hellshock70

6:30 (Part 2) of the match with Tenryu, Hulk Hogan pulls off the move you would never see here. Tenryu kicks out of the legdrop and the axe bomber long before people made it more common. edit: and again at 7:58.

in his match against Genichiro Tenryu he actually does an enzuguri. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jUevWjMCJ4&feature=related

This link will take you to a lot of matches mostly Hogan but there are other matches you can look up like Andre's Japanese matches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f-p0tkCuZg

You know when Hulk Hogan went to Japan he had more moves in his arsenal then over here?

Ric Flair 1972 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QDoEQqCITvc/R79ponRMcYI/AAAAAAAABN8/3wX28yRsIR8/s320/21.jpg

I can take you back to the 70's, brother. I went to my first live event in 1975. I remember Ric Flair when he had brown hair. LOL

Buddy Rogers retired a few months after his Main Event match in Japan in 1991. He was going to have a comeback match in 1992 but the fed went out of business and he passed away a few months later. Lou lived till he was 84, but had his last match against Masahiro Chono in 1990 in Japan at age 74 when he became the only man to wrestle at least once in 7 consecutive decades. Ivan and Jimmy on the other hand did finish up in the indies. The Boogie Woogie Man passes the torch:

If anything the original sounded worse from what I remember. LOL

I wonder how they plan to edit the end of the match then?

How many guys in TEW are still wrestling in their 60's? Not many if at all. Ric Flair is working the occasional match. Lou Thesz and "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers had their last match in their 70's. Jimmy Valiant officially retired in 2004 after 40 years and passed his name on to a friend of mine. Ivan Koloff retired within the last decade putting him at least near 60 since he is 67 now. And there are a lot of other old timers still working the indies well above the average TEW retirement age.

Truth's rapping may not to be everyone's tastes, but there's no doubt about it that he is over. And the thousands who pop when he comes out and 'rap' along with him all buy into it.

Yeah. LOL For some reason most of the rock acts I'm used to seem to lose their accents when singing. (Scorpions too)

The five black members I mentioned are the 5 they're pushing to get the next black superstar. As for era specific isn't that your problem with him, that he's not current?

He cut his hair? Didn't I see him in San Andreas with a "burping the worm" problem?

My wife just said he sounds drunk then she remembered the song and remembered she liked it.

Tell that to Biz Markey. LOL

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="PeterHilton" data-cite="PeterHilton" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Why does it have to be so unique? <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>The audience can't tell black people apart</strong></em></span>?<p> </p><p> There are certainly enough similar looking white guys on the roster.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> That way of thinking has severe undertones.</p>

<p>And on another thing. </p><p> </p><p> Most of the writers are white. So that being said, you take a white guy messing with a black guys image and if it doesn't come off as something that African-Americans can identify with? Well then, you have a whole different problem.</p><p> </p><p> And a 80's or 90's rapper, no matter how out of date it is, it is still identifiable as a legit African-American gimmick.</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="PeterHilton" data-cite="PeterHilton" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>I know those dudes. <img alt=":)" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/smile.png.142cfa0a1cd2925c0463c1d00f499df2.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" /><p> </p><p> i think the point is..how many of them watch wrestling?</p><p> </p><p> I get what you're saying hellshock, but it's a stretch to say there's a specific audience that Truth's look appeal to. More likely, there's not enough people in the WWE audience that are in to hip hop and can tell the difference between what's current now and what was current in 1995. </p><p> </p><p> He has a dated look. Period.</p><p> </p><p> Someone (Truth or a writer or somebody) should update him. Period.</p><p> </p><p> Especially if the goal is - as mentioned - to create a superstar to appeal to the black audience.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Well, you have 5 each with their OWN appearance. So what would you propose to do different and it not be taken from the other 4?</p>

<p>He can do this again:</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://images.tvrage.com/people/35/104567.jpg</span></p><p> </p><p> which was after this:</p><p> </p><p> <span>http://www.coliseumwrestlingboxing.com/ron_killings.jpg</span></p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Stennick" data-cite="Stennick" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Yeah I agree he's playing a character on television. As far as McMahon changing his character up via music. McMahon is a legendary character and easily one of the top five most recognizable characters of the last 15 years. So him changing something that is identifiable with him is a lot different than R Truth has has been a mid carder at best his entire career. <p> </p><p> He's not appealing to 40 year olds with his "was up" I don't know many 40 year olds that say "was up". Some? Sure but most 40 year olds say "hows it going". So shouldn't his rap being "something in coherant on a live mic....how is going? *dance* hows it going?". </p><p> </p><p> EVERYONE in the WWE is meant to mostly entertain children. John Cena'd dudley do right gimmick is meant for ten year olds that need a real life super man. There is a reason Hogan's character was booked so similar to Cena their the same character (essentially) and their marketed to the same age group.</p><p> </p><p> Killings is no different its not like he even looks like a typical 40 year old from his side of the streets. Luda cut his braids off, Ice Cube got rid of the curls, Ice T cut his hair. All of these men are in entertainment and all of them have switched their look up to appear more modern. So saying that its his generation and its how people his age dress isn't even accurate. Its how his generation dressed 20 years ago. Heck its how I would have dressed 20 years ago when I was in the 8th grade gangsta dancing to Coolio's "gangsta paradise" in my suburban home without a clue what he was talking about. I use to sag my jeans and wear Bugle Boy t shirts. 20 years later I've stopped doing that. Not that Bugle Boy was ever in style but my point has been made.</p></div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Then it's safe to say you haven't seen the black people a few blocks away from my townhouse saying "s'up", waz up" and a few others phrases and still in their 30's not knowing how to keep their pants off the ground.</p>

Just got word CM Punk botched a move pretty bad twice. Might be something to look at and talk about after Smackdown friday.

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Linsolv" data-cite="Linsolv" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25169" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>For the record, Tiger, he doesn't LOOK that old. I wouldn't have known he was 36 except that you guys told me.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Actually, he just turned 38 in January. And he looks bigger on TV. LOL</p>

<blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="Stennick" data-cite="Stennick" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="25170" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Bischoff doesn't have a lot of things going out outside of TNA right now.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Wait till tomorrow when Puppet of Eric Bischoff's Half-Pint Brawlers appears on TNA. LOL</p>

<p>Here is another way to look at it too.</p><p> </p><p> JTG has an image that caters to the younger Bling Bling/ grill wearing generation while R-Truth caters to the older nearing 40 generation.</p><p> </p><p> They have someone for both ends of their age demographic.</p>