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10-17-2024 , 12:30 PM
Most managers are guys who either had great mic skills, but poor in ring ones or older guys who wanted to extend their careers.

Paul Jones is the rare manager who can't speak well. Mr. Fuji seemed to have a better grasp of the English language than him.

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The Adrian Adonis/Dick Murdoch skit in NYC on TNT was pretty funny. They almost accidentally turned these guys babyface, but they immediately reverted to cringe worthy heels when they returned to the live interview when Chief Jay Strongbow came out.
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10-21-2024 , 05:08 PM
Summer of '84, the Wendi Richter/Moolah match happens. I'm looking for the Freebirds cup of coffee in WWF. Did they even have a program with anyone before Andre "fired' them?

An early August WCCW show features Sandor Akbar stealing Killer Kahn from the Freebirds. There's a confrontation and a brawl between the Freebirds and Devastation Inc. I liked how WCCW handled these feuds between heel groups. Everyone wanted to cheer the Freebirds, but when the Von Erichs hit the ring, the Freebirds would always go back to attacking the Von Erichs and they'd have to boo them again.

Anyway, later in the show, Michael Hays talks about signing with David Wolf, Cyndi Lauper's manager. I vaguely remembered some type of association the one time I remember seeing the Freebirds in the WWF. Interesting that they were able to mention this on another show, considering what Vince had started doing to the other territories at this point.
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10-28-2024 , 12:42 AM
On the 8/11/84 Mid Atlantic show, Jim Crozckett announces they’ve just signed Barry Windham to the most lucrative contract Crockett Promotions has ever offered and gives Barry the keys to a new cage as well. Two months later Barry would be in the WWF.
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Today , 01:33 PM
Before the Birdman gimmick in WWE, Koko B Ware had an even worse gimmick as part of a Michael Jackson impersonator tag team called, and the name ages even worse than the gimmick, PYT (Pretty Young Things). They were simultaneously babyfaces on Mid-South shows and heels in World Class over the summer of 1984, often appearing on both shows in the same week.

There is actual evidence that the Freebirds existed in the WWF in 1984 with a match airing on Tuesday Night Titans that August. They were, in fact, associated with David Wolfe, Cyndi Lauper's manager, but were also still simultaneously appearing on World Class shows too. I wonder why Vince allowed this. He wasn't exactly known for letting guys finish out their obligations elsewhere at that point.
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