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Post by LeighD on Nov 5, 2009 7:10:00 GMT -5
Got a question I'm hoping some of you can help me out. Was Yokozuna ALWAYS scheduled to be Owen's partner at WM XI against the Smoking Gunns? What other rumored partners have people heard of?
At one point I had heard Jim Neidhart was supposed to be his partner, but due to business differences, he was scrapped.
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Post by layton on Nov 5, 2009 9:15:17 GMT -5
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Post by HugoOne on Nov 5, 2009 12:36:49 GMT -5
Huh, I never knew that. I thought that was random that Yokozuna went on to be the mystery partner.
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Post by The Boglin on Nov 5, 2009 12:36:57 GMT -5
I don't have an answer for you, but I just wanted to say that for me that was a real magical time in wrestling. So looked forward to every ppv and I had no idea who the partner would be.
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Post by L 0 T T 0 on Nov 5, 2009 16:25:09 GMT -5
Well, this must of been planned at least a few Weeks in advance, because if not - Yokozuna just wouldn't have been used at Wrestlemania?
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Post by Hollywood Asia on Nov 5, 2009 16:26:51 GMT -5
Turned out for he best because Anvil was way way past his prime in 95
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Post by metzo13 on Nov 5, 2009 17:15:30 GMT -5
so then he must have been way way way past his prime come 1997 then lol
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Post by Mike Bockwinkel on Nov 5, 2009 17:25:13 GMT -5
It worked out IMO, Yoko was the one that beat Bret @ WMIX. Bret in turn beat him and Owen @ WMX. It was fitting that Owen would team with Yoko.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2009 17:59:03 GMT -5
so then he must have been way way way past his prime come 1997 then lol All jokes aside, you're absolutely right, it's just how it was for him, not being there for the company, drugs and what-have-you... Yoko was a good choice, I agree wholeheartedly. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2009 5:38:19 GMT -5
I think it must have been planned.I really enjoyed that match actually.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2009 19:31:00 GMT -5
This is off subject a bit but I thought it was petty to leave Razor out of WM12.
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Post by June on Nov 6, 2009 20:13:29 GMT -5
I have a hard time believing that Neidhart was going to be the "surprise" partner. He basically had no name value once Bret became a singles star, so how surprising would it have been? IMO a Neidhart mark made this story up.
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Post by gordon on Nov 7, 2009 3:02:23 GMT -5
This is off subject a bit but I thought it was petty to leave Razor out of WM12. They didn't leave him off because he was going to WCW, they removed him because he'd been suspended for drug abuse. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 9:48:17 GMT -5
This is off subject a bit but I thought it was petty to leave Razor out of WM12. They didn't leave him off because he was going to WCW, they removed him because he'd been suspended for drug abuse. thats true. I think his decision to leave came after WM12........ |
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Post by MRR on Nov 7, 2009 11:08:03 GMT -5
I had always read that Jerry Lawler was supposed to be the mystery partner until the last minute, but he had a knee injury and Yokozuna was a replacement.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2009 7:12:12 GMT -5
was he meant to bet Goldust?I would like to think so but Vinnie seemed pretty high on Goldust at the time
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