Who Is Steve DiSalvo??
Steve Lapommeray
Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
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Jeff Amdur
In article <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net>, slap...@nway.net (Steve
Lapommeray) wrote:
> Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
Without condescencion, without profanity, I present a simple response.
Read the FAQ, please. The DiSalvo saga is there.
(Before reading the FAQ, you may want to call out the FBI with a request
for them to locate the missing Dominic Macika. Little Guido and J.T. will
find Dominic and will serenade him with continuous stanzas of "Fly Me to
the Moon" until he posts an updated FAQ)
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Beware of the Bulldog
>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
>
Stampede Wrestling, Stu Hart's promotion out of Calgary. He was pretty
good considering his size. He has wrestled very short stints in the WWF
and in WCW/NWA as the Minotaur, which is supposed to be some greek
mythological creature I believe. If you are familiar with Ted Arcidi or
Bill Kazmair, both by the way were wrestlers in Stampede and faced Steve,
Steve had a build as big as their, but a little more chiselled.
DAVID JINKS
He also used to be known as Steve Strong when he was in the Quebec
wrestling circuit in the early to mid eighties. His big move, as I recall,
was a tremendously powerful clothesline that he would deliever while standing
stationary in front of his opponent. He was generally known as a loose
cannon.
Dave
Ray Musgrave
Lance Visser wrote:
>
> In <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net> slap...@nway.net (Steve Lapommeray) writes:
>
> +>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
>
> The old (original) ultimate warrior.
Disalve used to compete in Stampede. He also competed elsewhere as Steve
Strong, and in WCW as the Minotaur.
Lance Visser
Le Metropolitain
>In <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net> slap...@nway.net (Steve Lapommeray) writes:
>+>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
I mentioned once before that the first time I saw UW in the WWF I was
sure it was DiSalvo, whom I had seen recently as Stunning Steve Strong.
What promotion was that?
I moved a couple of months ago and I've been tracking down new video stores with a
decent selection of wrestling tapes. One has a tape featuring none
other than Steve Strong. I'll have to get it sometime.
Francesca
IrwinL
>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
>
>
It's all in the FAQ, but in a nutshell, DiSalvo is a jobber who wrestled
in the WWF and was briefly in the WCW as the Mantaur.
One day someone jokingly posted that he was the Ultimate Warrior during
the time when everyone was unsure if people other than Jim Hellwig were
wrestling as the warrior. From then on Steve DiSalvo became the joke
answer to every "Who is that masked wrestler" question on RSPW.
Irwin Lazar
irw...@aol.com
jmla...@ivory.trentu.ca
In article <1996Jun2...@alumni.laurentian.ca>, a00...@alumni.laurentian.ca (DAVID JINKS) writes:
>In article <4qbt3j$n...@kryten.awinc.com>, qgin...@mlc.awinc.com (Beware of the Bulldog) writes:
>>>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
>
>> Stampede Wrestling, Stu Hart's promotion out of Calgary. He was pretty
>> good considering his size. He has wrestled very short stints in the WWF
>> and in WCW/NWA as the Minotaur, which is supposed to be some greek
>> mythological creature I believe. If you are familiar with Ted Arcidi or
>> Bill Kazmair, both by the way were wrestlers in Stampede and faced Steve,
>> Steve had a build as big as their, but a little more chiselled.
>
> He also used to be known as Steve Strong when he was in the Quebec
>wrestling circuit in the early to mid eighties. His big move, as I recall,
>was a tremendously powerful clothesline that he would deliever while standing
>stationary in front of his opponent. He was generally known as a loose
>cannon.
>
>Dave
His stint in International Wrestling in Quebec (circa 1984 - 86)
saw him wrestle as a heel. His biggest feud was with Rick Martel
but there were others, most notably with Abdulla and David
Schultz. His finishing moves were a piledriver and an elbow
off the second rope. He was a face for a while in Stampede,
(1988 - 89) against the late Larry Cameron, Mankhan Singh and others.
He gave good interviews and was a skilled worker for his size;
he must have spent an awful lot of time in the gym - or
whatever - to develop that build.
BTWhite
>
> The old (original) ultimate warrior.
Where the hell do you get that from?!? The Ultimate Warrior has ALWAYS
been Jim Hellwig. That crap about an "original" Ultimate Warrior who died
was a big hoax.
Todd
Donald Martin
Le Metropolitain (lem...@io.org) wrote:
: >In <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net> slap...@nway.net (Steve Lapommeray) writes:
: >+>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
: I mentioned once before that the first time I saw UW in the WWF I was
: sure it was DiSalvo, whom I had seen recently as Stunning Steve Strong.
: What promotion was that?
That was "Sadistic" Steve Strong and it was in Superstars of Wrestling,
an affiliate of the AWA.
Ray Musgrave
BTWhite wrote:
>
> Lance Visser wrote:
> >
> > In <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net> slap...@nway.net (Steve Lapommeray) writes:
> >
> > +>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
> >
>
> Where the hell do you get that from?!? The Ultimate Warrior has ALWAYS
> been Jim Hellwig. That crap about an "original" Ultimate Warrior who died
> was a big hoax.
>
> Todd
The rumor about the "original" UW dying is one that I just hate. The
funny thing is that you can't seem to convince casual fans that it's a
bold-faced lie. "Oh, he was so much smaller when he came back..." Sure,
maybe...This is one of the first times I've seen this issue addressed on
the newsgroup. It may have been addressed before, but I'm somewhat new in
these parts. It's good to see it get laid to rest to an extent.
Mat Findlay
irw...@aol.com (IrwinL) wrote:
>In article <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net>, slap...@nway.net (Steve
>Lapommeray) writes:
>>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
>>
>>
>It's all in the FAQ, but in a nutshell, DiSalvo is a jobber who wrestled
>in the WWF and was briefly in the WCW as the Mantaur.
No. No. No. Steve DiSalvo has never been in the WWF as a jobber. He
was in AWA as "The Strangler" Steve Strong and "Sadistic" Steve
Strong. He made appearances in Calgary Stampede wrestling as simply
Steve Disalvo. I remember he used to do all this mystic crap, and
Makhan Singh (Now Bastion Booger) threw salt in his eyes, thus
blinging him for months... DiSalvo had to wear a mask, but it was only
on the top part of his face, so it kept falling off.
Also in Calgary Stampede wrestling, his arms kept on getting bigger
and bigger every week... I think near the end of his stint there, they
were like "42 inch pythons."
In a nutshell, He is not Mantaur.
"A man has two things in this world... His word, and his balls...
Or is that three things?"
-Jeff Goldblum - Deep Cover
Take it EEZ...
Mat. <tet...@interlog.com>
Shur...@bigeasy.com
In article <4qnbcs$m...@news.interlog.com>
tet...@interlog.com (Mat Findlay) wrote:
I remember hearing about a guy named Judah Rosenbloom who had an EVEN MORE
Santanic gimmick than Kevin Sullivan and about some guy named "The Zodiac"who was based
on the "Original California"Zodiac Killer in a way.
Rosenbloom also managed Jason The Terrible.Can anyone give me background on Rosenbloom?
ja...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
: No. No. No. Steve DiSalvo has never been in the WWF as a jobber. He
: was in AWA as "The Strangler" Steve Strong and "Sadistic" Steve
: Strong. He made appearances in Calgary Stampede wrestling as simply
: Steve Disalvo. I remember he used to do all this mystic crap, and
: Makhan Singh (Now Bastion Booger) threw salt in his eyes, thus
: blinging him for months... DiSalvo had to wear a mask, but it was only
: on the top part of his face, so it kept falling off.
I barley remember DiSalvo wearing a mask but I do not remember
the mystic crap stuff. I do remember The Zodiac doing all that crap with
Jason The Terrible aka Karl "The Jackal" Moffat before Jason turned face.
I remember Gama Singh wearing a mask because he was burnt by a fireball
he was going to throw into The Cobra's face but the Cobra <remember him?
They weren't sure where he was from bt it night have been Uganda> batted
Gama's hands up into his faced and Gamma was burned by his own fireball.
: Also in Calgary Stampede wrestling, his arms kept on getting bigger
: and bigger every week... I think near the end of his stint there, they
: were like "42 inch pythons."
He was on steroids big time. He had some acne on his face at the
time as well. It was obvious.
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email: ja...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Brian
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: Re: Who Is Steve DiSalvo??
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vis...@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes:
>In <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net> slap...@nway.net (Steve Lapommeray) writes:
>+>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
> The old (original) ultimate warrior.
*moan* I thought this rspw rumour died a year ago? *groan*
Steve DiSalvo was NEVER the Ultimate Warrior. This was a rumour posted on
rspw a few years ago that lived on as an inside joke for WAY too long.
Please let it die.
Brian Lewis
still posting from a second account :(
email: lew...@gov.on.ca
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Donald Martin
: >In article <4q9pli$h...@beta.nway.net>, slap...@nway.net (Steve
: >Lapommeray) writes:
: >>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
: >>
: >>
: >It's all in the FAQ, but in a nutshell, DiSalvo is a jobber who wrestled
: >in the WWF and was briefly in the WCW as the Mantaur.
: No. No. No. Steve DiSalvo has never been in the WWF as a jobber. He
Yes he was a WWF jobber for about three matches. I can still hear Vince
growling the name "Steve DiSalvo" in my mind as if it were yesterday.
;)
Mat Findlay
>I remember hearing about a guy named Judah Rosenbloom who had an EVEN MORE
>Santanic gimmick than Kevin Sullivan and about some guy named "The Zodiac"who was based
>on the "Original California"Zodiac Killer in a way.
>Rosenbloom also managed Jason The Terrible.Can anyone give me background on Rosenbloom?
Well, I think the "Strangler" gimmick for Disalvo was supposed to be
based on the Boston Strangler, who's last name was also DiSalvo...
Mat Findlay
> I barley remember DiSalvo wearing a mask but I do not remember
>the mystic crap stuff. I do remember The Zodiac doing all that crap with
>Jason The Terrible aka Karl "The Jackal" Moffat before Jason turned face.
>I remember Gama Singh wearing a mask because he was burnt by a fireball
>he was going to throw into The Cobra's face but the Cobra <remember him?
>They weren't sure where he was from bt it night have been Uganda> batted
>Gama's hands up into his faced and Gamma was burned by his own fireball.
Oh, yeah... The Great Gama... He wore a turban, and I remember Owen
Hart tying one end of the turban around Gama's throat and the other
end to a ring rope, and then Irish Whipping him over and over again,
thus choking Gama... They had that whole Arabic thing going on with
that manager Abu Wees-Al... The Weasel.
Disalvo's mask was cool until he tried to do some funky thing to the
bottom so his lower face would show... But in doing that, he made it
so the mask would keep slipping during his matches.
>: Also in Calgary Stampede wrestling, his arms kept on getting bigger
>: and bigger every week... I think near the end of his stint there, they
>: were like "42 inch pythons."
> He was on steroids big time. He had some acne on his face at the
>time as well. It was obvious.
But they weren't 42 inches... I'm not making that up. They seriously
said that his arms were that big.
Mat Findlay
>: No. No. No. Steve DiSalvo has never been in the WWF as a jobber. He
>Yes he was a WWF jobber for about three matches. I can still hear Vince
>growling the name "Steve DiSalvo" in my mind as if it were yesterday.
This would have to be some time ago and during a point where I didn't
get to watch wrestling for a while, because I would definately have
remembered it... I'm something of a Steve DiSalvo fan, to be honest.
Mat Findlay
>>In a nutshell, He is not Mantaur.
>>
>No, but he *was* the Minotaur in WCW very briefly about 5 or 6 years ago (and
>in Puerto Rico after that).
Yes, that is true... But Minotaur and Mantaur are not the same thing.
Canadian Sensation
>
> Shur...@bigeasy.com wrote:
>
> >I remember hearing about a guy named Judah Rosenbloom who had an EVEN MORE
> >Santanic gimmick than Kevin Sullivan and about some guy named "The Zodiac"who was based
> >on the "Original California"Zodiac Killer in a way.
>
> >Rosenbloom also managed Jason The Terrible.Can anyone give me background on Rosenbloom?
>
> Well, I think the "Strangler" gimmick for Disalvo was supposed to be
> based on the Boston Strangler, who's last name was also DiSalvo...
gimmack was like the friday 13th movies, zodiac just acted like a
wrestler/manager for the two, no satanic stuff, just stuff like "we're
the best, we're mystic, fear us...". later mystic would betray jason and
they fought a loser takes off his mask. jason won, and the announcers
said"hey!it so & so, he's a wrestler in another league, he's not allowed
to wrestle here..." and zodiac was never seen again. jason went on,
grrr's and all. strangler steve, just a name,like hitman hart. afterall
the hitman doesn't pretend he's a killer for higher, just a name...>
>
Travis Cook
> the best, we're mystic, fear us...". later mystic would betray jason and
> they fought a loser takes off his mask. jason won, and the announcers
> said"hey!it so & so, he's a wrestler in another league, he's not allowed
> to wrestle here..." and zodiac was never seen again. jason went on,
Didn't it turn out to be Barry O?
> the hitman doesn't pretend he's a killer for higher, just a name...>
Although it would make a hell of an angle if he did! He'd be a member of
the Canadian Mafia, right? Oh, I know, Stu could play the Godfather!!!!
(or is that Grandfather?)
Like I've said to my fellow MoMutants many times...In the name of good
taste, don't ever let me book, ever!
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c59...@showme.missouri.edu
"Ooh, you're such a ladykiller, super sexy mister,
I bet you're still there, posing in the mirror."--Lush
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Canadian Sensation
>
> On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Canadian Sensation wrote:
>
> > the best, we're mystic, fear us...". later mystic would betray jason and
> > they fought a loser takes off his mask. jason won, and the announcers
> > said"hey!it so & so, he's a wrestler in another league, he's not allowed
> > to wrestle here..." and zodiac was never seen again. jason went on,
>
> Didn't it turn out to be Barry O?
later they became buddies,
> > the hitman doesn't pretend he's a killer for higher, just a name...>
>
> Although it would make a hell of an angle if he did! He'd be a member of
> the Canadian Mafia, right? Oh, I know, Stu could play the Godfather!!!!
> (or is that Grandfather?)
> canadian mafia!?! yeah right, not here, all our big criminals are from
other countries(hellsangle, triads,etc) unless of course you mean
the canadian federal goverment, talk about your bigtime corrupted crooks.
Brian Barnson
>>>>Who is Steve DiSalvo anyways?
<snip>
>>Also in Calgary Stampede wrestling, his arms kept on getting bigger
>>and bigger every week... I think near the end of his stint there, they
>>were like "42 inch pythons."
I saw him once at the local 7-11 in Calgary. He was coming out
as I was going in and the door wasn;t big enough for both of us. He was
about the widest person I've ever seen, not too tall(less than 6' I think)
but amazingly wide. I suspect he might be an example of the outer
limits of steroid use.
Brian, in Calgary
Jason Medwid
Travis Cook <c59...@showme.missouri.edu> writes:
>On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, Canadian Sensation wrote:
>> the best, we're mystic, fear us...". later mystic would betray jason and
>> they fought a loser takes off his mask. jason won, and the announcers
>> said"hey!it so & so, he's a wrestler in another league, he's not allowed
>> to wrestle here..." and zodiac was never seen again. jason went on,
>Didn't it turn out to be Barry O?
Yup.
>> the hitman doesn't pretend he's a killer for higher, just a name...>
>Although it would make a hell of an angle if he did! He'd be a member of
>the Canadian Mafia, right? Oh, I know, Stu could play the Godfather!!!!
>(or is that Grandfather?)
I remember Bruce Hart referring to the Hart Boys as the Hart Mafia more
than once.
-- Jason