WWF New Generation Thread III

[Hawk 34]

I read recently somewhere that Terry Funk was supposed to be one of the Knights at Survivor Series 1993. Is this true? Doesn't seem like a spot he would be interested in.

You would be right, he wasn’t interested in doing the match after hearing the booking plans and passed on the match and an office job by informing Vince with a note about his sick horse.

He wouldn’t see Vince again for 4 years and the first thing Vince said to him was “How’s your horse?”

 

[Fall of Epic]

Any actual plans for the angle of Bob Backlund running for President in 95/96? It started a full year before Clinton/Dole so maybe there was a more substantial payoff than the usual WWE election year wankery.

 

[BruiserBrody]

Any actual plans for the angle of Bob Backlund running for President in 95/96? It started a full year before Clinton/Dole so maybe there was a more substantial payoff than the usual WWE election year wankery.

Seems they wanted something for Bob to do without having him work. Wrestlecrap says the Man Mountain Rock vs Backlund series was mostly stalling.
Razor famously requested Dick Murdoch ref his matches with Backlund so he could work around Bob's short comings.

 

[Valeyard]

Geeky face Vince was the perfect Backlund opponent

 

[BruiserBrody]