Dead in 2011

BigEd76 · May 20, 2011, 12:45:58 PM

wow

Macho Man Randy Savage

heart attack while driving

hbionic · May 20, 2011, 12:52:58 PM

Whoa.

Damn...a piece of my childhood died with him. Dude was awesome, oh yeah!

DH · May 20, 2011, 12:56:00 PM

Never in a milion years would I have recognized him in a bar..

reese125 · May 20, 2011, 01:06:17 PM

The Mach Mans death is the start of the May 21st apocalypse. I'm a believer now.

Also, anybody else smile a little bit when reading that Lanny Poffo reported this? Leaping Lanny Poffo. God, was he a flaming fairy in the ring.

DH · May 20, 2011, 01:07:21 PM

wasnt that his dad?

SD · May 20, 2011, 01:10:22 PM

Leaping Lanny was his brother

reese125 · May 20, 2011, 01:13:26 PM

Im sure the Ultimate Warrior is to follow next.

DH · May 20, 2011, 01:21:00 PM

I despise wrestling now, but I used to love that shtein when I was a kid..most of the guys I watched are dead now. Is Tatanka still around?

reese125 · May 20, 2011, 01:37:53 PM

I dont know--but macho mans death made me type in some other guys back in the day on youtube.

Some friggin funny dudes back then--Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff, Ravishing Rick Rude, George the Animal Steele, the list is endless.

hbionic · May 20, 2011, 01:40:48 PM

Quote from: SD on May 20, 2011, 01:10:22 PM
Leaping Lanny was his brother

Totally forgot about that dude.

Munson · May 20, 2011, 01:55:47 PM

Lame, one of the many childhood heroes.

OHHHHHHHHHHYEAAAAAAAAAAAH

PhillyPhreak54 · May 20, 2011, 01:59:49 PM

Wrestling is awful now and has been for about 20 years.

But the old school mid-late 80's WWF was the shtein.

I used to love watching the WWF Kids cartoon every Saturday morning.

BigEd76 · May 20, 2011, 02:37:27 PM

Quote from: DH on May 20, 2011, 01:21:00 PM
I despise wrestling now, but I used to love that shtein when I was a kid..most of the guys I watched are dead now. Is Tatanka still around?

Around malls and tech schools signing autographs on Saturdays, yeah. Honkytonk Man was just in LTown within the past few weeks, and Paul Bearer is supposed to be here in July.

All these 80s and 90s guys are starting to drop now because of the damage to their hearts

Andre the Giant
Captain Lou Albano
Big John Studd
Miss Elizabeth
"Classy" Freddie Blassie
Gorilla Monsoon
Lord Alfred Hayes
Ravishing Rick Rude
Yokozuna
Big Boss Man
Bam Bam Bigelow
British Bulldog
Junkyard Dog
Mr Perfect
Owen Hart (literally dropped)
Hawk from the Road Warriors
Earthquake
Ludvig Borga
Bastion Booger
Chris Benoit
Sensational Sherri
Fabulous Moolah

phattymatty · May 20, 2011, 02:56:04 PM

i was HUGE into wrestling when i was little. i still remember seeing demolition against legion of doom in a steel cage match in Hershey.

anyway, deadspin has been doing a dead wrestler of the week series for like a year and a half now. they're kind of long but they are excellent reading. guy who writes is stays anonymous for some reason but they're a must read of you were into wrestling at some point.

http://deadspin.com/deadwrestleroftheweek

hbionic · May 20, 2011, 03:03:48 PM

Quote from: BigEd76 on May 20, 2011, 02:37:27 PMAll these 80s and 90s guys are starting to drop now because of the damage to their hearts

Andre the Giant
Captain Lou Albano
Big John Studd
Miss Elizabeth"Classy" Freddie Blassie
Gorilla Monsoon
Lord Alfred Hayes
Ravishing Rick Rude
Yokozuna
Big Boss Man
Bam Bam Bigelow
British Bulldog
Junkyard Dog
Mr Perfect
Owen Hart (literally dropped)
Hawk from the Road Warriors
Earthquake
Ludvig Borga
Bastion Booger
Chris Benoit
Sensational Sherri
Fabulous Moolah

Miss Elizabeth? When? How?