Tribute thread for The Great Antonio

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So me and RP were talking the other day about how much we loved the infamous Inoki vs Great Antonio shoot. Heres the vid. If you've seen it, watch it again. It never gets old.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm2ATZzBuVU

So I decided to do some digging, as I had never even heard of the guy before I saw that video, and HOLY SHIT, The Great Antonio was certifiably insane.

First of all, this wasn't even his first incident in Japan. He went off script on Rikkidozan a decade earlier, and got his ass handed to him just as bad. Dozans' yakuza buddies kicked his ass afterwards for good measure.

He said he would pull a Boeing 747 down the tarmack, if boeing gave him his own 747 for personal use.

He never learned to read.

If you wanted to get a hold of him, the only way to do so was to call a dunkin donuts in rosemont that he frequented, and leave a message.

He carried around trash bags full of newspaper clippings and articles about himself.

He believed he was decended from extraterrestrials.

He handed out brochures at the subway station that detailed his life story.

My favorite. He pulled buses a lot as a feat of strength. But one time, he decided to just throw a chain on a bus full of people that was making a stop in its route, and start pulling it, likely terrifying everyone on board. When the cops showed up they only watched, because fuck that dude is pulling a god damn bus.

He died alone in a grocery store in 2003. A sad end for a truly great crazy person.