RIP Chyna

[CD Boogie]

I know plenty of wrestling fans who aren't developmentally arrested. Funny how that works.

Not funny actually, just predictable that you'd think so.

 

[BDC99]

Not funny actually, just predictable that you'd think so.

Go away now. I'm done with this ****.

 

[Flip Wilson]

Are there any pro wrestlers whose lives aren't a trainwreck in some way?

Kevin Von Erich sold the rights to his family's World Class Championship Wrestling archive to the WWE, and he and his family moved from Dallas to Hawaii. He posts a lot on Twitter about his life there, and he seems to be doing well, especially considering all the crap that his family went through. He's the only surviving son out of six boys, including one who died when he was a toddler.

 

[Flip Wilson]

And if y'all wanna snipe at each other, send a private message. This is the kind of crap that got another thread that several folks were interested in shut down.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Foley's first couple books were well-written and very entertaining. The guys at the top of the profession usually turn out fine. The rest of the performers, especially the women, are prone to ****ty lives/early deaths.

Trish Stratus owns her own yoga studio. Lita does a bunch of animal rescue things. The Steiners just opened a restaurant, and Rick Steiner also owns a real estate business. Jimmy Garvin was an airline pilot for a lot of years. Nikolai Volkoff became a code endorsement officer.

Molly Holly and Tito Santana are teachers now. No word on whether or not they're tenured, though.

It really depends on the wrestlers. Some of them end up successful. Others slide into mediocrity and others end up living ****ty lives. It's really like how other athletes deal with the end of their careers, and how they have to deal with life after the cheering stops.

As for Chyna, yeah, RIP. She had a pretty ****ty life before and after wrestling. Very sad, actually.

 

[MisterCreosote]

We live in a country whose entertainment is dominated by "reality" teevee, melodramatic tweener sagas and comic-book movies. Seems odd and selective to pile on pro wrestling.

 

[CD Boogie]

We live in a country whose entertainment is dominated by "reality" teevee, melodramatic tweener sagas and comic-book movies. Seems odd and selective to pile on pro wrestling.

I'll pile on those pastimes, too. The pop culture hubs that bring people together in commonality are overwhelmingly for ****. For every "Breaking Bad" or "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," there's a hundred Bachelorettes and cooking shows. As someone who disconnected their cable, I really have to want to watch something to be taken away from my reading. Too much television is geared toward getting people's blood pressure up.

 

[JohnHammond]

"The Surreal Life," though, was some high-brow stuff. Much like "Downton Abbey."

 

[cyclingwriter2]

Not a wrestling fan, but I enjoyed Foley's books as well. He is very smart. I personally like the idea of him being a lawyer and triple billing people for hours saying, "You got me and my associates Dude Love and Socko discussing the case for two hours. Pay Up or your head is going through that wall."

 

[MisterCreosote]

I'll pile on those pastimes, too. The pop culture hubs that bring people together in commonality are overwhelmingly for ****. For every "Breaking Bad" or "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," there's a hundred Bachelorettes and cooking shows. As someone who disconnected their cable, I really have to want to watch something to be taken away from my reading. Too much television is geared toward getting people's blood pressure up.

So, you disconnected your cable. Problem solved on your end.

 

[Ace]

I have a dim view of people who like MMA/UCF, reality TV, soap operas, wear snakes as jewelry, hook chains on their wallets, have a neck tatto, facial piercings or ear gauges, drive faster than me, slower than me or the same speed as me.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

I'll pile on those pastimes, too. The pop culture hubs that bring people together in commonality are overwhelmingly for ****. For every "Breaking Bad" or "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," there's a hundred Bachelorettes and cooking shows. As someone who disconnected their cable, I really have to want to watch something to be taken away from my reading. Too much television is geared toward getting people's blood pressure up.

Cooking shows?

 

[CD Boogie]

Cooking shows?

yes, those shows in which there is a lot of cooking and kitchen-area grabassing.

 

[Songbird]

I have a dim view of people who like MMA/UCF, reality TV, soap operas, wear snakes as jewelry, hook chains on their wallets, have a neck tatto, facial piercings or ear gauges, drive faster than me, slower than me or the same speed as me.

What about people who have sex with sheep? Or Dobermans?

 

[MisterCreosote]

Kitchen-area grabassing is the absolute best kind of grabassing.

 

[Donny in his element]

... The guys at the top of the profession usually turn out fine. The rest of the performers, especially the women, are prone to ****ty lives/early deaths.

Owen Hart was once at the top of the profession. Then he fell.

 

[Mr. Sunshine]

Owen Hart was once at the top of the profession. Then he fell.

Duuuuuuude.

 

[BDC99]

Duuuuuuude.

GAH!!!!

 

[Ace]

What about people who have sex with sheep? Or Dobermans?

I'd have to see a photo of the sheep or Doberman to judge.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Owen Hart was once at the top of the profession. Then he fell.

Ugh. That's Gobbledy-Gooker bad.