Welcome, everyone, to the latest edition of Inside The Ropes. I'm Canadian Bulldog, especially pumped this week because
the first Survivor Series is FINALLY available on Betamax!!! We've got lots to get to this week, so let's hop right
to it:
An open letter to Randy "Matzoh Man" Sewage:
Hey Randy, how's it going? Good. Now shut up and listen to me.
Let me fill you in on a little secret: Your so-called "friend", Hal Kogan, is actually doing the nasty with your
so-called "manager" Mrs. Elizabeth!!!
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT???
All this time, you were supposed to believe that the three of you were closer than brothers (and sister) in your stable
known as The Megalomaniacs. NOT SO!!!
While you were wrestling your matches, Liz was helping your tag team partner "pump up his 24 inch pythons," if you catch
my drift! She was helping The Hulkstor "say his prayers," nudge, nudge, wink, wink! She was helping him "take his vitamins,"
if ya smell what I'm cookin', which I'm sure will become a HUGE catchphrase about ten years from now!!!
All those times you were defending your title against Millionaire Man Teddy Beassey or Akeeme The American Dream,
Hal was "injecting her with anabolic steroids," if you see where I'm going with this.
And you just sat there looking like a dummy in your (gorgeous) sequined cape.
So, Randy, whatcha gonna do, BROTHER, when Hal Kogan starts cheating all over YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!! Shaka-laka!
Peace, out,
B-Dawg
P.S. It's not just his arms that are the largest in the world. Trust me on this one!!!
And now, onto the news:
Former famous wrestler Ricky The Steamboat made his return to the crappy NWA federation recently and has challenged
none other than six-time, six-time, six-time, six-time, six-time world champion "Nature Guy" Ricky Flare. Will their
upcoming series of matches stink? BANK ON IT!!!
There's a wild rumor going around that high-flying youngster The Blond Blazer is actually Oren Hurt, the
long lost brother of Brad "Hatman" Hurt and Jim "The Advil" Night Hart. However, that hasn't been confirmed,
because WWF Superstars of Wrestling announcer Vince MacMahon refuses to comment on the subject.
A hearty congratulations go out to the NEW American Wrestling Alliance heavyweight champion, none other than "Leaping
Legend" Lenny Zybsko! The Zybsk, as he's commonly known, won the belt the way it was meant to be - in a 20-man battle
royal. The match included such other AWWA luminaries as Sato, Wayne "The A-Train" Bloom, "Mean" Mike Anus
and Zman. Hopefully, Zbsysysko will bring some much-needed dignity, prestige and respect to that world title.
Attention video game fanatics: Titanic Sports, the parent company of the WWF, has finally come out with its first video
game, and it's a blockbuster!!! You can recreate all of your favorite matches (so long as they involve Hal Kogan, Andrew
The French Giant, The Honky Tonky Man, Randy Sewage, Terry "Bam Bam" Bigelow or Teddy Beassey)!
You can grab objects from the corner posts that kind of look like crucifixes, fireballs and feet! You can hear the wrestler's
theme music (such as "Stand Back" for Andrew The Giant) over and over and over and over and OVER again!
This is definitely the most advanced piece of computer software EVER!!! Hopefully, they'll create a follow-up cartridge
for me to use on my Colecovision, but I'm not holding my breath
If I were the NWA President (uh not sure what his name is. Ted Turnor, maybe?), I'd be doing everything I could
to reinstate the U.S. tag team titles. Think of how many great teams the crappy wrestling promotion has: The Old Midnight
Express, The New Midnight Express, The Interim Midnight Express, The Rock n Roll Express, The
Rockin at Midnight Express, The Fabulous Firebirds, Kevin Sullivan and Dan Spivey, Ron Simmons and Jack
Victory, etc. If those teams don't get their shot, they may have to start competing for the NWA world tag team titles!!!
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo!: The wrestler formerly known as Terry Tailor is in a whole heap of trouble!!! Now that
he's left The Heenen Corporation, expect The Little Red Rooster to be targeted by several of the manager's top
charges, including The Brooklyn Basher and Hachoo. It looks as though Tailor may have ruffled a few feathers.
Get it? RUFFLED? FEATHERS?? ROOSTER??? HA!!! I kill me!!!
Speaking of Bobby "The Brian", he's done it again. The self-proclaimed "Manager of Champions", has secured the services
of veteran tag team "The Enforcer" Erin Anderson and Telly Blanchard. To celebrate this new tandem, I've written
a song all about them:
BRAINBUSTERS
©Canadian Bulldog/Ray Parker Jr., all rights reserved
If there's somethin' strange
In the tag team ranks
Who ya gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
Strike Force is stale,
The
Glamour Girls are skanks
Who ya gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
I ain't 'fraid a no Brains
I ain't 'fraid a no Brains
If you're seein' bad teams
Runnin' thru the Fed
Who can you call? (Brain-Busters!)
When you're sick of Young
Stallions,
An' want The Bushwhackers dead,
Oh, who ya gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
I ain't 'fraid a no Brains
I ain't 'fraid a no Brains
Who ya gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
If you're on your toes, against The Rougeaus
Just call (Brain-Busters!)
Mmif you dare, fight the team of
Koko and Frankie B. Ware
You better call (Brain-Busters!)
Brain-bustin' makes
me feel good
I ain't afraid a no Brains
Who you gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
If you're facing Powers of Pain
An' you need The Brain
I think you better call (Brain-Busters!)
Ooh... who you
gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
Who you gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
And what if they're away? (The-Bolsheviks!)
I can't
hear you(Brain-Busters!)
That's because I'm deaf (Brain-Busters!)
Louder! (Brain-Busters!)
Who you gonna call? (Brain-Busters!)
Who
you can call? (Brain-Busters!)(repeat till fade)
Recently, I had the chance to sit down and chat over the telephone with the self-proclaimed "Manager of Champions", The
Mouth From The South" Jim E. Hart. What follows is the EXCLUSIVE, JAM-PACKED TRANSCRIPT:
JH: Hello?
CB: Hello, hello. Is Cindy in?
JH: I'm sorry? Who?
CB: NO!!! You're supposed to say "No, she's gone
to the Rick Springfield concert." And then I'm supposed to say "Rick Springfield! AAARGH!"
JH: Why would I say that?
CB:
Don't you even remember your OWN hit song, "Eat Your Heart Out, Rick Springsteen"?
JH: I can't say that I do
CB: This
is Jim E. Hart, right?
JH: No, this is Mary Hart. From Entertainment Tonight.
CB: Ha, ha! Jim, you kidder, you. Your high-pitched voice fooled me for a second,
but then I remembered that you're just a wimp.
JH: Uhh...?
CB: Enough of the small talk. Question number one: Of your
top clients right now, who would win a shoot fight between Dangerous Denny Davis and Greg "The Hacksaw" Valentine?
JH:
I honestly don't know how to answer that...
CB: Fair enough, it's a tough question. Question number two: When will you
record the follow-up EP to Outrageous Conduct?
JH: I I just
CB: I don't get this at all. You're always so talkative
at ringside, shouting things through your bullhorn, like "Come on, Hammer, get him, Hammer, come on, baby, you can do it!"
And now, you're SILENT! What's the matter, Jim E.? Has President Jack Tunneigh put you under suspension or something?
JH:
Look, kid. First thing - my name is not Jim, it's Mary. Second, I am quite busy today; I have to go film a segment about Alf
doing a guest spot on Night Court. And third, if you don't get off the phone RIGHT NOW, I'm going to sic John Tesh
on you. He looks calm on television, but let me assure you, he's one tough sonofabitch!
CB: (Gulp)
JH: Now you were
saying?
CB: (Bigger gulp) Thisinterviewisover (Hangs up)
Finally, let's open things up to a little Q & A, shall we?
Q: What does Gorilla Monsoon mean when he says that a wrestler is attacking his opponent's "external occipital protuberance"?
A:
Thanks for the compliment. That's just a nice word for saying he's working over his opponent's groin.
Q: Are Flair's days numbered?
A: Look at all the top challengers for his strap: Mike Rotundoua. Jimmy "Jim"
Garvin. Junk Yard Doug. The Iran Sheik. Kendall Wind 'Em. With a field like that, it would impossible
for the "Nature Guy" to hold onto his strap for much longer.
Q: What do you think the main event will be for WrestleMania V?
A: Only one match could fit the bill for the big event
at Trump Tower, and that would be Hal Kogan and Randy Sewage against Bad Boss Man and Akeeme.
Q: Who is the toughest wrestler around?
A: Obviously, stupid, they don't get much tougher than Bad, Bad, Bad News
Brown, Baddest Man In The Whole Damn Town. But there could also be an argument made for Outlaw Ron Base, though
he certainly hasn't been the same since his head was shaved.
Q: Bulldog, my father's birthday is just around the corner. Any gift suggestions?
A: How about this beaut?
That about does it for this week, and probably for the next 14 years or so. Remember, if you have any questions, comments,
suggestions or complaints that your official ITR merchandise is flammable, and you're reading this column in the year 2004
or later, drop me an e-mail at bulldog@onllineonslaught.com. And remember, if you heard it here first, it's... Inside The Ropes.