odessasteps Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Glad Landell got to sit down with Colt before he passed and talked about his career what a damn good interview it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great ML Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Just for the record - PWI posted the story and then deleted it saying they wanted to confirm 100% Haven't seen anyone else report it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-stories/118-daily-updates/43205-nature-boy-buddy-landel-passes-away- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Front page of observer site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 One could hope with such a sketchy story - it's not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Id hope Dave would not do an audio update without being sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Boy, do I not miss those posts about Dave's credibility as a journalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Landell was my absolute favorite part of 84 Mid South, and that's saying a lot. He just had this ridiculous bravado to him that was so over the top but completely and utterly genuine and the corkscrew elbow job was the perfect move to encapsulate it, years before it's time and super impressive but ultimately all flash and no substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Buddy may be one of the bigger, sadder "what if" stories in wrestling. He had the rocket strapped to his back, smashed the house record in Raleigh for his Flair match, had his whole career ahead of him... then he screwed up and lost it all. This was the last true Memphis MSC sell-out if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 And he was on verge of a potential wwf comeback in 97 or 98 when he slipped on the ice at a raw (i think at the Bob in Newark) and messed up his knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSONG Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Another shocker: I care for all the wrestlers managers, etc. in the world. Wow. now Buddy Landell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8d8vz_ric-flair-flossy_sport One of my favorite Flair promos ever, setting up the feud that never was with Buddy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDSONG Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I was just watching the latest Youtube that Bill Apter just did not long ago. he had Ricky Morton on the phone and Ricky confirmed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWoloqUempE&feature=youtu.be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Uncle Coaster Posted June 22, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2015 When I graduated from college I went through a phase of feeling sorry for myself. One day when I was home alone at my parents' house I put in a cassette my neighbor taped for me of random wrestling. I watched the episode of SMW including this promo of Buddy leading to his match with Shawn Michaels.It was my kick in the pants moment that inspired me to stop feeling sorry and to get up and find a job. If Buddy could overcome his demons, i could overcome mine. I went to my bedroom and picked up a piece of paper with the name and address of a company written on it. My Mom had seen the name somewhere months earler and figured they were in the industry I was looking to enter and I hadn't bothered to send them anything. I sent them a resume that afternoon and within three months they had hired me.A month after that I attended a WWF show in Hershey...it was the In Your House where Buddy subbed for Dean Douglas against Ahmed Johnson. After the show a group of fans had Buddy cornered in the parking lot and he was signing autographs. He wasn't being rude but he just signed for people and really didn't make eye contact with anyone...he just kept signing. When he got to me I handed him my program and said, "You're a true inspiration, Buddy". He handed me back my paper, reached out his hand to shake mine, looked me in the eye and said, "Thank you. God bless you."I have told the full version of that story (it gets more churchy and eventually includes Jim Cornette and a phone call) to pastors, friends, family and at church retreats. It is my testimony.Say what you will about carny wrestlers who preach of God. Say what you will about Christianity itself. But no joke, no exaggeration, Buddy Landel changed my life.RIP, Buddy. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6k0hx_bob-holly-vs-buddy-landell_sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Dave Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Uncle Coaster, what you said gives me hope that he's in a better place today. I always found him ridiculously entertaining in Smoky Mountain. Got to shake his hand last year. Rest in Power... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The first SMW tv tape I saw was around the time of the Bobby Blaze winning the title. That TV is loaded with a shit ton of magnificent bastard Buddy Landell promos. Among favorites is of him jumping Dirty White Boy and proclaiming on the house mic "Hey ref! He's drunk!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I remember watching the "own worst enemy" promo when it happened, and I remember thinking during the beatdown that earned him from Cornette's guys "man, this is violent even for pro wrestling." He bled a fountain. The younger wrestlers from around Landell's area have said there was no one better about trying to help them any way he could and he was a joy to have in a locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 This was posted on the Botchamania Facebook and was Buddy's poem to JYD when he passed. I'm gonna spoiler it because the shit hurts. I don't even think I've seen a match with Landell -- all I remember is the Bill and Buddy Show and Flair cutting him down on a DVD once -- but so what. RIP. ''I just got a call and heard you were gone, and I stand here so cold.And the booker says you're off to your biggest angle ever, walking on streets of gold. We first met when I was a kid, and I remember being in such awe!You were the first superstar I ever met, the first I ever saw. You drew more money than most people know, but how they soon forget!But in my eyes, I saw it first hand and man, you were legit! Just like you did when we first met, you took me under your wing.And it comforts me now that you, Dick, Frank and Eddie are listening to the angels sing. I'll see you again in that special place, and I can give you a ring.So once again save me a place under your great big wing! I'll miss you and always love you... Good-bye dear friend...'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 So this was not a hoax? Damn. RIP I still love that Corkscrew Elbow Drop spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Would it be a fair assessment to say that Landell is the east cost version of Gino Hernandez? A guy with incredible talent and charisma who derailed his own career path with drugs and alcohol. Although maybe this isn't fair because even after his was fired from Crocketts he was great in Memphis and Smokey Mountain I had no idea that Buddy worked in the WWF near the end of his time. Yes the corkscrew elbow drop was top 3 in terms of coolest elbow drops ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 One of my favorite Mempho angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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