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Post by Joe Neglia on Mar 9, 2019 22:35:56 GMT -5
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Mar 9, 2019 22:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 22:42:58 GMT -5
He choppy choppy pee pees in a better place now.
RIP
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Mar 9, 2019 22:44:55 GMT -5
Damn... Very sad to hear this. I picked a bunch of 90's Michinoku Pro shows and he was managing Super Delfin in the early days of the promotion.
Rest in peace, sir.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 22:46:02 GMT -5
Choppy choppy your pee pee!
RIP Yamaguchi-San
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Mar 9, 2019 22:51:53 GMT -5
R.I.P and godspeed Mr choppy choppy pee pee.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 22:54:27 GMT -5
Sounds like he was in pretty rough shape for awhile.
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Mar 9, 2019 23:09:04 GMT -5
His brother Shun Yamaguchi is currently a Japanese-language announcer for WWE, along with Funaki. Wally Yamaguchi was behind Gong Magazine, which was a pretty big wrestling magazine in Japan.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 9, 2019 23:12:12 GMT -5
I never knew he had a legitimate background in wrestling managing, etc. I honestly just thought Russo was being Russo and brought in an actor, sort of like how Sonny Onoo was just a dude Bischoff knew from his martial arts days before coming in to work as a liason between WCW and NJPW.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Mar 9, 2019 23:47:12 GMT -5
He choppy choppy pee pees in a better place now. RIP Resty resty in pee-pees. I'm so sorry. |
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Post by edgestar on Mar 9, 2019 23:52:53 GMT -5
RIP to him
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Post by Perd on Mar 10, 2019 0:41:21 GMT -5
I guess heaven needed an attempted penis chopper offer. RIP
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Post by WoodStoner1 on Mar 10, 2019 0:42:19 GMT -5
61 and a stroke. the elements of the two other tragedies we had this week. :-(
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Mar 10, 2019 0:45:18 GMT -5
He choppy choppy pee pees in a better place now. RIP This is my favorite post of all time. |
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Post by OVO 40 hunched over like he 80 on Mar 10, 2019 1:12:44 GMT -5
The segment that made my mom ground me and ban me from ever watching raw. Thanks Yamaguchi-San.
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Post by Hypnosis on Mar 10, 2019 9:06:28 GMT -5
I still find the "Choppy Choppy Your Pee Pee" segment funny to this day.
RIP.
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Post by warriorthug4edge on Mar 10, 2019 9:20:54 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, Wally Yamaguchi was the representative of New (or maybe All) Japan Pro Wrestling that was interviewed to set up the infamous Kevin Sullivan-Wing Kanemura match in Smoky Mountain Wrestling
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Post by jason1980s on Mar 11, 2019 14:30:26 GMT -5
Petef3 wrote this in the locked thread:
"Naturally the WWF ensured that he'll be remembered for the worst thing possible, but he was an important front office and liasion figure between Japanese and American wrestling for many years."
Definitely had a lot of wrestling experience from what I've read, it is a shame he is widely remember for the silly Val Venis skit.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 15:24:39 GMT -5
Petef3 wrote this in the locked thread: "Naturally the WWF ensured that he'll be remembered for the worst thing possible, but he was an important front office and liasion figure between Japanese and American wrestling for many years." It sounds like, from what I saw over the weekend, that he was very much a guy who started as a fan and got into the business via public relations. (Like Heyman and Cornette, he got his foot in the business by becoming a photographer selling stuff to magazines). He would travel with Japanese wrestlers abroad as a liaison (thus he got lots of exposure in America, found some photos with guys like Flair and Blassie and Hogan in his early heel days); and he co-founded Michinoku Pro Wrestling - which seems incredibly significant - with the Great Sasuke. Apparently he had a stroke a year ago and never recovered; he was essentially bedridden until he passed. RIP sir. |
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