Hidden Highlights 11.05.06: Issue #62
Posted by Prag-Thomlison on 11.05.2006
Umaga proves how smart he can be, RVD tries to escape from Test, Kip James gets cut off, Mr. Kennedy rubs his temples, Hulk Hogan steals from Ric Flair, and a plethora more!
Hidden Highlights
By JP Prag and James "JT" Thomlison
Issue #62
Intro
Hello everyone who can't decide between the Patriots/Colts and Cyber Sunday, and welcome back to Hidden Highlights!!
There are very few positive things on the Internet. It's more about everyone's negative view of what everyone else is trying to do.
— Eric Bischoff, Controversy Creates Ca$h
Hidden Highlight (n) – a small, hardly noticeable point that makes a big, positive difference. This could be anything from a wrestler putting extra emphasis into his moves to make it believable to a person in the background reacting while not the focus to the cameraman shaking the picture to create an effect. There are just so many unsung heroes of wrestling that it is impossible to cover them all.
Every week we take the top 3 Hidden Highlights from the biggest shows on television (RAW, ECW of SciFi, iMPACT, SmackDown!, and a PPV or television special if there is one). Plus we turn to you, the readers, to let us know all the Hidden Highlights you saw this, last, or any week in history. On top of all that, we explore the other issues that prove why this is the most positive article in the IWC.
JP: Team Hidden Highlights is the world where positivity lives. You can't let some Canadian moose take that from us.
JT: Moose?
JP: Yeah… did I mention I'm really tired.
JT: Only like 100 times.
JP: Well, unlike what someone suggested on the message board, we do all have "real" jobs. I'm a traveling consultant, you are support services, Randle is a grad student, Andy is an undergrad… you know what, it was amazing at all that we got TGPD3 together at all.
JT: That doesn't mean that people still shouldn't vote for us.
JP: Damn straight. We may have the most votes ever, but that doesn't mean we couldn't use a few more.
JT: All right people, you have your mission. Get out there and VOTE!!!
JP: And in the meantime, on with the Hidden Highlights!
Hidden Highlights for WWE RAW: Monday, October 30, 2006 by JP
JP: On the last week to Cyber Sunday (well, I guess things sort of happened in ECW and SmackDown!, too, but it is really a RAW PPV), the WWE did the hard sell of sorts. I just for the life of me cannot believe that Coachman got 74% of the vote. Do people really want an entertainment match over a real match? We IWC kids are so not connected to reality.
(3) Still a little shook up:
While interviewing John Cena, Todd Grisham was lambasted by his interviewee until he flipped out, screamed at Cena, and revealed that he wanted King Booker to kick his butt (talk about letting out your inner heel). But was great was in the moments after that when the two were staring each other down. Grisham, after that release, was still shaking so hard the microphone was visibly bobbing on screen. Excellent little touch that showed that even though he was able to let his feelings through, the experience was so nerve wracking that he still didn't have control. That is a real reaction, and one that this writer appreciated.
(2) Umaga am smarted:
Later in the evening, the Samoan bulldozer Umaga was put in a handicap match against Eugene and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. Well, more Duggan since Eugene cowered behind Lillian Garcia. First off, props to Lillian from trying to comfort Eugene, that was a Hidden Highlight unto itself. But the real Hidden Highlight goes to Umaga himself. That's right, you read that correctly: Umaga! After hitting Duggan with the Samoan spike, Duggan was rather close to the ropes. Even so, Umaga was smart enough to see his arms were close and pull them into Duggan's body. Though nobody has kicked out of the Samoan spike yet, Umaga just wanted to make sure that Duggan could not reach the ropes. Very smart thinking there.
(1) Royalty in the air:
I'm pretty sure we or a reader has covered this before, but it is just too good to pass up. First off, King Booker is quickly becoming the ruler of these very pages, and may soon have to get inducted into the Hidden Highlights Hall of Fame (which only Chris Jericho is in). Well, maybe we should wait until he retires. Ok, King Booker, you have a few years. Anyway, after making his way to the ring, King Booker had his hand raised in the air. But while he had his hand raised, he also extended his pinky! Add that to the list of little things King Booker does on every show that makes his character so great.
JT: That's so funny that you say that because that was in fact yours truly who pointed that out before! If you recall, I noted that in addition to the whole tea cup thing, some people consider the raised pinky similar to the middle finger, only it means "you're not worthy"! Look folks, this is issue 62. Doing the math of three for each show, including a PPV twice a month, plus – we'll say – 10 RWHH (not even counting classics, bonus HH, the one time HOF, etc etc), that equates to roughly fourteen hundred Hidden Highlights. We were bound to stumble into the same one twice at some point! You'll also note that JP said "add that to the list of little things he does on every show, so no shocker that he was the first to get a double HH!
Hidden Highlights for ECW on SciFi: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 by JP
JP: On All Hallows Eve the creatures were most certainly out. I agree with Dunn, Ariel most definitely should have dressed up as a normal person for her costume. By the way, did you notice that ECW had a new set? Yeah, that got absolutely NO fanfare. They've been using the "classic" ECW set plus a mini-tron for a while. Looks like a new set means they are serious about their new direction. The question is will they make ECW DIFFERENT or will it just end up looking LESS THAN (go read about branding a wrestling promotion in Controversy Creates Ca$h).
(3) Somebody has been reading us again:
I'm a little remise about using this one, but I think I will anyway. During Davari's ECW premier match against Shannon Morre, Davari was pulling out some impressive wrestling. Toward the end of the match, Davari was able to get Moore into a wristlock, and turned that wristlock into a front DDT without ever letting go. That is an excellent wrestling move that adds a lot of realism and looks great. The reason I'm remise to use it is because Joey Styles pointed it out. So the question is, is the real Hidden Highlight what Davari did or that Style pointed it out?
(2) Let me go!:
In the main event of the evening, RVD and Hardcore Holly teamed up to take on the Big Show and Test. Some time into the match, Test had RVD in a headlock and was trying to make his way into the corner to tag the Big Show in. Normally, a guy will just go along for the walk. Other times, he will punch his way out of a headlock to escape. VERY RARELY, though, do the two combine. While being dragged, RVD continued to pepper Test's kidneys with punches in order to try to escape, even though he knew that he was being dragged along for the tag. That added a lot of realism to the spot (a theme this week), and made it seemed like RVD was really trying to escape. Kudos to RVD for trying to make his way out, even though it wasn't necessary.
(1) Watch it, kid:
Also in the main event, Test found his way to the outside as RVD knocked him pretty hard against the guard rail. But did you see where Test landed? Or specifically: did you see who he landed on? There was a grip (a low-level production assistant) along the side that Test just got slammed in to. Poor kid, he just got squished. Just goes to show you; nobody is really safe around the wrestling ring. You never know what can happen!
JT: HAHAHAHAHA I love that one. I mean, it's bad enough that these guys are on the road WAY too much, probably get paid FAR too less, and get ZERO recognition for anything (except by us, the most positive in the IWC *achemvoteachem*). To top off it all off, he gets to bear the brunt of a man of Test's size crashing into him.
Hidden Highlights for TNA iMPACT: Thursday, November 2, 2006 by JT
JT: AJ continues the road to a shot at the NWA title by… winning the X-Division title! Sting tries to reach out to Jarrett …sort of, Killings is a man on a mission no matter who he faces, Daniels loses in a heartbreaker, and Rhino gains the upper hand in the ongoing feud with Christian (while taking out the Flock no less)!
(3) Sometimes, the powers at be really DO have the power!:
So after Ron Killings wins his way into the three way dance, The James Gang comes out to air their grievances. BG James cuts a little promo (both dissing Trips and Shawn while simultaneously [I believe] threatening to jumps ship to the E?), and then Kip comes up. First, TNA ("the upper echelon") cuts him off after "TNA, SPIKE TV!"…. so Kip goes up to the announce booth, grabs a "randomly placed" set of headphones and again, goes with the "TNA, SPIKE TV!..."… cut off again. So, he decides that the only way to address the people is to stand on the announce table and just yell his lungs off. He gets up, begins again with "TNA, SPIKE TV…"… and what do they do as he's about to finally spit it out? Go to commercial! It was the only way they could stop him. Great job by both Kip and the editing room to have a case of mini-continuity. They shut down two mic's, and being a "live" show, they had no option but to go to commercial (they even sold it by not showing the footage of what he said for the rest of the entire show) when he was about to go off on camera.
(2) Stop getting cocky, son, or it may cost you:
During the Christopher Daniels vs. Robert Roode match, Daniels went for the ___ in an attempt to bring Roode down for the shoulder pin. Roode does not let the weight momentum shift, and begins to shake his head "no". Daniels immediately realizes this, let's go of the move and shifts into a DDT! I'm actually giving this one to both men. First it was a nice job by Roode of selling his character who – in that situation – would take a moment to showboat because he *thought* he had the upper hand and was about to execute a Backbody Drop. Second, nice job by Daniels to realize that the move wasn't going to work, and capitalize on the split second hesitation by the cocky Roode, allowing him to still hit an offensive move and gain the upper hand in the match.
(1) History 101!:
Alright, kids, it's time for a history lesson! After all, following that Benoit debacle (which we'll get to later in the RWHH) I need to prove I've still got it in the history department! During the footage shot earlier in the day (for tnawrestling.com, nice little plug), AJ interrupted Chris Sabin and said, "Do you have ANY idea what Jerry Lynn has done for that title? Well, in kayfabe land, he really doesn't!
Chris Sabin had his debut match in TNA in April of 2003 – ironically in a match involving Jerry Lynn (who at the time, hadn't been champion for over six months). He became a full time member of the roster in May, in which – in his first match – he beat both Jerry Lynn and (champion) Amazing Red to win the X-Division title from AR. The following week, he lost to Jerry Lynn (in a 5-way) for the CW title (keep in mind, CW, not XD, and it was for WWA). Sabin then went on to do two things. For one, he beat three men – one of which was Jerry Lynn – to unify the XD and CW titles. Secondly, he participated in the first ever Ultimate X Match (which had NOTHING to do with Jerry Lynn).
And for the rest of his career, Sabin would only see Jerry Lynn in tag action (as his partner).
The thing to keep in mind is that before, during, or after Sabin becoming a part of the promotion, Lynn NEVER held the title, so Sabin would naturally have no idea what AJ (who was the FIRST XD champ, mind you) was talking about, thus making Styles' comments completely valid (and he should know, considering not only was AJ around at the time, but spent a great deal of 2002 feuding with Jerry Lynn [and others, but consistently with Lynn] over the title).
JP: I liked how that segment came off in general. It was a backstage segment that let us "see what was going on behind the scenes" but without the magical floating camera and people talking about their evil plans or trying to have sex and think no one was listening/watching. Russo, that is the type of segment you want to produce more of to create "reality", not some of the more "different for the sake of being different" stuff. Go read what Eric Bischoff said about you in his book. Reborn or not, the points are valid on your style.
Hidden Highlights for WWE SmackDown!: Friday, November 3, 2006 by JT
JT: Rey and Chavo apparently haven't had enough (although, I can't blame the segment as it builds towards Benoit), the tag team champs retain, Booker needs a bodyguard, the Brothers of Destruction return, Helms continues to compete in non-title matches – but that may soon change, the Miz continues his streak, Lashley destroys Noble, and Batista has to play security to end the show! ..and man, did anyone see the last RAW "guy" almost get run over by the limo!
(Special Halloween Hidden Highlight!) You should never hesitate… or should you?:
Today, I'm going to give the Boogeyman some love. As he was making his way down the ramp, Krystal and Miz were in the ring. They cut to a shot of them, and Miz holds up his hand to imply "stop". At the EXACT second he did that, they cut to Boogeyman, who – briefly – did just that. He reared back and stopped, almost as if he was debating taking pity on them and not making his way down. Of course, five seconds later, he was back into "shake/dance/move" mode back towards the ring. Thought it was a good move on his part to use a small little move to participate in the interaction between himself and those two in the ring, even if they were twenty feet from each other.
JP: Did you just give the Boogeyman some love?
JT: Hey, we are the most positive people in the IWC, and love must be given where love is due.
JP: This wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Randle is way ahead of us and we have tons of ground to make up, would it?
JT: Of course not. I wouldn't even know that because my stupid browser (both at work AND at home) won't let me see the current results unless I vote, which I obviously can't because of the honor code. I was merely pointing out that we can find the good even the things we can't stand the most… which is a POSITIVE thing. Enjoying the show is what counts…
JP: …right. You're such a stand up guy… maybe you should just get to your Hidden Highlights.
JT: Fair enough.
(3) Get out of my head!:
As Taker and Kane were making their respective entrances to the ring for their tag match, MVP and Kennedy were standing on the outside not wanting any part of that ring until the match started. They went to a shot of Kennedy leaning against the announce table for about four seconds, and what was he doing? Rubbing his temples! Now, to me, you can look at that one of two ways.
1. Having to face these two particular men will give ANYONE a headache, and he was trying to make it go away, OR
2. The one I like, you can get psychological with it. What's the biggest M.O. of BOTH Kane and the Undertaker? They will get in-your-head. The announcer like to sell the fact that most wrestlers are psyched out before they ever step foot in the ring with them. We all know Kennedy has been a life-long fan of wrestling, and is WELL aware of what these two are capable of (he even talked about it in his promo earlier with MVP).
Either way, I like that Kennedy added that extra touch to sell the fact that – be it mental or physical – these guys will give you issues, even before you face them.
(2) Calling it down the middle:
During the tag match (man, how many times can I give these two teams fighting love?) between London/Kendrick and Stevens/James, Cole called Michelle McCool their "manager - so to speak". I thought this was a great job by Cole of not trying to sugar coat anything. I mean, let's think about this. She doesn't give them strategy. She doesn't ‘direct traffic' from the outside. She has no pull backstage with the GM; these are all things commonly associated with a managers "duties/abilities". About the only thing she does that's even remotely manager-like is interfere occasionally during a match. This is pretty much true of ALL current female "managers-so-to-speak". Yes, Sharmelle will get in Teddy's ear, and support Booker in the back and during a match, but she is the exception to the rule (Melina is somewhat but not all the way). The fact is, Michelle McCool is out there to look good and grab a leg now and then. After all, Sensational Sherri she is not. Just thought it was a nice job by Michael Cole to call it like it is for once.
(1) Where's my water?:
When Batista was going to get himself a drink, Booker questioned him leaving. As he left, Booker said "bring me one, would you?". Then we all say Dave walk outside, put on a one man show to get in the head of Booker, and head back in. Once inside, you may have noticed the only water Dave had was his own! Again, I have to go to the numbers system because I liked two things here:
1. Batista wants his belt back. He was there tonight for one job, and one job only. He even said it later ("I'm here to protect you, not open your door [to the limo]). Now, last time I checked, protecting someone doesn't include providing them with refreshments. Nice job by Dave to not forget that and help sell the "you aren't getting ANYTHING out of me other than protection" fact. AND
2. Booker didn't notice! Remember, he had just endured what he thought was an almost attack on him and Sharmelle. His blood was pumping, and he was worried. I thought this was a GREAT move by Booker to make sure that he was uber-concerned with their safety, as opposed to bitching about Big Dave not bringing him a water.
Great job by both men in my opinion.
And let's never forget:
JP: Again with that? You know what, I don't even want an explanation. Inside jokes that no one gets… yeah, that's a great way to build an audience!
Reader Write-in Hidden Highlights
Hidden Highlights aren't just for us to find and tell you about, but for you to spot and share with us. Don't just sit there and stare, but be a more active, attentive, and engaged viewer. Appreciate all the hard work that goes into making the wrestling we have the privilege to watch and then let us know what you caught this and every week.
This week JP gets to pick our Reader Write-in Hidden Highlights of the week.
JP: You readers have so much to say, you never give me any peace! Ah well, *GENERAL WARNING*:: some parts of the following Reader Write-in Hidden Highlights may be edited for grammar, spelling, and English translation…
JT: Interrupting!
JP: What a strange turn of events…
JT: I know, I know… but it's important! Before you get started this week, JP, allow me to correct myself. Apparently, I had a brain lapse of extreme proportions last week when I said that Kennedy had not only never beaten Chris Benoit, but the two had in fact never faced. Well, within hours of the issue going up, I heard from Floyd H.:
So Kennedy has never even faced Benoit, hasn't he? I suppose that match less than three weeks ago for the United States Championship doesn't count, then.
And Sharaf V.:
ammmmm... Benoit Defeated Kennedy 2 weeks ago for the US title.. duh.
JP: Duh indeed. Man JT, Mr. Editor of OWW, you really blew the pooch on that o—
JT: I'm AWARE thank you… Yes kids, what can I say? It was late (and I do mean LATE) and I obviously had a temporary case of memory lapse. At any rate, most of you probably didn't see it because I had it fixed within the first three hours of it going up on the site. We won't mention that neither JP nor Larry seemed to catc—
JP: Oh no you don't! You're not shifting blame on this one, buddy! That was YOUR disaster!
JT: Fair enough, however, the issue was still not over. Even after the error had been corrected, I got this from Jamie L.
You'll probably get a few emails about this but I'm sure I remember Kennedy....Kennedy beating Benoit on an episode of Smackdown not long after his debut. I distinctly remember him hitting Benoit with that top rope steam-roller thing he used to do anyway.
JT: Well, according to his profile on OWW, Ken Kennedy and Chris Benoit – before the U.S. Title match a few weeks ago – have never faced each other (it wasn't in Benoit's profile either). So, my apologies for the first error, and I cannot confirm or deny that the correction is in fact also an error. My suggestion? Flood Cook with emails on the matter! That, and go read THE GREAT POSITIVITY DEBATE 3. Yes, we shamelessly plug, because Randle gets last crack on Monday, and we're losing! Now, take it away JP!
JP: Ummmm… thank you? Well, since you took so much time to interrupt me, we'll be starting us off this week is regular RC, a little bit of SmackDown!, and something you'll love:
I might of caught a HH from last SD!. It's from when The Miz was in the ring with Krystal (I wonder how Peter Kent would of reacted to another weird hairdo of hers). So while he is talking The Boogeyman's music hits and what happens? The Miz just completely freezes in position and stares (looking really scared) towards the entrance where the Boogeyman is gonna come out from. But what does Krystal do? She looks somewhat casually towards the entrance (yes she did jump when the music hit but then she acted kinda normal) and doesn't seem to be aware of what a threat the Boogeyman is. So a few seconds later she looks at The Miz and the guy doesn't even recognize this, he is still not moving his eyes at all. Great sell by The Miz of how scary the Boogeyman is...but that isn't the HH. No, the HH is how Krystal reacts when she sees how scared The Miz is. Suddenly SHE starts acting all scared.
JP: I like how you twisted that back in the end. It was really Krystal not knowing what was going on and then reacting to the Miz's reaction. Definitely a good catch there! Poor JT, he had to read another Boogeyman one right off the bat! To make myself feel even better, here's my favorite lady from the Cape, the Pokemaster herself Katie and:
Right after Cryme Tyme finished talking with Lawler, a few moments later we hear him (since he has the headset back on) say that his watch is missing...and before we go to commercials, we hear that his wallet is missing too! It's clear Jerry got pick pocketed badly, but does this sound like a team we knew a few years back? ;) ...We miss you, Eddie. ;_;
JP: Actually, I hate to correct you on this, my dear, but Lawler actually yelled that his cell phone was missing before they went to break! He actually knew his wallet was still there because after hugging JTG, he checked all of his pockets, found his wallet, and gave Cryme Tyme the A-ok sign. So the fact that they stole his watch and cell phone instead makes that moment even better! Continuing on we have RB (which apparently stands for "Rolling Badass") and this interesting observation:
Hi Batman and Robin of the IWC. I was watching RAW last night and as Sgt Slaughter was trying to sway my vote I notice that the rank on his hat was not that of regular sergeant. It was of a Master Sergeant!!! Wouldn't that make him Master?
JP: I wonder which one of us is Batman? Anyway, that is fantastic catch. I know very little about military ranks, so that is a funny moment of the Serge to give himself a promotion after all this time. Excellent eye there. Moving on to Halloween… errr… ECW, Jeff C has several more from the main event:
Just wanted to point out a few HH during ECW on 10/31. These all occur during the same match involving the Human Highlight Reel: RVD. During the RVD/Holly vs Test/Big Show main event, Holly was about to be Vader bombed by the Big Show. RVD was in the corner waving him arms frantically telling Holly to move out of the way. When Show came down, Holly did move and The Big Show grabbed his knee. RVD immediately started clapping his hands and tried to rile up the crowd to motivate Holly to make the tag. When the tag was made, the first 3 or 4 offensive moves were to the injured leg of The Big Show.
Another HH occurred after Paul Heyman in the gorilla suit, raised both Big Show and Test's hands. Test looked at this figure with shock on his face until Heyman revealed himself, the look then turned to surprise. I'm not sure if Test was doing this to be cocky, or if he was really surprised that Heyman was under the mask. Heyman did the RVD thumb point right before ECW went off the air. Test was mouthing "RVD" as Heyman was doing this adding to his already arrogant persona.
JP: Man, that main event sure was chocked full of goodness. What more can I say than what is already written? Will Bryant instead will fill is in on something I most definitely missed:
I finally have another Hidden Highlight for you. It seems like it should be kind of obvious to anyone who was paying attention, but I still have one nevertheless.
On the Halloween edition of ECW, there was a costume contest. At one point, Ariel recoils from Trinity. The announcers ALMOST caught this one (it was a pretty visible recoil), but they missed out on exactly why she was recoiling: Trinity was wearing a cross necklace.
Then again, Tazz did comment that maybe she smelled of garlic, which would be in line with her being the Full Blooded Italians' valet. Hmm. Heh, I guess that's a double whammy.
JP: Holy crap, I totally didn't see it. I wondered what the heck was the matter with Ariel. Maybe I wasn't paying attention enough? Bad JP! Of absolutely no relation is John Bryant and one back on RAW:
Did anyone notice the positioning of Cena's hands? They were locked across Coach's throat instead of across his face like he usually does. Personally I think it was a sign of Cena being more ruthless in that match since he was arguably pissed off due to being jumped by Show & Booker T and then having Coach trying to humiliate him.
JP: Makes sense to me, Cena did have some extra things to take out on the Coach, and didn't want to let down the "74%" of the fans that voted Jonathan Coachman into that match. Anyway, I just wanted to put the two Bryants together. Instead, old timer Eric Quattro returned with an iMPACT:
I have two Hidden Highlights from TNA Impact on Thursday.
The first is from the confrontation between AJ Styles and Chris Sabin at the top of the show. AJ Styles was wearing a Midway shirt, which makes sense, because not only is Midway making TNA's game, but from the news reports on 411, AJ Styles was the first character rendered.
The second is Chris Sabin's music. It sounded like he is turning heel, and I noticed that his music started with only a single "Hail Sabin" rather than the few that normally start it. Now that he is heel, the crowd obviously wouldn't be behind him, chanting "Hail Sabin," so there's no need for it to really be a main part of his theme music anymore.
JP: I've always said that music is an amazing force and should be used very carefully. And thanks to reader Bram for also pointing out AJ's shirt. Just for that, I'll let you get in your one from RAW:
When the Edgend Killers were doing their promo in the beginning, they were both dressed in the dark green shirts with jeans. They weren't wearing the exact same shirts, but it was close enough. It came off as being kind of like a group presentation from middle school were everyone would agree to wear a white shirt and black pants or something, but one kid always ruins it by wearing a white t shirt. I'm not sure if that made sense, but the point is that its the thought that counts.
JP: Ok, that was pretty funny. I also like your name for the team better than Rated RKO. And I'm waiting for someone to make fun of them and call them the "Ratings Killers". Oh god, I shouldn't have written that one down. Well, too late to hit backspace now…
You have to check this one out. Former 411-associate correspondent John Dee wrote in from the Australian indies. This one is just fantastic. Check it out:
Hey there Gentlemen, how goes it?
Yes I am still alive.
Here's why I am writing: I myself was recently accused of being a hidden highlight.
I have recently started working with a local wrestling company as a manager and part time commentator. Well, up until recently I managed our secondary champion. At a show recently he was in a six man tag team match on the same team as our main champion. At the start of the match, the main champion gave me his belt and coat and glasses, I put them with the announcers, then my guy gave me his belt and I carried it round for the whole match.
After the match one of our refs came up and pointed out what I had done. Even though I could've held onto the main championship belt, I passed that on and held onto my guys belt, even though it was the secondary championship.
I didn't even think about it, I just did it.
But apparently the ref noticed and thought it was a nice "subtle touch" which to me, can only mean Hidden Highlight.
JP: Damn straight Dee! Nice catch there by… uh… the ref I guess. He gets credit for the write in. Hope everything is going great down there, and glad to hear you are having some success. We miss you here in the hallowed pages of 411mania, so be sure to keep us up to date! In the meantime, we start to wrap up with Jimmy C and a Classic Hidden Highlight:
Just thought I'd drop you a line about my favourite all time hidden highlight. You have probably covered it before and I've seen it a hundred times but it still gives me a kick every time.
It's from the Rumble in 92 during Mean Gene's interview with Ric Flair, Perfect and Heenan after Flair has won the title. Three of the best ever but its Mean Gene that provides the HH. I'm guessing (but I am probably right) that since the wrestling biz was on the bones of its arse in 92 there was not actually anyone but maybe other wrestlers etc there for the "press conference" for Flairs first WWF title win. Mean Gene not only welcomes the press but actually tells someone to, "Put that cigarette out!" and gives him a disgusted look and appears to point this person out to security while Perfect is talking. Just awesome from Mean Gene.
If you've not seen it or don't remember check it out
JP: I don't know how old you think this article is, but we have never covered this one before. That is an all time great, thanks for bringing it to our attention. Finally finishing this up is Matt Chewning who says:
I am going to SS in Philly, I will have a sign that says "My sign is a HH" it will say HH not Hidden Highlight.
JP: Why won't it say "Hidden Highlight"? You have got to work with me here. The word is: BRANDING! This isn't "HH", it's Hidden Highlights. Man, that's kind of lazy. Don't make me get all my peeps in Norristown and King of Prussia go looking for you. That's right, I used to live there, and we know how to roll in (north) west Philadelphia.
JT: An actual person who is the Hidden Highlight writing in to tell us that he's the Hidden Highlight? That might be an HH first! Greatness!
Do you have a Hidden Highlight from this or any week in history that you would like to share? Please e-mail JP..erT…er…us at jpjthidden@yahoo.com with your thoughts! Send them by Friday afternoon to be considered! And remember, they can be from any show, live or taped, or any house show, or anything you saw… we just like to know!
That Other Section
This week, JP has something for That Other Section.
JP: It's the best filler section on the planet…
Hidden Highlights for Hogan Knows Best: Sunday, October 29, 2006
JP: This week, the Hogan family went on a cruise for the Hulkster's birthday. At first, Hogan just couldn't relax and get out of the limelight. But after a while, people got used to him and his camera crew being around and let him be. I wonder where the camera crew slept?
(3) When did that happen?:
Towards the beginning of this week's adventures, Hulk started talking about some of the bumps he'd taken in the past. That is when he said that the "Undertake spiked me on the concrete in ‘74". Ummm… Hogan wasn't even wrestling in '74, and the two only wrestling in ‘91/'92 and '02. It seems that Hogan is losing a bit of what and when things happened in the world!
(2) Wooooooooooooo:
While going up to play the Not-So-Newly Wed Game with Linda, Hulk had a moment to walk the isle. And how did he do that? Why he strutted down the isle like Ric Flair! An interesting homage from the immortal one.
(1) Calm:
As noted above, Hulk and the rest of the Hogans became very calm and as the episode went on. But I believe it had more to do with something going out of their system them something going in to it. What do I mean? Well, did you notice the conspicuous lack of Red Bull this episode? Looks like getting that stuff out of your system for a few days helped calm everyone down and bring them back down to Earth. Hey, it's hard to calm down when you have a gallon of tuarine in you veins. Trust me on that one!
JT: I think this will be a nice spot for a weekly Cook update, and let me say, he has reported that he LOVED this episode!
Exit, stage left!
JT: Man, what a week. I'd get into it, but we just don't have the page count to allow me to do so. Thanks for all the emails as always, and have a great week my little Canasta fiends!
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