Hulk Hogan RIP

[NodakBob]

Whatever happened to Pompero Phurpo ?

 

[snow2]

Good ole days,younger years did gym workouts with Jim brunzel from his "high flyers" team with Gregg gonya.great guyz off camera

 

[johnr]

Knew some of these characters, but personally never watched any of it. Could not find the entertainment of it all

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Am I the only one that grew up in the "crusher" and "Vern Gagne" days? Those two were the only wrestlers that I really cared for . I always wanted someone to pull the mask off Dr.X

Crusher and Bruiser, they always talked about drinking kegs of beer.
What was the guy who wore that mask back in the day?
Then there was that poor Kenny Jay, poor guy never would win.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Good ole days,younger years did gym workouts with Jim brunzel from his "high flyers" team with Gregg gonya.great guyz off camera

The cities i beleive was where the first locally televised pro wrestling was at.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Crusher and Bruiser, they always talked about drinking kegs of beer.
What was the guy who wore that mask back in the day?
Then there was that poor Kenny Jay, poor guy never would win.

Dr.X He used to get someone in a figure 4 leg lock and make them say uncle.

 

[pointer]

Vern Ganja I believe owned some or all of it, at the time that's why the old man that looked like Col Klink was the champ for so many years, Oh yeah the improbable Kenny J ha

 

[Rut2much]

Razor Ramone, papa shango, steiner bros, sting, Kevin Nash, big van vader, hacksaw Jim duggan, hitman, rey mysterio, legion of doom, Sargent slaughter (met him at west fargo car show in the 80s) could go on and on. Had all the little figures, the ring, the stuffed wrestlers.. Sure wish I still had it all along all the teenage mutant ninja turtles, Martchbox cars, legos, micromachines, NES.. Talk about a walk down memory lane!

 

[wslayer]

Don't forget Rick Flair and big fan of the "Undertaker"

 

[snow2]

Vern Ganja I believe owned some or all of it, at the time that's why the old man that looked like Col Klink was the champ for so many years, Oh yeah the improbable Kenny J ha

Remember my gramps every Sunday rooting for Vern, vern always pushing his feel good supplements "geritol"

 

[Davy Crockett]

Found this old clip , I'd quit watching by this time so didn't know about little bruiser but pretty boy and the crusher I remember.

 

[LBrandt]

Am I the only one that grew up in the "crusher" and "Vern Gagne" days? Those two were the only wrestlers that I really cared for . I always wanted someone to pull the mask off Dr.X

My Dad always had a story about those days. He worked at a gas station and one afternoon a station wagon stopped for gas and it was six of the wrestlers of the time all in the same car You had 3 of the good guys and 3 of the bad guys and their stuff. They had a meet at a local school gym farther down the road. Later they stopped back at the cafe for a late night supper and they did not hate each other. LB

 

[lunkerslayer]

Jimmy the fly, bam bam bigalo, million dollar man, ddt, jake the snake, von erich family never seen them but watched the documentary, Baron von Raschke, larry henning and shawn Micheals
Also i remember the name of the wrestling show it was called the AWA and it was televised mostly in the cities on Saturday or sunday morning. I would watch it with my gramps when i stayed on the weekends

 

[Davy Crockett]

It wasn't AWA back when it first started it was just all star wrestling and the best matches were when midgets would go against each others, It wasn't very often but well worth the wait to a kid who had never seen a little man before. They are so quick . Even my Dad watched them one time and laughed but he scolded me for watching the fake wrestlers and didn't think I should watch them.

 

[Twitch]

Hillbilly Jim, Nikita Koloff, the Killer Bees, the Ugandan Nightmare, the Natural Dusty Rhodes, Adrian Adonis, Brutis the Barber Beefcake, Paul Orndorff, Greg the Hammer Valentine, Roddy Roddy Piper….just to name a few more

 

[lunkerslayer]

My uncle who is 6 yeads old then me used to tell me stories about my cousins would go to bonfires just to get it fights so they could try some of these moves on the other guy. I still remember the first time a stayed the summer in walhalla back in the 80s, the first 2 guys i met asked who i was then wanted to see how tough i was. We were living in hebron at the time and kids never got into fights where one would be challenged. Even when we moved back in 85 i was constantly getting in fights at recess and sent to the principals office. Dad had finally had enough and sent my sister and i to a catholic school it was for the best.

 

[Rut2much]

Well, there's the big 3rd one for me as Ryne Sandberg got his wings, he and chipper were the two I grew up idolizing play the game. Rip ryno..shitty month to say the least.