The Natural Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thee Reverend Axl Future Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 This sad news gave me the blues all today. I always loved the Road Warriors. "iron Man" is great entrance music. I remember being blown away by them in Georgia (via TV) and I got to see them several times in the AWA where they were always an awkward fit. Sometimes they no sold the untouchable vets like Crusher and other times they had to incongruously sell for Verne or Raschke. Freebirds vs. the Roadies was fun as heck as was vs. the Fabulous Ones, but them losing to Jimmy Garvin and Steve Regal practically exposed the business. They were great and always over in JCP/WCW, and the Warriors were cheered against any of the Horsemen who were usually the faces in Chicago. I vividly remember Flair vs. Animal ('87, UIC Pavilion) and the crowd was convinced that Animal would squash Flair here in his hometown. It was a screwjob, as Flair gouged Animal with his own spiked shoulderpads and the ref DQed the champ before the match even started. The audience was PISSED and it was a bad note to end on. The Road Warriors were hard to book but it could be done. The WWF never did as much with them as they could have I felt. They were SO VERY influential in the biz, every musclehead wanted to be a no-selling monster after them. and it kickstarted the Age of Steroids. Great promos and Amimal was always my favorite. He sounded like a stand-up guy and now I am bummed all over again. RIP to you, sir, thanks for all the good memories and pants. you tell 'em, big guy, RAF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neil Koch Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Sad news and such a young age to pass at. As a young metalhead, the Road Warriors/LOD were my favorite tag team and I'm glad I got to see them live several times. I also got to meet Animal at a couple of promo events he did in the Minneapolis area. Seemed like a very old school tough guy who took kayfabe seriously, but he was treating all of the fans with class and hung around for quite a long time signing autographs and taking pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Road Warriors were the coolest. Loved their squashes. And, yeah, Hawk did the flashy moves, but Animal was the workhorse of the team. And he held his own on promos. Still looking for the "Spontaneous Human Combustion" promo they did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 23 hours ago, Pete said: I actually remember reading this magazine (think it was Wrestling '84) during lunch at school when my teacher came across it, and she was totally disgusted by them rooting around the dumpster. Nevermind in the newsstand, it looks like they are grabbing porno mags. Also, who knew they were freegans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Animal and Hawk with their young (20 at the time) protege Kensuke Sasaki. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Curt McGirt Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 What was the story behind the doll? And further more... why?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 10:19 AM, odessasteps said: No good copy of the music video that I've seen so far on youtube. This one? I always thought they should've framed it like they burst into the studio and forced the producers to record it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 And later redone by the Nightmares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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