El-P Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Yeah, those damn wrestlers lie their ass off all the time, especially when talking about the good ol'days when they were selling out everywhere and going sixty every night. So there it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "I had the idea for the first ____ match". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 My favourite of all wrestling lies is Manny Fernandez's claim that his match vs. Abdullah was primarily responsible for selling out The Omni for Starrcade 85. A newcomer though is Don Kernodle's "There were 20,000 people who couldn't get in" claim for the Final Conflict. Most common: "I created hardcore wrestling" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "We wrestled every night and twice on Saturday". Edit: I LOVE Manny's Abby Starrcade match one. It's so insanely ridiculous that it's great. You forgot the part where he says people left in droves after the match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Boricua Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "I was going to win / was promised _____ title". To be fair, some of those guys were likely led on by the bookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khawk20 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "I was going to win / was promised _____ title". To be fair, some of those guys were likely led on by the bookers. I was going to put this one in and didn't because of the same thing you said. Damn bookers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Manny's whole shoot is awesome for how carny it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "I had over 2,000 matches with (insert name here)." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickHithouse Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I invented the Stone Cold character or I was doing "Stone Cold" before Stone Cold was Stone Cold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I was doing flips before the Mexicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdw Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Anything relating to attendance. "We packed the place." "We sold out three straight matches." 'Business went in the tank after they took the title off me." Etc. In another 10 years, it will be about Ratings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I invented the Stone Cold character or I was doing "Stone Cold" before Stone Cold was Stone Cold And there's also "I knew Stone Cold was going to be a star before anyone else saw it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "The fans in Japan don't cheer for things." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Also I'm not sure I've ever seen a shoot discussing pre-Wrestlemania 1 era wrestling that hasn't included at least one story about a riot in a wrestling arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clintthecrippler Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 "I was there the night __________ died." "I never refused to job to anyone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazeUSA Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I would have happily did good business & put over ''insert random worker name here'' but the booker changed things, ''I didn't have anything to do w/ that'' I've NEVER refused to put anyone over in this business! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Harley Race claimed that his match with JYD was one of the 3 main events at WrestleMania 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Harley Race claimed that his match with JYD was one of the 3 main events at WrestleMania 3. To be fair to him that's one match that legit would have been "main event anywhere in the country". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrainfollower Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I can't think of any WWF house shows JYD-Race headlined, unless you want to count the 6 man elimination matches. I have a broader question, do wrestlers do this out of massive insecurity or simply because they've lived a carnival lifestyle for so long they have no idea where the lies begin and reality ends? I mean someone like Hogan who constantly exaggerates his deeds. Which would be fine and good if he were say Sam Houston and had a massive insecurity complex. But he's arguably the most famous wrestler of all time, why the hell does he find the need to add a few hundred pounds to Andre's weight for instance? Does he even know he's lying anymore? And if not, does that make the shoot interview, for all its BS, the best insight into the mind of a wrestler we are ever likely to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 But he's arguably the most famous wrestler of all time, why the hell does he find the need to add a few hundred pounds to Andre's weight for instance? The same reason the one that got away gets bigger every time the story is told? A lot of this is human nature as much as it is carny bullshit, it's just that wrestlers spend a lifetime cutting promos so it runs off the tongue a bit easier than retired sports stars who think everything was better in their day. It's as much a hang up for wrestling fans who get annoyed at factual incorrect information than it is some kind of psychological disorder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I'm going to shoot you a PM recommending some books on this brainfollower. And yeah thinking about it I guess 87 is a bit late for Race-JYD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Harley Race claimed that his match with JYD was one of the 3 main events at WrestleMania 3. To be fair to him that's one match that legit would have been "main event anywhere in the country". I don't know about "main event", but it was one of the four (if memory serves) that got a video package/preview before the match itself happened (Hulk-Andre, JYD-Race, Steamer-Savage, Piper-Adonis). Not the oddest claim I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidebottom Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 I invented.... I was the first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted August 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 The thing that cracks me up is that *every* wrestler ever interviewed in a shoot said something to the effect of "those young guys don't know what they are doing, they just do spots, they have no psychology.", even people like Maria Kanellis or Billy Gunn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bix Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Billy Gunn is purportedly an amazing teacher, FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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