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HonorableTB posted:One of the few undeniably good things Vince ever did or will do in his capacity as a wrestling promoter was taking care of Droz and his family for life after that accident, getting Droz an office job doing something I don't remember, and continued to cover medical insurance and Droz's medical bills. Because he would have been sued if he didn't, and Droz didn't have a job there for life.
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MassRafTer posted:Because he would have been sued if he didn't, and Droz didn't have a job there for life. Oh well that sucks. His wiki page def made it look like he was still involved up until his death
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HonorableTB posted:Oh well that sucks. His wiki page def made it look like he was still involved up until his death I read a where are they now piece about him awhile ago that talked about him not working at the WWE anymore, but also that he needed 24/7 care so it came across more as he wasn't capable of working anymore rather than he was cut off. And I'll actually give them the benefit of the doubt on this one since around the clock care ain't cheap without someone footing the bill and for Droz specifically, I'm sure they didn't want to deal with the PR and lawsuits if he died of some sort of preventable complications from substandard care. Same way they throw legends contracts at old guys not out of the goodness of their hearts, but it's worth a couple dollars to not have "Ex-WWE star found dead drunk in a ditch" headlines every 3 months.
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wwe fired him in 2007 around the time they restructured their entire dot com division, received immediate backlash from it and rehired him, and fired him again sometime in the late 2010s
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Once again: Vince McMahon is a rapist and deserves to suffer, but he won’t.
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vince never sleeps. he says he will never die
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Mataur has passed away  https://twitter.com/realLeilaniKai/status/1679109844995907584
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Mataur has passed away I'm shocked he was so young. How the hell was he in his 20s when he was Mantaur?
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Edward Mass posted:I'm shocked he was so young. How the hell was he in his 20s when he was Mantaur? John Tenta wasn't very old during his Earthquake run and even when he was a sumo he didn't really look super different. Sometimes you're just kinda born forty-ish.
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mantaur looked rather young aside from his huge frame and hair situation. but when you're a child, someone who is 24 looks the same as someone who is 38, and the only difference is in how 'nice' they look which is mostly age rather than 'nice'.
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Dawgstar posted:John Tenta wasn't very old during his Earthquake run and even when he was a sumo he didn't really look super different. Sometimes you're just kinda born forty-ish. See also: Anderson, Brock
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Edward Mass posted:I'm shocked he was so young. How the hell was he in his 20s when he was Mantaur? all wrestlers look 40 their entire life and die at 55
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Adrian Street has died at 82 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66361848
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Blasmeister posted:Adrian Street has died at 82 Trailblazer.
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stab posted:Trailblazer. Anyone who beats the poo poo out of Jimmy Savile is okay in my book. Also, I love that the genesis of his gimmick was an attempt at David Bowie-esque glam that way overshot the target.
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RIP Raw guest host Pee-Wee Herman I am so sad
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CombineThresher posted:Anyone who beats the poo poo out of Jimmy Savile is okay in my book. Also, I love that the genesis of his gimmick was an attempt at David Bowie-esque glam that way overshot the target. wonder if he'll go into the Hall of Fame ballot this year he has a better British case than Big Daddy
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That is super sad to hear, rip Koichi
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Ric Flair is posting that Terry Funk passed.
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gently caress
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Never trust a man who's rear end is wider than his shoulders.
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Terry Funk was one of my favorite old wrestlers ever. He seems like a cool guy.
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yea ok posted:Never trust a man who's rear end is wider than his shoulders.
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I mean, it had been expected ever since his dementia diagnosis two years ago. Still sucks, though.
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Dead and crazy.
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It's amazing he lasted as long as he did. What a legend. I just watched Beyond The Mat for the first time a few weeks ago. Man. Even expected, even though the guy had like, three lifetimes of careers, it still stings.
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Chainsaw Charlie no
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Davros1 posted:Ric Flair is posting that Terry Funk passed. NO NO NO NO NO I just rewatched Kawasaki Dream last week god drat it
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Rip to a legend
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https://twitter.com/foleyispod/status/1694446031952331209?s=46&t=14Y7zPhaeFhRW5JBJ9Xe2Q poo poo, confirmed 
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gently caress, what a bummer. Haven't watched a ton of his matches but I know he ruled and was a big influence on a lot of the best working now. Gonna have to correct my error and watch some of his stuff
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Funk was the nicest drat wrestler I've ever met. Man would not let us leave until he got a picture with me and my family, then he didn't like the first one. "Nah that ain't no good, do it again"
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One of the greatest to ever do it. A star all over the world, an absolute force of nature. It's not surprising news but it's still incredibly sad.
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