2011 Pro Wrestling Thread

Is that what the whole WM8 run-in was all about?

 

They tried a hypnotist. It didn't quite work out:

http://www.wrestlecrap.com/classic6.html

 

That's the thing about Chikara, though (which is where these guys came from) - it's so over-the-top ridiculous and its fanbase accepts it for what it is ... and eats it up.

 

Didn't watch the tape, but just reading that cracked me up.

There have been other 'hypnotists' as well. There was a guy in the Global Wrestling Federation called Rasta the Voodoo Mon, who would get in the ring, cast voodoo spells, then point to his body and his opponent would then sell an injury to that body part. Rasta later went into actual acting (as opposed to wrestling acting), and became known as Terry Tate, Office Linebacker in those commericials.

And GLOW had Big Mama, who would hypnotize opponents to make them climb up to the top rope and dive off onto the mat, and stuff like that. Pretty lame.

 

There was also a guy in one of the Memphis Wrestling incarnations in the 90's called the Spellbinder. Can't remember if he ever tried the hypnosis in the ring, but he had a pretty good feud with Brian Christopher for a while. He also wrestled one TV match for the WWF as Phantasio, and his finish move was magically removing his opponent's underwear, then pinning him. No, seriously.

 

I just love the announcer's question: 'WHY ARE WE NOT HYPNOTIZED?!?'

 

I liked how freaked out they were when that one dude slid across the ring on his forehead.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

 

Also here they are doing the same thing to Akebono (a former sumo wrestler you may remember outfatting Big Show in a sumo match at WM 21):

(no sound)

 

The announcers totally make that clip.

 

Just bizarre enough to be thoroughly entertaining. I love it.

 

Oh by the way, this week's SmackDown:

Taped on Tuesday ... in Green Bay.

I fully expect Edge to walk out sans Goldie ... only to be followed right behind by Aaron Rodgers with Goldie on.

 

That would get a monster pop.

Which is why they'll fuck it up.