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Post by JokerFC on Jan 25, 2024 0:55:23 GMT -5
So recently I listened to an episode of Cornette's drive through where a listener asked him was it true that if Ole didn't have to fire Matt Borne from GCW that Hawk & Animal wouldn't have had their shot? Jim confirmed it was and told the tale.....
He said that Arn & Borne were being prepped to be the dominant heel team in the territory but Ole had to fire Borne because he was getting into hassle with the ladies and they was going to be legit heat from it. Cue Ole needing a new heel team and quick. He already had Animal but found him a partner and the rest is history.
the last part was what really intrigued me though as another Minnesota guy was originally tapped to be Hawk...and that was Rick Rude. Mindblowing stuff!!
Thoughts on this? anybody else ever hear this story?
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Post by The Brain on Jan 25, 2024 1:54:38 GMT -5
I do recall this
Rude being a Road Warrior is intriguing as we know in real life he was a badass being a bouncer and all at one point in his life. In the end though I'm glad we got what we got with Hegstrand and Laurinaitis
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 25, 2024 4:45:29 GMT -5
Ole talks about this in his book. He'd make trips from Georgia to Minnesota every few weeks. When he paired Hawk & Animal together, he created the Georgia National Tag Team Championship titles for them.
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Post by hbkjason on Jan 25, 2024 8:12:54 GMT -5
Rick Rude is one of my favorite guys to hear stories about. He was such a badass, a legit tough guy, but by all accounts, if he was your friend, he was loyal and a stand up guy that was with you through thick and thin.
It is crazy to think that he could have been Hawk!
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 25, 2024 10:03:14 GMT -5
I wonder who would win a legit fist fight between Rude and Hawk??
From what I heard, both men in their teenage years would beat the crap out of grown up male adults! So a fight between those two would be crazy to see!
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 25, 2024 10:59:33 GMT -5
Unfortunately I’ve no information to confirm or deny this.
However I’ve been thinking all day about Rude being in the Road warriors. Man that would have been amazing!
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 25, 2024 11:19:19 GMT -5
I'm glad it turned out how it did for everyone because Ravishing Rick is one of my all time fave Heels....fantastic
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Jan 25, 2024 11:22:09 GMT -5
Barry Darsow recently did a shoot interview where he talked about Rick Rude. He said at 16 years old, he snuck into a bar in Minnesota where they were having an arm wrestling tournament. Rude won. When they found out his actual age, they wouldn't give him the prize (which was dinner & drinks for 5, plus a year's worth of free drinks).
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Post by nibs92 on Jan 25, 2024 11:27:25 GMT -5
I'm glad it turned out how it did for everyone because Ravishing Rick is one of my all time fave Heels....fantastic Maybe Hegstrand could have portrayed the sexiest man alive! |
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 25, 2024 12:23:16 GMT -5
Barry Darsow recently did a shoot interview where he talked about Rick Rude. He said at 16 years old, he snuck into a bar in Minnesota where they were having an arm wrestling tournament. Rude won. When they found out his actual age, they wouldn't give him the prize (which was dinner & drinks for 5, plus a year's worth of free drinks). ive been wathin barry's clips on youtube and just saw this one last night  he is such a nice guy, hard to believe he was a member of Demo. |
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Post by ClassicFan2 on Jan 25, 2024 12:26:23 GMT -5
hawk, animal, rude & barry darsow (smash) were all bouncers at the same bar back in the day
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 25, 2024 20:18:54 GMT -5
I'm glad it turned out how it did for everyone because Ravishing Rick is one of my all time fave Heels....fantastic Maybe Hegstrand could have portrayed the sexiest man alive! Yup!!! his infamous "theres only one part of me soft.. and it aint soft all the time" promo could have fit in there real snug LOL |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Jan 26, 2024 8:35:20 GMT -5
hawk, animal, rude & barry darsow (smash) were all bouncers at the same bar back in the day I never knew that tbh, crazy. |
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Post by tmnt316 on Jan 26, 2024 17:23:38 GMT -5
I wonder who would win a legit fist fight between Rude and Hawk?? From what I heard, both men in their teenage years would beat the crap out of grown up male adults! So a fight between those two would be crazy to see! Just watched this clip of Darsow and he says it's between Rude/Hawk as the toughest of the Minnesota guys but I'd put $ on Rude. |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 28, 2024 22:34:27 GMT -5
Heard Hawk was pretty tough...when Savage busted him from behind at the Kid Rock concert it's said he hardly blinked.
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Post by hulkjoegan on Feb 5, 2024 16:30:22 GMT -5
I wonder who would win a legit fist fight between Rude and Hawk?? From what I heard, both men in their teenage years would beat the crap out of grown up male adults! So a fight between those two would be crazy to see! Just watched this clip of Darsow and he says it's between Rude/Hawk as the toughest of the Minnesota guys but I'd put $ on Rude. Wow…this really interesting, as it seems there’s a fair few tough guys from Minnesota. Wasn’t Scott Norton from there too? |
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Post by ASR (therockisback) on Feb 18, 2024 0:50:07 GMT -5
Heard Hawk was pretty tough...when Savage busted him from behind at the Kid Rock concert it's said he hardly blinked. I'm not surprised lol |
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Post by Grumpyoldman on Feb 18, 2024 4:31:34 GMT -5
Just watched this clip of Darsow and he says it's between Rude/Hawk as the toughest of the Minnesota guys but I'd put $ on Rude. Wow…this really interesting, as it seems there’s a fair few tough guys from Minnesota. Wasn’t Scott Norton from there too? Yep. |
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