The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 Purple pants with stars Shiny purple capes They're from Shaker Heights, Ohio The Genius reads poems about them Their music has a happy beat I just don't get what they were going for with these guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 I just remember they beat up Jim Neidhart as he was being helped to the back by officials after he lost to Ric Flair. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 They were rich, pretty boys from a well-to-do suburb of Cleveland. And what they lack in brains, they make up for in the Genius. In reality, they were a midcard heel team used to put the face teams over. Ohh, I still mark for the theme music. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 They were rich, pretty boys from a well-to-do suburb of Cleveland. And what they lack in brains, they make up for in the Genius. In reality, they were a midcard heel team used to put the face teams over. Ohh, I still mark for the theme music. Ah yes. I just liked the title "Explain the concept of the Beverly Brothers." And now I know, and knowing is half the battle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHawk 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 Did anybody outside of northeast Ohio actually realize where Shaker Heights was though? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 MM explained it nicely. The cracks in the foundation of the WWF's tag team division was really showing around this time. On the face side, you had LOD (who were the champs at the time), the Rockers, the Bushwhackers, and that's pretty much it. Don't forget the Rockers were already on the skids and were soon to be broken up and any credibility that the Whackers had as anything other than a sideshow act to amuse the kiddies in the audience was long gone. On the other end, you had the Nasty Boys, Beverly Brothers, and the Natural Disasters. Slim pickings, indeed. And let's not forget the additions of teams like the New Foundation and the Money Inc. to "enhance" the division. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 Did anybody outside of northeast Ohio actually realize where Shaker Heights was though? I doubt it. It's like one time when I was having a really non-descript boring day and I said it "felt like Christmas in Skokie." Person, not being from around here, didn't get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ravman77 Report post Posted November 6, 2003 And let's not forget the additions of teams like the New Foundation and the Money Inc. to "enhance" the division. No way! You didnt like Money Inc.? Damn, I marked that team. I wish Ted was still wrestling today. I loved the Million Dollar Man as a kid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2003 But why would a rich man be friends with an IRS agent? WHY? WHY, I ASK! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2003 So DiBiase can throw a few bucks towards Irwin's way and get a hefty break on his taxes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted November 7, 2003 geez, I thought it was obvious IRS was a corrupt person and that Ted was using him for tax breaks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2003 Just think about the state the Tag Team division would have been without Money Inc.The Natural Disasters could have been champs until Wrestlemania 9 at the earliest.Dibiase and Rotundo were good because all of Rotundo's Boring submissions(Chinlocks and Abdominal stretches) were actually useful for getting the crowd behind the faces. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EdwardKnoxII 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2003 I just remember they beat up Jim Neidhart as he was being helped to the back by officials after he lost to Ric Flair. Yeah and that lead to Owen Hart becoming his tag partner to form the New Foundation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Black Tiger Report post Posted November 10, 2003 you know what I found amusing about them? Two guys in purple and silver who wear capes, and they'r calling HAWK and ANIMAL "The Legion of Sissies" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2003 At least they gave Bobby Heenan fodder. "Beau is the one with blond hair" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dave O'Neill, Journalist Report post Posted November 11, 2003 Can someone please explain the whole Shaker Heights gag to me, maybe its because I'm Irish, and It's only something an American would get. Also, I remember my old sticker album saying they had a bitch -ass finisher. Anyone remember it???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2003 Shaker Heights, Ohio is a fairly well-to-do suburb of Cleveland. They've got shopping centers, one way roads, and more buildings. I really can't imagine the WWF using Shaker Heights of all the cities in the U.S. of A. The only way I've ever heard of it is because I live about 10 minutes away from the city . . . but I almost NEVER drive through there because of the confusing roads. Seems like half of them are one way . . . What the Fuck?!? You'll come to a 6 way intersection and see Do Not Enter/One Way signs everywhere. It's the drizzling shits driving through there at night. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace309 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2003 I think their finisher was, like, one doing a backdrop and the other catching it and pulling the opponent into a kneeling x-factor-type move. I know it was called the Shaker Heights Spike. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deancoles 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2003 it was basically a double flapjack.They used the Spike Piledriver for a month or 2 then used the Shaker Heights Spike.I have a tape where one of them beats Bret Hart but Sgt Slaughter reverses the decision. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted November 12, 2003 Ohh, I still mark for the theme music. it is pretty baddass!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2003 Ohh, I still mark for the theme music. it is pretty baddass!!!! It's badass because it is as far from badass as you can get without delving into the completely gimmicky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2003 Oh you know what would've been REALLY cool? If that Project Greenlight film, "The Battle of Shaker Heights" or whatever, incorporated the Beverly Brothers in some way shape or form. Now THAT is obscure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeDirt 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2003 At Survivor Series 91 they pin one of the Bushwhackers with the SHS...a flapjack into a kneeling X-factor. Very cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
