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I need the Don Vito subtitles for Andre here.
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I need the Don Vito subtitles for Andre here.
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To be fair, Hogan legit flew right to Japan after beating the Sheik, He's wasn't full time quite yet. (And supposedly Vince wanted to run WWF Japan as well with Tiger Mask and whoever as the stars mixed w/ WWF talent)
Vince was still working out the kinks and needed bodies to fill out cards. They rectified the situation pretty quickly once they realized Backlund's status.
It is kind of fun to think that the solution to the giant midcard glut would be to ship guys off to WWF Japan for a bit to freshen them up. Not sure how Japan would accept such a promotion, much less the Yakuza.
Vince was still working out the kinks and needed bodies to fill out cards. They rectified the situation pretty quickly once they realized Backlund's status.
It is kind of fun to think that the solution to the giant midcard glut would be to ship guys off to WWF Japan for a bit to freshen them up. Not sure how Japan would accept such a promotion, much less the Yakuza.
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The WONs of 1984 are a trip as they think/claim Vince is using Lord Al to set up a WWF office in London for WWF Europe as well. Probably more I'm forgetting off hand. I'm pretty sure there was a story about Jim Barnett starting WWF Australia or something like that as well.
Like a year earlier Ole couldn't even handle expanding West a few states and Vince is supposedly aiming for the whole world!
Like a year earlier Ole couldn't even handle expanding West a few states and Vince is supposedly aiming for the whole world!
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That segment seems heavily edited. There is a version in the WWE Vaults that features Freddie Blassie rambling to Mean Gene for 10 minutes.
It is weird to see Freddie Blassie post Rock N Wrestling/retirement but pre Attitude Era elder statesman era. He also randomly showed up on an episode of Mania where he yelled at Todd after Todd accidentally barged into his office but this isn’t the New Generation thread.
It is weird to see Freddie Blassie post Rock N Wrestling/retirement but pre Attitude Era elder statesman era. He also randomly showed up on an episode of Mania where he yelled at Todd after Todd accidentally barged into his office but this isn’t the New Generation thread.
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He cameod on TV all through the 90s. His last appearance was in 2002 when he was promoting his book and helped the Dudleyz win a match. Let's not forget that inspirational speech he gave to the locker room during the invasion.
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Remembering The Honky Tonk Man’s WWF Babyface Run
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“Nice meeting you, kid. Hey. Does one of your parents have a cigarette I can borrow off of them?”
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When I met Jake it was the price of the event ticket, then you had to pay more to go to his meet and greet, and when you got in the room he wanted another 20 bucks for a pic
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Did he grope your manboobs playfully or am I thinking of someone else’s Jake meeting?
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Nope, he playfully accused me of grabbing his ass
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The 1990 WWF Intercontinental Championship Tournament
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Interesting timing as I just stumbled upon that blog entry yesterday. Idk that it was basically the most BS WWF Title tournament that actually happened. Zero semi finals match and the finals was taped before the last first round match.
Why even bother doing a tournament? Really need to build Tito by giving him a lame count out win over Akeem?
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I am pretty sure Beefcake was supposed to win the IC Title at SummerSlam ‘90. Who knows if Perfect gets it back in December as he did IRL from Texas Tornado?
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Bossman is probably a more likely hot shot than Tito in that scenario.
Tito making that IC Title Tournament was his last moment of relevancy before the El Matador rebrand.
(Canonically speaking. Yes, I know he beat The Undertaker at that house show in Spain)
Tito making that IC Title Tournament was his last moment of relevancy before the El Matador rebrand.
(Canonically speaking. Yes, I know he beat The Undertaker at that house show in Spain)
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He also brought the power of Arribaderci to the Survivor Series.
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Yeah see Tito getting a thank you run because no one else is available feels natural. Like drop it at the next taping natural, so a kayfabe couple months or whatever.
The WWF really needed another mid card singles belt. That's one of the things WCW always had over them.
The WWF really needed another mid card singles belt. That's one of the things WCW always had over them.
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I think getting to the Grand Finale match at Survivor Series was intended to be his "thank you" moment. Bret had said in his book that Tito was among of group of guys released around this time, and while some of his memories are a bit hazy, in this case Tito didn't work another show after Survivor Series until the week of the Rumble where he was a fill-in.
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Tito even did some shots for IWCCW in '91, answering Tony Atlas' challenge for any WWF or WCW wrestler to face him for the IWCCW World Title. I can't find it on YouTube but I definitely saw it as part of the Savoldis gazillion reruns.
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Tito's rematch with Perfect on the July 1990 SNME might be the best SNME match ever and I hate that he never really got a push after that
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Really any plans for Tito ended in Feb 86 when he dropped the belt to Savage. A bit shocking given that Tito/Hammer headlined everywhere for like a year.
Tito wasn't a cartoon though, and was probably easy to overlook. And we can look back now and realize his promos peaked at mid.
He was "lucky" Zenk flaked out and Tito got another half a year of relevance, including a slew of main events. The moment Martel got hurt, Tito went back to doing nothing and was fucking around in the mid card. The Martel feud was a good boost, and they probably should have blew it off at WM 6. (Yes, they were booked for SSlam 90)
He had been in and out of the WWF since 1979(8?) and could be lumped in was the MANY guys who had their run during the expansion and were tossed back into the wild. The fact that Vince kept him around for so long shows they knew he was a good trooper and eventually wasn't afraid of laying down nightly.
It would be interesting to see if the Matador gimmick would have "saved" him had the switch happened a little sooner. Heck, even using Tito as Steamboat's partner in either 88 (after Martel's injury) or in 91 could have been a jolt for both men.
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I'm torn on the 3rd title for WWF. They had so much going on it doesn't scream out as a need to me. Dusty had a title fetish and JCP's 10 titles deluded more things than they helped get people over. The TV title was usually booked well, in very different ways. You had it for Dusty/Tully as another token in their blood feud (would the title have mattered either way?) and eventually it made it onto the workrate guys who were being set up for next level pushes.
Tito wasn't a cartoon though, and was probably easy to overlook. And we can look back now and realize his promos peaked at mid.
He was "lucky" Zenk flaked out and Tito got another half a year of relevance, including a slew of main events. The moment Martel got hurt, Tito went back to doing nothing and was fucking around in the mid card. The Martel feud was a good boost, and they probably should have blew it off at WM 6. (Yes, they were booked for SSlam 90)
He had been in and out of the WWF since 1979(8?) and could be lumped in was the MANY guys who had their run during the expansion and were tossed back into the wild. The fact that Vince kept him around for so long shows they knew he was a good trooper and eventually wasn't afraid of laying down nightly.
It would be interesting to see if the Matador gimmick would have "saved" him had the switch happened a little sooner. Heck, even using Tito as Steamboat's partner in either 88 (after Martel's injury) or in 91 could have been a jolt for both men.
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I'm torn on the 3rd title for WWF. They had so much going on it doesn't scream out as a need to me. Dusty had a title fetish and JCP's 10 titles deluded more things than they helped get people over. The TV title was usually booked well, in very different ways. You had it for Dusty/Tully as another token in their blood feud (would the title have mattered either way?) and eventually it made it onto the workrate guys who were being set up for next level pushes.