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Post by amxfiles on Jan 8, 2008 9:41:31 GMT -5
Has this been airing long? And why hasn't anybody told me? I was bored during Raw and was flipping around and found two back to back episodes of UWF on ESPN Classic last night at 10, and apparently, based on the cable listing, it's every weeknight at 10. It's the mid 90s version, and the main even of the second episode was Cactus Jack Vs. David Sammartino.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2008 11:23:41 GMT -5
Has this been airing long? And why hasn't anybody told me? I was bored during Raw and was flipping around and found two back to back episodes of UWF on ESPN Classic last night at 10, and apparently, based on the cable listing, it's every weeknight at 10. It's the mid 90s version, and the main even of the second episode was Cactus Jack Vs. David Sammartino. It aired for the first time last night.
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Post by sincityhero on Jan 8, 2008 16:22:55 GMT -5
Its horrible.
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Post by markallenkellner on Jan 8, 2008 21:35:15 GMT -5
Isn't this Herb Abram's UWF? Yuck! It it were Bill Watts' UWF, I'd be ecstatic. I guess Vince owns that footage though.
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Post by Stevo on Jan 8, 2008 21:50:25 GMT -5
Watts' UWF would be THE shit. Gilbert, Russians, Taylor, Sting, Studd, DiBiase, Freebirds, and the "Cowboy" himself.
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Post by carly1988 on Jan 8, 2008 22:44:20 GMT -5
it comes on at 1am here....10pm i get the original American Gladiators
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Post by Lennon on Jan 8, 2008 22:53:42 GMT -5
Isn't this Herb Abram's UWF? Yuck! It it were Bill Watts' UWF, I'd be ecstatic. I guess Vince owns that footage though. Vince actually doesn't own that..
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Post by markallenkellner on Jan 8, 2008 23:13:56 GMT -5
I wasn't sure if Bill Watts still owned the footage, or if Vince did since the UWF became part of Jim Crockett Promotions in the late 80s, and that is all in the WCW library. Isn't this Herb Abram's UWF? Yuck! It it were Bill Watts' UWF, I'd be ecstatic. I guess Vince owns that footage though. Vince actually doesn't own that..
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Jan 8, 2008 23:16:59 GMT -5
Isn't this Herb Abram's UWF? Yuck! It it were Bill Watts' UWF, I'd be ecstatic. I guess Vince owns that footage though. Exactly what I was thinking.
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Post by kingofgoreobo on Jan 8, 2008 23:20:13 GMT -5
Isn't this Herb Abram's UWF? Yuck! It it were Bill Watts' UWF, I'd be ecstatic. I guess Vince owns that footage though. Vince actually doesn't own that.. indeed. one of the few classic libraries he doesn't. Just got 10 discs of "The Top 150 matches of Mid South history" in yesterday afternoon for the newest Death Valley Driver voting ballot. Anything up to 87 is still Watts.
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Post by lugerfan1 on Jan 9, 2008 3:09:53 GMT -5
Vince actually doesn't own that.. indeed. one of the few classic libraries he doesn't. Just got 10 discs of "The Top 150 matches of Mid South history" in yesterday afternoon for the newest Death Valley Driver voting ballot. Anything up to 87 is still Watts. That sounds awesome. Mid South was bad ass. Long live Bill Watts.
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Post by Wato Stan Account on Jan 10, 2008 0:45:41 GMT -5
Yeah I watched it last night, Jimmy Valiant looked like he probably stabbed a guy, went to jail for 10 years and became a wrestler. He also looked like he was wearing a diaper.
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Post by layzie on Jan 10, 2008 1:16:55 GMT -5
ill have to check it out maybe
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Post by Billy the Kid on Jan 10, 2008 22:50:52 GMT -5
Although the booking was horrible, Herb Abrams' UWF definitely listed a who's who of professional wrestling with the names he used.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Jan 12, 2008 9:51:44 GMT -5
The other night they showed B. Brian Blair vs. Louie Spicolli (known back then as "Cutie Pie"), and Steve "Dr. Death" Williams vs. Paul Orndorff.
Definitely not a great show quality-wise, but it's fun to watch old footage of these guys besides the same old clip packages you see in WWE DVDs, etc.
Speaking of bad booking... they had Cowboy Bob Orton playing babyface and chumming around with Captain Lou Albano. WTF.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jan 12, 2008 11:45:21 GMT -5
Speaking of bad booking... they had Cowboy Bob Orton playing babyface and chumming around with Captain Lou Albano. WTF. Yeah, that definitely sounds a bit off for sure. "Cowboy" Bob was never and could never be a face. Not in my mind anyway. He'll always be a heel when I remember him. Him and his trademark cast were classic.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2008 19:40:24 GMT -5
Cactus Jack Vs. David Sammartino wasn't too bad of a match
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Post by lugerfan1 on Jan 13, 2008 5:27:20 GMT -5
BTW, Jimmy Valiant was awesome about 5 years prior to this. Anyone know how Herb Abrahms died? He got coked up, started running around a hotel pulling fire alarms and had a heart attack. Sounds like he had good times.
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Post by Chicago on Jan 13, 2008 14:28:50 GMT -5
I taped the episodes from two nights ago, the outdoor Universal Studios taping and the indoor NY one, and it was pretty horrible.
Not even seeing Paul Orndorff, Bob Orton, B. Brian Blair and Bam Bam Bigelow could save those shows.
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Post by Quanthor on Jan 13, 2008 15:45:19 GMT -5
Damn, I wish I had classic.
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