Wooden folding tables needed (for local pro-wrestling promotion) Where to buy cheap?

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I'm wondering where I could get cheap "wrestling-style" tables. They can be of crappy quality, they can be flimsy as hell, it really doesn't matter because their sole purpose would be to be broken in wrestling matches.

Yeah, I know it's an odd request. But any leads would be much appreciated. :p
 
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You must not know alot about wrestling. They use standard tables but they "set" the tables up, so any sudden weight adjustment the table then breaks.
 
Thanks for the responses so far guys, I'll be checking some of those options!
[quote name='Beast9287']You must not know alot about wrestling. They use standard tables but they "set" the tables up, so any sudden weight adjustment the table then breaks.[/QUOTE]You seem to be refuting an argument that no one is making. Unless this is in reference to some post that got deleted?
 
Ignoring the troll....

From one former wrestler to another... The options listed above are good. Unfortunately Staples and Office Max have moved largely to the plastic tables.

Your other options are to check out local auctions and offer to buy on Craigslist.

I bought a half dozen at one fauction or about $20 each. In addition to searching Craigslist you could post an add looking for the wood folding version. You might get a few bites.
 
[quote name='foltzie']From one former wrestler to another... The options listed above are good. Unfortunately Staples and Office Max have moved largely to the plastic tables.

Your other options are to check out local auctions and offer to buy on Craigslist.

I bought a half dozen at one fauction or about $20 each. In addition to searching Craigslist you could post an add looking for the wood folding version. You might get a few bites.[/QUOTE]Yeah, exactly! The plastic ones are all over the place, but it seems like barely anyone sells the wood versions. Posting an ad might be worth looking into, thanks!
 
[quote name='BustaUppa']Thanks for the responses so far guys, I'll be checking some of those options!
You seem to be refuting an argument that no one is making. Unless this is in reference to some post that got deleted?[/quote]


I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh, but it's true. They tamper with the wooden tables, where a certain amount of weight would break the table in half. WWE always does this with their announce tables, when people are put through cars and their infamous table matches. On a rare occasion you'll see someone get slammed on the table, and the table will not break. Either the table hadn't been tampered enough with or it wasn't tampered with at all.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh, but it's true. They tamper with the wooden tables, where a certain amount of weight would break the table in half. WWE always does this with their announce tables, when people are put through cars and their infamous table matches. On a rare occasion you'll see someone get slammed on the table, and the table will not break. Either the table hadn't been tampered enough with or it wasn't tampered with at all.[/QUOTE]That's all fine and dandy, I'm just not sure which statement in this thread you're responding to.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh, but it's true. They tamper with the wooden tables, where a certain amount of weight would break the table in half. WWE always does this with their announce tables, when people are put through cars and their infamous table matches. On a rare occasion you'll see someone get slammed on the table, and the table will not break. Either the table hadn't been tampered enough with or it wasn't tampered with at all.[/QUOTE]

Sounds like someone just felt like flexing useless "knowledge" with which to dazzle and awe the masses and fell flat since no one was asking.

Square peg don't fit in the round hole bud.
 
Ok "buy a cheap broken table from X-mart". They tamper with the tables they buy, sadly you can't seem to get that through your head.
 
No, it's just a standard wooden table. Nothing special about it, no 'stunt man' table. And for an actual 'stunt man' table, you'll definitely be paying an arm and a leg just to buy a tampered table.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']No, it's just a standard wooden table. Nothing special about it, no 'stunt man' table. And for an actual 'stunt man' table, you'll definitely be paying an arm and a leg just to buy a tampered table.[/QUOTE]

You're an idiot.
 
I love where this topic went, Beast9287 it really is not that serious, anyone with even a ounce of knowledge regarding wrestling are familiar with that fact that tables are tampered with, why keep beating a dead horse bro?
 
[quote name='Beast9287']Internet sarcasm can be hard to catch now, especially with the question brought to by this thread. That's why.[/quote]

Its good man I understand where your coming from
 
Home Depot?

When ECW (the real one) used to come to Asbury Park they used to drive the ECW box truck to the local Home Depot and buy a bunch of those pressboard type conference tables.

But since that was years ago. . . I don't even know if Home Depot sells them anymore.
 
My backyard wrestling experience tells me that Craigslist is probably your best bet. Expect $30 a pop if you're buying them new from Staples/Office Depot, but you can always sign up for a "Business Rewards" program and get $50 off $150 coupons and things like that - most of them deliver free too if you can prove it's a business (shouldn't be hard). Those things always manage to be expensive - might get lucky at school liquidations and stuff like that.

FYI, they're definitely not fake tables, Beast. 9 times out of 10, it's your standard run-of-the-mill particle board table. We just used to take the metal ring off of the underside of the table (usually held in by three or four screws) - the table tends to look better when it breaks, and no one gets stabbed by the bent steel.

Good luck, Busta!
 
[quote name='Beast9287']I never once said they were fake, I said they were tampered with.[/quote]
Fair enough. I just wouldn't start attacking people and saying they know nothing about wrestling, espescially if you don't know what or who you're talking about.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']I didn't mean for it to sound so harsh, but it's true. They tamper with the wooden tables, where a certain amount of weight would break the table in half. WWE always does this with their announce tables, when people are put through cars and their infamous table matches. On a rare occasion you'll see someone get slammed on the table, and the table will not break. Either the table hadn't been tampered enough with or it wasn't tampered with at all.[/QUOTE]

OK, I dont know if this addressed on page two, but I'm going to jump in here.

The WWE custom builds their announce stations, those aren't what is being discussed here, but those may or may not be designed to fall apart easily. They dont break too easily since they can take having ~500 lbs on them at a time.

Now the "tables" more normally associated with wrestling are just your basic 6ft wooden buffet style table. They are almost never precut. This is because those tables are normally made of particle board and are already fairly weak. The few times I saw precut tables were on WCW broadcasts and those were soundly booed out of the building. There simply isnt enough support on a wooden table to justify precutting. They could break with someone just laying prone on the table.

Now, the metal rim may be removed, if you cant risk cutting the mat, or if one of the wrestlers insists for fear of back lacerations. I personally used to remove 4 screws from the rim (normally there are about 16) in the center to guide the break in that location.

Now if removing the rim or the screws constitutes tampering, that may be, but its certainly not what comes to mind when "tampering" is tossed out, precutting is.
 
WWE does indeed build their announce tables, and they do plan when it's going to be broken down, as they put less weight on the table. If you think of tampering as precut, that's not really my fault that you think that I would associate it in that term.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']WWE does indeed build their announce tables, and they do plan when it's going to be broken down, as they put less weight on the table.[/quote]
This just in, wrestling's not real. ;)
 
So I presume when Owen Hart's cable snapped and he landed square in the ring, it was nothing more than a mere act. And I suppose that when they have to go in for neck and back surgery, it's nothing more than a vacation time with a pina colada. Also news flash for you bud: Independence Day, Spiderman, Iron Man, 300, Sin City wasn't an actual story. But did it entertain you nonetheless? I rest my case.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']So I presume when Owen Hart's cable snapped and he landed square in the ring, it was nothing more than a mere act. And I suppose that when they have to go in for neck and back surgery, it's nothing more than a vacation time with a pina colada. Also news flash for you bud: Independence Day, Spiderman, Iron Man, 300, Sin City wasn't an actual story. But did it entertain you nonetheless? I rest my case.[/quote]

Im not sure what you are trying to say there. You seem to be a bit out of touch with what other people are saying in this thread. Are you saying wrestling is not staged because sometimes there are freak accidents? If that was the case if a rafter fell during a broadway play and killed one of the actors, then certainly the play must have been real and not staged. If you are saying wrestling is like movies and just another form of entertainment, then right on because you just proved the point of the person above you.. because nobody ever claimed the movies you listed happened in reality.
 
My point clearly is that it is entertainment, but even so, they do wind up hurting themselves in the process. There's no way you can cushion a 20 foot fall when you land on the floor. Wrestling is "staged" persay, but in the end they still do take nasty bumps and falls. That is my statement, and what I was proving upon my previous post.
 
[quote name='Beast9287']My point clearly is that it is entertainment, but even so, they do wind up hurting themselves in the process. There's no way you can cushion a 20 foot fall when you land on the floor. Wrestling is "staged" persay, but in the end they still do take nasty bumps and falls. That is my statement, and what I was proving upon my previous post.[/quote]
The point is that from the first post asking for help on a deal, you started babbling about "not knowing anything about wrestling".

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[quote name='JJSP']The point is that from the first post asking for help on a deal, you started babbling about "not knowing anything about wrestling".

Allow me to introduce you to the OP.

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Look, Busta (what it is right now?)!

Busta's also looking for a good deal on chest waxing if anyone can help him out.[/QUOTE]

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[quote name='Beast9287']I shall forever have nightmares, thank you.[/QUOTE]

Just remember, its not real and it will fade away...
 
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