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Happy Thanksgiving from The Gobbledygooker!

Blogger T — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:18:45 +0000

The DoubleAxHandle staff would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Here’s a flashback to the 1990 Survivor Series, as one of the worst gimmicks in wrestling’s history was literally hatched (even if it was for one night).

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I remember watching this as a kid and not knowing what the hell was happening. But, ole Mean Gene saves the day with some of the best dance moves I’ve ever seen from an elderly man; not withstanding the crazy-dancing-happy-fun Six Flags guy.

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Ric Flair Winning The WWF Title

Blogger T — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:31:09 +0000

As we head closer to Wrestlemania, we are being constantly reminded that Ric Flair is approaching the end of his career. This past Monday night on Raw, Shawn Michaels announced Ric Flair as the first inductee for the 2008 WWE Hall of Fame. This makes Ric Flair the first active wrestler to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

In recent weeks, we’ve been rewinding to some of Ric Flair’s greatest moments. To keep the tradition going, here is another great Ric Flair moment from the 1992 Royal Rumble; where Ric Flair captured the World Wrestling Federation title to become the undisputed heavyweight champion.

Here is some back-story for this match. Ric Flair joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1991, proclaiming himself “The Real World Heavyweight Champion.” Just months earlier, Flair was a top draw for WCW. Departing WCW stemming from a contractual dispute, Flair jumped to the WWF. Bearing the WCW/NWA World Championship and carrying it on WWF television was huge. Ric Flair instantly became a top heel in the WWF, with Bobby Hennan and “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig as his “consultants.”

This all cumulated at the 1992 Royal Rumble, where Ric Flair won the Rumble Match to claim the vacant WWF Championship and become the undisputed champion. Flair lasted 59 minutes, eliminating Sid Justice with help from Hulk Hogan. This was the first and only time the WWF or WWE Championship was on the line in the Royal Rumble match. The championship was vacated in December 1991 because of the controversial finish to the Hulk Hogan vs. The Undertaker match during This Tuesday in Texas.

This is truly a historical moment, with a great post-match promo and video package that follows:

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Happy Boxing Day.

Buff Blogwell — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:41:54 +0000

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Flashback: Steroid Were Definitely NOT Used 10 Years Ago

Blogger Brody — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:13:46 +0000

YouTube has been absolutely tits lately, providing me with more nostalgia than WWE 24/7 has all year. I stumbled upon this gem of a piece that ESPN was doing about pro wrestling called Pro Wrestling’s Hold on America approximately 10 years ago (definitely after Bret Hart jumped ship, as he is shown interviewed in front of a WCW backdrop).

The first part of it focuses more on, at the time, WWF’s new edgy approach showing a virtual best of worst of Raw with the infamous “choppy choppy your pee-pee”, Sexual Chocolate and Sammy, dX giving the crotch chop and then showing redneck kids reacting to it. But then the topic shifted onto drug abuse, and provided these four minutes of magic.

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A few things stand out. First, Buff Bagwell and Scott Stiener don’t do steroids. Oh, and Santa Clause is real. Secondly, Eric Bischoff was serious about drug testing in his company. He called it a “public relations” move and when asked what percentage of wrestlers have failed drug tests in the last 3 years, the look on his face was like asking one of the Bushwhackers to explain the Pythagorean theory to you. Some good looks back at how great pro wrestling was and how the media was just starting to pay attention again. Its especially chilling watching them discuss how many wrestlers died young, and just how many more died since then. Watch the entire 10 parter after the jump (First few parts focus on kids watching, but 4-7 focuses on the steroid use)…

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I'm at a loss to come up with a clever headline.

Buff Blogwell — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:41:38 +0000

This speaks for itself. From Vince McMahon’s World ~~Softcore Porn For Closeted Gay Guys Federation~~ Bodybuilding Federation.

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Above: “You’re going down.” “Let’s do it!!”Phew. I bet that sold a lot of ICO-PRO.Some thoughts:

1) Lord Alfred Hayes called the WBF?! I didn’t know that. I mean I always thought he was a bit of a pouf — maybe he wanted to be around masculine men with muscles. Which is fine, I’m no homophobe. But the funny thing is, he is actually the most manly element this clip. “Look at those smashing maidens!!” Nice try Al, but you’re gonna need a top-of-the-line tow truck to pull this one out of TEH GAY.

2) If this is not a man-on-man precursor to the current diva division, then I don’t know what is. In fact the entire WBF was basically the diva division with penises.

3) I saw the ending, where the two guys dump the girls into the pool and walk off together, coming a mile away. Not exactly a huge swerve there.

UPDATE: OK, I figured out what needs to happen at the end of that sketch. The pool fight ends, the guys walk away together, and backstage, they run into…

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