Loss Posted December 9, 2012 Author Report Posted December 9, 2012 Rocky King has ANOTHER surprise for Ole Anderson ... THUNDERBOLT PATTERSON. Thunderbolt threatened to have the NAACP picket CNN Center if WCW wouldn't give him a job, and that threat worked. But WCW feels even more in a time warp now than they ever did in the Bischoff era. Quote
PeteF3 Posted December 13, 2012 Report Posted December 13, 2012 Oh, sweet Jesus, just the man to bring some youthful pep and workrate back to this promotion, Thunderbolt Patterson. At least there's some history between him and Ole. T-bolt cuts his standard "Ooh, I'm about to swear--no I'm not" promo and amusingly uses the same simile Kerry used in the previous segment about stink on...OOOOOH. 1990's Worst Angle continues. If this is the New Era beginning, then let's go back to the old one. Quote
soup23 Posted December 27, 2012 Report Posted December 27, 2012 Thunderbolt being the surprise is a letdown and he looked broken down physically even here. Quote
Kevin Ridge Posted January 25, 2013 Report Posted January 25, 2013 Rocky King has a surprise for Ole. Thunderbolt Patterson cuts a promo. Ross seemed real comfortable during this. Quote
Cox Posted December 24, 2013 Report Posted December 24, 2013 It's hard for me to hate Thunderbolt Patterson. The man is carny as fuck. He sees Ole pulling this racist shit, and uses it to get a few paydays while pretending to care about their portrayal of African-Americans. Good on you, Thunderbolt. Quote
TravJ1979 Posted January 19, 2014 Report Posted January 19, 2014 Rocky King is Ren from Ren and Stimpy meets 1940's Cartoon character, Screwy Squirrel. Just all over the place. Quote
garretta Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 Did Thunderbolt ever appear on TV after this? If not, what was the point (creatively speaking) of bringing him in? I'm sure that they could have stuck him in an office somewhere if all they wanted was to avoid a lawsuit. I've seen in threads for later Yearbooks that some people have a problem with WCW using TV shows to promote the big cards at the Omni. I personally don't, but if you're going to do that, shouldn't you tape the card so that people who don't live in the Atlanta area can see what went on? I know they did it occasionally, but not on any kind of consistent basis. Quote
Loss Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Posted January 13, 2015 Thunderbolt basically blackmailed WCW into bringing him in. First post has a little explanation, but I am not sure if there is more to it. Quote
garretta Posted January 13, 2015 Report Posted January 13, 2015 I read the backstory, but if you leave the legal threats out of it, I don't see what benefit bringing Bolt in had for the product. I don't even think he seconded King in his bout with Arn, which would only seem logical (I'll be watching that match soon to find out for myself). There had to be a way to appease him without putting him on camera if putting him on camera made no sense. Quote
Loss Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Posted January 13, 2015 There was no other option. If he wasn't put on TV, he was going to organize an NAACP picket in front of CNN Center and call attention to the stuff they were doing that flew under the radar of TBS executives. Period. They decided not to call his bluff, which was probably a wise decision, as it's not like he had a lasting role and dramatically changed the course of the company or anything. He probably saw race-baiting angles as "his" in the same way that the Iron Sheik was even telling people as late as 2005 that he was expecting a call from WWE so he could be involved in Mohammad Hassan's stuff. Quote
garretta Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 Oh, okay. I wasn't aware how far they were backed into a corner. One TV appearance and one Omni appearance (at least) was a small price to pay to avoid a lawsuit. Quote
Loss Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Posted January 14, 2015 Not a lawsuit really, just a plan to really humiliate Turner Broadcasting as a whole. Quote
drew wardlaw Posted May 7, 2016 Report Posted May 7, 2016 Rocky barely gets a word in edgewise before he's cut off by Ole and Thunderbolt. Rocky, I guess, is not a strong promo. Quote
GSR Posted January 6, 2017 Report Posted January 6, 2017 Rocky King getting more promo time! Ole Anderson interrupts a King interview, is tired of having to see his face every week and wants to know what this surprise is that he’s got in store for him? King introduces his ‘brother’ and it’s Thunderbolt Patterson. Ole thinks that this is another stitch up by World Championship Wrestling and goes off to consult with his lawyers. Patterson says how he’s been sat at home watching everything and Ole Anderson has been running rough shot over everyone. The Horsemen’s time has come and he’s going to be keeping an eye on them from now on. Wherever they go, he’s going to be there. He’s been denied by Ole Anderson and Ric Flair and it’s time to put his foot where the sun don’t shine! It’s 1985 all over again and this seems like such a backwards step in bringing in Patterson. Thunderbolt is hardly the most threatening of looking individuals either. Quote
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