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Heroes of Wrestling (1999)

  • 06-07-2013 4:50pm
    #1
    Hematocyte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭


    I guess most wrestling fans have probably heard of this disasterous show before, but it was new to me so I felt like sharing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Wrestling
    The most memorable and controversial moment of the show involved what proved to be the last match of the evening.

    Heroes of Wrestling was supposed to feature a double main-event, with Jake Roberts scheduled to face Jim Neidhart in the first match while King Kong Bundy was to take on Yokozuna in the other match. Before his match, Roberts was to cut a promo in which he was supposed to taunt his opponent that night, Jim Neidhart. Roberts showed up for the interview segment to set up the promo in a highly intoxicated state, due either to alcohol or drugs. As the interview progressed Roberts became hostile toward his interviewer and struggled to finish his promo because he was so intoxicated his words were slurred. The interview became infamous not only for its unscripted nature but for Roberts' only fully intelligible sentence, an attempted analogy about playing cards as the event was being held at a casino:

    "You don't want to play cards with me because I'll cheat. Okay? I cheat. You wanna play 21? I've got 22. You want to play blackjack? I've got two of those too!"[5]

    After the interview, Roberts walked to the ring with the snake he was going to use for that night's match. However, once he got to the ring, he put the snake down and walked back up the ramp. Roberts then walked back down, staggered around the ring to greet the fans, and then grabbed a female fan and had her rub her hands across his chest. He then pulled the snake out of the bag, stuck it in between his legs in a suggestive manner, began stroking it, then collapsed in the middle of the ring with the snake draped over his body and tried to kiss it with his tongue.

    In an effort to salvage the match with Roberts in no condition to wrestle, the promoters announced on the fly that the match had been changed from a singles bout to a tag-team match, and sent out Bundy and Yokozuna to team with Neidhart and Roberts, respectively. Bundy pinned Roberts by hitting him with a splash after Roberts had staggered and fallen around the ring several times.[6] The pay-per-view immediately cut out following the match as Roberts attempted to disrobe in the middle of the ring.

    It's genuinely one of the saddest, funniest, craziest & weirdest things I've seen in wrestlng.

    A) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzwIo5O99vc
    B)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVRHEJ8bMBk
    C) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPLGkl09oVg
    D) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnmPDUsroaI


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