Death of lou thesz

[Guest franchise632]

I guess I will be the one to post this up here as I dont see it yet. Lou Thesz passed away today two days after his 86th birthday. He had been having trouble since open heart surgery earlier this month. I just wanted to be the first to pass on my condolences to his family and fans. Thesz was certainly the greatest pure pro wrestler of all time.

[Guest The Son of Sting]

Cant think of much else to say at the moment apart from best wishes to his family.

[Guest dreamer420]

It was good to hear that he died with no regrets or anything.  Anyone know if the WWF will say anything about his passing tonight on Raw?

[Guest JHawk]

If they don't say something about Lou Thesz on Raw tonight, they've lost the old school fan, I think.  I understand most of today's fans would go "Who?" but if you're going to let Austin use a move with his name in it, you've got to mention his passing.

[Guest dreamer420]

I just noticed that they haven't mentioned it on their website and it has been known for a little while now.  I'm sure they will do something nice for him though.

[Guest saturnmark4life]

Respect to another one of those guys i never expected to die.

[Guest dreamer420]

I can't believe they didn't even mention his name on Raw.  Well actually they did but it was when Austin did a Lou Thesz Press.  I found that a little disrespectful.  I bet JR will have some nice things to say in the Ross Report on friday.

[Guest franchise632]

This came from Dave Meltzer's website and couldnt be more fitting.

 

"Could you imagine if, when Mickey Mantle passed away, that the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers told the announcers if there was a game the next day, specifically, that you can't acknowledge his death, because 45 years earlier, he was on the rival team in the same market? Or if Lucille Ball or Carroll O'Connor passed away and the President of NBC, because of all the years of rivalry, wouldn't allow anyone on any shows to acknowledge the death. Or if, on MTV, when Frank Sinatra, who was never an MTV star and never cut a music video, had passed away, and the head of the network specifically told all the people on the station over the next day that they were not allowed to acknowledge his death? There was an old carny saying about you can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public (a saying, that a lifetime in wrestling has shown me is so untrue). But there is a saying that a lifetime in wrestling has shown me is true. You will always be disappointed at the end, if you hang on to even a thread of belief that when the chips are down, Vince McMahon will show any class. "

[Guest dreamer420]

Amen.

[Guest]

The WWF is too busy with the Hogan love affair to mention Lou Thesz!

[Guest franchise632]

This came from Dave Meltzer's website and couldnt be more fitting.

 

"Could you imagine if, when Mickey Mantle passed away, that the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers told the announcers if there was a game the next day, specifically, that you can't acknowledge his death, because 45 years earlier, he was on the rival team in the same market? Or if Lucille Ball or Carroll O'Connor passed away and the President of NBC, because of all the years of rivalry, wouldn't allow anyone on any shows to acknowledge the death. Or if, on MTV, when Frank Sinatra, who was never an MTV star and never cut a music video, had passed away, and the head of the network specifically told all the people on the station over the next day that they were not allowed to acknowledge his death? There was an old carny saying about you can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public (a saying, that a lifetime in wrestling has shown me is so untrue). But there is a saying that a lifetime in wrestling has shown me is true. You will always be disappointed at the end, if you hang on to even a thread of belief that when the chips are down, Vince McMahon will show any class. "

better late then never by doing something on SD, its to bad that it took as long as it did. Its to bad that people have to write bad things for it to happen, it should have been the first thing we saw on RAW.