Name a random wrestler and something random you remember about them
 

I've done something similar to this in the past, but it makes for a fun little trip down memory lane. Try to post something that most people have probably forgotten about. I'll start.

The Goon - This hockey player turned wrestler of the mid-90's would body check his opponents against the apron on the outside of the ring and then get back in the ring to win by countout. I'm pretty sure this was his finisher, and it was absolutely ridiculous.

Big Bully Busick - A man who's bully gimmick consisted of popping a kid's balloon but was then undermined when Sid beat the shit out of him. He had a cool mustache.

Hardbody Harrison defeating Disco Inferno on WCW Saturday Night, and me marking out for Hardbody Harrison.

Salvatore Sincere - I think he was supposed to be Italian, and probably wore a white hat sometimes.

I remember that one! I thought I might have been the only guy on the planet. I loved that theme. He used it against Billy Gunn, and lost by disqualification, but it was just perfect "I'm a self-righteous asshole" music.

I remember that theme as well, and I loved it.

Yeah, it's cliche from me, but in 2002 after returning, I remember Val Venis teasing programs with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. Perfect. I wasn't exactly a mark at the time (that came a few months later), and I didn't have Heat (where Mr. Perfect was criminally used for his last stint with the company), but I'm sure there was at least a promo between Austin and Venis, and a few matches between Venis and Perfect.

The Heavenly Bodies - How I found out what a Gigolo does

Does anyone else remember when John Morrison compared to himself to Jesus, if Jesus knew kung fu?

Goldust - Went through a really freaky phase with Luna Vachon where he would wear the most ridiculous costumes. Panty hose, ball gags, and even a baby diaper once. He also had a tweaked theme at the time that was edgier and more...metallic sounding, I guess you could say. He was seriously uncomfortable to watch at the time for me, which I guess means he was doing a fantastic job.

He was just The Artist then.

Booker T - I still remember :shifty:



Seriously though, I remember watching The Master of Pain (currently known as the Undertaker) win the USWA belt from Jerry Lawler.

I also remember watching most of Andy Kaufman's promos (as a mark) when he and Lawler feuded. It was the greatest thing ever for a young kid to get to see the local hero beat up the Hollywood jackass.

Yeah, that's right. Freaky. I'm gonna try to find that theme.

John Cena - Jobbed to Kevin Federline

Ah, here we go. A nice little compilation.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yj_AoNTtpVc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Yj_AoNTtpVc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

As opposed to "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince Iaukea"?

Man, thinking back, I think I kinda love that gimmick.

Goldust, not Iaukea.

Sorry, not to stick on Goldust, but wow:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d5Bu1iY_-e8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d5Bu1iY_-e8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Oh my.

Rey Mysterio "Jr" - for getting lawn darted into the side of a trailer.

I was going to mention something about Goldust. To be honest, he's one of my favourite characters ever. It was so unmined, too. So much untapped potential. The son of a solidified legend...dressing up in a gold costume, using a moniker and acting like he had been seriously abused as a child?

I think something between Cody Rhodes and Goldust could still be Feud of the Year stuff.

I remember when Chavo Guerrero defeated JBL cleanly on the Eddie Guerrero Tribute SmackDown!. If only Chavo could buy a clean win over an ex-WWE Champion now.

Punk isn't very far away.

That's true. Chavo did go over Punk fairly cleanly, which I did love, but Punk had only reached ECW Title level at the time. If Chavo did the same to Punk today, I'd be very surprised.

I remember when Wrath (Brian Clark) was on a winning streak in WCW and I actually believed that he was going to be built up as a threat to Goldberg. Then he jobbed to Nash.


I remember "Above Average" Mike Sanders was a great talker in WCW 2001, and wonder where he is and what he's doing now.

T.L. Hopper - This plumbing wrestler once ate a piece of poop out of a pool at a Free-For-All before Summerslam (95, I think)

Suing the WWE apparently.

I remember when Jerry Lawler left the WWE in early 2001, because of bullshit with The Kat. Anyway, Paul Heyman was brought in as color commentator, and I was still new to everything at the time. I never appreciated Heyman as much as I should have...

I actually remember marking out when Vince McMahon "fired" him on air, and brought back Jerry Lawler as his replacement, as Heyman was forcefully taken out by security. :$

How I now wish the inverse would happen.

Remember when The Coach used to be nothing more than a generic announcer that got picked on by The Rock?

There's some rumor that Sid Vicious shit his pants in a match once. That rumor is false.

No shit.

I remember a random wrestler named John Cena who used to be entertaining.

Does John Cena have facial hair?

I remember when everyone on these boards used to say that John Cena was a great in-ring worker, but he needed some personality.

I also used to remember when everyone had a few guys they could unanimously agree on as pure greatness. Now there is a critic for everything.

Remember when the play by play and the color guys used to call matches, and give credit to the ring work instead of making stupid comments?

Not in the last 15+ years.(That's how long Raw's been on, right?)

OK, the last few of you are doing it wrong. You're just bitching.

I remember when Taka Michinoku got thrown over the top rope at the 2000 Royal Rumble and broke his face on the mat.

Yeah, me too!

I also remember when Scott Putski blew out his knee in a match with Brian Christopher before he was Grandmaster Sexay.

I remember a random wrestler named Brock Lesnar who later on married his ex boss's on screen whore.

Remember when Test won an immunity battle royal? What a silly prize.

Isn't Cryme Tyme still owed a title shot?

I think they actually got one a couple weeks ago in that lost to Miz and Morrison.

El Dandy - Winner of the Lou Ferigno lookalike contest

That's kind of funny because I'm watching King of Queens right now.

Super Calo - Always impressed Bobby Heenan because his sunglasses never fell off.

I remember when The Brian Kendrick was WWE Champion for about 36 seconds :shifty:

the blue meanine wow that guy was good to watch

8 minutes! :rant:

Long live The Kendrick!

Joey Styles: I remember that awesome, awesome, awesome angle they did where Styles called Jerry Lawler a hack, showed some "spirit," and then quit. That was so fucking great.

Edge: Before his neck injury, Edge was seriously one of the most over guys on the entire WWE roster. His stuff with Kurt Angle was great. He started the "You suck!" chants, and shaved Angle bald. It's kind of a shame that when he came back, they tried to make him too angry and serious, and as a result, lost his luster.

But does anyone else remember Edge being an awesome face? LOL at him winning the World Tag Team Championship with Hulk Hogan.

Yes. Does anyone remember Edge as an awesome heel? Oh yeah, he is one RIGHT NOW.

I remember Max Moon. Looked like a blue Buzz lightyear and shot confetti out of his arm..... things about 30ft in the air.

Rad Radford. He was like, a college wrestler who was just a bit of a bum. Came out in a singlet and a sleeveless plaid shirt, and Cobain hair. I think he was alligned with the Body Donnas for a while. The team that finally got Chris Candido a WWF run and debuted 'Sunny'.

Hakushi. A chinese guy, similar to Yoshihiro Tajiri in style. He had Chinese lettering painted in vertical lines all down his face and body. He headlined on of the ery early IYH PPV's in a title match with Bret. Good match too. Ill see if it's about. He very quickly faded away after that.

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gQCh_ohGcYE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gQCh_ohGcYE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dxc1D9IirTU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dxc1D9IirTU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Got to love the Tube.

I don't think Hakushi's match with Bret was a title match, but I do remember Hakushi defeating Bret. Very good match...unless they had a rematch for the title and that's what you're referring to. He also had a manager named Sinja who wore white face paint and an all white suit.

Rad Radford/Louie Spicolli did have a program with the Body Donnas where they were trying to get him into shape. I seem to remember him hiding food from them or something.

Hakushi had a sweet theme song, too.

I remember Adrian Adonis and his leg warmers, eye shadow and rouge and his Hair Vs Hair match with Piper.

Edit: Sorry, ADORABLE Adrian Adonis.

I remember The Kat ripping her top off live on pay per view.

I also remember BB Bush, EMT turned womens wrestler who was absolutely horrid. I think she was dating Bob Holly IRL.

Yeah I think you are right. It wasn't for the title, nor did it headline. But it was a great match, Bret wrestled twice, and lost to Jerry Lawler later in the evening.

Diesel was champion at the time, taking on Mr fecal matter himself.


Oh, and it was the very first IYH.

And did Spicoli die not long after his WWF run?

I don't remember. I just remember the only time he wasn't a complete goof was in ECW.

He died about 2 years after his last WWF run, while working for WCW.

The Blacktop Bully - Wrestled Dustin Rhodes on the back of a flatbed.

Jesse Venture - Hosted an arm wrestling tournament in WCW featuring such names as Davey Boy Smith, Rick Rude, and some fat guy in a mask named Colossal Kong or something.

Buddy Lee Parker - Sucked

Sgt. Craig Pittman left Cobra behind during the Vietnam War (despite the fact that Cobra would've been like 12 when the war ended) and then defeated him in singles competition.

LOL, Craig Pittman. Wow.

Ice Train and Scott Norton had a tag team of moderate success called Fire and Ice. Mean Mike and Tough Tom had a tag team of absolutely zero success called Disorderly Conduct.

Wasn't High Voltage about the same time as Fire and Ice???

Skinner was a good one. Just a filthy bastard from the Everglades who chewed tabacco and spat it on his opponents. Best remembered I think for his biggest match, which was Wrestlemania 8, where Owen Hart worked around his useless frame for about a minute, before hitting one single offensive move, a cross body and scoring the pin.

Wasn't he then the original Doink?

Barry Horowitz - he used to pat his own back, even had a hand printed on the back of his jacket, and came out to Hava Nagila

Nah, it was Matt Borne

Alex "The Pug" Porteau - As a kid I remember wondering what the hell a p"pug" was and why it was important.

Man Mountain Rock/Maxx Payne - He had a cool shaped WWF logo guitar. And then tried to release a tell all documentary. I always wanted to see that...

Doink - Everyone remembers Doink, but I remember laughing my ass off when he was heel Doink and he hit Marty Jannetty in the eyes with a mop.

Jerry Flynn - I remember when WCW tried to push him as a legit badass. What a mullet.

Mike Enos/Wayne Bloom - I remember watching Nitro back in the day and realizing they used to be the Beverly Brothers.

Steve Keirn was the second Doink then.

Jerry Flynn is a fucking legend. And I didn't think anybody remembered Alex Porteau.

DX and the spit shields with wipers.:rofl:

Isn't Jerry Flynn responsible for virtually all of the non-TV wins Goldberg clocked up during the inittial 18 months of his streak?

DX. Isn't that some valet from the 90's?

Sure is a random one, Bob.

Bastion Booger - Ate some food in the ring and got schoolboyed by Owen Hart(?)

Pat Patterson tells a hilarious story about him on a LOW programme.

Basically, he came up to Pat and was upset because he wasn't getting booked, and Pat jokingly said 'You know who you need to speak to about that'.

So he went into Vince's office and asked the same question.

A bit later when Pat saw him, he asked if he spoke to him, and then how it went.

'Not too well, Mr Patterson. I just got my notice.'

LOL

Kurasawa - broke Road Warrior Hawk's arm after a tag match

Yoshi Kwan - White dude pretending to be Japanese who used some BS nerve hold finisher

Mike Awesome as the Fat Chick Thriller powerbombed someone, I don't recall who, on top of his Hippie Bus and they slowly slid off the side before splattering on the concrete below. It was epic.

Ed Ferrara dressed up at Jim Ross to play a character named Oklahoma, managing the returning Dr. Death Steve Williams to feud with Vampiro and his goons.

Oklahoma ended up having to wrestle Vampiro for 5 minutes and wore his own headset and called his own match. "Oklahoma Stomp! Oklahoma Stomp!"

Disco Inferno had to produce a blueprint to look over when trying to apply a leglock he had just learned. :lol:

Papa Shango. Original carnation of The Godfather, who inbetween all this was known as Kama - The Ultimate fighting machine. Balrog out of Street Fighter basically.

Anyway, my random memory is when he came out and made black shit pour from the Ultimate Warrior's head during an interview segment.

Although, strangly, Warrior was wearing a massive bomber jacket. The only time he has worn anything other than an open vest on his upper torso in his whole career.

Mystical bastard.

How about Christian Cage....Debuting on ECW????

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U7XkkSRT65s&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U7XkkSRT65s&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>


They are all waiting for something.... Something to happen!

Perfect :)

Ok how about when Andre` the giant grabbed Vince by the throat on Tuesday Night Titians in 1984????:D


In a segment promoting André the Giant's upcoming "$15,000 Bodyslam Challenge" match vs. Big John Studd at WrestleMania, a replay is shown of the "Haircut Match" (where Studd and Ken Patera beat André into unconsciousness before helping Bobby Heenan cut his hair). McMahon attempted to talk about a stipulation wherein André would retire if he failed to slam Studd. A visibly annoyed André tried to decline the stipulation but when McMahon pressed on, André grabbed McMahon by the throat and told him to back off on the "retirement" stipulation and vowed he would slam Studd at Wrestlemania. A noticeably upset Andre walked off the set afterwards. :rofl:

I still get a kick out of the time Big Show pushed a whole semi truck off of a ledge onto Hardcore Holly. XD

What about when The Big Bossman dragged The Big Show's father's casket behind his truck?

God. Yes.

Didn't Show jump on top and get drug around along with said casket?

lol yeah

That should be watched:

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UyJ3T5dwOOo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UyJ3T5dwOOo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

I remember when Kane and Shane-o were feuding they killed each other like, 17 times too.


Good times.

That has to be one of the greatest moments in television history.

lol, Big Show wearing leather pants to a funeral.

The part of the story I like is how everyone is helping Show up and apparently not bothering to notice 'Hey, this guy is stealing the dead guy.'

With the deepest regrets and tears that are soaked
I'm sorry to hear your dad finally croaked
He lived a full life on his own terms
soon he'll be buried and eaten by worms
But if I could have a son as stupid as you
I'd have wished for cancer so I would die too
So be brave and be strong; get your life on track
'cause the old bastard's dead and he ain't never coming back

That's exactly how I feel about the Big Show's daddy being dead!

Cobra went on to fame (fame-ish, anyway) as nWo's fake Sting. Also, the few times Cobra actually won matches, he used the Cobra Clutch as his finisher.

And when Disco Inferno finally had time to unfold the diagram for his submission hold, he got it on his opponent and won. The Last Dance, or something.