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|  #21 Posted on 18.4.03 2136.58 | No one remembers Lee Wong from Hong Kong?
Crash Holly used to be billed from Northern Ireland before he came to the WWF.
Let's not forget Col. DeBeers too.
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|  #22 Posted on 18.4.03 2208.16 | Hmm... I'd say that the most important foreigner to the WWE would have to be Shawn Stasiak.. from Planet Stasiak!
(and how in gods name did I get this one up here first, while people brought up Mantaur? :P)
Trogdoooor!!
Trogdooor!!
Trogdor was a man..
I mean.. he was a dragon man..
I mean.. he was just a dragon..
But he was still..
TROGDOOOOOR!
Trogdooor!
Burninating the countryside..
Burninating the peasants..
Burninating all the peopleeeee in their tatchroofed cottages!
THATCH ROOFED COTTAGES!!
And then Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIGHT!
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| #23 Posted on 18.4.03 2212.15 |
Originally posted by Captain Ferret
Alex Wright (Berlyn) - Germany.
Alex was never in the WWF/E.
Mexico: Los Guerreros, Essa Rios
Aren't they from Texas?
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| #24 Posted on 18.4.03 2212.51 | Bruno Sammartino was born in Abruzzi, Italy. He moved to Pittsburgh in about his teenage years.
Piper's a Canadian as is Ivan Koloff.
Eddy Guerrero was born in El Paso, TX.
Sheik and Sabu are American.
Somebody asked about Bobo Brazil? American as you can get. His name was Houston Harris.
Fit Finlay is Irish.
Ludvig Borga (Tony Halme) is from Finland.
Iron Sheik was Middle Eastern. Think he was from Iran.
Maxx Payne/Man Mountain Rock billed himself as being from the State of Euphoria (not Nuforia).
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| #25 Posted on 19.4.03 0149.54 |
Originally posted by jimimium
Hmm... I'd say that the most important foreigner to the WWE would have to be Shawn Stasiak.. from Planet Stasiak!
And still no one mentioned Max Moon, from... you guessed it, THE MOON!
Also, I forgot to add Savio Vega, from Puerto Rico.
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| #26 Posted on 19.4.03 0508.57 |
Originally posted by Dexley's Midnight Jogger
And Dino Bravo had a French manager named, get this, Frenchy.
Ah, someone reminded me of Frenchie Martin. It's just that Dino Bravo's manager was as French as Dupéré, Grenier and me. The guy has a strong poor montreal french canadian neighbourhood accent. French people from France couldn't understand a word he said.
The worst thing I remember was his color-commentary for a few years on the french-canadian WWF Superstars. Nobody could beat him today. Don't even try. Impossible. Ray Rougeau called the matches... and believe me, even Tony was better than him.
Ah, childhood memories...
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| #27 Posted on 19.4.03 0725.47 | Are we talking story line hometowns or real ones? Because if that's the case, Dupree and Grenier are from Quebec, not France, though Andre the Giant was born there. Tiger Ali is originally from Markham, Ontario, slightly north of Toronto (as is Chief Morley, incidentally). Piper was born near Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here are other nations that need to be represented, though:
The Bowery - Raven
Anywhere He Darn Well Pleases - Sid Vicious
Out of Town - Snake Brown (only late-80's NWA fans will remember that one, though)
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| #28 Posted on 19.4.03 1831.16 | Well if storylines don't count, then Kamala, Rikishi and Eddie Guerrero(and Rey Mysterio though no one's mentioned him) are all Americans.
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| #29 Posted on 19.4.03 1953.22 | The WWE never claimed that either Guerrero was from Mexico. They have always been (in truth and storyline) from El Paso, Texas. The fans are the idiots that think Guerrero and Mysterio are Mexican. Why does this happen? Has anyone ever mistaken Booker T for a Botswanan? It's amazing how ignorant of other countries we are as Americans. Rikishi is of Samoan heritage, yet he's played just about every race with light brown skin you can name. Yokozuna? We can't tell a Samoan from a Japanese man?
Sorry, this thread just got to me for some reason. This has been bothering me since they told us Grenier was French-Canadian two months ago, and now we're suppossed to belive he's French. I'd blame Vince, but the fans buy into it, so more power to him. I guess it's nice to belive that the WWE is a melting pot- though it'd be better if there were an Intercontinental Title for all these Canadians and Americans to fight over.
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| #30 Posted on 19.4.03 2039.00 | Instant Rating: 2.74 | You forgot 2 very important ones...
Dawn Marie and Molly are gifts from heaven!
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| #31 Posted on 19.4.03 2123.54 | | I guess if we're talking about "fake" hometowns, we can't forget The Patriots (who happened to be from "The WCW Special Forces"). | Nate The Snake
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| #32 Posted on 20.4.03 0023.21 |
Originally posted by The Sham
Rikishi is of Samoan heritage, yet he's played just about every race with light brown skin you can name. Yokozuna? We can't tell a Samoan from a Japanese man?
I've never heard them claim Rikishi was anything but Samoan, and while Yoko's manager may have been Japanese, he was always announced as Samoan as well.
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| #33 Posted on 20.4.03 0113.10 | Instant Rating: 5.96 | Kwang was SUPPOSED to be Chinese, I think.
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| #34 Posted on 20.4.03 1534.38 | 1>
I've never heard them claim Rikishi was anything but Samoan, and while Yoko's manager may have been Japanese, he was always announced as Samoan as well.
No, I actually recall them always announcing Yoko as being from Japan(in the ring, during his wwf sumo gimmick). I suppose I could check some of my tapes again, but that's I remember.
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| #35 Posted on 20.4.03 1700.24 |
Originally posted by darkmatcher
No, I actually recall them always announcing Yoko as being from Japan(in the ring, during his wwf sumo gimmick). I suppose I could check some of my tapes again, but that's I remember.
Thinking back, digging through my horribly faulty memory, they may have during the early part of his run (when he wore the white "My ass is a movie screen" tights)... but I distinctly remember them saying he was from the "Island of Samoa" or something similar for most of the time he was active...
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| #36 Posted on 20.4.03 1712.45 | Yoko was always announced as from Japan. I remember this being a big deal when Rikishi did his "I ran Austin over with a car to help the Rock" storyline, because he never mentioned Yoko as a member of the Samoan family line.
Oh, and as I keep pointing out, Rey Misterio isn't Mexican. he's American, billed from San Diego.
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| #37 Posted on 20.4.03 1717.21 | | I remember Yoko being billed from the Polynesian Islands. | CRZ
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| #38 Posted on 21.4.03 0524.29 | Originally posted by StampedeFan23
Yoko was always announced as from Japan.
And by "Japan," you must mean "the Polynesian islands."
(And if you don't believe ME, believe this guy (groups.google.com) who said it ten years ago)
(edited by CRZ on 21.4.03 0329)
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| #39 Posted on 21.4.03 1559.05 | | Didn't Yoko used to wave a Japanese flag at one point early on (probably in the Lex Luger fiasco)? | estragand
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| #40 Posted on 21.4.03 1823.06 | You can add the Commandant and the Truth Comission (Sniper and Recon) to the pool. They were supposed to be from South Africa. No clue where they were really from... although I remember Sniper and Recon broke off on their own in early 1998 as "The Apocalypse" and might have been Declared Frenchies.
Nasty Boys were from Allentown, PA... which should be a foreign country.
And all Parts Unknownians would have to chime in with the Warrior.
I think Yoko flip-flopped. At first, he was Polynesian, but as time wore on he may have become Japanese. Maybe Mr. Fuji moved him to Japan? Similar to the way Jimmy Hart moved the Rougeaus to Memphis, TN. I remember WCCW would sometimes bill Brusier Brody as being "from Japan", but it just meant that he hung out there.
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