I heard that Paramount theme parks were actually considering turning "LarryLand" into an amusement park, but it never got past the market research groups.
Apparently the big hang-up was a roller coaster called "The Living Legend." People who hadn't ridden it assumed that it could work, but when they actually got on it, they found out it just made a lot of noise and stalled a lot.
Funny that you mentioned Iceman King Parsons in the Rick Rude trivia question. I was just thinking back to my old days of reading about World Class in PWI while watching RAW the other night.
Iceman used to call his opponents (Von Erichs, Freebirds, and Rude, of course) "Rooty-Poots" left and right. Definitely a precursor to The Rock, but also, I believe, a direct ancestor of Stevie Ray's "fruit-booty."
On a message board I moderate someone pointed out a possible explanation for Flair still being in the hospital after his 72 hours was up. Remember that the nurse said Flair thought the hospital was a hotel that he owned? I guess we could assume that Flair is remaining in the hospital voluntarily (do they let you do that at mental hospitals?).
Remember when you didn't have to struggle to rationalize wrestling angles?
Just wondering who you thought was the stiffest man in the ring for the David Flair/Meng match on Nitro. Meng, David Flair, or Charles Robinson after a look at Torrie Wilson?
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DDP t-shirt commercial |
DDP on mainstream TV show |
Diamond cutter! |
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DDP alongside mainstream celebrity |
Plancha over top rope onto floor! |
Free Space | DDP says people said he was too old |
Swinging neck- breaker! |
DDP says "scum" |
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Self high-five! |
DDP and Kimberly kiss |
Discus lariat! |
Someone say DDP is Bischoff's neighbor |
DDP mentions he was an announcer |
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Wrestling for the sweet smell of successMay 3, 1999 8:24 PM EDT
By Steve James
NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - Fancy a little Eau de Hulk? How about a dab of ``Rowdy'' Roddy Piper behind the ears?
In an unlikely marriage of macho wrestling and designer fragrances, the perfume chain Perfumania announced a deal Monday with World Championship Wrestling to market a scent for men.
More brute than Brut, and following in the scent of basketball star Michael Jordan's recent successful melding of sports and fragrance, Perfumania expects to launch ``WCW Nitro for Men'' in December.
Already, WCW gladiators Bill Goldberg and Kevin Nash are rehearsing for ad spots to be filmed next weekend in Miami's trendy South Beach. And the company said other stars like ''Hollywood' Hulk Hogan and ``Rowdy'' Roddy Piper would present their pecs in TV and print ads for Nitro.
With an estimated TV audience of 35 million people who watch World Championship Wrestling -- owned by Time-Warner Inc. -- the company believes Nitro will be an explosive success with the fighting men and the women and fans who love them.
``It will be upscale, like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger,'' said Perfumania Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ilia Lekach.
``It will be a very unique and creative marketing campaign,'' he told Reuters. ``It's the first time a fragrance has been launched directly on the Internet and in retail stores.''
The Nitro brand will feature a complete line of products from after-shave to body lotion, he said.
``Brand recognition of the WCW fragrance will be accomplished by the combined cross marketing efforts of Perfumania and WCW. The fragrance will have tremendous visibility reaching millions of shoppers through Perfumania's webstore, its 287 retail stores and the 35 million WCW fans.''
So what does it smell like? The New Jersey company that makes it gave a verbal hint.
Initially, Nitro is ``a very fresh aromatic fragrance with green and spicy aspects in the top note (when first applied),'' said Stan Heuyer, Vice President of Creations Aromatiques Inc.
``Cool marine notes lead to a mossy, woody and amber-y dry-down,'' he said of the fragrance as it fades, or as they say in the business, ``it progresses.''
When formulating the fragrance, he said, the company's experts considered the world of wrestling and its ``masculine mass market.''
In addition to TV, there are over 300 live arena-wrestling events a year in North America, Japan and Europe and Miami-based Perfumania will test-market Nitro by handing out vials of it to fans.
``Our champions like Bill Goldberg and Kevin Nash are really pumped about promoting a WCW branded fragrance,'' said WCW Director Casey Collins, whose TV ``events'' usually feature ads for items that appeal to a young male audience -- cars, dried meat jerky and video games.
Asked if the wrestlers' endorsement meant it was OK for men to wear perfume, Lekach said: ``Nowadays it's a cross-gender thing.
``You can't really identify the audience (for wrestling), it's everyone from doctors and accountants to truck drivers.''
Reuters/Variety