Wrestling Observer Newsletter wrote:Hart placed a bounty on Rhodes. In Tampa, they actually took out a billboard on the highway where people commuting around town would see it, with Gary Hart offering $10,000 to anyone who could take out Rhodes.

Big Red Machine wrote:

Wrestling Observer Newsletter wrote:Hart placed a bounty on Rhodes. In Tampa, they actually took out a billboard on the highway where people commuting around town would see it, with Gary Hart offering $10,000 to anyone who could take out Rhodes.

That's SOOOO awesome. I wish wrestling could do stuff like that nowadays.

Wrestling in Boaz, Alabama, Yamamoto gave one of the great performances in pro wrestling. Before the start of the matches, he asked to give a statement to the crowd, which booed and hissed and threw things. In broken English he said, "I wish make aporogy. Very sorry my country bomb Pear-uh Harbor." And the crowd quiets, as he wipes away tears, and they awwww in sympathy. "It wrong thing to do, I wish not happen." They begin to applaud. "Yes, I wish not happen, because instead I wish they BOMB BOAZ!!!" Needless to say, the arena erupted.

Big Red Machine wrote:From the Wikipedia article about 40's and 50's heel Tojo Yamamoto:

Wrestling in Boaz, Alabama, Yamamoto gave one of the great performances in pro wrestling. Before the start of the matches, he asked to give a statement to the crowd, which booed and hissed and threw things. In broken English he said, "I wish make aporogy. Very sorry my country bomb Pear-uh Harbor." And the crowd quiets, as he wipes away tears, and they awwww in sympathy. "It wrong thing to do, I wish not happen." They begin to applaud. "Yes, I wish not happen, because instead I wish they BOMB BOAZ!!!" Needless to say, the arena erupted.

I wish could see tape of this.

cero2k wrote:

Big Red Machine wrote:From the Wikipedia article about 40's and 50's heel Tojo Yamamoto:

Wrestling in Boaz, Alabama, Yamamoto gave one of the great performances in pro wrestling. Before the start of the matches, he asked to give a statement to the crowd, which booed and hissed and threw things. In broken English he said, "I wish make aporogy. Very sorry my country bomb Pear-uh Harbor." And the crowd quiets, as he wipes away tears, and they awwww in sympathy. "It wrong thing to do, I wish not happen." They begin to applaud. "Yes, I wish not happen, because instead I wish they BOMB BOAZ!!!" Needless to say, the arena erupted.

I wish could see tape of this.

he likely got some atomic heat in return