Johnny Sorrow Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 If it was intended for Windham and Rotundo, shouldn't the lyric be "We are real Americans"?😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Good way to delineate between earth 1 Hogan and earth 2 HoganThat, and all the blood. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Rights issues. WCW likely paid a lot to the Jimi Hendrix estate for the rights for that and it's not worth it to WWE to pay for what to them is archival content. So why not just dub Real American during his 2002 run? A Generic theme was just worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 They were still calling him Hollywood Hogan during this time, so that is probably their rationale behind doing it. Back then I wasn't a big fan of that, but I think it's kind of cool that they basically melded together the NWO persona with the red and yellow. It came full circle in 2005, when he came out to "Real American" and ditched the feathered boas and sunglasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmo Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Wasn't that because there was an issue with marvel at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topropepodcast Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 The way I've always heard it is that WCW wanted to get around the Marvel licensing by calling him Hollywood but a litigation threat stopped that real quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Marvel even ended up taking a shot at the whole deal by having a one-shot story in Marvel Comics Presents where The Incredible Hulk (in his gray "Mr. Fixit" period) beat up a wrestler calling himself "Hulk" (and yes, it was a Hogan lookalike of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Jim Steinman wrote and produced that Hogan track, which he quickly recycled (as in the actual session tapes) for Bonnie Tyler: https://soundcloud.com/david-bixenspan/hulk-hogans-theme-bonnie-tyler-ravishing-a-comparison Man, I had no idea about this and it rules. I can understand why he recycled it because that's a fantastic 80s, fist pumping anthem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDuke Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 I believe that was the theme song from the cartoon as well. As well as the theme from the audio cassette tape I received with my Hulk Hogan workout kit I got as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigelow34 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 If it was intended for Windham and Rotundo, shouldn't the lyric be "We are real Americans"? FWIW on the Wrestling Album, they straight out say it is for Windham and Rotundo. Poor lyric writing...Derringer should have stayed buried! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 On WCCW 123 on the network they show the majority of the LLT Cage match between Kerry and Michael Hayes from 11/24/83. You can make an argument for this being the greatest booked blowoff match to a feud ever. Watching the bookends of the start with Kerry vs Fair from Christmas 82 to the LLT is just wow. Hopefully the whole match will pop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.S. Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Another solid Bring It To The Table. (Am I the only one here watching that?) The stuff about Enzo being thrown off the bus and having heat was confirmed. JBL admitted that everyone who was in past situations like that - with the exception of The Miz - "never made it." What a shame if one of their most charismatic personalities and talkers ends up future endeavored in a year. Cass is never going to be a top guy, no matter what, so splitting them up was such a big mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Another solid Bring It To The Table. (Am I the only one here watching that?) The stuff about Enzo being thrown off the bus and having heat was confirmed. JBL admitted that everyone who was in past situations like that - with the exception of The Miz - "never made it." What a shame if one of their most charismatic personalities and talkers ends up future endeavored in a year. Cass is never going to be a top guy, no matter what, so splitting them up was such a big mistake. It didnt seem like WWE wanted the tag team to be sucessful. When they came in they were immediately entered into the tag tournament and didnt even win it because all WWE wanted to do was push Gotch/English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Another solid Bring It To The Table. (Am I the only one here watching that?) The stuff about Enzo being thrown off the bus and having heat was confirmed. JBL admitted that everyone who was in past situations like that - with the exception of The Miz - "never made it." What a shame if one of their most charismatic personalities and talkers ends up future endeavored in a year. Cass is never going to be a top guy, no matter what, so splitting them up was such a big mistake. It didnt seem like WWE wanted the tag team to be sucessful. When they came in they were immediately entered into the tag tournament and didnt even win it because all WWE wanted to do was push Gotch/English. Yea you're definitely not remembering all of the circumstances there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 On the newest spotlight they didn't mention the Hidden Gems for the month. It could mean nothing, but the last 2 times they were doing it we got a glimpse of what to expect on the hidden gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 2, 2017 Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 I'm not too worried there because they always do two collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamthedoctor Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Another solid Bring It To The Table. (Am I the only one here watching that?) The stuff about Enzo being thrown off the bus and having heat was confirmed. JBL admitted that everyone who was in past situations like that - with the exception of The Miz - "never made it." What a shame if one of their most charismatic personalities and talkers ends up future endeavored in a year. Cass is never going to be a top guy, no matter what, so splitting them up was such a big mistake. It didnt seem like WWE wanted the tag team to be sucessful. When they came in they were immediately entered into the tag tournament and didnt even win it because all WWE wanted to do was push Gotch/English. Yea you're definitely not remembering all of the circumstances there. If I remember right had Enzo not got hurt they still would have lost the match, plus they lost the rematch too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Nothing exciting in Hidden Gems 3 unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Not exciting really, but they are showing some PWF and UPW. The lack of anything before 1984 is a huge head-scratcher, though. But yeah, hard pass in general for these "gems". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Speaking of Hidden Gems, I was watching the Joe Blanchard/Bob Ellis/Duke Keomuka vs Bob Geigel/Gary Hart/Waldo Von Erich match last night. It was surreal hearing Bill Mercer calling a match in 1966 taking place in a Sportatorium that didn't look like a dump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornette's racket Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 They seem to be determined to finish wwe ecw this month and have added a lot of world class and a few WWF House shows from the spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 I'm interested in how much WCCW they were able to salvage, there's already way more available than I was expecting from the early days. Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyonthewall2983 Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Either it wasn't in as bad a shape as we heard or WWE's digital team are wizards. Probably the former. When it comes to VHS there's not really a whole lot upgrading you can do, as opposed to film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickH Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Speaking of Hidden Gems, I was watching the Joe Blanchard/Bob Ellis/Duke Keomuka vs Bob Geigel/Gary Hart/Waldo Von Erich match last night. It was surreal hearing Bill Mercer calling a match in 1966 taking place in a Sportatorium that didn't look like a dump. It took place at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, not the Sportatorium, that's why it looks so nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 So what was the deal with the Abraham Washington Show? I've been watching the excellent 2009 ECW for the first time since it aired. These segments were so bizarre. They were horribly bad but not in a typical WWE-way. Was this a rib on somebody? Vince trying to make some kind of point about late night talk shows? I have no idea and I've never heard anyone talk about it. Tony Atlas was tremendous though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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