Check out this commercial for the very first Wrestlemania on video cassette. It’s awesome! Jesse “The Body” Ventura rattles off all the wrestling stars, Muhammad Ali, and Cyndi Lauper, all while fast-paced wrestling action appears on screen. It’s simple, effective, and for only $39.95, it’s a steal.
Ending the commercial with an atomic drop is certainly an interesting choice, though.
Over its long history, the NWA slowly shrunk, splintering out into different loosely-affiliated promotions in the United States. One such independent promotion is NWA Mountain State.
Now, I can’t say I know much about this company, but if this promotional commercial is any indication, it is a rich and colorful promotion. They even have The Maestro on their roster!
Who is your favorite? For me, it’s a tossup between the Bunkhouse Boys, Ricky Shane’s mustache, and Karl.
Oh, Karl. Your gleeful laugh is so delightful.
Recently, WWE received the coveted Red Diamond award from Youtube for passing over 100 million subscribers. They are the 10th channel to receive the award and, since I am old and have no idea who most of the other channels are, that’s an extra impressive milestone. Plus, it’s a great resource for this site and column.
It did give me the idea to go to their channel and look up some of the earliest stuff they posted. Before Youtube was an internet powerhouse that can be watched on just about any electronic device, companies were trying to figure out this new-fangled video website dealie. Sometimes things worked, but a lot of times they were just throwing stuff out there without much thought or care.
In this, one of their earliest uploads, we have a guy, bathed in a sickly greenish-yellowish lighting, frantically yelling at us about WWE pay-per-views in what sounds like an empty garage. Does that make you want to watch WWE? Or does it make you want to find out what’s going on with Pepe Silvia?
In honor (?) of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s Seth Rollins curb stomping a Leprechaun on Jimmy Fallon. Thankfully it’s not our good friend Hornswoggle or even Wrestlecrap legend Braun the Leprechaun.
Sigh. If only Rollins did the same to Fallon. It would have been the first time he ever made me laugh.
Here is a fun little interview by the CBC with our dear friend John Tenta following his departure from sumo wrestling. It’s such a treat to hear how humble he is and to hear him talk about getting into professional wrestling.
I love the question about becoming the Hulk Hogan of Tokyo. Just a few years later, Earthquake would face off against Hogan at Summerslam 1990. What an amazing journey.