Mab Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 I didn't know Fonzie was a WWF referee, was he called Bill Alfonso then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 26, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 26, 2007 He was indeed. He also served as Giant Gonzales' handler/helper/road buddy (in the same way Tim White did with Andre). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 He was indeed. He also served as Giant Gonzales' handler/helper/road buddy (in the same way Tim White did with Andre).Assume Khali has someone doing the same for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasider Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 He was indeed. He also served as Giant Gonzales' handler/helper/road buddy (in the same way Tim White did with Andre).Assume Khali has someone doing the same for him?The reason why WWE agent Dave Kapoor (Runjin Singh) has been made The Great Khali's manager is because he can speak Punjab & Hindu and Khali doesn't know much English. Also, Kapoor is better at explaining finishes and match layouts to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 He was indeed. He also served as Giant Gonzales' handler/helper/road buddy (in the same way Tim White did with Andre).Assume Khali has someone doing the same for him?The reason why WWE agent Dave Kapoor (Runjin Singh) has been made The Great Khali's manager is because he can speak Punjab & Hindu and Khali doesn't know much English. Also, Kapoor is better at explaining finishes and match layouts to him.It's actually a referee who handles Khali (it might be Marty Alliance but I'm not deffo) Dave Kapoor doesn't want to be on the road for house shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasider Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 He was indeed. He also served as Giant Gonzales' handler/helper/road buddy (in the same way Tim White did with Andre).Assume Khali has someone doing the same for him?The reason why WWE agent Dave Kapoor (Runjin Singh) has been made The Great Khali's manager is because he can speak Punjab & Hindu and Khali doesn't know much English. Also, Kapoor is better at explaining finishes and match layouts to him.It's actually a referee who handles Khali (it might be Marty Alliance but I'm not deffo) Dave Kapoor doesn't want to be on the road for house shows.I am sure he was on the road to a point, and then voiced his concerns about it about a month or so ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wolfvinson Posted October 29, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 On Russell Brand's Ponderland tonight, there were clips from a 1970's documentary following a laughably meek church organist called Keith who wanted to be a wrestler. Johnny Saint was interviewed in his house ("How would I train someone to be a wrestler? Break his heart"), and Keith took some really awkward back bumps in the world's hardest ring. Anyone have any idea what this was? It looked awesome, and I'd love to see the whole thing.Think that would be from the Esther Rantzen series "The Big Time". 1981 if memory serves correct.Sheena Easton got her break in one episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted October 29, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Just wondering if Jericho and Rey Mysterio Jr. have ever had a match in the WWE?Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Ron Simmons Posted October 29, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Just wondering if Jericho and Rey Mysterio Jr. have ever had a match in the WWE?Thanks.The only match that they had together while with the company was at a Video games awards show on Spike TV/TNN (I think)...it was some sort of video games show regardless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 29, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 On Russell Brand's Ponderland tonight, there were clips from a 1970's documentary following a laughably meek church organist called Keith who wanted to be a wrestler. Johnny Saint was interviewed in his house ("How would I train someone to be a wrestler? Break his heart"), and Keith took some really awkward back bumps in the world's hardest ring. Anyone have any idea what this was? It looked awesome, and I'd love to see the whole thing.Think that would be from the Esther Rantzen series "The Big Time". 1981 if memory serves correct.Sheena Easton got her break in one episode.Ah, now I know the show you mean. It ends with the guy working a match with John Naylor at the Albert Hall. Except they deliberately never tell the guy about working and he goes into it thinking it's a legit contest. Which, in this case, it is.The show ends with him recovering from his injuries.Me also want tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Eddie Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Ah, now I know the show you mean. It ends with the guy working a match with John Naylor at the Albert Hall. Except they deliberately never tell the guy about working and he goes into it thinking it's a legit contest. Which, in this case, it is.The show ends with him recovering from his injuries.Me also want tape.So they just rough the poor bloke up and stretch him out, under the pretense that it's all real??Fantastic!! :thumbsup: I want to see that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted October 29, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) On Russell Brand's Ponderland tonight, there were clips from a 1970's documentary following a laughably meek church organist called Keith who wanted to be a wrestler. Johnny Saint was interviewed in his house ("How would I train someone to be a wrestler? Break his heart"), and Keith took some really awkward back bumps in the world's hardest ring. Anyone have any idea what this was? It looked awesome, and I'd love to see the whole thing.Think that would be from the Esther Rantzen series "The Big Time". 1981 if memory serves correct.Sheena Easton got her break in one episode.Ah, now I know the show you mean. It ends with the guy working a match with John Naylor at the Albert Hall. Except they deliberately never tell the guy about working and he goes into it thinking it's a legit contest. Which, in this case, it is.The show ends with him recovering from his injuries.Me also want tape.Interesting. In case someone can tell me better, I think I've nailed the date down here. From www.britishwrestlingarchive.co.uk:ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON Edited October 29, 2007 by Sickboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapOut Tapes Posted October 29, 2007 Share Posted October 29, 2007 Why is Jay Phoenix now called James Wallace? slightly confused by that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted October 29, 2007 Paid Members Share Posted October 29, 2007 Correction courtesy of Simon Garfield's "The Wrestling": The match actually ended with Rawlinson going to hospital for the night. The BBC decided this wasn't a very nice ending to the show, so later went back to the Albert Hall and filmed some fake footage of Rawlinson leaving the venue as if it was just after the match.Obviously such a thing would never happen these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mab Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Just wondering if Jericho and Rey Mysterio Jr. have ever had a match in the WWE?Thanks.The only match that they had together while with the company was at a Video games awards show on Spike TV/TNN (I think)...it was some sort of video games show regardless...So they haven't had a match then!Oh hang on they Main evented Wrestlemania 2 years ago, oh no that was me playing Smackdown vs Raw 2006! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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