Victator Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 Really Kobashi would just come in and beat the shit out of guys for ten minutes. Easiest thing in the world. The bigger problem would be Heyman fucking over All Japan like he did FMW. I don't even think that Baba would have loaned ECW one of his biggest draws at that stage of ECW's existence... I always heard it was in 1999. That Kobashi was interested in wrestling in the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravJ1979 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 I remember reading in the WON that Johnny Ace was interested in bringing Takako Inoue to the WWE. One has to suspect his motives were less about the women's division and more about his own, less than honorable intentions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 New WWE signee Takako Inoue from Japan is headed to Minnesota to train under Brad Rheingans so that she can familiarize herself with the American style of pro-wrestling. On a funny note, John Laurinaitis had asked her how old she was during her tryout. She told him that she was 35 (which is true). Laurinaitis instantly got a shocked look on his face and told her that she looks like she's 23. Takako was reportedly thrilled to hear that.Hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 New WWE signee Takako Inoue from Japan is headed to Minnesota to train under Brad Rheingans so that she can familiarize herself with the American style of pro-wrestling. On a funny note, John Laurinaitis had asked her how old she was during her tryout. She told him that she was 35 (which is true). Laurinaitis instantly got a shocked look on his face and told her that she looks like she's 23. Takako was reportedly thrilled to hear that.Hm. Didn't she leave shortly after she realized they would not use her as a wrestler much and would probably be forced to get a boob job ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smkelly Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I recall hearing that Heyman tried to get the Undertaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Heyman was allegedly trying to bring in Kobashi and maybe others from AJPW to ECW around 96/97. Seriously? I don't even remember it, and suspect at the time if I ran across the rumor online, I shat all over it. Was this a Scherer or Ryder House Organ rumor? Or something that Heyman floated to Dave and Dave had a "you can read betweeen the lines that I'm laughing at this" comment? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Waco Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Can't remember the origin, but I know Mooneyham reported it here locally. Don't think that was the first place I saw it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 What are some of the rumored returns, arrivals, matches, angles, etc. that never happened? They dont have to be dream matches or angles just stuff that slipped through the cracks or things you would have liked to see happen. Misawa vs Mutoh as the main event of a second Weekly Pro Wrestling Dome show. With Mutoh jobbing. Hard to believe? It was *Mutoh* who was pushing for the match, and wanting it so badly that he was willing to put over Misawa. Of course there was no second Weekly Pro Wrestling Dome show, and instead Choshu went to war with Weekly Pro for some nonsensical reason (another Dome show may have factored into his decision to go to war with them). It never came close to taking place at what was probably their respective peaks. Chono being the one to end Mutoh's second IWGP reign on the 01/04/96 Dome show. Wait... you're saying that Takada ended Mutoh's reign on that card? Exactly. I recall being told at the 04/02/95 WPW Dome show by someone with New Japan what was going to big picture happen the rest of the year (Mutoh taking the title from Hash at the May Dome, Mutoh winning the G1, etc), and he was right on everything... until the NJPW vs UWFi feud popped out of nowhere and caused the company to adjust their place. In turn, Chono couldn't be the one to take the belt back from Takada: it really could only be Hash. Always felt bad for Chono that he finally got the belt when his body was falling apart (to the point that he quickly vacated it). Lou vs Bruno is probably the biggest one that went into negotiation but never took place. Well... Gotch vs Stecher would be on the same level as Lou-Bruno. FWIW, I've never bought the "Bockwinkel was offered the NWA Title" storyline, despite Dave probably having both Larry and Nick "confirming" it. Do the timeline on when it allegedly happened, and then try to make it pass the laugh test. It doesn't. Suspect we've had some discussions here in the past about it being silly. Same with the Stone Cold Superstar nonsense. Figment of Billy's mind, and another one where decades later "confermations" are laughable when you look back at the timeline and think for more than two minutes about it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrisZ Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Roddy Piper had a verbal contract with Jim Herd to go to NWA in 1989 but Vince sweet talked him out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Wrestling X Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Heyman was allegedly trying to bring in Kobashi and maybe others from AJPW to ECW around 96/97. It's probably true that Heyman was trying to get talent from AJPW to come over on loan, but I'd imagine that the best AJPW was willing to offer him was some of the rookie wrestlers on the roster. It's still common practice for many of the Puro promotions to send their newer talent abroad for a couple of years so they can become accustomed to different styles of wrestling - this is of course something that WWE could learn from. Anyway, there was no way that a promotion like ECW was going to persuade AJPW to part with any of it's aces for any amount of time. It would be like JCP asking WWF in 1986 to loan them Randy Savage or present day ROH asking WWE if they could have CM Punk back for a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Andre being touted to return at the '91 Royal Rumble. Would have been very interesting to see him in the same ring with the likes of The Undertaker and LOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 New WWE signee Takako Inoue from Japan is headed to Minnesota to train under Brad Rheingans so that she can familiarize herself with the American style of pro-wrestling. On a funny note, John Laurinaitis had asked her how old she was during her tryout. She told him that she was 35 (which is true). Laurinaitis instantly got a shocked look on his face and told her that she looks like she's 23. Takako was reportedly thrilled to hear that.Hm. Didn't she leave shortly after she realized they would not use her as a wrestler much and would probably be forced to get a boob job ? Zah, I used to know this but i'm blanking on the exact reason now, it wasn't either of the 2 things you mentioned though. I want to say it was because they low balled her on money but again my memories fuzzy. You could tell she was pretty pissed/stoped caring at the time too cause she just went right back to working AJW but was super lazy in the ring for a while afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 i would have really loved the Steiners in the tag division in 95. Did we ever get Steiners vs Buck/Slater? I see a Sat Night taping with Rick vs Buck but that's about it. And some Rick and Scott vs Enos and Slater (which actually could be fun) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostka Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 On a recent interview, Matt Borne said that because of how over he was getting as a heel, an idea was pitched for Hogan vs Doink at WM 9, but Hogan shot it down, saying he didn't want to work with someone who had a clown gimmick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 On a recent interview, Matt Borne said that an idea was pitched for Hogan vs Doink at WM 9, but Hogan shot it down, saying he didn't want to work with someone who had a clown gimmick. I smell the bullshit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostka Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Me too, but Hogan vs Doink in 93 sounds oddly compelling to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I once read/heard a similar story with the Warrior's name in the place of Hogan, basically in the role Crush eventually filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boondocks Kernoodle Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Andre being touted to return at the '91 Royal Rumble. Would have been very interesting to see him in the same ring with the likes of The Undertaker and LOD. This leads to another rumored arrival, as the reason why WWF brought him back in '91 was that Herb Abrams wanted to book him for the UWF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 On a recent interview, Matt Borne said that an idea was pitched for Hogan vs Doink at WM 9, but Hogan shot it down, saying he didn't want to work with someone who had a clown gimmick. I smell the bullshit... "An idea was pitched" is pretty vague; phrased like that, it could've been Borne pitching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 They were hyping Andre at the Royal Rumble pretty strong. This was around the "who will manage Andre" angle was going on. I guess this fits the thread. WCW hyping up Glacier on Nitro only to have him debut on WCW pro on a Sunday afternoon airing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 They were hyping Andre at the Royal Rumble pretty strong. This was around the "who will manage Andre" angle was going on. I'm totally blanking on this. Anyone have links to clips? The only appearances Andre made in '91 was on crutches in the corner of the Bushwhackers, right? EDIT: After scouring youtube, I found this and it kind of brought it back for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KFkUFhrmrbM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 And of course, that angle also produced this awesome moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ymZPM3W2W0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 And of course, that angle also produced this awesome moment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ymZPM3W2W0 I like how Andre was just chilling at the bar with Pat Patterson and Arnold Skaaland before Sherri showed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLIK Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 They were hyping Andre at the Royal Rumble pretty strong. This was around the "who will manage Andre" angle was going on. I'm totally blanking on this. Anyone have links to clips? The only appearances Andre made in '91 was on crutches in the corner of the Bushwhackers, right? EDIT: After scouring youtube, I found this and it kind of brought it back for me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KFkUFhrmrbM Watching that clip, Andre totally had it coming. No one likes a liar and he was rude to boot, good for you Jimmy Hart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cm funk Posted November 22, 2011 Report Share Posted November 22, 2011 On a recent interview, Matt Borne said that an idea was pitched for Hogan vs Doink at WM 9, but Hogan shot it down, saying he didn't want to work with someone who had a clown gimmick. I smell the bullshit... "An idea was pitched" is pretty vague; phrased like that, it could've been Borne pitching it. It gets even better. In his shoot interview he says he knows it's true because Shawn Michaels had told him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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