Gonna be honest, the fact this man damn near made it to 80 is a miracle unto itself:
RIP Terry Funk
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One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just isn't the same. Can you guess which one of these doesn't belong here? Now it's time to play our game...
It's Nick Gage. Nick Gage is the one that doesn't belong there.
His death matches in Japan terrified me when I was young. Me and a buddy would buy bootleg copies of VHS tapes online. Back then, it was so crazy, it really made the suspension of belief easy to do. I knew it was staged, but I always thought "this can't be fake, these MFers are bleeding like a stuck hog". He's one of the guys that really made me believe. RIP Mr. Funk. You will be missed.
Also had a great turn in Roadhouse. RIP legend.
Those who know, know.
That match is one of the most memorable things from my childhood.
ETA: https://tapemachinesarerolling.wordpress.com/2018/07/20/jerry-lawler-vs-terry-funk-cwa-4-25-1981/
I've seen exactly one Nick Gage match, a rather tame televised one at that, and I have no qualm with the order presented by our Dark Lord.
Kinda of a thread high jack, but the dark lord is ready to get back to pick ‘em again. When are we starting that up?
Oh yeah...I probably need to get on that. Surely picks don't start Week 0.
To each their own... I'm just saying Mick Foley and Terry Funk are legitimate legendary wrestlers that headlined major events and actually told a story with their violence. Nick Gage is just some guy that falls through fluorescent lights in people's backyards. They are not alike.
It's like saying the three most legendary NFL teams were:
1972 Miami Dolphins
1985 Chicago Bears
1976 Northeast Mississippi Community College Tigers
One of these is not like the others.
No doubt. . . . .I hated the SOB when I was a youngster when he and Lawler were feuding. . . . .But yeah, he was one tough SOB for sure. . . . .The man was an Icon. . . . .
I for one am sad that I can no longer look at the disused Mid-South Coliseum and imagine that there COULD be an empty arena match occuring within.
Ol' banana nose.
Lance lighting up a cigarette at the beginning of that was classic.