The General Wrestling Thread

[manchild24]

how did that car run show over and the garage door close so fast?

[EmpireWF]

Punk's vintage macho man tights/boots are awesome.

[dave]

Ultimate Warrior speaks about Macho Man in two videos.

http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/WWE/article10018622.shtml

[s@ppisgod]

Found this interesting.

In light of Randy Savage's passing on Friday due to an automobile accident in Seminole, Florida, F4WOnline.com posted a report comparing WWE wrestler death stats to similar sized samples in other fields of sports and entertainment.

The report states that of the 51 talents who appeared at the 1991 WWE pay-per-view WrestleMania VII, 14 have died prematurely—"The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich, Dino Bravo, Andre the Giant, Joey Marella, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, Mr. Perfect, Miss Elizabeth, Hawk, Hercules, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Sensational Sherri, Crush and Randy Savage. This list does not include Gorilla Monsoon (62, natural causes) and Lord Alfred Hayes (76).

By comparison, of the 44 professional football players who started on both offense and defense at Superbowl XXV between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Giants, all remain alive.

For professional boxing, of the 44 boxers to hold a major world championship in 1991 (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), two are dead.

Of the 50 musicians to perform at the 1991 and 1992 Monsters of Rock festivals in England (an annual music festival which would attract the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal music), all remain alive.



Now i gotta read the results from last night. Spoiled the main event for myself by reading one of the posts. Oh well

Sadly not surprising. The 80s/early 90s was a perfect storm of a boom period resulting in working more dates, and the steroid era, and of course the widespread coke/pill factor. These guys essentially took everything you need to live (nervous system, heart, kidneys) and put them in a blender and expected to come out good enough on the other side of their careers.
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[SHOGUN]

Why is Awesome Kong crying?

WHY?!?!?!?!

AWESOME KONG DOES NOT FUCKING CRY. SHE KILLS BITCHES DEAD. THAT'S HER THING.

[manchild24]

Punk's vintage macho man tights/boots are awesome.

Yes they were. Thought that was a nice touch by him last night. Catn wait to see TNA copy something now.

Did anyone read the foley's comments on twitter (I dont follow him or anyone for that matter) him and the rock were talking about their I quit Match and the empty arena match. Foley said the Empty Arena Match was like a TNA House show. Thats great.

[LiquidLarry2GhostWF]

Why is Awesome Kong crying?

WHY?!?!?!?!

AWESOME KONG DOES NOT FUCKING CRY. SHE KILLS BITCHES DEAD. THAT'S HER THING.

Vinnie Mac gon' Vinnie Mac.

[s@ppisgod]

Why is Awesome Kong crying?

WHY?!?!?!?!

AWESOME KONG DOES NOT FUCKING CRY. SHE KILLS BITCHES DEAD. THAT'S HER THING.

If people ever want to see something they aren't completely behind, they'll sabotage it just because they can.
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[EmpireWF]

According to Bryan Alvarez, Kharma will be out for 9 months. Last night was her blow off.

[SHOGUN]

According to Bryan Alvarez, Kharma will be out for 9 months. Last night was her blow off.

[manchild24]

According to Bryan Alvarez, Kharma will be out for 9 months. Last night was her blow off.

Rumor has it her boyfriend or someone didnt pull out in time and there is a little Kharma on the way

[dave]

Rumor has it her boyfriend or someone didnt pull out in time and there is a little Kharma on the way

Kharma pregnant before Kelly Kelly?
Something doesn't seem right about that.

[FedEx227]

[FedEx227]

Kharma pregnant before Kelly Kelly?
Something doesn't seem right about that.

Kelly Kelly has probably had 15 abortions already.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Found this interesting.

In light of Randy Savage's passing on Friday due to an automobile accident in Seminole, Florida, F4WOnline.com posted a report comparing WWE wrestler death stats to similar sized samples in other fields of sports and entertainment.

The report states that of the 51 talents who appeared at the 1991 WWE pay-per-view WrestleMania VII, 14 have died prematurely—"The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich, Dino Bravo, Andre the Giant, Joey Marella, "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, Mr. Perfect, Miss Elizabeth, Hawk, Hercules, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Sensational Sherri, Crush and Randy Savage. This list does not include Gorilla Monsoon (62, natural causes) and Lord Alfred Hayes (76).

By comparison, of the 44 professional football players who started on both offense and defense at Superbowl XXV between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Giants, all remain alive.

For professional boxing, of the 44 boxers to hold a major world championship in 1991 (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), two are dead.

Of the 50 musicians to perform at the 1991 and 1992 Monsters of Rock festivals in England (an annual music festival which would attract the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal music), all remain alive.



Now i gotta read the results from last night. Spoiled the main event for myself by reading one of the posts. Oh well

I get the overall point, but the WMVII example is a bad one.

Dino Bravo was murdered, Andre had a disease and lived as long as could be expected, Marella died in a car accident, Earthquake had cancer, and Savage's death is TBD (but likely steroid enduced enlarged heart), but he was almost 60 so its not as if this was a very young man. Big Bossman is a tricky one, overweight but still a bit young for a natural death.

A poster named mookieghana on the Observer boards did a detailed study of dead WWE wrestlers starting from 1980. The results clearly show that the late 80's/early 90's crew lived the most reckless lifestyles (steroid boom), with another significant bump in deaths from the period just prior to the Wellness Policy (painkiller boom).