We can strike manager Gary Hart from the living list...died of a heart attack several months ago.
We can strike manager Gary Hart from the living list...died of a heart attack several months ago.
Last edited by Bidmor; 07-24-2008 at 02:43 PM.
Originally Posted by FannyB1923
Kenji Shibuya was awesome...used to throw salt in his opponents eyes and then beat the Hell out of them while they were
temporarily blinded
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I had a huge crush on Ric Flair, Jay Youngblood, and Ricky Steamboat when I was about 7. Yes, I was a little floozy.
It was Rick Steiner you were thinking of. You know, "The Dogfaced Gremlin".
Ed Carpentier the Flying Frenchman.
Vern Gagne.
Red Bastien (Novstrom, did he die in a car accident?)
And there was a really hunky tagteam..I cannot remember
their names......maybe Rick Martell and someone else??
Being from Texas, I loved the Von Erich's--Kevin was my favorite! I also loved Chris Adams (I use loved loosely, I was like 10 when they were wrestling out of Dallas.)
Nevermind, Red's partner Hercules Cortez was the one that died
in the car accident.
I liked Billy Robinson also.
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I'm guessing since you're referring to AWA wrestlers, you are trying to recall Greg Gagne and "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell:Ed Carpentier the Flying Frenchman.
Vern Gagne.
Red Bastien (Novstrom, did he die in a car accident?)
And there was a really hunky tagteam..I cannot remember
their names......maybe Rick Martell and someone else??
AKA The High Flyers
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BTW, Verne Gagne is still kicking ass.
He Must Have Thought His Roommate Was Baron Von Raschke.
Strike force!!!!!
Junkyard Dog
Mr. Wrestling II
Hacksaw Butch Reed
Matt Borne
Tiger Conway Jr.
Sonny King
I had a crush on Paul Orndorff when I was little.
I gotta go with Jerry Lawler--the guy who bitch-slapped Andy Kaufmann on Letterman.
Sid Vicious the punk singer for the Sex Pistols is worm food but Sid
the wrestler is still alive and well and living in Marion, Arkansas, just outside of West Memphis. He and my wife attended West Memphis
High at the same time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Eudy
The Great Kubuki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihisa_Mera
The Mighty Chang! (Milton Reid)
You are sick. And yes, I laughed. Weird story though.
Gawd I've been wanting a good rasslin' thread!
Still with us? Um...Foley is up there pretty high. Got the Flair DVD set for Christmas, it rocks. Bret Hart was a favorite.
Scott Steiner? Still a steroid freak, I'm guessing. Here's a pic I took of him last year. The scar under his shoulder blade is from surgery. He took a legit kick to the throat working in Puerto Rico. Ruptured trachea. They had to go in from the back to save his life.
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the fabulous jacky fargo.
Knowlege Comes With Deaths release
Heaven's on the pillow,it's Silence competes with Hell
"If you don't go to other peoples' funerals,they won't come to yours."-Yogi Berra
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http://www.wwe.com/superstars/wherea...brutusbeefcake
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"Rock 'N Roll" Buck Zumhofe
LMAO! Buck Zumhofe! I think he's still promoting at least. The old AWA shows on ESPN Classic are a hoot. Too bad the best AWA footage is owned by Vince McMahon.
Whoa! What a coinkydink. I guess Buck and his promotion passed through central Illinois recently. I missed it!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...41626712364456
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Pat Patterson was good in his day, besides being the first "out'' gay wrestler too.
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Check out the photo gallery:
http://www.baronvonraschke.com
Dont ask me why as a white kid from the suburbs I loved Slick and tried to talk like him as much as possible.
I know, I know......Dead!
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Black Bart! Hes still kicking!
and remember the Brooklyn Brawler, I think he lost every match he was in:
The Brooklyn Brawler! Most famous jobber in wrestling. Steve Lombardi is the guy's real name. I believe he's still with WWE behind the scenes.
Yeah it says he does still work at WWE and also a little factoid, he for awhile played probably the stupidest character in wrestling history, Doink The Clown.
Oooh, I don't know if Doink was as bad as The Gobbledygooker! IIRC, Hector Guererro got stuck with this crap!
toooooooooo funny
It's funny. As a kid, I hated everyone I was supposed to hate but the older I got, the more I appreciated the heels. Adrian Adonis, Honky Tonk Man. They were hilarious. How much fun would it have been to be a heel wrestlers in the 70's or 80's, managed by Bobby Heenan?
Ricky Steamboat & Ric Flair
Myself and friends used to go down to the Gardens all the time to watch the WWF. Good times
Love Mick Foley. You couldn't help but smile whenever you saw him come onto the ring.
As a kid I remember seeing George the Animal Steel and he scared the crap out of me.
Maple Leaf Gardens? If so, moi aussi!Ricky Steamboat & Ric Flair
Myself and friends used to go down to the Gardens all the time to watch the WWF. Good times
Behind the character though, an educated, kind gentleman. I have two friends who recently retired from the indy scene in the midwest. Their gimmick was they were the "lost love children" of George the Animal Steele. They met the original George, and he loved the fact they were using his old gimmick.
Yup, the Maple Leaf Gardens. Those were the days
Thanks Rick for the info, it is nice to know that he was kind, how nice for your friends to have met him.
Ivan Putski!!
''The Eigth Wonder of the World..........Pampero Firpo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pampero_Firpo
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The Wild Bull of the Pampas.
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Dr. X
Debbie Harry liked him, too.
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Lord Littlebrook
Sky Low Low
Little Beaver
I'm definitely dating myself. My sister used to love wrestling in the early 70's, and I'd watch with her. She'd jump up and down on our canopy bed, damned near breaking the thing, and my parents would yell at her.
But we used to watch:
Pat Patterson
Pepper Gomez (her favorite)
Haystack Calhoun
I think, if I remember correctly, we watched Andre the Giant, too.
Why doesn't anyone remember The Rock's dad, Rocky Johnson? We watched him, too.
I loved tag team, but my very favorite was midget wrestling. I thought it was so funny, back in the days before everyone was politically correct.
Ooh, speaking of wrestling scandals!
They came to our town when my sister was a teen, and my ex-father took her to the match, they had front row seats.
Two of the wrestlers came out fighting, right in front of sis, and one of them pulled out some brass knuckles. Which we know are illegal. Somehow my ex-father got involved, he was a cop, and he helped the security gurds to break up the fight.
They had thought of asking my sister to testify in court about the brass knuckles, they even brought her in and asked her to describe it to them, to verify that she actually knew what she was seeing. She was able to desribe it perfectly, but they finally decided not to use her, because she was a minor.
Boy, that incident made quite an impression on her. She can't remember what the outcome of that whole thing was, but she remembered that fight, and those brass knuckles!
His early incarnation or after he got toned?
I'll admit having a soft spot in my heart for the early IP. Used to go to the matches with my GrannyMac and Johnson. I can see in my mind's eye the early IP, entering the arena ( at that time, the matches were held in in Municipal Auditorium here in SA ) dressed like he is in the 1st pic, carrying a stuffed animal and quacking behind him, a pull toy duck ! I always wanted to be the kid he gave the stuffed animal to
Didn't see these guys mentioned yet :
Luke and Butch, The Sheepherders, later known as the Bushwackers.
These guys could PARTY !!
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Ric Flair was one of my all-time favorite wrestlers.
"Dance like no one is watching. Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's Heaven on Earth" - Mark Twain
great stuff guys
Oh my gosh, they were funny as hell.Didn't see these guys mentioned yet :
Luke and Butch, The Sheepherders, later known as the Bushwackers.
These guys could PARTY !!
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