mrbiggs
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Post by mrbiggs on Aug 22, 2014 23:50:14 GMT -5
I love to read and hear about where pro wrestlers get their names from. I guess I love the creative process, and I know how a lot of wrestlers' names come from, but as I was watching tv tonight, I wondered if I had made a connection with King Mabel.
Mabel was... still is, I guess... a very large, heavy African American wrestler who also wrestled under the name of Viscera during the Attitude Era. (For those who don't know who I am talking about)
While flipping through the channels tonight, I stopped by TV1, which is a black entertainment channel that shows a lot of old sitcoms I used to watch as a kid: Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc. Well, tonight What's Happening was on and as I watched the opening and was enjoying that funky old theme music, I saw the name of the lady who played Roger and Dee's mother on the screen...
Mabel King!
I was just wondering if the wrestler got his name from her? Maybe he was a fan of the show? Maybe she is his mom? Heck, who knows... I just thought someone on here with a lot more knowledge than I might have heard a story somewhere about how he came up with his in-ring name and if it had anything to do with the What's Happening gang?!
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Post by Colter on Aug 22, 2014 23:55:07 GMT -5
Mabel was the original name for the character, but after he won King of the Ring, they gave him the name "King Mabel".
Ding. They also did the same with Sheamus.
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voicesinmyhead
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Post by voicesinmyhead on Aug 23, 2014 0:00:42 GMT -5
... Yeah... you are thinking way too much into that. If you know anything about Viscera, he wrestled as Mabel first. Then own King of the Ring and went by the name "King Mabel."
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Post by Nivro™ on Aug 23, 2014 0:04:45 GMT -5
Im not so sure Mabel is "still" very large....Most dead people decompose after a few days.
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Post by Self-Savior on Aug 23, 2014 0:21:41 GMT -5
No...just no.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Aug 23, 2014 0:31:30 GMT -5
I love to read and hear about where pro wrestlers get their names from. I guess I love the creative process, and I know how a lot of wrestlers' names come from, but as I was watching tv tonight, I wondered if I had made a connection with King Mabel. Mabel was... still is, I guess... a very large, heavy African American wrestler who also wrestled under the name of Viscera during the Attitude Era. (For those who don't know who I am talking about) While flipping through the channels tonight, I stopped by TV1, which is a black entertainment channel that shows a lot of old sitcoms I used to watch as a kid: Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons, etc. Well, tonight What's Happening was on and as I watched the opening and was enjoying that funky old theme music, I saw the name of the lady who played Roger and Dee's mother on the screen... Mabel King! I was just wondering if the wrestler got his name from her? Maybe he was a fan of the show? Maybe she is his mom? Heck, who knows... I just thought someone on here with a lot more knowledge than I might have heard a story somewhere about how he came up with his in-ring name and if it had anything to do with the What's Happening gang?! Not so much... |
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Post by Angel Beast on Aug 23, 2014 0:37:36 GMT -5
Im not so sure Mabel is "still" very large....Most dead people decompose after a few days. I believe he was cremated. |
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Mr Wrestling Jr.
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Post by Mr Wrestling Jr. on Aug 23, 2014 0:37:53 GMT -5
Im not so sure Mabel is "still" very large....Most dead people decompose after a few days. I feel so bad for laughing at that :/ But yeah, they usually add the King to whoever wins King of the Ring. They should bring it back again and the winner gets the main event match at SummerSlam against whoever is the Champion. Still hoping for King Kofi Kingston xD |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 4:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Aug 23, 2014 10:38:22 GMT -5
I always thought King Mabel looked a lot like Big Daddy V!
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Aug 23, 2014 10:46:09 GMT -5
This never gets old. I laugh every single time. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 14:11:55 GMT -5
And I would wager that most here have never seen What's happening?!?! Me? I have it on DVD...Only the first two seasons though, the third is horrible.
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Post by c-scope on Oct 13, 2014 21:21:57 GMT -5
I always thought King Mabel looked a lot like Big Daddy V! theyer the same person |
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Post by HVMMONS on Oct 13, 2014 21:33:13 GMT -5
^ Why the bumpage?
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gawd6sic6™
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" I cross the lines you love to hate "
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Oct 13, 2014 21:33:38 GMT -5
I always thought King Mabel looked a lot like Big Daddy V! theyer the same person That's two month old sarcasm  |
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Post by c-scope on Oct 13, 2014 21:43:36 GMT -5
That's two month old sarcasm so I was looking threw mrbiggs threads to see the area a he made for his son again and found this so i read threw it |
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gawd6sic6™
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Post by gawd6sic6™ on Oct 13, 2014 21:47:13 GMT -5
That's two month old sarcasm so I was looking threw mrbiggs threads to see the area a he made for his son again and found this so i read threw it And that's fine, but it still didn't call for the bump. |
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Post by c-scope on Oct 13, 2014 22:24:23 GMT -5
so I was looking threw mrbiggs threads to see the area a he made for his son again and found this so i read threw it And that's fine, but it still didn't call for the bump. sorry bro just wanted to inform the guy |
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Oct 13, 2014 23:52:00 GMT -5
The internet version of "What?" is back again. Oh...yay...so....exciting....  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2014 8:16:22 GMT -5
The internet version of "What?" is back again. Oh...yay...so....exciting.... I posted that back on August 23rd but thanks for bringing attention to it. You're the Internet version of Ebola. |
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