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Post by Mac on Oct 24, 2013 17:54:31 GMT -5
Gorilla Monsoon anytime after the late 60s looked like some fat nerd trying out for wrestling school. He had a TERRIBLE look of a guy wrestling in front of 10-12 people in a middle school gym on a Saturday night, just ugh. BUT for a big fat guy who didnt look too great he handled himself pretty well, was over the majority of his career and playing the straihtman on commentary for Heenan and Ventura was gold. You're forgetting that back when Monsoon was wrestling, the look for wrestlers wasn't the same. They were more natural strongmen. It wasn't just so much his morbidly obese frame but from his attire and even the way he styled his hair. He looked like an out of shape accountant
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Oct 27, 2013 16:18:19 GMT -5
You're forgetting that back when Monsoon was wrestling, the look for wrestlers wasn't the same. They were more natural strongmen. It wasn't just so much his morbidly obese frame but from his attire and even the way he styled his hair. He looked like an out of shape accountant He looked like he did on commentary but in tights, like someone's nice uncle. I don't think I could buy him as a serious competitor.
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Post by CMWaters on Oct 28, 2013 13:37:21 GMT -5
Those that are commenting on Gorilla's look... This was what he looked like when he first became "Gorilla Monsoon" after being "Gino Marella"
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Post by Toxik916 on Oct 28, 2013 19:45:14 GMT -5
Those that are commenting on Gorilla's look... This was what he looked like when he first became "Gorilla Monsoon" after being "Gino Marella" I wouldn't want to mess with that guy.
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Post by RowdyRobbyPiper on Oct 28, 2013 20:24:28 GMT -5
Those that are commenting on Gorilla's look... This was what he looked like when he first became "Gorilla Monsoon" after being "Gino Marella" I wouldn't want to mess with that guy. Makes me glad I retired, your Lordship!"
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Post by Mac on Oct 28, 2013 21:34:52 GMT -5
Those that are commenting on Gorilla's look... This was what he looked like when he first became "Gorilla Monsoon" after being "Gino Marella" I wouldn't want to mess with that guy. Thats a great look. Now check out his look from the 70s forward.
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 29, 2013 8:43:02 GMT -5
Hard to believe that Vader is nearing the age that Gorilla was in 1996.
It's sad what illness did to Gorilla (or does to anyone for that matter) with still being the intimidating, hulking figure as WWF President in 1996 to 1999 when he looked like many people's sick elderly relatives.
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Post by Boo! on Oct 30, 2013 13:18:59 GMT -5
There is a video on YouTube of Wrestling Challenge just before WM9 of him and the Brain going around various places in Las Vegas. He's wearing a t-shirt and he looks ridiculously fat. He slimmed down a lot after 1994
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Post by cherry coloured funk on Oct 30, 2013 22:36:46 GMT -5
Does anybody know what Gorilla's final match was?
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Post by wwefan71080 on Oct 31, 2013 18:15:27 GMT -5
Seeing him up until I want to say mid 1997 looked like he could still kick butt, but looking at his appearance at RR2000 was a sad sight to see what happened to him when cancer took over, we'll never have another person like him
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Post by Boo! on Oct 31, 2013 23:54:53 GMT -5
Seeing him up until I want to say mid 1997 looked like he could still kick butt, but looking at his appearance at RR2000 was a sad sight to see what happened to him when cancer took over, we'll never have another person like him He didn't have cancer and he died in 1999 so if you saw him at RR2000 it's no wonder he wasn't looking his best.
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