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Old School Questions and Observations in 2026

The Tennessee Stud, Ron Fuller, is the latest announced guest for the Thesz/Tragos hall of fame weekend in Waterloo this summer.
 
Not enough people talk about the Wrestle Vessel and it makes me all the more fascinated since that was my dream trip back in the day.
 
I have a question about Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker/Dewayne Bruce in WCW back in 1996. I *might* have asked this same question years ago. But I'm not sure.

But my question is this. I remember this on an old episode of WCW Saturday Night, Parker/Bruce briefly wrestled under a different name. Is it true that the name he briefly wrestled under was named, "Jack Boot"? If so, does anyone know the story behind that? I'm asking this, because I remember that briefly happening right before he went back to being Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, afterwards.
 

Yes and he was also Braun the Leprechaun from the Dungeon of Doom.

Ron Studd is probably the worst big man ever. Probably worse than Giant Silva.
 
WCW signed all of those guys for Hogan. He'd have been decades ahead of Saudi, and years before they attacked the United States on 9/11, if he'd demanded they sign Big (and dead) John Studd.
 
snuffbox said:
WCW signed all of those guys for Hogan. He'd have been decades ahead of Saudi, and years before they attacked the United States on 9/11, if he'd demanded they sign Big (and dead) John Studd.
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Studd's peak was probably getting beat up by Hogan on that episode of Nitro where all the top babyfaces other than Savage were in Japan so the nWo ran amuck.

Oh and didn't he have a surprisingly good match during the Flock days vs Juvi or something?

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I liked the JTTS ogre crew of Studd, Ron Powers, Roadblock, T. Rancula, Tombstone, etc I'm sure I'm forgetting some. The Punisher never made Nitro that I can recall. The Machine (Hale) was later.
 
I watched the Luger vs Roadblock match from Nitro recently. It was the October 1996 episode from Mankato. It was at the Civic Center (the Mayo hospital has the name rights now) that uses an old facade of a bank, similar to the ones during the failed James/Younger gang raid down the road in Northfield. The Nitro is historically significant for being the debut of Sting's black and white facepaint and the birth of the Crow character.

Anyway, Luger has to try several times to get Roadblock up in the torture rack. Roadblock presumably had more training than Motor City Madman but still tricky to get such an awkward, massive weight on one's shoulders. Lex eventually succeeded and it's quite the visual.

And it looks like the 30th anniversary of that show will be a Wednesday this year. I think he retired the b/w look for appearances but I think AEW should have Sting in for a live angle on Dynamite a short walk from my place.
 
In 1994, The Quebeccers, Jacques Rougeau & Carl Ouelette split at a WWF house show when Pierre turned on Jacques. Then, Jacques announced his retirement and that final match would be retirement match. Jacques won and retired shortly afterwards. But then, Jacques & Carl re-emerged in WCW.

My question is, what prompted Jacques into coming out of retirement?
 
he’s french canadian.

Any question you have about Jacques that’s the answer.
 
no idea where we put news about old wrestlers who died so this is where it’s happening right now.

Bobby Duncum Sr died, he fucking died.
 
If you had told me two years ago that Maven Huffman and Stevie Richards would have two of the most popular wrestling YouTube channels, I’d have asked if you were up to date on your CTE scans.
 
These Portland cons mean nothing. I was very close to going to ask Jules about you though
 
Given that WWF/E held off on running the area for a full decade there's a chance he never even worked in Oregon at all.

And Cagematch bears that out. Hope Godfather's first ever visit to the state goes well. Vale can tell him where the good strip clubs are.
 
I wanna say he's done at least another of these pseudo Portland Wrestling meetups. It's usually only like 65% Portland people, maybe Piper's daughter if she's in town, and anyone else who can get eyes.

It's surprising how Raven never shows up. He must cost too much.
 
I meant the CTE thing, in part because of crazy views.
 
Wow, 40 years ahead of its time, even more startling after a half hour of much slower work, and on tv! I recognized Wisconsin's wrestling legend, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, right away. Of course, he was the second "Strangler," following another Wisconsin wrestler at the turn of the century, Evan "Strangler" Lewis.
 
His application of the sleeperhold from the front never quite caught on.
 
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