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RE: Deangelo earns high praise for his wrestling match
(07-04-2017 08:37 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 03:52 AM)TIGERBUDDY Wrote:  07-coffee3 Disappointed, I don't know what I actually expected for D to do after football but it sure was not to be involved in FAKE RASSLIN.
I guess the pay must be pretty good but I also can't imagine he needs the money that bad. I'm still a fan but I won't be wasting my time watching any of that stuff.

Deangelo has a love of Rasslin and of Zombie role play, He is living the dream 04-cheers

(07-05-2017 11:01 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  
(07-05-2017 12:48 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 11:52 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 07:06 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 06:24 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  Bobby's tag team partner just before he died was Curt Henning....Mr. Perfect. Unfortunately, Curt died at 44 in Tampa of Acute Drug Intoxication. Basically, he took too many pain pills. Then there was another one of Bobby's tag team partners....Kerry Von Erich who committed suicide at 33. I tell you....it's a tough business. With all the money D'Angelo has made....not sure he needs to be wrestling other than to just say he did it and maybe just wrestle when he feels like it and not because he needs to do it to make a living. Maybe he can be the next ROCK and use it as a stepping stone to Hollywood and the Movies.

Your confusing wrestling of the 80'same to today's wrestling it's a totally different landscape
How is it different?

In your big organizations which D would work I don't see him kicking it around on the indies the pay is better now guaranteed down side contracts. Wellness policy's against street drugs steroids and non prescribed pharmaceuticals.WWE will pay for any drug rehab program for if you need it even if after your contract is up. Curtis death you could tie back to wrestling injuries but Von Erich killed himself because he was about to go to federal prison on drug charges his injury occurred because of a dirt bike accident.
Regardless of all of this....deaths are still happening. In 2016, the following wrestlers died at very young ages.

Axl Rotten 44
Balls Mahoney 44
Christian Able 32
Chyna 46
Eiji Ezaki 48
Kris Travis 32

BALLS MAHONEY!!!!! 03-lmfao03-lmfao
07-06-2017 02:59 PM
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RE: Deangelo earns high praise for his wrestling match
(07-06-2017 12:08 AM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  
(07-05-2017 09:37 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  
(07-05-2017 09:28 PM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 11:58 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 10:54 AM)DallasTiger Wrote:  You are right about that. My son-in-law was BOBBY DUNCUM, JR. who played football for THE TEXAS LONGHORNS and afterwards, entered professional wrestling like his father. He started wresting in Japan and eventually came back to the US with the WCW. The deal is, you have a contract to wrestle and if you don't....you don't get paid. So what happens is that you wrestle when you are hurt and start becoming dependent on pain pills to enable you to perform. So, each time you visit a different city....you see a different doctor and get pills.....pretty soon you become addicted. Bobby died in his early 30's and it was due to wrestling and pain pills. I hope DeAngelo doesn't get into this rat race. Here is a video of Bobby wrestling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep808YeIJ8w

Major promotions have guaranteed contracts now. And judging by the time of the video you posted Bobby had to have had some type of guarantee also.

Some type of guarantee ... we'll guarantee to buy you a plane ticket home ... oops, sorry, make that a bus ticket. We'll guarantee you a six month contract, if you get hurt in month 5, well, too bad, good luck with that compression fracture in your back. We'll guarantee that if you don't wrestle tonight (or any night), you won't be re-upped when your contract is up next month.

Actually WWE has had multiple wrestlers recently for an extended period of time with neck issues that have all been paid their guarantee. How is this any different from the terrible NFL contracts?

I was talking about Duncum specifically.

I'm sure things have improved in the WWE, but I'm also sure it's not all sunshine and roses. You don't think there still aren't steroids lurking about? Painkillers galore? Pressure to wrestle hurt?

In answer to your question though, the major difference is that NFL players collectively bargain for their pay and benefits and share in the profits of the league. No such animal in WWE, who basically has a monopoly on the business in the US.

Judging from your comments, you sound like you know a lot about professional wrestling.
07-06-2017 10:07 PM
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RE: Deangelo earns high praise for his wrestling match
(07-06-2017 10:07 PM)DallasTiger Wrote:  
(07-06-2017 12:08 AM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  
(07-05-2017 09:37 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  
(07-05-2017 09:28 PM)NigelTufnel Wrote:  
(07-04-2017 11:58 AM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  Major promotions have guaranteed contracts now. And judging by the time of the video you posted Bobby had to have had some type of guarantee also.

Some type of guarantee ... we'll guarantee to buy you a plane ticket home ... oops, sorry, make that a bus ticket. We'll guarantee you a six month contract, if you get hurt in month 5, well, too bad, good luck with that compression fracture in your back. We'll guarantee that if you don't wrestle tonight (or any night), you won't be re-upped when your contract is up next month.

Actually WWE has had multiple wrestlers recently for an extended period of time with neck issues that have all been paid their guarantee. How is this any different from the terrible NFL contracts?

I was talking about Duncum specifically.

I'm sure things have improved in the WWE, but I'm also sure it's not all sunshine and roses. You don't think there still aren't steroids lurking about? Painkillers galore? Pressure to wrestle hurt?

In answer to your question though, the major difference is that NFL players collectively bargain for their pay and benefits and share in the profits of the league. No such animal in WWE, who basically has a monopoly on the business in the US.

Judging from your comments, you sound like you know a lot about professional wrestling.

Sad but true. Not so much these days though.
07-07-2017 08:48 AM
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