Classic wrestlers and classic wrestling. Back when the WWE was the WWF, WCW, Indy promotions and more. The good old days of wrestling and the wrestlers that made it great.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
WCW: El Dandy
Roberto Gutiérrez Frías is a Mexican professional wrestler born on October 2, 1962 in Tijuana, Baja California.
He is best known by his ring name, El Dandy.
El Dandy had wrestled with the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion in Mexico, but he is best known in the US because of his time spent in the WCW.
In WCW, El Dandy was basically a midcard wrestler, but he did have a few moments of glory.
He was a member of the Latino World Order led by Eddie Guerrero.
On March 22, 1999 on WCW Monday Nitro, he almost had a shot at the WCW Champion Ric Flair, when Flair drew his name in a random drawing. El Dandy had been injured earlier that night in an 8-man tag team bout so he turned his chance over to a fellow luchador, Rey Mysterio, Jr.
El Dandy briefly partnered with Silver King in 2000 to form Los Fabulosos. Stacy Keibler managed the team and lead them to their first major victories in WCW.
His place in wrestling was cemented in a interview between Bret Hart and Gene Okerlund when Gene doubted El Dandy being a worthy opponent for Bret. Bret responded with "Who are you to doubt El Dandy?" and a wrestling catch phrase was created.
You can see the interview here.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
WCW: Damian / Galaxy
Leonardo Carrera was born on June 9, 1961 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
He is very famous in Mexico, wrestling under the name Damián 666.
But here in the US, he wrestled for the WCW under the ring names Galaxy and Damien.
Damian was in Eddie Guerrero's Latino World Order (LWO), along with El Dandy, La Parka, Lizmark, Jr., Rey Mysterio, Jr. and Héctor Garza.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
WCW - Shannon Spruill / Daffney
Shannon Spruill the wild and crazy Daffney of the WCW.
Shannon Claire Spruill was born on July 17, 1975 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
I bet her parents never thought she'd be on TV yelling and screaming in a straight jacket.
Daffney took insanity to a whole 'nother level. She was first shown on Nitro sitting on a bed chanting David Flair's name.
She did her share of gimmick matches on WCW.
A mixed tag team match with her and Crowbar against WCW World Cruiserweight Champion Chris Candido and his girlfriend Tammy Lynn Sytch.
Crowbar and Daffney won, making them co-champions.
Daffney later faced Crowbar in a match which she won after Candido came into the ring and hit Crowbar with a sitout piledriver.
That made Daffney the second woman ever to hold the Cruiserweight Championship.
Daffney later lost that title when Miss Hancock (Stacy Keibler) interfered in a three way match between Daffney, Lieutenant Loco and Disco Inferno.
This led to a feud with Miss Hancock that led into the first ever Wedding Gown match, which Daffney won.
After that she had a short feud with Shane Douglas's valet, Torrie Wilson, but Daffney rarely wrestled again.
Daffney was released by WCW on February 2, 2001 due to budget cutbacks about a month before the WWF bought them out.
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