Quick Quips: 1980s Classic “No Holds Barred”

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– Something a little different here but I figured why not. We all love a good Rip!

– I don’t think I ever notice that they used the white leather WWF title. Wonder if that was left over from the Warrior’s run or vice versa.

– Not sure of Kurt Fuller is supposed to be playing Vince McMahon or McMahon’s vision of Ted Turner.

– The director of this movie has gone on to have a pretty successful TV directing career. I never would have guessed watching this movie.

– “What’s that smell?!”
“Doooookkkkiiieeee!” – The man who said this infamous line actually has the character name of “Dukey”.

– Wonder if Linda liked Hogan checking out the woman lead over & over again.

– Did You Know: The guy who played Rip’s brother Randy is actually Mark Pellegrino. You may recognize him as the actor who played Jacob on Lost.

– Wrestlers you can see in No Holds Barred:
Bill “Ax” Eadie
Jesse Ventura
Jos LeDuc
Stan Hansen
“Duke of Dorchester” Pete Doherty
Jeep “Ultimate Solition” Swenson

– Zeus’ debut with his belly cut prison shirt, chokeslamming a waitress was a better heel debut than anything WWE’s produced in 10 years.

– If Mike Tyson could get into the Hall of Fame, surely Zeus can’t be far behind.

– Who goes on a business trip & does pack pajamas, only her bra & panties? So unprofessional.

– Okay, definitely didn’t get that masturbation joke when I was a kid.

– Woah, woman beater!

– This movie’s arc: action-action-romantic comedy-man on woman violence-action-action. It’s like a 2000s era episode of Nitro.

– I get it now! Skip Sheffield isn’t doing a Terminator gimmick. He’s doing a Zeus gimmick!

– Anyone who saw Ultimate Warrior’s WCW run will surely remember this mirror scene.

– How is this the only time I’ve seen a wrestler use cinder block bashing as training? Seems so logic.

– It’s like they shot this final match during a taping of WCW Saturday Night.

– Does this ring seriously have 8 sides?

– No one was bothered that Zeus just tried to impale Rip? The people in this movie believe this is a shoot fit so shouldn’t they be worried about witnessing a potential murder?

– Zeus’ selling style is very reminiscent of Johnny Ace taking that GTS last week.

– God I completely forgot how awesome the lead song from this movie is.

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