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MJeff
Jun 2, 2011

THE LIAR
Wwwwwhat the gently caress happened?

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flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Oh no, this loving year. Only 26, goddamn. RIP.

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

MJeff posted:

Wwwwwhat the gently caress happened?

he dealt with numerous serious health issues and surgeries over the past two years and seemed to have been in the hospital more often than not in recent months. it's awful that this wasn't particularly shocking especially given his young age.

https://twitter.com/ifyouseekcasey/status/1014906027664396288?s=20
https://twitter.com/ifyouseekcasey/status/1293920053600096258?s=20

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
https://twitter.com/ChrisRiddle/status/1301284861689376769
:unsmith:

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



He was trending on Twitter earlier.

He really did touch a lot of people’s lives.


https://twitter.com/MiaYim/status/1301284027433914370?s=20

Nut Bunnies
May 24, 2005

Fun Shoe
It was extremely rough the last year for him. There would be long periods of silence followed up with bad news or surgery news or both, followed by a small smattering of normal posting. He posted the intestine tweet and a photo of himself where he looked like he'd gained a lot of weight, I'm guessing water weight from fluid intake. I was hoping he'd pull through because he was so funny and so good at what he did. It's a tremendous loss for the industry and the world, but I am glad he can finally rest.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Apparently Ralphus died last year. Joey Janela was on a radio show with a guy who turned out to be his nephew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7T80D69AEs&t=3060s

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



lol we just watched "Class Action Park" on HBO Max and Chris Gethard was one of the people they talked to and he spent the movie talking about going to the park as a teen in the 80s. He was born 1980.

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



https://twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1304156050518609926?s=20

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Puppet the Psycho Dwarf

https://mobile.twitter.com/IMPACTWRESTLING/status/1304192269667442688

He masturbated in the trash can.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
He certainly left his mark on wrestling history

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

Samson Miyamoto, the "handler" of Andreza Giant Panda has passed away

https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1304533188090372096?s=19

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

STOP DOING HEROIN
https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1306353050898935809

quote:

Gerald Brown, who was part of one of the top pro wrestling tag teams of all-time, the first incarnation of the Hollywood Blonds, passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

According to Slam Wrestling, Brown was told six months ago that his heart was failing and there was little more they could do. He was visiting his daughter Tuesday afternoon and was found dead in a trailer he had lived on his son Rex's property.

The Hollywood Blonds of Brown & Dale "Buddy" Roberts, real name Dale Hey, best known as a member of the Freebirds, were put together by Bill Watts in 1970. Brown was teaming with Dandy Jack Donovan for Leroy McGuirk and Watts' promotion when Donovan broke his ankle. Watts had seen Hey work as a jobber in the AWA and thought he was a great worker, and brought him in for Hey's first career push.

From 1970 until their breakup in 1977, Roberts & Hey, who added John Sutton aka Sir Oliver Humperdink as their manager in 1973, were among the top tag teams in the world. After being the top team in the McGuirk territory, they went to Montreal during the heyday of the All-Star and Grand Prix war, and were sought after from both sides which allowed them to cut some strong money deals. They were best known in Grand Prix Wrestling where they held the Tag Team titles four times. At the biggest live show ever in Montreal, they worked second from the top before 29,127 fans at Jarry Park underneath the Mad Dog Vachon vs. Killer Kowalski main event, as they defended the tag titles against babyface legends Bruno Sammartino & Edouard Carpentier.

During the heyday of the Florida territory in 1974, the Blonds & Humperdink were a major act, holding the Tag Team titles and were a really smooth professional team. They had great matches every night working with a variety of strong working babyfaces like Mike Graham, Steve Keirn, Don Muraco, Jerry Brisco, Bob Armstrong, Tony Charles and countless others. Later they came to California and were multi-time Americas Tag Team Champions.

Humperdink became such a star in Florida with the Blonds that he ended up staying there after the California run.

They had returns to places like Florida, Mid Atlantic, McGuirk's territory as well as a major run in Tennessee for Jerry Jarrett without Humperdink before they went their separate way sin 1977 when Hey got a top singles push in Texas as Dale Valentine, the brother of Johnny, and was managed by Johnny.

Roberts was clearly the in-ring star of the team, but Brown understood how to do the effeminate act with him with the bleached blond hair and copying Gorgeous George mannerisms. Brown's career continued through 1984, basically as a fixture in the Central States as a veteran star. He and Ron MacFarlane worked as a tag team and held the titles and later went to Florida under masks as the Alabama Chain Gang, with the idea they were two convicts involved in a robbery and were hiding from police.

Bill Watts said that Brown changed greatly after the Blonds team ended, going from a reliable good worker to someone with major substance issues. At one point Brown stalked Watts and police were called. After his career ended in 1984, he wanted nothing to do with wrestling.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1308751246233395200

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



Oh noooooo

Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


https://mobile.twitter.com/OTT_wrestling/status/1316477294488301568

https://mobile.twitter.com/wXwGermany/status/1316710344086167553

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



https://twitter.com/OfficialPWI/status/1317858670227689472?s=20

Orange Carlisle
Jul 14, 2007


He took chops to the chest, collapsed in the ring and then died from a heart attack? Holy poo poo. 26 years old.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
It makes it worse, but Cubs Fan says he was 23.

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Yeah, if you're hit just in just the right spot of the chest at juuuuust the right time, it can throw off your cardiac rhythm. It killed some lacrosse goalies in the late 90s and early 2000s as I was playing, and prompted some changes in chest protectors. It's a one-in-a-million thing but yeah, terrifying poo poo.

El Gallinero Gros
Mar 17, 2010

DJExile posted:

Yeah, if you're hit just in just the right spot of the chest at juuuuust the right time, it can throw off your cardiac rhythm. It killed some lacrosse goalies in the late 90s and early 2000s as I was playing, and prompted some changes in chest protectors. It's a one-in-a-million thing but yeah, terrifying poo poo.

Almost killed Chris Pronger too, although that was a slapshot....

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD
D-Lo was right

Aphrodite
Jun 27, 2006

It’s called commotio cortis.

It’s more common in young men because of bone development timing.

Lumbermouth
Mar 6, 2008

GREG IS BIG NOW


Huh, Spidar Boodrow died. Can't say I'm surprised.

heel turn
Jan 6, 2004

Some boy tried to step to me at the county fair. I said son u clearly have no ideal what creek im from
Tracy Smothers died.

https://twitter.com/UCWPRO/status/1321468997485891584?s=20

DeathChicken
Jul 9, 2012

Nonsense. I have not yet begun to defile myself.

Aw, I always liked his run in ECW with the FBI. It was the most insane bullshit, a bunch of Italian stereotypes and then Tracy Smothers from Nashville Italy, not changing anything else about himself

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

I mainly remember Tracy Smothers for carrying around the confederate flag or wearing a jacket with the confederate flag on it. He passed away very young like many wrestlers. I hope one day the majority of wrestlers can live full lives.

NienNunb
Feb 15, 2012

Tracy Smothers was a proud member of the Smothers Brothers comedy dynasty, and also a racist.

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

Cavauro posted:

I mainly remember Tracy Smothers for carrying around the confederate flag or wearing a jacket with the confederate flag on it. He passed away very young like many wrestlers. I hope one day the majority of wrestlers can live full lives.

Dirty White Boy burned a confederate flag in a trash can when he was feuding with Tracy Smothers. After the show, legit KKK duders told Tracy don’t worry, they’d take care of him. Tracy talked them down and told them to let him settle it in the ring.

The south, everyone

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
a lot of wrestlers liked his in ring and promo work even if the dude worked way too long

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


KungFu Grip posted:

a lot of wrestlers liked his in ring and promo work even if the dude worked way too long

More than that, working with Tracy in places like IWAMS was a huge influence on a lot of young indie talent who went on to be much bigger names; guys like Hero, Punk, Cabana, Jacobs, Shelley, Chucky T.

58 is no age to die.

Huntman
Apr 22, 2010


First indie show I ever went to had Tracy on the card and he was an absolute hoot. I didn't know many wrestlers on the card, but I sort of knew Tracy and decided to be as big a mark as possible for him during his match. Was a ton of fun screaming my head off for a 55 y/o Tracy Smothers' hot tag. After his match, you could just see him up off the side of the stage hosing himself down with a spray bottle for a mini shower in his trunks??? He gave me a hell of a first-time indie experience and this is a bummer.

Seems like everyone's got a Tracy Smothers story about how he helped them or just something funny. Probably my favorite of the bunch

https://twitter.com/EFFYlives/status/1321477831499653122

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Huntman posted:

Seems like everyone's got a Tracy Smothers story about how he helped them or just something funny. Probably my favorite of the bunch

https://twitter.com/EFFYlives/status/1321477831499653122

hahahahaha

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhABYqJQRkk

heel turn
Jan 6, 2004

Some boy tried to step to me at the county fair. I said son u clearly have no ideal what creek im from
https://twitter.com/SamiZayn/status/1321514411643850752?s=20

Another one of the truly good guys of wrestling with nothing but good things to say about Tracy.

Cavauro
Jan 9, 2008

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

heel turn posted:

https://twitter.com/SamiZayn/status/1321514411643850752?s=20

Another one of the truly good guys of wrestling with nothing but good things to say about Tracy.

Everybody has a Tracy story. He was so welcoming and friendly to my crew when we traveled down to WM weekend. We didn't know a lot of people and he took the time to chat with us and be awesome and give us a bunch of Canada wrasslin stories.

Good dude. This sucks.

Davros1
Jul 19, 2007

You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible



https://twitter.com/ScottCHensley/status/1321519161324015616?s=20

Seams
Feb 3, 2005

ROCK HARD

lol

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Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.


This but an inverted Christian, everything except his face is a blue dot

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