Post by $heriff Tom on May 11, 2007 10:16:33 GMT -5
No, he's not dead....this is just another one of those "remember this dude?" threads.
Seeing a lot of ole Sam on 24/7, the 1985 NWA telecasts. Perpetual underdog. Garden hose arms. Always a foil to beat up, to where Dusty Rhodes and Magnum TA could run in and save the day. Just saw a fantastic spirited battle between Sam and National Champion Black Bart, where Bart was using nefarious means, and Terry Taylor had to run in to make things right.
Sam is Jake Roberts' brother, and has had many of the same turmoils. He has been in and out of jail, and was in as recently as last year, I believe for fudging on child support. At last word he is actually a member of Jeff Gordon's NASCAR pit crew. Go Sam!
One of my favorite Sam Houston memories involved that same Terry Taylor a couple of years later. The two teamed on WWF TV when Terry first joined the fed, before his Red Rooster foray. They were facing a Muraco/Orton sort of team in a TV squash, playing the good guys. Houston was pinned of course, and Taylor went off on him and turned heel. The fans went bezerk, and showered the ring with boos. I, however, marked out bigtime, expecting Taylor to become the Ric Flair of the WWF....we all know how that turned out.
Feel free to share your Sam Houston thoughts and memories here.
Seeing a lot of ole Sam on 24/7, the 1985 NWA telecasts. Perpetual underdog. Garden hose arms. Always a foil to beat up, to where Dusty Rhodes and Magnum TA could run in and save the day. Just saw a fantastic spirited battle between Sam and National Champion Black Bart, where Bart was using nefarious means, and Terry Taylor had to run in to make things right.
Sam is Jake Roberts' brother, and has had many of the same turmoils. He has been in and out of jail, and was in as recently as last year, I believe for fudging on child support. At last word he is actually a member of Jeff Gordon's NASCAR pit crew. Go Sam!
One of my favorite Sam Houston memories involved that same Terry Taylor a couple of years later. The two teamed on WWF TV when Terry first joined the fed, before his Red Rooster foray. They were facing a Muraco/Orton sort of team in a TV squash, playing the good guys. Houston was pinned of course, and Taylor went off on him and turned heel. The fans went bezerk, and showered the ring with boos. I, however, marked out bigtime, expecting Taylor to become the Ric Flair of the WWF....we all know how that turned out.
Feel free to share your Sam Houston thoughts and memories here.
