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Post by driver1980 on Nov 18, 2024 9:02:10 GMT -5
To begin with, I’ll tackle the first set.
1.) In what state was Randy Mario Poffo born? Ohio
2.) From what high school did Randy graduate? Not sure
3.) Randy held an academic distinction in high school; what was it? Pass
4.) What university did Randy attend? Pass
5.) Randy played for two different major league teams, in their minor league farm system. Name either of them. St Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds
Not good, I know. WWF publications did mention his baseball days in one article (which was a surprise to me). I know he was born in Ohio. But unless WWF Spotlight covered it, I don’t know much about his high school/university days.
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 18, 2024 23:09:37 GMT -5
To begin with, I’ll tackle the first set. 1.) In what state was Randy Mario Poffo born? Ohio2.) From what high school did Randy graduate? Not sure3.) Randy held an academic distinction in high school; what was it? Pass4.) What university did Randy attend? Pass5.) Randy played for two different major league teams, in their minor league farm system. Name either of them. St Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati RedsNot good, I know. WWF publications did mention his baseball days in one article (which was a surprise to me). I know he was born in Ohio. But unless WWF Spotlight covered it, I don’t know much about his high school/university days. 90% of the questions should be answerable via the internet. Not just Google, but popular reference sites and video platforms, like Youtube, where footage contains answers. There might be a couple of ICW questions that are a bit unfair, if you never saw their tv, as not a lot of that is out there. In the name of fairness (such as I can), I direct you to Rip Rogers Youtube Channe for probably the largest volume of discussion about ICW, plus two different chats with George Grey, aka Crusher Broomfield, aka The One Man Gang, aka Akeem. As for the rest? Well, I guess you had to be there!  I will give the hint that at least one question can be answered by watching the opening titles of the ICW tv show, which can be found on Youtube. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 19, 2024 0:39:46 GMT -5
ps A few wrestling related deaths The first is belated news, as it only recently came to light that former WWWA Women's Champion Sandy Parker passed away in 2022.  Sandy was the first black woman to hold a world title (All Japan Women's WWWA World title) and she also held Moolah's Women's Tag Team title, with Sue Green. Greg Oliver, at Slam Wrestling, has an obituary... linkAlso passing away was lady midget wrestler Darling Dagmar (Kathy Moreland)....  After leaving the ring, Moreland worked as a secretary for South Carolina ETV (public broadcasting), while her husband Edsel worked as a graphic artist there. Next, Argentine wrestler Coloso Colisettie passed away, at age 76. Colisetti started in his native country (which had a thriving lucha libre circuit for years) and then South and Cemtral America, before coming to Mexico to work regularly. There, he held the NWA World Light Heavyweight title, Mexico's top title of the period, defeating Ray Mendoza (father of the Villanos brothers). He also worked extensively for the LeBells, in Los Angeles and held the Americas Tag Team title, with Australian wrestler Jonathan Boyd (later one of the Sheepherders, when Butch Miller returned home, for a bit), who was also part of the Royal Kangaroos, with Norman Frederick Charles III (one of the men that a young Jim Cornette managed, for the GCW Superstars experiment, in 1983). (Here, at the Olympic Auditorium, against Chavo Guerrero Sr) Finally, British wrestler Brian "Goldbelt" Maxine has passed away. Maxine was the British Welterweight Champion, from 1969 to 1971 and then won the Middleweight title, briefly holding both titles. He was a major figure in British wrestling, until his retirement, in 1988. He was also notable for training Debbie Harry, of Blondie, and Caitlin Clark in wrestling, for the Broadway debut of the play Teaneck Tanzi: the Venus Flytrap, which closed after 1 set of performances (matinee and evening, with the two women swapping between shows). |
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Post by codystarbuck on Nov 19, 2024 0:53:38 GMT -5
ps I'm not 100% certain; but, I suspect that Jaime Hernandez used Sandy Parker as a model for the pin-up of "Dynamite" Pam Jones, in the first issue of Whoa, Nellie!, which centered around Xochitl and Gina Bravo and lady wrestling. Each issue had several pin-ups, inspired by the types of photos you got in wrestling magazines of the 60s and 70s, as well as publicity photos at arenas. Sandy Parker wrestled extensively out of Los Angeles, after she split with Moolah's group, working for Mildred Burke's LA booking office (which is probably her connection to All-Japan Women)  |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 19, 2024 6:16:02 GMT -5
To begin with, I’ll tackle the first set. 1.) In what state was Randy Mario Poffo born? Ohio2.) From what high school did Randy graduate? Not sure3.) Randy held an academic distinction in high school; what was it? Pass4.) What university did Randy attend? Pass5.) Randy played for two different major league teams, in their minor league farm system. Name either of them. St Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati RedsNot good, I know. WWF publications did mention his baseball days in one article (which was a surprise to me). I know he was born in Ohio. But unless WWF Spotlight covered it, I don’t know much about his high school/university days. 90% of the questions should be answerable via the internet. Not just Google, but popular reference sites and video platforms, like Youtube, where footage contains answers. There might be a couple of ICW questions that are a bit unfair, if you never saw their tv, as not a lot of that is out there. In the name of fairness (such as I can), I direct you to Rip Rogers Youtube Channe for probably the largest volume of discussion about ICW, plus two different chats with George Grey, aka Crusher Broomfield, aka The One Man Gang, aka Akeem. As for the rest? Well, I guess you had to be there! I will give the hint that at least one question can be answered by watching the opening titles of the ICW tv show, which can be found on Youtube. Truth is, my friend, I like to have a go at quizzes without Googling the answers. I like to give the grey matter a bit of a test. But as I can’t think of the answers to three of those, I’ll look them up.  |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 19, 2024 11:50:26 GMT -5
The Poffo Family: 6.) Angelo Poffo was primarily a tag team specialist but he did hold one major singles title, for an NWA-affiliated promotion: Name it. 7.) Angelo held the WWA Tag Team titles with Nicoli Volkoff (not Josip Peruzovic, aka Nikolai Volkoff) and then held them again with another partner, Chris Markoff. What was the collective name of their team? 8.) Who was their manager? 9.) Angelo was in another tag team in the WWA, with Ken Dillinger. What was the name of that team. 10.) Lanny Poffo began his wrestling career in 1974. Who did he face in his first match? 11.) Name the tag team title he held with Angelo. 12.) What title did Lanny and Randy hold, as a team? 13.) In what newspaper publication was Angelo Poffo featured, recounting his World Sit-up record, of 1033? For bonus points, what was the significance of the number? 14.) In what promotion did Angelo wrestle as The Carpetbagger and Lanny and Randy battle over the International Heavyweight Championship? 6.) I can think of tag titles he held, but the only singles title that comes to mind isn’t an NWA-affiliated promotion, so I’ll pass on that. 7.) The Devil’s Duo 8.) Pass 9.) The Graduates 10.) Dutch Mantel (although was Dutch under that name in 1974?) 11.) NWA Detroit 12.) NWA Gulf Coast Championship 13.) Pass 14.) Not sure, but I don’t think it’s a US promotion |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 19, 2024 20:42:04 GMT -5
Early Wrestling Career: 15.) Randy debuted in 1973, wrestling during the off season, from baseball. Name any of his ring names during that period (1973-75), aside from his birth name. 15a.) Name his opponent, in his debut match. 16.) Who gave Randy the name "Randy Savage?" 17.) Randy wrestled under a mask for Ann Gunkel's All-South Wrestling Alliance and for Eddie Graham, in Florida. What was his ring name? 18.) What was Randy's first singles title? 19.) Dutch Mantell has told the story of the infamous Waffle House fight, where Randy tapped out to a police dog. Who was the only wrestler with him, at the time of the incident? 20.) What NWA World Champion did Randy face, in Birmingham, AL, in 1978? 21.) Randy Savage faced two different men named "Richard Blood" in his career. One was Ricky Steamboat, whose birth name was Richard Blood. Who was the other? 22.) After what wrestler's style did Randy create the Macho Man persona? 23.) Who came up with the "Macho Man" nickname, for Randy? 15.) The Spider is the only one I can think of 15a.) Paul Christy 16) Not sure, was it his brother, Lanny? 17) Not sure 18.) Was it the AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship? 19.) Not sure. I had one name in mind, but the wrestler I had in mind didn’t start his career until 1981, so that leaves my mind blank 20.) Pez Whatley 21.) Pass 22.) Pass 23.) One of his parents, I’m sure |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 20, 2024 6:49:17 GMT -5
Thirty years ago today, Big Egg Wrestling Universe took place at the Tokyo Dome, held by All-Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling. I haven’t seen this, although footage of the Alundra Blayze/Bull Nakano bout was shown on WWF TV. As there were 23 matches on the card, this event lasted over 10 hours! I can’t be bothered to type out each match, so here’s the Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Egg_Wrestling_UniverseSpeaking of that Blayze/Nakano match…  |
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 20, 2024 6:51:14 GMT -5
P.S. I found that article interesting at the time as the WWF rarely acknowledged anything happening outside its bubble (even when it might have been beneficial to do so). If not for the PWI family of mags, I’d have been unaware of so much.
One good thing Vince Russo did when he started Raw Magazine was to acknowledge wrestlers’ non-WWF contributions, so mention was made of Vader’s WCW career and pro football days, or that a certain promotion owned by Ted Turner existed.
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Post by commond on Nov 20, 2024 6:59:10 GMT -5
There are better AJW shows than Big Egg Universe, though it does have a very famous (and very good) Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong match. It was all downhill for AJW after the show. Personally, I think it was a mistake for them to run the Tokyo Dome, but I suppose you could also view it as the company's peak.
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 20, 2024 7:52:42 GMT -5
There are better AJW shows than Big Egg Universe. Any you can recommend, so I can check out YouTube or Dailymotion at some point? (I fear the WWE Network will be gone soon, and Netflix won’t be doing archive content, so I suspect I’ll be watching more non-WWE stuff in the future) |
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Post by commond on Nov 20, 2024 8:25:32 GMT -5
I would recommend starting with Dreamslam I, which has the famous Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori fight. It's an interpromotional show so you can branch out from there if you like the style. I believe fans have uploaded AJW shows with English subtitles for the interviews and promos.
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 20, 2024 8:28:20 GMT -5
I would recommend starting with Dreamslam I, which has the famous Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori fight. It's an interpromotional show so you can branch out from there if you like the style. I believe fans have uploaded AJW shows with English subtitles for the interviews and promos. Thank you. My only experience of Japanese women’s matches are some random compilation tapes (about 2 or 3 of them) back in the days of tape trading. |
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Post by Ricky Jackson on Nov 20, 2024 10:06:14 GMT -5
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Post by driver1980 on Nov 20, 2024 10:08:08 GMT -5
Thank you. I have subscribed to your YouTube page. Do you happen to have the Hulk Hogan Wembley Stadium match that he claims to have wrestled in? I mean, he wouldn’t lie to us, would he? |
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