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Coolest Obscure wrestlers


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Ermac
Title: Thread Killer
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PostPosted: Nov 09 2008 09:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

My list would begin

Adam Bomb, Zodiac Man, Flash Funk,The Yeti, Mortis,Papa Shango,Berlyn


I love weird gimmicks,might be a great idea for a future Syd article











also one of my favs Berlyn who refused to speak English, who was Alex Wright

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Kubo
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PostPosted: Nov 09 2008 11:56 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Don't know if he's obscure enough... but
Irwin R. Scheister: IRS.


Thou, because I am wroth, be not dismayed, for I shall win the strife, whoever circle round within for the defence. This their insolence is not new, for of old they used it at a less secret gate, which still is found without a bolt. Above it thou didst see the dead inscription; and already on this side of it
descends the steep, passing without escort through the circles,
One such that by him the city shall be opened to us.
 
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S. McCracken
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 02:17 am Reply with quote Back to top

I forget and am too lazy to look it up. Who was the Yeti?


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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 03:58 am Reply with quote Back to top

Mortis is obscure?


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Alexz Johnson

 
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Knyte
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 09:38 am Reply with quote Back to top

Papa Shango rose to fame later as Kama Mustafa in the Nation of Domination, and then even more so as The Godfather.

Yeti was also "Resse" of Raven's Flock.

Adam Bomb, later became Wrath (Who often teamed with Mortis), then went by his real name of Bryan Clark.

And, Mortis, took off the mask and became Chris Kanyon.

I don't know anything about Zodiac Man, though the name sounds familar.
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 01:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Who betta than Kanyon?


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uncle joe
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 04:13 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Zodiac was Brutus Beefcake and The Disciple. He sucks mad ass.


Obscure wrestler?s Hmm...


Chuck Taylor and Human Tornado


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Knyte
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 06:00 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Wasn't the tornado one of the Von Erik brothers?
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docinsano
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 06:44 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Eh, I don't know wrestlers outside of the WWF/E but ones that I remember having a short span on air were Earthquake and Typhoon and Yokozuna. Probably pretty well known, but whatever...
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Ermac
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 09:15 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Earthquake ended up dying of cancer


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Knyte
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 09:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

How about:

The Mountie
The Genius (Lanny Poffo, Brother of Macho Man. Who lived up to his ring name. See his stint in WCW where he sat at home and collected a paycheck for four years)
Max Moon (Later went on to be "Konnan" in WCW)
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Optimist With Doubts
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 11:14 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
How about:

The Mountie
The Genius (Lanny Poffo, Brother of Macho Man. Who lived up to his ring name. See his stint in WCW where he sat at home and collected a paycheck for four years)
Max Moon (Later went on to be "Konnan" in WCW)

Well to be fair konnan only really play max moon once, the one who you will see every time you do a Google search is Paul Diamond


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S. McCracken
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 11:33 pm Reply with quote Back to top

uncle joe wrote:
Zodiac was Brutus Beefcake and The Disciple. He sucks mad ass.

Brutus Beefcake used to hand me my tokens for the Boston rail system until he caused an anthrax scare in Downtown Crossing. Turns out it was just his cocaine.


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Ba'al
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PostPosted: Nov 10 2008 11:53 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
Wasn't the tornado one of the Von Erik brothers?


That's the Texas Tornado, the Human Tornado's probably someone else.

Quote:
The Mountie
The Genius


Those two were awesome, The Genius's poetry was funny at times especially hearing him with his stuck-up voice.


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uncle joe
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PostPosted: Nov 11 2008 04:52 am Reply with quote Back to top

This is the Human Tornado...





He's billed from NiggaKeepRunnin, Mississippi and his finisher is called "Dat Nigga's Dead"


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wunstar
Title: Mr. I guess??
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 04:30 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Topic of obscure wrestlers and no one brought up the Shockmaster?!?
Creative genius lets put tugboat/typhoon in a glitter covered stormtrooper helmut

Bet he had the most humbling finisher in the buisness


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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 05:55 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Call me crazy, but I always liked Steve Blackman.

He had that "I could really kill you if I wanted to" vibe.
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scamrock
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 07:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Human Tornado looks pretty fucking awesome. He played El Snowflake in Nacho Libre.

What about Damien Demento?
Or Ralphus who was with Chris Jericho and then was Norman Smiley's manager in the WCW hardcore division.


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Knyte
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 07:32 pm Reply with quote Back to top

UsaSatsui wrote:
Call me crazy, but I always liked Steve Blackman.

He had that "I could really kill you if I wanted to" vibe.


Yes, but he wasn't obscure. He was one half of one the greatest tagteams of all time, "Head Cheese".

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How about 2 more:

"The Patriot" (Not, Hulk Hogan before his last run in WWE. I mean the original.)
"Akeem"
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scamrock
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 08:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Patriot acutally held a major title (WCW Tag Team Champion with Bagwell). He was pretty popular for a while. But he did only wrestle for less than a decade.

I thought about Akeem. Akeem was more of a gimmick of One Man Gang as he wasn't really regarded as different character (they actually had a story about OMG finding his roots or whatever).

Does anyone remember when Hardcore Holly first came to the WWE and he was called Thurman "Sparky" Plugg and then with no explanation, his name was changed to Bob "Spark Plug" Holly? I don't know if this would be more like Akeem/OMG or if he was supposed to be two different characters, or if was just an unexplained namechange that we weren't supposed to notice (there may have been an explanation, but I don't remember one).


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Syd Lexia
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 08:22 pm Reply with quote Back to top

With the exception of the Yeti and maybe Flash Funk, none of these guys are obscure.

They're obscure if you're going back and researching WWF and WCW on YouTube, but most of these guys were pretty high profile at the time. Papa Shango had a major feud with the Undertaker, and guys like Adam Bomb and Mortis were crowd favorites.
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scamrock
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 08:26 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Syd Lexia wrote:
With the exception of the Yeti and maybe Flash Funk, none of these guys are obscure.

They're obscure if you're going back and researching WWF and WCW on YouTube, but most of these guys were pretty high profile at the time. Papa Shango had a major feud with the Undertaker, and guys like Adam Bomb and Mortis were crowd favorites.

Damien Demento?


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SSNintendo
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PostPosted: Jan 30 2009 11:35 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Knyte wrote:
How about:

The Mountie
The Genius (Lanny Poffo, Brother of Macho Man. Who lived up to his ring name. See his stint in WCW where he sat at home and collected a paycheck for four years)
Max Moon (Later went on to be "Konnan" in WCW)


The Mountie isn't that really obscure either. He was in a tag team with his brother Raymond (who became an announcer) managed by Jimmy Hart known as The Fabulous Rougeaus, then became The Mountie later on. And in '93, he teamed with Pierre (aka Jean Pierre Lafiette) forming The Quebecers, winning the WWF Tag Team Titles twice. And then went to WCW with him, forming the Amazing French Canadians.
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scamrock
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PostPosted: Jan 31 2009 12:04 am Reply with quote Back to top

SSNintendo wrote:
Knyte wrote:
How about:

The Mountie
The Genius (Lanny Poffo, Brother of Macho Man. Who lived up to his ring name. See his stint in WCW where he sat at home and collected a paycheck for four years)
Max Moon (Later went on to be "Konnan" in WCW)


The Mountie isn't that really obscure either. He was in a tag team with his brother Raymond (who became an announcer) managed by Jimmy Hart known as The Fabulous Rougeaus, then became The Mountie later on. And in '93, he teamed with Pierre (aka Jean Pierre Lafiette) forming The Quebecers, winning the WWF Tag Team Titles twice. And then went to WCW with him, forming the Amazing French Canadians.

The Mountie is a tough one. I would say that the fact that he held the IC title (albeit, only for two days) cements his place in WWE history. It also depends on whether or not you consider The Mountie as the same character as Quebecer Jacques. They did poke fun at The Mountie character with the theme song that mocked The Mountie's theme that says "We're not the Mounties."

The Mountie had a solid start and a good fued with Big Bossman. But once he won and then lost the IC title, he pretty much became a jobber. But The Quebecers were a pretty solid tag team.

Johnny Polo (Raven) might be considered an obscure character.


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Ba'al
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PostPosted: Jan 31 2009 12:12 am Reply with quote Back to top

Didn't Syd have an autograph from him or something?


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