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Post by HHH316 on Mar 23, 2019 21:29:31 GMT -5
I went to the World in 2002. Had a great time. Went to Ribera on my Japan trip in January. If anyone gets there, try the corn soup. Jackets are only given out to wrestlers. You can't purchase them. ...Corn soup? Those two words together make me shudder! Honestly, I said the same thing. Just sounded gross to me. But a friend of mine who works in the business (and had been there a bunch of times with wrestlers) told me that the wrestlers absolutely love it. If I ever get back there, I would eat it again.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 24, 2019 2:53:33 GMT -5
Who here remembers the WCW Nitro Grill at The Excalibur in Las Vegas? More importantly, who remembers Pasta Mania? Hulk Hogan had the ing gall to sell Spaghetti O's in a restaurant.
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Post by y13 on Mar 24, 2019 13:03:27 GMT -5
I went to WWF New York quite a few times as a kid. I never went to the rebranded “The World”. It was like heaven for me. Wrestling was my life back then. I remember finding the first TTL Chris Jericho figure in the store and being really excited.
I remember there being like a section where you would go down some stairs and there was some tables and a giant TV. In the last few years, I went to the Hard Rock that sits in that location now and saw that area and it brought back memories.
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Post by JC Motors on Mar 24, 2019 17:47:09 GMT -5
Who here remembers the WCW Nitro Grill at The Excalibur in Las Vegas? More importantly, who remembers Pasta Mania? Hulk Hogan had the ing gall to sell Spaghetti O's in a restaurant. I mentioned that earlier. That is a poster child of celebrity business failures. I don't think PastaMania lasted even a year.
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Post by snatch on Mar 24, 2019 17:51:47 GMT -5
And the dude still cry’s about missing a phone call on the George Forman grill.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 25, 2019 0:05:00 GMT -5
And the dude still cry’s about missing a phone call on the George Forman grill. That can't be a true story.
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Post by Deep Figure Value on Mar 25, 2019 10:38:28 GMT -5
Two pages and not a single mention of the Shoney's location in Acworth, GA.
Holla if you hear me.
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Post by snatch on Mar 26, 2019 17:49:27 GMT -5
And the dude still cry’s about missing a phone call on the George Forman grill. That can't be a true story. Probably isn’t. I guess you really have to ask the agent and George. I Never bought Hogan’s BS.
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Post by theMOESIAH on Mar 26, 2019 23:07:22 GMT -5
That can't be a true story. Probably isn’t. I guess you really have to ask the agent and George. I Never bought Hogan’s BS. As a child of the late 80s/early 90s it was really disappointing to find out what a bag of craphe is.
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Post by LuisTX on Mar 27, 2019 13:25:11 GMT -5
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Post by Billy the Kid on Mar 28, 2019 3:11:45 GMT -5
Ever notice that a lot of wrestling theme restaurants usually fail? Hulk Hogan's Pastamania. His Beach place seems to be doing well. WWF Planned to open up a Hotel in Las Vegas, never came to fruition. Bam Bam Bigelow had owned a restaurant in Lake Ariel, PA that wasn't around long. I forget the name of it. Anyone know the name? Mean Gene had a line of Burgers. There is that steakhouse in Japan that gives out those Satin Jackets that does extremely well. Jerry Lawler had Slamburgers Bam Bam Bigelow's place wasn't so much a restaurant, it was more of a food stand. Much like those walk up ice cream joints, his place served foods and ice cream. The building itself was adorned with photos of Bammer as well as other stars. I used to about 10 miles from there and I would go twice a week. Bam Bam and I would sit and talk for hours about wrestling, sports, and life in general. I remember the last time I saw him and we exchanged goodbyes. I said "see you next week Bammer" and he said "see you next week my friend." I went back the next week and the stand was closed. Went back the week after, it was closed. I never saw him again. When Shane Douglas couldn't find Bam Bam in 2005, I called Shane and told him that Bam Bam was in New Port Richey, Florida. He told me at some point during our talks that he was going to end up there soon and when I didn't see him for a few weeks, I figured that's where he went.
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Post by FUSamBaker on Mar 28, 2019 11:49:59 GMT -5
My grandma went in there about 2002. I remember her taking a trip to New York not too long after 9/11. She took some pics of the store but it looked like nothing really fantastic was in it.
I would LOVE to see a physical WWE fan building one day. One with a store, Hall of Fame, memorabilia ect. But the store would have to be spot on. Like up to date figures/shirt ect. All exclusives no matter if it’s a Target, Walmart or FYE exclusive. I would have extremely high expectations if they ever opened an actual WWE Shop again one day.
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