Wrestling Thread Mar29-Apr4 | 4/2 WWE Smackdown - Must Watch Show

[gregzzy23]

Originally Posted by solidsnake

Originally Posted by hombrelobo

Rock never had that...?

That middle belt is straight

 

[airvandal180]

Apparently Chris Kanyon was found dead this morning. Another one

 

[4wrestling]

Chris Kanyon Passes Away

Chris Klucsaritis, who wrestled as Chris Kanyon, passed away last night from an overdose of pills at his apartment in the Sunnyside section of Queens, NY, last night.  He was 40.

Klucsaritis' death is believed to be a suicide.  He had been open about suffering from a bipolar disorder and had talked and threatened suicide many times in the past according to those who are close with him.

He had been talking about going through another bout with depression and taking his life earlier in the week.  Because he had talked about it so often, it was

Klucsaritis was trained locally in New York by Bobby Bold Eagle, and later in Columbua, SC by Lillian "Fabulous Moolah" Ellison at her home gym in Columbia, SC, and developed into an innovative and underrated wrestler.  He debuted in 1992, and wrestled the bulk of his career for WCW.

He started with Mark Starr as part of a tag team "Men at Work," and later developed the Mortis gimmick.  His highest profile role, including holding the WCW tag team titles, came with Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow as the Jersey Triad.

During that period, he also worked in Hollywood on movie sets during a boom period for pro wrestling when the movie industry was interested in films, including on "Ready to Rumble" and a made-for-TV movie on Jesse Ventura.

He was a victim of the demise of WCW, as WWE wasn't really a good fit for him stylistically.  Even though he was 6-3, he did not possess the kind of look they wanted.  He was also plagued by injuries during that period and was finally released in 2004.

He attempted to get back into the major leagues doing a gimmick as the first openly gay pro wrestler, later admitting to be gay in real life.  He tried to garner publicity claiming WWE fired him for being gay, but the publicity went nowhere.  TNA was also not interested in the gimmick.  He had wrestled sparingly in recent years, had announced a retirement, but still on occasion wrestled.

He was part of a lawsuit with Scott Levy and Mike Sanders against WWE for misclassifying wrestlers as independent contracts, but the suit was thrown out of court because the statute of limitations had expired on filing such a suit.

 

[quiickz]

RIP Kanyon

 

[ao17]

Woah Wait, Swagger is the WHC?

 

[teflandon]

R.I.P. Chris Kanyon.

 

[GL Rayner]

Originally Posted by ao17

Woah Wait, Swagger is the WHC?

I don't like him as champ, but hopefully they do something creative with him. I hope CM Punk can get the belt soon. He is way too over right now not to have a belt...

 

[agthekid]

Damn R.I.P. Kanyon

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

r.i.p kanyon

liked him in wcw, dude had some ill moves back then....

didnt he call himself the wm mvp?

 

[hombrelobo]

Originally Posted by 4wrestling

Chris Kanyon Passes Away

Chris Klucsaritis, who wrestled as Chris Kanyon, passed away last night from an overdose of pills at his apartment in the Sunnyside section of Queens, NY, last night.  He was 40.

Klucsaritis' death is believed to be a suicide. He had been open about suffering from a bipolar disorder and had talked and threatened suicide many times in the past according to those who are close with him.

He had been talking about going through another bout with depression and taking his life earlier in the week. Because he had talked about it so often, it was

Klucsaritis was trained locally in New York by Bobby Bold Eagle, and later in Columbua, SC by Lillian "Fabulous Moolah" Ellison at her home gym in Columbia, SC, and developed into an innovative and underrated wrestler. He debuted in 1992, and wrestled the bulk of his career for WCW.

He started with Mark Starr as part of a tag team "Men at Work," and later developed the Mortis gimmick. His highest profile role, including holding the WCW tag team titles, came with Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow as the Jersey Triad.

During that period, he also worked in Hollywood on movie sets during a boom period for pro wrestling when the movie industry was interested in films, including on "Ready to Rumble" and a made-for-TV movie on Jesse Ventura.

He was a victim of the demise of WCW, as WWE wasn't really a good fit for him stylistically. Even though he was 6-3, he did not possess the kind of look they wanted. He was also plagued by injuries during that period and was finally released in 2004.

He attempted to get back into the major leagues doing a gimmick as the first openly gay pro wrestler, later admitting to be gay in real life. He tried to garner publicity claiming WWE fired him for being gay, but the publicity went nowhere. TNA was also not interested in the gimmick. He had wrestled sparingly in recent years, had announced a retirement, but still on occasion wrestled.

He was part of a lawsuit with Scott Levy and Mike Sanders against WWE for misclassifying wrestlers as independent contracts, but the suit was thrown out of court because the statute of limitations had expired on filing such a suit.

This is so strange. I was just watching this yesterday. Go to the 5:40 mark. So sad. RIP

http://www.youtube.com/v/_3Hma-r8MyU&hl=en_US&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/_3Hma-r8MyU&hl=en_US&fs=1&

 

[redd spyder]

chris benoit was one of my favs back in the day

 

[physicx]

goddamn

rip

 

[livemyreality]

Originally Posted by 100PROOF

[h1][/h1]

[h1]Incident Between Flair & Orlando Jordan's 'Male Companion'[/h1]

I'm rollin' w/ Flair on this one. I hope he runs OJ and his "boy" out of TNA

at the .gif...I was laughing when he came out like that. Hahaha.

 

[therav4]

R.I.P. Kanyon. It seems like every other month we hear about another death of a Wrestler. Kanyon had great charisma and was great in the ring... it's a shame he went through a likely suicide.

 

[hellaones]

"who's better than kanyon?"

rip

dude did have a innovate move set

 

[lex starks]

Originally Posted by 4wrestling

Over/Under 6 months until both members of Cryme Tyme are wished the best on their future endeavors?

Under. The WWE could have changed the gimmick because they were great to watch as a tag duo but as individuals their weaknesses are obvious. Booking %#*+* up once again.

 

[club29]

Originally Posted by Lex Starks

Originally Posted by 4wrestling

Over/Under 6 months until both members of Cryme Tyme are wished the best on their future endeavors?

Under. The WWE could have changed the gimmick because they were great to watch as a tag duo but as individuals their weaknesses are obvious. Booking %#*+* up once again.

Shad will get the axe sooner than later, but JTG actually has some talent.

All he needs is a gimmick change and can easily be in the IC title mix throughout the next few months.

RIP Chris Kanyon. Dude was pretty solid back in the late '90s

Didnt watch SD, but saw the clips i needed to see...


JACK THWAGGA! JACK THWAGGA!

If you dont like Jack Thwagga, there ith thomething wrong with you

 

[theemperor45]

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

can anyone understand what r truth says in that song besides whats up?

He says something like " 'till the wheel fall off...", other then that --- nope.

 

[bjm5295]

Where that Belt pic from?

RIP Kanyon.

 

[maelstroom]

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

can anyone understand what r truth says in that song besides whats up?

He says something like " 'till the wheel fall off...", other then that --- nope.

And "stake my claim to fame" or something like that. All i know

 

[CHICHAN]

Hope they put Swagger in a suit week after week. I just feel like it'd help.

 

[hymen man]

RIP Kanyon

 

[bayburyya]

Originally Posted by Maelstroom

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

can anyone understand what r truth says in that song besides whats up?

He says something like " 'till the wheel fall off...", other then that --- nope.

And "stake my claim to fame" or something like that. All i know 

Damn, I know most of the song.  Now that I see nobody understands what he says, I feel HELLA black.

 

[gangsta207therevolution]

Originally Posted by BayBuryYa

Originally Posted by Maelstroom

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

can anyone understand what r truth says in that song besides whats up?

He says something like " 'till the wheel fall off...", other then that --- nope.

And "stake my claim to fame" or something like that. All i know 

Damn, I know most of the song.  Now that I see nobody understands what he says, I feel HELLA black.

Being black aint got nothing to do with understanding that fool....

You prob been around a lot of people who speak jibberish.

 

[hombrelobo]

Originally Posted by gangsta207therevolution

Originally Posted by BayBuryYa

Originally Posted by Maelstroom

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by GotHolesInMySocks

can anyone understand what r truth says in that song besides whats up?

He says something like " 'till the wheel fall off...", other then that --- nope.

And "stake my claim to fame" or something like that. All i know 

Damn, I know most of the song.  Now that I see nobody understands what he says, I feel HELLA black.

Being black aint got nothing to do with understanding that fool....

You prob been around a lot of people who speak jibberish.

For the record I can understand what he says and i'm white. He just usually runs out of breath while running down the aisle and "rapping" at the same time.