2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

Raw's down a heel (if only for a week...)

 

That'd be an interesting piece to see, but considering it was done in 2000, they are missing a lot like Hogan's return to WWE.

 

I've seen both Andre's and Hulk's episodes. They're OK, but don't shed too much light on stuff that hasn't been said before in books or on the Internet.

Of course, Hulk's life has gotten a lot more interesting in the last nine years ...

 

Indeed. Plus a lot of his stories may have changed/been embellished in that time...his contribution to wrestling as mainstream entertainment is essential, but since I've taken off the red-and-yellow-colored glasses I've kinda realized he's a total mark for himself and simply refuses to do what's best for the sport (jobbing when appropriate, etc.) [/formerhulkamaniac]

 

Yeah, like when he slammed Andre at Wrestlemania III. First, Hogan claims Andre was 400 pounds. Then he was 525 (which I think was his billed weight at WMIII). Then in the 90s, he claimed that Andre was 700 pounds.

It's pretty hard to believe what the guy says, which means I broke the fifth commandment: Believe in Hulkamania. (First four are 1. Train every day (and we know how Hogan 'trained') 2. Say Your Prayers (as in, pray that you hook up with your daughter's best friend), 3. Take your vitamins (See No. 1) and 4. Believe in Yourself (well, that one, I'll follow).

 

525 looked about right...and that was his billed weight through the late '80s. Random sidenote: We had one of those guess-the-number contests with the jar of jelly beans in first. It looked like there were a lot of jelly beans, so I guessed 525 because it was Andre's weight. I was off by five (it was 520).

 

Yep, he's Jake Hager. Oklahoma native Jim Ross actually recommended him to the talent department and he used to room with Dusty Dvoracek (current Chicago Bears DT).

 

Lest we forget both Hogan and Vince still claim that Hogan was the first person to bodyslam Andre.

Handsome Harley Race did it in the 1970s. There's picture-proof in Harley's autobiography.

 

TPIUWOP

 

Scanner's not working. :-\

Buy the book, cheapskate.

 

Gotta finish 'The Hardcore Diaries' first. I can only afford the Borders bargain rack.

 

Hardcore Holly released.

One of my first introductions to the WWF was his match against Al Snow at the St. Valentine's Massacre in 1999 where they fought into the Mississippi River. Dude had a hell of a career for having little potential.