Old School Rasslin

[Tree]

Just found out that Danny Hodge passed away a week ago. He was 88.
One of the last great shoot wrestlers.

[Seminole Red]

Vince did change it, he brought in groups and teams to fight each other

[Tree]

Never thought he was much in the ring and then he went on to be Vince's chief stooge.
I think part of the problem is that I hat Vince as he helped to ruin wrestling

[Seminole Red]

me either, never liked him

[Tree]

I was never that big on Pat but it is still sad that he passed

[Seminole Red]

Professional wrestling legend and long-time WWE personality Pat Patterson has died.

He was 79.

The WWE announced Patterson’s death with an announcement on its website.

Patterson was credited with have the first Intercontinental Title reign in the company and with creating the “Royal Rumble,” which has become one of the company’s top pay-per-view events.

The company said Patterson began his wrestling career in 1958 in Canada and won the AWA tag team title in 1978. It said he became the company’s Intercontinental champion in 1979. He retired from in-ring competition in 1984, but was a major player behind the scenes for the company, and appeared, occasionally, during on-air segments.

[Tree]

Probably

[Seminole Red]

steroids probably

[Tree]

Yep
I thought that he was doing alright
I was mistaken

[Seminole Red]

thats young

[Tree]

Road Warrior Animal passes away at age 60

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Rob Gronkowski's run as WWE 24/7 champion has come to an end.
The former New England Patriots tight end, who has been the 24/7 champ for the last 58 days, was defeated by R-Truth in his backyard while filming a TikTok video. Yes, that's a lot to process

[Tree]

About what? Lol

[AlfieBell]

I agree with you.

[Tree]

Yep. I always liked The Soul Man

[Seminole Red]

the Rocks dad....sad for the Rock

[Tree]

Just found out that Rocky "The Soul Man" Johnson passed away. He was 75.

[Seminole Red]

yep

[Tree]

I have seen a lot of these lists on the internet lately. Unfortunately, most of them like this one are just awful.
You can't have a list that doesn't have Thesz, Brody, Bockwinkel and at least one of the Funk Brothers is a complete joke. IMHO

[Seminole Red]

RANKED: The 31 Greatest Wrestlers of All-Time


https://newarena.com/entertainment/ranked-the-31-greatest-wrestlers-of-all-time/?amxt=azdt_423_ob&utm_source=az_yh&utm_campaign=178277&utm_term=SPORTS_US_2~c~sports.yahoo.com&utm_medium=azyh-azdt_423_ob

[Tree]

He wasn't 7' 4".
I knew that about Beckett. Always found that interesting.
The Snake story is hilarious.

[Seminole Red]

Andre the Giant Unleashed – Wacky Personal Facts Behind his Towering Persona

Many famous actors’ careers span several fields. Figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Terry Crews are know for their beefy figures on screen. Preceding their ranks is an incredibly large man who didn’t choose the body building lifestyle.


In 1946 in Coulommiers, France a Bulgarian émigré Boris and his Polish wife Marianne gave birth to their third child, André René Roussimoff. He is perhaps better known by his wrestling ring name, the Eighth Wonder of the World, or better yet: André the Giant. This sometimes-wrestler, sometimes-actor, full-time giant was measured at 7’ 4”, according to the legend’s eponymous website — a towering height caused by acromegaly, or giantism.
Here are seven facts for every foot of the legendary icon:

He grew so quickly, he was unrecognizable

André the Giant in the early 1970s
Upon seeing a Rolls Royce pass by the family’s farm, young André told his father he would one day own such a car. By age 14, he left home, unable to lead a normal life in his small French village. Five years after their son had gone, a knock on the door presented a towering figure who asked, “May I ask how you like the car?” referring to a Rolls Royce limousine behind him. The couple had seen the famous wrestler Jean Ferré on T.V., but neither of them immediately realized that this famous figure was their very own son, as he had grown so much since they last saw him.
He got rides to school from Samuel Beckett

Beckett offered to drive André to school in his truck
Vladimir and Estragon weren’t the only ones waiting for Godot. When André was a child, famous playwright Samuel Beckett lived down the road from the Roussimoff family. The children weren’t provided with a bus for their commute to school, so if Beckett was passing by, he’d occasionally give school children a lift, including André. The relationship didn’t evolve beyond being a helpful neighbor, though.
He liked a fart joke

Roussimoff’s feud with Jake Roberts derived from Roussimoff’s fear of snakes. Photo by John McKeon CC BY-SA 2.0
According to Andrés opponent and former chauffeur, Jake Roberts, the giant had a funny bone. During a match between the two, Roberts unsurprisingly went down but was surprised when André broke out in laughter, admitting to the referee that he was farting on Roberts. “This went on for like 30 seconds,” remembered Roberts. “Giants fart for extremely long periods of time.”
He had a shopping channel addiction

Professional wrestler André the Giant walking to the ring in the late 1980s.
Like most celebrities, André couldn’t comfortably go shopping in public and he relied on sending others to the store for him. A modern marvel allowed him to shop comfortably, however. According to Being Andre the Giant author Denny Burkholder, the famous wrestler developed an obsession with QVC, the shopping channel. Friend Jackie recounts André buying porcelain butterflies from the Franklin Mint and carpet steamers, As Seen on T.V.
He was impervious to alcohol

Roussimoff feuded with Big John Studd (left) in the build towards WrestleMania I, and later with King Kong Bundy (second from left). Photo by Ethan CC BY-SA 2.0
Because of his size and condition, André could drink without feeling much effect. In a 1981 article for Sports Illustrated, Terry Todd enumerates André’s alcohol consumption each day: “a case or so of beer; a total of two bottles of wine, generally French […]; six or eight shots of brandy, usually Courvoisier or Napolèon, though sometimes Calvados; half a dozen standard mixed drinks, such as Bloody Marys or Screwdrivers; and the odd glass of Pernod.” All that couldn’t take the giant down, let alone make him feel tipsy.

Everyday tasks proved difficult for him

André the Giant
An inconvenient side effect of his condition was coming to terms with his size. Normal life sometimes proved unmanageable for André, from dialing a number on a rotary phone (which was an actual issue, as rotary phones didn’t begin to phase out of use until the ‘80s) to never getting the chance to learn to play an instrument, since a single finger would end up playing several notes at once. His hands were so big that they were described as “pawlike” according to Todd, who wrote, “[André] wears a ring through which a silver dollar may easily pass.”
His condition wasn’t without consequence

Édouard Carpentier and André the Giant
Acromegaly does not simply effect the size of the person suffering the condition. Throughout his life, André faced impending health issues. Due to his wrestling career, it was only a matter of time before he hurt himself. In 1986, when André was only 40 years old, he had to undergo spinal surgery.

From then on he relied on a back brace which he hid under his signature black singlet. This caused a great change in the star’s wrestling capabilities, forcing him to use simpler moves which were wrought with pain.

His condition eventually got the better of him, and in 1993 André passed away due to heart failure. He will forever be revered for his superior talent in wrestling and, among others, his iconic role in The Princess Bride.



pics at link


https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/04/06/andre-the-giant/?fbclid=IwAR13QGHdlEKEkD6HYgEa4RMfzDxCX20ZF6BisbpEKOpNs8EgYwUQt7_INsQ

[Tree]

He was British.
6 time NWA Jr. Heavyweight champion.
Great worker in the ring

[Seminole Red]

I don't remember him

[Tree]

I just found out that Les Thornton passed away back in February.
He was one of my favorites.
The original "Man of a Thousand Holds"

[Tree]

Dude still never stopped drinking even after his coma in 2017

[Seminole Red]

yep, they never said why....

[Tree]

Ok. Cool. I was reading up and couldn't find much detail wise.

[Seminole Red]

said this am hes going to be fine

[Tree]

Again? Wow

[Seminole Red]

nature boy in hospital

[Tree]

If anyone gets a chance listen to any of the Jim Cornette podcasts or find him talking on youtube. They are fantastic

[Tree]

I was saying the same thing to a coworker.
He was just a big dude

[Seminole Red]

JUST A BIG GUY

[Tree]

Yep. I don't think that he ever lifted a weight a day in his life. LOL

[Seminole Red]

he was strong...

[Tree]

Wow!
I was never a big fan of his but from what I have read he was a good guy that other wrestlers liked.
Hogan said that Bundy was strong as an ox

[Seminole Red]

The wrestling world has lost another star of the ring. King Kong Bundy died Monday, The Associated Press reported.
The announcement of his death was made on Facebook by wrestling promoter David Herro, who called Bundy not only a legend but someone he said was family.

[Tree]

Very true

[Seminole Red]

he was just mean gene

[Tree]

I knew that he had health problems. He was an old AWA guy.
Honestly, I never really liked him or thought that he was that good. I am probably in the minority though

[Seminole Red]

Legendary wrestling announcer “Mean” Gene Okerlund died at the age of 76, WWE announced Wednesday.
Okerlund was one of the more recognizable names in sports entertainment with his career spanning the American Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment.
Okerlund rose to prominence with his interviews with Jesse “The Body” Ventura, “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan. He would conduct backstage and in-ring interviews as well as provide commentary at the broadcast announce table.
Ventura gave Okerlund the moniker “Mean Gene” though he was widely considered one of the friendliest people in the wrestling business.
It’s unclear how Okerlund died, but he had two kidney transplants in the past – one in 1995 and the other in 2004.

[Seminole Red]

steroids ?.... many go down that way

[Tree]

Just found out that The Dynamite Kid passed away.
He was just 60

[Seminole Red]

I did not know anything

[Tree]

I knew that his health had been struggling

[Seminole Red]

Famed WWE wrestler Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart has passed away, officials with the WWE confirmed Monday in a statement.

[Seminole Red]

looks like hes going to cleanup a mess

[Tree]

I had heard a couple of times that he was by far the smartest guy in the locker room back in the day

[Seminole Red]

From Wrestlemania to the mayor’s house.
Glenn Jacobs, better known by his WWE name “Kane,” was elected the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee Thursday, beating Democratic contender Linda Haney.
The 51-year-old former wrestler, who was listed at 7’0” and 323 pounds at his peak as the Big Red Machine, considers himself a “Reagan Republican.” He listed seven goals on his campaign website: a commitment to keeping taxes low, a renewed focus on quality of education, continuing to attract new jobs to the area, improvement of roads and infrastructure, “full and absolute transparency,” safer communities and “a fresh outlook on limited government.”
Jacobs won his primary by just 23 votes.
"Since May, we've been knocking on doors, continuing that,” he told WATE. "We've also continued the process of meeting with department heads, school board, county commissioners, that kind of thing."
Jacobs and his wife, Crystal, moved to Tennessee in 1995, where he opened Jacobs Insurance Associates.
Over his 25-year wrestling career, Kane racked up 18 titles, including three-time world champion and 12-time world tag team champion.
He’ll take office on Sept. 1.