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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 19:21:43 GMT -5
He should have been Medium Size Josh at best. His billed height is 6'0" which means that in real life he was probably like 5'9" or 5'10". I never gave it much thought, but as Doink I always perceived him as one of the smaller wrestlers.
It's also interesting that no matter what gimmick he wrestled under, his finisher was sitting on people like a huge fat guy with a blimp-like ass. Did Matt Borne see himself as a 7'0" monster when he looked in the mirror?
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Post by J'Dinkalage Morgoone on Jan 13, 2017 20:22:16 GMT -5
maybe it was a thing like crash holly being 7ft 400lbs
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 13, 2017 22:05:08 GMT -5
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Post by Himmy! on Jan 14, 2017 8:18:37 GMT -5
Big Josh sucked, but I was a fan of heel Doink.
No help I know haha.
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Post by rob29 on Jan 14, 2017 17:42:18 GMT -5
It was just the gimmick name he was given - 'big Josh' sounds better and more marketable than simply: 'Josh'.
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Post by Himmy! on Jan 14, 2017 19:24:14 GMT -5
It was just the gimmick name he was given - 'big Josh' sounds better and more marketable than simply: 'Josh'. They had no problem calling 'Norman' just 'Norman' at the same time though. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2017 20:05:39 GMT -5
Yeah and it's not like they were stuck with 'Josh'. They could have gone with a completely different name.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Jan 14, 2017 21:40:01 GMT -5
Big Josh... pshhh. Dude was a clown.
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Post by Glorydaysofwrestling on Jan 14, 2017 22:35:16 GMT -5
He should have been Medium Size Josh at best. His billed height is 6'0" which means that in real life he was probably like 5'9" or 5'10". I never gave it much thought, but as Doink I always perceived him as one of the smaller wrestlers. It's also interesting that no matter what gimmick he wrestled under, his finisher was sitting on people like a huge fat guy with a blimp-like ass. Did Matt Borne see himself as a 7'0" monster when he looked in the mirror? I just lol'd....damn I feel like a teenage girl after typing that. |
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Jan 15, 2017 1:52:03 GMT -5
Big Josh... pshhh. Dude was a clown. ... ... Call the cops. This man just stole the damn show. |
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 15, 2017 2:06:12 GMT -5
Thank goodness after all those terrible gimmicks that he was finally Borne Again......  ahh.. ahh... that's right, for I stole that one from Paul Heyman. |
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Post by PJ on Jan 16, 2017 9:55:58 GMT -5
I loved Big Jim and Josh as a kid. Also when they turned them into an elite special forces team. And I think Big Jim became part of a Pirates toy line also. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 10:48:46 GMT -5
I loved Big Jim and Josh as a kid. Also when they turned them into an elite special forces team. And I think Big Jim became part of a Pirates toy line also. Maybe the first time I've ever heard anyone say that they loved Big Josh. Now I just need to find that person out there whose favorite wrestler was Sparky Plugg and I'll have completed my bucket list. |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 16, 2017 10:56:32 GMT -5
I loved Big Jim and Josh as a kid. Also when they turned them into an elite special forces team. And I think Big Jim became part of a Pirates toy line also. Maybe the first time I've ever heard anyone say that they loved Big Josh. Now I just need to find that person out there whose favorite wrestler was Sparky Plugg and I'll have completed my bucket list. Not the wrestler, the action figure! |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 16, 2017 10:58:51 GMT -5
I loved Big Jim and Josh as a kid. Also when they turned them into an elite special forces team. And I think Big Jim became part of a Pirates toy line also. My cousin had them, and I was so damn jealous. He lived in Holland, and I could never find them in the States. www.plaidstallions.com/pack76/index.htmlwww.plaidstallions.com/mattel/e78.htmlI would have loved to merge these with my Super Joe Commander & Evel Knievel figures! |
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Post by PJ on Jan 16, 2017 11:32:02 GMT -5
Yeah the Mattel '70s action figure line.
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Jan 16, 2017 23:57:29 GMT -5
You know you've got a horsesh*t gimmick when you immediately jump at the chance to wrestle as a clown somewhere else.
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Post by marino13 on Jan 17, 2017 8:29:16 GMT -5
I was always a fan of Matt Borne. Regardless of the gimmick. That being said, Big Josh as a gimmick was an awful idea. I always assumed Jim Heard saw a dude with a beard and ran from there.
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Post by The Brain on Jan 17, 2017 10:06:23 GMT -5
I loved his heel Doink runs in WWF and ECW. His Big Josh gimmick not so much....
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