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Post by cwsims on Jul 24, 2018 15:31:28 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama
Bullet Bob Armstrong
Scott Armstrong
Brad Armstrong
Road Dogg
Steve Armstrong
Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda
Lord Humongous
Jake The Snake Roberts
Sensational Sherri
Greg The Hammer Valentine
Lex Luger
Hustler Rip Rogers
The Nightmare
Ricky Morton
Norvell Austin
Bambi
Dennis Condrey
Bobby Eaton
Larry Zabysko
Rick Steiner
Demolition AX
Tracy Smothers
Jimmy Golden
Robert Fuller
Action Mike Jackson
Tito Santana
Buff Bagwell
Doink The Clown
Wildfire Tommy Rich
Jeff Jarrett
ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama
Daffney
Mcnasty
Elix Skipper
Eric Young
Lash Leroux
Bull Buchannon
Raven
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 25, 2018 4:47:30 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven I used to go to live wrestling events a lot in the 1970s. Back in the 1970s, wrestlers that I saw at live events included Pat Patterson, Ray Stevens, Pedro Morales, Don Muraco, Rocky Johnson (Dwayne Johnson's father). I also saw Andre the Giant, Harley Race, and Haystacks Calhoun once. Many years later, I attended some AWA live events and saw the Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty), Curt Henning, Scott Hal, Jimmy Snuka, Nick Bockwinkel, Larry Zabysko, and Stan Hansen when they were in the AWA. I haven't attended many WWE live events but I did attend a WWE live event many years ago where the main event was Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair. |
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Jul 25, 2018 7:36:42 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven I used to go to live wrestling events a lot in the 1970s. Mind. Blown. |
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Post by faustus5 on Jul 25, 2018 10:35:13 GMT
Rick Flair and his girlfriend were regulars at the convenience store I worked at in the 1980's. He smoked Camel shorts.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2018 23:29:50 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven Impressive list. Question for you. One of my favorite movies is 'The Wrestler'. Heart breaking. Have you witnessed any of the above in a sad state? i.e. you could tell they were living in poverty and counting on a few bucks for an autograph? |
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Post by cwsims on Jul 28, 2018 17:23:11 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven Impressive list. Question for you. One of my favorite movies is 'The Wrestler'. Heart breaking. Have you witnessed any of the above in a sad state? i.e. you could tell they were living in poverty and counting on a few bucks for an autograph? When I saw Sensational Sherri you could tell her health was real bad it was in November of 2006 they had her as a manager for one match that night. and they had her out at intermission for pictures and autographs intermission was when I noticed how bad her health was she had to basically hold on to the ropes to get in and out of the ring and even during the match where they had her out as manager you could see her grab onto the bottom rope every now and then just to keep her balance at ringside. which is why I say they had no business having her on the card that night considering how bad her health was. as for a sad state? no she seemed to be in good spirits but her failing health was well noticeable |
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Post by tresix on Jul 28, 2018 19:59:59 GMT
The ones I’ve seen:
Dick the Bruiser
Andre the Giant
Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd
King Kong “Bruiser” Brody
Nick Bockwinkel
Bobby “The Brain” Heenan
Blackjack Lanza
Buck “Rock N’ Roll” Zumhoff (recently learned what a dirtbag he is!)
Verne Gagne
Billy Robinson
Jerry “Crusher” Blackwell
Bobo Brazil
Big John Studd
Jesse “The Body” Ventura
Adrian Adonis (before he got fat)
Greg Gagne
“Jumpin’” Jim Brunzell
The Crusher
Ran into two away from the ring:
Yokozuna-came to a nightclub where I used to work. That was when I learned he was Samoan, not Japanese. When I say he was as wide as he was tall, I am NOT exaggerating!
Edge-I remember seeing him from a distance and thinking “That man looks like Edge.” He and the woman he was with went around the corner and I thought I’ll never see them again. As fate would have it, they ended up going to the same place I was headed and I was right behind them. I saw that Edge was a lot taller than I thought, about 6’5”. He and his girlfriend (who I learned was Val Venis’ sister) were upset because the dance floor wasn’t opened, but they left with no problems.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 20:04:53 GMT
The ones I’ve seen: Dick the Bruiser Andre the Giant Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd King Kong “Bruiser” Brody Nick Bockwinkel Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Blackjack Lanza Buck “Rock N’ Roll” Zumhoff (recently learned what a dirtbag he is!) Verne Gagne Billy Robinson Jerry “Crusher” Blackwell Bobo Brazil Big John Studd Jesse “The Body” Ventura Adrian Adonis (before he got fat) Greg Gagne “Jumpin’” Jim Brunzell The Crusher Ran into two away from the ring: Yokozuna-came to a nightclub where I used to work. That was when I learned he was Samoan, not Japanese. When I say he was as wide as he was tall, I am NOT exaggerating! Edge-I remember seeing him from a distance and thinking “That man looks like Edge.” He and the woman he was with went around the corner and I thought I’ll never see them again. As fate would have it, they ended up going to the same place I was headed and I was right behind them. I saw that Edge was a lot taller than I thought, about 6’5”. He and his girlfriend (who I learned was Val Venis’ sister) were upset because the dance floor wasn’t opened, but they left with no problems. where did you see Brody? love listening to shoots on his unfortunate demise. fascinating. |
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Post by dazz on Jul 29, 2018 21:56:10 GMT
I haven't seen many legend legends but I guess depending on how you catagorise them I have seen some legends, I mean if fucking Bagwell gets consideration so do all these guys.
Steve Corino
The Sandman
AJ Styles
Chris Daniels
Samoa Joe
Bryan Danielson
Juventud Guerrera
Doug Willaims
Earthquake
Mikey Whipwreck
Jerry Lynn
Paul London
Low Ki
Colt Cabana
Austin Aries
Go Shiozaki
Roderick Strong
Nigel McGuiness
Robbie Brookside
Chris Hero
Claudio Castaagnoli
The Briscoe's
I only went to about half a dozen wrestling shows, proper ones atleast most I have been to are for kids so they don't hire names for it, went to one show they had a guy pretend to be Undertaker and he was only about 5'9 as I was a full head taller than him and his tats were clearly done with a biro...made me lose my shit but the kiddies brought it I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 22:11:52 GMT
I haven't seen many legend legends but I guess depending on how you catagorise them I have seen some legends, I mean if fucking Bagwell gets consideration so do all these guys. Steve Corino The Sandman AJ Styles Chris Daniels Samoa Joe Bryan Danielson Juventud Guerrera Doug Willaims Earthquake Mikey Whipwreck Jerry Lynn Paul London Low Ki Colt Cabana Austin Aries Go Shiozaki Roderick Strong Nigel McGuiness Robbie Brookside Chris Hero Claudio Castaagnoli The Briscoe's I only went to about half a dozen wrestling shows, proper ones atleast most I have been to are for kids so they don't hire names for it, went to one show they had a guy pretend to be Undertaker and he was only about 5'9 as I was a full head taller than him and his tats were clearly done with a biro...made me lose my shit but the kiddies brought it I guess. buff bagwell is absolutely a legend - his work with Steiner in the nWo is some of the most hysterical stuff in sports entertainment history |
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Post by dazz on Jul 30, 2018 0:17:46 GMT
Only legendary thing he did was have a match so shit wwf cancelled an invasion because of it, not true but says something that people may have bought it at one point, also Bagwell's an annoying and arrogant douche so fuck him, I credit Steiner for any joy their pairing brought to the world cause Scotty is fucking hilarious.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2018 0:48:10 GMT
I live in Florida. Saw a lot of WCW events in my childhood.
-Ric Flair
-Hulk Hogan
-Sting
-Lex Luger
-The Giant (Big Show)
-Macho Man
-Goldberg
-Arn Anderson
-Eddie Gurrero
And lots of smaller card guys.
I saw Andre the Giant when I was 3 years old, almost 4 (1989) I have pics with my Dad. I think he was wrestling with Haku at the time as a tag team managed by Bobby the Brain.
In the picture my dad is 6'4'' and Andre is every bit of 7'0' at the time. I'm sure he was over 7 ft in his younger days before back surgery. Probably with the fro and boots he was 7'3''. His hands were HUGE.
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Post by Jayman on Jul 30, 2018 20:19:41 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven that whole Southeastern championship wrestling/continental era in Alabama was awesome. especially the '79-'89 period. I would've given anything to see that stuff live and in person. |
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Post by Jayman on Jul 30, 2018 20:22:11 GMT
ive never traveled outside of Alabama for a wrestling show never attended a WWE or TNA event in person only shows I attend are local indie showssome of the indie shows down here in alabama have drawn in legends these are the ones ive seen in person down here in alabama Bullet Bob Armstrong Scott Armstrong Brad Armstrong Road Dogg Steve Armstrong Exotic Adrian Street With Miss Linda Lord Humongous Jake The Snake Roberts Sensational Sherri Greg The Hammer Valentine Lex Luger Hustler Rip Rogers The Nightmare Ricky Morton Norvell Austin Bambi Dennis Condrey Bobby Eaton Larry Zabysko Rick Steiner Demolition AX Tracy Smothers Jimmy Golden Robert Fuller Action Mike Jackson Tito Santana Buff Bagwell Doink The Clown Wildfire Tommy Rich Jeff Jarrett ive also seen a few former TNA and WCW folks in person down here in bama Daffney Mcnasty Elix Skipper Eric Young Lash Leroux Bull Buchannon Raven I used to go to live wrestling events a lot in the 1970s. Back in the 1970s, wrestlers that I saw at live events included Pat Patterson, Ray Stevens, Pedro Morales, Don Muraco, Rocky Johnson (Dwayne Johnson's father). I also saw Andre the Giant, Harley Race, and Haystacks Calhoun once. Many years later, I attended some AWA live events and saw the Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty), Curt Henning, and Scott Hall when they were in the AWA. I haven't attended many WWE live events but I did attend a WWE live event many years ago where the main event was Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair. Was that the San francisco territory you used to go to? |
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Post by Jayman on Jul 30, 2018 20:24:56 GMT
I basically just went to the wwf shows in the early 80's and then a few Crocket shows and a couple of AWA shows. So I guess basically most of those guys that were on top at that time and even in the mid card would be considered legendary at this point to an extent, so it's hard to say
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Post by DC-Fan on Jul 30, 2018 22:11:52 GMT
I used to go to live wrestling events a lot in the 1970s. Back in the 1970s, wrestlers that I saw at live events included Pat Patterson, Ray Stevens, Pedro Morales, Don Muraco, Rocky Johnson (Dwayne Johnson's father). I also saw Andre the Giant, Harley Race, and Haystacks Calhoun once. Many years later, I attended some AWA live events and saw the Midnight Rockers (Shawn Michaels and Marty Janetty), Curt Henning, and Scott Hall when they were in the AWA. I haven't attended many WWE live events but I did attend a WWE live event many years ago where the main event was Hulk Hogan vs Ric Flair. Was that the San francisco territory you used to go to? Yes, the live events I went to in the 1970s were at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The AWA live events many years later were in Oakland, I think at the convention center. And the WWE live events were at the Oakland Coliseum. |
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Post by Jayman on Jul 30, 2018 22:26:52 GMT
Was that the San francisco territory you used to go to? Yes, the live events I went to in the 1970s were at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. The AWA live events many years later were in Oakland, I think at the convention center. And the WWE live events were at the Oakland Coliseum. That's awesome. I have seen some footage of that territory and it seemed like it was hot. Too bad it folded when it did. But at least you got the AWA to take it's place. |
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Post by tresix on Jul 31, 2018 22:28:45 GMT
The ones I’ve seen: Dick the Bruiser Andre the Giant Ernie “Big Cat” Ladd King Kong “Bruiser” Brody Nick Bockwinkel Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Blackjack Lanza Buck “Rock N’ Roll” Zumhoff (recently learned what a dirtbag he is!) Verne Gagne Billy Robinson Jerry “Crusher” Blackwell Bobo Brazil Big John Studd Jesse “The Body” Ventura Adrian Adonis (before he got fat) Greg Gagne “Jumpin’” Jim Brunzell The Crusher Ran into two away from the ring: Yokozuna-came to a nightclub where I used to work. That was when I learned he was Samoan, not Japanese. When I say he was as wide as he was tall, I am NOT exaggerating! Edge-I remember seeing him from a distance and thinking “That man looks like Edge.” He and the woman he was with went around the corner and I thought I’ll never see them again. As fate would have it, they ended up going to the same place I was headed and I was right behind them. I saw that Edge was a lot taller than I thought, about 6’5”. He and his girlfriend (who I learned was Val Venis’ sister) were upset because the dance floor wasn’t opened, but they left with no problems. where did you see Brody? love listening to shoots on his unfortunate demise. fascinating.
He was at the first live show I ever attended. He and Ladd teamed up against Dick the Bruiser and Andre the Giant. The heels (Brody & Ladd) won. Those two didn't seem as tall as I thought they would be. Andre, however, was everything he had been advertised to be!
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Post by Jayman on Jul 31, 2018 22:45:30 GMT
where did you see Brody? love listening to shoots on his unfortunate demise. fascinating.
He was at the first live show I ever attended. He and Ladd teamed up against Dick the Bruiser and Andre the Giant. The heels (Brody & Ladd) won. Those two didn't seem as tall as I thought they would be. Andre, however, was everything he had been advertised to be!
I take it that was the Indianapolis territory. I have hardly seen any footage of that territory but I heard it was hot back then. |
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Post by tresix on Aug 5, 2018 3:30:57 GMT
He was at the first live show I ever attended. He and Ladd teamed up against Dick the Bruiser and Andre the Giant. The heels (Brody & Ladd) won. Those two didn't seem as tall as I thought they would be. Andre, however, was everything he had been advertised to be!
I take it that was the Indianapolis territory. I have hardly seen any footage of that territory but I heard it was hot back then. Chicago. International Amphitheater. 1979. |
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