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Post by endo on Mar 19, 2013 23:24:55 GMT -5
Not real hard to see why this promotion didn't survive. This is awful.
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Post by NDX on Mar 19, 2013 23:57:03 GMT -5
Here comes the Ax. Here comes the Smasher. They have a lawsuit. They're coming to get you.
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Post by endo on Mar 20, 2013 15:23:11 GMT -5
To be fair, that talent pool had been raped at this point by Vince. I think the AWA went out in 91, so this was close to the end.
Just think, if Verne hadn't been such a selfish prick, it could have been so much different.
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 20, 2013 21:37:44 GMT -5
That was really terrible. Poor talent pool mixed with outdated rules are a recipe for failure.
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Post by endo on Mar 21, 2013 23:03:23 GMT -5
More AWA wrestling on now on ESPN. I guess this is a new every night thing for a while.
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 21, 2013 23:12:46 GMT -5
I remember they played it once a week or so on ESPN Classic. Interesting to see the start of a lot of guys who would go on to become big names in the biz.
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Post by endo on Mar 21, 2013 23:23:36 GMT -5
Nikita Koloff was just on and that was sad. Just 4 years earlier he was this monster in the NWA, and it didn't even look like he was working out anymore here.
Then again, his wife died and I read he lost his drive and was just wrestling for the paycheck at that point.
Seems like their big names at this point were Col. DeBeers and Sgt. Slaughter. Oh, and Zbyszko.
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 21, 2013 23:28:22 GMT -5
Was Col. DeBeers the racist guy who had a feud with the black referee?
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Post by endo on Mar 21, 2013 23:33:17 GMT -5
Probably. His character was a big time racist, he refused to wrestle Jimmy Snuka because he wasn't white. He got heat for sure, even in the dying days of the AWA.
Also had some memorable matches. Who can forget his Turkey on a Pole match with Jake Milliman?
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 21, 2013 23:41:45 GMT -5
Man, I forgot that thing ever happened. Thanks a lot for the reminder Dave!
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Post by endo on Mar 22, 2013 17:51:53 GMT -5
Just glad I could help.  |
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 23, 2013 3:20:45 GMT -5
I bet Vince Russo is still pissed he didn't think of it first.
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Post by NDX on Mar 23, 2013 7:07:52 GMT -5
Turkey on a Pole match. And I thought New Jack on a Pole was f*cked up.
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Post by gorepolice on Mar 23, 2013 11:40:57 GMT -5
I think it was supposed to be part of some championship series or something. Having guys fight over a turkey (an uncooked one at that) is pretty much the worst idea you can think of.
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Post by NDX on Mar 23, 2013 12:06:01 GMT -5
5 words.
Pinata on a pole match.
Or to stick with the turkey theme, 2 words.
Gobbledy Gooker.
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