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Liar Lyre posted:Yoko, Owen, Bam Bam, and I think Crush. Not sure if that's Crush in the face paint, but he's the only other guy from Demolition I know about. That definitely looks like heel Crush. I'm gonna guess the guy in the middle is Todd Pettengill.
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Skunkrocker posted:I didn't know about any of those to be honest. I have some bad news about Chris Benoit. You're probably gonna want to sit down
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flashy_mcflash posted:I have some bad news about Chris Benoit. You're probably gonna want to sit down Oh no... #BadNewsMcFlash. Seriously though, I didn't have a clue any of them died. Crush I'm not surprised I didn't realize, but Yokozuna and Bam Bam were big names. I figured I'd have at least heard of them like I did Benoit, Savage, Hart...
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flashy_mcflash posted:I have some bad news about Chris Benoit. You're probably gonna want to sit down It's a tragedy but at least Dean, Eddie and Jericho can lean on each other for support. 
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Call Me Charlie posted:It's a tragedy but at least Dean, Eddie and Jericho can lean on each other for support. Which Eddie?
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Doesn't this photo crop out a bunch of trophies from the trophy case that weren't his?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAPuRx0oLmU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8u2YiFu1Q It's Doc Shades!
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Skunkrocker posted:...I obviously missed some news. I only see one. Who else died? Bam Bam Bigelow, (Kona) Crush, Yokozuna, and Owen Hart.  An awful lot of wrestlers have died over the last 12-15 years. I'm sure finding a list is really easy, but really depressing. Besides the big names like Savage and Benoit, there's Boss Man, British Bulldog, Perfect, Mike Awesome, Rick Rude, Crash Holly, Eddie Guerrero, Earthquake, and on and on and on.
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DeathChicken posted:Earthquake was super sad, since he escaped the usual wrestler death and then died of cancer. Earthquake seemed like the nicest guy ever. He did a few interviews with one of the authors at WrestleCrap - I think it was R.D. Reynolds.
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The saddest thing is when you realize that the guys from the television era and before often lived long lives, but boom era wrestling was a slaughterhouse. Here's a depressing picture site! I noticed a huge correlation between "being born before 1950" and "living to the age of 60." Edit: VVV I am sufficiently interested in this topic that I am doing a little project on it. I'll address it in the Questions thread so as not to derail. Edit2: This is becoming a much bigger project than I originally anticipated. Halloween Jack fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Dec 11, 2013 |
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Halloween Jack posted:The saddest thing is when you realize that the guys from the television era and before often lived long lives, but boom era wrestling was a slaughterhouse. I am morbidly curious, though - I wonder what the breakdown of deaths in the wrestling industry show? You have some deaths that are accidental (Owen), some murders (Dino Bravo, Bruiser Brody), health complications from morbid obesity (Yokozuna), and terminal disease (Earthquake) - but I'd have to assume 75%+ is drug-related somehow.
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Halloween Jack posted:The saddest thing is when you realize that the guys from the television era and before often lived long lives, but boom era wrestling was a slaughterhouse. Here's a depressing picture site! I noticed a huge correlation between "being born before 1950" and "living to the age of 60." Why is Mad Dog Vachon's death listed as Homicide when you hover over it?
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Red posted:I am morbidly curious, though - I wonder what the breakdown of deaths in the wrestling industry show? You have some deaths that are accidental (Owen), some murders (Dino Bravo, Bruiser Brody), health complications from morbid obesity (Yokozuna), and terminal disease (Earthquake) - but I'd have to assume 75%+ is drug-related somehow. When you have all these guys dying in their 40s from "heart problems" then yeah, thats a pretty big indicator that drink and drugs were involved. A lot of guys talk about taking uppers in the morning to get going, painkillers during the day to get through and downers at night to fall asleep, that's not really something you want to be doing long term.
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Chris Gaines posted:Whoa Brad Armstrong's dead? Passed away last year. He was originally signed to do WWE's ECW house shows to try and help the younger guys gain some ring experience. He did colour for a while with Taz and Joey Styles, then they had him be a road agent until he died.
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Chris Gaines posted:Whoa Brad Armstrong's dead? I was so  for a minute, until I realized the referee in WWE is Scott.
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Red posted:Earthquake seemed like the nicest guy ever. He did a few interviews with one of the authors at WrestleCrap - I think it was R.D. Reynolds. He even did the foreword for the first Wrestlecrap book where he laughed at Typhoon for the Shockmaster.
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When realizing how many wrestlers are dead the easiest way to cheer yourself up is to remember that Ice Train and Scott Norton are still alive and well
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Wario Kart 64 posted:When realizing how many wrestlers are dead the easiest way to cheer yourself up is to remember that Ice Train and Scott Norton are still alive and well
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incredible bear posted:One of the early-ish Rumbles, off the top of my head I want to say '93 is a pretty depressing watch. Entrant after entrant is corpse followed by corpse, but then again 2002's is a bit like this too. They're kind of all over the place for body count. Just a random grouping shows that the early 90s are a bit worse off, but 2000 is close. 1992: 5 - British Bulldog, Kerry Von Erich, Big Boss Man, Hercules, Randy Savage 1993: 5 - Mr. Perfect, Earthquake, Owen Hart, Yokozuna, Randy Savage 2000: 4 - Test, British Bulldog, Big Boss Man, Crash Holly 2001: 2 - Test, Crash Holly 2002: 3 - Big Boss Man, Mr. Perfect, Test 2003: 3 - Eddie Guerrero, Test, Jamal
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Red posted:I am morbidly curious, though - I wonder what the breakdown of deaths in the wrestling industry show? You have some deaths that are accidental (Owen), some murders (Dino Bravo, Bruiser Brody), health complications from morbid obesity (Yokozuna), and terminal disease (Earthquake) - but I'd have to assume 75%+ is drug-related somehow.
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ABOUT DRUGS posted:Bourdain's wife actually does a lot of fighting, doesn't she? I know she trains, I don't think she fights. But him and his wife are frequently at UFC events.
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Red posted:They're kind of all over the place for body count. Just a random grouping shows that the early 90s are a bit worse off, but 2000 is close. 1994: 5 - Bryan Adams, Doink, Bam Bam Bigelow, Bastion Booger, Owen Hart 1995: 5 - British Bulldog, Owen Hart, Doink, Steven Dunn, Dick Murdock 1999: 4 - Golga, Test, Big Boss Man, Owen Hart
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Kifisonfire posted:Big Show is pretty tall you guys Big Show pictured with his 9 year old son.
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Lieutenant Centaur posted:Awesome Kong looking decent these days  I had to do a double take to make sure you weren't pulling my leg. I totally want to see her come back to WWE and wreck the Bellas. 
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