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Vince McMahon Presumed Dead

Posted by: on June 15, 2007 at 3:07 pm

A night originally designated Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night turned deadly when the WWE Chairman’s limousine burst into a fiery explosion just moments after Mr. McMahon stepped into it. Permanently uprooting the world of sports-entertainment, the Chairman has been presumed dead in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. [WWE

SNAKE: …and the costumed entertainment industry has lost one of its greats.

LOU: Ya know, I met Mr. McMahon once, back when I was still wrestling. I tried out for the WWF.

SNAKE: Oh yeah, I forget you wuz a wrestler back in the day. Wha’ dey call you again?

LOU: The Wild Boar. And my finishing move was a diving splash off the top rope. Called it “When Pigs Fly.” I’d still be wrestling if not for a career-ending concussion back in ‘98.

SNAKE: Accident in the ring?

LOU: Coupon Day at Denny’s.

BOMB QUEEN: I didn’t do it.

And why the hell are you reporting “presumed” news? Pop Culture Shock has sunk to the bottom of the goddamn tank. And you got the nerve to come here and bother me, a super villain, just to ask about “presumptions”? I didn’t know you could get a degree in copy-and-paste. I had my people search for Vince McMahon news and came up dry as a virgin. Look, you want some real news, come to MY town and I’ll teach Jon Haehnle and Guy LeCharles about journalism. First off, fix those stupid names. Sound like something out of a Loli manga. Second, bother me again without the facts and my foot will make a WWE story out of you. World’s. Widest. Enema.

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48 Responses to "Vince McMahon Presumed Dead"

1 | JOHNNY

June 18th, 2007 at 6:28 pm

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This is TOO funny!

Vince McMhon is sitting around sucking down protein shakes and eating Filet Mignon while the good folks sitting at home in TV land are actually sending flowers to the WWE corporate headquarters to mark his presumed death.

WAKE UP! He’s not dead! It’s a storyline folks!

Sad thing is that one or two reading this will be in complete denial and continue to believe that “Mr. McMahon” is really dead.

Truly a sad state of affairs.

2 | mike

June 18th, 2007 at 9:57 pm

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he aint dead.. u can tell by the way people are talkin bout him expecially the wrestlers. some of them are still talkin shit bout him.. if he were dead they;d be all nice bout it .. vinces fam wouldnt let no 1 talk bad bout him on tv if he were really dead… and they just happend to record him getting into the limo to leave after the shows been over for a while already,,, its all bullshit he definetly aint dead.. just pay attention .. the evidence is right there inn front of u.. HE IS NOT DEAD
u notice there not talkin bout a wake. or a funeral.. i dont even watch wrestinlin and i can tell its all a prank.. i jus had the tv on that channael cuz iwas watchin the show b4 wrestinlin and i saw somthin bout him bein dead so i wanted to see.. and i watcfhed like 10 mins then turned it off cuz that shits fake, he IS NOT DEAD.. ILL PUT MONEY ON IT..

i just did a quixk serch b4 i submitted this and found out for real that hes not dead.. check the website.. it will tell u if some one is dead or alive.

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/mnames-nf/McMahon+Vince

3 | Jon

June 18th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

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All-

Read this…he isnt dead at all, just another publicity stunt.

“No one was in any danger,” said Steve Poremba of Monday night’s WWE RAW spectacle at the Wachovia Arena, though he would not elaborate until WWE had sent out a news release.

Despite articles on the wrestling federation’s Web site that firefighters and federal agents are investigating, workers at the Luzerne County 911 Center confirmed that it was “a stunt” and that no emergency vehicles were called to the arena on Monday night.

FBI officials have not yet returned a call.

But fans from across the country have been contacting local media to confirm reports that McMahon, the chairman of the board of WWE, was blown up in a fiery limo-bombing on his very own “Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night,” which was televised on USA Network. McMahon had walked out of the building to the waiting vehicle, so fans inside the arena saw the same televised live scene.

Only it was wasn’t live. Supervised by Zenith Pyrotechnology, based in Deer Park, N.Y., the explosion was actually filmed at the arena late Saturday night, the footage of the burning hulk taped Sunday night and the whole mess spliced together, said Andy Kratz, the township’s zoning officer.

“They did it, I believe, at 11 o’clock at night until 3 a.m. so no one would be around,” he said, adding that it was done in a section generally blocked from public view by the building and surrounding land features.

The pyrotechnics company had to get permits, which Kratz said they did about a week ago. “We have pyrotechnics shows in the arena all the time” for wrestling and ice skating, among other things, he said. “They say they do this quite a bit,” but usually not outside.

4 | MarsFire

June 18th, 2007 at 11:18 pm

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As there is a supposed FBI investigation going on, and I just finished watching RAW, btw, USUALLY they cannot release any information except to the family about what’s really going on, so of course you aren’t gonna find out anything! I say just wait it out for a few weeks and if we still don’t hear anything else about it than what we’ve already heard it’s all part of the damned storyline. Okay?

Thank you.

5 | brian

June 18th, 2007 at 11:48 pm

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the guy thats the inverstgator looks like the guy in the new series the burnt notce. we all know that vinnie isent realy dead its just a big story line so they can bring him back were is his body? noone seems to know do they… go watch the videos there diffrent watch them very close becouse you will see whats realy going on…..

6 | Snake

June 19th, 2007 at 9:54 am

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Roll wit’ it, kiddies. We ain’t real either. Now stop steppin’ on my punchlines, before ya get my make-believe boot up yer ass!

~Snake
http://www.division18.com

7 | WWE Fan

June 19th, 2007 at 10:09 am

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everyone knows that Mr. McMahn is not dead please give me a break this just another one of his brillant plot lines The man has Cancer and is slowly passing away from it The walks says it all Shane McMahn will be the leader of WWE

8 | t boy

June 19th, 2007 at 10:49 pm

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of course vince isnt dead.. thats why he is “presumed” dead.. and not deceased.. i think wrestling needs to put a limit on how far they will go for ratings! there are people that actually believe he’s dead and thats not right! in fact its pretty fucked up!

9 | tonya

June 20th, 2007 at 1:33 am

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is he vince really mr mcmahon dead.

10 | WTH?!?!

June 20th, 2007 at 4:53 pm

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An explosion of publicity for McMahon?
WWE chief’s limo bomb all for show
RORY SWEENEY

WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Did Vince McMahon, who’s bluffed and blustered his way into the ringmaster’s role of the testosterone-fueled soap opera that is professional wrestling, really fall for the old bomb-in-the-limo trick?

Though World Wrestling Entertainment would have you believe otherwise, the answer is no.

“No one was in any danger,” said Steve Poremba, a Wachovia Arena spokesman, of Monday night’s WWE RAW spectacle at the arena, though he would not elaborate.

A WWE spokesman echoed that, but also wouldn’t elaborate, instead pointing to a news release from the company and “reports” on its Web site. The release inferred that celebrities who have “less than flattering things to say about” McMahon, including real estate mogul Donald Trump, sportscaster Bob Costas, rapper Snoop Dogg and wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, might be behind a plot to bump him off.

Despite articles on the Web site that firefighters and federal agents are investigating, workers at the Luzerne County 911 Center confirmed that it was “a stunt” and that no emergency vehicles were called to the arena on Monday night.

Special Part Here for MarsFire!
“The ‘federal agent’ (referenced on the Web site) is definitely not the FBI,” said Jerri Williams, a special agent spokeswoman with the FBI’s Philadelphia office. “We have not been made aware of any car bombings. … We would definitely have been informed.”

But fans from across the country have been contacting local media to find out if McMahon, the chairman of the board of WWE, was actually blown up in a fiery limo-bombing on his so-called “Mr. McMahon Appreciation Night,” which was televised on USA Network. McMahon had walked out of the building to the waiting vehicle, so fans inside the arena saw the same televised live scene.

Only it was wasn’t live. Supervised by Zenith Pyrotechnology, based in Deer Park, N.Y., the explosion was actually filmed at the arena late Saturday night, the footage of the burning hulk taped Sunday night and the whole mess spliced together, said Andy Kratz, the township’s zoning officer.

“They did it, I believe, at 11 o’clock at night until 3 a.m., so no one would be around,” he said, adding that it was done in a section generally blocked from public view by the building and surrounding land features.

The pyrotechnics company had to get permits, which Kratz said it did about a week ago. “We have pyrotechnics shows in the arena all the time” for wrestling and ice skating, among other things, he said. “They say they do this quite a bit,” but usually not outside.

Representatives of the pyrotechnics company have not returned calls for comment.

Based on reaction from fans, who expressed indignation with the stunt, the story hook could instead hook itself.

“It’s messed up. A death is a serious matter,” said Kenny Noe, of Lakewood, Wash. “Wrestling is not about death. It’s about beating people up, maybe getting hurt.”

He referenced the actual deaths of several wrestling personalities in the past and said this incident casts a shadow over their memories. “What if Eddie Guerrero isn’t dead?”

“For (McMahon) to do something like this is ridiculous, if it’s a hoax,” Chris Dent of New Freedom, Pa., said, “… because the American public’s gonna wind up not watching his shows and it’s going to go down hill,” he said.

Still, they also agreed that the stunt will cause a buzz. “It’s just kind of weird, and my friends are probably going to be talking to me all day,” Dent said.

Rory Sweeney, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 970-7418.

11 | Really Sexy Guy

June 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm

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OMGosh people do u think they would kill someone on live television!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like Eddie Gurreros dead sensational sherries dead did they die on wresteling?????Did the undertaker dye?It look like it but its a stinkin skit people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

12 | dinilee

June 21st, 2007 at 4:32 pm

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People…I totally agree that this is a stunt, and that he is not dead. I was watching the recap of the “walk and explosion” and the back of the white limo has no window in it…then when they show the burnt remains of the car there is a window in the back.

13 | lolrofllmfao

June 22nd, 2007 at 1:47 am

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omg wwe realy have to put a fukin limit on where they go with storylines, dis is totally not kl!! wwe have had past fuke dup storylines too dey need to serioulsy stop it!!!

14 | sixfeet5

June 22nd, 2007 at 8:20 am

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I have been one of wrestlings biggest fans since I was a kid. But after seeing the limo explosion, i will never watch again due to the simple fact that we all have friends or family in Iraq, seeing this stuff daily. Does anyone else agree that the WWE has crossed the line?

15 | Omma

June 22nd, 2007 at 8:27 am

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This is about a low as I have ever seen. First Stephanie faked being pregnant about 3 years ago, lost the baby and now THIS !!! This is pitiful !! I am never really surprised on how low Vince will go for ratings..but this is the dumbest. The WWE has gotten further and further away from wrestling and closer and closer to stupidity. Maybe the hics from the backwoods believe it but then they do marry their cousins.

16 | Omma

June 22nd, 2007 at 8:33 am

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Sixfeet5…to answer your ??? about the WWE crossing the line….well yeah !!!! Not only have they crossed the line they have erased it and took viewers with it. I hope that the loyal fan base that has followed the WWE will be pissed when they find out the truth. Remember some people actually believe that ‘rasslin is real and will fight over someone saying differently. I hope that when they find out they have been played they will get back in the pickups and drive far far away from Vince and his televised crap. Faking a death…please..this pushes the line of crap ‘rasslin all the way to pure BS

17 | sixfeet5

June 22nd, 2007 at 8:39 am

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Omma………I totally agree.

18 | Omma

June 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 am

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I truly believe that Vince has “jumped the shark” on this one. I think that this stunt will turn around and bite him in the butt. To fake a death for ratings? To play the loyal viewers? At a time when people were looking to the WWE for entertainment, as fake and staged as it it is, this was a huge error in judgement. People would watch ‘rasslin for a break from their daily worries and to laugh and to some believe it. When REAL deaths are occuring to Americans whether here or across the globe for him to stage death…does he think tragedy is funny and something to be made lite of? Vince really messed up this time. His attempts on boosting ratings really went to far. People that watch his “show” aren’t going to appreicate being the butt of his joke. The story lines have been going downhill for sometime now…so he brought in the Diva’s to pacify those that needed to see half dressed, fake boobs and little brained females. Then to have King Booker? The King of what?? Vince then scripted himself as the Champ of ECW. Sure he owns it but give me a break. The champ? My god he’s the owner of the blasted thing. Now this. Vince has more money than he or his heirs wil ever spend so why insult those fans that made his millions possible.I will love to see how Vince gets outta this mess.

19 | Snake

June 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am

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Holy crap, Jon — Forget comics. I think you need to turn dis’ into a wrestlin’ site. Either that, or track down all deez goons so’s I can smack some sense into ‘dem.

~Snake

20 | Ed

June 22nd, 2007 at 1:20 pm

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He’s a BILLIONAIRE!!!!! If he was dead it would be all over the news!

21 | Donovan

June 22nd, 2007 at 2:57 pm

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if vince was really dead then they would have said it on the news and it would be all over CNN so therefore vince is not dead.

22 | George Bush

June 22nd, 2007 at 4:56 pm

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Homeland Security fucked up again!

23 | Mythology

June 22nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm

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U agree with Donovan, If Vince was really dead it would have been all over tv. Also, if it was som freak of of nature accedent don’t you really think that they would have edited it on Tv?? like seriously it was pretape, before it actually went on the air, and im pretty sure that ppl, that air the show would have had it edited before they broadcast it, Face it ppl, niether Canadian’s or Fellow American’s are stupid enough to allow this epic of a story relate any truth. I for one know for a fact that he’s not dead, with T.V. not editing it we should all know that he’s not dead.

24 | Foley

June 22nd, 2007 at 8:21 pm

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This was just a huge stunt to reface Vince McMahon. He’s “presummed” dead, not confirmed, therefore meaning that no body was recovered or is ever going to be recovered. Here in a month or so Vince will show up either with amnesia or turning over a new leaf due to his “near death experience.” A car explodes and a live video feed just happens to have coverage of every possible angle of this magnificent explosion that as a former Marine I can say was just pyrotechnics, not a true explosive meant for that situation. People you have to remember WWE is a soap opera fueled by testosterone to get at your dollar. What more to push your buttons than to watch a man you love to hate get blown to peices?

25 | Heather

June 22nd, 2007 at 9:07 pm

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Vince Mcmahon isn’t dead, like they said before it would be all over the news. I don’t think you should be faking somebody’s death just to get money. That’s just really low!!! I think it’s undergrated, and uncalled for. Also like they said before he’s ” presummed” dead, not confirmed. I think they are only doing this for attention, and for money. Which is wrong!!!

26 | Vince

June 22nd, 2007 at 9:24 pm

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Nope. I’m not dead. You’ll find out in 2 weeks.

27 | realside

June 22nd, 2007 at 9:32 pm

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how can someone be “presumed” dead for a start??? there was either a burnt body in the back of the limo, or there wasn’t, dead people don’t just vanish into thin air when they die, there would have been vince’s body in the limo when the fire crews went to put it out, IF IT HAD OF BEEN REAL.

28 | Earl

June 22nd, 2007 at 9:39 pm

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Well he is the most hatefull man on this earth he is really mean to women I really feel sorry if this really happen to him but pay backs are trouble may God be with him

29 | Lonnie Simmons

June 22nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm

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listen vince is not dead it’s all a stunt end of story stay tuned you’ll see.

alonzo

30 | uneedalife

June 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 am

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No line has been crossed for gods sake. Its a TV show and its a stunt that made it interesting. How can anyone believe its real?

31 | Lisa

June 23rd, 2007 at 6:34 am

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I’m from new zealand and dont know much about the USA legal system but isnt it illegal to impersonate a federal officer??? I totally believe McMahon is ALIVE so if both of what I have said are true I think someone is going to be in some serious Trouble they have gone way to far with this storyline.

32 | zzapi

June 23rd, 2007 at 9:22 am

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hey ppl,if vince was actually dead,his body would be recovered there from limo by fire crew!!or did someone saw dead vince walk away:) also,if he was dead,why former superstars and frnds he’s worked with(rock,hogan,austin,hhh,undertaker) didnt express grief on the occassion,wake up ppl,smell the beans

33 | Richy

June 23rd, 2007 at 11:19 am

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whats the need for feigning death?Is it a pretence?for fun? I just do not get it but found a word to call it FOOLHARDY

34 | sixfeet5

June 23rd, 2007 at 11:23 am

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just a quick note for uneedalife………Car explosions are happening almost daily in Iraq, and to take a real life incident that is in this day and age, and attempt turn it into profit is just sick and wrong. how would you feel if you had a friend or family member die from a car explosion? Being active duty military, that just made me sick to my stomach.

35 | Mythology

June 23rd, 2007 at 2:03 pm

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If it really happend it wouldn’t of been showen on T.V. Just a Stunt, Wish i was rich to fake my death!! Wait!! thats right even poor ppl can fake a death but make it seem more real. Never mind. Stupid vince your can’t be a Brain Pillman, the only thing i can Accuse you Vince of is Killing Owen Hart, Fucking low life!!! Rot in hell, when you get there…

36 | zzapi

June 23rd, 2007 at 3:16 pm

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if vince is dead,why his body wasnt found?it itself proves he’s alive and well

37 | voldemort

June 24th, 2007 at 8:59 am

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i think instead of increasing their ratings, this stunt will backfire and show how desperate wwe is in their losing battle against reality combat. man, this is really really low. it’s so freakin stupid i don’t know whether to laugh go stark raving mad.

38 | Snake

June 25th, 2007 at 9:27 am

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I die a little more each day I see this comment thread drag on.

~Snake
http://www.division18.com

39 | giorgio

June 25th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

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he isnt dead and the benoit thing could be real check wwe.com they put that chris is dead and his family too that is real because in the wwe they can kill his family

40 | kyle

June 25th, 2007 at 11:12 pm

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He aint dead.I was just watchin the tribute to chris benoit and it said under vinces name whie he was talking about chris “Earlier Tonight”.This was on June 25th.So obviously he aint dead.It was all bullshit.

41 | wwe diva

June 27th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

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this has got to be the most sickest thing anyone can ever consider to be entertainment….

people actually think that this guy is dead and he might be sat in his big mansion having big joke on how wwe superstars are remembering him and sum people giving flowers and their condoloences…

if this guy is dead (For real) R.I.P

IF NOT HE IS AN IDIOT FOR THINKING THAT THIS WAS FUNNY

42 | Sunday Bakare

July 9th, 2007 at 1:30 am

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Hey ! folks. This is too bad. You almost gave me heart attack. You are all fake

43 | Lurch Maloy

July 22nd, 2007 at 3:33 am

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I have one thing to add to all of this talk on this site and that is that half of the people talking shit on here cant spell 4 letter words and its sad to think that these same people who cannot spell four letter words are talking shit about hicks and whatnot we all know it was a hoax now get over it get on with your lives because we all know you guys may think the wwe has sunk to an alltime low but we also know you will all continue to watch night in and night out . As far as the guy saying that we all have family in Iraq and that the WWE should not have done this because of Iraq you need to shut up man because you cannot say that this country should stop doing everything it does because of some pissant war in Iraq I feel compassion for the soldiers over there I truly do but what does the WWE pretnding to blow up its chairman have to do with those soldiers not a damn thing I hope I have rubbed nobody the wrong way .

Lurch Maloy

44 | Fanuel Jumho

July 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 am

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we all know that everything they do is acting. Wrestling is full of stunts and they try by all their means to make things look real.

Vince just come back in open and carry on with your stunts we dont care. There is nothing real on wrestling its just there to intertain and make stunts rich.

45 | javier

July 26th, 2007 at 10:25 pm

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oh yehaaaaaa!! if hes dead good for the bastard i don’t like him a beat dead or a life lol. so fuck of whith him .
another cold one pls, ty…..

46 | who ever

July 30th, 2007 at 4:06 am

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i jus wanna kno iz tha man dead r not

47 | Julius Jatau

August 6th, 2007 at 2:48 am

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The man was a great man that made many smile on earth when it comes to wrestling and if it is true he is dead. May his sould rest in Peace – Amen.

48 | lyn

January 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pm

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haha omg! just watching wwe at the moment didnt know that hes still alive!



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