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rossie1977

Rawm2008 wrote: »

Also they are at the venues from bout noon each day, its been reported for ages that if they show up late guys are fined for doing so, used to be guys would play video games backstage but all that was banned aswell ages ago, this is from online reports. So they have plenty of time to go over everything, considering Tv scripts for raw and smackdown are allways changing up to nearly goin on air guys just have to be able to put anything together.

yeah they show up early for raw and sd tapings, for houseshows its different though, they leave about 2hr before show starts

GTR63

Why is the Irish Whip called a Irish Whip.I know move names are a bit random but I never got this.

jaykhunter

GTR63 wrote: »

Why is the Irish Whip called a Irish Whip.I know move names are a bit random but I never got this.

I believe the originator of the move in the 30s was Irish.

Found this on yahoo! answers :

The "Irish Whip" term was originated by a wrestler of the 1930's named Danno O'Mahoney.

"...All major wrestlers used unique finishing holds or moves. Danno was good standing up, so a move was created for him called "The Irish Whip." It resembled a flying mare. O’Mahony would either catch his opponent coming off the ropes, or spin him around, then using the man’s right arm, throw him over his back, crashing onto the mat. When applied to a good worker who could produce a good bump, it was a spectacular move, and it worked well for O’Mahoney throughout his career..."

drayme

Masive bio on Danno here:
http://wrestlingclassics.com/.ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=001932

Parts of it are a mindf*ck

DEFTLEFTHAND

Does anyone know of any shoot fights in the WWE apart from the Perry Saturn and Mike Bell match?

Tinie

Was there any cases over the years in WWE/WWF where a wrestler or announcer or someone did something in a match or segment which caused them to be fired immediatly or the next day or something? Something really bad like? If so, any videos to what they did?

MitchKoobski

Tinie wrote: »

Was there any cases over the years in WWE/WWF where a wrestler or announcer or someone did something in a match or segment which caused them to be fired immediatly or the next day or something? Something really bad like? If so, any videos to what they did?

Not necessarily "bad", but Mr Kennedy dropping Orton ever so slightly wrong on a backdrop led him to be released the next day I think.

welchy

Daniel Bryan and the tie choke

Lord TSC

And the recent firing on Finlay over the booking of a seg (on a non-televised show) whereby Miz interupted the national anthem for cheap heat.

Also, Cryme Tyme for attacking a referee after a match they were "screwed" out of as a rib by Cade & Murdoch.

A ref got fired a few years back for a messed up ending to a Miz/Morrison vs MVP/Hardy match, despite the fact it was Miz who messed up the ending.

CMpunked

What about paul london?
How long after the infamous vince death 'smile' was he fired?

ricero

CMpunked wrote: »

What about paul london?
How long after the infamous vince death 'smile' was he fired?

yea and what was the original plans for vince being blown up ?

drayme

CMpunked wrote: »

What about paul london?
How long after the infamous vince death 'smile' was he fired?

A couple of months. There was period after where Paul's name would be a whiteboard for a match and Vince would wipe it off or yell at someone to change the line up.

Cianan2

I don't understand, what did London do?

chopperbyrne

Everyone was lined up in the back as Vince walked by. They were all supposed to look sombre, but London had a cheesy grin on his face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhnY8J_MkA

As Vince turns the corner, he's the scruffy looking guy on the right.

Tinie

Why did he do that lol? Surely he should have known vince would be pissed off about it.

Lord TSC

IIRC, they weren't told what was about to happen. They had been told to stand in the line and look somber and he said he was going for a nervous smile. He said they filmed it a few times as well, iirc, and no one pulled him up on it till after the show...

CMpunked

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Everyone was lined up in the back as Vince walked by. They were all supposed to look sombre, but London had a cheesy grin on his face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WhnY8J_MkA

As Vince turns the corner, he's the scruffy looking guy on the right.

You can see it perfectly without even pressing play.
Look at the head on him in the still!!

drayme

Teamshadowclan wrote: »

IIRC, they weren't told what was about to happen. They had been told to stand in the line and look somber and he said he was going for a nervous smile. He said they filmed it a few times as well, iirc, and no one pulled him up on it till after the show...

Yep pretty much this.

Every time Paul did it on each take Vince would come up to him so Paul though oh ok he must like it.

Production assistant Bruce Pritchard looked over the final cut of segment before it went to air and gave the segment the ok. Vince only got annoyed went it aired (dont ask).

Paul London was doing his gimmick before that as basically someone going on a losing streak and losing their mind. Paul got the inspiration of the crazy grin from a Faith No More video which he watched the night prior.

Ridley

And McMahon would later reference it with London on the Raw he came back from his staged death (not counting the Benoit tribute show).

JP Liz V1

When will Nxt Season 4 winner Johnny Curtis and R-Truth have their tag title match?

Curtis hasnt been on tv since winning while runner up Clay is doing well on SD being part of Del Rio's "posse" and I fear Truth could be on the way out soon

Cianan2

Sorry JP, I've a question too... Where did "Without a shadow of a doubt" come from, or who came up with it?? It's something I remember hearing for at least 20 years in wrestling!!

Degag

Cianan2 wrote: »

Sorry JP, I've a question too... Where did "Without a shadow of a doubt" come from, or who came up with it?? It's something I remember hearing for at least 20 years in wrestling!!

I don't think it's a specific wrestling term tbh.

jaykhunter

Yeah. It's just a general idiom used in everyday language, not specific to Wrestling. I don't know where it originated though

Charisteas

Not to be confused with Bret Harts Wrestling with Shadows of course

drayme

Kind of the Yank version of the end of the day

Lord TSC

From Wiki....

Beyond the shadow of a doubt, or beyond a shadow of a doubt, is a standard of proof. The phrase means the issue in question is so obvious, or has been so thoroughly proven, that there can exist no doubt. Two possible interpretations of "Beyond a shadow" might refer, first, to the fact that doubt could be nowhere in the vicinity (completely expelled from the issue), or second, to the thoroughness of the argument (a shadow being even less substantial than a doubt itself).

Charlie Haughy

Was wrestlemania 19 the only Wrestlemania to be filmed by other cameras like a hollywood film? If you saw the Mania of Wrestlemania documentary you would see what I mean. Or was there other ones filmed that way also that or on dvds or anything?

Exclamation Marc

Charlie Haughy wrote: »

Was wrestlemania 19 the only Wrestlemania to be filmed by other cameras like a hollywood film? If you saw the Mania of Wrestlemania documentary you would see what I mean. Or was there other ones filmed that way also that or on dvds or anything?

I think it was. It was WWE Studios first run at a "film". And after that they went on to do See No Evil, The Marine etc afterwards. But as far as I know they haven't done anything similar to the Mania of Wrestlemania since.

the groutch

Who are the current Raw/Smackdown commentators?
watching wwe for first time in ages recently, and only voice I recognised was Booker T?
have The King & JR retired from commentating?

GTR63

the groutch wrote: »

Who are the current Raw/Smackdown commentators?
watching wwe for first time in ages recently, and only voice I recognised was Booker T?
have The King & JR retired from commentating?

Usually its Cole,Lawler & Josh Matthews on Raw & on Smackdown its Cole,Matthews & Booker T(who I think is awful at it).