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This is very frequent in Pro Wrestling. Say Promotion A doesn't have enough actual wrestling to fill the entire show, what do they do? Give some wrestler, often a [[Heel]] or a smart mouthed [[Face]], his own talk show, of course. The talk show isn't really a talk show as much as it is a few chairs, or a couch, in the ring and the host simply runs his mouth. |
This is very frequent in Pro Wrestling. Say Promotion A doesn't have enough actual wrestling to fill the entire show, what do they do? Give some wrestler, often a [[Heel]] or a smart mouthed [[Face]], his own talk show, of course. The talk show isn't really a talk show as much as it is a few chairs, or a couch, in the ring and the host simply runs his mouth. |
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Not to be confused with ''[[Jerry Springer]]'' and its ilk. |
Not to be confused with ''[[Jerry Springer]]'' and its ilk. |
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* Piper's Pit, hosted by "Rowdy" [[Roddy Piper]], was the [[Trope Codifier]] in the 1980s and included incidents such as Piper cracking Jimmy Snuka over the head with a coconut, beating up a jobber named Frankie Williams, spraying Morton Downey Jr. with a fire extinguisher, and himself getting Super Kicked by [[Shawn Michaels]]. |
* Piper's Pit, hosted by "Rowdy" [[Roddy Piper]], was the [[Trope Codifier]] in the 1980s and included incidents such as Piper cracking Jimmy Snuka over the head with a coconut, beating up a jobber named Frankie Williams, spraying Morton Downey Jr. with a fire extinguisher, and himself getting Super Kicked by [[Shawn Michaels]]. |
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[[Category:Talk Show With Fists]] |
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