RIP Jimmy Snuka

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I don't recall hearing that he was charged a couple of years ago with his girlfriends death 32 years ago. Didn't go to trial last year because of dementia.
 

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He was still wrestling then
Saw Brock Lesner up close once
He's short also, maybe 6'
Brock is 6'3. You wanna see a short wrestler, Chris Jericho. I'm 6'2, and the first time I worked a show that Jericho was at, I was shocked how much taller I was than him. He's billed at 6' even, but that dude is more about 5'10 or 5'9.
 

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Brock is 6'3. You wanna see a short wrestler, Chris Jericho. I'm 6'2, and the first time I worked a show that Jericho was at, I was shocked how much taller I was than him. He's billed at 6' even, but that dude is more about 5'10 or 5'9.
Saw Stephen Young beat Lesner in the NCAA wrestling championships at Penn State when lesner was a junior at Minnesota and saw Lesner win it the next year in StLouis. Lesner was at a disadvantage against Young. Young is 6'6"
Was at a WWF event in Lexington once. Andre the Giant was there. So big he didn't look human.
 

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Brock is 6'3. You wanna see a short wrestler, Chris Jericho. I'm 6'2, and the first time I worked a show that Jericho was at, I was shocked how much taller I was than him. He's billed at 6' even, but that dude is more about 5'10 or 5'9.

I worked my way through college doing security for concerts and wrestling and such. I'm 6'7" and the show promoters refused to let me walk out the wrestlers because of the size difference.
 

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The very first night I ever had cable in my life was on this night. USA Network used to show the monthly card from MSG. If you don't feel like watching the whole thing just go to the end and watch him jump off the top of the steel cage. Talk about great timing to get cable.
 
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Tomspiracy probably needs its own thread but:




I think they do that for Arnold Schwarzenegger when he is around taller people. He is listed at 6'2, but seems shorter than that. Seeing some of his older movies you would think he is like 6'4 or 6'5 because of how imposing he was, but he doesn't even look 6' to me seeing him now. Maybe he shrunk with age.
 
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always wondered if that coconut was gimmicked or not. First time I ever tried to get into a coconut I was working at a grocery store in high school and on break I bought one, took it in the back and beat it with a mallet. Nothing. Tried cutting it. Nothing. Finally after a 2-3 minutes of trying I finally popped a hole in it with a power drill.

Can't imagine how ****ing hard you gotta hit someone in the head for it to bust the way that one did on Snuka.
Part of me thinks the coconut was doctored to break easily. Another part of me thinks, "But Piper," and I go the other way.
 
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