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Post by Chris on Feb 7, 2007 15:11:19 GMT -5
mmmm, nope, the name King Kong Mosca doesn't ring a bell. Like I said...Italian guy, looked a lot like Big Pussy...(I just did a google image seach for King Kong Mosca, who I was not familiar with...the guy I'm thinkig of is much fatter.)
I believe the guy had a valet as well.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 7, 2007 16:20:28 GMT -5
Drawing a blank. Not many valets around that time frame either. I think you have your facts flubbed. Maybe you are thinking about a wrestler you saw in some hokey movie.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 7, 2007 19:10:38 GMT -5
LOL!
Former Smackdown diva Amy Zidian, who appeared briefly on Smackdown as Jimmy Wang Yang's valet, left a nasty message on Kristal's web page accusing the diva of getting her fired. She also posted a picture of Kristal and her dog Ginger, and used Matt Striker's face on the dog. (Striker and Kristal have been dating). Zidian wrote, "maybe you should let him off his leash from time to time." She also wrote, "Thanks for running to Stephanie and trying to get me fired. You got the job done you bald skank." On December 13, 2006, Zidian was released by WWE.
(source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter)
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Post by thecaptain15 on Feb 7, 2007 20:02:29 GMT -5
You thinking about Don Muraco or Iron Mike Sharpe perhaps...
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Post by thecaptain15 on Feb 7, 2007 20:06:13 GMT -5
Striker hitting that..nice..no wonder he has heat backstage..lol..
Tom I have to agree Striker took a large step forward last night..the ring announcing in a Finkelesque manner was priceless.....
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Post by Chris on Feb 8, 2007 4:55:59 GMT -5
Did a google image search on both those names, and it was Don "Magnificent" Muraco that I was thinking of...although, he's wasn't quite the tub I remembered him to be, AND after further review I think he resembles Artie Lang more than Big Pussy.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 8, 2007 8:34:35 GMT -5
First off, you lost me when you mentioned a "valet. " Muraco never had "a valet."
Whoever said he looked like Big Pussy?
I was a big Muraco fan, in the early 80s. His matches with Tito Santana for the IC Title were fantastic, as were his bloody battles with Pedro Morales. Muraco also took part in one of the more racist things i remember in wrestling, a promo for a match with Rocky Johnson where he was pushing a mop around, singing a slave song.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 8, 2007 8:57:48 GMT -5
A very fat Muraco, that you haven't seen even a picture of in a while, MAY bear a SLIGHT resemblance to Big Pussy. Even an in shape Muraco may have that resemblance, only because Muraco was a monster once he got on the juice.
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Post by Chris on Feb 8, 2007 9:15:32 GMT -5
I said he looked like Big Pussy...and again after going to the tape....it's more of an Artie Lange resemblance.
Don't hate just because The Captain beat you to the punch - HA!
No, all kidding aside, I do remember this guy as the perpetual heel and I think I may even remember the mop and bucket incident - sounds vaguely familiar. I was a big Rocky Johnson fan. Coulda sworn he had a valet...I guess not.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 8, 2007 9:21:26 GMT -5
No valet, but there were some widely circulated promo pics around the time of Muraco laying out on a bench, and being rubbed down by some chick. He did an interview like that. I remember it. You may be thinking of something similar.
As to the Captain beating us to the punch, not really. You said yourself, there is NO resemblance really to Muraco and Big Pussy. So of course the connection went over our heads.
Muraco actually winded down his career as a face, after a "fallout" with partner Bob Orton. The two came to blows after losing a match. Muraco ended up under the tutelage of Superstar Billy Graham, and came to Graham's aid when he was attacked by the likes of Butch Reed and Greg Valentine.
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Post by thecaptain15 on Feb 8, 2007 10:47:20 GMT -5
Yes he ended his career as a face being known as "The Rock"
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 8, 2007 10:56:22 GMT -5
Ole Anderson was actually called "The Rock" for a while, as well. And during his tenure in Florida in the later 80s, Bad News Allen (Brown) was deemed "The Ultimate Warrior"
One of the worst parts of Muraco's face turn was his penchant for wearing sillly looking tie-dye shirts to the ring.
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Post by Chris on Feb 8, 2007 12:09:34 GMT -5
Here's a question....since George The Animal Steele is LONG out of competitive wrestling, has he done any interviews and things like that...he's he dropped the "retarded" gimmick (sorry, for the political incorrectness!)
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Post by Chris on Feb 9, 2007 19:23:10 GMT -5
I was always a fan. Tom, Balls...care to enlighten me on what the TA stood for?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 9, 2007 19:28:12 GMT -5
Yuppers. Real name - Terry Allen. Man, if he did not get nearly crippled in a nasty car wreck, he would have been a super-duperstar. He was well on the way, had the look and the moxie. The fans loved him, and his faults were hidden in his propensity for quick squash matches won with the belly-to-belly suplex.
As for Steele, he shuns the spotlight, I have not really seen any public interviews with him in years, but long ago the news got out that he was a phys ed teacher and coached football after his wrestling days. In the early parts of his career, before he played the quasi-retarded guy, he was more of a sinister and silent villian. He became more cartoony in time. I just taped a cage match with George vs Bruno on 24/7 this week, but have yet to watch.
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Post by Chris on Feb 10, 2007 5:40:15 GMT -5
You guys hear this thing about Johnny Damon wrestling?
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Post by sancho231 on Feb 10, 2007 23:25:22 GMT -5
yeah we talked about it in the TNA thread.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 12, 2007 15:44:06 GMT -5
Remember folks - no live Raw tonight. Dog Show is in the way. Raw will be taped tonight, for Thursday airing. TNA will counter tonight with a 2-hour "This is TNA" special, with a compendium of PPV battles (6 in all) and a countdown of TNA's top moments.
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Post by MSBNYY on Feb 12, 2007 18:14:46 GMT -5
I can understand TNA not wanting to air against The OC. There are only 2 episodes left.
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Post by Chris on Feb 17, 2007 5:56:51 GMT -5
One of the gayest story lines ever was when they had Sting wrestling (can't reMeMber who) out in a graveyard. Don't know why I thought of that - just popped into My head.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 17, 2007 12:42:12 GMT -5
Cho, funny you mention it...that match just crossed my mind yesterday, as I was leafing through a notebook I have with matches and angles I had taped - I read over that graveyard match, and I must say I really liked it. In fact, I am going to pull the tape and watch it, see how it holds up.
That opponent? Vampiro.
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Post by sancho231 on Feb 18, 2007 18:51:15 GMT -5
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 18, 2007 20:13:22 GMT -5
Eh, as to that video, Backlund saw a guy following him with a camera, what better time to "kayfabe." I have, however, read that Backlund is "odd." But I think he is the one working those who think they have him pegged.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 20, 2007 18:53:18 GMT -5
According to a new report by PWInsider, World Wrestling Entertainment is scheduled to start experimenting with running two House Show events on the same day at the same venue. WWE is reportedly making his move as a result of strong ticket sales for events.
As of now, the company will run back-to-back Smackdown & ECW House Show events on March 10 in Lowell, MA at the Lowell Auditorium at 3:00pm and 7:30pm. The company will also do the same thing with another set of Smackdown & ECW House Show events on May 13 in White Plains, NY at the Westchester County Center at 1:00pm and 7:00pm. It is possible that WWE could be running more events like these in the future.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 21, 2007 16:43:19 GMT -5
According to PWInsider, former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar will make his long awaited MMA debut fighting for K-1's offshoot promotion HEROES on May 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Lesnar has been training for some time now after leaving New Japan Pro wrestling and declining an offer from WWE to return to the company. There are still rumors making the rounds that UFC has interest in possibly bringing in Lesnar down the line. Considering how strong UFC business is right now, that could be a very strong move for Lesnar if his MMA debut is impressive.
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Post by 4dogg on Feb 27, 2007 20:28:18 GMT -5
the daily news reported that a former WWE grappler was shot in vegas during this pac man jones incident at a titty bar...who was he?
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Post by $heriff Tom on Feb 27, 2007 20:47:19 GMT -5
A nobody. Dont believe the hype, the story has spun out of control. The guy wrestled a grand total of ONE match for the fed, an untelevised squash match at a show in Canada. He was never in their employ, and even wrestling pundits can not find any evidence of him ever wrestling professionally somewhere else.
Things started going haywire when one account not only called him a former WWE grappler, but a WWF "heel."
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Post by drock2006 on Feb 28, 2007 19:57:12 GMT -5
I swear this is true..back when he was playing 'Mr Bob Backlund", he also would not sign autograaphs unless you could name all presidents in order, which is what he asked the guy in the video.
My friend, knowing this, memorized them but left one obscure one out to try and catch him. Backlund , in about 1 second said something like..sorry you forgot President Hayes and walked away
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 2, 2007 19:04:20 GMT -5
Trish Stratus will be hosting a an American Idol like TV show for Canada called Next Comedy Legend. They are doing trouts in Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax and Toronto, starting filming on 3/20. The show debuts on CBC in Canada on 7/3.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Mar 6, 2007 14:46:27 GMT -5
Kurt Angle's name has officially come out in the steroid scandal story making the rounds.... • Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic gold-medal-winning freestyle wrestler and now a star professional wrestler, received two prescriptions for trenbolone and one for nandrolone between October 2004 and February '05. (Angle did not return messages left with his spokesman.) sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/03/06/rx.trouble0312/1.html
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