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Post by doublea on May 13, 2009 21:07:21 GMT -5
I agree with you, this may get me back into LOW. As for TOM, I think he signed Bret Hart, and thats why legends fans will go wild. Nope. It is obviously Wild Bill Irwin of Longriders fame!  Now if we could get Scott "Super Destroyer" Irwin signed, to team up with the Masked Superstar, that would be fantastic. |
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Post by wrathchild on May 13, 2009 21:28:39 GMT -5
If Tom indeed got the Hitman, I'll order 2 sets! By the way, anybody else see that both Ron Simmons & Sgt. Slaughter were BOTH released from their WWE "Legends" contracts???
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Post by doublea on May 13, 2009 21:43:04 GMT -5
I think you are probably going to see them do away, or keep to a bare minimum, those Legends contracts. About the only thing I can see them doing it for is if a DVD may come out and they'll sign someone shortterm to pump up the DVD sales. Hey, maybe that's good for Legends!  |
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Post by pikemojo on May 13, 2009 22:36:11 GMT -5
Some awesome signings. I like the "theme" of the set as well. It can be interpreted in a few different ways.
Not a huge OMG fan but it is definitely a great signing and I know others are probably very excited for this one.
The Love Brothers should be a fun tag team. Maybe a team with Daizee Haze.
I can't say I have ever seen Street wrestle but I definitely know who he is. Again, not hugely excited but another great signing, regardless.
I am pretty excited about The French Angel. I just really like the "vintage" wrestlers.
July 11 isn't too far away. Same day as UFC 100.
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Post by smathis on May 13, 2009 22:59:09 GMT -5
Adrian Street! That's an awesome signing.
When can I preorder?
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Post by captaincold on May 13, 2009 23:01:52 GMT -5
A few more guesses on the remaining six
1. Al Snow
2. Bob Roop (Mayhan Singh)
3. Mick Foley
4. Luna Vachon
5. Barry Darsow(Repo Man)
6. Chyna
7. Sting
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Post by doublea on May 13, 2009 23:19:43 GMT -5
A few more guesses on the remaining six 1. Al Snow 2. Bob Roop (Mayhan Singh) 3. Mick Foley 4. Luna Vachon 5. Barry Darsow(Repo Man) 6. Chyna 7. Sting I have no doubt that Roop will be in there. A couple (or three) are definite possibilities Should be interesting in the next month or so. |
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Post by Vegas on May 13, 2009 23:33:54 GMT -5
Great news!
I think I might put the One Man Gang on my Smackdown brand where he can feud with Hacksaw Jim Duggan and where I may use him in a bodyguard role (like Bubba Rogers) for Jim Cornette and the Midnight Express.
After I saw that Adrian Street was going to be in the next set, I looked up his section in my copy of the book "The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Heels" where it mentioned that Bob Roop didn't like Street's gimmick. Although Roop was speaking from a booking perspective during the time he was the booker in Florida when Street was there, it still for some reason gave me an idea for a possible feud between the two if indeed Roop is also in Legends Origins.
I'm still trying to decide what brand to put Street (and possibly Roop on), but I think I'm going to put the Love Brothers on my RAW brand.
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Post by Vegas on May 14, 2009 0:13:11 GMT -5
Also, I just got done rereading about the Love Brothers in my copy of the book "The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams" where it mentioned they had alot of matches against the Crusaders (LOW's Billy "Red" Lyons and Dewey Robertson). So that's a possible booking idea for promoters interested in playing out old feuds.
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Post by captaincold on May 14, 2009 0:17:39 GMT -5
Here's some info on Maurice Tillet Maurice Tillet (1903)- August 4, (1955) was a professional wrestler in the early years of the entertainment-sport. Born in France, he was highly intelligent and could speak 14 languages. He was also a keen poet and was hoping to get into the acting business. Tillet won American Wrestling Association (Paul Bowser Boston promotion) World title and some of his moves included the palm strike and his finisher the bearhug. In his twenties, he developed acromegaly, a rare disease that causes bones to grow wildly and uncontrollably. Soon his whole body was disfigured as a result. This led to much pain for Tillet as this gentle man was being called names, berated and forced to flee the place he loved so much. Seeking a new identity to fit his chronic disfigurement, Tillet fled to America where he made a living on his appearance by becoming a professional wrestler, and was dubbed as the "freak ogre of the ring". His villain persona ("the French Angel") was an instant success with the crowds. Perhaps the highlight of his career was on August 1, 1944, when The French Angel defeated Steve "Crusher" Casey for the American Wrestling Association World championship. He soon became a recluse, although a few people did manage to befriend Tillet, including the businessman Patrick Kelly, whose home in Braintree, Massachusetts Tillet would often visit. There the pair would often play chess together. Tillet died in 1954 from heart disease at age 51. Bobby Managain, who as Bobby Managoff was a wrestling champ, asked Tillet on his death bed if he could make a plaster cast of his face. Tillet agreed, and Bobby made three masks of his face. One of which was given to Milo Steinborn, while two ended up with Patrick Kelly. Steinborn donated this mask to the York Barbell Museum years ago. One of the masks sat on Kelly's office desks for years, the other he donated to the International Wrestling Museum in Iowa. There is a life-size bust of Tillet on display at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, Illinois. The bust was done in 1950 by Louis Linck. One 'Death Mask' of Maurice Tillet currently resides at the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame inside the York Barbell Building in York, Pennsylvania. It is on display in the strongman/wrestling section that serves to provide a glimpse into the origins of modern competitive weightlifting and powerlifting. It is also said that Shrek was modeled after him.[citation 
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