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Guest Stunt Granny
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I'll have ya thrown outta here in a minute!!

Guest LooneyTune
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Not really. When paired off with Ventura and Heenan, he had a good compatability with them. With anyone else, he was dog shit who spouted off the same comments every show, kinda like Jim Ross today when with Jerry Lawler (or basically 99% of the time).

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Gorilla was A-1 all the way. Yeah, he had his chiches but most announcers do. His work calling MSG shows was excellent since he treated it the matches as legit sporting events by getting on the case of the referee if he felt he was slackin a little bit (whether it benfitted the heel or the face). Plus, he would often speak of the purse money.

 

The guy made Alred Hayes bearable, and that's hard to do.

Guest Trivia247
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Listen to him and Ventura get into almost a Shoot arguement over Elizabeth during the Hogan & Savage Wm5 match

 

Now that was realism that I had forgotten when I first watched this as a kid.

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At least Gorilla made the matches seem important, and would call them like legit athletic events. Can't say the same for JR all the time. As far as cliches go, all announcers have them...I don't think Gorilla used his quite as much as others, though my memory is hazy on that.

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Hell, I love Gorilla. I remeber back when I started watching wrestling full time (about '95) and rented old WWF tapes, and thinking "Wow, this Gorilla Monsoon guy is a pretty damn good announcer"

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"Brain, WILL YOU STOP?"

 

"intestinal fortitude"

 

"the irresistable force meeting the immovable object"

 

"the roof is LITERALLY coming off <arena name here>!"

 

Yeah, Gorilla had a few cliches, but so what? What can I say? I'm a mark for the guy. He was my favorite announcer of all time.

 

While we're on the subject of Gorilla, props to the Philly fans at WM15 for giving him the big ovation before the Brawl for All match. Considering the WWF was in full-blown "Attitude Era" mode and they were in Philly, prime ECW territory, I wasn't sure how Gorilla would be received. Good for that crowd.

 

RIP, Monsoon.

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Sometimes I watch old Manias and the like just to listen to Gorilla. I can't wait for 24/7 and PrimeTime.

 

What about this?

 

Gorilla: A shot to the external occiperal protuberance!

 

Jesse: The what?

 

Gorilla: The back of his head.

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Let's name them all.

 

(MOVE) and a beauty!

 

You're not gonna beat (NAME) that way

 

(NAME) is certainly someone to reckon with.

 

It's all over but the shouting

 

There's a whole lot riding on this one

 

What a miscarriage of justice!

 

Close, but no cigar

 

IT'S A HAPPENNING!

 

THE ELECTRICITY YOU CAN CUT IT WITH A KNIFE!

 

He's gonna get the winner's share of the purse money but not the title!

 

HOLY MACKERAL

 

He went to the well once too often

 

LOOK OUT

 

ABSOLUTELY NOT

 

If they were to arrest him for being a good wrestler dresser, they would be sending an innocent man to jail

 

Batten down the hatches

 

He's going to audition for the Vienna Boys' Choir

 

You can see the life LITERALLY oozing from his body

 

They're literally hanging from the rafters

 

Fountain of misinformation

 

The SRO only signs went out early today

 

He probably doesn't have any trouble getting a date on Saturday night

 

GIVE ME A BREAK

 

Come on referee!

 

Get the hot shower ready

 

We'll have to see what the championship committee thinks of this

 

THIS CROWD IS GOING BANANAS

 

Stick the fork in him he's done

 

A Pearl Harbor job

 

External occiperal protuberance

 

He was hit in the bread basket

 

The lower lumbar region

 

A shot to the solar plexus

 

This guy doesn't have $30 tied up in wardrobe including his watch

 

Beating him like a red-headed stepchild

 

WILL YOU STOP?

 

intestinal fortitude

 

the irresistable force meeting the immovable object

 

the roof is LITERALLY coming off <arena name here>!

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Gorilla: A shot to the external occiperal protuberance!

 

Jesse: The what?

 

Gorilla: The little bump in the back of the head.

That one is my favorite. Sorry I edited it a bit, Machismo.

 

You missed: Holy Mackarel!

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Gorilla: A shot to the external occiperal protuberance!

 

Jesse: The what?

 

Gorilla: The little bump in the back of the head.

That one is my favorite. Sorry I edited it a bit, Machismo.

 

You missed: Holy Mackarel!

Another one of my favorites. Heck, they're all good.

 

I added the ones I missed.

Guest LooneyTune
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The thing that Gorilla was shitty at was always complaining. He either complained about a wrestler, a wrestlers manager or even the referees. Plus when doing face/face commentary, it wasn't interesting. No back and forth debating, just a lot of agreeing. Thats why Gorilla was always great with Ventura and Heenan. They dragged some good material out of him with arguments.

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I've always had a soft spot for Gorilla egging Bobby on after Flair came out at #3 in the 92 Rumble. I'll watch it again for old times sake.

Guest Pariah
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The Fink: And the wrestler that drew number two...

 

Gorilla: RIC FLAIR! Hahaha

 

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Next entrant

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Gorilla: It's Flair... Kiss the meal ticket goodbye Brain!

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Not really. When paired off with Ventura and Heenan, he had a good compatability with them. With anyone else, he was dog shit who spouted off the same comments every show, kinda like Jim Ross today when with Jerry Lawler (or basically 99% of the time).

What a miscarriage of justice!

Guest dreamer420
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I always loved when everytime someone use an abdominal stretch, Gorilla would point out how the wrester was doing it wrong. Everytime, I swear.

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Or a full nelson.

 

"But does he have the fingers locked?"

 

He said the same thing at SummerSlam 1991 when Perfect hit the PerfectPlex and Hart kicked out. I always loved that one for some reason.

 

Jason

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Or a full nelson.

 

"But does he have the fingers locked?"

 

He said the same thing at SummerSlam 1991 when Perfect hit the PerfectPlex and Hart kicked out. I always loved that one for some reason.

 

Jason

Ha. I am watching WM7 and Warlord put the nelson in BB and he said:

 

"I don't think he has the fingers locked!"

 

Ha!

 

He repeated it!

 

And then he said "They're separated!"

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And who could forget any reference to the "Terry Garvin school of self-defense"?

 

When I was a kid in the '80s, I'd hear it, and wonder if Terry Garvin was an excellent trainer of wrestlers, completely and blissfully ignorant of his sexual preferences.

 

-Ben

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