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Topic: Wrestling Trivia
TrueJedi's photo
Tue 09/04/07 07:33 PM
thats ok, this was fun. Remembering the great days of wrestling past, and what we have now is no comparison.

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Tue 09/04/07 07:37 PM
this is true. especially with no compition for vince right now but hopefully tna can contend a bit. as long as they don't make the same mistake that wcw made by signing all the ex wwf/e talent for big contracts, but it looks like they are so far. they need to push their own guys, a,j, styles, samoa joe and alot of the younger guys i feel

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Tue 09/04/07 07:41 PM
TNA is the WCW, they have all these old dinosaur WWE guys around. LoL. But hey the WWE has its own problems right now, with all these superstars fined and suspended and fired for the Wellness policy, and this is only the beginning.

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Tue 09/04/07 07:43 PM
this is true. it is getting nasy when your "moster" get beat by falling off the ropes to a guy that weighs about 200 lbs less than him and then is put in a match with the son-in-law and gets "beat up" with the "sledge hammer"

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Wed 09/05/07 02:12 AM
Ok this one's a Doozy and I don't even know the full answer so feel free to ask another question if this one remains unanswered.


Who did Ric Flair defeat to receive the championship for each of his "Official" 16 World title reigns? (Bonus if you can say how many times he REALLY won the World title.)

sportsnut69's photo
Wed 09/05/07 06:43 AM
that is a good one. i know a few. sting, harley race, dusty rhoads, and i think kevin and kerry von erich and ricky steamboat. luger might be in there to.

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Wed 09/05/07 07:37 AM
Whew, can't name them all, Fox, but I believe the actual number is either 22 or 23. No one mentions some of them, such as:

A back and forth switch in Puerto Rico to a guy named Jack Venero(I think I spelled that right).
A back and forth switch with Harley Race in Australia.

Adding to Sportsnut's list, there was switches with Ronnie Garvin(I KNOW you remember him, Sportsnut), Tatsumi Fujinami in Japan(believe the title was held up then), Big Van Vader(flair put up his career), and even Hulk Hogan in the later days of WCW(first Blood match where Flair actually bled first) and Randy Savage.

I'm not sure, but I think Flair did another quickie switch with a no-name wrestler in either Australia or Japan.

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Wed 09/05/07 07:41 AM
Here's a question:

The wrestler called One Man Gang, who later became Akeem the African Dream in the WWF, went by another name BEFORE he was One Man Gang. What was it?

Here's a hint: He used this name when he started out in wrestling, working in the ICW (early 80s group in KY and Tenn. owned by Angelo Poffo, father of Lanny Poffo and Randy Savage).

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Wed 09/05/07 09:59 AM
Crusher Broomfield?

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Wed 09/05/07 04:32 PM
WOAH, Invisibleflowerforyou ! You suprise me! You really DO know everything about everything:heart: ! Great answer. I didn't know you were a wrestling fan. Actually, It's great that there's a lot of us here--especially those who remember and love wrestling the way it used to be!drinker

sportsnut69's photo
Wed 09/05/07 05:25 PM
yeah i remember garvin. he was at that legends show i was talking about

TrueJedi's photo
Wed 09/05/07 05:32 PM
The Hands Of Stone, and The Garvin Stomp.

sportsnut69's photo
Wed 09/05/07 05:39 PM
ronnie did the stomp alot better than orton does

TrueJedi's photo
Wed 09/05/07 05:41 PM
DDP did the Diamond Cutter(RKO) Better than Randy.

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Wed 09/05/07 05:47 PM
that is true to. hey do u guys ever go to 411mania.com? they have a story up about the reason benoit went crazy anf killed woamn and his son. he had brain damage and has the brain of a person with alzheimers and he has extensive dead brain cells

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Wed 09/05/07 05:54 PM
New AP story with more details....

Doctor describes Benoit brain injury
By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — Pro wrestler Chris Benoit suffered brain damage from his years in the ring that could help explain why he killed his wife, son and himself, a doctor who studied Benoit's brain said Wednesday.

The analysis by doctors affiliated with the Sports Legacy Institute suggests repeated concussions could have contributed to the killings at Benoit's suburban Atlanta home.

The wrestler's father, Michael Benoit, told reporters Wednesday that he knows his son had concussions because his son told him so. But he also said he knows of no medical records or records kept by the wrestling league to support the diagnosis.

Steroid use also has lingered as a theory behind the killings, since anabolic steroids were found in Chris Benoit's home and tests conducted by authorities showed Benoit had roughly 10 times the normal level of testosterone in his system when he died.

The institute, which researches the long-term effects of concussions, coordinated the testing using samples of Benoit's brain tissue provided by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The Waltham, Mass.-based institute's president is former pro wrestler Christopher Nowinski, who has said he had to quit the ring after a kick to the head. Nowinski still has ties with World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., which runs the league he and Benoit were in.

A lawyer for Stamford, Conn.-based WWE did not immediately return a call Wednesday seeking comment. The company has maintained steroid use did not cause Benoit to snap.

Despite the results of the institute's tests, there was no way to know if Benoit's concussions contributed to the murder-suicide, said Dr. Robert Cantu, a member of the institute who also is chief of neurosurgery service at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass.

"Whether it is the sole factor I believe is speculation and I will not go there," Cantu said by phone.

The level of brain damage Benoit had can cause depression and irrational behavior, Cantu said.

Benoit's brain showed the same degenerative processes that doctors working for the institute found in the brains of three men who had played pro football and committed suicide, Cantu said. There were abnormal protein deposits caused by trauma to Benoit's brain, Cantu said.

There's no evidence that steroid use causes such protein deposits, Cantu said, though he noted the issue has not been exhaustively studied.

Investigators allowed the institute to test Benoit's brain tissue with the permission of his father, who lives near Edmonton in Ardrossan, Alberta.

Michael Benoit said Wednesday that he agreed to the testing because murder-suicide was out of character for his son. He also disclosed that after the killings, he discovered a diary written by his son that showed his son was having problems.

"After reading the diary, I would have thought it was written by someone who was extremely disturbed at the time," Michael Benoit said.

He did not elaborate, but he did say a friend told him that prior to the murder-suicide, Chris Benoit had been wearing a rosary, which he said was also out of character.

"I think it's the extreme that is in the wrestling industry today," he told reporters. "The human skull is not built to get hit by a chair or something."

The father said he has not discussed with his attorney whether to take any legal action against the WWE or anyone else in the case. His attorney, Cary Ichter, said that at a later time he "will give thoughtful consideration" to appropriate steps to take in the "legal arena."

Nowinski said concussions can happen in pro wrestling even though many of the moves are staged.

"I got four concussions in three years as a professional wrestler," said Nowinski, who works for the WWE on its initiative to encourage young people to vote. "A lot of concussions happen from mistakes."

Prosecutors have said Benoit, 40, strangled his wife with a cord, used a choke hold to strangle his 7-year-old son, placed Bibles next to the bodies and hanged himself on a piece of exercise equipment the weekend of June 22.

Authorities have said Benoit's personal doctor, Phil Astin, prescribed a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids to Benoit every three to four weeks between May 2006 and May 2007. Astin has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of improperly prescribing painkillers and other drugs to two patients other than Benoit

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Thu 09/06/07 07:29 AM
www.wrestlingobserver.com

Probably the best wrestling site out there, in my opinion. Subscribe to the newsletter. It's awesome!

sportsnut69's photo
Fri 09/07/07 06:44 AM
thanks

joshyfox's photo
Fri 09/07/07 06:53 AM
I use www.wrestleview.com

I'm not sure which is better, I'd have to check the other one out.

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Fri 09/07/07 05:46 PM
Checked out wrestleview, Josh. It was pretty cool.

Does anyone know of any sites that specialize in wrestling history? I really enjoy reading up on wrestling history pre--1985.

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