February 26, 20223 yr comment_5976034 Reading someone on FB joke about Brutus Beefcake being an IRL barber made me wonder a couple of things about occupation gimmicks Aside from “modern athlete” gimmicks (MVP, Rock) and “Hollywood” gimmicks (Rock, Miz, Batista) was Paul Bearer the lone mainstream occupational gimmick where the performer was legitimately from that profession? On the flip side of that, any stories of someone, most likely an indie performer, going all method acting on the gimmick and literally study up on the profession, or even do it as a “learning tricks of the trade” despite it just being something for his or her wrestling persona, and the audiences really aren’t expecting authenticity?
February 26, 20223 yr comment_5976035 Big Boss Man was legitimately a former corrections officer in Cobb County, Georgia.
February 26, 20223 yr comment_5976042 I think Bruce Prichard in defending all those mid-90s gimmicks, like TL Hopper, said they were based on things those guys did in real life, like The Goon played rec hockey.
March 1, 20223 yr comment_5976126 On 2/24/2022 at 6:20 AM, sek69 said: Welp, I suppose Russian heels are about to become popular in wrestling again. I actually was thinking about that. Kinda sucks for Leila Hirsch and especially Masha Slamovich, who's been killing it in IMPACT thus far. I mean, wearing those Russian colors. You know people on social medias just are gonna be fucking idiots and toxic about it. (I mean, I stumbled into Lana's anti-war tweet and idiots were acting like "Do better !")
March 1, 20223 yr comment_5976139 "WWE star" Cain Velasquez is currently in jail without bond in connection with a shooting. Non-life threatening but some reports say it is being seen as an attempted murder. https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/03/ufc-cain-velasquez-involved-in-shooting-san-jose-police
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976349 Shane Warne imitating 80s pro wrestlers by dying of a heart attack at 52 years old
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976356 Micheal Elgin is suing IMPACT for breach of contract (he was done after #SpeakingOut allegations). I guess he's another one who want to control his narrative.
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976357 Of course the French guy does not give a shit about the death of one of the most famous cricketers to ever live
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976359 12 minutes ago, MoS said: Of course the French guy does not give a shit about the death of one of the most famous cricketers to ever live I don't even follow French sports. I doubt I would be able to name one member of the World Champions French football team out of the top of my head. So, yeah, cricket ?
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976370 Cricket? Nobody understands cricket. You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket.
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976373 3 hours ago, El-P said: Micheal Elgin is suing IMPACT for breach of contract (he was done after #SpeakingOut allegations). I guess he's another one who want to control his narrative. The best part is that it just recently came out Impact was paying him to sit at home while letting the public believe they parted ways with him. As skeezy as Impact can be at times, there's no way Elgin (or his lawyers) want this to go to trial and get all his dirty laundry aired out.
March 4, 20223 yr comment_5976376 I watched that video of Tiger Driver 91s and was wondering what happened to Misawa between 1995 and 1997? He looked like he aged 8 years in between.
March 5, 20223 yr comment_5976391 3 hours ago, strobogo said: I watched that video of Tiger Driver 91s and was wondering what happened to Misawa between 1995 and 1997? He looked like he aged 8 years in between. Partly the roughness of the style and I think also he put a lot of pressure on himself that has to take its toll after a while. This is the same guy who ended up dying because he felt like he had to keep working even though his body completely deteriorated, just because of the pressure he felt as the ace of the company.
March 6, 20223 yr comment_5976470 On 3/4/2022 at 8:03 PM, NintendoLogic said: Cricket? Nobody understands cricket. You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket. A marvellous sport. Third only to Rugby Union and Darts.
March 10, 20223 yr comment_5977046 It looks like being bought by Bushiroad and being featured on Wrestle Kingdom really helped STARDOM's popularity.
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977134 Randy Savage was gigantic, but even X-PAC, who we all saw as a small dude, was jacked. WWE truly messes up with your perception, man.
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977137 Yeah, I remember being shocked during an early D-X skit shot somewhere in New York where a fan came up to shake X-Pac's hand and Pac towered over him
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977138 Billy Gunn was never even remotely thought of as a giant in WWE, but he dwarfs almost everyone in AEW.
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977139 18 minutes ago, KawadaSmile said: Randy Savage was gigantic, but even X-PAC, who we all saw as a small dude, was jacked. WWE truly messes up with your perception, man. Yeah, that's crazy, the guy is 6.1 (1,85m) and when he showed up on WWF TV in 93 he looked like a small scrawny kid. See also, Jeff Hardy.
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977142 Even Road Dogg is a big, tall dude. 90s WWF had that NBA effect in which since everyone is fucking GIGANTIC, everyone looked just about the same, save for giant giants and small giants.
March 11, 20223 yr comment_5977146 The first legit small (and by that I mean, smaller than me, as I'm pretty much average high at 1,77) guy who won the WWE title was probably Eddie. Can't think of anyone before.
March 12, 20223 yr comment_5977148 I can only imagine how much of a mutant late stage Eddie (and Benoit) must have looked next to normal sized humans
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