Chris Benoit

[genocide roach]

...and it's not even a real sport. Yeah, they are athletic and tough and take abuse, but it's a soap opera, not a competition.

i'm fine watching a soap opera.
~gR~

 

[kmik]

All serious athletes take steroids. In body building, no fucking question, but also in other sports. Just take a look at the jaws of female runners.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

...and it's not even a real sport. Yeah, they are athletic and tough and take abuse, but it's a soap opera, not a competition.

it's not supposed to be a competition, it is like a comic book made purely for entertainment. I love competitive sports as anybody, but WWE is moderately entertaining (though lately it has been sucking ass due to lack of decent storylines and crappy untalented wrestlers).

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

HOLY SHIT!

list of wrestlers since '85 who died before the age of 65

Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
The Renegade - 33
Owen Hart - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Chris Benoit - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Mike Awesome - 42
Ray Candy - 43
Nancy Benoit (Woman) - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre the Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Sherri Martel - 49
Moondog Spot - 51
Ken Timbs - 53
Uncle Elmer - 54
Pez Whatley - 54
Eddie Graham - 55
Tarzan Tyler - 55
Haystacks Calhoun- 55
Giant Haystacks - 55
The Spoiler - 56
Kurt Von Hess - 56
Moondog King - 56
Gene Anderson - 58
Dr. Jerry Graham - 58
Bulldog Brown - 58
Tony Parisi - 58
Rufus R. Jones - 60
Ray Stevens - 60
Stan Stasiak - 60
Terry Garvin - 60
Boris Malenko - 61
Little Beaver - 61
Sapphire - 61
Shohei Baba - 61
Dick the Bruiser - 62
Wilbur Snyder - 62
George Cannon - 62
Karl Krupp - 62
Dale Lewis - 62
Gorilla Monsoon - 62
Hiro Matsuda - 62
Bad News Brown - 63
Bulldog Brower - 63
Wahoo McDaniel - 63

 

[ohiogrinder]

I wasn't a huge Benoit fan (my favorite wrestler is Kane, but it used to be Kurt Angle) but this is sad, sad news.

 

[ohiogrinder]

ok everyone, what are your favorite and least favorite wrestlers?

favorites:

Kurt Angle (well from what I know he doesn't wrestle anymore)
Kane
Undertaker

least favorites:

Ric Flair (he was good in the 80s, but seriously, HE NEEDS TO RETIRE)
Edge (just plain annoying)
Cena (don't like wiggers)

 

[AchrisK]

It is sad news, but I would just like to say that even though I know that name is pronounced "Ben-Wa", I am pronouncing it as "Ben-oyt" in my head.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

ok everyone, what are your favorite and least favorite wrestlers?

favorites:

Kurt Angle (well from what I know he doesn't wrestle anymore)
Kane
Undertaker

least favorites:

Ric Flair (he was good in the 80s, but seriously, HE NEEDS TO RETIRE)
Edge (just plain annoying)
Cena (don't like wiggers)

favorites:

batista (beastly physique) (No homo)
triple h
rob van dam
kane

least favorites:
kali - horrible wrestler
big show - shit wrestler
cena - getting very old with the gimmick
bobby lashley - absolutely atrocious on the mic, I have never seen somebody with less mic charisma than this guy.

 

[zoidberg]

my favorite was kane, he was all like, "stop making fun of me!"SMASH!

 

[Alongside Death]

I'm shocked! I remember Chris Benoit being my favourite wrestler next to Goldberg. Sad news.

 

[skeptik]

I see none of you know anything about the actual quality wrestling that used to be available but is generally scarce today. Japan is the real deal, not the bullshit soap opera of American wrestling. Tiger Mask, El Samurai, Shinsaki, Great Sasuki, Jushin Liger, Onita, Mitsuharu Misawa, etc. And the lucha libres as well. The Latin American and Japanese cultures treat wrestling very differently. The emphasis is on the psychical performance and not on witty banter and soap opera story lines. Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko, Perry Saturn, 2 Cold Scorpio, Chris Jericho, and many other wrestlers who made their name in the 'big leagues' of American wrestling cut their teeth in Japan and busted their asses perfecting their craft rather than standing in front of a mirror with a microphone making sure you look good on camera. It's odd how so many wrestlers made the cycle from Japan, to ECW signing them (Benoit (as The Pegasus Kid), Malenko, Guerrero (as Black Panther), Jericho, Scorpio, Tajiri, Super Crazy, etc), to WCW, and then to WWF. ECW pulled a lot of luchas that later went on to WCW and WWF as well, the most famous of which are probably Rey Misterio Jr, La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, and Psychosis.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Like I said in the Nevermore board. I could really care less about what this guy did.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

I could really care less about what this guy did.

.

 

[The Ozzman]

it's not supposed to be a competition, it is like a comic book made purely for entertainment. I love competitive sports as anybody, but WWE is moderately entertaining (though lately it has been sucking ass due to lack of decent storylines and crappy untalented wrestlers).

Blame that on Stephanie McMahon. She is head of creative writing for WWE and she is absolutely terrible.

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Fuck storylines.

Two men take off thier shirts, get in a ring, and fuck each other up until one of them leaves on a stretcher.

Now thats wrestling.

 

[Hell Awaits Us All]

Fuck storylines.

Two men take off thier shirts, get in a ring, and fuck each other up until one of them leaves on a stretcher.

Now thats wrestling.

this is like a fucking comic book ya idiot, without the storylines, there's no point in watching 2 men "wrestling" an exhibition match. Not to mention, most WWE wrestlers are very average-mediocre in the ring. If you are talking about japanese wrestling or even old ECW which was fucking awesome, then I guess you might have a point. But WWE - storylines = trash.

man I fucking loved ECW back in the day, some of the most savage and brutal "wrestling" ever. These guys would demolish each other on a daily basis.

I remember several flaming tables matches, those were spectacular

 

[The Ozzman]

Fuck storylines.

Two men take off thier shirts, get in a ring, and fuck each other up until one of them leaves on a stretcher.

Now thats MMA.

Fixed

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

WHo cares about stories? Just put a bunch of guys in a ring and have them kick each others asses.

 

[Skepticism]

Fuck this fake wrestling bullshit. UFC, Pirde and K1 > WWE, ECW, WCW etc.

 

[The Ozzman]

WHo cares about stories? Just put a bunch of guys in a ring and have them kick each others asses.

That already exists.