January 8, 20214 yr comment_5935573 So I am reading the Observer write ups on this site to kill time at work, and came across this.... Joel Deaton and Randy Rose wrestled in an Escape from Alcatraz match, on a small piece of land in the lake, called an island. They started throwing rocks and brawling, and then Tony Zane jumped off a houseboat and swam to the island where they double teamed Rose and pinned him, but pins don’t count. The match ends when someone swims to shore. They both tried to swim to shore and each climbed a lifeguard chair and brawled, until Rose clotheslined Deaton into the lake. It apparently took place on a show called "Beach Brawl" promoted by Joe Pedicino. Please tell me that footage of this exists. It sounds so stupid that I need to see it!!
January 8, 20214 yr comment_5935581 Why haven't more superstars got Jim Johnson to write them a theme song like PCO did.
January 14, 20214 yr comment_5936065 Was in a wrestling discussion on facebook with some friends from work... did Stan Hansen ever tag with Ric Flair either in Georgia or the Carolinas most likely? And if so is there video of it?
January 15, 20214 yr comment_5936077 4 hours ago, joeg said: Was in a wrestling discussion on facebook with some friends from work... did Stan Hansen ever tag with Ric Flair either in Georgia or the Carolinas most likely? And if so is there video of it? Only one I know of: Quote GCW @ Augusta Jan 30, 1978 @ Bell Auditorium in Augusta , Georgia ( United States of America ) Ole Anderson , Ric Flair and Stan Hansen defeated Dusty Rhodes , Dick Slater and Tony Atlas
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936332 Anyone has any idea who first did the "gets thrown off the tope rope" spot that Flair did all the time ? Was it a Ray Stevens thing ?
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936337 11 minutes ago, NintendoLogic said: JEEZUS! Sigh. There are so many Trump signs still up in my neck of the woods it’s ridiculous. The cult isn’t going away unfortunately. I’ll stick to wrestling that isn’t a reminder of that.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936340 Who is this old loser exactly? I feel like I should recognize his name, but I'm drawing a blank.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936341 That's CZW founder John Zandig. He's probably best known for this promo, several quotes from which became running gags in the Botchamania series. It turns out deathmatch wrestling really does kill brain cells.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936346 2 hours ago, NintendoLogic said: It turns out deathmatch wrestling really does kill brain cells. classic chicken/egg problem
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936347 4 hours ago, El-P said: Anyone has any idea who first did the "gets thrown off the tope rope" spot that Flair did all the time ? Was it a Ray Stevens thing ? From what I remember, there was a Cornette mailbag episode forever ago and this was one of them. It's fair to say that if Flair did it, it probably came from Buddy Rogers, Ray Stevens, or Jackie Fargo. That's not even a knock. I
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936348 He may now be more famous as the other guy from the Joey Janela roof bump.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936349 My favorite story about Zandig was an interaction he had with Dennis Carluzzo. Zandig had a WWF tryout at some point in like 1997 and Carluzzo called him congratulate him. Carluzzo said something like "hey congrats! I hear New York is going to offer you a job!" Zandig was very excited to hear this. Carluzzo followed it up with something like "Yeah Cornette keeps saying they need a new janitor at Titan Tower. I'm sure you'll be great at it"
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936351 11 minutes ago, Laz said: From what I remember, there was a Cornette mailbag episode forever ago and this was one of them. It's fair to say that if Flair did it, it probably came from Buddy Rogers, Ray Stevens, or Jackie Fargo. Yeah, I remember that as well. I'm 99% sure he claimed it was a Ray Stevens spot originally...which isn't surprising when you consider how much Flair apparently looked up to Ray Stevens (for his outside of the ring antics too, I guess.) I remember reading or hearing somewhere once, that Ray Stevens was one of the originators of the "big bumping" heel shtick but I have no proof of that. Sadly, I guess there is no way to find out if he was anywhere near as good as a lot of his peers say he was, since there is so little footage of him in his prime.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936352 Wasn't Zandig also involved with Big Japan a fair bit during their first few years? IIRC, he showed up a few times on a "Best of Big Japan" comp VHS tape I used to have ages ago. Or maybe I'm confusing him with somebody else.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936353 He seemed to crib a lot from Ray, including the "flip over the turnbuckle and land on the apron" spot, so it makes sense. Even if you take into account typical wrestler exaggeration, just the idea that Ray Stevens was doing things like this 20 odd years before Flair is a good testament to his abilities.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936354 2 minutes ago, The Thread Killer said: Wasn't Zandig also involved with Big Japan a fair bit during their first few years? IIRC, he showed up a few times on a "Best of Big Japan" comp VHS tape I used to have ages ago. Or maybe I'm confusing him with somebody else. Yeah. He fleeced Big Japan in 1999ish. He had rented out the ECW Arena a few times for CZW shows and thus convinced Big Japan that CZW was on the same level as ECW. He got them to agree to a working partnership where they paid him and flew in a bunch of CZW guys regularly. Some guys are just born workers with their hand in somebody else's pocket.
January 19, 20214 yr comment_5936355 3 minutes ago, joeg said: Yeah. He fleeced Big Japan in 1999ish. He had rented out the ECW Arena a few times for CZW shows and thus convinced Big Japan that CZW was on the same level as ECW. He got them to agree to a working partnership where they paid him and flew in a bunch of CZW guys regularly. Some guys are just born workers with their hand in somebody else's pocket. That's some quality carny-ing right there.
January 20, 20214 yr comment_5936359 From what small snippets exist of Stevens' 60s work, he looks like the real deal. I remember reading that he was never the same after blowing out his knee in a battle royal in the late 70s. In any event, he was a big bumper who lived life in the fast lane, neither of which is particularly conducive to extraordinary in-ring longevity.
January 20, 20214 yr comment_5936362 13 hours ago, ohtani's jacket said: @MoSWhoa, India. I've basically been over the moon for the last 15 hours. Bought free tequila shots for a bunch of American friends here, and they had no idea what's going on but they took it
January 21, 20214 yr comment_5936411 Not a cricket person by any means, but my understanding is it is the biggest upset in sports since the Miracle on Ice or Buster Douglas beat Mike Tyson.
January 21, 20214 yr comment_5936432 I wouldn't go that far since it's not one of the great Australian sides, but it was a stunning result. I was shocked.
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