WWE: Things Are About To Get Rowdy

[DrDemento]

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I was wondering if you remembered the tandem of Prof. Toru Tanaka and Mr. Fuji.



There were a good 3-4 talents off top I can think of though some of them were in WWE before AWA.

Too lazy to read through the entire thread - any mention of my local guy and former patient -Scott Charles Bigelow? You might know him better as Bam Bam. Holds the record by a wide margin as the biggest man to ever walk into my office (although by no means the tallest). Wrestled in high school not far from here at Neptune High School.

 

[jericho]

Too lazy to read through the entire thread - any mention of my local guy and former patient -Scott Charles Bigelow? You might know him better as Bam Bam. Holds the record by a wide margin as the biggest man to ever walk into my office (although by no means the tallest). Wrestled in high school not far from here at Neptune High School.

Did he wear the flame suit to your office?

 

[The Rube]

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Too lazy to read through the entire thread - any mention of my local guy and former patient -Scott Charles Bigelow? You might know him better as Bam Bam. Holds the record by a wide margin as the biggest man to ever walk into my office (although by no means the tallest). Wrestled in high school not far from here at Neptune High School.

I remember going to a movie with some friends back in the day, and while we were hanging out in the lobby, one of my friends (not a wrestling fan), said, "You know, if there is any guy I would not want to get into a fight with, it'd be that guy" and points to this one ugly sumbeech.

A couple of us look over.....it was Animal of the Road Warriors.

We obviously agreed with our friend.

 

[DrDemento]

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Did he wear the flame suit to your office?

Never - in the early years though he did wear some flamboyant stuff. If you know any of his history you know he made his own flame suit at a home barbecue at his home here in NJ. i got called to see him for 2nd and 3rd degree burns over a good portion of his substantial body. There were times that we saw him while he was in his fighting shape and weighed about 400. But when he was idle for any length of time he probably tipped the scales at at least 100 pounds more than that.

 

[jericho]

Never - in the early years though he did wear some flamboyant stuff. If you know any of his history you know he made his own flame suit at a home barbecue at his home here in NJ. i got called to see him for 2nd and 3rd degree burns over a good portion of his substantial body. There were times that we saw him while he was in his fighting shape and weighed about 400. But when he was idle for any length of time he probably tipped the scales at at least 100 pounds more than that.

Did he share anything about his classic WrestleMania match wifh Lawrence Taylor?

 

[Jimjamesak]

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Before WWF/Vince went crazy and broke all the rules, I believe that regional wrestlers were exclusive to that organization. You didn't wrestle outside your region.
Even after WWF really kicked in, USUALLY the companies owned the names of the wrestlers, hence Road Warriors becoming Legion Of Doom. If you were truly big enough (Hulk Hogan, Macho Man), then you could own the name. I suppose it'd be like owning the rights to your music/master tapes, that sort of thing.

Obviously I could be wrong, but that's how I understood it.

Incorrect. Vince typically copyrights/trademarks the wrestlers name when they work for WWE. Before that it's usually owned by the wrestler.

The Road Warriors were called the Legion of Doom in WWF because they already had the Ultimate Warrior and the "Modern Day Warrior" Kerry Von Erich at that time so Vince asked for something different. They were still introduced as "Road Warrior Hawk" and "Road Warrior Animal".

 

[The Rube]

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Incorrect. Vince typically copyrights/trademarks the wrestlers name when they work for WWE. Before that it's usually owned by the wrestler.

The Road Warriors were called the Legion of Doom in WWF because they already had the Ultimate Warrior and the "Modern Day Warrior" Kerry Von Erich at that time so Vince asked for something different. They were still introduced as "Road Warrior Hawk" and "Road Warrior Animal".

Gotcha. Figured someone like you would chime in with better knowledge. Thank you.

 

[Slap Shot]

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There were a good 3-4 talents off top I can think of though some of them were in WWE before AWA.

After looking through their bios there's a few that started in the WWF.

Adrian Adonis - no
Nick Bockwinkle -no
The Crusher - no
Jim Brunzell - no
Jerry Blackwell - no
Ric Flair - no
Greg and Verne Gagne - no
Hulk Hogan - yes WWF
Superstar Billy Graham - no
Curt and Larry Hennig - no
Sheik Adnan El Kaissey - no
Jerry Lawler - no
Rick Martel - yes WWF
Wahoo McDaniel - no
Ken Patera - no
Dusty Rhodes - no
The Road Warriors - no
Sgt. Slaughter - no
Superfly Snuka - yes WWF
Mad Dog Vachon - no
Jesse The Body - no
Baron von Raschke - no

 

[DrDemento]

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Did he share anything about his classic WrestleMania match wifh Lawrence Taylor?

Can't recall and i cannot really render any sort of decision on what kind of guy he was. In the office as a patient he was very nice and a complete gentleman. He was willing to pose for a few photos next to Jenny who is 4'10" and about 105 lbs. We actually saw him several times, some for minor issues (you can imagine some of the skin problems that someone of that size could suffer from especially in the summer heat) and then was called into the hospital to see him for a burn he sustained. From what i understood, he earned a fairly sizeable income for a few years but had some major difficulties in his personal life after leaving this area.

Although we had many sports figures and celebrities as patients over the years, he was the only professional wrestler i can recall but will check later with Jen who has virtually an instant recall of the more than 50,000 patients we have seen over the years.

 

[Kepler]

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Incorrect. Vince typically copyrights/trademarks the wrestlers name when they work for WWE. Before that it's usually owned by the wrestler.

I never knew this. I assumed the syndicates exploited the wrestlers the way trainers exploited fighters, using organized crime as terror and muscle to keep them in line. My impression is the whole business was depressing, dirty, and horrible, like horse racing (for most of the same reasons), and for all their awfulness the McMahons actually were a big step up in quality of life for the talent.

 

[LAKingsFan26]

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I remember going to a movie with some friends back in the day, and while we were hanging out in the lobby, one of my friends (not a wrestling fan), said, "You know, if there is any guy I would not want to get into a fight with, it'd be that guy" and points to this one ugly sumbeech.

A couple of us look over.....it was Animal of the Road Warriors.

We obviously agreed with our friend.

Yeah, those guys were no joke. They were bouncers prior to breaking into wrestling.

After looking through their bios there's a few that started in the WWF.

Adrian Adonis - no
Nick Bockwinkle -no
The Crusher - no
Jim Brunzell - no
Jerry Blackwell - no
Ric Flair - no
Greg and Verne Gagne - no
Hulk Hogan - yes WWF
Superstar Billy Graham - no
Curt and Larry Hennig - no
Sheik Adnan El Kaissey - no
Jerry Lawler - no
Rick Martel - yes WWF
Wahoo McDaniel - no
Ken Patera - no
Dusty Rhodes - no
The Road Warriors - no
Sgt. Slaughter - no
Superfly Snuka - yes WWF
Mad Dog Vachon - no
Jesse The Body - no
Baron von Raschke - no

Curt Hennig's case was interesting as he worked both AWA and WWF in '81.

Can't recall and i cannot really render any sort of decision on what kind of guy he was. In the office as a patient he was very nice and a complete gentleman. He was willing to pose for a few photos next to Jenny who is 4'10" and about 105 lbs. We actually saw him several times, some for minor issues (you can imagine some of the skin problems that someone of that size could suffer from especially in the summer heat) and then was called into the hospital to see him for a burn he sustained. From what i understood, he earned a fairly sizeable income for a few years but had some major difficulties in his personal life after leaving this area.

Although we had many sports figures and celebrities as patients over the years, he was the only professional wrestler i can recall but will check later with Jen who has virtually an instant recall of the more than 50,000 patients we have seen over the years.

Bigelow was one of the best big men ever. On another note you mentioned the announcer Dennis James do you remember the announcers Ray Morgan, Jimmie Lake, Lonnie Starr and Johnnie Addie? Not sure if you had the chance to look at the clips I suggested but here they are:

Karl Von Hess vs. Ricki Starr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUAtQXnRtUE

Buddy Rogers, Handsome Johnny Barend & Magnificent Maurice vs. Sailor Art Thomas, Bobo Brazil & Dory Dixon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatwvl15FCs

 

[Kepler]

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Anybody know of this woman?

Hana Kimura, the Japanese pro wrestler who starred in Netflix’s “Terrace House,” has died. She was 22.

Kimura’s death was confirmed Friday by Stardom Wrestling, which promotes pro women’s wrestling in Japan. The organization didn’t give a cause of death, but the reality star had posted messages on social media implying she had been bullied online

 

[Kepler]

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Yeah, those guys were no joke. They were bouncers prior to breaking into wrestling.

I love that Ivan Putski worked as head of security for a Texas high school after retiring. Those are the luckiest boys on Earth. I'd have made trouble just to get into a hold with him.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Anybody know of this woman?

Yeah, I was reading about that today.

She was apparently a rising star among the Japanese scene. She was part of a women’s match at the Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom (Japan’s WrestleMania), something that hadn’t happened in decades.

She was a reality show called Terrace House where she blew up and smacked another house guest because he washed her wrestling gear with his stuff and her gear shrank and didn’t fit anymore (her gear was the outfit she wore at the Tokyo Dome show and had special significance). That show has pretty toxic fanbase (toxic enough that wrestling fans are shocked at how bad it is) and went after her on social media, driving her to suicide.

One of the sad aspects is she was friends with WWE wrestlers Asuka and Io Shirai who saw her messages and tried to get people to go help her but because of the time difference they were too late.

 

[Kepler]

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Yeah, I was reading about that today.

She was apparently a rising star among the Japanese scene. She was part of a women’s match at the Tokyo Dome for Wrestle Kingdom (Japan’s WrestleMania), something that hadn’t happened in decades.

She was a reality show called Terrace House where she blew up and smacked another house guest because he washed her wrestling gear with his stuff and her gear shrank and didn’t fit anymore (her gear was the outfit she wore at the Tokyo Dome show and had special significance). That show has pretty toxic fanbase (toxic enough that wrestling fans are shocked at how bad it is) and went after her on social media, driving her to suicide.

One of the sad aspects is she was friends with WWE wrestlers Asuka and Io Shirai who saw her messages and tried to get people to go help her but because of the time difference they were too late.

That really sucks. I can't imagine being driven there now, but I also remember 22.

 

[LAKingsFan26]

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Anybody watch the AEW PPV yesterday?

 

[The Rube]

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Yeah, those guys were no joke. They were bouncers prior to breaking into wrestling.

I and my wrestling fan friends knew that part; and the bar they bounced at was more than a bit shady. It wasn't like they were bouncing for Studio 54 or anything.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Anybody watch the AEW PPV yesterday?

Yes. The stadium match was one of the nuttiest, craziest, most hilarious things I’ve seen! Plus Hikaru Shida winning was fantastic as well.

 

[Saints17]

Bam Bam's burns were from saving children from a fire.

 

[DrDemento]

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Bam Bam's burns were from saving children from a fire.

It was quite a while ago but I know that the fire that caused his injuries was from a barbecue that went awry. I do not think it was at his home but at one nearby.