Have you ever heard of a Hanukkah Rules match? I must have been out that day in Hebrew school, but Wrestling Pro Wrestling is all about the Festival of Lights. Mr. Burbank takes on The Hobo (sadly, not Blade Braxton) in what me be one of the grossest rings I’ve ever seen.
While I may question the validity behind these “Hannukah Rules” or their general understanding of the holiday, at least no one was piledriven onto a plate of latkes.
Even the land of Extreme was not immune to the holiday spirit. ECW celebrates Christmas the only way they knew how: with Big Dick Dudley growling at Bubba Ray Santa, random clips, and music that they almost certainly didn’t pay to use.
I never watched the AWA when it was active, so most of my knowledge comes from reruns on ESPN Classic and this here site. And what Wrestlecrap introduced me to was the wonder and magic of the Team Challenge Series and The Great American Turkey Hunt. It’s one thing to read about it. It’s another to actually see it.
Colonel DeBeers vs Jake “The Milkman” Milliman. Fighting over a turkey. On a pole. In a pink room. With no crowd. Just a couple of bored security guards standing around the ring.
AWA went out of business only 2 years later, you say? Shocking!
The worst part? We never got the natural follow-up of someone getting a pumpkin pie in the face.
In 1996, our friend Bill Apter had the distinct pleasure to give Hulk Hogan Pro Wrestling Insider’s Most Hated Wrestler Of The Year award.
I love that they actually gave him a plaque. I wonder if it’s hanging up in Hulk Hogan’s Wrestling Shop. That’s a piece of wrestling memorabilia I’d actually consider buying.