FlameSnoopy Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 My god! When filtering for future Mexican male wrestlers, I stumbled upon Fray Valiente Jr. Just the name already rang a bell: a reference to Fray Tormenta. According to the bio, the original Fray Valiente was played by Sergio Valenzuela: Fray Tormenta's real name is Sergio. Not only that, he was also a priest (as was Tormenta) and he was also raising money to an orphanage by wrestling (as was Tormenta). Okay, yet, that wasn't all: his character was taken over to continue the mission by an orphan, as was Fray Tormenta's and the CVerse versions mask hold the same primary colors as Tormenta's do. I think that's all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOmniWarrior Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Is Lorne a reference to Lorne from Angel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEffect Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Isn't DAVE just a huge ECW reference? With Chris Caulfield being a reference to Tommy Dreamer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emark Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 For those from a slightly older generation: The Ring Generals Marv Statler and Dean Waldorf...those are the names of the two old hecklers in the balcony box from The Muppet Show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidenhoek Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Frank Azaria = Hank Azaria. It is Hank, right? The Simpsons guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genadi Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 From WMMA, one I just discovered recently.... Hassan Fezzik - Andre the Giant played Fezzik in The Princess Bride. Not sure if that's where Adam got the name but knowing some of his tastes I think it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ritwik Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 From WMMA, one I just discovered recently.... Hassan Fezzik - Andre the Giant played Fezzik in The Princess Bride. Not sure if that's where Adam got the name but knowing some of his tastes I think it is Fezzik is definitely from the Princess Bride. Adam has used Princess Bride references before - Inigo Montoya was described as an example for the "man on a mission gimmick" in the EWR help file. In fact he plugged the book there [interestingly, not the movie] and that inspired me to read it and to this day it is one of my favourite books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLLK Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Just noticed this one whilst browsing the Aussie scene... In RAW, head booker (or whatever they call him) Mark Misery is dating Vicki Company. Misery Loves Company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kluge Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just noticed this one whilst browsing the Aussie scene... In RAW, head booker (or whatever they call him) Mark Misery is dating Vicki Company. Misery Loves Company. How did I never notice that lol. Awesome find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Just noticed this one whilst browsing the Aussie scene... In RAW, head booker (or whatever they call him) Mark Misery is dating Vicki Company. Misery Loves Company. That was one of my favourite puns in the entire game because it was hidden in plain sight but nobody realised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLLK Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 That was one of my favourite puns in the entire game because it was hidden in plain sight but nobody realised Until I found it! Mwahahahaha!!! That deserves a discount of some kins to whenever the superhero game comes out, right, Adam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidenhoek Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Fezzik is definitely from the Princess Bride. Adam has used Princess Bride references before - Inigo Montoya was described as an example for the "man on a mission gimmick" in the EWR help file. In fact he plugged the book there [interestingly, not the movie] and that inspired me to read it and to this day it is one of my favourite books. I thought the book was (purposely written to be) horrible, full of cliches of the fantasy genre that the author hated. Huh. Oh, Velocidad's alternate attire is a Rey Mysterio mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaysin Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 That was one of my favourite puns in the entire game because it was hidden in plain sight but nobody realised This kinda stuff is why you're one of my favorite game developers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 The New Wave's finisher is Wave of Mutilation.. like Rosa The Surfer and Daniel Black Francis.. a Pixies reference.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Stranger Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I thought the book was (purposely written to be) horrible, full of cliches of the fantasy genre that the author hated. I'm guessing you don't read much fantasy, as the cliches in TPB are pretty much entirely not fantasy cliches - though the original of the book's length of time spent on fashion sense probably rivals the amount of time spent on trees in Tolkien. No, the book was purposely written to spoof cliches of the Brothers Grimm genre - not fairy tales as we typically read them today, but the original aimed-at-adults often satires/horror tales that the Brothers collected, plus things like Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. It was done to do so with love - of the child-friendly fairy tales the Grimms can be reduced to. While the introduction is as fictional as the rest of the book, the 'Good Parts Edition' of the Princess Bride is set out as being that way by Goldman's authorial insert when he buys his fictional son a copy of the book, only to find out it's not the book his father had read him. ...OK, that turned into a bit of an academic spiel; now I've started, I've probably got another 2000 words inside me before I'd have to check the book. But I'll pass on that - this may already read more harshly than it's intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astil Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I know virtually nothing about American sports, so if there are any references in the game to real life players then it's purely coincidental. I think that wins the prize for most bizarre suggestion so far. Dan DaLay is a reference \ quasi in-joke, and quite a cheeky one at that, but it's got nothing to do with phonetic spellings of Speedy Gonzales' catchphrases - I haven't quite gone to those depths of obscurity yet. It's not this guy is it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Daly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOmniWarrior Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Arson Wells = Orson Welles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidenhoek Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Umeko Hotta = Yumiko Hotta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKid Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 "Salty" Larry Hill = Harry Hill, just a guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Casey Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Bradford Peverell Compton Valence Langton Herring Wooton Fitzpaine Thimbleby Langton All appearing in the same paragraph (on British place names) of Bill Bryson's Notes from a Small Island. Sadly, so far, Tumby Woodside hasn't made it to the CV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWO4until01 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Joey Beauchamp, the West Ham flop of the 90's who left the club cos he was homesick... even though he's English! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arogue Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 There's a character called Jonathan Faust in one of the fallout games, another one called DuBois, might be where Marc got his surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Lyrium Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Arson Wells = Orson Welles? There's also Wade Orson. I'm glad someone's bumped this, because I've just noticed something fantastic but not quite worth bumping it for. There do seem to be quite a lot of Swiss referees in the CV, don't there? Compared to Swiss anything-elses... Y'know, Switzerland, famous for it's impartiality and not getting involved with other people's affairs, at all, ever. Can't believe it took like, 6 years and 4 games for me to notice that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky The Squid Boy Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I'd hate to be pointing out something that everyone knows, as there appear to be serious consequences, but Billy Robinson was a Wigan-style wrestler from the 50's until the 80's. I doubt the C-Verse character of the same name, a British technician, is an accident. Good spot. BONUS trivia: The Rock's Grandad, Peter Maivia, beat the tar out of self-proffessed hardman Robinson and threw him through a window after Robinson made fun of him eating with his bare hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky The Squid Boy Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Anyway back on topic I hope people aren't too disappointed that I'm not searching for ancient ritualistic tribesmen or 1950's Spanish cinema but right there in the gimmick description for "Sucka" it states that the gimmick is a take off of Mr.T's character from the A-Team Also the C-Verse wrestler Panda Mask (and Panda Mask II) share the name and gimmick of genuine IRL wrestler Panda Mask who wrestled for FMW in Japan (as noted in Chris Jericho's book A Lion's Tale) That Misery Loves Company find was incredible, by the way EDIT: few more that came to me. Arthur T. Turtle's nickname "The Turtle Package" is clearly a reference to "The Total Package" Lex Luger. Spirit of The Lizard and Spirit of The Shark are clad in Road Warriors style spikes and face paint C.H Threepwood's name is (I would say) pretty likely a nod to Monkey Island protagonist Guybrush Threepwood Captain Wrestling I and II could be references to Mr Wrestling and Mr Wrestling II The large Canadian wrestling family The Stones, with their status as national heroes, great emphasis on technical skill and renowned training camp are more than similar to the Harts. One can even find a certain level of individual comparison such as Duane's high flying skill like Owen or young Edd's bad attitude similar to that of Ted (Edd. Ted. GEDDIT!?) in real life but that could be reading too much into it Delirium, who plays a crazy person in a bright green mask, very similar to ROH wrestler/booker Delirious who plays a crazy person in a bright green mask Danny Fonzarelli surely owes his surname to Aurthur Fonzarelli aka The Fonz from Happy Days Halloween Knight's appearance is almost exactly that of LA Parka/L.A Par-K, famous luchadore who gained global attention in WCW in the 90s MMA trained English grappler Edison Silva's ring name is almost definitely a reference to Anderson Silva - Steven Seagal protege and P4P one of the best fighters on the planet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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