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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: LurkerNoMore on December 13, 2022, 10:37:08 AM
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Man... the number of these guys that are not alive anymore.
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Can remember watching live when Hillbilly Jim debuted.
He was sitting in the audience for like 2-3 weeks prior, then he charged.
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Sheiky baby defying all odds by still living
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Can remember watching live when Hillbilly Jim debuted.
He was sitting in the audience for like 2-3 weeks prior, then he charged.
I remember that as well. Watched it religiously every SAT morning. WWWF.
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Sheiky baby defying all odds by still living
He’s still making people humble!
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I get a 50/50 split alive/passed on that list. Interesting, pro bodybuilding might actually have a better record :).
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JYD and Orndroff.
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I remember that as well. Watched it religiously every SAT morning. WWWF.
Same - I think they had two shows on Sat.....never missed it.
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Same - I think they had two shows on Sat.....never missed it.
They did... Then at midnight on WPIX in NY there would be a show, and I think on SUN AM's as well.
"And Im your ring announcer, Joooooooooooeeee McHugh"...
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This was back when wrestling was done right. When stories were interesting. You could take two lower tier mid card wrestlers and after a couple of months of feeding them jobbers put them together for a match that people really had an interest in.
Now says the PPVs are nothing more than rehashed Monday night matches.
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Can remember watching live when Hillbilly Jim debuted.
He was sitting in the audience for like 2-3 weeks prior, then he charged.
'THE LIVER KINGS'UNCLE...
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This was back when wrestling was done right. When stories were interesting. You could take two lower tier mid card wrestlers and after a couple of months of feeding them jobbers put them together for a match that people really had an interest in.
Now says the PPVs are nothing more than rehashed Monday night matches.
It WAS great back then, but can't complain about the attitude era either.
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I get a 50/50 split alive/passed on that list. Interesting, pro bodybuilding might actually have a better record :).
Pretty close on 50/50: from that list on the photo, 45% are dead, and 55% are alive:
Dead:
Roddy Piper
Big John Studd
Andre the Giant
Jimmy Snuka
Paul Orndorff
Junk Yard Dog
Nikolai Volkoff
Jim Neidhart
Lou Albano
Alive:
Bob Orton Jr.
Ricky Steamboat
Wendi Richter
Hulk Hogan
Hillbilly Jim
Mike Rotunda
The Iron Shiek
Greg Valentine
Tito Santana
Barry Windham
David Sammartino
And yes, I'd say that's even worse than bodybuilding.
Seems like wrestling is the most lethal of them all.
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I was only a wrestling fan in the mid to late 80s, and so that WWF era is my wheelhouse haha.
I even attended this memorable extravaganza in the summer of 1986.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXyRcIkUEAMeOGD?format=jpg&name=large)
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Pretty close on 50/50: from that list on the photo, 45% are dead, and 55% are alive:
Dead:
Roddy Piper
Big John Studd
Andre the Giant
Jimmy Snuka
Paul Orndorff
Junk Yard Dog
Nikolai Volkoff
Jim Neidhart
Lou Albano
Alive:
Bob Orton Jr.
Ricky Steamboat
Wendi Richter
Hulk Hogan
Hillbilly Jim
Mike Rotunda
The Iron Shiek
Greg Valentine
Tito Santana
Barry Windham
David Sammartino
And yes, I'd say that's even worse than bodybuilding.
Seems like wrestling is the most lethal of them all.
I was good friends with Jim neidhart. He partied harder than anyone I ever met. But every time another rassler died he would be freaked right out.
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Pretty erotic angle on that Hogan photo (nh)
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Pretty erotic angle on that Hogan photo (nh)
I'm surprised that he hadn't yet made the switch to yellow trunks by that stage of Hulkamania (battling Orndorff.)
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The WWE attitude era, and the WCW, was the greatest time in wrestling.
To be fair, I liked WCW better. Tooooo sweet!
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Pretty close on 50/50: from that list on the photo, 45% are dead, and 55% are alive:
And yes, I'd say that's even worse than bodybuilding.
Seems like wrestling is the most lethal of them all.
I see, I counted Hillbilly Jim in the gone pile. When I was in middle school the rumor was he died, never checked it out. Happy to see he's still with us.
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Greg Valentine has some great interviews on youtube re his memories of WWF in the 80s.
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I was good friends with Jim neidhart. He partied harder than anyone I ever met. But every time another rassler died he would be freaked right out.
Partied hard?
Are we talking coke and/or heroin here?
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Man... the number of these guys that are not alive anymore.
Come on. They were already in their 30s and it’s 40 years later.
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The ultimate respect goes to pro wrestlers.
I'm talking about the best of the best. Not only did they have to act, they had to deliver on stage.
Pound for pound.... "those guys" had it tougher than any Hollywood celebrity.
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Pretty close on 50/50: from that list on the photo, 45% are dead, and 55% are alive:
Dead:
Roddy Piper
Big John Studd
Andre the Giant
Jimmy Snuka
Paul Orndorff
Junk Yard Dog
Nikolai Volkoff
Jim Neidhart
Lou Albano
Alive:
Bob Orton Jr.
Ricky Steamboat
Wendi Richter
Hulk Hogan
Hillbilly Jim
Mike Rotunda
The Iron Shiek
Greg Valentine
Tito Santana
Barry Windham
David Sammartino
And yes, I'd say that's even worse than bodybuilding.
Seems like wrestling is the most lethal of them all.
Not really! That poster is about 35 years old.
So, most of those on the "Dead" list either died of old age or things totally non-wrestling related.
JYD was killed in a car accident back in 1998; Neidhart fell down the stairs and hit his head just a few years ago (2018). Andre had acromegaly (doctors predicted he wouldn't make 40; he died in 1993 at age 46, which some claim was due to a broken heart after his father passed away only days earlier).
The only one who died prematurely, of those listed, were Big John Studd and perhaps Piper (who was battling cancer but died of a heart attack).
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Partied hard?
Are we talking coke and/or heroin here?
I could drink 24-30 Canadian beer night after night. but couldn't keep up to him.
no heroin, but handfuls of pills and yes cocaine.
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Program from 1984.
Billy Jack Haynes is an interesting cat.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEpqDgGUYAwZJcB?format=jpg&name=large)
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Neidhart didnt fall down the stairs, he got up in the night and had a seizure as he was about to adjust the thermostat. He had a 4 inch gash on his face and the fall killed him. He also had early alzheimers.
Not really! That poster is about 35 years old.
So, most of those on the "Dead" list either died of old age or things totally non-wrestling related.
JYD was killed in a car accident back in 1998; Neidhart fell down the stairs and hit his head just a few years ago (2018). Andre had acromegaly (doctors predicted he wouldn't make 40; he died in 1993 at age 46, which some claim was due to a broken heart after his father passed away only days earlier).
The only one who died prematurely, of those listed, were Big John Studd and perhaps Piper (who was battling cancer but died of a heart attack).
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Neidhart didnt fall down the stairs, he got up in the night and had a seizure as he was about to adjust the thermostat. He had a 4 inch gash on his face and the fall killed him. He also had early alzheimers.
Waiting on Mcway to come back to tell you why your information is wrong.
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Neidhart didnt fall down the stairs, he got up in the night and had a seizure as he was about to adjust the thermostat. He had a 4 inch gash on his face and the fall killed him. He also had early alzheimers.
This. Would love to bang his fat-titted daughter
(https://ringthedamnbell.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/48709lnmjrt51.gif)
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I could drink 24-30 Canadian beer night after night. but couldn't keep up to him.
no heroin, but handfuls of pills and yes cocaine.
Hulk Hogan, was one of the worst technical wrestlers ever. But, he was a superstar.
In his Hollywood Hogan days, he just oozed machismo. Wrestlers get mad at Hulk....
Shut the Fuck up. He is the Tom Cruise of wrestling .
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This. Would love to bang his fat-titted daughter
(https://ringthedamnbell.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/48709lnmjrt51.gif)
She looks like a solid fuck
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Hulk Hogan, was one of the worst technical wrestlers ever. But, he was a superstar.
In his Hollywood Hogan days, he just oozed machismo. Wrestlers get mad at Hulk....
Shut the Fuck up. He is the Tom Cruise of wrestling .
Hang on…
Are you telling me to shut the fuk up???
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Partied hard?
Are we talking coke and/or heroin here?
JYD was a huge cokehead.
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Memories ;D
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JYD was a huge cokehead.
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Around 1:10 he mentions JYD in a funny story.
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I remember watching this promo at the time, and it got me thinking maybe I'll shuffle off to Buffalo to see this card.
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She was the only female wrestler worth watching specifically because she is sexy as fuck.
Mandy Rose released from WWE over racy subscription photos
https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/mandy-rose-released-from-wwe-over-racy-subscription-photos/
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She was the only female wrestler worth watching specifically because she is sexy as fuck.
Mandy Rose released from WWE over racy subscription photos
https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/mandy-rose-released-from-wwe-over-racy-subscription-photos/
OHHH!!! That explains why she had to do the "time-honored tradition" Tuesday night and lose her NXT Women's title (which she's had for over a year) to Roxanne Perez.
WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!! How does she get released for "mere" photos....when Paige, Brad Maddox, and Xavier Woods (of New Day) were doing straight up PORN, while on WWE's payroll?
The Usos did a promo on Smackdown, where they clowned Woods over that video.
Paige was letting her boyfriend SKEET all over her championship belt, while she was wearing it, for crying out loud.
I guess it's because Paige's video(s) "accidentally" got "leaked" vs. Mandy Rose's flat-out charging to see her naked behind without giving Mr. McMahon his cut, that would explain why Paige and Woods kept their jobs vs. Rose's heading to the unemployment line.
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OHHH!!! That explains why she had to do the "time-honored tradition" Tuesday night and lose her NXT Women's title (which she's had for over a year) to Roxanne Perez.
WAIT JUST A MINUTE!!! How does she get released for "mere" photos....when Paige, Brad Maddox, and Xavier Woods (of New Day) were doing straight up PORN, while on WWE's payroll?
The Usos did a promo on Smackdown, where they clowned Woods over that video.
Paige was letting her boyfriend SKEET all over her championship belt, while she was wearing it, for crying out loud.
I guess it's because Paige's video(s) "accidentally" got "leaked" vs. Mandy Rose's flat-out charging to see her naked behind without giving Mr. McMahon his cut, that would explain why Paige and Woods kept their jobs vs. Rose's heading to the unemployment line.
Sounds right. I remember a segment back in the day when Stephanie shoved her ass into the camera. Then turned around and said , “Now, that I have your attention.”😂
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Sounds right. I remember a segment back in the day when Stephanie shoved her ass into the camera. Then turned around and said , “Now, that I have your attention.”😂
WWE is trying to sell toys, via Mattel. So having one of your female stars online butt-@$$ naked MIGHT pose a bit of a problem.
Does that mean they have to yank Xavier Woods' action figures?
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yank Xavier Woods'
He posts here.
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He posts here.
What’s his handle? I loved his work with what’s her tits
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He posts here.
So does Orlando Jordan