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Mr. T takes no pity on Best Buy
Reuters ^ | May 1, 2003

Posted on 05/01/2003 3:05:05 PM PDT by WaveThatFlag

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: GulliverSwift
OK, I admit it. I believe that Rocky III is, without a duobt, the best of the series.
21 posted on 05/02/2003 6:22:00 AM PDT by presidio9 (Humming "Eye of the Tiger" as I post.)
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To: WaveThatFlag
The former pro wrestler,

Excuse me?
Mr T was never a pro wrestler that I'm aware of and I've been following wrestling since the old NWA days.

22 posted on 05/02/2003 6:24:34 AM PDT by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
The competition I saw, I believe, part of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" on a really slow sports weekend back in...oh...the 1970's?

Wide World of Sports always covered crazy things such as barrel jumping and my favorite, ice motorcycle races.

23 posted on 05/02/2003 6:26:03 AM PDT by Dane
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To: WaveThatFlag
A lot of people feel that the show jumped the shark on that episode.

Diff'rent Strokes jumped the shark before its first episode.

24 posted on 05/02/2003 6:26:21 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
Diff'rent Strokes jumped the shark before its first episode.

Watchu talkin' 'bout?

25 posted on 05/02/2003 6:30:14 AM PDT by WaveThatFlag (Run Al, Run!!!)
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To: Just another Joe
Excuse me? Mr T was never a pro wrestler that I'm aware of and I've been following wrestling since the old NWA days.

Are you kidding? He teamed up with Hulk Hogan for the star tag-team match against Rowdy Roddy Piper and Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff in Wrestlemania I in 1985, the event that put pro wrestling back on the map! Cindy Lauper was his "manager", and the guest referee was Muhammad Ali. I think the announcer was Liberace (or he was there somewhere)! There had never been anything like it, and hasn't been since.

26 posted on 05/02/2003 6:40:56 AM PDT by Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
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To: Orbiting_Rosie's_Head; Just another Joe
I should add, though, that he wasn't a "regular" wrestler. He only participated in some celebrity matches for a short time (and probably for some big bucks).
27 posted on 05/02/2003 6:43:12 AM PDT by Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
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To: Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
Yes, he appeared in a wrestlemania. That doesn't make him a pro wrestler.
What's his name, married to Courtney Cox, was the heavyweight champ for a very short period. Does that make him a pro wrestler?
28 posted on 05/02/2003 6:44:24 AM PDT by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Just another Joe
He also appeared in Wrestlemania 2, and after a hiatus, returned for a few more matches later on as Hogan's partner, I believe.
29 posted on 05/02/2003 6:53:57 AM PDT by Orbiting_Rosie's_Head
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To: WaveThatFlag
Since you seem to be so certain, I will bow to your greater knowledge.

My memory isn't what it once was.

And the whole thing was definitely a promo for T.

30 posted on 05/02/2003 7:27:48 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (®)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; CounterCounterCulture; Freakazoid
Article mentioning the World's Toughest Bouncer contest, our hero, and dwarf tossing:

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/world_sports020830.html
31 posted on 05/02/2003 7:38:25 AM PDT by WaveThatFlag (Run Al, Run!!!)
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To: Just another Joe
David Arquette - WCW Champ. The (un)official death of WCW.

Mr. T, like Jay Leno, Lawrence Taylor, Dennis Rodman, Arquette, etc...not real wrestlers...

32 posted on 05/02/2003 1:44:19 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
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To: CounterCounterCulture
Yeh, THAT was his name.
33 posted on 05/02/2003 2:36:20 PM PDT by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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