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Subject: Re: Chrispy House Show Review - Part 2
From: pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Pete Barlow... 'The Candy Guru')
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:47:28 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

In article <16B519173.OP2@UTXVM.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>, chrispy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:
> In article <14908@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>, pmbarlow@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
> (Pete Barlow... 'The Candy Guru') writes":
>>> Backlund came out to almost no pop and a considerable amount of BOOS.
>    I was floored.  I couldn't believe it.
>  
>> I can.  Backlund is dull.  The marks aren't buying the canned heat on the
>   syndies.
>  
> The key here is the syndies.  To be honest, I don't think 60% of the crowd
> knew when the WWF syndie was showed until Mike announced it.  There's only
> one syndie a week in Austin, on Saturday at 3 in the afternoon.  Bad time,
> as people probably didn't see Backlund before that night.  The way he
> performed only made it worse.

That bad, eh?  The funny thing is, I pull in both Dayton and Cincinnati...
where I can watch a combined 4 hours of syndie stuff.  3 of it is WWF.

>>> up and threw my Ric Flair WCW wrestling figure in the air, wooing like
>    a madman.
>> Calm yourself.  You did the same for McGuirk.
> Aaaah, maybe so Guru, but there's a difference.  I did that for Flair because
> I was close enough to take a picture of his response, which I did.  Plus, I
> grew up watching Flair, and didn't truly appreciate him until a few years ago.
> This was my first chance to see him since he wrestled Kerry Von Tornado in
> a house show about 8 years ago, when I was mark rooting for the Modern Day
> Twister.  This time, I showed Ric my appreciation for his work.

Which is funny.  I grew up on Flair too.  The unfortunate thing is I never
really got into watching him until after Garvin beat him for the NWA strap.

> As for Mike, my yelling for her got me some great pictures of her in the ring,
> her phone number, and some great photo opportunities outside the ring.  Heh
> heh heh...  :)

YOU GOT HER PHONE NUMBER?!?!?!?  Maybe I should be re-doing those headlines...
nah.

>>> holding up his likeness.  He stares at the doll for a second (vision must
>    be going), gives a smile and nods at me.  I almost died.  Needless to say,
>    I was wooing for the rest of the night.
>> So you prefer blondes.
> Wrong again, Candy Smartass.  I prefer workers.  I don't think Bret Hart works
> to his potential.  Flair has worked hard for the past decade.
> And Mike McGuirk sure worked hard later that night... :) :) :)

I knew I shoulda put a smiley or two after that statement...

>>> if it wasn't for the Nature Boy's manhood holding up the other side of
>    his trunks, there would have been some old ladies Wooing for Space
>    Mountain all night.
>> But would one of them have been you?  :-)
> Good thing there was a smiley there.  I wouldn't want to get going on that
> comment.  Let's just put is this way:  the fans saw Ric's butt and wooed for
> Space Mountain.  Mike McGuirk saw me and begged to ride the Chrispy Crunchy
> Cracker Express...   :)

Oh, jeez... maybe I should go back to being Dan Fielding, the sexiest man on
r.s.p-w...

TCG, pb.
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