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Post by Mark on Sept 8, 2007 20:21:45 GMT -5
anyone think this was the worst wrestling school with horrible trainers?
I do. Granted they did produce many people who would go on to be champions but still
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Post by Todd Pettengill on Sept 8, 2007 21:21:21 GMT -5
That place shouldn't even be considered a wrestling school all they did was run people and scream at them until they threw up and went home.
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Post by Mark on Sept 8, 2007 21:49:35 GMT -5
Yeah I agree. I understand working hard and proving you have the will but some of the crap they were doing was stupid
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Post by kamardo on Sept 8, 2007 21:51:21 GMT -5
Who went there?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2007 21:54:24 GMT -5
hey what would wcw saturday night have been though if there was no power plant?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2007 23:22:28 GMT -5
I loved the promos for the Power Plant. I remember Harlem Heat saying something about, "They'll see if you're tough enough."
Foreshadowing?
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Sept 8, 2007 23:43:26 GMT -5
Probably the biggest star that was trained exclusively at the Power Plant would be Bill Goldberg, although a ton of guys went through there. Practically all of the younger guys from latter-day WCW spent at least a little time there. The main trainer was Dewayne Bruce (who wrestled as Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker in WCW, and was known as "Sarge" to most of the wrestlers). Paul Orndorff also ran the Power Plant for a while.
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Post by peanut: retired Elite member on Sept 8, 2007 23:45:35 GMT -5
It produced a lot of good wrestlers. It wasn't a bad school at all, just very different than most wrestling schools. The tryouts were incredibly brutal to weed out those who couldn't hack it, but it was also a way to make an easy tryout fee of $250 (I think that's what it was) for WCW. The tryouts were designed to be almost impossible. Guys like Goldberg and Big Show went through the school, and I don't think they were subject to the tryout, but they still weren't easy on them. Elix Skipper is a guy who went through the tryout and training there. He was working at McDonalds before that. Jody Hamilton (The Assassin & father of ref Nick Patrick), Sgt. Buddy Lee Parker, and Paul Orndorff were trainers, along with others.
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Post by Mark on Sept 9, 2007 2:42:43 GMT -5
It was a horrible school.
Hell I remember one interview where Bret said the only thing that school didnt teach was how to protect your opponent
which I guess was in reference to bill goldberg
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Post by peanut: retired Elite member on Sept 9, 2007 12:25:08 GMT -5
It was a horrible school. Hell I remember one interview where Bret said the only thing that school didnt teach was how to protect your opponent which I guess was in reference to bill goldberg What is your reasoning that it was "horrible"? You just say it without citing any examples. Do you really know anything about The Power Plant? Using a Bret Hart quote about the school isn't a good example, since he's a very bitter and delusional man. Great wrestler, but he blames everybody for everything. Accidents happen.
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Post by taker1 on Sept 10, 2007 12:31:23 GMT -5
Google is your friend. Tank Abbott Bryant Anderson C.W. Anderson Chad Brock David Flair Alan Funk The Giant Goldberg Sean O'Haire (began training in November 1999) Shane Helms Horshu Mark Jindrak Chris Kanyon (began training in May 1995) Evan Karagias The Demon Kid Romeo Lash LeRoux (began training in 1997) Lodi (began training in 1997) Jeremy Lopez Lorenzo Steve McMichael Ernest Miller Shannon Moore Scotty O Diamond Dallas Page Chuck Palumbo (began training in 1998) Dave Power Dean Power Renegade Reno Mike Sanders (began training in 1998) Shark Boy Sonny Siaki Sick Boy Elix Skipper Bob Sapp Johnny Stamboli The Wall Alex Wright Jimmy Yang (began training in 1999) Brunno Jose Alvarez Asya Major Gunns Midajah O'Hearn Stacy Keibler (began training in 1999) Leia Meow Sharmell Sullivan (began training in 1999) Tygress Daffney Unger Queen Debra Torrie Wilson That's a pretty impressive list of wrestlers. Sure, they were sickingly tough on their trainees, but still...that list should say something..that it worked.
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Post by comebackkid on Sept 10, 2007 13:08:28 GMT -5
80% of those guys are terrible
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Post by ztj_wwf on Sept 10, 2007 14:06:59 GMT -5
I don't think making guys work out until they pass out and quit is a good wrestling school.
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Post by Chicago on Sept 10, 2007 15:21:34 GMT -5
80% of those guys are terrible More like 95%
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Sept 10, 2007 16:29:17 GMT -5
About that list: For those unaware, "Horshu" was Luther Reigns. Also, while all of those people did train at the Power Plant, a lot of them went there after working indies for years, so they weren't trained exclusively by the Power Plant.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2007 16:36:25 GMT -5
hey i liked lash leroux
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Post by Mark on Sept 11, 2007 1:12:23 GMT -5
Yeah and even then they were signed to some two bit deal in WCW and let go. None of them could wrestle and were actually bad.
I understand weeding out people but trainings them till exhaustion, not teaching them proper stuff like protecting and selling. It wasn't a good overall school
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Post by peanut: retired Elite member on Sept 11, 2007 3:49:46 GMT -5
I understand weeding out people but trainings them till exhaustion, not teaching them proper stuff like protecting and selling. It wasn't a good overall school Did you go there or something? You seem to have a huge grudge against a school that has been closed for years. Also, who are you to say what was taught behind closed doors? I didn't go there, but I know they were taught selling and protecting your opponent. That's just part of basic training at any wrestling school. You're acting like this was some back alley fly by night shady operation. It was a camp run by one of the biggest wrestling organizations of all time.
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Post by moogie101 on Sept 16, 2007 7:07:23 GMT -5
Have you seen Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend show on wrestling? He dared to ask Sgt Parker the infamous fake question & boy did he pay for it, he was trained so hard he was sick & treated so badly. Hardly the way to treat an international journalist really! If that was any indication then it can't have been great, but a lot of good guys trained there so find it hard to believe it was all bad, just perhaps needed better guys in charge. I mean really, Parker! As if that freaking jobber knew anything about getting ahead in the industry. Lesson One, remember to count to Three when laying on your back. Lesson Two, oh actually thats it!
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Post by peanut: retired Elite member on Sept 17, 2007 2:28:12 GMT -5
Have you seen Louis Theroux's Weird Weekend show on wrestling? He dared to ask Sgt Parker the infamous fake question & boy did he pay for it, he was trained so hard he was sick & treated so badly. Hardly the way to treat an international journalist really! If that was any indication then it can't have been great, but a lot of good guys trained there so find it hard to believe it was all bad, just perhaps needed better guys in charge. I mean really, Parker! As if that freaking jobber knew anything about getting ahead in the industry. Lesson One, remember to count to Three when laying on your back. Lesson Two, oh actually thats it! Being a jobber doesn't really mean much if you know anything about how wrestling really works. There are many wrestlers who are incredibly talented, but somehow just don't make it to the top. There are many different reasons why a wrestler makes it to stardom. Masters, Warrior, Hogan, Road Dogg, Austin, Khali, Big Show, Goldberg, etc, weren't world class wrestlers as far as moves are concerned, but made it big due to their bodies, mic work, freakish height, or that intangible thing that draws a fan to him. The man that trained me, Charlie Fulton, never made it big, but was with the WWF and NWA for many years as enhancement talent. He was a good worker who they knew could make their bigger stars look better. He knew what he was doing, but just didn't have the charisma or look to take him to the next level. Johnny Rodz never made it big, but worked everywhere, was also a top enhancement talent for the WWF, and has trained a ton of top wrestlers, like Dreamer, at least 3 Dudleys (D-Von, Ray, Big Dick), Hugh Morris, Taz, and many others. What I'm saying is, there are many reason a wrestler makes it or doesn't make it. You can't say a guy was worthless teacher just because he never wore a world title. Wrestling is not a sport, it's entertainment. Sadly, all the talent in the world still won't make you a star. It's politics, look, nepotism, friendships, and other things that matter as much as talent.
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