WWE wrestler dies

[Green Army Girl]

I was trying to remember there wat was the first Wrestlemania i saw i think it was the Wrestlemania where someone lifted Yokozuna. Good i was such a Tom Boy but youve reassued me now that it was just like a soap so thats why us girls enjoyed it and of course for "sexy boy" Shaun Michaels

[paul_oshea]

that would have been around 94 or so or maybe earlier even, 92. i think it might have been razor ramon or the undertaker, it was definately better round then though, especially the undertaker v yokozuna matches, when yokofatso would jump on people with his fat arse, and when he would do it to the undertaker and the undertaker would arise up from the canvas and the fear on yokozunas face( i know it wasnt fear by the way) was class.

[sligoman]

yokozuna

He died too didn't he? Nothing to do with wrestling though.

[Poor Student]

Yokozuna died 5 years ago. I'm truly shocked to hear about Eddie. He was always one of the fittest wrestlers in the WWE. He had the lowest body fat count I think. He was still well on top of his game and was believed to be in line to win the title again on his very next show. He was one of the most recent eras top stars. He was one of my favourites going right back to his time in the WCW. Technically he was a skilled wrestler and had an entertaining mix of technical and high flying style. He also had great in ring psychology which is a very natural ability. The next two shows will be in tribute to him. Rest in peace Latino Heat.

[paul_oshea]

latino heat got very big htough in the last few years. he wasnt big when he came in and he really put on the muscle. ray mysterio is probably the most natural or chris benoit or maybe even the guy who won the olympic medal(cant think of his name at the mo)

yokozuna died of a heart problem because he was over weight.

[sligoman]

(cant think of his name at the mo)

Kurt Angle

[Poor Student]

Eddie spent a good deal of time out due to a pain killer addiction in 2001 I think. I think he bulked up as he needed it for taking bumps. I remember on his WWE debut he broke his arm doing a Frog Splash. Still cannot believe he's dead but the business has a shocking mortality rate. You could list off a litany off stars who died in the last 5 years. The industry really needs to sit back and asess itself.

[Duffer]

Mr T was in the first wrestlemania wasn't he??

Ahhh Shawn Michaels yep that was the other reason us girls watched.

[joeSoap]

some shocking numbers here. Some I used to follow as a kid, and didn't know they had passed away. Sad really....

[paul_oshea]

Ahhh Shawn Michaels yep that was the other reason us girls watched.

the heartbreak kid, my brother loved his intro music, actually i did too!!!LOL it was cool. anyone know where i can get that song. i aint no poof either!!

he's not a toyboy, he's a sexy boy....

[tetsujin1979]

Mr T was in the first wrestlemania wasn't he??

Yeah, he tag teamed with Hulk Hogan, Hogan appeared on the A-Team about the same time.

[Duffer]

Good to know my knowledge of WWF hasn't left me - neither has the scarring of my brother trying to clothesline me from the sofa though

[SaucyJack]

here's a page with a brief over view on a bunch of dead wrestlers

http://www.deansplanet.com/deadwrestler.html

[sadloserkid]

Sad to hear about Gurerro (though I'm not sure that it neccesitated a text message from Jebus at some obscenely early hour in the morning yesterday).

I have to say though that I never rated him particularly highly as either a technical wrestler where he was average but nothing special or on the mic where he was always stuck with a cheap, tacky gimmick.

What I would grant him is the status of biggest overacheiver of the last ten years and he deserves a lot of respect for that.

[sligoman]

here.

Thanks for that link Joe. I never realised that the Big Bossman, Mr. Perfect and Crash Holly had died. Gorilla Monsoon is dead too.

[paul_oshea]

i read before that flying brian died from a drug over dose. there is a serious amount of them who died in their hotel rooms, i know they would have been travelling alot etc, but it just seems a bit fishy.

i also thought flying brian had been fired ( from wcw ) along with sid vicious cos they wouldnt do what they were supposed to in the "script" for use of a better word.

ya i never knew crash holly or mr perfect died either.

[sadloserkid]

Mr.Perfect for me was an absolutely top wrestler. Superb technically and excellent on the mic. He was unfortunate to be at his peak at the height of the WWE 'Big Man' era, if he'd had another 30 pounds or so he would have been a legend right up there with Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

[joeSoap]

Mr.Perfect for me was an absolutely top wrestler. Superb technically and excellent on the mic. He was unfortunate to be at his peak at the height of the WWE 'Big Man' era, if he'd had another 30 pounds or so he would have been a legend right up there with Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels.

Curt Henning, or Mr. Perfect was easily the physical equal of Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.Neither of them were 'big men'. As a sport, wrestling is decided by marketability. If you sell, you win belts.Hart & Michaels were just bigger box office than Henning I think.

[tetsujin1979]

Curt Henning, or Mr. Perfect was easily the physical equal of Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.Neither of them were 'big men'. As a sport, wrestling is decided by marketability. If you sell, you win belts.Hart & Michaels were just bigger box office than Henning I think.

Hennig was in the WWE at the wrong time, it was all about big men throwing small guys around, at the time Michael and Hart were at their peaks, it was more technical and high flying styles that were topping the bill. For me, Hart was the best ever, he wrestled all kinds of opponents, and made each and every one of them look good. The closest anyone comes to him right now is Chris Benoit.

[joeSoap]

It seems that Benoit is leaving the WWE. He's had an offer from TNA, the crowd that Christian, Raven and quitea few others semm to have gone to. Apparently they wrestle in a six sided ring??