Board:   [DoveNet] Sports
Subject: Re: Pro Wrestling
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Sun Jul 26, 2026 18:55

@VIA: REALITY
  Re: Re: Pro Wrestling
  By: georgi to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Jul 12 2026 09:11 am

 > in 2026. So, honest question: does anyone else think Magnum T.A. would have
 > become a bigger star than Hulk Hogan if it hadn't been for that car crash in
 > 1986?

I'll answer your question with a question. Jesse Ventura had a podcast several years ago, and he had Roddy Piperon. They waxed nostalgic about the early days of wrestling, riding busses all across middle America, wrestling in high-school gymnasiums and local clubs. Turned out, after "They Live", Jesse and Roddy had a tryout for a network TV pilot about two wrestler/detectives in Hawaii. It got greenlit, then held up due to politics at the network and ultimately dropped. Seemed like Roddy had some hard times since then, and he wondered how that would have changed his life. This might have been recorded the year he passed away.

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