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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat

As I've noted before, pro wrestling and the Rick name go hand-in-hand. Rick Show has taught me a lot about wrestlers and their histories.  That's why we are talking about Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat.  
There are a few problems I have after doing my research, however:
First off, his birth name is Richard Henry Blood. Blood! His given name was Blood and he went by Steamboat?! (He took the Steamboat name from another Hawaiian wrestler, but still...seems like a waste)
Secondly, why you feel the need to add "The Dragon" when your last name is Steamboat, I don't understand. I feel like there's got to be something cool you could just do with Steamboat. I suppose that's why I'll never be tasked with creating a successful pro wrestler, though.

Here's his intro:

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4 comments:

  1. brumpelstiltskinAugust 2, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    In my book, this is another banner day for Rick Show. As was duly noted in the post, pro wrestling truly is the "rick that keeps of ricking."

    As for the "Why add 'The Dragon'?" question, it's an issue historians will continue to debate for millennia, but for what it's worth I would mention that Ricky would on occasion enter the ring wearing actual dragon costumes. Perhaps it was his favorite Halloween garb as a kid, and he wanted to leave open the possibility that he could continue to wear something comparable in his adulthood?

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  2. axeAugust 2, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    I think Dragon was added to make sure people knew he was Asian in ancestry. Dragon means Asian to WWF fans like Sarah Palin means smart to them.

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  3. PaulAugust 2, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    I alluded to this in the post, but this man's name was Richard Blood. That means that without the words "Ricky","the","dragon" and "Steamboat," it's easily possible we could have had a wrestler by the name of Dick Blood. Tell me that wouldn't pique some interest on a marquee or a fight card.

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  4. brumpelstiltskinAugust 2, 2012 at 1:20 PM

    Oh my goodness. I didn't even make the connection that -- if he had gone by his given surname + the nickname, Dick -- then that's what would have resulted. Wow. An opportunity missed by Vince McMahon's marketing team?

    On a side note, this whole situation reminds me of my favorite ex-New Hampshire candidate for U.S. Senate, whose name led the 1996 campaign into not dissimilar territory. If it wasn't too racy for mid-90s national politics, surely it wouldn't have been too racy for mid-80's professional wrestling!

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