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  • Re: Pro Wrestling

    From georgi@VERT/ALCO to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 09:11:00 2026
    Wow! I can't believe I found a 70s-80s wrestling discussion on a BBS network in 2026. So, honest question: does anyone else think Magnum T.A. would have become a bigger star than Hulk Hogan if it hadn't been for that car crash in 1986?

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to georgi on Sun Jul 26 13:43:26 2026
    Re: Re: Pro Wrestling
    By: georgi to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 2026 09:11 am

    in 2026. So, honest question: does anyone else think Magnum T.A. would have become a bigger star than Hulk Hogan if it hadn't been for that car crash in 1986?

    I never liked hogan. Dude looked 50+ his whole life.
    One thing he had was personality.

    I don't recall magnum t.a. Having much personality back then.

    TA had the body and he was a good wrestler. Did he even have a finisher?

    Maybe hogan is who brought the finisher to the usa as well.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to georgi on Sun Jul 26 17:55:24 2026
    Re: Re: Pro Wrestling
    By: georgi to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 2026 09:11 am

    in 2026. So, honest question: does anyone else think Magnum T.A. would have become a bigger star than Hulk Hogan if it hadn't been for that car crash in 1986?

    I'll answer your question with a question. Jesse Ventura had a podcast several years ago, and he had Roddy Piper on. They waxed nostalgic about the early days of wrestling, riding busses all across middle America, wrestling in high-school gymnasiums and local clubs. Turned out, after "They Live", Jesse and Roddy had a tryout for a network TV pilot about two wrestler/detectives in Hawaii. It got greenlit, then held up due to politics at the network and ultimately dropped. Seemed like Roddy had some hard times since then, and he wondered how that would have changed his life. This might have been recorded the year he passed away.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jul 27 16:41:45 2026
    Re: Re: Pro Wrestling
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to georgi on Sun Jul 26 2026 05:55 pm

    wrestler/detectives in Hawaii. It got greenlit, then held up due to politics at the network and ultimately dropped. Seemed like Roddy had some hard times since then, and he wondered how that would have changed his life. This might have been recorded the year he passed away.

    his net worth was around 4 million. he went around doing wrestling and booking nd promoting. I wouldn't call those hard times.

    Https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/rowdyroddypiper
    I met this around this time when he went to my town.
    Dude was exactly how he is on tv. he also hit every bar and went to milwaukee After that.

    That tvshow sounds like pure dogshit.

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