Young RockThe show’s final episode, “In The Dark,” dates back to 1987 when Johnson was 15 years old and living in Nashville. At the time, Johnson’s father, Rocky Johnson, was wrestling for the Continental Wrestling Association in Memphis and the ring had been reduced to a Rocky Wrestling promotion multiple times. Flashbacks begin with Johnson confronting Jeff Jarrett and winning a wetsuit rope, then moves on to a later time when Johnson confronts the Yorkof Crusher – known today as Bam Bam Bam Bigelow.
Jerry Lawler appeared at the commentary table and interviewed the wrestlers (joking about the “applause” going on) while downtown Bruno (Harvey Whippleman) runs Jarrett and Bigelow. According to Cagematch, no matches actually took place, although Johnson would wrestle for the CWA multiple times throughout 1987.
Brian Gewirtz, former WWE lead writer and executive producer for Young Rock, spoke with ComicBook recently and talked about how fun it is to recreate classic wrestling shows. The 1983 and ’87 periods both feature iconic matches, while the ’96 era will see the WWF’s rookie year.
“It’s so much fun to step into a time capsule and every time I’m on set, I start shooting land of a thousand dances video song [from] WWF: Wrestling Album [from]Gewirtz said in 1985, which I had on vinyl. “These guys, the actors themselves, take so much pride in emulating characters and doing really deep dives and research, connecting with real people when possible. In season one, they became almost universal, not just the actors, but the crew as well being giant wrestling fans. It’s hard not to You do it when you embody these characters and on set every single day.And obviously working alongside Chavo Guerrero, our wrestling coordinator, he really is the best in the world at this in terms of putting these scenes together and working on GLOW and many other projects.
“They started hanging around,” he continued. “It was like being in the locker room again and seeing those bonds form and all. It’s tough when we’re shooting in Australia, it’s not like there are a lot of wrestlers on speed dial that we can bring in. Thankfully, Chavo set up some Relationships and we were able to get some local Australian wrestlers to play local Hawaiian wrestlers or wrestlers in Hawaii and we were able to take the bumps and do that kind of thing. For the most part, the actual actors take the bumps. We obviously do it safely on the crash pad and everything else from angles. Different, but Joe Anderson learns how to kick the kick. He can also do a natural stride. Andre the Giant, Matt Willig, hits people. Kevin McKelley is Randy Savage, doing an elbow throw from the top of a rope… All of these guys are really, so proud of her and they’ve become a huge fan Basic. That’s always, personally, and I think I’m not alone in the Young Rock group, when we shoot wrestling one day, especially with the ’80s group and all these guys together, it’s always more fun.”
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