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Pro Wrestlers who dedicated their lives.

Post by Weapon_NeXt » Sat May 23, 2009 11:29 pm

I put this in Sports section, but if you don't want "Pro Wrestling" in this section since most of us should know it's scripted and fake, then can it be moved to elsewhere? Thanks!

I just realized today, it's the 10th anniversary of Owen Hart's tragic fall on May 23rd 1999. He dedicated his life to Pro Wrestling and it also caused him his life unfortunately. My favorite: Bret Hart, his older brother and Pro Wrestling Legend, must be feeling a world of pain once again over this.


If you want to pay tribute and give memory for Owen or any others who lost their lives this is a good thread to do so.

Here's an *incomplete* list of people who lost their lives either in or out of the squared-circle, if you have others then feel free to mention him/her.:
Owen Hart
"The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman
"British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith
Eddie Guerero
Big John Studd
Bam Bam Bigelow
"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
"Ravishing" Rick Rude
Miss Elizabeth
Andre The Giant

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Post by GunClap » Sun May 24, 2009 12:46 pm

Respect to everyone who puts his life on the line, especially for something as trivial as entertainment.

Respect to those who gave the ultimate price when it wasn't their time.

Respect Bulldog, from the whole of the UK, we remember you.
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Post by AcidStorm » Wed May 27, 2009 7:16 pm

:wtg: Bravo!

Apart from the original nature boy Buddy Rogers
I'd just add Nancy and Chris Benoit to that list..
(One of the strangest stories I ever heard with those 2..)

Another true story >
Here in the Uk in '93 my buddy Sap was staying at the same
travel lodge hotel when Sid vicious stabbed Arn Anderson for real..
Funny thing is he never realised it until it hit the newspapers!

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Post by Weapon_NeXt » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:34 pm

AcidStorm wrote::wtg: Bravo!

Apart from the original nature boy Buddy Rogers
I'd just add Nancy and Chris Benoit to that list..
(One of the strangest stories I ever heard with those 2..)

Another true story >
Here in the Uk in '93 my buddy Sap was staying at the same
travel lodge hotel when Sid vicious stabbed Arn Anderson for real..
Funny thing is he never realised it until it hit the newspapers!

:yernuts: :salute:
I intentionally left-out Chris Benoit for the obvious reasons, too controversial.
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Post by OhMyHead » Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:14 pm

I got high with Jake The Snake once. I played little league with his coke dealer, too. :lol: Growing up in Stamford, CT (Headquarters of the WWE), I ran into a lot of those guys out and about, including Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. Some of the lesser known gorillas liked to go to the after hours bar down the street from WWE HQ (one of the many places I wasted my free time in) and beat the hell out of folks like me for no good reason.

But no, they're not all bad. R.I.P. to the good ones.

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Post by sir_drunkenalot » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:46 pm

lol I occasionally youtube some wwe / ecw / what ever vids just for the sheer entertainment of watching it, even though it is scripted :)
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Post by Heel » Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:57 pm

I remember watching the PPV when Owen died. I just remember it going to a video package promoting his upcoming match and when the live feed came back it was blacked out with just audio.

A few years ago me and a buddy of mine used to fly to watch Raw/Smackdowns. We both worked for the air line and could see who was going to be on whatever flight we were trying to get on so we'd find one with the most wrestlers. We flew back from Detroit after one show and were up in first class when all the wrestlers were boarded at the last second. We were up there with Rakishi (had two seats to himself) and Mic Foley. Funny thing about Foley, when he got on the plane he dressed just like he does for shows in those sweat pants and flannel shirt. He also had all his clothes in a black garbage bag lol.

A bunch of others were in coach class. I remember Hardcore Holley and Steve Blackmon being on there.

Used to see Benoit down here from time to time in the grocery store. Shame about him and his family.

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Post by GunClap » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:45 pm

Heel wrote:I remember watching the PPV when Owen died. I just remember it going to a video package promoting his upcoming match and when the live feed came back it was blacked out with just audio.
They didn't black it out on international broadcast. You didn't get to see anything major, just a blurry glimpse of what looked bloody painful. I remember it so well. It's a shame we lose some great athletes to the sports they participate in. The rough edge is that this is something they are very aware of when entering into their career. It's a career of punishment for the sake of entertainment. You're either hard or nuts.
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Post by Weapon_NeXt » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:45 am

While all the deaths are tragic, the one about Owen Hart simply stands-out as I'd say one of the worst, such a bad way to go, in-front of live audience and live-TV, and with 1 wife then widow, 2 young infants, and 1 brand new dream home hardly or not even used.

Of coarse this didn't change who my favorite wrestler as that's not my kind of reaction, but this also made much bad impact on my favorite Bret Hart, and I felt like I could feel HIS pain, almost.

Never saw even a blurry or censored segment of Owen's disaster, never searched for it, never felt an urge to.
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Post by dirtyolman » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:41 pm

Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 65, some of these guys have been wrestling since the 60's.

Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Test - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Owen Hart - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Emory Hale - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
John Kronus - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Biff Wellington - 42
Brian Adams (Crush) - 43
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Mitsuharu Misawa - 46
Steve Dunn - 48
Cousin Junior - 48
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Sherri Martel - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
The Angel of Death - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
Buddy Rose - 56
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bad News Brown - 63
Bulldog Brower - 63
SD Jones - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63
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Post by AcidStorm » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:54 pm

I was reading throught the extensive list of classic wrestlers
Dirty had compiled and saw the name Dick the Bruiser ?!

That's gotta be a joke Dirty? surely that's not a real wrestling name!

How about cum shooter dick?

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Post by KrispyKritter » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:33 pm

AcidStorm wrote:I was reading throught the extensive list of classic wrestlers
Dirty had compiled and saw the name Dick the Bruiser ?!

That's gotta be a joke Dirty? surely that's not a real wrestling name!

How about cum shooter dick?

:lmao:
I'll be damned! Not a joke!

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Post by VICTIM » Mon May 17, 2010 4:47 pm

After all the things that went wrong with all the Von Erics, i am still taken back that they let ? there youngest persue wrestling. I think she goes by Stacy Von Eric for TNA. Of course im typing this off the top of my head, i could be mistaken :tired:

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Post by the_singing_mole_master » Mon May 17, 2010 5:21 pm

i miss Eddie Guerrero so much
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Post by Weapon_NeXt » Thu May 27, 2010 10:05 pm

the_singing_mole_master wrote:i miss Eddie Guerrero so much
I remember him, I have only 1 favorite wrestler, but Eddie is another entertainer who completed the good experience of my following wresting.

I still don't know his exact cause of death, but sounds like it was medical, poor guy, one would think that he's never die young of all people, how we can be wrong sometimes.
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