June 14, 201411 yr comment_5607317 http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/03/japan-in-the-1950s/100697/ Photos of 1950s Japan, #19 is a photo of a large group of people gathered to watch a Japanese vs. American wrestling match on outdoor television screens. I missed this when it was posted. What a tremendous gallery (in general, not only the wrestling photo).
June 17, 201411 yr comment_5608158 There's a funny generic reference to wrestling in one episode of the latest season of Orange Is The New Black.
June 19, 201411 yr comment_5608731 on the daily show tonight kevin hart was the guest and they discussed his RAW appearance for most of the interview. it seems stewart watches regularly.
July 25, 201411 yr comment_5614735 There's the It's Always Sunny "The Gang Wrestles for the Troops" episode where the gang is watching Hulk Hogan and Nikolai Volkoff on a laptop. Rowdy Roddy Piper appears in the episode too as the Maniac and the gang then wrestles as the Birds of War against Cricket who wrestles as the Talibum and Frank interferes as the Trashman and hits Cricket with a trash can and cuts hits neck wide open and Cricket bleeds while the crowd cheers Frank. Don't forget Roddy's Jim Barnett impression as he's talking to the Gang while being taken away in a police car for unpaid parking tickets. "my boys...my boys."
July 30, 201411 yr comment_5616143 David Otunga is going to appear on today's episode of General Hospital. If you told me I would have ever marked out for David Otunga, I would have said you are looney tunes. There I was going bezerk during yesterday's previews, but it will most likely be a letdown because Otunga sucks the meat missile. Unless we get a Sonny Corinthos/David Otunga Boxing Match at Wrestlemania!!! BOOK IT, VINCE~!
August 23, 201411 yr comment_5620979 Vince Russo made a joke a little while ago saying he shoud have been the one to book this.
August 30, 201411 yr comment_5622017 College GameDay has a celebrity on every week to make picks for Saturday's games. Steve Austin was the guest this week--not really that unusual, they were in Arlington, Texas. Then analyst/paid clown Lee Corso quizzed Austin on the whereabouts of Lady Blossom. I about spit up my water and missed Austin's response.
September 28, 201410 yr comment_5629389 The show Workaholics is littered with wrestling references. They even have a full episode dedicated to getting a TV to watch Wrestlemania. A costume party where 2 characters come as Jimmy Hart and Captain Lou. They also have a wrestling poster in one of their rooms. Will Ferrell's character on East Bound and Down is based entirely off of Ric Flair. From his look to even saying "Woo!"
September 30, 201410 yr comment_5629760 Blake and Adam were sitting behind the announcing table at a Raw in LA earlier this year. They're definitely fans.
October 1, 201410 yr comment_5630426 Blake and Adam were sitting behind the announcing table at a Raw in LA earlier this year. They're definitely fans. Blake and Kyle (Karl) ran (and participated in) a backyard wrestling promotion where they originally lived.
December 12, 201410 yr comment_5644845 Not really unusual, but I'm reading the Kimagure Orange Road manga at the moment and so far there's been a mention of a Choshu/Fujinami fight and Baba vs. Stan Hansen. Pretty cool.
February 14, 201510 yr comment_5654224 The latest Sight and Sound film of the year poll had contributors also pick the best TV show of the year. One critic (Robert Greene) picked WWE Raw (specifically from January to April). Elsewhere, contributor Tim Lucas had See No Evil 2 as one of the 5 best films of the year, calling it a "joyfully manipulative theatrical experience, full of life and humour", and praising Kane for his "Brando-in-his-prime-like command of his craft". Okay, not that last bit.
February 19, 201510 yr comment_5654930 I was just listening to the all time great hip hop album Liquid Swords, when this line got my attention [Verse 2: GZA] I slayed MC's back in the rec room era My style broke motherfucking backs like Ken Patera
February 20, 201510 yr Author comment_5655032 I was just listening to the all time great hip hop album Liquid Swords, when this line got my attention [Verse 2: GZA] I slayed MC's back in the rec room era My style broke motherfucking backs like Ken Patera Yeah, we've talked about this before and it was one of my drops on the early Titans shows, The Wu-Tang definitely watched the Vince Sr product circa 78-81. Method Man mentions Bob Backlund quite a few times. Elsewhere GZA name checks Ivan Koloff. Masta Killa calls out "Chief Jay Strong".
February 20, 201510 yr comment_5655046 The Wu Tang Clan watching WWWF isn't as cool as Screamin' Jay Hawkins being a fan of that era.
March 14, 201510 yr comment_5658545 I was just listening to the all time great hip hop album Liquid Swords, when this line got my attention [Verse 2: GZA] I slayed MC's back in the rec room era My style broke motherfucking backs like Ken Patera Yeah, we've talked about this before and it was one of my drops on the early Titans shows, The Wu-Tang definitely watched the Vince Sr product circa 78-81. Method Man mentions Bob Backlund quite a few times. Elsewhere GZA name checks Ivan Koloff. Masta Killa calls out "Chief Jay Strong". Rapper's name dropping wrestlers could easily create a 20 plus page thread
April 5, 201510 yr comment_5663544 Here's a truly obscure one. The 80s comic "Whisper" had an issue where the main character was in a fight in a hotel room. On the tv was a WWF program (not a fictional wrestling federation, but the WWF itself), and while you never saw the screen in the comic, the commentary could be "heard", and it related to the fight happening in the comic. I have no idea which issue it was, not to mention it was a pretty obscure comic to begin with, but i found it neat.
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