#SHOCKMASTER

[ottotheboat]

wrestling dump - bunch of scans from my gay lil movie/media journal :3

[bss-the-artist]

Dumb gifs 4u.

[abs0luteb4stard]

KING HAKU (aka MENG in WCW) watching SHOCKMASTER debut after 24 years.

Mick Foley, Michael P.S. Hayes, "Mean" Gene Okerlund, Dusty Rhodes, and Pat Patterson explaining and reacting to Shockmaster on an episode of "Legends of Wrestling Round Table".

[davewatt]

David Watt, 2023

[wrestlingatthemovies]

Mortal Kombat: Conquest - Warrior Eternal (S1:E1&2)

Spin-of TV series based on the popular Mortal Kombat video game. Set in a universe where Earth must send their most powerful warriors to compete in a fighting tournament to prevent the planet from falling under the power of the Outworld realm a former champion must train the next batch of fighters.

In the first story fighters are shown in a mine prison and one of their taskmasters is portrayed by former WWF tag team champion Typhoon. Its a small role and the Natural Disaster is despatched with easily by one of the warriors without ever getting a chance to get any offence in himself.

Featured Wrestler:

Typhoon/Tugboat as Z'Dak

Wrestle Rating:

2 out of 5 moustaches

The fantasy show serves as a prequel of sorts to the game with some very good kung-fu scenes but these episodes are very hard to follow especially for those unfamiliar with the game's characters and lore. The Shockmaster's appearance is a nice to see and its a shame he didn't have more to do.

[gummyartstradingcards]

[blogofblogofblogs]

BIG BUBBA (aka Fred Ottman, Tugboat, Typhoon, Shockmaster) autographed Polaroid, taken at a Texas All-Star Wrestling show at Gilley's in Pasadena, Texas, summer 1986. "Cowboy" Scott Casey is in the background, the two kids are myself and my younger brother. Photo taken by my mom, from my personal collection.

[wrestlingisfake]

I was watching the Shockmaster incident and trying to figure out who says "I told ya" right after he falls through the wall. Little did I expect that the answer would come from good ol' Sid Vicious.

The way Dusty Rhodes told the story, everything went fine in rehearsal, and Fred Ottman had no trouble busting through the wall. But when they set up a new wall for the live broadcast, there was a two-by-four in place that hadn't been there before. According to Sid, he pointed out that Fred probably wouldn't be able to see the board with his Shockmaster helmet on, but nobody listened to him. Sid thinks you can "vaguely" hear him say he told them so--oh yeah, brother, I could hear you loud and clear.

[ringthedamnbell]

Like A Rock: Remembering Ole Anderson

Like A Rock: Remembering Ole Anderson

Brian Damage This week the pro wrestling world lost Ole Anderson and while tributes pour in on his life and career, there is no question that he was both an innovator and instigator in the business. A true “old school” wrestler, whose beliefs were taken by many as bitter and cantankerous. He had vision, but at the very same time was blind to the ever changing industry that surrounded him. He was…

[thedman0310]

Just wore a holy item

I can confirm, there is no visibility in the Shockmaster helmet

[shockmastervoidstate]

The pre-void state vs the real void state — differences, how to enter the real void state and my experience yesterday

Hey, void explorers, there are a couple of things I want to talk about regarding the void state.

Pre-void state vs the real void state — key differences

When you attempt to achieve the void state or shift realities, you might experience typical symptoms which could be confused with the void state.

These include: feelings of rotating, floating, flying or falling through empty space, often while seeing stars and galaxies or other lights and often while hearing buzzing sounds, wind noises, voices, music or other sounds.

Shifters and void explorers used to falsely believe that this is the void state, but it's not. If you experience the symptoms above, you are close and "get a taste" of the void, but you aren't there yet.

There is no failure and no randomness in the void state. If you shift from the void, you are guaranteed to end up exactly in the reality you want to be in.

In the void, there is also no movement and nothing to hear or see — unless you intend(ed) to manifest these things in the void.

It's also impossible to shift back to the CR involuntarily, because when you are in the void, you achieved a complete detachment and separation from your CR and your CR body.

The same cannot be said about the pre-void state. In this state, you haven't fully detached/separated from your CR yet.

You can manifest and shift from the pre-void state, but success isn't guaranteed.

In fact, when I shift from the pre-void state, I usually end up in random realities and can only stay there for a couple of minutes to a couple of hours.

How to enter the real void state from the pre-void state

Use any of the community's methods or your own method to shift or enter the void state.

If you end up in the pre-void state, here's how to enter the real void state. This information is from successful shifters on amino, reddit and Tumblr.

When you are in the pre-void state, keep doing your method and ignore the symptoms. (If your method is no longer relevant, repeat affirmations like "I am in the void state" or or simply "I am")

Ignore the floating, the sounds, the sights, the sensations. Don't react to anything.

Instead, keep going until you are in the real void. Try not to get excited. This will be easy once you've experienced the pre-void many times.

You can try to shift to your DR from the pre-void state, but as I explained, success from shifting from the pre-void isn't guaranteed.

My experience yesterday

Enough of the lecturing, it's story time. I practiced what I preached yesterday.

Yesterday evening, before going to bed, I relaxed and repeated affirmations like "I can enter the void state", "entering the void state is easy" etc.

Did this for one and a half hour and got rewarded for my efforts the following day.

When I went to sleep, I just repeated the affirmation "I am" over and over again until I fell asleep.

I had a random dream and at a random point, I fell through the floor, became conscious of myself and experienced the pre-void state.

Had all the symptoms I talked about. I felt like flying through a black space and saw a white galaxy like the Milky Way ahead.

Kept repeating "I am".

...

Despite my best efforts, I woke up in the CR.

It was still a nice experience. I feel refreshed, because even the pre-void state is therapeutic thanks to the freedom and limitlessness it allows you to experience for a very brief moment.

I'm taking a break today and will attempt to achieve the void state tomorrow. I did a good job of ignoring very invasive distractions I encountered in the pre-void, including voices. Next time, I will do even better.

-shockmaster

[cartslam]

OUR PARTNER IS GOING TO SHOCK THE WORLD BECAUSE HE IS NONE OTHER THAN... THE SHOCKMASTER

[dalekofchaos]

Jey Uso is not that guy

I'm gonna be real with you and this is just my opinion.

Jey Uso is not working.

I know the Shockmaster reenactment was meant to be a work, but this is just stupid.

Jey Uso has been faltering in his quest to dethrone Gunther, not just in storyline, but in the perception that he simply isn’t up to the task of hanging with a world champion on the biggest stage WWE has. After a white-hot start in February, things have cooled off considerably in recent weeks.

WWE’s solution? Turn Jey’s stumbles into a storyline. A literal stumbling storyline.

Monday, the Usos reunited to take down A-Town Down Under, only for Gunther to appear and dump Jimmy Uso before turning his attention to Jey. The two brawled momentarily before Jey got the upper hand and set up for the spear… only to slip and fall, allowing the Ring General to flatten him and drive elbows into his WrestleMania 41 challenger’s side until Jimmy chased him off with a chair.

Later, the Usos were backstage with Jimmy asking what fans have been asking: What’s been up with Jey these last few weeks? He keeps messing up, and if it continues, he’ll lose at 'Mania. No shit.

The difference here is that in recent weeks, the faltering has been in the form of poor matches, lackluster brawls, and looking out of his depth. This isn’t some elaborate, weeks-long nuanced storytelling that bubbled over in the spear stumble. The stumble was akin to WCW acknowledging that the Shockmaster wasn’t the “next big thing” and turning his debut tumble into part of his actual gimmick.

Jey’s “not ready for primetime” reveal is being parlayed into the story. The difference here is that, unless Uso and Gunther perform a Vegas-worthy magic show at WrestleMania, it’s going to be obvious that this wasn’t “all part of the act,” but rather was a desperate attempt to cover up a hole in the wall with a flimsy poster.

Uso should be winning undercard matches in convincing fashion to make believers out of everyone, not doubting himself while his twin goes to fight his battles for him. Just a colossal disappointment here.

Honestly? Jimmy should have been the Main Eventer.

Jey at times, he feels as though he's forcing the role on himself. Once the entrance, the hot dogging and the flash is over, that's all she wrote. Again, the time to do this was against Roman. But now it feels dumb and they are retreading the underdog story of Sami vs Gunther for Jey.

Jimmy feels real. He is the real underdog. His promos feels real. He didn't need a catchphrase or an entrance to get over. Big Jim is Him. Despite the 50/50 booking, I believe in Jimmy a hell lot more than I believe in Jey.

Also? Jimmy slapping the shit out of Gunther did more for his career than Jey stumbling and being booked like a geek instead of being a convincing future world champion.

[gothicprep]

90s era pro wrestling rules and i'm sick of pretending it doesn't. you're not going to hear threats like "don't buy any unripe bananas because you'll die before you eat them" anywhere else. and that's before you account for stuff like the shockmaster's debut, where you get to see some guy in a bejeweled storm trooper helmet fall directly on his face.

[wnightingales]

hologram looks campy as fuck i’m worried it’s gonna be lame as hell and end up like a modern day shockmaster lol

[wrestlingfaves]

Royal Rumble Marathon: 1993

We’re rumbling into 1993.

Spoilers for past Rumbles.

The undercard:

The Beverly Brothers vs the Steiner Brothers. WCW lost some big names to the WWF during this time period: Ric Flair, the Steiner Brothers, Lex Luger. None would have long runs with the WWF. (Flair would a decade later for a longer run, Scott Steiner’s return would be as brief as his first run). Scott’s promos may have been more boring but in-ring he was much more enjoyable to watch in his pre “Papa Pump” era.

Rockers team and breakup/Marty’s return hype video. Sherri Martel, now managing Shawn Michaels, has mirror smashed over her head when Shawn throws her into the path of Marty. Sherri was such a beast in everything she did. There was no other woman like her during this era. (Luna Vachon come close).

Shawn Michaels vs Marty Janetty. Sherri is at ringside with no proclaimed loyalty to either man.  The Rockers broke up over a year ago but the feud was backburnered when Marty left the WWF due to addictions/personal issues. A year later and we’re finally getting the long-awaited match. Sherri’s interference costs Marty the match. Sherri’s loyalty remains unknown after the match. Mean Gene attempts to interview Sherri after the match but is interrupted by the brawling Shawn and Marty.

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Big Boss Man. Match was okay but would have been the “bathroom/merch break” match for me if I was at the arena.

Bret Hart vs Razor Ramon. Bret is the World Heavyweight champion. Stu and Helen Hart are at ringside. It’s noted (for the first time) that the winner of the Royal Rumble will be given a shot at the World championship. Great match (not surprising considering its Bret and Scott).

Bobby Heenan unveils “the Narcissist” Lex Luger, which is Luger posing before mirrors and monologuing over his perfection. Moving on…

“Ceasar and Cleopatra” issue a proclamation on Wrestlemania (it takes place in Vegas in ’93). The duo proclaim the winner of the Rumble will battle the world champion at Wrestlemania. Let the games begin.

The entrants, in order of appearance:

Ric Flair

Bob Backlund (before he shaved his head and “snapped”)

Papa Shango (aka Kama aka the Godfather)

Ted DiBase (accompanied by Jimmy Hart)

Nast Boy Knobbs

Virgil

Jerry “the King” Lawler

Max Moon (Konan)

Genichiro Tenryu (This is pre-internet so I wonder how many fans in the arena knew who Tenyru was. Tape trading was a thing but access wasn’t easy compared to getting on youtube and searching for videos of a wrestler).

Mister Perfect (Curt Hennig)

Skinner (Steve Keirn)

Koko B Ware (at the time ½ of High Energy with Owen Hart)

Samu (accompanied by Afa, ½ of the Headshrinkers)

Berzerker (John Nord)

Undertaker (accompanied by Paul Bearer)

Terry Taylor (non-Rooster)

El Gigante (accompanied by Harvey Wippleman, making his WWF debut, El Gigante eliminates himself)

Damien Demento

IRS (accompanied by Jimmy Hart

Tatanka

Nast Boy Sags

Typhoon (aka Tugboat aka Shockmaster)

Fatu (accompanied by Afa, ½  of the Headshrinkers, better known as Rikishi)

Earthquake

Carlos Colon (Monsoon refers to Colon as a “youngster”, umm, not so much. As with Tenyru, how many of the fans knew who he was?)

“El Matador” Tito Santana

“The Model” Rick Martel

Yokozuna (accompanied by Mr Fuji, my youngest sister was very young when we watched this Rumble for the first time, I will never forget her response to Yokozuna’s appearance: Why is he wearing a diaper?”)

Owen Hart (1/2 of High Energy)

Repo Man

Randy Savage (Savage continues to be confused as to the rules of a Rumble as he eliminated himself in a previous year and attempted to pin Yokozuna in this Rumble).

Yokozuna wins the Rumble. The ending credits show Yokozuna having a confrontation with Bret backstage.

I spotted Bill Alphonso as one of the outside referees. I’m so used to him as “Fonzie” in ECW that seeing him as a referee is weird.

There were 31 participants in this year’s Rumble. 30 if you don’t count El Gigante who was a “surprise” appearance. First time Rumblers: Bob Backlund, Papa Shango, Jerry Lawler, Max Moon, Samu, El Gigante, Damien Demento, Tatanka, Fatu, Carlos Colon, Yokozuna, Owen Hart

Tenyru and Colon would be the first surprise/random entrants in the Rumble.

Undertaker has the first “big man goes on a rampage and eliminates everybody” spot.

We also had the first “unite to throw the big man out” spot when the entrants attempted to eliminate Yokozuna.

Backlund had the longest performance.

Quick Eliminations: Papa Shango, Terry Taylor

Feuds in the Rumble: Flair/Perfect, Taker/Gigante, Santana/Martel

Road to Wrestlemania: Bret/Yokozuna and Gigante/Taker set up.

The Taker-Gigante face-off was ridiculous. Gigante was supposed come off as menacing but how can I take seriously a man in a poor Bigfoot cosplay. Taker’s gimmick is equally cartoony but he can bring the menacing aura. Gigante can’t.

Loved the face-off between Yokozuna and Earthquake: the pretend sumo wrester vs the wrestler with an actual sumo wrestler.

Rating: 8 out of 10.  The undercard was strong (minus the Bigelow-Boss Man match). The Rumble itself finally had “victory = title shot at Wrestlemania) established along with several key spots: surprise entrants, big man on a rampage, unite to throw the heavyweight out.

Wrestlers and others who have passed on: Gorilla Monsoon, Bobby Heenan, Howard Finkel, Joey Marella, Sherri Martel, Mean Gene Okerlund, Bam Bam Bigelow, Big Boss Man, Razor Ramon (Scott Hall), Stu Hart, Helen Hart, Virgil, Paul Bearer, Mr Fuji, Yokozuna, Owen Hart, Randy Savage.

Total deceased individuals: 17 (down 9 from the previous Rumble).