He passed away yesterday. A Michigan man. I believe he was a highly paid professor at Michigan at one time. Taught Jim Harbaugh. A great entertainer. He is now up in Heaven fighting Macho Man Randy Savage for his beloved Elizabeth.
ot: RIP George "the Animal" Steele
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Rip !He passed away yesterday. A Michigan man. I believe he was a highly paid professor at Michigan at one time. Taught Jim Harbaugh. A great entertainer. He is now up in Heaven fighting Macho Man Randy Savage for his beloved Elizabeth.
Thanks for the mention Bodi. I was going to post this late last night but got side tracked. He was one of my favorite WWF wrestler/entertainers. I remember like it was yesterday that one of his opponents was scared of The Animal and took off into the stands only to be chased all over the place by The Animal Steele. It was hilarious. Right out of the Three Stooges and Bustoff. Andre The Giant, Miss Elizabeth, Macho Man Savage, Junkyard Dog, Ultimate Warrior, Capt Lou Albano, Roddy Piper. All entertaining characters out of the WWF era. All RIP.
Did he ever match up against Awesome Bruiser Brody in a match? There's not an arena in the world that would survive that fight! RIP tough guy. I'll see them on the other-side someday.
Maybe he'll get a flying body slam from Superfly Snuka off the third rope of the great ring in the sky. Superfly passed away earlier this year I think.
I actually go back to Dick the Bruiser and his tag team partner, The Crusher, Dr X, Cowboy Bill Watts, Prince Pullins, Mitzu Arakawa, The Mighty Igor, Wilbur Snyder. That pre-dates the WWF.
Dick the Brusier goes way back in my memory banks to the point I remember the name. I guess I was about 4 or 5 the last time I heard that name. Honest truth, my dad was a WWI vet and had no time for the Japaneses people. He volunteered for WWII but was turned down because of his eyesight/Muster Gas. My oldest brothers talked dad into going to the wrestling matches in town on a Monday night. My dad decided to take his big old oak homemade walking stick with him. Young Tojo Yamamoto was on the card that night and started baiting the crowd. Totally bad move on his part because he got to near my dad. Paul said dad came up out of that chair to full form, raising that huge stick over his head and a young Tojo wanted no part of him. Dad's blood ran hot for nearly a week after security escorted him and my brothers from the SportsCenter. Dad came from good stock. He stood 6'5 and not a ounce of fat on him. My last memory of him was growing, cutting, and stripping 10 acres of dark and burley tobacco for the Ellis Estate at a young 77 years old. He sold it on Thursday, I got paid my $20.00 for taking care of the garden, picking up corn for the mules feed, and working in tobacco. On Sunday after celebrating my birthday, he kissed my forehead and laid down for a nap. He suffered a massive heart attack that afternoon and we said our last goodbye on my brother's birthday a week later.
It would have been a great unannounced under-card, Big Mack, the Kentucky Giant Farmer, vs Tojo Yamamoto. Wood shoes vs Dad's famous 5 foot plus solid oak battle club/unnecessary walking stick, some 4" to 5" in diameter. He never got over Pearl Harbor.
It would have been a great unannounced under-card, Big Mack, the Kentucky Giant Farmer, vs Tojo Yamamoto. Wood shoes vs Dad's famous 5 foot plus solid oak battle club/unnecessary walking stick, some 4" to 5" in diameter. He never got over Pearl Harbor.
Wasn't there a guy named Sailor Art Thomas - he use to wiggle his man boobs for the camera ......he was always tag team partner with Dick the Bruiser?
When I was a mere lad, I attended a world tag team title match between The Bruiser and Crusher against Mitzu Arakawa and Dr Motto. They had built a cyclone fence around the ring so no one could get out until one team or another was totally out.They billed it as a "Death Match". Another match was Dr X and his figure four leg lock and a prize of 10 large to anyone who could break out of it. The Mighty Igor did that night. This fun entertainment was at the now defunct Chicago International Amphitheater. I'm guessing around 1968.
Iron Sheik
JYD
Hulk Hogan
Macho Man
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
King Kong Bundy
Bret Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart
George "The Animal" Steele
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
British Bulldogs
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Bam Bam Bigelow
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
"Ravishing" Rick Rude
Koko B. Ware
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Big John Studd
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
All good memories of my adolescence.
JYD
Hulk Hogan
Macho Man
Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
King Kong Bundy
Bret Hart and Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart
George "The Animal" Steele
Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
British Bulldogs
Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake
Bam Bam Bigelow
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
"Ravishing" Rick Rude
Koko B. Ware
Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
Big John Studd
Jesse "The Body" Ventura
All good memories of my adolescence.
Here is King Kong Bundy squashing the dwarf Little Beaver from the top ropes!!! Great stuff !!
Bodi, I was going to seminary down in Fort Worth the year Bundy talked Daddy Fritz into mentoring him in wrestling. One year later I'm there in Dallas Stadium watch Fritz's retirement match against Bundy. It was worth skipping class at the church that Sunday night. Daddy Fritz did the job that night and pinned Bundy on the star in the end zone. Now get this, the next Saturday night Awesome Bruiser Brody agreed to be there for the Von Erich cubs as they developed as wrestlers. He never broke that handshake with Daddy Fritz, even though they were bitter enemies in the squared circle. He spent that entire year wrestling there in the Dallas/Fort Worth area guarding and teaching the cubs.
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Weighing 255 lbs... the living legend...BRUNO SAMMARTINO ... my favorite of all time.
