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CaptainCrunch · 11-16-2015, 09:26 AM

He wasn't one of my favorites by any stretch, but looking back on him I can admit that he was a great.

He was a very good promoter, and talker, and he was one of those technically sound performers. He was honestly the Bret Hart of his generation. He told good stories.

I remember that he would come to Stampede as the AWA world champion and be forced to defend his title against a IWA top contender, for some reason, it seems like it was always a dirty stinking heart.

Nick would just slow the match down to a crawl, do all of the great heel tricks (beg off, step through the ropes etc). Then he would go home with the belt

RIP Bock.

11-16-2015, 09:26 AM	#4
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	He wasn't one of my favorites by any stretch, but looking back on him I can admit that he was a great. He was a very good promoter, and talker, and he was one of those technically sound performers. He was honestly the Bret Hart of his generation. He told good stories. I remember that he would come to Stampede as the AWA world champion and be forced to defend his title against a IWA top contender, for some reason, it seems like it was always a dirty stinking heart. Nick would just slow the match down to a crawl, do all of the great heel tricks (beg off, step through the ropes etc). Then he would go home with the belt RIP Bock. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!