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Post by Viking Hall on Oct 28, 2020 13:44:12 GMT -5
Wrestled a bear, was a white guy in the Nation and a good old boy in the FBI. That's some career. Rest in Peace.
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Post by SmashTV on Oct 28, 2020 14:10:59 GMT -5
Sad to hear. When WCW was shown randomly on ITV in the early 90s, he and Steve Armstrong seemed to be on each week as the Young Pistols. 58 is no age to go; sleep well, sir.
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Post by GuyOfOwnage on Oct 28, 2020 15:13:54 GMT -5
I was a hardcore WWF kid growing up, so for a long time, I'd only known him for his run as Freddie Joe Floyd and his mini-feud on Superstars with Bradshaw and Uncle Zeb. It wasn't until I discovered WrestleCrap back in 2000 or so that I even found out his real name, let alone that this guy was a great worker. He had randomly popped into my head yesterday or the day before too, crazy how that works. 58 is too damn young. RIP Mr. Smothers.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Oct 28, 2020 16:05:37 GMT -5
It is very sad to hear...
Rest in peace, sir.
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Post by XIII on Oct 28, 2020 16:08:58 GMT -5
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Post by Johnny D on Oct 28, 2020 16:14:29 GMT -5
RIP Tracy.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Oct 28, 2020 16:25:40 GMT -5
I only went to one show at the ECW Arena but on that show, my friend and I gave Tracy the flick-off as he tagged out and he stared right at us and gave us a big one right back. One of my favorite live show memories.
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Post by Johawn on Oct 28, 2020 16:34:43 GMT -5
We've lost one of the best today. He ain't a "name" but I doubt he'd have had it any different. Just the ultimate wrestler's wrestler. What a man.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 28, 2020 16:44:37 GMT -5
RIP Tracy Even got a smile out Lance Storm with his antics here. lol People should go read Lance's tribute to him on Twitter. Really touching and also made me laugh a ton. |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 28, 2020 17:01:06 GMT -5
Only 58? Damn.
RIP Tracy.
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Post by cjb01: Limited Edition Item! on Oct 28, 2020 17:45:50 GMT -5
Smothers is one of those dudes you would never hear a bad word about from people who worked with him, he was a one of a kind man.
Given the amount of people especially in AEW who worked with him, I would not be shocked if they throw in a post-edit on Commentary wishing condolensces, or even a graphic.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 17:54:38 GMT -5
Even got a smile out Lance Storm with his antics here. lol People should go read Lance's tribute to him on Twitter. Really touching and also made me laugh a ton. Link? |
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 28, 2020 18:25:24 GMT -5
People should go read Lance's tribute to him on Twitter. Really touching and also made me laugh a ton. Link? I'll just post it directly:    |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 20:10:50 GMT -5
amazing read, thank you......
I went to the same school as Lance Storm so always been a complete mark for the guy
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Post by Some Baritone guy IS REDEEMED! on Oct 28, 2020 20:55:01 GMT -5
Something of a journeyman, and a guy who never could seem to catch a lasting break in wrestling. One of my favorite stories involving him was if a turnout was bad. Oftentimes, this would be rationalized by the promoter or wrestlers with statements like, "well, the highschool is playing football tonight, so it stands to reason-", "A concert tour just went through", etc, to downplay the failure. Tracy would joke, "McDonalds is open 24 hours a day. How can we compete with that?" He apparently had a lot of good one liners for bad houses: "Lot of people dressed as chairs here tonight." "I will come out there and slap all 42 of you!" and my personal favorite: "Well at least if they riot we'll have them outnumbered" |
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Post by Larryhausen on Oct 28, 2020 23:43:58 GMT -5
RIP Tracy Even got a smile out Lance Storm with his antics here. lol This should be the corpsing intro on the next Botchamania. |
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Post by Dragonfly on Oct 29, 2020 3:28:05 GMT -5
I've posted this before, but it bares repeating.
Back in 2007, Tracy and Chris Hamrick had an early tag match against a local Pittsburgh team. Hamrick disappeared afterwards. Tracy, however, quietly came back out ten minutes later in his street clothes and sat near the back. Someone my ex and I were with asked why he stuck around. He just smiled and said "supportin' the boys."
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Post by JIMBOB on Oct 29, 2020 14:22:26 GMT -5
RIP Tracy.
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Post by THE FVNKER on Oct 29, 2020 19:33:22 GMT -5
I only went to one show at the ECW Arena but on that show, my friend and I gave Tracy the flick-off as he tagged out and he stared right at us and gave us a big one right back. One of my favorite live show memories. 100% not trying to hijack the thread here, but was the atmosphere at the ECW arena as cool as it seems on film? Would love to hear details of what it was like. RIP Smothers 🤘 thank you for your time and your art. |
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Post by Larryhausen on Oct 29, 2020 20:07:48 GMT -5
I only went to one show at the ECW Arena but on that show, my friend and I gave Tracy the flick-off as he tagged out and he stared right at us and gave us a big one right back. One of my favorite live show memories. 100% not trying to hijack the thread here, but was the atmosphere at the ECW arena as cool as it seems on film? Would love to hear details of what it was like. RIP Smothers 🤘 thank you for your time and your art. It was even better. |
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