Johnny Sorrow

Ok. In the Mid-Eighties Polynesian Pro Wrestling was aired on Saturday nights on the cable channel that was there to see the Stock Market Ticker and they'd put on any old thing behind that. I remember seeing Flair vs. Siva Afi in a big main event, Lawler heeling it up in a promo, and lots of Lars Anderson. It didn't last long and they re-ran a lot of shows, but I'd imagine SOMEONE taped these.

The Philadelphia Civic Center, The Spectrum,the Louisville Gardens, and the Meadowlands were all awesome. For small Indy shows, in the mid-2000's, the Rexplex in Elizabeth, NJ was outstanding.

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That's not scummy looking. That's AWESOME looking.

See, A LOT of people think Ferris was a douchebag. And Punk is way better at being a douchebag than a smiling babyface.

I liked how when Steph's music hit, HHH gave a look like, "Shit dude, you're fucked now." I used to make the same look when I was married and was in any sort of disagreement with someone and eventually my wife would snap and "take over" the argument. And I liked the DX deal. First of all, I liked DX back in the day, and second..I liked seeing a gang of guys who were wild when they were young get together and goof on themselves while having a moment of "getting the gang back together." Reminds me of me and my old pals when we occasionally all get together. Minus the matching outfits. Oh and I thought Sandow was great here.

I thought that the reason Steph came out was cause she was pissed that a slime like Heyman mentioned her kids, even though HHH already warned him to knock it off.

Ha! After reading your long-ass, positive & glowing review of the show on DVDVR I said to myself "he's drunk." You really were! hey doesn't mean I was wrong!

Yeah. The joke was "X-Pac is a greasy haired skeevy degenerate trying to hit on Trish." That's all there was to it. And I absolutely loved the show, minus the Charlie Sheen stuff. Then again, to cross reference another thread, I was rather drunk and stoned.

I was at the show in Philly with the cage match, and it was a fucking blast.

I first read this topic as "Pro Wrestling and Meth".

I'm only talking about the gimmick. There were lots of Road Warrior inspired dudes back then. Demolition was definitely one of them, (and the most successful one at that). Admitting that doesn't suddenly make them irrelevant, and hey, they got over. Good for them. And if you're a huge fan of them then fine. Admitting that they were Vince's Warriors shouldn't affect any fond memories you have of them. What's next? The Midnight Rockers weren't Rock N' Roll Express rip-offs with a name taken from both the R n' R and The Midnight Express?

Well, when the Warriors finally did arrive in WWF their first angle was with Demolition and it was based on the Warriors calling them Road Warrior rip-offs. And Demo was saying "No, they're ripping US off!" in a display of heels saying outrageous lies. So, yeah. Demolition were Vince's Road Warriors.

Yeah, but Kane stalking Shane in the Hospital was some funny shit.

It's bad enough that you're gonna get beaten up and raped. But by CLOWNS? That's extra scary! I'll give ya that.

I get what Loss is saying, totally. But what I'd do to make Shane believable was just create the story in my head that he wanted to be a wrestler, but Vince wouldn't allow it. But since he grew up around all the guys, he'd train with them and picked a few things up, and he was a High School athlete as well. But he wasn't that good and that's why he had to rely on falling from high places on people.

I remember going to Philly Civic Center Crockett shows in the 80's and getting a buzz on drinking beers. We were only 16-17 and my Dad would usually drop me and my pals off and then taking his girlfriend out for dinner and sightseeing in the city. If you sat in the cheap seats, which were awesome, the beer vendors didn't exactly ask for ID. They'd say "Are you 21?" and we'd say "Yup, sure are." and we'd get served. We'd pretend to be tired and snooze on the ride home. I'm sure my Dad knew but since he knew he was getting laid later I'd guess he let it pass.

I can point to a particular instance that was a blast. I had gotten home from working at the club where we had a bit of an "after party". A co-worker dropped me off and I went to the mailbox where waiting for me was the Memphis set. I went to my room, cracked open another beer and put on the First Family disc. I sat there laughing and drunk as the First Family was having their BBQ where they were all drunk and it was a good time.

I totally forgot about the Islanders, but Rotundo and Spivey were on TV for only a little while, despite how long they were around. Still not enough for an IC Tag division. Studd and Bundy were more of a presence. Like I said, come 88 you had more than enough teams to do it.

WRONG I agree with Vic. Demolition did not stink because of Bill Eadie. You know what I mean. Eadie was a great wrestler. He looked cool as fuck as the Masked Superstar. As Axe...he looked stupid. Darsow looked somewhat better as Smash, but he sucked.

Bruno was still the fucking MAN to many people in the Northeast. Let me share a story I've told before. My Mom took me and a few pals to see WrestleMania 1 live on giant closed circuit TV at the Philly Spectrum, cause MSG was sold out. We were 14. She brought along a few Cosmos to read, and her needlepoint. At the end of the David Sammartino/ Beefcake match when Bruno ran in and cleaned house the entire Spectrum was on it's feet going crazy..including my Mom who'd dropped her needlepoint and was jumping up and down cheering for Bruno to kick some ass..because when she was a kid...Bruno was a hero to her. She had never even told me that for some reason, but at that moment she dropped her guard and revealed that at one time she had been a fan. And to Italian kids of the 60's, Bruno was GOD. And he was totally a draw in 86. The only reason David had a job was to get Bruno to wrestle now and again. I've always wanted to see that Baltimore Hogan and Bruno vs Bundy and One Man Gang match.

Oh for Christ's sake. Demolition stunk because Bill Eadie looked ridiculous as soon as he took off the cool studded black hood and revealed a middle aged guy in clown makeup with his hair slicked back. Sorry.

86? Besides the Bees and the Brothers who else was there? The Bulldogs were on top, Sheik and Volkoff were still sorta going, there was the Dream Team. I guess if you counted the Funks, JYD and Santana, and Muraco and Orton, you'd have a number of teams. But not enough for IC Tag titles. Now, come '88, that's a different story.