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RIP Virgil
« on: February 28, 2024, 12:15:47 PM »
Had an impressive physique back in the day. Essentially the Big Lou of wrestling shamelessly working the conventions to sell 8x10s for $20.



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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2024, 12:54:56 PM »
Leaked Virgil morgue photo




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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2024, 12:58:53 PM »
young no?
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2024, 01:22:03 PM »
 I met him in jersey at chiller theatre show years ago. he staRTED TO TALK TO ME OUT OF THE BLUE SAID i REMINDED HIM OF PUTSKI. I told him I had to go ,I guess he was bored as no one was really bothering with him much. Louie ferrigno and billy graham were also in the room where they hid virgil in the corner. Ferrigno actually got excited when graham came into the room.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2024, 01:22:57 PM »
Suddenly / unexpectedly....
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM »
Quote from: funk51 on February 28, 2024, 01:22:03 PM
I met him in jersey at chiller theatre show years ago. he staRTED TO TALK TO ME OUT OF THE BLUE SAID i REMINDED HIM OF PUTSKI. I told him I had to go ,I guess he was bored as no one was really bothering with him much. Louie ferrigno and billy graham were also in the room where they hid virgil in the corner. Ferrigno actually got excited when graham came into the room.

https://lonelyvirgil.net/ .     

The guy was sad for a lot of years. He'd show up to flea markets, gym openings, comic shows, etc...., and just spend the day trying to get you to buy an autograph. He even had a move where he'd sign it to your girl, kid, etc.... without asking, and then guilt you into buying it :).

One of the funnier things that happened, was he'd advertise as "Ted DiBiasie and Virgil", and sell it as a package deal, and then he'd just say Ted couldn't make it. Well, word gets back to Ted, and he gives Virgil shit about it, but Virgil couldn't afford a new banner, so he'd roll up  or find a way to cover the DiBiasi part -

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Bonus Virgil beanbag -

https://www.facebook.com/Wrestlezonecom/videos/virgil-promotes-his-cameo-account-doesnt-realize-his-balls-are-showing/463634348134026/ .

RIP. Didn't hear much about it, but apparently he had cancer and a bunch of health problems the last few years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2024, 03:28:12 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

It’s sad that both men pictured here (Richard Lewis and Virgil) are now gone (on the same day)
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2024, 03:34:05 PM »
Didn't wrasslers get paid big coin in the 90s?

How did he end up so broke?
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2024, 03:34:18 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM
https://lonelyvirgil.net/ .     

The guy was sad for a lot of years. He'd show up to flea markets, gym openings, comic shows, etc...., and just spend the day trying to get you to buy an autograph. He even had a move where he'd sign it to your girl, kid, etc.... without asking, and then guilt you into buying it :).

One of the funnier things that happened, was he'd advertise as "Ted DiBiasie and Virgil", and sell it as a package deal, and then he'd just say Ted couldn't make it. Well, word gets back to Ted, and he gives Virgil shit about it, but Virgil couldn't afford a new banner, so he'd roll up  or find a way to cover the DiBiasi part -

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Bonus Virgil beanbag -

https://www.facebook.com/Wrestlezonecom/videos/virgil-promotes-his-cameo-account-doesnt-realize-his-balls-are-showing/463634348134026/ .

RIP. Didn't hear much about it, but apparently he had cancer and a bunch of health problems the last few years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

i'm sorry he got sick and died, but he had to have been the most useless "superstar" in wrestling history

his whole career was just standing silent next to an actual wrestler, and he somehow made a 10 year career out of that, it's probably hard to tolerate a regular job after that easy gig so that's why he kept trying to get people to buy his autograph

whose bright idea was it to make him a member of the nwo?  that was when you knew the gimmick ran its course

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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2024, 03:36:56 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

And they say the Universe doesn't have a sense of humour..

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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2024, 03:59:40 PM »
Quote from: a_pupil on February 28, 2024, 03:34:05 PM
Didn't wrasslers get paid big coin in the 90s?

How did he end up so broke?

Did you see that he’s black?
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2024, 04:04:38 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM


RIP. Didn't hear much about it, but apparently he had cancer and a bunch of health problems the last few years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Just read he had dementia too. Probably saved himself a lot of suffering checking out early. RIP
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2024, 04:21:38 PM »
Quote from: Rambone on February 28, 2024, 03:28:12 PM
It’s sad that both men pictured here (Richard Lewis and Virgil) are now gone (on the same day)

:(. Just saw the Richard Lewis obit.

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Quote from: a_pupil on February 28, 2024, 03:34:05 PM
Didn't wrasslers get paid big coin in the 90s?

How did he end up so broke?

He lied about his age (he was actually about 11 years older than his wrestling age), and started wrestling late, and never had a real job outside of those wrestling years, and a few odd appearances here and there. I'd be shocked if his total earnings were high. This article has a run down of the last few years -

https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2022/07/12/mat-matters-setting-the-record-straight-on-virgils-current-circumstances/amp/ .

He was looking rough a few months ago -

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-need-of-help-for-winter .

Not his first GoFundMe either, years ago, he was asking fans to to give him "fuck money" Robby Robinson style -

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It wasn't all bad news for the guy though, he apparently had a monster hog, and would blow himself for the amusement of groupies and other wrestlers sometimes. So God gives, God takes, I guess :).
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2024, 04:22:05 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM
https://lonelyvirgil.net/                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Holy shit, pure savagery.

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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2024, 04:39:50 PM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 03:10:58 PM
Bonus Virgil beanbag -

https://www.facebook.com/Wrestlezonecom/videos/virgil-promotes-his-cameo-account-doesnt-realize-his-balls-are-showing/463634348134026/ .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Why didnt he cover up his balls??
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2024, 06:50:24 PM »
I don't think he would have made much coin in WWF(E) then.  He wasn't a wrestler per se... more like an accessory.  Probably paid the same as Miss Elizabeth.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2024, 07:23:46 PM »
I was in New Orleans for WM 30 walking one night and literally bumped into Virgil as he was trying to walk into the liquor store, I exclaimed, “it’s Virgil in a NWO shirt!” and he nodded and rushed into the store.

The guys I was with just started laughing because Virgil either big timed us or he thought we were going to jump him. It was a once in a lifetime experience.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #17 on: February 29, 2024, 08:30:08 AM »
Quote from: BB on February 28, 2024, 04:21:38 PM
:(. Just saw the Richard Lewis obit.

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He lied about his age (he was actually about 11 years older than his wrestling age), and started wrestling late, and never had a real job outside of those wrestling years, and a few odd appearances here and there. I'd be shocked if his total earnings were high. This article has a run down of the last few years -

https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2022/07/12/mat-matters-setting-the-record-straight-on-virgils-current-circumstances/amp/ .

He was looking rough a few months ago -

https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-need-of-help-for-winter .

Not his first GoFundMe either, years ago, he was asking fans to to give him "fuck money" Robby Robinson style -

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It wasn't all bad news for the guy though, he apparently had a monster hog, and would blow himself for the amusement of groupies and other wrestlers sometimes. So God gives, God takes, I guess :).

Sad shit
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #18 on: February 29, 2024, 08:35:17 AM »
Quote from: a_pupil on February 28, 2024, 03:34:05 PM
Didn't wrasslers get paid big coin in the 90s?

How did he end up so broke?

Making six figures for a few years typically doesn’t set a person up for life.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #19 on: February 29, 2024, 08:53:38 AM »
One thing can be said is at least he tried to get out there and hustle for some money.  Can't fault him for that.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #20 on: February 29, 2024, 09:02:25 AM »
Quote from: Thin Lizzy on February 29, 2024, 08:35:17 AM
Making six figures for a few years typically doesn’t set a person up for life.

For boomers it was easier. Wrestlers were on the road year round so didn't need to run a household. Shame they were so dumb as they could have brought loads of cheap rental properties in those days. In the UK, houses were probably about 5-10k in the 80s, and they're around 250k-750k now.

He must have been making good money in the 80s and then dubya-see-dubya was paying over the odds to ex-WWF guys in the early to mid-90s.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #21 on: February 29, 2024, 07:44:52 PM »
Quote from: LurkerNoMore on February 29, 2024, 08:53:38 AM
One thing can be said is at least he tried to get out there and hustle for some money.  Can't fault him for that.

Setting up autograph tables in the subway isn’t exactly the definition of hustling.

 I when it comes to work ethic Virgil makes Big Lou look like Arnold.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #22 on: February 29, 2024, 07:58:37 PM »
Recently, I was in Pennsylvania and saw a diamond Dallas page. I said he DDP what’s up before he went into his truck. He came over by my car. My window was down. A fiist bump me, said keep it going. Brother look good.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2024, 12:22:42 AM »
Quote from: njflex on February 29, 2024, 07:58:37 PM
Recently, I was in Pennsylvania and saw a diamond Dallas page. I said he DDP what’s up before he went into his truck. He came over by my car. My window was down. A fiist bump me, said keep it going. Brother look good.
His yoga workouts completely changed him.
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Re: RIP Virgil
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2024, 12:33:09 AM »
My nikka
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