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Lord of the ring: Tribute paid to 68-year-old wrestling star
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Wednesday, May 19, 2004
| Mike Wereschagin
Posted on 05/19/2004 10:28:45 AM PDT by Willie Green
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Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura were wimps.
To: martin_fierro; xsmommy
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:29:18 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: Willie Green
oh my grandmas loved him!
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:30:06 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:32:12 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Are you ready for some football?)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:32:45 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
I betch Bruno stands when he pees!
Heck, he prolly even stands when he ... nevermind.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:34:46 AM PDT
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martin_fierro
(Are you ready for some football?)
To: xsmommy
I was surprised to read that he's "only" 69.
I woulda guessed he was at least 80-something.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:36:03 AM PDT
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: xsmommy; martin_fierro
Bruno was my favorite on WIIC's (now WPXI) Studio Wrestling (with Chilly Billy) in the 1960s. I've probably mentioned this, but my late father worked at WIIC then and produced a Clio award-winning promo for that program. He also said Pie Traynor, who shilled for show sponsor American Heating, was just the nicest man anyone would want to meet. *sigh* Bringing back those memories now!
To: Willie Green
I was surprised to read that he's "only" 69.Good grief, WG...
I thought you corrected that "69" typo to "68", just like the article says.
Sheeeesh, even when you proof-read, you can't get the corrections right without your bifocals...
So go find them... NOW... they gotta be nearby somewhere...
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:42:11 AM PDT
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Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
To: mountaineer
i remember Johnny DeFazio (another fave of Grams) and the Crusher. what was it about the eastern european older ladies watching wrestling??
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05/19/2004 10:42:21 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: mountaineer
my late father worked at WIIC then and produced a Clio award-winning promo for that program. Hey, my uncle was the VCR technician there for YEARS! Maybe even when it was still WIIC.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:42:36 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Are you ready for some football?)
To: xsmommy
what was it about the eastern european older ladies watching wrestling?? Hmmmmm.
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:43:58 AM PDT
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martin_fierro
(Are you ready for some football?)
To: xsmommy
Dr. Bill Miller, George "the Animal" Steele ... and I was just a little kid, not an eastern European baba!
To: mountaineer
well i watched with my gram, and then Lawrence Welk came on. She also was a huge Merv Griffin fan!
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:52:53 AM PDT
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xsmommy
To: Willie Green
I watched Bruno on local TV when I was a kid.
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posted on
05/19/2004 6:13:49 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
To: martin_fierro
what was it about the eastern european older ladies watching wrestling?? Looking for fashion tips maybe?
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posted on
05/19/2004 8:02:46 PM PDT
by
sharktrager
(Insanity: To continue repeating the same act, each time expecting a different result.)
To: xsmommy; martin_fierro
i remember Johnny DeFazio (another fave of Grams) and the Crusher. what was it about the eastern european older ladies watching wrestling??You mean County board Member John DeFazio(How soon we forget!)?
i remember the "Ring side Rosies" Even the wrestlers were afraid of those broads. They could open up a 55 Gallon drum of Industrial Strength Whoop @$$ on anyone.
i'd have HATED to be one of their kids
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posted on
05/19/2004 10:18:08 PM PDT
by
Calvinist_Dark_Lord
(I have come here to kick @$$ and chew bubblegum...and I'm all outta bubblegum! ~Roddy Piper)
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; xsmommy
"i remember Johnny DeFazio...." He was also one of my favorites too growing up and I told him that when we both boarded the same elevator after a County Council meeting a few years back. He smiled from ear to ear. Then he wanted to body slam me when I told him how disappointed I was that he was a liberal democrat.
Hmmm. I wonder if it's because of brain damage due to taking to many hits to the head in the ring?
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05/20/2004 12:14:04 AM PDT
by
Badray
(Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown. RIP harpseal.)
To: Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Badray
i no longer live in the Burgh, so i had no idea he went into POLITICS! how funny! yet how sad he is a lib dem!
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posted on
05/20/2004 2:46:31 AM PDT
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xsmommy
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05/20/2004 12:12:46 PM PDT
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Moleman
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