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JBL has shared another story from his wrestling days. This time, he explained that he was due for a major push as Justin 'Hawk' Bradshaw, but this came to a halt after referee Tim White botched part of the match.
JBL is talking about the Team Gunn vs Team Gunn match at Survivor Series 1996. All four members of the heel team (Billy Gunn, Justin Hawk Bradshaw, The Sultan and Salvatore Sincere) were in line for major pushes, and were expected to dominate the face team (Bart Gunn, Jesse James, Bob Holly and Aldo Montoya). But towards the end of the match, Bradshaw kicked out of a pin attempt by James, and the referee still counted him down.
JBL was initially blamed for the botch, but officials realised that White made the mistake. The Justin Hawk Bradshaw gimmick was binned a few months later.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>JBL's story</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
JBL shared a story about how his path to a major WWE push was derailed by a botched referee's call on his Facebook page. JBL was referring to the 1996 Survivor Series when he was wrestling as the long-haired "Bradshaw" character.
"My first Survivor Series my team was to go over and it was to be my first big push. It was one of first times refs used ear pieces, or at least, different ear pieces. So, I do a 'false finish' and Tim White counts me out! I had kicked out on '2,' but Tim was listening to someone in his ear and wasn't paying attention. He looked up and said, 'Oh my God, kid, I am so sorry,' but then had to pantomine he was sending me out of ring."
"I got to the back and was chewed out, I couldn't stooge Tim so I just took it-later they realized Tim made a mistake and told me they were sorry. It was my pal Gerald Brisco that had chewed me out as he ran 'Gorilla' back then. My push was killed and pretty much so was 'Justin Hawk Bradshaw,' but that is a different story-which I'll tell later. I thought about this today as I was reading some tweets from folks about Survivor Series."
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JBL is talking about the Team Gunn vs Team Gunn match at Survivor Series 1996. All four members of the heel team (Billy Gunn, Justin Hawk Bradshaw, The Sultan and Salvatore Sincere) were in line for major pushes, and were expected to dominate the face team (Bart Gunn, Jesse James, Bob Holly and Aldo Montoya). But towards the end of the match, Bradshaw kicked out of a pin attempt by James, and the referee still counted him down.
JBL was initially blamed for the botch, but officials realised that White made the mistake. The Justin Hawk Bradshaw gimmick was binned a few months later.
<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>JBL's story</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>
JBL shared a story about how his path to a major WWE push was derailed by a botched referee's call on his Facebook page. JBL was referring to the 1996 Survivor Series when he was wrestling as the long-haired "Bradshaw" character.
"My first Survivor Series my team was to go over and it was to be my first big push. It was one of first times refs used ear pieces, or at least, different ear pieces. So, I do a 'false finish' and Tim White counts me out! I had kicked out on '2,' but Tim was listening to someone in his ear and wasn't paying attention. He looked up and said, 'Oh my God, kid, I am so sorry,' but then had to pantomine he was sending me out of ring."
"I got to the back and was chewed out, I couldn't stooge Tim so I just took it-later they realized Tim made a mistake and told me they were sorry. It was my pal Gerald Brisco that had chewed me out as he ran 'Gorilla' back then. My push was killed and pretty much so was 'Justin Hawk Bradshaw,' but that is a different story-which I'll tell later. I thought about this today as I was reading some tweets from folks about Survivor Series."
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