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[Kwon]

Dynamite earlier days

[joswift]

Did you ever cross paths with him and remind him that it didn’t matter what he accomplished in the past all that matters is how he looked now?

He was in the gym I used to train in Leigh around 1988 while visiting his family

Gym owner said he was strong, 4 plates a side benching for reps

[NoPEDsNoBB]

Yeah both were strong af.
Dynamite died on his 60th birthday in 2018. Wasn't he (the smaller dawg) regarded as the tougher / bigger badass one or something like that?


I'm confused..
Wasn't their finishing move: Davey o'head pressing Dynamite then throwing him for a diving headbutt on their opponent?
If so then try find a pic or anything about it online. It doesn't exist

[Griffith]

According to Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid was the most talented wrestler he worked with in his career.

It went rapidly downhill for Dynamite Kid after a back injury in 1986, he continued to wrestle which did more damage, eventually damaging the nerves going to his legs and putting him in a wheelchair.

[wazhazbin]

Yeah both were strong af.
Dynamite died on his 60th birthday in 2018. Wasn't he (the smaller dawg) regarded as the tougher / bigger badass one or something like that?


I'm confused..
Wasn't their finishing move: Davey o'head pressing Dynamite then throwing him for a diving headbutt on their opponent?
If so then try find a pic or anything about it online. It doesn't exist

Davey Boy was bigger and stronger than dynamite, but no one was as intense as dynamite.   i remember when my roommate was rasslin dynamite beat the fug outta the ref in the dressing room when he suggested the kid drop a match.   blood everywhere.  and the ref was Carrie Brown, a fairly large rassler himself.

no one would mess with him in the dressing room, he'd probably wipe the floor with all of them, except oddly bad news allen/brown, who was legit tough.

[Griffith]

Davey Boy was bigger and stronger than dynamite, but no one was as intense as dynamite.   i remember when my roommate was rasslin dynamite beat the fug outta the ref in the dressing room when he suggested the kid drop a match.   blood everywhere.  and the ref was Carrie Brown, a fairly large rassler himself.

no one would mess with him in the dressing room, he'd probably wipe the floor with all of them, except oddly bad news allen/brown, who was legit tough.

Dynamite Kid was about 5'8 and Davey Boy about 5'10 but also with a bigger frame.

[wazhazbin]

According to Bret Hart, Dynamite Kid was the most talented wrestler he worked with in his career.

It went rapidly downhill for Dynamite Kid after a back injury in 1986, he continued to wrestle which did more damage, eventually damaging the nerves going to his legs and putting him in a wheelchair.

agreed on all points.

[NoPEDsNoBB]

Davey Boy was bigger and stronger than dynamite, but no one was as intense as dynamite.   i remember when my roommate was rasslin dynamite beat the fug outta the ref in the dressing room when he suggested the kid drop a match.   blood everywhere.  and the ref was Carrie Brown, a fairly large rassler himself.

no one would mess with him in the dressing room, he'd probably wipe the floor with all of them, except oddly bad news allen/brown, who was legit tough.

Cool stuff.
I love reading about who were the legit/toughest badasses back in the WWF days and hearing all the behind-the-scenes stories. Spent hours on youtube watching all the vids..
Haku, Rick Rude, U.Taker.....

[Dave D]

agreed on all points.

Hazbin please share some Brett Hart stories! Also he was pretty vocal about how he hated the bodybuilding lifestyle/industry. Any stories about that?

[wazhazbin]

Cool stuff.
I love reading about who were the legit/toughest badasses back in the WWF days and hearing all the behind-the-scenes stories. Spent hours on youtube watching all the vids..
Haku, Rick Rude, U.Taker.....

Jim Neidhart was legit world class strong.   drafted by the Oakland Raiders, internationally ranked shot putter.  and he was invited to the worlds strongest man
competition in the early 80s. but when the regular top five heard he was invited they boycotted and said they would not compete if he was in it. 

miss him, spent lots of crazy nights partying together.

[wazhazbin]

Hazbin please share some Brett Hart stories! Also he was pretty vocal about how he hated the bodybuilding lifestyle/industry. Any stories about that?

Bret is a straight up good guy. spent a lot of time with him and never saw him take even a drink of alcohol ever.

it's a paradox that he hated bodybuilders but we were pretty good friends.  but i always said i'm not a bodybuilder, it's just something i did.

i don't know how he and the Anvil travelled and roomed together for years.  you couldn't meet two more different individuals.

[Dave D]

Jim Neidhart was legit world class strong.   drafted by the Oakland Raiders, internationally ranked shot putter.  and he was invited to the worlds strongest man
competition in the early 80s. but when the regular top five heard he was invited they boycotted and said they would not compete if he was in it. 

miss him, spent lots of crazy nights partying together.

Really?

I met Jim just over 10 years ago, super nice dude. I was surprised how normal he looked. He wasn’t tall or “huge”.

[wazhazbin]

Really?

I met Jim just over 10 years ago, super nice dude. I was surprised how normal he looked. He wasn’t tall or “huge”.

yes, i've got the old ironman with a strength article on him.  ken pasarillo was on the cover.  i'll dig it out.

[Kwon]

Bret is a straight up good guy. spent a lot of time with him and never saw him take even a drink of alcohol ever.

it's a paradox that he hated bodybuilders but we were pretty good friends.  but i always said i'm not a bodybuilder, it's just something i did.

i don't know how he and the Anvil travelled and roomed together for years.  you couldn't meet two more different individuals.

He was going to punch and destroy Shawn Michaels (Heartbreak Kid) after the Screwjob right?


Did he ever punch any other wrestler backstage?

[wazhazbin]

He was going to punch and destroy Shawn Michaels (Heartbreak Kid) after the Screwjob right?


Did he ever punch any other wrestler backstage?

No not that I know of. Bret was extremely mellow. But he did knock out Vince McMahon that night as well

[Dave D]

Bret is a straight up good guy. spent a lot of time with him and never saw him take even a drink of alcohol ever.

it's a paradox that he hated bodybuilders but we were pretty good friends.  but i always said i'm not a bodybuilder, it's just something i did.

i don't know how he and the Anvil travelled and roomed together for years.  you couldn't meet two more different individuals.

I always thought his take was interesting since it was his dad who broke in guys like SS Billy Graham. I’m assuming the experience with the WBF also shaped his views.

[wazhazbin]

I always thought his take was interesting since it was his dad who broke in guys like SS Billy Graham. I’m assuming the experience with the WBF also shaped his views.

i would bet,  like he says, who else had Andre the Giant babysit him when he was a kid??

[Dave D]

i would bet,  like he says, who else had Andre the Giant babysit him when he was a kid??

LOL what a life… but for all the success the guy has had a tremendous amount of tragedy.