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THE REAL NINJA

12-30-2006, 09:46 PM

hey neils, i watched " Beyond the Mat" last nite. pretty good film, the story of jake the snake is very sad

WWE has a DvD out about him . He goes into detail about his life and drug use. He says that he was tricked into thinking that 'beyond the mat' was a doc to teach kids to stay off drugs. So in short he claims that he was only acting . He also said that he and his siter lived with family and when she became pregnant he was afraid that they would be kicked out, so he beat her . His sister later was murdered by her boyfriends angry ex [have to check on this could have been someone else] and a unknown blackman. The body was never found but the cops said that by the amount of blood found in the car there was no way she would have been alive.

THE REAL NINJA

01-05-2007, 11:37 AM

Kevin Federline draws a mixed reaction in the public eye but there was no doubting the aspiring rapper's fighting spirit as he entered the wrestling ring on Monday. Britney Spears' estranged husband squared up to one of the wrestling's biggest stars, John Cena, at Miami's American Airlines Arena in front of a 15,000-strong crowd.

The 28-year-old managed to overcome the odds and beat the 6ft 1in champ in the no-rules contest - albeit with a little help from a 25 stone wrestler named Umaga, who hit Kevin's opponent with a title belt and knocked him to the floor.

Kevin's stamina clearly hadn't been affected, though, despite the fact that he'd been partying the night before at Mansion Club on Miami's South beach. Like his estranged wife Britney, the aspiring musician seems to be relishing his new-found single status as he celebrated New Year's Eve at a glamorous party. Sporting huge diamond earrings and an all-white suit, Kevin was joined by a gorgeous companion in a revealing gold-sequinned dress for the late-night event who is WWE's Smackdown! Champion Dave Batista's girlfriend, ECW Interviewer Rebecca DiPietro

-Antonio-

01-05-2007, 12:09 PM

Federline cuts better promos than 80% of the roster.

Im tired of Cena.

ceboxer15

01-08-2007, 08:19 PM

This thread is for people who are fans of pro wrestling organizations to discuss the current storylines, free agents, quality of matches, nostalgic posts about the old WWF, ECW, or WCW - or to book their own fantasy wrestling cards.

This thread is not for marks, but rather smart fans who realize that pro wrestling is a choreographed entertainment event with people under contract with the organizations for writing storylines.

This thread is not for people who wish to point out that wrestling is "stupid because it's fake" or "not a real sport" or "for nerds", etc.

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=messageboard.viewThread&entryID=19256531&groupID=100037385&adTopicID=26&Mytoken=54B6B5C8-B05F-11E3-6EA3DD3F3E7A7E4546739279

Looks like the new ECW may be done already:

From what i just read time is already up for the new ECW

MAJOR Shakeup In ECW: Heyman No Longer Booking

source: PWDB.com

Dave Sherer has reported that a meeting took place before Tuesday's edition of ECW on the Sci-Fi Channel between Vince McMahon, Kevin Dunn and Paul Heyman. Citing disappointment with the reaction at ECW Arena in which fans chanted "This show sucks", low ticket sales (particularly for the July 4'th show in Philadelphia) and a 15% drop off in ratings from week one to week two, Vince McMahon made the decision to put an end to the "ECW Style", including a break from all old ECW characters to be re-written and re-cast in the WWE style. The idea is to turn ECW into a third brand of WWE, with a roster and storylines more in line with that of Raw and Smackdown.

Paul Heyman's control of the ECW brand has been reduced to the capacity of "advisor", while Tommy Dreamer has been completely removed from the creative process, and will act only as an on-air character. Heyman had written a script for last night's show, but it was all but thrown out when Vince McMahon disapproved of it's content and had the WWE creative team re-write the show from the ground up. Paul Heyman was also relieved of his backstage duties, as WWE brass took over and ran the show as they ran Smackdown later that night.

It is expected that the staff of ECW referees will be given their release as the company moves away from the ECW image and incorporates the brand into the WWE fold. ECW ring announcer Stephen D'angelous has already been terminated by Vince McMahon.

Mike Johnson adds in his report that beginning with last night's broadcast, the ECW roster will not be flown in for television tapings, but instead will only call for the appearance of those scheduled to work that particular show.

The general opinion backstage is that when ECW finishes it's 12 week scheduled run on the Sci-Fi channel, it may be reduced to an internet program for WWE.com, or done away with altogether.

okay new topic: what do you all think of Andy Kaufman when he wrestled? Personally, I think Kaufman is one of the best, if not the best, wrestling villian of all time, he just knew how to get the crowd mad, and his promos were just plain brilliant. your thoughts?

Liaison

01-08-2007, 08:35 PM

okay new topic: what do you all think of Andy Kaufman when he wrestled? Personally, I think Kaufman is one of the best, if not the best, wrestling villian of all time, he just knew how to get the crowd mad, and his promos were just plain brilliant. your thoughts?
As a wrestler, obviously he was shit, I mean he was a comedian, as a worker (much like say Hogan, thought Hogan proved in Japan he could wrestle, in America he basically worked the crowd into a frenzy and that’s that), he was one of the best. I mean the guy made Memphis crowds riot for ****s sake.

He knew how to work a crowd and thats the most important thing in wrestling...

neils7147933

01-11-2007, 06:07 AM

Anyone ordering the 30 min. Angle/Joe match PPV Sunday?

living_legend

01-11-2007, 10:26 AM

i cant believe they are actually thinking of pittin hogan vs. khali for wrestlemania 23.......that sucks....i want either hogan vs. austin or the rematch between the rock and hogan....

-Antonio-

01-11-2007, 08:47 PM

Anyone ordering the 30 min. Angle/Joe match PPV Sunday?

Sounds appealing. Not sure if I would pay for it though.

-Antonio-

01-11-2007, 08:50 PM

i cant believe they are actually thinking of pittin hogan vs. khali for wrestlemania 23.......that sucks....i want either hogan vs. austin or the rematch between the rock and hogan....

WWE is a mess right now. 90% pure garbage. I havent seen smackdown in over a year, so Im gonna tape that and check it out. All I know is WWECW and Raw are very bad most of the time. I gave up even taping raw because I end up fast forwarding through most of it.

Liaison

01-11-2007, 09:54 PM

Anyone ordering the 30 min. Angle/Joe match PPV Sunday?
Oh yes. The last match was easily a “****1/2 +” match and this one is even more intriguing than the last. Both guys know each others moves and patterns and that always works in a rubber match (Joe/Punk III is a great example of it) and I’m interested in seeing who will come out top. Joe should win as he is the future of the company but will Angle’s ego allow it to happen?

Add AJ/Abyss (those matchups in 05 were awesome), The return of Jerry Lynn whole be in there with Daniels and Sabin (early candidate for MOTY maybe) and a cool main event, I’d be crazy not to.

THE REAL NINJA

01-12-2007, 12:16 PM

Without a doubt Ultimate Warrior was my favorite wrestler of the 80's/early 90's, and maybe still my fav of all time. Now I know with his recent and not so recent comments he is not the most popular person in the world but this is purly based on the Warrior character, As it should be . With the self destruction DVD came a lot of questions on how he should be seen as a legend and I will break it down a little . First of all I have not seen the whole DvD yet but I have seen about 90% of it so I will speak on only what I have seen from the DVD and from my own time of watching him.
First of all he has been attacked based on his promos and interview skills. Here's the problem the Warrior charactor was never ment to be a good speaker . The whole image was based on a wildman from parts unknown .Are there schools in parts unknown ? If he would have been well spoken it would have hurt his charactor development based on fact that a savage warrior should not be able to cut a perfact interview in the first place .
[Stars & Rocket Ships] Again he is attacked for being to far out and insain . He would speak to the 'gods' mid match and you never really knew what he was on about ....again this is the hole point of the gimmick .
[Parts Unknown] On the DvD they joke about Warrior being from parts unknown . Why ? Was Warrior the first to use Parts Unknown ? The answer is NO , many wrestlers have used this as part of a gimmick in the past and every so often you still see someone use it. If he was billed from 'oh lets say Illinois' It just wouldn't work with the image .
[Lack of ring skills] Oh yeah but Hogan,Luger and countless others had a great move set right ? ...Again his gimmick was a brawling brute a Ultimate Huracarana wouldn't exactly look right now would it . He should have had a better finisher i'll give you that but overall he was not that far off of the Hoagan's and Luger's .
[Comic Books] I'll just say NO wrestler should EVER EVER come out with a comic book ever again. .
[Longevity] Yes he was a letdown but with the way that Vince kept messing with his gimmick can you blame him ? The Warrior got his fans by using the crazy, wildman, gimmick but as soon as he was pushed to champion WWF had him lose his paint and act like Hogan . Why ? As I said he made his mark by using this gimmick why change it now ? Is there a rule that the champ has to be a normal man ? They should have let him stay the same as he was the fans would have still loved him and it wouldn't matter . What hurt was that after Hogan left there was no real challenge for him he had beat Andre,Savage,Rude,Earthquake, ect, in the past which made people lose intrest .
My feeling is that you should only judge a entertainer based on how well they entertain. What he says I do not always agree with but I understand the imagery of the Warrior that he tries to convey . I feel that he is truthful about most of his dealings with Vince and wwe based on wwe's past history with wrestlers . And I do feel that he was wronged by being fired due to absence for his fathers funeral. Vince justifies it by saying that Jim /'Warrior' /Hellwig was not on good terms with his father . But IMO due to this fact Warrior may have been in even more grief over his fathers death because of the broken relationship . If they had been on good terms he would no have the guilt that he most likely felt during this time .........Well in closing Warrior is and always will be the most memorable wrestlers of my life . No matter what happens in the sport I can always look back to the days when I was young and the warrior was the most powerful man in the world . Ps. Boy do I miss the kayfabe era.

jason100x

01-12-2007, 12:29 PM

I liked the Ultimate Warrior back in the day and I was rooting for him even in '98 when he came back in the WCW. I remember when I first saw him a few months before Wrestlemania 4 and I liked the dynamic way he obliterated his opponents. Then there was the classic Summerslam where he beat Honkytonk Man so fast back when Honkytonk Man had been Intercontinental Champ for a long time.
That documentary DVD was fun to watch, a nice trip back in the past. Yeah, his skills weren't the best but he was entertaining and that's what Prowrestling is about, it's just unfortunate what happened to him in '90s. From what I've seen in the documentary and read in other books he was just such a difficult person to deal with (by no means the only one in wrestling that can be said about) that his turn to fall finally came around. Not showing up for matches and making less than stellar matches (the Hogan rematch in the WCW PPV comes to mind) and wanting too much money caught up with him.

THE REAL NINJA

01-15-2007, 01:09 AM

John Cena Vs. ????

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I'm bored with Orton and have never liked Edge so i'm looking for someone new .
Jeff Hardy...Why not a good old face VS face fued ? Hardy has the skills to put on some great matches with Cena + it would help push Hardy as a new main event star.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan or Jerry Lawler....Just a Tv show fued maybe they team up to teach the young kid a lesson for some reason.
Johnny Nitro...I think it's to soon for him to have the title and he would look very small next to Cena . But he has a lot of tools and it would be a good push for him .
Shelton Benjamin....I'd love for WWE to give him a push again that leads back to a face turn . I see him having great matches with Cena then turning face out of gaining respect from Cena as Cena did Vs Taker .
Viscera....This would be the same storyline as Batista Vs Mark Henry . Vis has been around off and on for a very long time and I think they should give him one last chance in a main event setting . First he needs to change the gimmick and look.
More then anything I want to end the brands .
Batista....A #1 face VS #2 face double title match just like Hogan Vs Warrior . Why not re-mix the brands by having a match vs the 2 champs ?
Chris Benoit ....Benoit could jump right back into the mix at any given time . He can carry a match and has the history of overcoming the odds . This could make for a good fued .
Undertaker....I'd rather see a re-fued of Taker vs Cena then a Batista vs Taker match . Cena would be helped more from a win at WM then Batista would . But I wouldn't give anyone a win over Taker at WM if I was the booker .
Mr. Kennedy....The promo's would be great but being that he and Batista have a fued in the works this is maybe the biggest long shot of them all .
Little Bastard....Because Vince runs the show .........and he would do something like this .....
Well that's about it less Brown shows up soon or some other new wrestler .
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VERSATILE2K9

01-15-2007, 01:25 AM

stone colds king. enough said

Liaison

01-15-2007, 10:22 AM

Caught TNA Final Resolution last night, good PPV, not quite as good as I expected but decent none the less…

-Kurt/Joe was great again, not as good as the last but good. The last 5 minutes of the match was tense, best last 5 minutes to match I’ve seen in ages.

-AJ’s match was really good in a spotty way

-Triple Threat was a decent Main Event for TNA. Christian regaining the belt was a surprise.

-X-Division match was a whole lot of fun. For an old man, Lynn is great.

-Bob Backlund putting chicken wing crossface on Austin Aries (Austin Star) owned. oment of the night that….

neils7147933

01-15-2007, 10:33 AM

Liaison

01-15-2007, 10:52 AM

Oh, you put me on the spot there neils.

I’m going to say yes. All the matches were fun to watch, even the main event (albeit overbooked). I don’t thinks it’s anywhere near their best but it’s their most consistent PPV in quiet some time.

THE REAL NINJA

01-19-2007, 04:38 PM

WWE.com has learned that former WWE Superstar Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow has passed away in Florida.

Kevin Doll, the Public Information Director for the Pasco County Sheriff's Office confirmed that Bigelow was found dead early this morning in his home in Hudson, Fla.

"We can confirm that Scott Bigelow was found in his home this morning. At this time the cause of death is unknown," Doll told WWE.com.

Doll also confirmed that the Pasco-Pinellas Counties medical examiner has taken the body and an autopsy will be performed.

Bigelow, 45, worked for WWE, ECW and WCW extensively throughout his 20-year sports-entertainment career. A former ECW Champion, ECW Television Champion and WCW Tag Team Champion, he is perhaps best known for his rivalry with Lawrence Taylor that culminated in the main event of WrestleMania XI in 1995.

GodzHand

01-24-2007, 01:28 AM

^Rest in Peace.

Liaison

01-24-2007, 01:53 AM

-Antonio-

01-29-2007, 02:53 AM

Royal Rumble this weekend, one of the few WWE PPV’s I always order (I just love the rumble itself, it’s great every year).

I’ll be routing for my boys Chavo Guerrero Jr., Benoit and Booker to do well but none of them will win it. From all accounts it seems the winner will be either Undertaker or Orton, doesn't really matter as long as the match (and PPV) are good.

I was so close to ordering this ppv. The 40 dollars is just too much for me right now to spend on a ppv. When I read Undertaker and HBK were the last two in the rumble, and Cena and Umaga put on a moty, I was pissed with my decisian. What did you think of it?

Liaison

01-29-2007, 06:59 PM

I was so close to ordering this ppv. The 40 dollars is just too much for me right now to spend on a ppv. When I read Undertaker and HBK were the last two in the rumble, and Cena and Umaga put on a moty, I was pissed with my decisian. What did you think of it?
Oh man, you missed out on a great PPV (I didn’t pay 40, I watched it at a friends flat).

-I mean Ken ****in’ Kennedy carried Dave Batista to arguably a 4 star matchup, seriously incredible.

-Cena proves once again why he’s most underrated guy in pro wrestling ATM. I’ve always rated the guys in ring talent but every ****in smark on the internet shits on his in ring work because of his gimmick and superman esq finishes. The match was awesome, easily Top 3 MOTY so far.

-Hardy’s are such a great time, good match with them.

-ECW match was shit

-Rumble was great as always, no surprises really which is a shame (last surprise Rumble winner was Show in 2000).

-Taker as the winner is still intriguing though as Batista is Vince’s love child and can do nothing wrong. He’s champ despite not being half as over as guys like Benoit and Booker but yeah, he's got a bodybuilder physique and hasn’t lost clean (always wins) since around summer of 2004. Taker is a veteran, never loses clean (always wins) who has that golden 14-0 streak at Mania. Rumour has it Tista will win at Mania which would be huge; other rumours suggest Taker wins and retires after his title run ends. It's the first time since Mania 14 that it's been hard to predict who'll win in a Taker Mania fight.

Mania suddenly seems interesting again.

-Antonio-

01-29-2007, 10:54 PM

Oh man, you missed out on a great PPV (I didn’t pay 40, I watched it at a friends flat).

-I mean Ken ****in’ Kennedy carried Dave Batista to arguably a 4 star matchup, seriously incredible.

-Cena proves once again why he’s most underrated guy in pro wrestling ATM. I’ve always rated the guys in ring talent but every ****in smark on the internet shits on his in ring work because of his gimmick and superman esq finishes. The match was awesome, easily Top 3 MOTY so far.

-Hardy’s are such a great time, good match with them.

-ECW match was shit

-Rumble was great as always, no surprises really which is a shame (last surprise Rumble winner was Show in 2000).

-Taker as the winner is still intriguing though as Batista is Vince’s love child and can do nothing wrong. He’s champ despite not being half as over as guys like Benoit and Booker but yeah, he's got a bodybuilder physique and hasn’t lost clean (always wins) since around summer of 2004. Taker is a veteran, never loses clean (always wins) who has that golden 14-0 streak at Mania. Rumour has it Tista will win at Mania which would be huge; other rumours suggest Taker wins and retires after his title run ends. It's the first time since Mania 14 that it's been hard to predict who'll win in a Taker Mania fight.

Mania suddenly seems interesting again.

Shit man. I blame raw for sucking so bad over the past few months. Im definitely getting some friends together to get Wrestle Mania.

Liaison

01-30-2007, 08:41 PM

Shit man. I blame raw for sucking so bad over the past few months. Im definitely getting some friends together to get Wrestle Mania.If you want, i'll upload Rumble for you to download...

-Antonio-

01-31-2007, 01:50 AM

If you want, i'll upload Rumble for you to download...

PLEASE DO...

Liaison

01-31-2007, 06:54 PM

MNM vs The Hardy Boyz
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HCSZAHDE

Batista vs Mr. Kennedy
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F8K0NKA7

John Cena vs Umaga
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TWKN1LR2

Royal Rumble Part 1
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MHFJWCX4

Royal Rumble Part 2
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YTRP0S3Z

Enjoy….

living_legend

02-02-2007, 09:41 AM

so who is the undertaker gunning for? is it cena or batista?...i would rather see cena be the 1st to beat the dead man at mania....am i the only one who is sick of batista?

sleazyfellow

02-02-2007, 11:09 AM

so who is the undertaker gunning for? is it cena or batista?...i would rather see cena be the 1st to beat the dead man at mania....am i the only one who is sick of batista?

whoever undertaker wrassles at wrasslemania, he is not going to lose, im tired of cena winning all the time crap.....hes like the next generations hulk hogan, overcoming the odds all the time and sumhow winning. But yeah i hope undertaker takes the belt from him, im tired of him as champ.

-Antonio-

02-03-2007, 10:24 PM

Having Undertaker in a title match is interesting because either he wins a title or his win streak ends.

living_legend

02-03-2007, 10:37 PM

well we are all goin to find out this monday on raw....the opening segment is supposed to be taker's challenge to cena im guessing......

Liaison

02-03-2007, 11:13 PM

It’ll be Taker/Batista at Mania I think. The match is more marketable than a fight with Cena. It’s two giants going to war and casual fans love that shit and to be honest I’d love to see how well Taker and Batista would work T (possible MOTY).

And of course,Vince has wanted the match to happen since Tista rose in stardum during the fall of 2004.

neils7147933

02-04-2007, 10:52 AM

Anyone see the new MTV wrestling show? I guess New Jack, X-Pac, Teddy Hart, some others are on it...

-Antonio-

02-04-2007, 12:22 PM

Anyone see the new MTV wrestling show? I guess New Jack, X-Pac, Teddy Hart, some others are on it...

It was pretty bad. It might have potential if MTV stops trying to be like MTV. They are trying to add their own twist to it with explosions and random camera views etc. Im still going to watch it though because there were a few good spots. New Jack did his table spot and the first match had some interesting moves.

GodzHand

02-05-2007, 07:42 PM

Anyone see the new MTV wrestling show? I guess New Jack, X-Pac, Teddy Hart, some others are on it...

yeah, i saw Vampiro on that shit too.

Young Legend

02-05-2007, 10:03 PM

Let's see who Taker will face....

Liaison

02-06-2007, 09:15 AM

I just downloaded the WSX show and finished watching it and was pretty pleased by it.

It’s certainly tailor made for the audience watches shit like Laguna Beach. The audience it’s targeted at wouldn’t care about a wrestler getting his arm or leg worked on in a 10 minute match, they tune to see Jack Evans hitting a crazy 630 or a double backflip on Waltman and that’s cool. It’s niche as we only get to see shit like this for 5 minutes a week on Impact (X Division), never on WWE (won’t include ROH as they’re not on the box) do we see this kind of stuff.

It’s a promotion (meh, I’d say it’s more of a show than a promotion) that’s made for the Marks and to be honest, it’s what the industry needs ATM.

GodzHand

02-18-2007, 04:24 PM

Liaison

02-18-2007, 05:10 PM

is it on youtube?
I can’t access youtube without my pc freezing so I really don’t know, but here’s the links from which I downloaded from, don’t know if they still work though.

Episode I
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MP2G7F1W

Episode II
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VZ4AHYU0

-Antonio-

02-18-2007, 07:24 PM

The show might already be scrapped all together. MTV has pulled this weeks episode off because of violent content. I read that it was a match where someone was hit in the face with a fireball. The fireball episode is often referred back to in future episodes so the show may be scrapped.

Liaison

02-18-2007, 07:30 PM

Can’t say I’m shocked if they pull it off the air, I mean these are the same people that banned John Cena's Bad Bad Man video lol.

ceboxer15

02-22-2007, 06:42 PM

new topic: does anyone have have any fanasty match-ups, they wanna see? If so, name them and say who you think wins.

my fanasty matches:

Hulk Hogan vs. Jesse Ventura vs. Superstar Billy Graham vs. Scott Steiner (Hogan Wins)

Hulk Hogan vs. Bruno Sammartino (Hogan Wins)

Bill Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Batista (Goldberg Wins)

Ric Flair vs. Bruno Sammartino (Flair Wins)

Ric Flair vs. Lou Thesz (Thesz Wins)

Lou Thesz vs. Ed "Strangler Lewis vs. Georg Hackenschmidt vs. Frank Gotch (Thesz Wins)

Hulk Hogan vs. Bruno Sammartino (Hogan Wins)

Hulk Hogan vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Austin Wins)

Triple H vs. Harley Race (HHH Wins)

Samoa Joe vs. Umaga vs. Kamala (Joe's gonna kill them)

Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Sandman in a Beer Drinking Contest (Austin Wins)

Andre the Giant vs. Big Show vs. The Great Kalhi vs. Gonzales (Andre Wins)

Hulk Hogan vs. The Junkyard Dog (Hogan Wins)

The Undertaker vs. Kane vs. Sting vs. Abyss in a Hell in a Cell Match (Undertaker Wins)

The Shiek vs. The Iron Shiek vs. Sabu in a Hardcore Match (Shiek Wins)

Brusier Brody vs. Catus Jack in a Hardcore Match (Brody Wins)

Jerry "The King" Lawler vs. "The King" Harley Race vs. King Booker (Lawler Wins)

"Nature Boy" Ric Flair vs. "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers vs. "Nature Boy" Buddy Landel (Flair Wins)

The Shiek vs. Terry Funk in a Hardcore Match (Shiek Wins)

Ric Flair vs. Verne Gagne (Flair Wins)

Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart in Submission Match (Hart Wins)

NWO vs. DX (DX Wins)

The Hart Family vs. The Von Erich Family (The Harts Win)

GodzHand

03-03-2007, 05:21 PM

Michaels W Cena

Undertaker W Batista

at Wrestlemania

-Antonio-

03-04-2007, 04:28 PM

Im actually going to get a few friends together and order this. Theres four matchups that are interesting already.

THE REAL NINJA

03-12-2007, 08:41 PM

Man they are going fast WWE Hall of Famer Ernie Ladd passed away last night, according to TheNewsStar.com of Monroe, La. Ladd, 68, had been battling cancer since 2004.

Professionally known as the “Big Cat,” Ladd was one of the premiere professional wrestlers of the 1960s and 1970s. Long-time fans in the Northeast particularly remember the havoc he wreaked in WWE throughout the ‘70s as one of the biggest names the territory had ever seen. Managed by the Grand Wizard, Ladd was a persistent challenger to WWE Champions Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales and Bob Backlund.

Prior to a successful career in sports-entertainment, Ladd earned fame as a dominant football player at both the college and pro level. He was a star lineman for Louisiana’s Grambling State University in the late ‘50s, and was recruited in 1961 by the AFL’s San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Chargers’ 1963 AFL Championship team, and appeared in four straight AFL All-Star Games from 1962-1965. In addition to the Chargers, he also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs.
Sadly, Allen Coage - better known to wrestling fans as "Bad News" Allen or "Bad News" Brown has passed away. Coage was rushed to Rockyview Hospital in Calgary after experiencing chest pains and passed away early this morning. He was 63.

Coage, a bronze medal winner at the 1976 Olympics in Judo, was a major star in several promotions including Stu Hart's Stampede Wrestling as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling. He entered the WWE in the late 80's and had a few stand out moments that fans still remember him by.

It was Coage who double-crossed Bret "Hitman" Hart at the end of the over-the-top-rope battle royale which opened Wrestlemania 4 so that he could go on to win the prize trophy. Brown also feuded with Rowdy Roddy Piper, leading to their match at Wrestlemania 6 where Piper painted his body half black. One of his last feuds in the WWE before leaving the company was with Jake "The Snake" Roberts, where he tried to pit his "Harlem Sewer Rats" vs. Jake's snake Damien. Coage even had a few matches with WWE Legend Hulk Hogan.

At the time of his passing, Coage was working as a security guard and had just signed a "Legends" deal with the WWE to produce a Classic Superstar action figure of himself. He was also scheduled to appear at the Legends of the Ring convention on April 28th, 2007 in New Jersey.

-Antonio-

03-19-2007, 12:52 AM

I picked up Mick Foley's new book the other day. I enjoyed the backstage stuff a lot. He talks about his pitches for angles and storylines.

Liaison

04-01-2007, 01:20 PM

Undertaker FTW tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Antonio-

04-01-2007, 01:41 PM

Im going to be watching it with some friends. Should be a great show.

-Antonio-

04-02-2007, 12:11 AM

Im going to be watching it with some friends. Should be a great show.

I was wrong. One great match, and two pretty good matches. Everything else was awful, and the show just seemed to drag at times. The Batista/Taker match was excellent. They had the crowd into it, and it had a perfect pace. The Benoit match was great up until the abrupt ending, which through me off a bit. WWE dropped the ball with having Cena win. Nice try having HBK slap Cena at the beginning so he can be a heel. Too bad the crowd still hates Cena anyway. Anyways the match was a let down. The last 10 minutes or so was great. It was suspensful and I actually thought HBK might pull it off. Up until then it was very slow apart from a few nice spots outside the ring.

Liaison

04-02-2007, 11:38 AM

I enjoyed it.

MITB: Holy Shit what a match, crazy stuff especially from Jeff Hardy.

Kane/Khali: Decent enough, both guys knew their limits

Beniot/MVP: MVP was quite impressive

Taker/Batista: Great Match, good carry job by Taker but Batista did fairly well in there, didn’t screw up once which is a surprise.

Originals/New Blood: To short but a good finish.

Umaga/Lashley: Meh, they were just background players to Trump and Austin..

Melina/Ashley: Nice tits but that was it.

Cena/Michaels: Good match but not main event calibre, end part of the match was great however.

Not as good as last years but good nonetheless, MITB was the match of the night for me floowed by the Takers fight.

-Antonio-

04-03-2007, 03:55 AM

Maybe I was a little too harsh on the ladder match. After a second viewing I liked it a lot more. My standards might have been too high when watching it live. The TLC matches set the bar so high, and it has rarely been matched.

As for Raw, it was crap tonight.

Jimmy The Gent

04-03-2007, 09:37 AM

Wrestling of the late 80's early 90's was untouchable

-Antonio-

04-03-2007, 07:15 PM

Actual wrestling yes, but the entertainment value was at its all time high in the late 90s.

Liaison

04-03-2007, 07:34 PM

For me, 1991-1996 was my favourite, from Sting Vader feud all the way to the nWo forming. Was a huge WCW mark...

Jimmy The Gent

04-03-2007, 07:37 PM

Wrestlemania 6 > all others

Liaison

04-03-2007, 08:40 PM

Wrestlemania 6 > all othersOne of the best main events for sure, remember crying when Hogan lost even though I was a huge Warrior fan.

Wrestlemania 19 from top to bottom has to be the best though.

-Antonio-

04-03-2007, 09:21 PM

-Antonio-

04-03-2007, 09:23 PM

One of the best main events for sure, remember crying when Hogan lost even though I was a huge Warrior fan.

Wrestlemania 19 from top to bottom has to be the best though.

I agree one of the best. I just watched the Mysterio/Hardy match the other day. Man can you imagine how great it would have been had they gone 10 minutes longer?

Liaison

04-03-2007, 11:24 PM

Wrestlemania 17 is the best PPV of all time imo. Hardcore match, Angle/Benoit, McMahon vs. McMahon, TLC, HHH/Taker, Rock/Austin. Im missing other matches, but seriously every single one was atleast good except maybe a womans match.

Yeah, 17 was great, what a main event, shame the ending sucked but it was fitting the rebel joining the “corporation” to end the attitude era. The hardcore match had me in stitches; Kane in a golf buggy was one for the ages.

I agree one of the best. I just watched the Mysterio/Hardy match the other day. Man can you imagine how great it would have been had they gone 10 minutes longer?
Yeah, it’s always been the same with the WWF, matches to damn short to accommodate the bigger fights.

My favs in order
Mania 19
Mania 5
Mania 10
Mania 22
Mania 17

Starcade 87 is the best “big one” of all time imo.