WWF: Hulkamania era (1984-`1992)

[BruiserBrody]

Here's a weird one: Windham quits in early Oct, misses SSeries, etc... then has a promo appear on the Dec 2nd Superstars out of nowhere.

 

[Valeyard]

Going through 1988-95 shows in the background has reminded me so much how fun this is supposed to be. I get into it on a level that isn't as cynical as I do pretty much every year after that. Internet told me what I like too much.

 

[JHawk]

Here's a weird one: Windham quits in early Oct, misses SSeries, etc... then has a promo appear on the Dec 2nd Superstars out of nowhere.

Windham was actually being advertised for the 1990 Royal Rumble up until the weekend of the show

 

[Valeyard]

What's the most egrarious example of commentary recorded after the fact? Or basically did I imagine JR calling parts of WM4 in the mid 90s.

 

[JHawk]

I don't remember JR calling WM4 but I know JR called a Ric Flair-Mr. Perfect match on a Coliseum Video and Flair left two months before JR got there

 

[BruiserBrody]

What's the most egrarious example of commentary recorded after the fact? Or basically did I imagine JR calling parts of WM4 in the mid 90s.

Grand Wizard doing a promo for a show he was deceased for? (Well... that would be aired after the fact)

 

[JHawk]

That's no more egregious than Rick McGraw's last match airing after he was dead.

 

[Tino Standard]

Yikes!

Speaking of working from beyond the grave, IIRC, WWE showed Joey Marella officiating matches for weeks after his fatal car crash. I think it was only after they finally finished airing the shows from that taping cycle that they acknowledged his passing, almost a month later.

 

[BruiserBrody]

What's the most egrarious example of commentary recorded after the fact? Or basically did I imagine JR calling parts of WM4 in the mid 90s.

On one of the CHV from 93 where they show the 40 man Battle Royal, Heenan refers to Texas Tornado as a "good man" or somesuch after he is tossed out as Kerry had died months earlier.

 

[strummer]

Ross and Heenan called a Savage/Bret v Flair/Shawn match on a CHV release. Match was taped in summer of 92 and Ross shows up about 9 months later. Flair was in WCW at the time of release and Perfect was a babyface. Heenan still had to act like him and Perfect were aligned

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Yikes!

Speaking of working from beyond the grave, IIRC, WWE showed Joey Marella officiating matches for weeks after his fatal car crash. I think it was only after they finally finished airing the shows from that taping cycle that they acknowledged his passing, almost a month later.

This is so scummy

 

[alfdogg]

There is a CV which features a Natural Disasters match from after they had both left, in which JR and Heenan make thinly veiled references to the Shockmaster incident.

How far were they going to push Windham in that Widow Maker run? I caught a couple promos from the syndicated shows where he mentions Hogan. Maybe farfetched but were these just generic promos or was this actually going to build to something?

 

[BruiserBrody]

This is so scummy

I like that Whippleman buries Marella for the accident whenever asked.

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Speculation is Windham MAY have been a Warrior opponent after Mania instead of Rude, but who knows if they trusted him after he flaked out on them and JCP.

 

[BUTT]

What's the most egrarious example of commentary recorded after the fact? Or basically did I imagine JR calling parts of WM4 in the mid 90s.

The promo for Mania X that they showed on the Rumble ‘94 VHS (no idea about the original PPV) had a clip of Mania IV with JR doing voiceover (that I guess we were supposed to think was contemporaneous?) about how the Macho Man had won not one, not two, not three but four matches that night. No idea why they didn’t just use Gorilla’s original call.

 

[Valeyard]

That's exactly what I was thinking of. What a weird decision.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/17oridr

They tried this with Crockett Cup 86, but did 2 shows in one day. The opening round show drew 10,000 less people than the evening show.

Maybe with the split show they toss out the Battle Royal and we get a little more filler so each show is 3 hours?
Sam Houston, Ken Patera, B. Brian Blair & Jim Brunzell, Jacques & Raymond Rougeau, Paul Roma & Jim Powers, Nikolai Volkoff & Boris Zhukov, Hillbilly Jim, the Junk Yard Dog, Danny Davis, King Harley Race, Jim Neidhart, Bret Hart, Bad News Brown, Sika, Ron Bass George Steele;
Plus guys like Joe LeDuc, Dan Spivey, Scott Casey and others were floating around. (Plus Sherri, the Glamour Girls and the Bomb Angels)

 

[Valeyard]

You can give some of the better matches more time, too. Either of Valentine's matches were shaping up for being quite good with more time. Plus you can do the battle royal night one and hotshot Bret/Bad News just because.

 

[snuffbox]

Wandered into a Toy Show yesterday. Brody might be proud to know I bought a Hillbilly Jim LJN doll.