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[green rhino123]

Older fans or serious fans say that Hulk Hogan got his style off Superstar Billy Graham. I really don't know because Graham was active in a bygone era preceding Hogan.

I can only identify Hogan since I saw him a lot during the apex of WWF and him.

Hogan has said it himself many times. He gives Superstar his due respect.

 

[Canadian Destroyer]

Now Zelina can make all the money she wants on Twitch.
They can have her do anything Alexa does. Pretty much the exact same character. I don’t get her being let go.
I expect another round of mass layoffs next year as the feds crack down on Vince

 

[datboi81]

Zelina will get picked up by whatever company she wants to go to now.

 

[B Sox]

There's plenty of WWE folks doing stuff outside of wrestling. Not like Twitch and Only Fans or whatever is your only options.

Zelena obviously felt that she could make a comfortable enough living doing Twitch and wrestling somewhere else, which is good for her. Probably not going to be the case for most others though.

 

[therealest1]

Rikishi done went through some gimmick changes during '90s WWF! At least it resulted in a WWE Hall Of Fame slot.

I remember him starting out with the Headshrinkers in the early '90s. Cool island savage gimmick though.

It went to when he transitioned from a savage who didn't talk to an urban guy wearing colorful baggy clothes trying to "Make A Difference" in the mid-'90s. 🗑
Anyone recall the 2 Samoan street dudes in suits who always came out in the audience to watch his matches and persuade him to join? It also caused him to lose matches being distracted by them. I think they were later known as The Samoan Gangster Party in ECW in 1996.

Perhaps it went to bigger when he became The Sultan in the late '90s, a mute heel managed by Bob Backlund & The Iron Sheik. 🗑

Which one was worse to y'all? Inner City Fatu in 1996 or The Sultan in 1997? Please be real about it.

I can't believe this man reached the apex of his career when he became Rikishi in 1999! He was over despite not being talkative. All he did was dye his hair and dress up like a bootleg sumo wrestler exposing his butt that should have had "WIDE LOAD" written across it! He lasted until the 2000s and now makes sporadic appearances in WWE as Rikishi.

It was awesome how his journey went from a cool start, to show with 2 stupid a%$ gimmicks, then the apex of his career.

 

[la kb24]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Mike Tenay put it on the table. "Dave's coverage of Omega is the main reason he got in."

Cooked that man POLITELY on his OWN show.

Dave: "I don't think the AGE of the voters changed, but the older voters died and the newer voters stepped in." -

THankfully Tenay was there man.

Case
Bend_The_Knee
B Sox
Peep Game

 

[Peep Game]

Just found this

Almost looked like this

 

[Blue Mamba]

Almost looked like this

Which almost looked like this

 

[Peep Game]

Wow

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[green rhino123]

 

[Blue Mamba]

Can you blame him? Those steps weigh over 3000 pounds!

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Can you blame him? Those steps weigh over 3000 pounds!

One thing WWE 2K needs to implement.

Everyone shouldn't be able to lift the stairs

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[Deleted member 37754]

Both crowds were insane.

I vividly remember going to raw/nitros that were bananas. When WCW PPVs would come through to the old Cow Palace, WWF would go to San Jose/Sacramento.

We went to a lot of events during the 90s, crowds were Wild.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Nice to see the network airing WCW Saturday Night live.
DCAllAfrican are you watching this series?

Yea, they have been up there for a few years now.

But they only have 92/93.

I wish they had them during the Nitro years.

 

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D deleted - damn when did big joe doering start appearing in Impact? Looks he got in shape too

This is news to me

First I have heard of him since RWTL last year

 

[marikomorose]

Bend_The_Knee

Favourite wrestling attire?

 

[B Sox]

One of the greatest songs ever made

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Good convo for women's wrestling historians that understand the world didn't start/end with Sasha Banks


This is a special episode of the Fight Game Podcast. Justin Knipper takes the reigns to talk with Fumi Saito and Debbie Malenko about her career and comeback.

‎The Fight Game Podcast: Fumi Saito and Debbie Malenko Talk About Debbie's Career And Her Comeback on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...t-debbies-career/id1243851021?i=1000498013795

 

[marikomorose]

Bend_The_Knee

 

[DCAllAfrican]