[1990-05-26-USWA-Memphis TV] Ninja Turtle vignette

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

NINJA TURTLE! He would eventually be repackaged as Cowabunga. He'll be at Mid South Coliseum to talk to kids and have fun. Tremendous.

[PeteF3]

Bring your pizza. Just...wow.

[soup23]

One of the cheapest looking Turtle suits I have ever seen.

[Kevin Ridge]

Nice costume. This probably would have scared me as a kid watching.

[Cox]

Who was doing the Ninja Turtle gimmick here? I know Mark Curtis did both that gimmick and the Power Ranger in Smoky Mountain, but I assume it's somebody else here.

[Tim Evans]

Chris Champion of New Breed and getting destroyed by Lawler earlier in the year fame.

[garretta]

And I recognized his voice right away, for some odd reason. Oh well, it wasn't like they had a whole lot of other cheap options.

[drew wardlaw]

UHHHHHHHHH

[GSR]

Michaelangelo here! He’ll be at the Summer Gold Custom Car show all weekend signing autographs and posing for picture with the kids, while this Monday he’ll be at the Coliseum for the wrestling to have some fun and talk to the children. Make sure you come and see him!

 

The promotion that is giving us the hottest angle of the year is at the same time giving us a gimmick of a man dressed up as a ninja turtle? I know they’ve given us Freddy in the past so really shouldn’t be surprised by anything in Memphis but… Chris Champion is the unfortunate soul in the turtle costume and one of the cheapest, nastiest looking turtle costumes you are ever likely to see.

[dawho5]

At least you don't have to see Champion's hair. Also, cowabunga dude!