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The Oddities?
I'm watching Rock Bottom from '98 (dunno why) and the current match is the Oddities (Kurrgan and Golga) vs. Headbangers. Since I started watching wrestling a few months after (right before Mania XV), I think I missed the height of the Oddities populairty.
Just wondering how over they actually were because on this PPV they're getting pretty good crowd reaction/interaction. I found that interesting. Looks like the stable is made up of Kurrgan, Giant Silva, Luna, and Golga? I seem to remember seeing them on Jakked back in the day, and they were sometimes accompanied by ICP right? Also, was Golga someone else previously or was he just a random wrestler? Thanks in advance. And shepherds we shall be, for thee my lord for thee. Power hath decended forth from thy hand so our feet may swiftly carry out thy command. And we shall flow a river forth to thee and teeming with souls shall it ever be. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. |
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Yeah, at the start, they had the ICP rapping their theme and they were fairly popular. Then ICP turned heel and everyone was like "WTF?". Also, I found it hard to believe that Luna was a face, since she was Psycho bitch just a few weeks earlier. And if I remember right, Golga loved this Eric Cartman doll thing and someone ripped it up for cheap heel heat. I think Golga was originally Earthquake (or maybe it was Sgt. Slaughter
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LOD just now. They popped into my head for some strange reason. Yep; it was Kurrgan, Silva, Golga, Luna & occasionally The ICP (like you said) - also,at one point - you might kinda count Sable as one of their "unofficial members". Golga was portrayed by John "Earthquake" Tenta - a real good guy. |
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I was posting at the same time; didn't see FF's post. My bad.
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I think it was the Headbangers who ripped up Cartman.
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I remember Golga, wasn't he a giant?
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It was that Jackal person who introduced them wasn't it? Wasn't that Don Callis or somebody?
I remember Golga coming down at the Royal Rumble which started with Austin and McMahon (when Austin had "No chance in hell"). There was that $ bounty on Austin, Golga came down at 3 or something and tried to throw Austin out. It was downhill for the Oddities after that ![]() |
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Jackal (Don Callis) introduced Kurgan as part of the Truth Commission. That eventually broke up and I believe Kurgan was the only one of the group (There were three, Kurgan, Recon and someone else) who stayed.
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It's funny, because one of the few Q&A forum questions I made was on the subject of the name of this stable...
Lot of people then thought I meant the Odditties too. ![]() |
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I never thought they were that popular...I kind fo thought they were lame, espically Golga walking around with his Cartman doll.
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George "the Animal" Steele was also in the Oddities. He didn't wrestle, natch, but he did make the occassional appearance at ringside with them. And I'll have to agree with Funky in that I THINK Buchanan was Recon whilst Sniper was... some guy.
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Sniper was a guy called John Rambo. He was a big name on the European circuit at the time but I wasn't too impressed with him.
Giant Silva is now working in Japan. Sucky badly too but he actually has a couple of a big shoot fight wins (even though he sucks at that too). |
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Bull Buchanan was Recon, I remember that.
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hahaha Bull Buchanan
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Man I hated the Oddities. They just plain sucked. The Truth Commission was part of that "Gang Wars" era and they were the last team to be intoduced. Dam, if you think about it, there were a lot of fk'n teams. Los Boriquas(sp) Nation, DX, Hart Foundation, DOA, Truth Commission.
Anyway, they gave Kurrgan a little push and the others just sucked. |
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Truth Commission did bugger all really though, didn't they? It was the worst out of all of the stables. In fact I'm not even recognising them as a stable. They were crap.
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Yeah, basically they did jack shit. It origionally was supposed to be a fairly decent stable to join the stable craze, however it ultimately just turned into something to build up Kurgan. As Sniper and Recon usually needed him, and then he destroyed both to dismantle the group (if I recall correctly, which I may).
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The South African Truth Commision was the most f'ed up angle ever because every week it had radical changes done to it, for no appearent reason. At first they were lead by some fat dude. Then they lost a member, then Don Callis was the Jackel and was there manager, then somehow the became the Oddities.
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Nah Kuurgan and The Jackal turned on the others didn't they? then the Jackal introduced the Oddities some time later.
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The funniest thing was Luna as a face lol
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I still have my Kurragan action figure from the Truth Commision around here somewhere, yes, they made an action figure pack with him and another member
![]() I remember the Oddities... I liked them, dunno why... In the pic Savior posted, I recgonize Jackel, Kurragan, Golga, and Luna, who's the guy on the right who looks like The Coach sorta? (I know it's not him, though) And did that midget come to the ring often? |
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Actually, the Oddtities were kick ass when they started out cause they were heel. They were like a couple of crazy freaks from a dark carnival. Like in the movie "Something Wicked come this way." They had this slow dreary music I think too. Those other two guys were from the Howard Stern Show I think.
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