RIP King Kong Bundy

RIP to a legend.

 

Awww, one of my faves.

 

A tremendous old school heel.

 

One of the first heels that I remember just as I started watching wrestling. RIP

 

Just posted this on the wrestling thread:

In my junior hockey days we were on the road in Owen Sound, Ontario, a small town a few hours northwest of Toronto on a Wednesday night in mid-March, 2002. I walk into the media room to get a coffee and suddenly blurt out, "Holy shit, it's King Kong Bundy!" at the sight of the great man sitting alone at a table. He looks up which is my cue to walk over and ask him what the hell he is doing here. He said he was promoting an indie card he was appearing on in a few weeks.

We talked a little hockey - he said he was a big Flyers fan - and then I got to the point: "You had Hogan beat on Saturday Night's Main Event! He was down and out! One-two-three" - I pounded the table for emphasis - "but you were too busy working the crowd! Was it an ego thing? You could have been the champ!"

Ever the pro, he looks at me, doesn't change his expression and says, "Yeah, I think about it all the time."

RIP to one of the greatest big men ever.

 

Was a big fan of his.



RIP

 

61? Man, I thought he was like 45 or 50 back in the 80s. That's what baldness and heft will do to skew a kid's perception of age. RIP.

 

My hockey team was very nearly named the Bundy Fives. Instead we went with something else but threw a Bundy tribute patch on the back.

 

Bundy on a card in Owen Sound. I can’t imagine what the crowd would have been like.

 

It was awesome to get quality matches in the days long before RAW and monthly pay per views, all you ever got on the weekend shows were squashes.

 

Was thinking the same thing.