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The Undertaker lost at Wrestle Mania
- Thread starter Maggot
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The Undertaker is the biggest reason I changed my tune about perfeshnal rasslin'. I'd seen enough of it when I was a kid to figure promoters inflated the performers' sizes (height/weight) a good 20%. And fake? Puh-leez!
Then I ran into The Undertaker in an airport and realized that if he wasn't every inch of seven feet and 300 lbs, he wasn't more than a biscuit away from it. That got me tuning in on occasion.
The first thing I noticed was that the beer bellies of yesteryear were gone. Especially at the Vince McMahon freak show, most of the rasslers are ripped. And many of them are monstrously huge.
The second thing I noticed was the stunts they performed in the course of a "match" were far more extreme than in the days of Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler. And a 300-lb acrobat is a sight to behold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R52OFMBlvs
It's Brock Lesnar attempting a "shooting star," a somersault off the top rope onto his prostrate opponent. Pretty goddam ballsy for anybody bigger than Mary Lou Retton.
Plus, he misses. He has an instant's hesitation in the jump, which results in an under-rotation. So his own head took the brunt of the impact. His eyes were glazed over the rest of the match, but he stayed on script.
Some of these guys pull stunts in the ring that would make Dar Robinson proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeh-D0423EE
Then I ran into The Undertaker in an airport and realized that if he wasn't every inch of seven feet and 300 lbs, he wasn't more than a biscuit away from it. That got me tuning in on occasion.
The first thing I noticed was that the beer bellies of yesteryear were gone. Especially at the Vince McMahon freak show, most of the rasslers are ripped. And many of them are monstrously huge.
The second thing I noticed was the stunts they performed in the course of a "match" were far more extreme than in the days of Dusty Rhodes and Jerry Lawler. And a 300-lb acrobat is a sight to behold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R52OFMBlvs
It's Brock Lesnar attempting a "shooting star," a somersault off the top rope onto his prostrate opponent. Pretty goddam ballsy for anybody bigger than Mary Lou Retton.
Plus, he misses. He has an instant's hesitation in the jump, which results in an under-rotation. So his own head took the brunt of the impact. His eyes were glazed over the rest of the match, but he stayed on script.
Some of these guys pull stunts in the ring that would make Dar Robinson proud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeh-D0423EE
Back when I was a kid, I actually got to meet and shake hands with Triple H while he was signing tshirts and stuff like that where they were selling event tickets. He stayed seated most of the time, but he was standing up when it was my turn and wow! This guy was gigantic!
Anyways, I haven't been into wrestling hardcore since I was like 8. Over the past few years, I have tried to get back into it just for nostalgic sakes, but I just couldn't. I had no idea who anyone was or what the plots were or who was betraying who, etc. So I just said fuck it and allowed that ship to sail for good.
Anyways, I haven't been into wrestling hardcore since I was like 8. Over the past few years, I have tried to get back into it just for nostalgic sakes, but I just couldn't. I had no idea who anyone was or what the plots were or who was betraying who, etc. So I just said fuck it and allowed that ship to sail for good.
if yer from alabammer or jawwwja you gotta be a wrastlin fan at some point in your life. i know one of the dirty white boys personally. hes a great guy!!
Ok, I'll play. Loved it as a kid, even though I knew it was fake. Worked out with, in the same gym, with Ted Dibiase. He raised his kids in my home town where he was also a preacher and all around good guy. I also got Diamond Dallas Paige kicked out of a bar for being a dick to some of my female friends. The only time I watch it now is when I am on the Hide and I really don't feel like paying attention to a whole entire show.
Eddie
Eddie
Ultimate Warrior died last night WWE says The Ultimate Warrior dead at 54
Seems like a lot of these guys die pretty young. Guess the steroids, obesity, and lifestyle most of them lead is not conducive to a long life.
DEAD WRESTLERS
WWE-Wrestlers That Have Passed Away (VERY SAD VIDEO) - YouTube
Seems like a lot of these guys die pretty young. Guess the steroids, obesity, and lifestyle most of them lead is not conducive to a long life.
DEAD WRESTLERS
WWE-Wrestlers That Have Passed Away (VERY SAD VIDEO) - YouTube
One of the things that always has impressed me about Vince McMahon is how he managed to escape being sent to the Poor House from all the law suits, considering the volume of steroids (and other PEDs) it took to put the WWF/WWE on the map. But there's no doubt the "rock'n'roll" lifestyle puts a lot of miles on the odometer, too.
Like Andre the Giant, "The Greatest Drunk on Earth," who once famously drank 119 beers in a six hour sitting. That's 11 gallons of beer, 12 ozs every 181.5 seconds. Yes, he passed out. And they draped him with a piano cover so's the cops wouldn't notice. As if covering that man-mountain with a piano cover made him invisible. Which shows you the state of sobriety of his drinkin' pals. A man would have to be in a pretty lucrative profession to even be able to afford a habit like that.
Same with MMA. Dana White once stopped by Chuck Liddell's hotel suite to check up on him. There were two naked chicks in the sitting room, two naked chicks in the bathroom, and a fifth naked chick in the bed with Chuckles.
"It's good to be the king." --Mel Brooks, as Louis XVI
I didn't realize is when I first responded to this thread, but Undertaker was beaten by Brock Lesnar. Now let's see can he hold on to his fake WWE title longer than he held on to his real one in the UFC.
Like Andre the Giant, "The Greatest Drunk on Earth," who once famously drank 119 beers in a six hour sitting. That's 11 gallons of beer, 12 ozs every 181.5 seconds. Yes, he passed out. And they draped him with a piano cover so's the cops wouldn't notice. As if covering that man-mountain with a piano cover made him invisible. Which shows you the state of sobriety of his drinkin' pals. A man would have to be in a pretty lucrative profession to even be able to afford a habit like that.
Same with MMA. Dana White once stopped by Chuck Liddell's hotel suite to check up on him. There were two naked chicks in the sitting room, two naked chicks in the bathroom, and a fifth naked chick in the bed with Chuckles.
"It's good to be the king." --Mel Brooks, as Louis XVI
I didn't realize is when I first responded to this thread, but Undertaker was beaten by Brock Lesnar. Now let's see can he hold on to his fake WWE title longer than he held on to his real one in the UFC.
