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Post by Gunslinger on Mar 27, 2023 11:31:37 GMT -5
I finished the Adrian Adonis book earlier and now I want to track down some matches from his biker period. There were a couple years in the 1980s where Meltzer says Adrian Adonis was the #2 wrestler in the United States behind Ric Flair.
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Post by TTX on Mar 27, 2023 11:33:12 GMT -5
Catch his Japan stuff if you can.
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Post by Gunslinger on Mar 27, 2023 11:35:46 GMT -5
Catch his Japan stuff if you can. There's a list of recommended matches in the back and a few of them are from Japan. |
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Post by natureboi on Mar 27, 2023 11:46:01 GMT -5
I finished the Adrian Adonis book earlier and now I want to track down some matches from his biker period. There were a couple years in the 1980s where Meltzer says Adrian Adonis was the #2 wrestler in the United States behind Ric Flair. At his peak, he was on the short list of best in ring workers in North America. That's one of the reasons so many detested the later Adorable gimmick. Track down Adonis versus Bob Orton, Jr. for the Lou Thesz world title belt. |
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Post by Pariah on Mar 27, 2023 12:48:58 GMT -5
Since Jesse Ventura is not in the game, I think I might team Adonis with Rick Rude as an alternate universe version of the East-West Connection.
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Post by topdollar on Mar 27, 2023 13:14:15 GMT -5
I introduced biker Adrian with Manny Fernandez as Northeast-Southwest Connection managed by Jimmy Hart.
Now I have him teaming with Roddy Piper & the Dream Team--managed by Johnny Valiant--in one territory.
I also have him teaming with "Universal Heartthrob" Austin Idol as East-West Connection in another territory.
BTW, I use "Adorable" Adrian Adonis as a partner to "Pretty Boy" Larry Sharpe in another territory as Pretty Adorable.
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Post by 4horsemen on Mar 28, 2023 16:32:41 GMT -5
Well, one wrestler you won't be teaming Adonis with is Dan Spivey. 😱
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Post by Gunslinger on Mar 28, 2023 17:09:21 GMT -5
Well, one wrestler you won't be teaming Adonis with is Dan Spivey. 😱 I think I've read at least four versions of that locker room fight. |
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Post by hotfuzz1980 on Mar 28, 2023 17:23:23 GMT -5
I toyed with Rude and Idol as “replacements” for Ventura. I went with a somewhat out of the box idea of using Chris Masters.
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Post by tystates on Mar 28, 2023 22:31:12 GMT -5
In New Japan Adonis had tag matches with Greg Valentine, The Grappler, Masked Superstar, Bob Orton Jr., King Kong Bundy, and Andre the Giant. Some were six-mans. If you got a Dick Murdoch bootleg they were a team for a long time.
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