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All hail Warlord!
« on: March 21, 2014, 12:57:10 PM »
Check out this absolute monster.

I witnessed first-hand Warlord hoisting weight in the gym. This was in the very early '90s. He was in Toronto, Ontario, for a wrestling gig. He performed six ultra-perfect reps in the bench with 455. Unlike most who yap without truly knowing the deal, I can say the dude made the pressing look like a cake walk. Clearly he was just maintaining as he was out on the road and was performing at Maple Leaf Gardens that very evening.

He also did a high-rep set of squats with 315 (rep after rep ... well over 20 reps).



Think what you want, but in the street, without rules (and weapons, naturally), Warlord would decimate just about anyone. Including all these MMA/UFC warriors-lite. All the BJJ and "stand-up" isn't gonna save your hide when a creature such as this wants to break you in half.





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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 01:06:29 PM »
Our very own Mensa Bob resembled Terry Szopinski back when he was in his prime.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 01:29:59 PM »
The ungodly size and strength of some of those pro wrestlers in the '80s and early '90s was terrifying.

Easy-to-get shit, coupled with its general purity (and no one hassling them to not use too much, etc.), resulted in some outrageously monster guys.

Like I say, I met Warlord (and many others of that era), and let me tell you, the man was simply frightening in physical presence. I've met most of the biggest pro bodybuilders/powerlifters of the past 25 years, including Kovacs, Coleman, Yates, El Sonbaty, Gillingham, and Kazmaier (albeit the latter was well past his peak years of size and strength), and in comparison, few could have ever come even close to Warlord.

On a side note, Warlord was one of the friendliest and most helpful musclemen I have ever met. I was just, like, 20, and the guy was eager to give me spots (I was doing presses that day, as well) and offer motivating words of encouragement.

 

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2014, 01:47:49 PM »
When I was about oh...17 or so I weighed maybe 180 skinny fat but 6'1 and kinda big anyway...

I went to a family reunion, beers, brats, UFC, trailer park, 50 kids running around everyone standing around bullshitting etc..

Well we got a couple in us and me and my cousins started shadow boxing etc...Like we do. A couple of my cousins are legit bikers, drug dealer types, bouncers and so on...General Hooligans.

Well we were shadow boxin, and like it does, it degenerated into actual play boxing, and then into legit 1 on 1 matches in the "UFC style gloves" and we go through the usual shit talking, couple bloody noses..Shake up then make up cousin type fighting..


Well out of nowhere one of my female cousins from the trailer park comes walking up from down the street with one of her friends...a legit full contact karate practitioner, that studied it in Japan I believe..Legit Karate where the dudes just stand and deliver powerful blows to the body until one man crumbles, I guess it's a legit sport somewhere with tournaments...

Well he went by the name of Scott and he stood probably 6'4-6'5 I'd say 300lbs but there is no way of knowing, he had a decent layer of blubber on his whole body.

He was very intrigued by the sight of all of us wrestling around and boxing with bloody noses etc...His eyes lit up like he was totally in his element once again, and he subtly and briefly went into his background with karate etc..Which we all just assumed was bullshit and brushed it off..

Well after some ribbing from us, Scott decided to prove his merits as a tank and offered to let me swing on him as many times as I liked, and he assured me that if I hurt him he would say stop and that he wouldn't over react and attack me viciously.

So I agreed, and everyone gathered around...We squared off and he just stood there and said alright go...I took my stance and immediately started unleashing on this fool's body like fucking Chuck Norris...I have never...NEVEr felt so incredibly weak and powerless as I did at that moment, when my most wound up, telegraphed, my BIGGEST power punches, the absolute hardest I could have possible hit someone if they let me ( as he did ) DID NOT EVEN REMOTELY PHASE THIS MAN...

I mean I fucking wound back and unleashed socks on this fool that would bruise and hurt a man of my equal stature, but this 6'5 300+lb man just maintained a slight smirk on his face as he giggled while I was totally out of breath from unleashing at least 25 Mike Tyson-esque blows unto his body.

From that day forward I realized that no matter what kind of "skills" or "technique" bla bla bla you think you have...A huge monster of a man may not be quick and agile like a small cat, but your absolute hardest blow you could possible deliver will not even begin to phase his sheer massive frame in any way...It is a battle you will never ever win without a ranged weapon.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2014, 02:02:59 PM »
Did Warlord have that " full nelson " finishing move and onky Davey boy Smith was able to break free from it?
Or was it the other way around?

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2014, 02:10:07 PM »

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2014, 03:48:42 PM »
my roommate at the time wrestled the Warlord here in Calgary in the 90's.   randy thatcher (my roomies ringname) was the jobber for Warlord for a Calgary wwe match.   he was originally booked to fight mr. Perfect, but somehow the wwe heard a rumor that randy was gonna try  a shoot on Perfect to pin him and make a name for himself. so they put him up against Warlord to teach him a lesson.

randy was a lean 250 and could bench 5 plates for a few reps. (one of the few guys I knew that could actually move that kinda weight)

Warlord ragdolled him like he was 180lb.   beat him bad and threw him around like  nothing.  I don't think he ever got in the ring again.   

bottom line, Warlord was a beast, dwarfed a lean , strong  250 lber like a child.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2014, 03:51:59 PM »
the other wrestlers also said he was so disciplined that at a place in Germany the drop in fee at the gym worked out to $75 US. all the other wrestlers said fug that, but Warlord said 'don't matter, gotta train'

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2014, 03:54:02 PM »
my roommate at the time wrestled the Warlord here in Calgary in the 90's.   randy thatcher (my roomies ringname) was the jobber for Warlord for a Calgary wwe match.   he was originally booked to fight mr. Perfect, but somehow the wwe heard a rumor that randy was gonna try  a shoot on Perfect to pin him and make a name for himself. so they put him up against Warlord to teach him a lesson.

randy was a lean 250 and could bench 5 plates for a few reps. (one of the few guys I knew that could actually move that kinda weight)

Warlord ragdolled him like he was 180lb.   beat him bad and threw him around like  nothing.  I don't think he ever got in the ring again.   

bottom line, Warlord was a beast, dwarfed a lean , strong  250 lber like a child.

pssstttttt…….wrestlings not real.    ::)

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2014, 03:54:57 PM »
thank you for that

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2014, 03:56:30 PM »
Ted Arcidi,trained at our gym once in the 80`s...........also Virgil,Blackjack Mulligan,and a bunch of other guys I can`t recall.

Arcidi did Skullcrushers with 3 plates a side on an E-Z Curl Bar like candy,sent a kid out to get him a sub and gave the kid change from a $100.00 bill.

Virgil and company thought they were huge until they saw Jeff King and Rich Roy training.  :D

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2014, 04:50:29 PM »
Yet Warlord himself said he wouldn't have fucked with Haku, what does that tell you about Haku.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2014, 04:54:38 PM »
Im sure "temper" s guy is a legit badass for sure BUT if Tyson hit him in the temple he d drop like a sack of shit like anyone else.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2014, 04:55:12 PM »
Yet Warlord himself said he wouldn't have fucked with Haku, what does that tell you about Haku.

ya , it's interesting when you hear the inside locker room talk about who the true 'tough' wrestlers are. the ones who fought the shoots in japan, and the ones all the other wrestlers  truly respect and fear.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2014, 05:00:07 PM »
What exactly is it about Haku that makes him so feared. Even Andre the Giant said he would nt try him and who the fuck at 7 foot 4 or whatever and 500lbs is scared of anyone?!?!

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2014, 05:00:40 PM »
After watching that, I don't know what's gayer, wresting or bodybuilding?  :-\

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2014, 05:06:49 PM »
Check out this absolute monster.

I witnessed first-hand Warlord hoisting weight in the gym. This was in the very early '90s. He was in Toronto, Ontario, for a wrestling gig. He performed six ultra-perfect reps in the bench with 455. Unlike most who yap without truly knowing the deal, I can say the dude made the pressing look like a cake walk. Clearly he was just maintaining as he was out on the road and was performing at Maple Leaf Gardens that very evening.

He also did a high-rep set of squats with 315 (rep after rep ... well over 20 reps).



Think what you want, but in the street, without rules (and weapons, naturally), Warlord would decimate just about anyone. Including all these MMA/UFC warriors-lite. All the BJJ and "stand-up" isn't gonna save your hide when a creature such as this wants to break you in half.






I'd put my shin to his temple and he'd go to sleep.
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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2014, 05:11:50 PM »
The scary thing about these fake wrestlers is they are big, strong, have practical strength from lifting human bodies, knowledge of leverage and body mechanics, AND ENDURANCE. 
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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2014, 05:27:12 PM »
What exactly is it about Haku that makes him so feared. Even Andre the Giant said he would nt try him and who the fuck at 7 foot 4 or whatever and 500lbs is scared of anyone?!?!

He was known for being a legit badass in terms of destroying "tough guys" (see comments above as an example of such) who would approach wrestlers in bars etc. and claim they were phonies and fakes. There are countless stories of him beating up multiple guys in bar fights. He once bite off some guys nose and gouged out another man's eye (search for some of this on the web, the stories about him are crazy. I know some of them might be exaggerated but I've read several wrestler biographies and they all say the same thing - Haku was THE toughest).

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2014, 05:32:44 PM »
What? Even tougher than Max Moon? Who came from outta space.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2014, 05:36:21 PM »
The ungodly size and strength of some of those pro wrestlers in the '80s and early '90s was terrifying.

Yeah, that truly was the golden era of monsters in wrestling (just before the McMahon steroid scandal in '92). Guys like the Road Warriors, the Bulldogs, Barbarian, Ultimate Warrior, Vader, Earthquake - these guys were literally real life comic book characters. But Warlord was the biggest and the baddest at the time. Most of those wrestlers were strong as hell, especially in the bench. In fact what I think set Warlord apart was that he had a strong upper and lower body - most of those guys had more of a bench-specialist type power build, but didn't have the lower body size of the Warlord. Warlord would have made a great monster villain to face the likes of Hogan and Macho Man but unfortunately he never got that push.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2014, 05:40:31 PM »
What? Even tougher than Max Moon? Who came from outta space.

 ;D This was WWF's response to the steroid scandal - get rid of all the monsters and create a load of cartoon gimmicks.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2014, 06:07:47 PM »
I've told the story on the wrestling board, the Warlord is one of the reasons why I started questioning My old man about the legitimacy of his profession.

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2014, 06:27:59 PM »
jesus christ he is one huge sunnuvabitch...look at the size of his fucking shoulders!!!

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Re: All hail Warlord!
« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2014, 06:44:25 PM »
Im sure "temper" s guy is a legit badass for sure BUT if Tyson hit him in the temple he d drop like a sack of shit like anyone else.

Obviously in the temple rofl..This cat let me square off on his belly/chest/shoulders area. And square off I did...Not 1 fuck was given by him either.