I hope you got your passport ready. We’re travelling to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in this latest edition of The Wrestling Time Machine.
(Content Warning: Blood, Violence, Weapons)
I hope you got your passport ready. We’re travelling to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in this latest edition of The Wrestling Time Machine.
(Content Warning: Blood, Violence, Weapons)
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Posted in 1990s, 1995, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Professional Wrestling, The Wrestling Time Machine, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, Wrestling, Wrestling Time Machine
Tagged "Big" Val Puccio, "Dirty" Dick Slater, "Flyboy" Rocco Rock, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff, "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson, "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, "The Taskmaster" Kevin Sullivan, 2 Cold Scorpio, Alex Wright, Antonio Inoki, Barry Horowitz, Beulah McGillicutty, Big Bubba Rogers, Big Dick Dudley, Big Van Vader, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, Booker T, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Bunkhouse Buck, Cactus Jack, Camp Cornette, Chris Candido, Cobra, Colonel Robert Parker, Dave Sullivan, Davey Boy Smith, Dean Douglas, Dean Malenko, Diamond Dallas Page, Diesel, ECW Tag Team Championships, ECW Television Championship, ECW World Heavyweight Championship, ECW World Tag Team Championships, ECW World Television Championship, Eddie Guerrero, Eric Bischoff, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Fatu, Goldust, Gorilla Monsoon, Hack Meyers, Hakushi, Harlem Heat, Henry O. Godwinn, Hulk Hogan, Isaac Yankem DDS, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Jim Cornette, Johnny Grunge, JT Smith, Kama, Kamala, Kimberly, King Mabel, Kurosawa, Little Snot Dudley, Luna Vachon, Marty Janetty, Maxx Muscle, Men on a Mission, Meng, Mikey Whipwreck, Mustafa Saed, New Jack, New Japan Pro Wrestling, NJPW, Owen Hart, Pitbull #1, Pitbull #2, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Raven, Raven's Nest, Razor Ramon, Referee Bill Alfonso, Referee Jim Molyneux, Rick Steiner, Road Warrior Hawk, Sargent Craig Pittman, Savio Vega, Scott "Flash" Norton, Scott Norton, Scott Steiner, Shane Douglas, Sir Mo, Sister Sherri, Skip, Skip & Sunny, Steve "Mongo" McMichael, Stevie Ray, Stevie Richards, Sting, Sycho Sid, Tatanka, The Bodydonnas, The British Bulldog, The Diamond Doll, The Dudley Boys, The Dungeon of Doom, The Gangstas, The Giant, The Hulk-A-Maniacs, The Master, The Million Dollar Corporation, The Pitbulls, The Public Enemy, The Renegade, The Sandman, The Shark, The Steiners, The Stud Stable, The Undertaker, The World Wrestling Federation, Tod Gordon, Tommy Dreamer, Tony Schiavone, Vince McMahon, WCW, WCW Clash of the Champions, WCW Clash of the Champions XXXI, WCW Collision in Korea, WCW World, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WCW World Tag Team Championships, WCW World Television Championship, Woman, World Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE, WWE Championship, WWE Intercontinental Championship, WWE SummerSlam, WWF, WWF Championship, WWF Intercontinental Championship, WWF SummerSlam, WWF Tag Team Championships, Yokozuna, Zodiac
With hits like The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, and the Yogi Bear franchise grown from series like The Ruff and Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show, Hanna-Barbera was a powerhouse in the burgeoning animated television series market. As shows like Atom Ant, Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt, Space Ghost, and Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles reached airwaves, the studio was quickly making superheroes a popular sight on Saturday mornings. DC Comics, who had previously seen its most popular character Superman animated for theaters in the 1940s and was about to take the nation by storm with the Batman television series, looked to edge into the lucrative market. In the 1950s, Adventures of Superman was a cultural phenomenon derailed by the untimely demise of its star George Reeves. A planned spin-off in the Adventures of Superboy never made it past the pilot but animation looked to be new ground to tread with the brand. Mort Weisinger, Superman editor for DC Comics and story editor for Adventures of Superman, approached young studio Filmation to tackle the project.
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Tagged DC Comics, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, Jerry Whitworth, super friends