RouletteMania! v. Do It, Gregg!

[Indiscipline]

Wrestling: grown men clad in ludicrous stage attire indulging in napoleonic behaviour, boastful threats, self-aggrandising narrative, and contrived acts of beautiful coreographed violence.

Discard the music thing and … doesn't it sound like focking rock music?

Of course it does.


We are gonna embark on yet another surreal roulette enterprise, where you will wonder at my quasi-mutant power of disliking sacred cow calibre music classics and falling in love with pure unadulterated sonic manure. The gimmick this time? Glad you asked. We go to the root of it all, me laddies. If you're reading this you love or have loved Dream Theater, and if you love or have loved Dream Theater chances are a huge Poesque telltale nerd heart is pulsating inside your ribcage. Well, was there anything nerdier than professional wrestling right when our heroes were pumping out their first albums? Will I ever stop asking rethorical questions?

Anyways, even if you're nerd free or don't know anything about wrestling, you still are a roulette ho and want to play, so eh.

If you are a past participant, you bloody well know the drill; if you're new, everything you need to know about my musical “tastes” is in my last roulette's thread which I can't be arsed to link because BBCode is the bane of my existence. So, please do your reasearch, ask around, or search for “unsufferable barely coherent ponce”.

THERE WILL BE NO BANNED LIST

I repeat:

THERE WILL BE NO BANNED LIST

There is no need. We're gonna work by association, themes, or focking with music I will provide. Novelty is not the goal here, but creative and funny use of music. Just pick the right cuts, send two or three of them for me to pick the best/unknow/most interesting one, and everything is gonna be alright.

Drop me a line if interested, and when I feel I have a complete roster I will post themes and round mechanics.


Full Roster:

TAC … Ric Flair (defending champion)
Katt … Dusty The American Dream Rhodes
Rich … Davey Boy Smith
lonestar … Randy Macho Man Savage
jingle … Jesse The Body Ventura
Podaar … The Iron Sheik
Sacul ... Ricky The Dragon Steambot
Elite ... The Dogbird
T o'Naught ... Jake The Snake Roberts
romdrums ... Rowdie Roddy Piper
king ... George The Animal Steele
Stadler ... Mick Mankind Foley
Puppies ... Sting
Evermind ... Nikolai Volkov
Cool Chris ... The Undertaker

Round I: Cut That Promo. A wrestler's mic reaches further and often hits harder than his hands. You gotta be able to unman and eviscerate your opponent with your words before he even gets into the ring, and it helps if in the process your architecture of aggression draws an enthusiastic crowd to your side.

Flame me with music. Find a song which seems born and tailored to deeply offend me, but mind you: I still gotta like it. I will rate it both as valuable musical piece and offensive weapon.

Round II: Entrance Music. Barge in on the arena with the right tune and half the battle is already won. The crowd will move at your command, respond to your catchposes, become your dancing and singing army. Never again it will be possible to disjoint a tune's first four bars from your image.

Introduce me with music. Find a song that totally represents me and projects my traits on a 1/100 scale. I will rate it both as valuable musical piece and exalting instrument.

Round III: Tag Team Match. The ultimate collaboration in fighting, a graceful deadly dance where connection and harmony are often the difference between victory and a world of hurt. And defeat. And humiliation. But it's also a matter of diversity and complementarity.

I will give you a specific piece of music, you must find its perfect complementary piece. I will rate it both as valuable musical piece and ideal companion.

Round IV: Submission Lock. Hitting your opponent to a pulp is fine and dandy, but nothing exhudes superiority like forcing the sucker to tap out by virtue of your sheer strenght and body odor. Pression over Time indeed.

Everybody knows I resent orc vocals. Send me a growl tune so damn spectacular to make me finally admit that in such circumstances singing like a kobold is not only acceptable but the best choice.

Round V: The Heel Turn. Nothing creates more buzz and excitement than a good guy turning villain all of a sudden. Everything you believed to know backflips and the show is all new and full of possibilities once again. Think Mike Portnoy.

I will give you a specific piece of music, you must find its symmetrical evil twin. I will rate it both as valuable musical piece and perfect bizarro counterpart.

Round VI: The Finisher. That's your ultimate weapon; not only a one-use move capable of terminating your adversary and possibly hurt yourself, but the move that define you as a wrestler and sums your carachter up most efficiently.

Same as round two, but this time it's about YOU.



The Score:

Evermind: 14 + 22.5 + 17.5 + 13.5 + 15 + 9 = 91.5
TAC: 10.5 + 22 + 17.5 + 13 + 18 + 9 = 90
jingle: 13 + 22 + 12.5 + 13 + 17.5 + 8.5 = 86.5
ariich: 9 + 24 + 15.5 + 13 + 15.5 + 9 = 86
lonestar: 10 + 22.5 + 15.5 + 13 + 16.5 + 8.5 = 86
romdrums: 13 + 23 + 14 + 12 + 15.5 + 6.5 = 84
Stadler: 10 + 23 + 17 + 11 + 16 + 6.5 = 83.5
Podaar: 10 + 20 + 14.5 + 15.5 + 15.5 + 7 = 82.5
Elite: 9 + 23 + 15 + 14 + 14 + 7.5 = 82.5
Puppies: 11 + 21.5 + 14 + 13 + 15.5 + 7.5 = 82.5
king: 11.5 + 21 + 16 + 11.5 + 14 + 8.5 = 82.5
Katt: 10.5 + 22 + 13 + 12.5 + 16 + 7 = 81
Sacul: 11 + 23 + 14.5 + 13.5 + 10.5 + 8 = 80.5
Train: 11 + 21.5 + 12 + 16 + 11 + 8 = 79.5
Chris: 12 + 19 + 12.5 + 11.5 + 15 + 6.5 = 76.5
Cyril*: *Guest Star Status


After six rounds usually some sort of roulette fatigue comes creeping in, hence we go where no rouletter has gone before. No risk it, no biscuit.

Final Round: The Royal Rumble. The previous rounds will generate a standing, which will be the inverted order you will enter the ring. Ex: the last two participants will start trying to eliminate each other with their song. Once we have a winner, the second to last will enter and fight him, and so on. This means who's in first place could win it all with just one submission, while the dude in the last spot must pump out 14 good to great tunes in order to shock the audience.

I don't want to dance the resend foxtrot this time, so everything is game, even stuff I already know (as you can see, the rounds are designed to value how you use a song more than which song you use) if you think it works the best. You can even send me two songs and I will pick the one I like best or the only one viable if the known tune is a bit too much known and loved bordering on flat out cheating. Don't PM me. I will PM you my email address and we'll work from there.

SUBMISSIONS, ROUNDS 1 - 6:

Armored Saints – Up Yours
Ayreon – Memories / Love
Strapping Young Lad – Fucker
Alice in Chains – God Smack
Moron Police – T-Bag Your Grandma
Manticora – Through the Eyes of the Killer
Nine Inch Nails – March of the Pigs
Spandau Ballet – Gold
Soundgarden – Big Dumb Sex
Steel Panther – Pussywhipped
Brass Against – Guerilla Radio
Tech N9ne – Worldwide Choppers
H.W.A. - Little Dick
Guns'n'Roses – Get in the Ring
Roger Waters – It's a Miracle

Pearl Jam – Animal
Igorr – Humous
Edguy – Love Tyger
Diablo Swing Orchestra – Voodoo Mon Amour
Sonata Arctica – Larger than Life
Bear Ghost – Funkle Phil
David Lee Roth – A Little Ain't Enough
WASP – The Big Welcome / Inside the Electric Circus
The Dear Hunter – The March
Suicidal Tendencies – You Can't Bring Me Down
The Night Flight Orchestra – Midnight Flyer
Denis Leary – Asshole
Schizoid Lloyd – Suicide Penguin
Depeche Mode – Wrong
Avantasia – Wicked Symphony

The Moody Blues - Answer
Weyes Blood – A Lot's Gonna Change
Queensryche – Someone Else
Donna Summer – Love to Love You Baby
Blue October – The Answer
DarWin – Escape the Maze
The Alan Parsons Project – Children of the Moon
Spock's Beard – Thoughts (Part II)
Disperse – Message from Atlantis
Avantasia – Ghost in the Moon
Wishbone Ash - Leaf and Stream
Sound of Contact - I Am Dimensionaut
Darkwater - Reflections of a Mind
Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart – Lullaby of the Leaves
Jon Lord – Pictured Within

Motorhead – One Track Mind
Within Y - Remembered
Dimmu Borgir – Progenies of The Great Apocalypse
7Horns7Eyes – Divine Amnesty
Ensiferum – Stone Cold Metal
Allegaeon – Tsunami and Submergence
Thy Catafalque - Oldσdσ formαk a halαl titokzatos birodalmαban
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Agalloch – Our Fortress is Burning
Sacul: Sigh – Amnesia
Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No
Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun
Deathspell Omega – A Chore for the Lost
Opeth – Heir Apparent
Ne Oblivscaris – And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope

Mister Mister – Broken Wings
Ayreon – Day Twenty: Confrontation
Yes – Lift Me Up
Rhapsody – Lamento Eroico
Marillion – Neverland
Subsignal – The Stillness Beneath the Snow
Rise Twain – Prayers
Oranssi Pazuzu – Ilmestys
Garbage – Medication
Leprous – Passing
Sly and the Family Stone – I Want to Take You Higher
Ulver - Son of Man
St Vincent - Rattlesnake
Foxy Shazam - The Only Way to My Heart
Poverty's No Crime – Spiral of Fear
Peter Frampton - Float

David Bowie – Lazarus
Psychonaut – Sananda
Lettuce – The Crusher
Toehider – Meet the Sloth
iamthemorning – Lighthouse
Ted Nugent - My Love Is Like a Tire Iron
Karnya – Stronger
The Animals – It's My Life
Randy Newman – I Want Everybody to Like Me
Porcupine Tree – Don't Hate Me
Treshold – The Hours
Gary Moore – Business as Usual
MindMaze – Fight the Future
Bruce Springsteen – New York City Serenade
Anasazi – And the Grudge

SUBMISSIONS: ROYAL RUMBLE:

Nick Cave – Waiting for You
Triosphere – The Heart's Dominion
East of the Wall – Running Tab of Sweetness / Horseback Riding in a Bicycle World
Katatonia – Behind the Blood
Monica Heldal – Follow You Anywhere
fun. - Be Calm
Derek Trucks Band – This Sky
Alanis Morissette – Uninvited
Arion – Burn Your Ship
Dada – Rise
Bent Knee – Battle Creek
We Used to Cut the Grass – Woodpecker
Rival Sons – Feral Roots
Groom Lake – The Men in Black
Warpaint – Elephants
Shade Empire – Anti-Life Saviour
Wilderun – The Tyranny of Imagination
Arcane – Promise (Part2)
Mastodon – Roots Remain
Mile Marker Zero – Propaganda
Zebra – Who's Behind the Door
Alberto Ginastera – Danza Final (Malambo)
Angra – The Shadow Hunter
Boston – Don't Look Back
Kingcrow – Right Before
IQ – Stay Down
For All We Know – Take Me Home
Bizali – Lucille
Lords of Black – Ghost of You
Heart of Cygnus – Lost at Sea
Ark – Just a Little
Senri Kawaguchi – Onyx
Steve Earle – The Devil's Right Hand
Macho Man Randy Savage – R U Ready
David Maxim Micic – Mbiguni Amina
Comedy of Errors – The Cause
Lost in Thought – Beyond the Flames
TesseracT – Tourniquet
Arch/Matheos – Kindred Spirits
Destiny Potato – Lunatic
Orphaned Land – Ocean Land
At Night I Fly – Wanted to Be
Evan Carson - Otriad
Maestrick – Aquarela
Magic Pie – Slightly Mad
Twelve Foot Ninja – Coming for You
Incura – Disable Everything
Prospekt – The Great Awakening

LAST ROULETTE SUBMISSIONS, BANNED FOR THE RUMBLE:

Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
Barock Project - Happy to See You
Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
Haken - Atlas Stone
Vanden Plas - January Sun
Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Tormento e Passione
While Heaven Wept – Vessel
Karnivool - New Day
Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
Caligula's Horse - Turntail

Epysode - Obsessions
Lor - Visions of Awakening
In the Presence of Wolves - Man of the Times
Circus Maximus - Alive
Headspace - In Hell's Name
Mumford & Sons - White Blank Page
Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
Frost* - Black Light Machine
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Cricket and the Genie
Outworld - Raise Hell
Thank You Scientist - Suspicious Waveforms
Cosmo Sheldrake - Hocking
Dreadnought - Lift
Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
Riverside - Loose Heart

Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Marillion - Beyond You
Red House Painters - Katy Song
Grateful Dead - Jack Straw
Aliotta Jeremiah Haynes - Lake Shore Drive
Squeeze - Up the Junction
Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
Kyuss - Gardenia
World Trade - Open the Door
Savatage - Labyrinth / Follow Me
Michel Camilo - Not Yet
Shooting Star - Last Chance
Cardiacs - The Duck and Roger The Horse
Triumph - Magic Power
Anglagard - Kung Bore
Yezda Urfa - Tota in the Moya

Ulver - Lost in Moments
Mystery - Shadow of the Lake
Sieges Even - Unbreakable
Ostura - Duality
Incognito - Deep Waters
Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
mewithoutYou - The Cockroach King on a Coconut Estate
Lost Horizon - Highlander
Pain of Salvation - Iter Impius
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
Blue Food - Joker Face
Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
Enchant - Sinking Sand
Anathema - Untouchable
Avantasia - Another Angel Down
The Hirsch Effect - Agitation

Tribulation - Lacrimosa
Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance
Baby Metal - Road to Resistance
Meshuggah - MonstroCity
Cradle of Filth - Tortured Soul Asylum
uneXpect - The Quantum Symphony
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Millenium - Power to Love
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
Orbs - People Will Read Again
Justin Bieber - U Smile
Between the Buried and Me - Foam Born (b): Decade of Statues
Star One - It All Ends Here
Nightwish - Song for Myself
Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsbet
Swan - Mother of the World

Steven Wilson - Refuge
Flaming Row - Pictures
Major Parkinson - Strawberry Suicide
Linkin Park - One More Light
Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow

Thoughts Factory - No Way Out + The Mire
Karmakanic - Let in Hollywood + Wheel of Life
Frameshift - La Mer + Miseducation
Voices from the Fuselage - Epicinium + Meteorites
The Dear Hunter - Mustard Gas + Son and Father
Thrice - Firebreather + Daedalus
Devin Townsend Band/Project - Deadhead + Heart Baby
Boris - Pink + Jackson Head

Theocracy - Mirror of Souls
Dimension Act - Drawinf the Lines of Mortal Existance
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic
Poly-Math - Science We Are the Devil

Nile - Spawn of Uamenti
Witherfall - End of Time
Solstafir - Goddess of the Ages
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Equilibrium - Mana
Breath of Nibiru - Road to Sunrise
Fractal Cypher - The Grandeur of It All
Teramaze - Delusions of Grandeur
Drifting Sun - Twilight

[Crow]

here's indiscipline's last roulette btw
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52943

[The Walrus]

RIC FLAIR, the world's heavyweight champion - I don't have to say a lot more about the way I feel about Ric Flair! NO RESPECT, NO HONOR! There is NO HONOR among thieves in the first place! HE PUT HARD TIMES ON DUSTY RHODES AND HIS FAMILY! You don't know what hard times are, daddy! Hard times are when the textile workers around this country are out of work, they got four, five kids, and can't pay their wages, can't buy their food! Hard times are when the auto workers are out of work, and they tell them, "Go home!" And hard times are when a man has worked a job thirty years - thirty years! They give him a watch, kick him in the butt, and say, "Hey, a computer took your place, daddy!" That's hard times! THAT'S hard times! And Ric Flair, you put hard times on this country by taking Dusty Rhodes down. THAT'S hard times! And we ALL had hard times together. I admit, I don't look like the athlete of the day's supposed to look. My belly's just a little big, my hiney's just a little big, but brother I am bad and they know I'm bad! And there were two bad people, one was John Wayne and he's dead, brother, and the other's right here! Nature Boy, Ric Flair! The world's heavyweight title belongs to these people! I'm gonna reach out right now, I want you at home to know my hand is touching your hand, for this gathering of the biggest body of people in this country, in this universe, all over the world, now, REACH IT OUT! Because the love that was given to me, and this time, I will repay you now, because I will be the next world's heavyweight champion on this Hard Time Blues Dusty Rhodes Tour '85! And Ric Flair, Nature Boy... let me leave you with this: one way to hurt Ric Flair is to take what he cherishes more than anything in the world - that's the world heavyweight title. I'm gonna take it, I've been there twice. This time when I take it, daddy, I'm gonna take it for you. Let's gather for it. Don't let me down now, 'cause I came back for you, for that man up there that died ten, twelve years ago and never got the opportunity to see a real world champion. And I'm proud of you and thank God in Heaven, and I love you. I LOVE YOU!!

[Podaar]

^

I peed a little. Did any of you leak just a bit while reading that? 

[TAC]

^

I peed a little. Did any of you leak just a bit? 

Let me help you..

[The Walrus]

 

[Podaar]

The Sheik appreciate Jason Kidd assist from tic/TAC/cameltoe mosquito dick but that not cover one of Sheiks balls go fuck yourself forever

[TAC]

[jingle.boy]

While I was aiming for King Kong Bundy when I signed up, I’m totally fine with being the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be.

P.S. Natch really should’ve been reserved for jj

[Elite]

I bet this will be awesome. Count me in!

[Train of Naught]

Roulette ho checking in here!

[Indiscipline]

Other Rich, Train, welcome aboard brothers!

The others, excellent work - as usual -  so far.

[lonestar]

Also just realized as Macho Man, I get Miss Elizabeth, right?

[Indiscipline]

Either her or Sensational Sherri

[romdrums]

Let's do this!

[King Postwhore]

George The Animal Steele here ready to eat all buckles.

[The Walrus]

The Sheik appreciate Jason Kidd assist from tic/TAC/cameltoe mosquito dick but that not cover one of Sheiks balls go fuck yourself forever

If this is a hint of posts to come from Podaar, then thank you for this gift, Indi.

[Indiscipline]

Let's do this!

Fock yeah!

George The Animal Steele here ready to eat all buckles.

Couldn't have picked better myself, good sir

The Sheik appreciate Jason Kidd assist from tic/TAC/cameltoe mosquito dick but that not cover one of Sheiks balls go fuck yourself forever

If this is a hint of posts to come from Podaar, then thank you for this gift, Indi.

The man knows how to cut a promo. By the way, thank YOU for that great Dusty trip through memory lane.

[Stadler]

I would have been in if I could have been Rowdy Roddy Piper, the greatest wrestler of all time, ever.

I guess I'll be in (if there's room) and go with Mick "Mankind" Foley.

[Indiscipline]

I would have been in if I could have been Rowdy Roddy Piper, the greatest wrestler of all time, ever.

I guess I'll be in (if there's room) and go with Mick "Mankind" Foley.

Totally agree on Piper. You're certainly in and Foley is yours, even though it would be awesome to have you as Sgt Stadler.

[Stadler]

I would have been in if I could have been Rowdy Roddy Piper, the greatest wrestler of all time, ever.

I guess I'll be in (if there's room) and go with Mick "Mankind" Foley.

Totally agree on Piper. You're certainly in and Foley is yours, even though it would be awesome to have you as Sgt Stadler.

I figured fat and ugly was more my speed.     

[Elite]

Other Rich, Train, welcome aboard brothers!

The others, excellent work - as usual -  so far.

I'm glad to be a part of this, very much so, to be honest. In these turbulent times, one can only hope to find joy in lots of different of things, like working from home (as a music teacher, I kid you not), practicing endless licks over rarely used jazz progressions (why not?), doing a guitar marathon (I actually did this a couple of weeks ago, the idea was that I played 6 hours a day for a week straight, focussing on different things - I succeeded) or of course a meaningless roulette filled with non-sensical nonsense. Oh, the joy to finally be able to send random weird stuff again, without a host completely dismissing it before they hear it (no, this doesn't usually happen, I just choose not to send some out-there stuff). Absolutely without any regrets in advance, I'll try my best to join in by showing my most surreal and uncompromised self in this haven of peace, while the world is burning. Why does it seem so much easier to write silly stuff when reading it? Why is it so difficult to be as cool as an Italian musical theater performer with near perfect use of written English?

Do I actually have anything good to bring in here? We'll see. Thanks for having me, indeed. I just looked up Greg Valentine. How? Why? What is this?

[jingle.boy]

If Ministro joins, he can be Tito/Chico Sanatana 

Ya know, I just realized, with my roulette motto, I really should have been The Body.

I figured Katt to be more of a Brutus Beefcake kinda guy.

[The Walrus]

I'm the American Dream, daddy.

[romdrums]

It's interesting that nobody's gone with Hulk Hogan so far. 

[Train of Naught]

I'm digging the wrestler I've been given


Looking forward to the themes, this looks fun!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Just noticed I'm not on the list yet. I figure I should be Sting, given my affinity for Black Metal and Sting's affinity for facepaint. 

[Stadler]

It's interesting that nobody's gone with Hulk Hogan so far.

He's a pantywaist. 



There are a couple good, old school wrestlers out there:
Ravishing Rick Rude
Bruno Sammartino
Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Terry Gordy
Diamond Dallas Page

I used to watch Georgia Champeenship Wrestling on TBS back when cable was first a thing.  I loved that.  SO low budget but so much fun.  And Gordon Soley!!! 

[Indiscipline]

Other Rich, Train, welcome aboard brothers!

The others, excellent work - as usual -  so far.

I'm glad to be a part of this, very much so, to be honest. In these turbulent times, one can only hope to find joy in lots of different of things, like working from home (as a music teacher, I kid you not), practicing endless licks over rarely used jazz progressions (why not?), doing a guitar marathon (I actually did this a couple of weeks ago, the idea was that I played 6 hours a day for a week straight, focussing on different things - I succeeded) or of course a meaningless roulette filled with non-sensical nonsense. Oh, the joy to finally be able to send random weird stuff again, without a host completely dismissing it before they hear it (no, this doesn't usually happen, I just choose not to send some out-there stuff). Absolutely without any regrets in advance, I'll try my best to join in by showing my most surreal and uncompromised self in this haven of peace, while the world is burning. Why does it seem so much easier to write silly stuff when reading it? Why is it so difficult to be as cool as an Italian musical theater performer with near perfect use of written English?

Do I actually have anything good to bring in here? We'll see. Thanks for having me, indeed. I just looked up Greg Valentine. How? Why? What is this?

Greg Valentine is one cool son of a gun, man.

It's interesting that nobody's gone with Hulk Hogan so far. 

And no one will.

Just noticed I'm not on the list yet. I figure I should be Sting, given my affinity for Black Metal and Sting's affinity for facepaint. 

The lesson, as always, I'm a moron. Sting it is!


Two spots left I guess, and I will be disappointed if Nikolai Volkoff doesn't show up.

[romdrums]

It's interesting that nobody's gone with Hulk Hogan so far.

He's a pantywaist. 



There are a couple good, old school wrestlers out there:
Ravishing Rick Rude
Bruno Sammartino
Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff
Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Terry Gordy
Diamond Dallas Page

I used to watch Georgia Champeenship Wrestling on TBS back when cable was first a thing.  I loved that.  SO low budget but so much fun.  And Gordon Soley!!!

Almost went with Hacksaw Jim Duggan!

Don't forgot these legends as well:

"The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase
The Ultimate Warrior
King Kong Bundy
Andre the Giant
Junkyard Dog
Coco B. Ware
Nikolai Volkov
Big John Studd

Truly, the golden age of the sport.

[Stadler]

Quick story: Rowdy Roddy Piper is far and away my favorite wrestler.   I used to work as a security guard at the Hartford Civic Center (I was the guy with the flashlight telling you to put out that cigarette during concerts!).  Some gigs were less popular than others, and a lot of the regulars did not like doing metal shows or wrestling matches.  At 22, I of course wanted to do both.

So I'm at work, I had my uniform on - button down shirt, clip-on tie, blazer and slacks - and I was working the Rowdy Roddy Piper/Jake The Snake Roberts cage match.   I was standing at my station (top of the stairs) and this mom with two kids (ten-ish?  Who knows, but younger) sat down right near the top of the section.  And the kid is going on and on about the Hot Rod, he's got the shirt on, he's so excited.  I walk down for something, and I'm walking back up the stairs, and I get so I'm eye level with the kid, and unbutton my shirt to flash the kid the "Hot Rod" t-shirt I'm wearing underneath.    He about lost his shit.  I got a smile from mom too, if memory serves (and even if it doesn't  that's how I choose to remember it!)

[The Walrus]

Don't nobody want to catch Hulkamania. Dusty Rhodes said, "Look, daddy - you got Hulkamania, you need to stay inside." And that's what I did, daddy, I threw him down and locked the door, for the people of this great country, this world! He said, "Whatcha gonna do, brother, when these twenty-four inch pythons bust outta this cage?!" Well I guess we'll see if he shows up to the ring!



... can I send yet? 

[Indiscipline]

... can I send yet? 

NO CHANCE .... NO CHANCE IN HELL ...

Seriously, let's wait for: a) two vacant spots to fill, b) me to explain rounds and themes, c) Katt to wrap his roulette up

[The Walrus]

Who's Katt?

[Indiscipline]

A dude who knows exactly what keyfabe is all about, it seems.