Ohhhhhh Noooooooo!

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Been a huge Rasslin' fan since I was a kid.  Maybe I "got" what it was about way back then.  It was always a show....an athletic soap opera.  Even as a kid, when people would try to argue with you..."Aww that ain't real...they ain't really hittin' each other".

What, are you retarded?

Savage created a colorful character and made quite a name for himself. He was never one of my favs but I could appreciate the character.

Sort of related to this; after reading Mick Foley's autobiography my impression of pro wrasslin' went from "It's fake...they ain't really hittin' each other." to "It's fake...but they are really wailin' on each other."  Which pretty much makes it the same as pro boxing post Don King.

[Snaggletiger]

Sort of related to this; after reading Mick Foley's autobiography my impression of pro wrasslin' went from "It's fake...they ain't really hittin' each other." to "It's fake...but they are really wailin' on each other."  Which pretty much makes it the same as pro boxing post Don King.

Didn't read his biography but I imagine it'd be similar to most guys that made a long career out of it.  "I broke this twice, sliced this open in Tulsa, punctured a lung one night in Jacksonville, lost two teeth when I ran into..."

It's a show...one hell of a physically demanding show.  These guys may not get hurt from "hitting" each other, but they put their bodies through things it's not meant to go through.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Didn't read his biography but I imagine it'd be similar to most guys that made a long career out of it.  "I broke this twice, sliced this open in Tulsa, punctured a lung one night in Jacksonville, lost two teeth when I ran into..."

It's a show...one hell of a physically demanding show.  These guys may not get hurt from "hitting" each other, but they put their bodies through things it's not meant to go through.

Well he opens the book with loosing an ear in Germany and talks about how he injured himself in Africa and Japan too.  It's really good, especially the parts about how he worked his way up the ropes in the business and the backroom politics.  What's really impressive is that there is no other author on the cover of the book.  Foley wrote the entire thing himself.  Most athletes with books have a ghostwriter listed on the cover or an "as told to" credit.

[GH2001]

Didn't read his biography but I imagine it'd be similar to most guys that made a long career out of it.  "I broke this twice, sliced this open in Tulsa, punctured a lung one night in Jacksonville, lost two teeth when I ran into..."

It's a show...one hell of a physically demanding show.  These guys may not get hurt from "hitting" each other, but they put their bodies through things it's not meant to go through.

Bingo.

Which is why many of them resort to pain killers and anti anxiety medicines, not to mention mixing them with alcohol, illicit drugs and heavy abuse of steroids. Savage making it to 58 is actually above the norm. Most croak in their 30's due to these abuses of their bodies.