RIP, Big Man.
If you grew up in the 80's and WWF, he was an awesome Supervillain.
If you grew up in the 80's and WWF, he was an awesome Supervillain.
OT: King Kong Bundy
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RIP. 450+ pounds stuffed into a singlet....not good. Despite that, a great entertainer. I'm guessing he had a major heart attack or some other organ failure.
KKB and Big John Studd had some good tag team matches against Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. Couple tons in the ring.
Tough seeing these guys pass. They were larger than life in so many ways.
Saw him wrestle at the Civic 10,000 years ago. Good memories.
Yep, 450 pounds yet still managed to do a schedule that would kill a lot of men. Still managed to hit 61. Yeah that obesity man, it'll kill ya, almost like life will eventually. Let me say, I never enjoyed the WWF fat guys. Bundy, Yokozuna, Earthquake. I'm amazed that at their size they could do what they did, but I never saw them as being particularly athletic. Everyone throw a prayer Howard FInkels way, hes not doing to good himself. RIP
That is my guess. Of course, you never know (i found out, recently Eek)!
Lost many All-Time great Pro Wrestlers recently, it makes me appreciate how much I actually loved this stupid sport when I was a tike.
Sioux City Auditorium.
Andre, Mad Dog Vashon, The East West Connection (Jesse the Body of course), Tito Santana, Hogan (early in his career), it was fun.
My Dad liked to chuck beers at the crowd back then, when nobody saw him coming. He was fun to party with.
As another poster stated, how'd he make it 61?
I can barely drive 5 miles to work at 46, and he put on a show.
Athlete
He was funny when he asked (told) the referee to count to five just to prove he beat his opponent up but good.
That was fun, took me back in time for a moment. Thanks for sharing.
Jesse Ventura's commentary was the best. The first real heel announcer. I loved how he would take the opposite point of view and act like he really believed it! The heel announcers of today are not even close to his league.