Can you name the wrestler standing next to Gulas in that picture.

It's a young Bobby Eaton. I don't think there was ever a wrestler that looked anything like Bobby that could move the way he did.

Yuppers! You got that right.

Bobby Eaton's hair was 100% pure Eaton

Watching a bunch of Shawn Michaels Wrestlemania matches.
Vince looks so juiced in 2006 it's absurd. He was 61 and his trapezius muscles look like his neck has feet.

I bet in a real fight he would eat Shawn Michaels whole. He'd feel like he was fighting that marine again.

Hahahahahaha he's running around the ring waving his hands like a lunatic.
Then he throws the worst kick I have ever seen.

Vince is so money.

JR: "Shane just got his face buried in his daddy's crap"
King: *legit laughing*

Vince's hand motions and facial expression in this match is one of the funniest things I have ever seen in wrestling.

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I've seen less than ten WWE matches after 2003.
I might just look for all of the Vince matches.

Lol Vince is so great. I miss that Vince.

I was howling.

Even his selling was money.

Peaches vs The Spoiler...

What the fuck.

Bad ring, bad rasslers, rip off names...

The terribly thin man behind the mic makes me think about cancer.

The Priscilla Presley lipstick advert is worth a wank though. No doubt.

There is a direct correlation between the quality of the territory and the amount of body hair the wrestlers have.

The ring attire is a big red flag.

Ahahahahaha The Bounty Hunter vs Bruiser Brown has some outstandingly poor floor work.
How do you gas out and miss a scoop slam?!

Well the best thing about that was noticing the announcer trying to hide the ring bell as he rang it under the desk whilst speaking directly into the mic.

That is thrifty and marvellous and stupid.

88cents for a quart of Castrol motor oil.

Nobody show Al Gore.

OK, that Volunteer Literacy Program has to be a joke.

The woman doing it misread the auto-cue numerous times.

This is my favourite thing in the whole world.

Pretty Boy Adonis lol

This is giving me my daily quota of happy and sad all at once.

Every story anybody ever told about the Gulas family has to be true off the back of this glorious half hour clip.

Lol it didn't last too long.

I just randomly found this match while watching 1991 shows on YouTube.

Ric Flair wins when Shawn Michaels knocks himself out diving into the rail, Jannety runs down and rolls Shawn back into the ring after a good 90 seconds on the floor and Ric pins him straight away.

I really miss the illusion of devastation. What would lay a guy out for 90 seconds nowadays?

Ric didn't even hit him when he was rolled back into the ring, he literally just pins him.

i've seen that match. An underwhelming affair...Shawn hadn't found his rhythm as a singles guy. He only started showing real glimpses of what he'd become in that sphere in 1993ish, I think.

Also, just watching Hogan footage from 84 and pondering his run. Always interesting to consider that the Mega Powers angle was almost a direct copy of Orndorff/Hogan. Though the characters involved made it feel different.

I think I just found another clip of a wig coming off. Or at least a big chunk of hair.



29:43

What the hell is that?!
The guy Johnny Ringo isn't wearing a necklace or anything.

Looks like hair.

It's crazy how fucking over Hogan was the minute he showed back up. Rewatched the January 7th 1984 Championship Wrestling show which was his return to that show. He gets the loudest pop I've ever seen on that show. It's amazing.

He does the worst fucking leg drop I have ever seen in that clip up there.
He went the wrong way so he ends up dropping both legs on the guy.

I have a question for you two:

Where does Andy Kaufman rank on the list of best heels of all time?

I never saw his heels.

Skinnier calves than Ric Flair though.

Boooooo

I think for him to be in consideration as a great heel he would have to have done much more for a lot longer. Wrestling women from the crowd was a pretty great idea though, and the addition of some national exposure for Jerry Lawler was a nice result.

I don't rate his work or his gimmick much higher than "interesting novelty" but I respect the attention he brought with him.

He was probably a better worker than Rufus R Jones though.

I should have said "top" heel not great heel, obviously he was a great heel.
Just not one of THE greats.

He was perfect for Memphis and their style. I don't think it would have worked as well anywhere else. There's footage of Vince McMahon interviewing Kaufman at an MSG show. He actually went to Vince but Vince Sr wanted no part of it so Bill Apter connected Andy to Lawler.

Huge crowd reaction and also I had no idea Backlund was using the crossface chicken wing way back then. I thought his finish was an atomic drop or something.

Well, I just saw my first bad Bobby Eaton match.
Not his fault at all.

Erik freaking Watts man, no timing or finesse and he looks like a milkman.

Crowd was popping for Erik Watts too.
I feel a bit sick now.

Poor Bobby.

He was until 1982

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DANGEROUS!

Marty Garner.

He later had MVP's first match in 2006 and later made fun of MVP's wrestling attire in the newsletters which drew a reaction from the WWE lol

It looks like he's going for the Chuck Austin payday in that gif.

Heard a story today about the British Bulldog's mascot Matilda being constipated and Jimmy Jack Funk volunteering to stick his finger up Matilda's ass to clear the blockage.

I heard a lot of fucked up stories today. Marty Jannetty wants to bang his daughter, says he got hacked.
God damn.

the things they did to that poor dog

Marty!!!

Would you rather......

we're acting like Marty hasn't already had sex with at least three or four of his first cousins.

Lock Jannetty

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The name of the pic is "Marty-Jannetty-with-family.jpg"

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George Gulas, record holder.

fat WHOORS!

Just listening to the Brutus Beefcake episode of Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard and the full extent of the parasailing injury is actually unbelievable. I knew it was bad, I knew he had full facial reconstruction but Holy shit... the actual details are crazy.

Give that a listen if you have a strong stomach, I am reeling from what I just heard.

link?

1:25:00

I warn you now, it is disgustingly graphic.

Conrad looks like a Bahraini kid I went to school with

I member when TPWW was just starting out, Marty Jannetty was a guy who would frequent message boards and would tell amazing stories about the boys and hijinks and seemed like an awesome dude. I’m disappointed to learn that, like all message board posters, he ended up being an absolute creep.

HAPPY 50,000 POSTS ON AN INTERNET WRESTLING FORUM SUPREME MOTUMBO!!!

Did you listen to the horrors?

Good gravy.....no face...

It's the bit where he says a guy had to stuff his hand in his mouth to open it so he could breathe because his face was effectively sliding down what was left of his head...

This is how super villains are created.

Dr Doom never even went to space did he?!

It's all lies and titanium face mesh.

There are certain times in WWE history, entire years actually, that could be called the "ah I see why you all eventually had to do steroids" era.

If you're wondering, it's whenever guys like Mighty Joe Thunder, Swede Hanson, Salvatore Bellomo or even the younger less fat Playboy Buddy Rose show up.
I think Ivan Putski put the idea in Vince's head when he returned looking like somebody filled his abs with concrete condoms.

And yes I did finally reach the point where I had to go pre '84.
I'm scared for what the 70's will do to me in prolonged doses... '82 was a real ugly year.

Also:


The jump from distorted Moroder to the announcer is just magic.

Gertner, if I was to choose a WWF(yeeeeeah boy) PPV to watch from the 1993-1995 period of excellence known as "the vocational era" unofficially... Which would it be?!

I am well into my pre-attitude guff now. I would also enjoy Dale's input on Yokozuna matches to watch and Noid "Mr Nerfect"'s opinions too.

Just asking because rasslin is better when you know your heroes love it too.

I would appreciate your urgency on the matter guys.

I don't have all fucking day.

lol sorry, i was working. Survivor Series 95 is my far and away #1 from 93-95. SummerSlam 93 is also pretty good. Leaving out the WrestleMania's.

I had SummerSlam 93 on VHS. I absolutely fucking loved the pre-show. I could just watch that and be happy.

I always forget HBK fought Mr. Perfect on that show

Ok, I will watch and find.

XL remind me I owe you 35 reps you piece of shit.

If I find Survivor Series 95 then I will do a review.

Jim Ross says he's impressed with Hakushi, Hakushi hasn't done a move yet.

Rad Radford is..who? I have no idea why they are all wearing different outfits.

WTF, Chris Candido is part of the BodyDonnas but Tom Prichard is still a Heavenly Body.
Did Jeff Jarrett give me the stroke?
What the hell is going on?

Barry Horowitz was class. Good effort.

Marty Jannetty has spent the entire match selling himself as a badass.
God Bless the man, he has pummeled everyone.
This is one of those rare matches that only a computer game could replicate. A computer game owned by a rabid Jannetty fan.

Dude it took Psycho Sid to rob Jannetty.

I am starting to believe the narrative that only Marty Jannetty defeated Marty Jannetty.
This dude was given chance after chance, push after push...then he disappears from screen every time.
Marty!

Louie Spicoli

He looked puffier, hairier than I imagined.

My uncle taped that ppv for me and for a long time it was the only wwf show I had on tape. Watched the shit out of it. When as a 9 year old I was baffled that Lex would celebrate a count out win.

That ended a lot better than most reflective sentences with "My Uncle" as an opener go.

I love Summerslam 93--Had it on VHS too. I wasn't baffled by Lex celebrating the contour win. Obviously, now, it seems stupid and it killed Lex. BUT at the time, I just fobbed it off to Yoko being "impossible" to beat, and Luger K.O.'d the big man, proving his worth.

I couldn’t find the Countdown to SummerSlam ‘93 on YouTube but luckily Daily Motion came through for me.