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Loose Cannon
03-18-2008, 03:57 PM
I was just thinking of all these random things that have happened in wrestling where you look back today and it's kind of interesting. I'm talking kayfabe stuff, not behind the scenes. Feel free to add your own

*Steve Austin once teamed with Ric Flair on a WCW Battlebowl PPV.


* Steve Austin once lost the US Title to Jim Duggan in about 30 seconds


*Teddy Long managed both the Undertaker, Sid Vicious and Waylon Mercy in WCW. They were all part of the Skyscrapers.


*Paul Heyman also managed The Undertaker at one point


* The Spoiler walked the top rope way before the Undertaker did it.


* Sting was once a member of the Four Horsemen


* Before 2 Cold Scorpio mezmorized ECW fans, he tagged with Buff Bagwell in WCW


* Arn Anderson was put in 3 different stables in WCW. Of course, the Four Horsemen, but also, The Dangerous Alliance and the Studd Stable. He was also a member of the Alliance to End Hulkamania if you count that.


*The Von Erichs and The Freebirds had a brutal feud in World Class at one point, but did you know that Michael Hayes actually teamed with Kerry Von Erich during the end of WCCW's tenture.


*Bobby Eaton, member of the Midnight Express, one of the greatest teams ever, was repackaged as Earl Robert Eaton later in his career. He was a member of the Blue Bloods along with Steve Regal, Dave Taylor and Jeeves.


*The Fabulous Freebirds in WCW consisted of DDP and Sir Oliver Humperdink at one point. They were basically the groups managers. Jimmy Garvin and Hayes were the focal wrestlers.


*Andre the Giant was once in a group in the WWF that included Ax of Demolition and Blackjack Mulligan. They were called the Machines. Hulk Hogan was also called "Hulk Machine" at one point.


*Before Kevin Sullivan did the Dugeon of Doom gimmick in WCW, he did a similar gimmick back in Florida in which he led his Army of Darkness. Members included Women, Jake Roberts and Superstar Billy Graham at one point.


*Mark Canterberry and Dennis Knight used 3 seperate tag names during thier careers. In WCW, they had a Texas gimmick and were known as the Texicans. I WWF, they became widley known as the Godwins and later as Southern Justice.


*Sting was in a heel stable with Rick Steiner and Eddie Gilbert early on in his career.


*Two members of the Dungeon of Doom were also members of the nWo, The Giant and Konnan


*Although Ric Flair and Sting were bitter enemies throughout thier careers, they would actually team up a few times. Once in the late 80's against the J-Tex Corp, once in the mid 90's to take on Arn and Pillman and again in 96 to take on the nWo. Flair ended turning on Sting in the first two occasions.


*Paul Roma had a number of partners throughout his career, which included Paul Orndorf, Jim Powers, Arn Anderson, and Hercules.


*Before he was a Rooster in the WWF, Terry Taylor enjoyed great sucess in the UWF/NWA/WCCW


*After leaving the WWF for WCW, The Big Bossman would become known as The Boss. He had almost the exact same gimmick and outfit as he doned in the WWF. yea, this didn't last to long and he was repackaged.


*Ric Flair and Arn Anderson have been in six War Games matches a piece.


k, I'm tired. I'll add more later.

The Genius
03-18-2008, 10:05 PM
the Texicans, so that was their name. i always just remembered them being referenced as Shanghai Pierce and Tex Slazenger. they were one of my favorite wcw saturday night tag teams.

GD
03-19-2008, 02:04 AM
Chris Benoit is the only wrestler to make HHH tap more than 4 times. The guiness world record book acknowledges Austin of having the maximum number of WWF title reigns which is incorrect.

Mr. Nerfect
03-19-2008, 05:40 AM
LOL, The Texicans. Great name.

Despite being celebrated as a 16-time World Champion by the WWE, only two of those championships were actually won in the WWE, I believe. Triple H has won all 11 of his World Titles in the WWE, with The Rock having won 9, being the next closest competition.

I can't really be bothered attaching an official fact description to it, but for someone who you got the impression was being "held down" (and he arguably was), Booker T had a lot of success in the WWE. He came into the company as WCW Champion and WCW United States Champion. He would in two more World Championships (which puts him on par with Ric Flair in some ways), four Tag Team Championships, the 2006 King of the Ring tournament, an Intercontinental Championship, three United States Championships and two Hardcore Championships. This means 12 official championship wins in his WWE career, as well as two more reigns carrying over into the WWE, and his King of the Ring win.

It's just fun to look at the successful spin you can put on Booker T's career. Not saying he wasn't successful, but he definitely appears more impression on paper, in my opinion.

Rammsteinmad
03-19-2008, 07:23 AM
Lol that's really funny, I was thinking that a few days ago randomly at work. Also if you include all the US, World, TV and Tag Titles Booker T won in WCW, on paper he has to be one of the most successful wrestlers in the world.

Loose Cannon
03-19-2008, 12:14 PM
alright, here we go with more. I'm just sitting here rattling these off as they come to me.

*Jerry Lynn and Sabu actually wrestled each other on a WCW PPV once. It was Halloween Havoc '95


*Nancy Sullivan (aka Women) was the one that brought the tag team of Doom (Butch Reed and Ron Simmons) into WCW. They were later managed by Teddy Long.


*Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair actually wrestled each other on TV back in 1991 in the WWF. Ric Flair would get the win.


*Three Wrestlers died on the same day/night that a Wrestling PPV they were suppossed to appear or appeared on aired. They are Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, and Chris Benoit. All wrestled for Stampede wrestling at one point. Pillman and Benoit were in the Horsemen together. Chris Benoit wrestled Bret Hart in an Owen Hart Tribute match in WCW. Brian Pillman and Owen Hart were in the Hart Foundation together.


*The Nasty Boys started out in the AWA before they went to WCW and later WWF.


*Bad News Brown actually walked out on his Survivor Series teams two years in a row.


*They're have been a couple of "Rock" nicknames in wrestling. Obviosuly, you guys know "The Rock Dwayne" Johnson. Then there's Don "The Rock" Murraco and also Ole "The Rock" Anderson.


*In WWF 90's, the Million Dollar Corporation played in pivitol role in many heel/face switches. Henry Godwin turned babyface after being insulted by Ted Dibiase, Razor Ramon turned babyface after turning down an offer from Dibiase, Bam Bam Bigelow turned babyface after being attacked by his fellow Corporation team after Mania 11, 123 Kid turned heel by turning on Razor Ramon and joining the Corp and Tatanka turned heel by joining the Corporaiton at Summerslam 94.


*Not only does Taker hold a record for being Undefeated at Wrestlemania, but he also holds claim as being the only guy in wrestling history to pin Hulk Hogan twice to win the World Title. :)


Roddy Piper had a chance to win both the IC and World Title at Royal Rumble '92


*Three wrestlers have joined the Horsemen by turning on thier partner in a tag team match against Horsemen members. Windham in late 80's, Flair in 95 and Mongo in 96.


*After being a huge babyface for most of his career as part of the Rock N Roll Express, Ricky Morton turned heel in the early 90's in WCW and joined the York Foundation. He was known as Richard Morton.


*Curt Hennig turned his back on Ric Flair two times in his career, once in the early 90's WWF and once in the mid 90's in WCW.


*when Jake Roberts came to WCW in the early 90's, their was talk of pushing a stable together with himself, Butch Reed, Cactus Jack and The Barbarian. The stable never really got of the ground due to Roberts and Reed leaivng the company.

NeanderCarl
03-19-2008, 04:22 PM
*The Fabulous Freebirds in WCW consisted of DDP and Sir Oliver Humperdink at one point. They were basically the groups managers. Jimmy Garvin and Hayes were the focal wrestlers.


Don't forget Brad 'Badstreet' Armstrong and Little Richard Marley (aka jobber Rocky King)

*Three Wrestlers died on the same day/night that a Wrestling PPV they were suppossed to appear or appeared on aired. They are Brian Pillman, Owen Hart, and Chris Benoit. All wrestled for Stampede wrestling at one point. Pillman and Benoit were in the Horsemen together. Chris Benoit wrestled Bret Hart in an Owen Hart Tribute match in WCW. Brian Pillman and Owen Hart were in the Hart Foundation together.


Eddie Guerrero also died the same night he was due to appear on a Raw supershow taping.

*They're have been a couple of "Rock" nicknames in wrestling. Obviosuly, you guys know "The Rock Dwayne" Johnson. Then there's Don "The Rock" Murraco and also Ole "The Rock" Anderson.


Ken Shamrock was also referred to as "The Rock" for a short while.