Vince McMahon thought people would love his World Bodybuilding Federation.
He put on two WBF Championship Pay-Per-Views and later released them on VHS.
and a weekly “Bodystars” TV show that aired on the USA network.
He even published “WBF Bodybuilding Lifestyles” magazine!
You know… So you can watch oily, buff muscly men flexing and posing with a smile over and over again in the comfort of your own…
“SOLD! Gimmie those VHS tapes and magazines! And I’ll takesk a bottle of Jergins too… uh for me dry skin- the sea breeze can be rough on a sailor’s skin! Yeah, that’s it! And some tissue cause… um, I gotsk a cold. UG-GUG-GUG-GUG!”
GET OUTTA HERE, GAY POPEYE!
Anyway, the WBF failed miserably, Vince lost $15 million on it, and it closed within 2 years.
That almost makes the XFL seem like a good idea by comparison, doesn’t it?
That still didn’t stop Vince from investing in and promoting the ICOPRO bodybuilding supplement, though…
GET OUTTA HERE, GAY POPEYE!
I’ve always wanted to do that. As another wholly unexpected tie-in to Srsstlcrap Radio, as I write this, I just realized that I was listening to “Tammy” by Debbie Reynolds. No joke.
I was I could edit; that should obviously read Wrestlecrap Radio.
I actually like your typo better as a name for the show. 🙂
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I imagine the upbeat awesome Coliseum Video music tag at the beginning of the old WWF tapes was replaced with the sounds of grunts and 70’sesque WA!! WA!! WA!! porno soundtrack for this junk. Pat Patterson must have kept this bad boy on his night table for his own personal Montreal Screwjob if you know what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge. Srsstlcrap Radio where only snakes, shakes and steaks are spoken of, brought to you by Sizzler.
I’m pretty sure I was once bought a WBF magazine by my grandmother who meant well. Probably the same grandmother who bought me Star Warriors figures and the Tiger games version of Super Mario.
I always wondered how Popeye got those forearms. Now I know.
the WBF is more gayer than Vince singing Stand Back and seeing Vince doing that was pretty gay
Bodystars wasn’t syndicated it occupied the 10 9 central time slot on USA. Once cancelled Mania would take it over
Ah! Okay, thanks for the correction.
Quite a humiliating moment for him to see this end badly.
Upgrade the VHS copies of the WBF to DVD and the magazines to NextIssue and…..I still wouldn’t buy it.
No one ever asked for this ever.
I actually JUST bought this on eBay. Still looking for 1991. I’m in the middle of a huge project to convert digitally EVERY Coliseum Video to HD and these count as well.