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Jesse Ventura for President? (and other pre-Wrestlemania XX notes)
Miami Herald ^
| 14 March 2004
| Jim Varsallone
Posted on 03/14/2004 1:43:39 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture
No FEC entries for Vince, but his wife's contributions look kinda interesting:
Linda McMahon
Trying to steal potential Bush votes?
Wow, "The Body" sure looks different!
Baseball's Pete Rose, left, World Wrestling Entertainment chairman Vince McMahon, center, and Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura put their hands together before Rose and Ventura were to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Saturday, March 13, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura makes his acceptance speech after being inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame, in New York, early Sunday, March14, 2004. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
To: CounterCounterCulture
Ewwww...he looks wrong with a black beard. Yuck.
Will be taping Wrestlemania for my hubby who has had NO luck when it comes to major sporting events (didn't get to see the Super Bowl either and will miss the whole NCAA tournament)
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:00:24 PM PST
by
Severa
(Wife of Freeper Hostel, USN STS3(SS) currently on 6 month deployment)
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To: CounterCounterCulture
I thought Heenan died. Whatever happened to him? Still debating XX. I mean it is Wrestlemania XX but I could do so much more constructive with 4 hours....
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:30:03 PM PST
by
billbears
(Deo Vindice.)
To: CounterCounterCulture
He looks like an Islamic militant!
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:38:42 PM PST
by
GulliverSwift
(Keep the <a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">gigolo</a> out of the White House!)
To: CounterCounterCulture
He couldn't win MN if he was the only candidate running...
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posted on
03/14/2004 2:44:00 PM PST
by
MNlurker
To: billbears; CounterCounterCulture
Bobby had a serious bout with throat cancer (too many years in smoke-filled arenas?). He seems to have the better of it and still has his voice. You can catch up with all things Heenan at:
http://www.bobbythebrain.com/ Triple-C, are you going to catch this via pay-per-view or at a sports bar? I got the miracle of ScrambleVision.
To: CounterCounterCulture
Read later.
To: NewRomeTacitus
Bobby had a serious bout with throat cancer (too many years in smoke-filled arenas?). He seems to have the better of it and still has his voice.I had the pleasure of meeting Bobby Heenan several years ago in the airport in Atlanta. I was on my way to Huntsville, Alabama, via Atlanta. Coincidently, WCW Monday Nitro was being broadcast from the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville that evening. Heenan and a number of the WCW wrestlers were on my flight. He was very gracious, and very funny - stayed in character the whole time we spoke. I had heard that he was battling cancer, and am glad to hear that things are going better for him these days.
To: CounterCounterCulture
Bobby The Brain never ceases to entertain the masses! May he live long!
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posted on
03/14/2004 4:22:41 PM PST
by
ItsOurTimeNow
("I'll never know how much it cost to see my sin upon that cross.")
To: NewRomeTacitus
I wasn't planning on watching the PPV (saving my $$$ for better things, but I'll eventually catch it on video)
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Bobby the Brain was always one of my favorites (he sure could peg a "humanoid"). He had such great chemistry with Gorilla Monsoon on the old Prime Time wrestling shows on USA cable. They don't make "heel" commentators like Heenan or Jesse the Body anymore (Jerry "the King" Lawler sucks in comparison)
To: GulliverSwift
I think he's looking kinda like Salman Rushdie.
To: CounterCounterCulture
With that jacket over a sweater, I think Jessie's shooting for a John Malkovitch/Master Thespian thing. Like we really missed him in the movies.
Fair show so far but not worth what they ask for. Hall of Fame inductees were Tito Santana, Don "the Rock" Muraco, Greg "the Hammer" Valentine, "Handsome" Harley Race, Sgt. Slaughter, "Superstar" Bill Graham, Jessie "the Fatwa'd" Ventura, Bobby Heenan plus deceased wrestlers Junk Yard Dog and Big John Studd. Pete Rose was inducted into the "new celebrity wing" for allowing Kane to repeatedly piledrive him over the years. Hogan, Bruno Sammartino and Brett Hart are still in Vince McMahan's doghouse.
To: NewRomeTacitus
Hogan, Bruno Sammartino and Brett Hart are still in Vince McMahan's doghouse.
Well, I've heard Sammartino has been invited but Bruno hates what the WWF has evolved to and wants nothing to do with McMahon.
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posted on
03/14/2004 8:03:08 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(Remember, name and town, name and town, if you wish to opine)
WRESTLEMANIA XX RESULTS... (** SPOILER ALERT **)
The Big Show (c) vs. John Cena
WWE U.S. Championship
Winner: John Cena...new United States champion! Jindrak & Cade vs. La Resistance vs. Dudley Boyz vs. Booker T/Rob Van Dam (c)
World Tag Team Championships
Winners: Booker T & Rob Van Dam
Chris Jericho vs. Christian
Winner: Christian...Trish swerves Jericho and leaves with Christian!
Evolution (Flair/Batista/Orton) vs. The Rock n Sock Connection (The Rock/Mick Foley)
Winner: Evolution
-Fink introduces Mean Gene Okerlund who introduces the Hall of Fame inductees. Bobby Heenan, Tito Santana, Big John Studd (Represented by his son), Harley Race, Pete Rose (who is heavily booed), Don Muraco, Greg Valentine, Junkyard Dog (Represented by his daughter), Superstar Billy Graham, Sgt. Slaughter, and Jesse "the Body" Ventura.
Sable/Torrie vs. Stacy/Jackie
Playboy Evening Gown Match
Winners: Torrie Wilson and Sable
Cruiserweight Open
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Winner: Chavo Guerrero, retains title
Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg
Special Referee: Stone Cold Steve Austin
* Note: both men are leaving the WWE after this match
LOUD You Sold Out! Chants
Na na na na hey hey hey goodbye.
crowd loudly boos both of them.
Boring chant.
Goldberg Sucks chant
This match sucks
Winner: Goldberg
Austin stone-cold stuns both men after match
-Wrestlemania 21 will be at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
TWGTT (Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin)vs. APA (Farooq/Bradshaw vs. Basham Brotherss vs. Scotty 2 Hotty & Rikishi (c)
WWE Tag Team Titles
Winners: Scotty & Rikishi
Ventura interviews Trump, Ventura (again) says there needs to be a wrestler in the White House in 2008.
Molly Holly vs. Victoria
WWE Womens Title vs Molly's hair
Winner: Victoria...Molly shaved bald!
Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero (c)
WWE Championship
Winner: Eddie Guerrero
Undertaker vs. Kane
Winner: The Undertaker
HBK vs. Chris Benoit vs. HHH (c)
World Heavyweight Title
Winner: Chris Benoit...New World Heavyweight Champion!
Source
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posted on
03/14/2004 9:18:09 PM PST
by
CounterCounterCulture
(Remember, name and town, name and town, if you wish to opine)
To: CounterCounterCulture; Valin; Solson; WorkingClassFilth; jdege; TheEye; Colonel_Flagg
Get a load of Jesse "I wannabe Wellstone!" Ventura He almost looks more like Lenin than Wellstone! did.
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posted on
03/15/2004 7:41:03 AM PST
by
Johnny Gage
(God Bless our Firefighters, our Police, our EMS responders, and most of all, our Veterans)
To: Johnny Gage
Jesse Ventura? Jesse Ventura? Jesse Ventura? Didn't he used to be somebody?
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posted on
03/15/2004 7:50:29 AM PST
by
Valin
(Hating people is like burning down your house to kill a rat)
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