NAME GAME--The name game was a favorite feature of The Chokehold. The concept was borrowed from fellow WVOJ host Greg Larson, an early mentor of the Chokester.  (No other wrestling show would dare do something like that--one thought per call!)  

Each week, some sort of wrestling list was started, and the callers' responses could bring back memories or spark new topics. 

Mr. Capone gives Chokester a friendly reminder of just who is the boss! Personally we think the former "Highlander" has been drinking way too much ale!

WRESTLING MERCHANDISE
WCW Bashin' Buddies, WWF trivia games, wrestling magazines, Wrestling With Shadows soundtrack, Chokehold T-shirt, WWF Bone Crunchin' Buddies, WCW sunglasses, Sabu T-shirt, foam Undertaker tombstone, WWF toothbrush, wrestling bean bag toys, boxer shorts, pajamas, bed sheets, dirt sheets, World Championship Wrestling NES game, WWF Bodyslam drinks, TWF T-shirt, Chokehold flyers, WWF toy belt, CD's, Titantron playset, WCW Goldberg costume

MEMBERS OF THE NWO, PAST AND PRESENT
Bret Hart, Scott Hall, Mike Rotunda, Rick Rude, Scott Steiner, Ted DiBiase, Scott Norton, Hulk Hogan, Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono, Ray Traylor, Dusty Rhodes, Kevin Nash, Syxx

WRESTLERS THAT EMBARRASS YOU AS A FAN
Bastion Booger (the way he looks), Jake Roberts (how he acted at the Heroes of Wrestling PPV), Tank Abbott (can't wrestle), George Steele (playing retarded), Hulk Hogan (acting), Repo Man (stupid gimmick), Doink (or any of the clowns), Big Show (for the funeral angle), Ric Flair (for the fake heart attack)

WORST MATCH OF ALL TIME
Hogan vs. Piper (age in the cage), Dusty Rhodes/Dick Slater vs. Mr. Wrestling 2/Paul Jones, any Hacksaw Jim Duggan match, any Saturday Night "battle of the underdogs", any Tully Summers match, and Gillberg match, any Mark Henry match

WRESTLING TITLES PAST AND PRESENT
UWF title, PACW US tag team, WWF hardcore title, TWF, WWF, WWF intercontental title, FCW Florida title, FCW Southern title, WCW title.

AS OF 2-22-2000, DO YOU THINK MICK FOLEY WILL RETIRE, OR WIN AT NO WAY OUT AND GO TO WRESTLEMANIA?
All 9 callers said Foley would go to Wrestlemania. (editor's note: They sure fooled us!)

FLORIDA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS
Sir Oliver Humperdink, Scott McGhee, Eddie Graham, Barry Windham, Bobby Jaggers, Jesse Barr, Mike Rotundo

MALE/FEMALE WRESTLING COUPLES
Missy Hyatt/Eddie Gilbert
Elizabeth/George Steele
Sapphire/Dusty Rhodes
TPT/Boss Hogg
Miss Linda/Exotic Adrian Street
Baby Doll/Dusty Rhodes
Seven/Twister
Dark Journey/Tully Blanchard
Marlena/Golddust
Tammy Sytch/Chris Candido
Dawn Marie/Lance Storm

WRESTLING MOVES YOU'RE TIRED OF SEEING
referee distracted, blowing of snot/spitting on opponent, leg drop, powerbomb, chokeslam, figure four leglock, clothesline, bronco buster, low blow, too many run-ins

LOOKALIKES
the fan that looks like Hulk Hogan we see from time to time at WCW events
pro bowler Randy Peterson...Curt Hennig
some porn star that Ray saw...X-pac
NBA player Jorge Muresan...Kurrgan
Chokester...Steve Regal
Elvis...Honky Tonk Man
Tom Selleck...(young) Scott Hall
Butler's nephew...D'Lo Brown
Lloyd Bridges...Nick Bockwinkel
(Harlem Heat sister) Midnight...Sailor Art Thomas
Superstar Billy Graham...Hulk Hogan
NFL player Emmitt Smith...Scooty Andrews
Misfits...Twister
Divine...Twisted Sister Ricky Rhodes
Walt Disney...Vince McMahon Jr.

"THE"
The Grand Wizard, Bret the Hitman Hart, The Postman, The Garbage Man, The Rock, The Florida Hurricane, The Assassin, The Unforgettable Logan Styles, The American Dream, The Midnight Rider, The Red Rooster, The Rock n' Roll Express, The Great Malenko, The Wrestling Doctor, The Four Horsemen, The Crippler Chris Benoit, The Franchise Shane Douglas, The Missouri Mauler, The One Man Gang

FAMOUS SONGS USED AS ENTRANCE MUSIC
Midnight Rider, Simple Man, Enter Sandman, Voodoo Chile, Ironman, Bad Street USA, Rock n' Roll is Dead (dedicated to the Rock n' Roll Express), The Zoo, Johnny B. Goode, 2001, Pomp and Circumstance, Yellow Rose of Texas, Boy from New York City, Sawyer Brown's song for Jeff Jarrett, Sharp Dressed Man, Bad Bad Leroy Brown

FAVORITE NAME GAMES
wrestlers in other sports, referees, famous nicknames, celebrities who have appeared on any Wrestlemania, one name wrestlers, Canadian wrestlers, local wrestlers, finishing maneuvers, masked wrestlers who were unmasked, tag teams, wrestlers who have won titles in both WCW and WWF

MAJOR WRESTLING HAPPENINGS SINCE THE CHOKEHOLD HAS BEEN ON THE AIR: 10/96-10/99
screw job at 1997 Survivor Series and the subsequent release of the Wrestling With Shadows documentary which gave us the most in-depth look at life backstage

Owen Hart's death

WWF going public and selling stock in the company

emergence of storylines

more big money contracts than ever before

increase in injuries due to change in wrestling styles

more high-risk/hardcore maneuvers

return of WWF, and debut of ECW in Jacksonville

more focus on entertainment leads to less wrestling

Chokehold show helps spotlight local wrestling in Jacksonville

the internet

Extreme Championship Wrestling (Emerged from a small independent promotion to being on national TV. The hardcore style plus dangerous and different style of wrestling moves have been copied by wrestlers in both WCW and WWF.)

The raid of WWF talent by WCW (To set up one of the biggest angles in wrestling history: The New World Order. That angle plus WWF talent showing up on WCW TV almost every week made WCW unbeatable in the Monday night ratings wars, and made the WWF change its ways to win back the ratings it enjoys today.)

the number of deaths in wrestling the past 3 years

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