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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 26, 2008 14:52:53 GMT -5
I was just wondering if theres is any truth to this or if someone could help me with a pic or vid or anything, my dad who before he passed away told me one time that the original Legion of Doom or L.O.D was Hawk,Animal,Paul Ellering,Rick Rude,and King Kong Bundy. now I'm now trying to say this is a fact i was j/w if someone could shed some light on this subject for me, Ive never seen a pic or anything of them together but growing up i took my dads word about wrestling as the gospel, (please no dad bashing if its not true) Thanks everyone
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Post by carly1988 on Aug 26, 2008 14:56:51 GMT -5
Georgia Championship Wrestling
In the early 1980s, in NWA's Georgia Championship Wrestling, Paul Ellering introduced a stable called "The Legion of Doom" that consisted of the Road Warriors, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, The Spoiler, Matt Borne, King Kong Bundy, Arn Anderson, The Iron Sheik and the original Sheik. Animal had briefly competed as the Road Warrior before Ellering paired him up with fellow Chicagoan Hawk to form the Road Warriors. The stable was short lived and the name "Legion of Doom" soon referred only to the Road Warriors and Ellering with either name used interchangeably through out their career
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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 26, 2008 15:04:53 GMT -5
wow thanks man that stable sound great Ive always been a Double A mark, i wish i was around for days in wrestling like that.
I really appreciate the help
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 26, 2008 15:05:43 GMT -5
Here's the best I could find
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 26, 2008 15:07:22 GMT -5
My understanding of it was that it was RW's, Jake, & the Spoiler. They tried to introduce Bundy but they did a worked-shoot calling Bundy fat and not an athlete and it turned Bundy face. Get the Jake DVD and it tells the story.
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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 26, 2008 15:51:01 GMT -5
Dude seriously, thank you so much i finally have a visual of something that has always been a question in the back of my mind, Ive got to pick up the Jake DVD BTW thanks for telling me its on there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2008 22:36:58 GMT -5
I've seen the Road Warrior's DVD and have known about this, but I just call Hawk and Animal Legion Of Doom instead.
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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 27, 2008 1:15:46 GMT -5
Yeah me too, I love LOD or Road Wariors which ever you prefer, but imagine if that angle would have went all the way.
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Post by Billy the Kid on Aug 27, 2008 1:19:25 GMT -5
A lot of people never realized but Hawk and Animal were only called the Legion of Doom as a tag team during their WWF career. They were the Road Warriors everywhere else.
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Post by Johnny Lawrence - Cobra Kai on Aug 27, 2008 8:50:10 GMT -5
A lot of people never realized but Hawk and Animal were only called the Legion of Doom as a tag team during their WWF career. They were the Road Warriors everywhere else. Well, true... they were officially called The Road Warriors. But they did refer to themselves as The Legion of Doom as a sort of alternate nickname in the AWA, NWA, etc. One of the many Road Warriors promos that is burned into my memory is from the AWA, right after the famous match where the Warriors incited a near-riot by tangling Curt Hennig's neck in the ring ropes and beating him bloody with a chair. Ellering started the interview by saying, in a very evil tone, "It's not nice to fool with the Legion of Doom!" |
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Post by Raine on Aug 27, 2008 11:26:40 GMT -5
A lot of people never realized but Hawk and Animal were only called the Legion of Doom as a tag team during their WWF career. They were the Road Warriors everywhere else. They were only called the Legion of Doom in the WWF, because Vince felt using the name "Road Warriors" people would get confused with the Ultimate Warrior. Also Kerry Von Erich who was billed as "The Modern-Day Warrior" also had to drop his moniker when he came to the WWF and became Texas Tornado for the same reason. |
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Post by Greensborohill on Aug 27, 2008 12:57:06 GMT -5
A lot of people never realized but Hawk and Animal were only called the Legion of Doom as a tag team during their WWF career. They were the Road Warriors everywhere else. They were only called the Legion of Doom in the WWF, because Vince felt using the name "Road Warriors" people would get confused with the Ultimate Warrior. Also Kerry Von Erich who was billed as "The Modern-Day Warrior" also had to drop his moniker when he came to the WWF and became Texas Tornado for the same reason. The funny thing is, all 4 of those guys ended up on the same Survivor Series team in 91!! Go figure. |
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Post by Raine on Aug 27, 2008 13:53:19 GMT -5
They were only called the Legion of Doom in the WWF, because Vince felt using the name "Road Warriors" people would get confused with the Ultimate Warrior. Also Kerry Von Erich who was billed as "The Modern-Day Warrior" also had to drop his moniker when he came to the WWF and became Texas Tornado for the same reason. The funny thing is, all 4 of those guys ended up on the same Survivor Series team in 91!! Go figure. Yeah thats true, funnily enough it was The Warriors vs The Perfect Team, looks like Vince was having a bit of tongue in cheek fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2008 13:51:34 GMT -5
yeah I remember reading that about Vince.he also insisted on the brighter color scheme for the Shoulderpads.
they had to change from Black shoulderpads wth silver spikes and chains to the red shoulderpads.
Vince remarked they had to be brightened up considerably to be his main "face" team
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Post by nibs92 on Aug 29, 2008 14:55:57 GMT -5
They were only called the Legion of Doom in the WWF, because Vince felt using the name "Road Warriors" people would get confused with the Ultimate Warrior. Also Kerry Von Erich who was billed as "The Modern-Day Warrior" also had to drop his moniker when he came to the WWF and became Texas Tornado for the same reason. The funny thing is, all 4 of those guys ended up on the same Survivor Series team in 91!! Go figure. it was survivor series 1990 that they all appeared on the same team against the perfect team |
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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 30, 2008 3:16:22 GMT -5
OOOOOHHHHHH WWHHAATTAA RUSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH!!!!!!
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Post by thenatureboy420 on Aug 30, 2008 3:45:10 GMT -5
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