve Austin runs in after the match and attacks Eddy Guerrero.. ~~~Ric Flair & Arn Anderson run down, but Chris Benoit sides with Steve Austin.. ~~~Chris Benoit shocks the crowd by attacking Steve Austin!!!www.obbsessedwithwrestling.com Edited April 13, 2005 by Childsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Amos Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Was going through some old WCW magazines yesterday (willing to sell them so if you are interested PM me) and there were several tag teams that seemed to have short spells in WCW around early 1990s. Anyone know anything about the Awesomg Kongs (managed by Harley Race) Cole Twins or Thunder and Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted April 13, 2005 Awards Moderator Share Posted April 13, 2005 I think he was drafted to Smackdown in 2002 during the first ever draft. And i think that was his bug huge suprise return. October 2001: Chris Benoit makes an appearance on Heat, saying that he has several months before he'll return to ring action.. February 1, 2002: Chris Benoit flew to Texas to meet with Dr. Youngblood.. March 25, 2002 - RAW: Chris Benoit was drafted by Vince McMahon for the WWF Smackdown! brand.. #3 April 2002: Chris Benoit begins appearing at Heartland Wrestling Association events and training for his in-ring return.. May 27, 2002 - RAW in Edmonton: Chris Benoit makes his return to the WWE kicking off the show with a suprise appearance.. ~~~Chris Benoit later gets into a confrontation with Eddy Guerrero before Ric Flair has him thrown out of the building.. ~~~Chris Benoit returns later during the Main Event between Eddy Guerrero & Rob Van Dam.. ~~~Steve Austin runs in after the match and attacks Eddy Guerrero.. ~~~Ric Flair & Arn Anderson run down, but Chris Benoit sides with Steve Austin.. ~~~Chris Benoit shocks the crowd by attacking Steve Austin!!!www.obbsessedwithwrestling.com I'm sure I remember him sitting in the actual crowd in the appropriate Raw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBT Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Nope, RAW opened up with Benoit's music playing and the crowd going wild, JR and King sell it as amazing as Benoit was supposedly months away from still returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 13, 2005 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 13, 2005 Nope, RAW opened up with Benoit's music playing and the crowd going wild, JR and King sell it as amazing as Benoit was supposedly months away from still returning. If it's the night he turned on Austin, the crowd were stunned. The reaction was not a 'wild' one, it was polite applause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBT Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Polite applause, going wild... Same difference >_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Lowe Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Was going through some old WCW magazines yesterday (willing to sell them so if you are interested PM me) and there were several tag teams that seemed to have short spells in WCW around early 1990s. Anyone know anything about the Awesomg Kongs (managed by Harley Race) Cole Twins or Thunder and Lightning. Lightning was an early WCW gimmick, and he found more "fame" as the NWO Sting I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Austin Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Was going through some old WCW magazines yesterday (willing to sell them so if you are interested PM me) and there were several tag teams that seemed to have short spells in WCW around early 1990s. Anyone know anything about the Awesomg Kongs (managed by Harley Race) Cole Twins or Thunder and Lightning.Lightning was an early WCW gimmick, and he found more "fame" as the NWO Sting I believe. Awesome Kongs were two huge fat (and fairly immobile) guys brought in by Harley Race to fight Cactus Jack to try and sidetrack him from Vader. They didn't last long and weren't that good.The Cole Twins were blonde haired bland twins, around 1993/4. They had a modicum of popularity but were never that good. I shamefully remember them 'dancing' in the ring with Scorpio and Buff Bagwell on an episode of Worldwide prior to an 8 man tag (still have some of their matches on tape). I'm sure I heard either Keith or Kent (was that his name?) Cole mentioned recently in wrestling news, but can't think why? Did they get a dark match with WWE or TNA or something?Thunder and Lightning I probably saw once, but don't remember it!(Incidentally still have copies of WCW magazines from this period with pictures and articles on all of the above in them---oh the good old days!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old blue eyes Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) Anyone know anything about the Awesomg Kongs (managed by Harley Race) Cole Twins or Thunder and Lightning.They were briefly bought in during a period when WCW wanted their tag teams members to look just like each other, regardless of talent (Kongs, Thunder & Lightning, Cole Twins, Harlem Heat, Slazenger & Pierce, Nasty Boys, Cactus & Maxx Payne, etc). Although that doesn't explain Marcus Bagwell and Too Cold Scorpio. Edited April 13, 2005 by old blue eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBT Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 Randomly, while its well known who was Lightning (Jeff Farmer) nobody ever seems to know who was Thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPC Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) Â Thunder and Lightning. Only picture in the Obsessedwithwrestling database. Â Will search more. Â EDIT / UPDATE - There is no other information about Thunder apart from that he was Lightnings tag partner and that they had several matches with Harlem Heat. Edited April 13, 2005 by Childsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazhsw Posted April 13, 2005 Share Posted April 13, 2005 I beleive there is a tag team that are regular in one of the Peurto Rico promotions, they've been around for years so could be the same ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sichadelic Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Wasn't lightning also Cobra? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Austin Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Wasn't lightning also Cobra? You are correct sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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