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Over the past six months, the wrestling industry has seen the retirement of two certified legends, men who belong in any Hall of Fame in the industry. Last November, after 39 years as a pro wrestler, the 65-year-old Genichiro Tenryu hung up his boots after a loss to Kazuchika Okada.
Then, just three weeks ago, 34-year-old Daniel Bryan was forced to announce his retirement coming off ten months of inactivity, the result of a host of concussions suffered over the course of his career.
All of this, of course, is a rather circuitous way of saying that wrestlers age differently. Some are able to compete for decades, while others find that their bodies give out on them when it seems like their careers are just getting started. For every Ric Flair, there’s a Magnum Ta.
This list takes a look at the wrestlers who have had the durability,...
Over the past six months, the wrestling industry has seen the retirement of two certified legends, men who belong in any Hall of Fame in the industry. Last November, after 39 years as a pro wrestler, the 65-year-old Genichiro Tenryu hung up his boots after a loss to Kazuchika Okada.
Then, just three weeks ago, 34-year-old Daniel Bryan was forced to announce his retirement coming off ten months of inactivity, the result of a host of concussions suffered over the course of his career.
All of this, of course, is a rather circuitous way of saying that wrestlers age differently. Some are able to compete for decades, while others find that their bodies give out on them when it seems like their careers are just getting started. For every Ric Flair, there’s a Magnum Ta.
This list takes a look at the wrestlers who have had the durability,...
- 3/2/2016
- by Scott Fried
- Obsessed with Film
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The wrestling world was enormously shocked this week with news of the sudden death of Jim “Ultimate Warrior” Hellwig.
It’s amazing to consider that his career in the WWF could have taken such a different path had he gone to Japan as a headliner. Eerily, his speech at the 2014 Hall of Fame and subsequent Monday Night Raw contain numerous dark premonitions about his life. His impressive win record over top opponents is unlikely to be matched again. Most surprisingly, his lawsuits have uncovered a secret 1997 WWF deal that almost brought Warrior into the Attitude-era mix.
Here are the four incredible secrets and facts about The Ultimate Warrior’s career.
4. Ultimate Warrior’s Nearly Had A Completely Different Career In Japan
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The Ultimate Warrior only had two matches in Japan. However, he nearly had an entire career.
In 1987, New Japan Pro Wrestling wanted to create a fresh foreign star.
The wrestling world was enormously shocked this week with news of the sudden death of Jim “Ultimate Warrior” Hellwig.
It’s amazing to consider that his career in the WWF could have taken such a different path had he gone to Japan as a headliner. Eerily, his speech at the 2014 Hall of Fame and subsequent Monday Night Raw contain numerous dark premonitions about his life. His impressive win record over top opponents is unlikely to be matched again. Most surprisingly, his lawsuits have uncovered a secret 1997 WWF deal that almost brought Warrior into the Attitude-era mix.
Here are the four incredible secrets and facts about The Ultimate Warrior’s career.
4. Ultimate Warrior’s Nearly Had A Completely Different Career In Japan
WWE.com
The Ultimate Warrior only had two matches in Japan. However, he nearly had an entire career.
In 1987, New Japan Pro Wrestling wanted to create a fresh foreign star.
- 4/14/2014
- by Chris Harrington
- Obsessed with Film
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Mark Calaway debuted as The Undertaker at WWF’s 1990 edition of the Survivor Series. Though the seeming dumbed-down idiocy of an “Undertaker” who used a “Tombstone Piledriver” and had a talk show called the “Funeral Parlor”could have made even the most ardent fan stray from professional wrestling in the past 25 years, it’s actually been the Undertaker that has kept us so engrossed. Mainly, because he’s so unique, and for the purposes of this list, genuinely scary. The Undertaker is the one character in pro wrestling that proves that great work can overcome terrible booking.
From being a freakshow in pancake makeup to a demonic cult leader, motorcycle gang leader, literally the devil incarnate or a Texas outlaw, the connective tie has always been that he’s able to make his character somehow personal. The fear associated with hearing the gong, seeing the smoke (or fire), druids,...
Mark Calaway debuted as The Undertaker at WWF’s 1990 edition of the Survivor Series. Though the seeming dumbed-down idiocy of an “Undertaker” who used a “Tombstone Piledriver” and had a talk show called the “Funeral Parlor”could have made even the most ardent fan stray from professional wrestling in the past 25 years, it’s actually been the Undertaker that has kept us so engrossed. Mainly, because he’s so unique, and for the purposes of this list, genuinely scary. The Undertaker is the one character in pro wrestling that proves that great work can overcome terrible booking.
From being a freakshow in pancake makeup to a demonic cult leader, motorcycle gang leader, literally the devil incarnate or a Texas outlaw, the connective tie has always been that he’s able to make his character somehow personal. The fear associated with hearing the gong, seeing the smoke (or fire), druids,...
- 4/1/2014
- by Marcus K. Dowling
- Obsessed with Film
When many people think of the great WrestleManias, a select number of events tend to pop up in the mind of most fans. WrestleMania X7 is probably the best WrestleMania of all time and a candidate for the best American wrestling PPV of all time. WrestleMania III is up there thanks to the spectacle of the Silverdome and a rather great event overall. That’s fine and dandy, but I’m going to throw a different WrestleMania into the mix. WrestleMania VII may be the best WrestleMania that nobody talks about.
First, let’s address the elephant in the room and one of the main reasons that most fans tend to shy away from WrestleMania: Gulfsploitation. I don’t even know if that is a word, but that is probably the best name for it. Taking Sgt. Slaughter who at that point had been portrayed as an American hero...
First, let’s address the elephant in the room and one of the main reasons that most fans tend to shy away from WrestleMania: Gulfsploitation. I don’t even know if that is a word, but that is probably the best name for it. Taking Sgt. Slaughter who at that point had been portrayed as an American hero...
- 11/28/2013
- by Robert Goeman
- Obsessed with Film
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