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Originally Posted by Puppet Guy
Superstar Billy Graham died yesterday at 79. He'd been in poor health for years, but I guess took a really bad turn a few months back.
Pretty much the prototype for the 80s-style wrestler.
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Yeah, he'd been really sick for like 15 years or so, a lot of it self inflicted steroid damage, combined with ring damage.
A semi regular staple at Stampede Wrestling.
He was the prototype for Hogan in a lot of ways, he was spectacularly good on the mic with a ton of charisma and good in the ring. But when he transitioned to Kung Foo Billy Graham and came to the ring in a karate outfit and pretending to be a martial artist, well it was sad to see. But years later I read that it was because his body was completely broken down and he couldn't take impacts.
An outright outspoken critic of McMahon years later, a guy that for a long time hated the industry.
RIP