October 1, 20223 yr On 7/19/2021 at 6:38 PM, BrickHorn said: Hopefully, next season they’ll cover Stan Lane and the allegations that he’s the illegitimate father of congresswoman Lauren Boebert. Hadn't heard about this but holy shit from his wiki "On July 31, 2021 Salon Magazine & Raw Story released an article[20] which notes that the Karen Weary, who oversaw the paternity test in 1990 was convicted of switching blood samples in paternity tests for which she had received personal funding so that said fathers could avoid paying child support. North Carolina was mandated to notify everyone involved in Weary's cases and retest all the samples she had taken that excluded fathers. Boebert's mother had by then moved to Colorado and was unaware of this development until many years later. Lane still refuses to be retested."
October 1, 20223 yr Inoki was the biggest name in the history of Japanese pro wrestling. Was in that bizarre match where he destroyed Muhammad Ali's legs, founded New Japan Pro Wrestling, and spearheaded that North Korea wrestling exhibition along with WCW.
October 5, 20223 yr On 10/1/2022 at 1:07 AM, shadow_operative2.0 said: Tuesday at 9, first episode covers Memphis. This was really good. It was just an hour of Lawler, Jeff Jarrett and his dad Jerry, Jimmy Hart, and Dutch Martell sitting around a table telling stories with the same type of re-enactments they do for Dark Side of the Ring.
October 5, 20223 yr Jimmy Hart is an interesting story. Had a hit in 65 with the Gentry’s, Keep on Dancin. They were a mainstay of the bar scene in Memphis until Jimmy stumbled into the wrestling thing. The few times I met him at music gigs he was a nice guy.There were several Memphis folks that had hits n the mid60’s and Hart overall did best because of the wrestling. Alex Chilton and the Box Tops were huge with the Letter, he then weirded out with proto punk Big Star, and then with punk Panther Burns. Alex always had a screw loose. Sid Selvidge loaned him a 57 Strat and he destroyed it with a chain saw at the Antenna club. Booker T and the MGs helped build Stax and all did well. Duck Dunn played with the band I managed when he was in between touring with Clapton.
October 6, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, WBT said: This was really good. Forgetting the essay by old weirdo above, that shit rocked faces. Fucking watch it. Edited October 6, 20223 yr by shadow_operative2.0
October 12, 20223 yr Episode 2 was even better than episode 1 to me. It was just about the Andy Kaufman and Jerry Lawler rivalry and it was fantastic.
October 12, 20223 yr That was such a great bit. Kaufman had the whole city buzzing, even folks that paid no attention to wrestling. Was it real, was it a bit? Fuck look what Lawler did on Letterman! This shit is happening! Then he was supposedly dying then dead and no one believed it.
October 13, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, Texzilla58 said: That was such a great bit. Kaufman had the whole city buzzing, even folks that paid no attention to wrestling. Was it real, was it a bit? Fuck look what Lawler did on Letterman! This shit is happening! Then he was supposedly dying then dead and no one believed it. Check out the episode. They go into all the details of what happened behind the scenes and it’s awesome.
October 13, 20223 yr Wow, that was awesome. I'd seen the slap on Letterman a hundred times but all that footage of Kaufman in the ring and on the mic was great. He must have been a weird guy.
October 14, 20223 yr That 2nd episode was great. Never knew Andy had lived the business all those years. Lawler and Andy seemed to have a genuine friendship Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
October 20, 20223 yr This episode tried a little too hard, they knew they didn’t have great content. Hopefully the rest of the season doesn’t follow.
October 25, 20223 yr Yeah, the stories weren't that great and I didn't know any of those guys other than DDP and he can't have been there very long.
October 25, 20223 yr Are yall talking about Medusa in the AWA episode? Shit, she, Sherry Martell, and Luna Vashon were about the only 3 absolutely legit women in wrestling. She definitely deserved to be there talking about it. She lived it just like the others. The AWA was a northwestern and Canadian promotion so people in the south would only have exposure to their wrestlers if they knew them later from WWF and WCW or if they traveled the territories down south.
October 25, 20223 yr Well, then I stand corrected. She sure didn’t add much on the episode though. Tonight is Championship Wrestling from Florida.
October 25, 20223 yr Peacock has Territories channel under the WWE tab. A lot of fun watching those old broadcasts.
October 25, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Well, then I stand corrected. She sure didn’t add much on the episode though. Tonight is Championship Wrestling from Florida. Since I grew up in FL this is quite appealing to me. Guessing we get some stories about Mike and Eddie Graham, Gordon Solie and Dusty Rhodes.
October 26, 20223 yr Very interesting episode last night. Can't imagine the heat he got for the dad is a coward angle Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk
October 26, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Jshep34 said: Very interesting episode last night. Can't imagine the heat he got for the dad is a coward angle Sent from my SM-G990U using Tapatalk Yeah that was a crazy angle with...obvious parallels in real life /nocr
October 26, 20223 yr I really enjoy these “territory” shows so far and getting to hear all these old stories but part of me would prefer a real documentary about each territory going into the history of each area through the years and stuff like that.
October 26, 20223 yr The territory that first got a young Deej hooked. Growing up in Austin, I watched this every weekend with my dad. Good times. https://thegorillaposition.com/wrestling-territories-southwest-wrestling/
October 27, 20223 yr Yeah, this week’s episode redeemed itself. For anyone that didn’t look up Eddie Graham’s death... Spoiler Graham remained as the promoter in Florida until January 21, 1985, when he committed suicide by gunshot after a lifelong battle with alcoholism and depression. It is believed that Graham’s participation in a land deal gone wrong led to him needing to raise over $500,000, including financial and marriage problems contributed to his death. His son Mike and grandson Stephen committed suicide in similar manners on October 19, 2012, and December 14, 2010, respectively. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008 by Dusty Rhodes, while his son, Mike Graham, accepted the honor on behalf of his father.
November 4, 20223 yr Anyone watch the Hart episode? Appears my DVR missed it, replays tomorrow at midnight.
November 4, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Anyone watch the Hart episode? Appears my DVR missed it, replays tomorrow at midnight. Mine missed it to. Set to tape tomorrow.
November 5, 20223 yr It was ok. Not as good as Memphis but better than the last few. It was cool seeing Abdullah. The highlights were Bret's stories about his old ass dad still putting holds on people. And about being a little kid not smart to the business yet and being scared of heels that would come to the house.
November 10, 20223 yr Yep, this shit has hit the fan. Hawaii tried too hard also. Decent run, but they’re begging now.
November 16, 20223 yr Portland was OK. One of the Bushwackers was on. The footage of young Roddy Piper was the best part. Next week is Dallas and the preview looked pretty von Erich heavy, obviously.
November 24, 20223 yr It wasn’t Von Erich-heavy, 65-year old Kevin looked terrible, but it wasn’t good. Just finish the season, I guess.
December 8, 20223 yr My boy @DeepEastTexas swore by Mid-South & Bill Watts, but it was still a rather meh episode. Season is over, they are trying 2 hours on Vince next week.
February 16, 20232 yr IDK if this is the thread to post this in, so apologies if not, but this Sunday on A&E they are doing one on the formation/behind the scenes of the N.W.O. As a teen during the Attitude ERA and the N.W.O. reign I'll be tuning in to check this out.
June 1, 20232 yr Dark Side of the Ring came back this week with an episode on Skip and Sunny. Kind of a downer.
June 2, 20232 yr Poor Chris Candido. Dude was too nice for that business and definitely too trusting to be with that woman
June 2, 20232 yr Surprised to see this thread bumped with a new season, last one was pretty terrible. But I'll still hit record on principle.
June 5, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: “A goddamn broken ankle killed him.” Damn. Didn't catch the episode, is that in reference to Pillman?
June 11, 20232 yr On 6/5/2023 at 1:34 AM, shadow_operative2.0 said: “A goddamn broken ankle killed him.” Damn. On 6/5/2023 at 8:21 AM, Dennis Taylor said: Didn't catch the episode, is that in reference to Pillman? Chris Candido. Cornette said that for dramatic effect but it wasn't the ankle it was the dumb ass ignoring what they tell you and getting on a plane a day or two after surgery. You don't do that because the drastic change in altitudes can cause blood clots. He did it to make an appearance on TNA wrestling with a cast and crutches and developed blood clots that killed him.
June 14, 20232 yr Probably wouldn't have even recognized Kevin Sullivan if they hadn't told me who it was
June 15, 20232 yr 23 hours ago, Scraps said: Probably wouldn't have even recognized Kevin Sullivan if they hadn't told me who it was Probably posted this before but went to Daytona for spring break in 1990, and was gassing up the ginormous suburban we rode from Austin in. Sullivan was at the pump next to me and I recognized him...he lightly lectured me on us not fucking up his town then had me come see who was in his passenger seat of his Cadillac coupe- none other than the future Nancy Benoit. She was hot as hell. He was in boots and still well under 6' but still not someone you'd want to fuck with
June 21, 20232 yr Well, that was quite the episode. Zero clue who Doink was before now. Junkyard Dog next week.
June 21, 20232 yr Jyd episode should be pretty good. Really enjoyed the magnum ta episode also. One of the big what if in wrestling
June 22, 20232 yr Not a great episode. A bunch of ugly people talking about an addict doing addict shit.
June 24, 20232 yr Well, that was quite the episode. Zero clue who Doink was before now. Junkyard Dog next week. Kinda shocked you never heard of Doink. Then you definitely don't know Dink lol
June 24, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Scraps said: Kinda shocked you never heard of Doink. Then you definitely don't know Dink lol If it happened after the Von Erichs & Dingo Warrior in WCCW, I don't have much clue. They did show Dink very briefly though.
June 24, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, Scraps said: That dudes family is a bunch of idiots. Your dad was a fuckup yo "He beat me up, took drugs all the time, would disappear for 3 or 4 days" "How do you want people to remember him?" "He was a great dad"
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