The General Wrestling Thread

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Rmember when Cactus Jack was training The Barbarian for his big title shot against Simmons? I think he had him flippong tires and smashing bricks and shit.

Yes, The fucking Barbarian vs Ron Simmons headlined a WCW ppv.

The Bill Watts era bombed at the gate, but holy shit did I love it. It had a great feel to it.

For sure.

Bill Watts WCW was pretty awesome.

Some great wrestling memories and matching in that era.

 

[IamMedellin]

he's then Faarooq, seemingly with Max Moon's leftover gear.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Remember when Ahmed Johnson nearly killed Farooq legit with a Bas Rutten liver kick?

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

stumbled across this last night...

a guy is making a list rating and reviewing every single wrestlemania match ever...all 296 of them.

heres the start of the list...its up to number 37 as of right now. impressive stuff to have an in-depth writeup for all of the near 300 matches.

http://www.lordsofpain.net/columns/doctorsorders/Docto.html

 

[EmpireWF]

Ahmed nearly killed himself every time he stepped out from the back.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Somewhat amusing Ahmed Johnson story.

We used to hang around the back parking lot of the Meadowlands after shows to watch the guys exit the building. Chris Candido pulls up in his rental, with Ahmen in the passenger seat. Ahmed had a small white towel covering his head, but it was obvious it was him.

Anyway, Candido pulls over to sign autographs, and about three dozen people are jockeying for position at the car window.

On the passenger side, a booming voice yells "I aint Ahmed Johnson, get the fuck out of here"...to the one fucking person who had "gathered" to meet him....a now crying hysterically 8 year old kid.

Stay classy, Ahmed.

 

[s@ppisgod]

He was 6-0, 265lb defensive tackle.

Great great college player. No way he plays in the pros, tho.

Loved him in early 90's WCW. Doom, Face turn, wrestling Cactus Jack, beating Vader to become the first African American World Champ (really is one of the great moments in wrestling)...then he goes to ECW and had a little stint there and BOOM...he's then Faarooq, seemingly with Max Moon's leftover gear.

I always thought he was a good militant black guy in wrestling.

265 isn't that small though. There's still a few 4-3 DTs under 290, and there were still a ton of guys in the 280s in the 90s. Remember Brad Culpepper? I'm not sure what the average DT weighed around the time Simmons would enter the draft (I'm guessing like the late 70s, I have only a vague idea here), but I can't imagine 265 would be that small back then. Unless he'd already maxed out his frame, which is a possibility. The height/arm length/quickness might have been an issue for him though.

I do like that the picture after his HOF video last night was of like a 55-year old Simmons. McMahon is such a petty bastard. His prime was in WCW/NWA, which even acknowledging seems to piss off Vince, so of course you can't use a picture from then. I'm sure if he had a picture of the old, broken down Horsemen in the WWE, he'd use that for theirs too....

Somewhat amusing Ahmed Johnson story.

We used to hang around the back parking lot of the Meadowlands after shows to watch the guys exit the building. Chris Candido pulls up in his rental, with Ahmen in the passenger seat. Ahmed had a small white towel covering his head, but it was obvious it was him.

Anyway, Candido pulls over to sign autographs, and about three dozen people are jockeying for position at the car window.

On the passenger side, a booming voice yells "I aint Ahmed Johnson, get the fuck out of here"...to the one fucking person who had "gathered" to meet him....a now crying hysterically 8 year old kid.

Stay classy, Ahmed.

Yeah, a small white towel is going to hide the 290-lb, barrel-chested, roided out of his mind Ahmed. Because mid-90s WWF was just hopping with fireplug black dudes.

 

[EmpireWF]

I do like that the picture after his HOF video last night was of like a 55-year old Simmons. McMahon is such a petty bastard. His prime was in WCW/NWA, which even acknowledging seems to piss off Vince, so of course you can't use a picture from then. I'm sure if he had a picture of the old, broken down Horsemen in the WWE, he'd use that for theirs too....

lol, noticed that horrid picture too.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

265 isn't that small though. There's still a few 4-3 DTs under 290, and there were still a ton of guys in the 280s in the 90s. Remember Brad Culpepper? I'm not sure what the average DT weighed around the time Simmons would enter the draft (I'm guessing like the late 70s, I have only a vague idea here), but I can't imagine 265 would be that small back then. Unless he'd already maxed out his frame, which is a possibility. The height/arm length/quickness might have been an issue for him though.

I do like that the picture after his HOF video last night was of like a 55-year old Simmons. McMahon is such a petty bastard. His prime was in WCW/NWA, which even acknowledging seems to piss off Vince, so of course you can't use a picture from then. I'm sure if he had a picture of the old, broken down Horsemen in the WWE, he'd use that for theirs too....



Yeah, a small white towel is going to hide the 290-lb, barrel-chested, roided out of his mind Ahmed. Because mid-90s WWF was just hopping with fireplug black dudes.

I don't think Simmons got that big until he got to wrestling and got on the juice after thinking about it.

He very well may have been around 230-240 by the time his career at FSU was over. Basically, the Brian Pillman story redux.

 

[EmpireWF]

He was a 6th round pick (160 overall) of the Browns in 1981.

Played on the USFL's Tampa Bandits with Lex Luger (who was a guard) under Steve Spurrier.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Simmons and Luger, managed by Spurrier... That would've been a helluva tag team back in the day...

 

[IamMedellin]

Punk responds to Chris Brown

http://twitvid.com/4CAPE

 

[kmanharris]

Punk responds to Chris Brown

http://twitvid.com/4CAPE

I love CM Punk, probably an unhealthy amount.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Why is it that Punk and Danielson, the two best American wrestlers in the world, probably have the two best WWE matches on the year and they were TV matches with shenanigan-endings?

 

[JayDizzle]

WWE's Punk/Danielson III was as great as ever.

Even stealing the Double Pin finish (either from Hart/Bulldog at Summerslam or Hart/HBK from WM... I think) was decent.

Feels like when Angle and HBK fought over who was better...

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Why is it that Punk and Danielson, the two best American wrestlers in the world, probably have the two best WWE matches on the year and they were TV matches with shenanigan-endings?

WWE's Punk/Danielson III was as great as ever.

Even stealing the Double Pin finish (either from Hart/Bulldog at Summerslam or Hart/HBK from WM... I think) was decent.

Feels like when Angle and HBK fought over who was better...

Do I need to go out of my way to watch this?

I blew it off for college basketball.

 

[EmpireWF]

Why is it that Punk and Danielson, the two best American wrestlers in the world, probably have the two best WWE matches on the year and they were TV matches with shenanigan-endings?

Because they would never have a champion vs. champion match on free tv with a clean finish.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Because they would never have a champion vs. champion match on free tv with a clean finish.

You misread me.

I'm saying, these guys are so good, that despite shenanigan-filled endings, they are still putting on the best matches, especially for TV, on the year.

Both are definitely letting their inner Indy geek out with nice, well developed matches and have been given 15-25m in their last two matches.

 

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Do I need to go out of my way to watch this?

I blew it off for college basketball.

I doubt you'll see a better WWE televised match than what these two can do. Its no 5-star classic, but its good work in the ring in television.

Shenanigans at the end, but whatever...they put in good work.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Just read that Kobashi got injured at the All Together show. Its his knee again. Not good news. He might be done at this point.