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Thursday, January 28, 2016
Did You Know - Andre The Giant Edition
Goliath's Fall: What You Never Knew About The Late Life And Career Of André The Giant
The WWE Hall of Fame was created solely to honor André the Giant.
Back in 1993, WWF had no particular plans for a Hall of Fame, but when André the Giant passed away, something truly special had to be done to honor the man who carried the company on his broad shoulders for years. The WWF Hall of Fame was hastily established and in its first year; André was its only inductee, because come on – there ain’t room on the ballot for anybody else when André is on there.
Obviously André never got to give an acceptance speech, but this quote seems like a good substitute, “I have had good fortune. I am grateful for my life. If I were to die tomorrow, I know I have eaten more good food, drunk more beer and fine wine, had more friends and seen more of the world than most men ever will.” Damn straight, boss.
Complete list (Yahoo.com)
The WWE Hall of Fame was created solely to honor André the Giant.
Back in 1993, WWF had no particular plans for a Hall of Fame, but when André the Giant passed away, something truly special had to be done to honor the man who carried the company on his broad shoulders for years. The WWF Hall of Fame was hastily established and in its first year; André was its only inductee, because come on – there ain’t room on the ballot for anybody else when André is on there.
Obviously André never got to give an acceptance speech, but this quote seems like a good substitute, “I have had good fortune. I am grateful for my life. If I were to die tomorrow, I know I have eaten more good food, drunk more beer and fine wine, had more friends and seen more of the world than most men ever will.” Damn straight, boss.
Complete list (Yahoo.com)
Monday, June 29, 2015
Surprised, I Think Not
WWE's Big Show finally admits Brock Lesnar ring breaking spot was rigged
On the June 12, 2003, episode's of WWE's Smackdown, Brock Lesnar took on The Big Show in a match that would quickly go down in WWE history as it ended with Lesnar landing a top rope Superplex on his 500-pound opponent, with their combined weight causing the ring to break.
Both wrestlers and the WWE have long maintained that the iconic spot was not pre-rigged and that the two goliaths really caused the ring to collapse with their high-flying antics.
A dozen years after the fact, Big Show is finally letting up on the ruse in an appearance on fellow wrestler Chris Jericho's Talk is Jericho podcast.
The seven-foot former champion finally admitted the whole thing was rigged: “I’ve kayfabed this whole thing for years and told everybody, ‘Oh the ring broke,’ and 'It was really crazy timing.'"
He then goes on to explain how it happened: "We did a spot right before we broke the ring where we’re both down and they shoot a real close-up of both of us selling. Well in that time, [WWE Stunt Coordinator] Ellis [Edwards] had airbags under the ring. So they had lifted the ring a couple inches. So now, when I’m standing on that top corner, that ring is like standing on marbles. Because it’s moving. Of course now I’ve got my fat ass up in the air, 500 pounds on a not very stable surface … So then the ring broke. I just remember when it happened because … you don’t know how the stunt is going to look. But man, it was so perfectly timed the way we did it and Ellis did a great job of setting up. That thing collapsed and everybody they bought it so long.
Afterwards, he admitted to lying about the move for years: "And this is the first time out all the interviews I’ve ever done, I’ve admitted the truth that that was a rigged angle. On hundreds of interviews, I have lied right through my teeth and said it's a shoot. But if you get a chance to suspend people's reality just for an instant, for a second, it's good for them"
(SI.com)
On the June 12, 2003, episode's of WWE's Smackdown, Brock Lesnar took on The Big Show in a match that would quickly go down in WWE history as it ended with Lesnar landing a top rope Superplex on his 500-pound opponent, with their combined weight causing the ring to break.
Both wrestlers and the WWE have long maintained that the iconic spot was not pre-rigged and that the two goliaths really caused the ring to collapse with their high-flying antics.
A dozen years after the fact, Big Show is finally letting up on the ruse in an appearance on fellow wrestler Chris Jericho's Talk is Jericho podcast.
The seven-foot former champion finally admitted the whole thing was rigged: “I’ve kayfabed this whole thing for years and told everybody, ‘Oh the ring broke,’ and 'It was really crazy timing.'"
He then goes on to explain how it happened: "We did a spot right before we broke the ring where we’re both down and they shoot a real close-up of both of us selling. Well in that time, [WWE Stunt Coordinator] Ellis [Edwards] had airbags under the ring. So they had lifted the ring a couple inches. So now, when I’m standing on that top corner, that ring is like standing on marbles. Because it’s moving. Of course now I’ve got my fat ass up in the air, 500 pounds on a not very stable surface … So then the ring broke. I just remember when it happened because … you don’t know how the stunt is going to look. But man, it was so perfectly timed the way we did it and Ellis did a great job of setting up. That thing collapsed and everybody they bought it so long.
Afterwards, he admitted to lying about the move for years: "And this is the first time out all the interviews I’ve ever done, I’ve admitted the truth that that was a rigged angle. On hundreds of interviews, I have lied right through my teeth and said it's a shoot. But if you get a chance to suspend people's reality just for an instant, for a second, it's good for them"
(SI.com)
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