So was the Golden Terror vs. Pat O'Hara feud the one where they fought over who got to be in a Japanese shampoo commerical? Or the one over spilled coffee?
I'm thinking that was his way of saying Tampa (and Florida) and behind the times. Meaning, they still used "coloreds" as recently as the 90s... awww nevermind.
Were the Boxing Gorilla and the small Gorilla different gorillas? That seems to be the case. They missed an essential time in wrestling history by not having the gorillas wrestle each other. In a lumberjack match with the 7 Colored Boys around the ring, of course.
I've read the comments, and I'm disappointed in you guys. No one caught the best part of this flyer...
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
I mean, really? Were people flooding the phones & mail-boxes with demands of seeing a colored person fight a gorilla again? Like, they saw it before, but now they've got themselves a lady, and want to introduce her to a classy evening.
The only question, will the opera specs be provided, or should I bring my own if I end up with box-seating?
Ahhhh...kamala is the micheal jordan of racist wrestling gimmicks. Not even col parker with booker t and stevie ray could top that. He was so stupid he tried to pin guys while they were laying on their stomachs!!!!
Then we got the brillant " you're a man" angle and chants.
I've always wanted to see a racist heel gimmick. Just have some goober come cut a racist promo and then have kofi or the prime time playaz kick his ass. Huge pop. Of course I'm sure the fear is that lots of wrestling fans are awful white trash who might give face pops for the promo. Is there anyone working the indys with this gimmick?
There's a clip online of Brad Armstrong or Tracey Smothers wrestling a bear with Gordon Solie on commentary. It's pretty funny hearing Solie go on about how it's a legitimate athletic contest and that the bear is a "natural" wrestler.
So was the Golden Terror vs. Pat O'Hara feud the one where they fought over who got to be in a Japanese shampoo commerical? Or the one over spilled coffee?
ReplyDeleteIt's still racist to me, dammit!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go way out on a limb and guess when you say the 1990s, you actually mean the 1900s.
ReplyDeleteThe 7 Colored Boys haven't been the same since the 8th one was sold into slavery.
ReplyDeleteC'mon. It's not like they took a guy named "Edward", changed his name to "Umaga" and portrayed him as an illiterate savage who couldn't speak.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that was his way of saying Tampa (and Florida) and behind the times. Meaning, they still used "coloreds" as recently as the 90s... awww nevermind.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this fight card, The South.
ReplyDeleteJust being silly, nothing to read into it.
ReplyDelete"Nobody colored me, I was born this way!"
ReplyDeleteI notice no disclaimer re. the possibility of the front row ($1.50!) being pelted with gorilla scat... Or golden terror scat...
ReplyDeleteThey were fighting over who gets to job to the gorilla next week...
ReplyDeleteWrestling Gorillas have a long and storied history.
ReplyDeleteWere the Boxing Gorilla and the small Gorilla different gorillas? That seems to be the case. They missed an essential time in wrestling history by not having the gorillas wrestle each other. In a lumberjack match with the 7 Colored Boys around the ring, of course.
ReplyDelete#StonedMurph.
Eh. Maybe wait until Saskatchewan even *has* enough black people to fill a Prius, and *then* make your jokes about other places...
ReplyDeleteThe Boxing Gorilla is Jack Victory, the Small Gorilla is probably Dave Sheldon.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I have them switched.
Or made a guy named Tony dance around, call himself Saba Simba and say he was an African warrior.
ReplyDeleteAnd two of the 'coloured boys' grew up to be Doink The Clown and Kona Crush
ReplyDeleteOr in the 2000's have your son-in-law bury a black wrestler and have him tell the guy "his kind" doesn't deserve to be a Championship contender.
ReplyDeleteI've read the comments, and I'm disappointed in you guys. No one caught the best part of this flyer...
ReplyDeleteBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
I mean, really? Were people flooding the phones & mail-boxes with demands of seeing a colored person fight a gorilla again? Like, they saw it before, but now they've got themselves a lady, and want to introduce her to a classy evening.
The only question, will the opera specs be provided, or should I bring my own if I end up with box-seating?
Or have a guy named James from Mississippi paint stars on his moobs, act like a "wild savage," and bill himself as the Kamala the Ugandan Giant.
ReplyDeleteNit-picky note: Triple H and Steph weren't married at that time.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh...kamala is the micheal jordan of racist wrestling gimmicks. Not even col parker with booker t and stevie ray could top that. He was so stupid he tried to pin guys while they were laying on their stomachs!!!!
ReplyDeleteThen we got the brillant " you're a man" angle and chants.
I've always wanted to see a racist heel gimmick. Just have some goober come cut a racist promo and then have kofi or the prime time playaz kick his ass. Huge pop.
ReplyDeleteOf course I'm sure the fear is that lots of wrestling fans are awful white trash who might give face pops for the promo.
Is there anyone working the indys with this gimmick?
Kamala was doing that gimmick before he came to WWF.
ReplyDeleteThis place is literally going bananas!
ReplyDeleteFor you guys not to give Gorilla Monsoon his due and focus on the Colored Boys (as if anyone remembers that stable) makes me sick.
Harley Race did it to Ron Simmons ("I had a boy like you shine my boots")
ReplyDeleteThere's a clip online of Brad Armstrong or Tracey Smothers wrestling a bear with Gordon Solie on commentary. It's pretty funny hearing Solie go on about how it's a legitimate athletic contest and that the bear is a "natural" wrestler.
ReplyDeleteWasn't that Col. DeBeers' entire gimmick? (unless he turned face at some point and I'm forgetting it)
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