Richard Anderson, best known for co-starring in the 1970s action shows The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, has died at the age of 91.
Our sister site Deadline reports that Anderson passed away Thursday; no cause of death has been released. Anderson starred alongside Lee Majors as Steve Austin’s boss and handler Oscar Goldman on ABC’s Six Million Dollar Man, starting with the show’s second episode, and reprised the role on the 1976-78 spinoff The Bionic Woman, opposite Lindsay Wagner. He played Oscar Goldman again in a series of Six Million/Bionic Woman reunion movies,...
Our sister site Deadline reports that Anderson passed away Thursday; no cause of death has been released. Anderson starred alongside Lee Majors as Steve Austin’s boss and handler Oscar Goldman on ABC’s Six Million Dollar Man, starting with the show’s second episode, and reprised the role on the 1976-78 spinoff The Bionic Woman, opposite Lindsay Wagner. He played Oscar Goldman again in a series of Six Million/Bionic Woman reunion movies,...
- 8/31/2017
- TVLine.com
WWE.com
Every year, the WWE’s unofficial calendar begins anew after WrestleMania. The Showcase Of The Immortals has always been treated as the culmination of an entire year’s worth of booking, planning, and storytelling. The new wrestling year often sees new characters debut and new feuds beginning which often includes the creation of new main eventers, sometimes as soon as the R.A.W. (Raw After WrestleMania).
Regardless of when their opportunity arises, some superstars get elevated to the main event and never look back. Legends like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Steve Austin reached the top of the card after years of working the mid card and proved to be every bit worth the wait. Other superstars like Brutus Beefcake, Lex Luger, or more recently Jack Swagger and Ryback were thrust upon the main event scene following past WrestleManas only to fall back into obscurity shortly thereafter.
Every year, the WWE’s unofficial calendar begins anew after WrestleMania. The Showcase Of The Immortals has always been treated as the culmination of an entire year’s worth of booking, planning, and storytelling. The new wrestling year often sees new characters debut and new feuds beginning which often includes the creation of new main eventers, sometimes as soon as the R.A.W. (Raw After WrestleMania).
Regardless of when their opportunity arises, some superstars get elevated to the main event and never look back. Legends like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, and Steve Austin reached the top of the card after years of working the mid card and proved to be every bit worth the wait. Other superstars like Brutus Beefcake, Lex Luger, or more recently Jack Swagger and Ryback were thrust upon the main event scene following past WrestleManas only to fall back into obscurity shortly thereafter.
- 2/7/2016
- by Matt Davis
- Obsessed with Film
wwe.com
Stone Cold Steve Austin has had his say on WWE and Cesaro, shooting “Time for this guy to come back both guns blazing. F**k all of the politics. I’m going to the top.”
Austin was speaking on his latest podcast, expressing disappointment at Cesaro’s current injury lay-off. Austin himself is no stranger to injuries, and said that Cesaro should use this time to come up with ideas to re-invent himself. That was one of Austin’s strong points, he was always coming up with creative ideas for his Rattlesnake character. He came up with “Stone Cold” when sat at home and frustrated with his Ringmaster gimmick. Cesaro could do the same, although it is a different generation, getting an idea to creative and Vince McMahon isn’t as easy.
Austin feels like Cesaro deserves better, saying that WWE should “give him the ball” and let him run with it.
Stone Cold Steve Austin has had his say on WWE and Cesaro, shooting “Time for this guy to come back both guns blazing. F**k all of the politics. I’m going to the top.”
Austin was speaking on his latest podcast, expressing disappointment at Cesaro’s current injury lay-off. Austin himself is no stranger to injuries, and said that Cesaro should use this time to come up with ideas to re-invent himself. That was one of Austin’s strong points, he was always coming up with creative ideas for his Rattlesnake character. He came up with “Stone Cold” when sat at home and frustrated with his Ringmaster gimmick. Cesaro could do the same, although it is a different generation, getting an idea to creative and Vince McMahon isn’t as easy.
Austin feels like Cesaro deserves better, saying that WWE should “give him the ball” and let him run with it.
- 11/30/2015
- by Grahame Herbert
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
A good ring name can absolutely transform a career; just look at Steve Austin. A brief flash of inspiration, apparently provided by his second wife, gave birth to one of the most famous ring names in wrestling – when she told the Rattlesnake to drink his coffee before it went ‘Stone Cold’. Before that he was struggling with the ill-fitting ‘Ringmaster’. Afterwards, he had a name which rolled off the tongue, conjured the correct image, and made sense in the context of his character.
Equally, a bad ring name can have disastrous consequences, but which is the worst in wrestling history? For every simple, evocative title such as ‘The Rock’, ‘Kane’, or ‘Undertaker’ – names that instantly tell us everything we need to know about a certain wrestler – there’s a confusing, bawdy, or downright unsuitable moniker out there.
It’s important not to confuse a terrible ring name with...
A good ring name can absolutely transform a career; just look at Steve Austin. A brief flash of inspiration, apparently provided by his second wife, gave birth to one of the most famous ring names in wrestling – when she told the Rattlesnake to drink his coffee before it went ‘Stone Cold’. Before that he was struggling with the ill-fitting ‘Ringmaster’. Afterwards, he had a name which rolled off the tongue, conjured the correct image, and made sense in the context of his character.
Equally, a bad ring name can have disastrous consequences, but which is the worst in wrestling history? For every simple, evocative title such as ‘The Rock’, ‘Kane’, or ‘Undertaker’ – names that instantly tell us everything we need to know about a certain wrestler – there’s a confusing, bawdy, or downright unsuitable moniker out there.
It’s important not to confuse a terrible ring name with...
- 10/7/2015
- by Jack G King
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
Settling on a gimmick is arguably one of the most difficult starting points of a professional wrestler’s career. Even the greatest names in the history of the business went through a few stinkers to get to the ones that made them great.
Before he was ‘Stone Cold’, Steve Austin was a blander than bland Ted Dibiase protege called The Ringmaster. The Rock had to go through an initial run as Rocky Maivia. Triple H was a aristocrat called Hunter Hearst Helmsley. The list goes on and on and on.
More often than not, superstars will settle on a gimmick that works and run with it, making only minor tweaks throughout their career.
All of which makes Cody Rhodes even more special. Ever since making his debut on WWE television in July of 2007, Cody has taken on many different faces and many different roles, all of which manage...
Settling on a gimmick is arguably one of the most difficult starting points of a professional wrestler’s career. Even the greatest names in the history of the business went through a few stinkers to get to the ones that made them great.
Before he was ‘Stone Cold’, Steve Austin was a blander than bland Ted Dibiase protege called The Ringmaster. The Rock had to go through an initial run as Rocky Maivia. Triple H was a aristocrat called Hunter Hearst Helmsley. The list goes on and on and on.
More often than not, superstars will settle on a gimmick that works and run with it, making only minor tweaks throughout their career.
All of which makes Cody Rhodes even more special. Ever since making his debut on WWE television in July of 2007, Cody has taken on many different faces and many different roles, all of which manage...
- 10/2/2015
- by John Bills
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
A great gimmick can mean so much to any performer in WWE. For every amazing character that has lasted a long time like The Undertaker or Kane, there’s a long list of terrible ones like Kwang, The Sultan, Aldo Montoya and so many others. If you lined up all the terrible gimmicks in wrestling history it would be a pile that would last miles long.
If a great wrestler is saddled with a terrible gimmick then they will never succeed. Look at Ricky Steamboat as “The Dragon” when he was breathing fire or Steve Austin starting out as The Ringmaster with Ted Dibiase managing him before really breaking out as “Stone Cold” on his own.
There are a lot of characters that appeared to be great and then for whatever reason they were dropped too early. As we know in wrestling, there are always other circumstances. Vince McMahon...
A great gimmick can mean so much to any performer in WWE. For every amazing character that has lasted a long time like The Undertaker or Kane, there’s a long list of terrible ones like Kwang, The Sultan, Aldo Montoya and so many others. If you lined up all the terrible gimmicks in wrestling history it would be a pile that would last miles long.
If a great wrestler is saddled with a terrible gimmick then they will never succeed. Look at Ricky Steamboat as “The Dragon” when he was breathing fire or Steve Austin starting out as The Ringmaster with Ted Dibiase managing him before really breaking out as “Stone Cold” on his own.
There are a lot of characters that appeared to be great and then for whatever reason they were dropped too early. As we know in wrestling, there are always other circumstances. Vince McMahon...
- 11/4/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
There are only two months left in 2014, so it’s the time of year where WWE has to start thinking about what stars they currently employ have the potential to go from midcard to near that main event level.
We’ve seen it so many times in wrestling history where guys are locked in midcard spots, then within a few years they go from the “Ringmaster” Steve Austin to the top guy “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Triple H was a rich snob three years before he won his first WWE Title. It took a guy like Mark Henry 15 years to become a World Champion. Some get there faster than others, but if you hang around you just never know when your time might come.
If you look at the WWE roster as it sits right now, who are some of the guys that can be (to borrow an...
There are only two months left in 2014, so it’s the time of year where WWE has to start thinking about what stars they currently employ have the potential to go from midcard to near that main event level.
We’ve seen it so many times in wrestling history where guys are locked in midcard spots, then within a few years they go from the “Ringmaster” Steve Austin to the top guy “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Triple H was a rich snob three years before he won his first WWE Title. It took a guy like Mark Henry 15 years to become a World Champion. Some get there faster than others, but if you hang around you just never know when your time might come.
If you look at the WWE roster as it sits right now, who are some of the guys that can be (to borrow an...
- 10/31/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
WWE.com
A wrestler’s character or gimmick is an extremely cherished commodity in the world of sports entertainment. A gimmick is how a wrestler identifies himself and connects with the fans. Without becoming Stone Cold, Steve Austin would have continued to flounder as The Ringmaster. Without becoming the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels would have forever been one half of the Rockers. You get the idea.
While professional wrestling is a planned and scripted entertainment program, sometimes not everyone agrees to go along with the plan. Some wrestlers are within their bounds to refuse storylines, as they may possess some creative control over their personas. Other superstars may not have a legal right to creative control but may persuasively argue their case to have things changed.
Essentially, sometimes wrestlers do this:
Except that whole thing with Goldberg was a work. So technically, he was following the script. But, we mean...
A wrestler’s character or gimmick is an extremely cherished commodity in the world of sports entertainment. A gimmick is how a wrestler identifies himself and connects with the fans. Without becoming Stone Cold, Steve Austin would have continued to flounder as The Ringmaster. Without becoming the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels would have forever been one half of the Rockers. You get the idea.
While professional wrestling is a planned and scripted entertainment program, sometimes not everyone agrees to go along with the plan. Some wrestlers are within their bounds to refuse storylines, as they may possess some creative control over their personas. Other superstars may not have a legal right to creative control but may persuasively argue their case to have things changed.
Essentially, sometimes wrestlers do this:
Except that whole thing with Goldberg was a work. So technically, he was following the script. But, we mean...
- 9/24/2014
- by Douglas Scarpa
- Obsessed with Film
WWE
The wrestling business is full of interesting characters. It’s why we fell in love with it as kids, why we keep watching it today and why we’ll continue to watch it in the future. If every character was the same things would get boring. We want to see different guys with unique personalities.
What happens sometimes in wrestling, whether we realize it or not at the time, is the same performer might be a different character after undergoing a major change to their look. When we’re kids we probably have no idea about that stuff. As online fans, we figure it out right away and immediately bring up that wrestler’s previous identity. That’s why you might hear “Husky Harris” chants for Bray Wyatt these days. Some fans never forget.
It’s time to reflect back on those performers that played multiple character and did...
The wrestling business is full of interesting characters. It’s why we fell in love with it as kids, why we keep watching it today and why we’ll continue to watch it in the future. If every character was the same things would get boring. We want to see different guys with unique personalities.
What happens sometimes in wrestling, whether we realize it or not at the time, is the same performer might be a different character after undergoing a major change to their look. When we’re kids we probably have no idea about that stuff. As online fans, we figure it out right away and immediately bring up that wrestler’s previous identity. That’s why you might hear “Husky Harris” chants for Bray Wyatt these days. Some fans never forget.
It’s time to reflect back on those performers that played multiple character and did...
- 9/4/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
YouTube
In the history of pro wrestling, there have been hundreds of characters that fans will remember forever. There are some great ones like The Undertaker, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock, Mankind and many others that we remember as the best of all time. What about the bad ones? Oh there are so many awful ones that we will never forget.
The hard thing about coming up with just 20 awful gimmicks is that there are so many that immediately come to mind that can’t make it just because there are others that were worse. In most cases, a lot of time they don’t work because the performers are awful. At other times, the gimmick is so stupid that even the best performers even couldn’t make it work. I’m not going to include the Ringmaster, but even somebody as talented as Steve Austin had a tough...
In the history of pro wrestling, there have been hundreds of characters that fans will remember forever. There are some great ones like The Undertaker, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock, Mankind and many others that we remember as the best of all time. What about the bad ones? Oh there are so many awful ones that we will never forget.
The hard thing about coming up with just 20 awful gimmicks is that there are so many that immediately come to mind that can’t make it just because there are others that were worse. In most cases, a lot of time they don’t work because the performers are awful. At other times, the gimmick is so stupid that even the best performers even couldn’t make it work. I’m not going to include the Ringmaster, but even somebody as talented as Steve Austin had a tough...
- 3/5/2014
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
In 1996 Steve Austin ditched the Ringmaster gimmick and became the alcohol fueled redneck known as Stone Cold Steve Austin. With the new gimmick came a new finishing maneuver. A seated three-quarter facelock jawbreaker known as the Stone Cold Stunner. Austin took this new attitude and new finisher and ran with it to new heights in the WWE.
The Stunner is a great finisher for the audience because there is little setup for it. Usually the sequence was a missed punch or clothesline by the opponent, kick to the gut by Austin, and boom, Stunner. But unlike most finishers, which have an established reaction to them, selling the Stunner is open to interpretation. Some people sell it perfectly, like Shawn Michaels, Triple H, or Kurt Angle. Others….not so much.
Here are the 10 People Who Couldn’t Take A Stone Cold Stunner.
10. Vince McMahon
Don’t get me wrong, Vince can take a Stunner now.
The Stunner is a great finisher for the audience because there is little setup for it. Usually the sequence was a missed punch or clothesline by the opponent, kick to the gut by Austin, and boom, Stunner. But unlike most finishers, which have an established reaction to them, selling the Stunner is open to interpretation. Some people sell it perfectly, like Shawn Michaels, Triple H, or Kurt Angle. Others….not so much.
Here are the 10 People Who Couldn’t Take A Stone Cold Stunner.
10. Vince McMahon
Don’t get me wrong, Vince can take a Stunner now.
- 3/1/2013
- by Jarrod Atkinson
- Obsessed with Film
Since that presidential thing didn't exactly work out, maybe Donald Trump can set his sights on a new honor: winning an Emmy. But he'll have to get through William Shatner, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Tom Arnold, RuPaul, Heidi Klum and Larry the Cable Guy to get there. Not to mention Ryan Seacrest, Jeff Probst and Mike "Dirty Jobs" Rowe. (Left to right: Rowe, Trump, RuPaul) They're all among the 36 contenders in the Emmys' Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program category, according to the ballots posted online by the Academy of Television...
- 6/7/2011
- The Wrap
By Matt Singer
When the "Batman" movie franchise had grown too swollen with campy performances and benippled costumes to survive, Warner Brothers went back to the drawing board. But they didn't just bring on a new director or actor to play Batman; they restarted the entire franchise. And if 2005's "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan, could have been written off as an elaborately reimagined prequel - since Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" did not fully explain how Bruce Wayne became Batman or feature "Begins" villains the Scarecrow or Ra's Al Ghul - there could be no lingering doubt with Nolan's new Bat-follow-up, "The Dark Knight," where we get a totally new take on The Joker, courtesy of the late Heath Ledger.
Starting over a movie franchise based on a comic book from scratch is a fitting move; comic books have been doing the same thing for years. When these lumbering...
When the "Batman" movie franchise had grown too swollen with campy performances and benippled costumes to survive, Warner Brothers went back to the drawing board. But they didn't just bring on a new director or actor to play Batman; they restarted the entire franchise. And if 2005's "Batman Begins," directed by Christopher Nolan, could have been written off as an elaborately reimagined prequel - since Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" did not fully explain how Bruce Wayne became Batman or feature "Begins" villains the Scarecrow or Ra's Al Ghul - there could be no lingering doubt with Nolan's new Bat-follow-up, "The Dark Knight," where we get a totally new take on The Joker, courtesy of the late Heath Ledger.
Starting over a movie franchise based on a comic book from scratch is a fitting move; comic books have been doing the same thing for years. When these lumbering...
- 7/17/2008
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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