Wrestling Dead Pool 2005

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Dom's running the ILE dead pool, but it might be fun to do one just for wrestlers. (I will probably pick about two wrestlers for the ILE pool).

Since there aren't too many of us here, this doesn't have to be as formal as the ILE one. We can post our ten picks on this thread.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 28 December 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago)

John Tenta should be ineligible. I'm not clear whether Steve Williams should be. If we're allowing them then leave off Zenk and Holly.

Ok, uh.

1. Jake Roberts
2. Bob Holly
3. Hulk Hogan
4. Harley Race
5. Dusty Rhodes
6. Tom Zenk
7. Animal
8. Ron Simmons
9. Bobby Heenan
10.Brian Lee

For the most part I haven't consulted with a great deal of empirical evidence regarding drug and alcohol intake, I'm just holding my finger to my head and trying to picture the half-assed message of condolence on WWE.com.

― Ferg, Ah (Ferg), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 03:24 (twenty years ago)

I don't know why I left Tenta off my ILE ballot. Perhaps I would have felt bad about stealing him from Dom since I may not have remembered his illness otherwise.

Also, it's probably a good idea to follow the rules a la the dead pool at 1ryderfakin, i.e. this should be a "death by misadventure" list, while discounting anyone who might die from an age-related illness. So, people like Lou Thesz and Stu Hart would have been ineligible (a couple of years ago), as is someone like Fabulous Moolah.

We can use our judgement re: "dying young". I think Ferg's picks are all fine in this respect.

Discounting Dr. Death and Tenta, (and not listing these in any order as per the ILE rules)

Jake Roberts
Joanie Laurer
Scott Hall
Bobby Heenan
Jeff Hardy
Lex Luger
New Jack
Scott Steiner
Dustin Rhodes

and finally, I hate to write this one, but ...

Vince McMahon

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 06:33 (twenty years ago)

I've not got a finalised team yet, but I do fancy "Boogie Woogie Man" Jimmy Valliant to go this year.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 10:54 (twenty years ago)

Isn't he old, though?

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 29 December 2004 17:40 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

I'm starting to feel good about my Joanie Laurer pick, both here and on the ILE pool. Check out this picture from Scott Keith's blog (scroll down a few posts).

http://www.livejournal.com/~rspwfaq/134770.html

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Monday, 17 January 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

A new candidate:

http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/44757.htm

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

"I was afraid for myself. There's no way I could touch her. She's 230 [pounds], 6 [foot] 2, she knows how to box, she's a southpaw, and she's a pro wrestler. There's no way I could go near her. She'd kill me."

Yeah, you got to watch thse southpaws. When you marry a wrestling girl, do they make you go to Announcer School first?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 10:38 (twenty years ago)

Matt Hardy's going before Nicole Bass. The self-inflicted bullet wound to the skull shall become a symbol.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:31 (twenty years ago)

but Matt Hardy WILL NOT DIE! remember??

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

Perhaps he'll be buried alive?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

this is a tribute from my side to Owen Hart who was a Great man
I hope he was still alive.
but anyways
May His Sole Rest In Peace.

aditya raghav

― Aditya Raghav, Monday, 15 May 2006 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

i can't believe nobody picked The Undertaker!

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 15 May 2006 15:46 (nineteen years ago)

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