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[Rteacher]

Hey the people who gave me negatives are so negative themselves that their votes should be considered double negatives, = positives ...

So, I think that gives me six points... (do I win yet?...)

Also, anyone who supports the abominable slaughter of millions of poor animals daily by buying and eating meat should not be considered kind by any decent standard, so all meat-eaters should be ruled ineligible for any kindness awards....

SO... I WIN! ... I WIN! ... I WIN! (What the hell do I win, anyway?...)

[cubanlord]

[Rteacher]

Yeah, "lawyertood", that's "the Crusher" (Reggie Lisowski) and his alleged cousin, "Dick the Bruiser" Afflis. They were both very kind people - the kind that would mercilessly beat their opponents to bloody submission in the ring...
The Crusher took wrestling very seriously. When he was approached for an interview for a 2001 TV special about wrestling, he refused, because "People make a joke out of [wrestling]. But it wasn't a joke to me. It was a living." When he did give an interview, he asked for it to be kept about wrestling, �otherwise I lose interest.� This serious attitude, along with Crusher�s toughness, can be shown not only by the many injuries he suffered during his career � multiple concussions, a damaged eardrum, an arm broken twice, a right elbow broken at least seven times, and a dislocated shoulder which he simply popped back into place when he arrived home � but with a story from Captain Lou Albano.

�The Crusher� was one big, strong sonofabitch. I wrestled him on the east coast. Wrestling was a little different then than it is now, and I decided to test him a little bit. I laid a couple of good punches in him. He returned them and nearly cold-cocked me, knocked me on my ass, just about knocked me out. Then he gets me in a headlock and just about crushes my skull and I'm telling him, come on, Crusher, we're just working here.� ...

Make no mistake about it, Crusher was famous. When he had hip replacement surgery, the hospital had to post a guard at his door because fans were wandering in. Crusher later said he didn�t mind if people came in, but if �some flake� had entered, ��I probably coulda choked 'em if I coulda got ahold of 'em." His fame was not strictly wrestling-related, though. Along with Dick the Bruiser, Crusher appeared in the 1974 movie �The Wrestler�, beating up a gang of mob men, and in 1985 he conducted the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra in the �clarinet polka� for a �Battle of the Conductors� TV contest. However, one of the contest�s judges gave Crusher a mere 7 out of 10, which led to Crusher choking him out. Finally, in 1964, garage rock band The Novas wrote a song about him, called �The Crusher�: �Do the hammer lock! a-Do the hammer lock!Raid! Do the hammer lock, you turkeynecks!� (The Ramones also wrote a song called The Crusher, which appears on their 1994 album �Adios Amigos�. The song references �Russian Bear� Ivan Koloff, who faced Crusher multiple times, but it is unclear whether the song was written about Lisowski.)

Inside the ring, Crusher was loved for being a tough guy, a hero of the people. But away from the ring, he was loved just as much for his politeness, honesty and sense of humour. There are many, many stories from adoring fans about The Crusher. One takes place at his home in Milwaukee. A small fire had broken out, and local firefighters arrived on the scene. A large crowd of people began to gather outside the house, wondering what was happening. Crusher told the firefighters to hold tight for a few seconds before going outside and telling the crowd in his tough, gravelly voice that he was okay and they could leave. Back inside, he told the fire crew, "I have to do that every once in a while." Another famous story originates from St. Paul, Minnesota. A 105-year old woman living in St. Paul said that her one wish in life was to meet The Crusher before she died. Crusher obliged, and posed for a photo with the old lady, putting a cigar in his mouth and suggesting she sit on his knee.

It wasn�t just fans that admired Crusher. Many wrestling legends have spoken of their respect for him. Jimmy Valiant said, �I would like to be able to have wrestled for 40 years just like "The Wrestler Who Made Milwaukee Famous" The Crusher. [Gorgeous] George, the Bruiser and Crusher were the first characters to wrestle where everybody loved them no matter what they said or did. This opened the door for myself, Dusty, Superstar Graham and Jesse the Body. We all became character good guys. Crusher was a master at interviews and he was a very great and kind man. I loved him.� Eddie Sharkey commented that �every time he was on the card, we all made money� and Ren� Goulet agreed, saying �"If you're talking about drawing a lot of people, and all that, to me [Crusher and Bruiser] were great. They were not the greatest workers in the world. But for what they were doing, they were the greatest at it. Nobody would draw more money than those two guys.� Even Lou Thesz was impressed by the way Crusher went from being a �weightlifting bodybuilder� to �a credible wrestler. He had a tough guy image, was a great attraction, and was a good guy. I liked him.�
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/columns/misc/langdonbeck11.html

[jajdude]

[Zyzyfer]

[flotsam]

[Rteacher]

How 'bout me and "Five-eagles"? God - whatever his name is - would surely be on our side ...

[Zyzyfer]

[krats1976]

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

[Xerxes]

[flotsam]

[ThePoet]

sigh....



Poet

[periwinkle]

[SarcasmKills]