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Post by June on Dec 13, 2009 7:20:23 GMT -5
I remember this fed from when I was a kid and I totally loved it. I loved that it was brand new and I loved the tournaments that they held to crown their initial champions. I'm pretty sure you guys remember this fed that aired on ESPN, I just want to know what your opinions were on the fed.
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 13, 2009 10:22:22 GMT -5
I liked it, but it was lacking something. I wish it would have lasted longer. But I couldn't stand Brandon Baxter, Steven DeTruth or Sebastian.
Plus the whole "Boss" angle was awful.
I did enjoy getting to see Eddie Gilbert & Adrian Street wrestle, though.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2009 16:01:33 GMT -5
'Hotstuff' Eddie Gilbert = fantastic.
As for GWF, haven't seen much of it at all, but sounds intriguing...
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Dec 14, 2009 17:10:16 GMT -5
I used to watch it all the time on ESPN. I remember their biggest babyface being The Patriot, and then they brought in Doug Gilbert (I think) as The Dark Patriot. They also had Marcus Bagwell and Harlem Heat before WCW got them, and I believe they also had Ahmed Johnson before he was famous.
The silliest thing I remember from the ESPN show was a bungee match, capitalizing on the early 1990s bungee jumping fad. I can't even remember who was in the match, but even as a kid, it was too corny for my tastes.
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Post by June on Dec 14, 2009 17:23:48 GMT -5
I used to watch it all the time on ESPN. I remember their biggest babyface being The Patriot, and then they brought in Doug Gilbert (I think) as The Dark Patriot. They also had Marcus Bagwell and Harlem Heat before WCW got them, and I believe they also had Ahmed Johnson before he was famous. The silliest thing I remember from the ESPN show was a bungee match, capitalizing on the early 1990s bungee jumping fad. I can't even remember who was in the match, but even as a kid, it was too corny for my tastes. I don't remember the bungee match, but I remember Bagwell as "The Handsome Stranger" and how all the fat ladies in the audience would cream themselves when he'd give them a rose. I loved the Patriot/Dark Patriot angle. Also Cactus Jack wrestled there, as did Raven before he was Raven and was known as Scott Anthony. Then there was X-Pac as "The Lightning Kid". It was a pretty interesting fed. I wish they would release a DVD collection. |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 14, 2009 17:33:02 GMT -5
I used to watch it all the time on ESPN. I remember their biggest babyface being The Patriot, and then they brought in Doug Gilbert (I think) as The Dark Patriot. They also had Marcus Bagwell and Harlem Heat before WCW got them, and I believe they also had Ahmed Johnson before he was famous. The silliest thing I remember from the ESPN show was a bungee match, capitalizing on the early 1990s bungee jumping fad. I can't even remember who was in the match, but even as a kid, it was too corny for my tastes. Ugh. Chaz (Tug Taylor's son) vs. Steven Casey in the bungee jump match. On the same card, Mike Davis did a reverse bungee and said he was going into outer space. He came back with a "moon rock". I miss his gimmick, but I liked when he was the original Viper. Remember that? His corny catch phrase: "Don't hiss me off!" He had a brief feud with Sam Houston & lost his mask when Houston gave him a bulldog. |
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Dec 14, 2009 23:03:24 GMT -5
Also Cactus Jack wrestled there, as did Raven before he was Raven and was known as Scott Anthony. Then there was X-Pac as "The Lightning Kid". It was a pretty interesting fed. I wish they would release a DVD collection. I forgot about that... the first time I ever saw Sean Waltman wrestle was a Lightning Kid vs. Jerry Lynn match on an episode of Global. |
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Dec 15, 2009 0:10:44 GMT -5
Global was greatness.
Bagwell as The Handsome Stranger was a great gimmick. Best he ever had.
Patriot/Dark Patriot preluded Sting/Black Scorpion
I remember Jeff Gaylord coming over from World Class
So much awesomenesss.
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Post by June on Dec 15, 2009 10:33:41 GMT -5
Also can't forget about the Cartel, that stable was was mash-up of odd pairings but I really enjoyed hating them. They were led by Rip Roger's (who most would remember one of top job guys in WCW) Cactus Jack, Scott Anthony (Raven), and Makhan Singh (Bastion Booger).
Another guy that I enjoyed was Barry "The Winner" Horowitz. Sure he is one of the best job guys that worked in both WWE & WCW, but in the GWF he was a top heel and held the GWF Light Heavyweight Championship twice. I also was into hating John Tatum, and one of my favorites aside from The Patriot was Steve Simpson.
They used to make really good use of that carpeted platform at ringside, I remember being in awe when Lightning Kid flying out of the ring and onto that platform.
I miss those days, but most importantly I miss seeing the battle between good and evil being played out on my television by guys that understand the business and put on their best efforts to tell an entertaining story to the fans in attendance.
Even though it was a small-time promotion GWF had something special. The tapings were in the legendary Sportatorium, but called the "Global Dome". It had pretty poor production quality, but the announcing was great, the crowds hot and the action above average. I attribute the hot crowds to the wrestlers that knew how to get them involved in the matches by interacting with the crowd, which is apparently a lost art these days.
A lot of the GWF talent went on to WWE & WCW and I guess that's a good thing, but it sucked to see the GWF go.
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Post by carly1988 on Dec 16, 2009 0:55:59 GMT -5
I use to watch GWF everyday. I remember The Patriot thinking he won the North American Title unfairly so he wanted a rematch with Al Perez to crown a legit winner, Rasta the Voodoo Mon scaring the crap outta me....ahh the good times
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 16, 2009 9:44:07 GMT -5
I always thought Alex "The Pug" Porteau would be a superstar, but he later went on to job inn the WWE for a short time.
Anyone remember Francis "Crybaby" Buxton?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2009 16:11:35 GMT -5
remember it fondly.it replaced USWA on Eurosport over here and I loved the Patriot from day 1.
I really really wish Jakks had made him in CS
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 16, 2009 17:12:30 GMT -5
Anyone know whatever happened to "Brute Forcz" the neo-metal tag team?
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Post by June on Dec 16, 2009 19:22:36 GMT -5
Anyone know whatever happened to "Brute Forcz" the neo-metal tag team? I don't remember them, were they a part of the later version of GWF? And while were talking about Tag Teams, do you remember the combination of John Tatum and Rod Price? I loved them as a team. I also was a fan of Tribal Nation and that team that were Sheepherder ripoffs, I forget their name. Oh yeah. One of the promo's that i'll never forget was when Gen. Skandor Akbar referred to the Ebony Experience as "Booger Teeth" and "Stinky Ray". Classic Akbar. |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 17, 2009 10:52:05 GMT -5
Anyone know whatever happened to "Brute Forcz" the neo-metal tag team? I don't remember them, were they a part of the later version of GWF? And while were talking about Tag Teams, do you remember the combination of John Tatum and Rod Price? I loved them as a team. I also was a fan of Tribal Nation and that team that were Sheepherder ripoffs, I forget their name. Oh yeah. One of the promo's that i'll never forget was when Gen. Skandor Akbar referred to the Ebony Experience as "Booger Teeth" and "Stinky Ray". Classic Akbar. They looked like fat 40 year old hair metal dudes. They had really frizzy hair and were proud that they composed their own theme music (which was awful). I couldn't stand the Manny "Hard Luck" Villalobos character. And I think the only female "diva" at the time was Bull Pain's valet, Samantha. Yeesh! |
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Post by carly1988 on Dec 17, 2009 11:04:07 GMT -5
Did Simpson and Walker ever get an official team name? I know I marked a few times when I saw them Job on WWF or WCW. I was like "its those guys from Global"
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Post by June on Dec 17, 2009 18:51:27 GMT -5
Did Simpson and Walker ever get an official team name? I know I marked a few times when I saw them Job on WWF or WCW. I was like "its those guys from Global" Not that I know of. And grumpy, I was a fan of Bull Pain. I did not even know that he was one half of the Texas Hangmen until a few years ago. I was pretty excited when I saw him in WCW, but he was not the Bull pain I remembered. But I enjoyed his time in GWF. |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Dec 18, 2009 10:03:13 GMT -5
Did Simpson and Walker ever get an official team name? I know I marked a few times when I saw them Job on WWF or WCW. I was like "its those guys from Global" Not that I know of. And grumpy, I was a fan of Bull Pain. I did not even know that he was one half of the Texas Hangmen until a few years ago. I was pretty excited when I saw him in WCW, but he was not the Bull pain I remembered. But I enjoyed his time in GWF. I had no idea he was in the Texas Hangmen! I always thought it was Henry Godwin & Phineas (Mideon). Wow. Bull Pain was untapped potential. I could have easily seen him feuding with The Patriot for the GWF title. |
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Post by sevb30 on Dec 18, 2009 13:29:13 GMT -5
Everytime there was a chairshot or fireball thrown, we'd never see the impact as they would cut to a crowd shot, I always hated that.
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Post by June on Dec 18, 2009 13:58:45 GMT -5
Everytime there was a chairshot or fireball thrown, we'd never see the impact as they would cut to a crowd shot, I always hated that. Yeah that was pretty annoying, but it was really the only downside of the promotion. I wish ESPN would run GWF instead of nightly editions of death bed era AWA. (not sure if they still run the AWA on ESPN Classics) |
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