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CMLL "luchador" Thunder, real name Luke Fordward, has passed away from stomach cancer at age 35, far too young. please use this thread to grieve, post your favorite memories of Thunder, and tell everyone how he made you feel when he was in the ring. sometimes you don't know what you got until it's gone. viva Thunder. Cubsfan's obit: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/2016/07/01/thunder-1981-2016/ THUNDER'S BEST MOMENTS:    https://twitter.com/Jocay19/status/656308988867252224 https://twitter.com/Oatgan/status/748723929540272128 https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/544296155803574274/
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Jul 1, 2016 17:32
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thunder was everything good about everything bad about lucha RIP
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Jul 1, 2016 17:41
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Thunder was genuinely one of the worst workers I've ever seen, but he also continually made me excited to see him to see what new and unique way he would be awful, and therein lies what made him an unforgettably great wrestler. All-time greats find ways to continue to amaze, and in that regard Thunder delivered time and time again. Wrestling is worse off without him. Long live Thunder.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:43
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Thunder got me into CMLL. I turned on their show and was all like "who is this awkward and yet utterly compelling masked gringo?"
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Jul 1, 2016 17:44
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 You can't teach that.  Miss you already, Big Guy. edit:  edit2: 
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Jul 1, 2016 17:51
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we need a good gif of his pec pops. Arena Mexico came unglued everytime he did that. Serious panties in the air business.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:53
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Thunder was one of those guys who would show you nothing - he had bad offense, was constantly out of position, and would just get lost in the middle of matches - but then he'd do a massive asai moonsault, and it'd catch you off guard. But it was his abject awfulness that was endearing, and the way CMLL kept pushing him and pushing him over and over and over. He was everything wrong with lucha, and oh lord was he everything right with it as well. Nepotism and body fetishism are the central tenants of pro wrestling, after all. My favorite Thunder story, supposedly, is he quit training, simply because he didn't like it, and CMLL still booked him as a near-top guy anyway. They tried so hard with a lump that was just never gonna be, and the futility of it was absolutely hilarious. But all along the way, Thunder's complete inability to develop at all and constant botching was enough to make me tune in every time there was a Thunder. Wrestling companies should always have just one Thunder on hand.
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Jul 1, 2016 17:57
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I miss him  The idea they would give him a singles match would guarantee me watching a Monday night Puebla show.
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Jul 1, 2016 20:10
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no, maybe thunder is just on hiatus
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Jul 2, 2016 02:19
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review cmll thunder
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Jul 2, 2016 02:30
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Dr Lucha finally snapped and killed him, huh?
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Jul 2, 2016 02:33
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I can honestly say that Lucha Underground is worse off for never having had a single Thunder match. The Mack vs. Thunder, tell you wouldn't wanted to have seen that.
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Jul 2, 2016 03:23
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that bodyslam-into-low-blow is legit
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Jul 2, 2016 06:13
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goddamn I need to find the gif of Thunder about to give someone a suplex but is shoved away by his own teammate at the last second because Thunder is Not Good
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Jul 2, 2016 12:04
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This is legit the most bummed I've been about a wrestling death since Dusty RIP Thunder, you'll be overpushed and botching with the angels now
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Jul 2, 2016 12:24
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Little Mac posted:that bodyslam-into-low-blow is legit
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Jul 2, 2016 20:52
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Little Mac posted:that bodyslam-into-low-blow is legit It reminds me of one of those smackdown games where you could make your own move. So goofy
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Jul 2, 2016 21:04
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RZApublican posted:I can honestly say that Lucha Underground is worse off for never having had a single Thunder match. The Mack vs. Thunder, tell you wouldn't wanted to have seen that. Thunder is the difference between real lucha and mere cultural appropriation.
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Jul 2, 2016 23:48
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https://twitter.com/therealfredo/status/750804942194028545 gone too soon
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Jul 6, 2016 22:40
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Has this really not been posted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoaShLCL5J0 gently caress The Final Deletion, Thunder was ahead of the game.
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Jul 9, 2016 17:28
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Sticky Nate posted:edit2: Lmao what in the hell is happening
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Jul 10, 2016 20:53
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 He's boomerang bombing angels in heaven now.
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Jul 11, 2016 15:27
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boomerang bomb owns so loving hard
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Jul 11, 2016 15:47
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pathetic little tramp posted:
All I knew about Thunder before his death was that he was in CMLL and sucked real bad. I now know that he was the innovator of the greatest move of all time. RIP.
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