Thunder Chunky
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Jun 9, 2014 19:37:24 GMT -5
God, Steph was soooo hot back then!
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Jun 15, 2014 2:20:02 GMT -5
Why has no one made the comparison of Bray Wyatt to a caricature of Cactus Jack?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2014 8:07:22 GMT -5
I'm guessing it's due to bray usually having a bald dude with a mask on and a creepy dude wearing a wifebeater next to him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2014 11:02:08 GMT -5
Cactus was just a loon who at any time could become a hippie?
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Jul 1, 2014 2:22:50 GMT -5
I was dozing off when this hypothesis hit me. Gorgeous George capitalized on American homophobia, to infuriate crowds.
Here's a not entirely unrelated question. Do you think there were any African American wrestlers who thought they could make money as Heels by mocking Caucasians in the 50s & 60s?
I say no, because they were probably too wise as antagonize an already ignorant, easily disturbed, semi-intellectually- disabled crowd into a frenzy.
I would find it interesting to read a journal excerpt, of an African American wrestler from the Pioneer Era of Wrestling that had the ingenuity to ponder such a concept.
That would have truly been a "Worker" before his time, in terms of creativity as far as eliciting reactions is concerned.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 2:35:46 GMT -5
I was dozing off when this hypothesis hit me. Gorgeous George capitalized on American homophobia, to infuriate crowds. Here's a not entirely unrelated question. Do you think there were any African American wrestlers who thought they could make money as Heels by mocking Caucasians in the 50s & 60s? I say no, because they were probably too wise as antagonize an already ignorant, easily disturbed, semi-intellectually- disabled crowd into a frenzy. I would find it interesting to read a journal excerpt, of an African American wrestler from the Pioneer Era of Wrestling that had the ingenuity to ponder such a concept. That would have truly been a "Worker" before his time, in terms of creativity as far as eliciting reactions is concerned. They would've been killed.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Jul 1, 2014 2:48:49 GMT -5
I was dozing off when this hypothesis hit me. Gorgeous George capitalized on American homophobia, to infuriate crowds. Here's a not entirely unrelated question. Do you think there were any African American wrestlers who thought they could make money as Heels by mocking Caucasians in the 50s & 60s? I say no, because they were probably too wise as antagonize an already ignorant, easily disturbed, semi-intellectually- disabled crowd into a frenzy. I would find it interesting to read a journal excerpt, of an African American wrestler from the Pioneer Era of Wrestling that had the ingenuity to ponder such a concept. That would have truly been a "Worker" before his time, in terms of creativity as far as eliciting reactions is concerned. They would've been killed. I said that without actually saying it as best as I possibly could. Given that you didn't catch that, it would appear I didn't say it well enough.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 2:53:48 GMT -5
They would've been killed. I said that without actually saying it as best as I possibly could. Given that you didn't catch that, it would appear I didn't say it well enough. You were wondering if a black wrestler in the 50s and 60s capitalized on the racist feelings of the white Americans at the time. My thought was they would've killed,even with security I still dont think a wrestler doing that would make it out in one piece.
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Post by Turnbuckle Zealot(Phil) on Jul 1, 2014 9:21:22 GMT -5
I said that without actually saying it as best as I possibly could. Given that you didn't catch that, it would appear I didn't say it well enough. You were wondering if a black wrestler in the 50s and 60s capitalized on the racist feelings of the white Americans at the time. My thought was they would've killed,even with security I still dont think a wrestler doing that would make it out in one piece. That's why I presented a hypothesis that one wrestler MIGHT, have worked out some ideas about it in his head, as opposed to claiming that one was crazy enough to try it.
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