06-22-2013, 10:39 AM | #41 |
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It's weird. Henry bored the fuck out of me during his heel run from like 2006-09. Just seemed to be a generic monster heel without much substance to him. Then he turned face on Raw, beating Orton (then champion) and looked like he was gonna be the next big thing.
He wasn't. But his face run made me realize just how likable the dude was. And it made me appreciate his next heel turn all the more. I've loved him ever since. |
06-22-2013, 12:28 PM | #42 | |
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That said, in one of his last books I remember him mentioning some use of painkillers. If his eating is any sign of an addictive personality I don't think that could be a good thing. He's not even 50 yet...he really should start taking better care of himself if he wants to be around for much longer. |
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06-22-2013, 12:38 PM | #43 |
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I think you're going a little deep on this.
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06-22-2013, 12:43 PM | #44 | |
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and I'm not sure him being overweight can be considered a sign of having an "addictive personality", that's complete speculation on your part. As I said, guy is free to do pretty much whatever he wants. One of the things I look forward to most about getting older is not watching what I eat so much and I can't fucking wait and what ABT said |
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06-22-2013, 01:55 PM | #45 | |
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I presented it as speculation for a reason, after all. Again he's not even 50 yet, are you going to completely let yourself go when you have potentially 30-40+ years left in the tank. I don't plan on ever completely giving up on life...until you know...I die. |
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06-22-2013, 01:56 PM | #46 |
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Mick Foley seems to be doing just fine, keeps busy and seems to enjoy what he's doing. Settle down.
Also his daughter is quite attractive. I follow her on twitter. |
06-22-2013, 01:59 PM | #47 |
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You want to cane her, don't you?
Also isn't she like 14? |
06-22-2013, 02:03 PM | #48 |
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19 or 20
I've looked it up |
06-22-2013, 02:04 PM | #49 |
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also she could cane me if she'd like, as I am a gentleman
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06-22-2013, 02:04 PM | #50 | |
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I see. Do you speculate that everybody that has accomplished everything they ever wanted then let themselves go a bit has an "addictive personality"? Especially say an endomorph like Foley who probably had to fight just to maintain the "shape" he was in for the bulk of his active career? And you're talking like the guy is Bastion Booger up in a bitch. And this notion that he's "given up on life" is the daftest part of your entire argument here. |
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06-22-2013, 02:06 PM | #51 |
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06-22-2013, 02:25 PM | #52 | |
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It's not complete nonsense, I assume. I do see people who let themselves go, regardless of accomplishments as dumb except for some reasonable exceptions. That said, your bit about Foley "fighting" to stay in the shape he was is silly and based on the idea that he was genetically going to turn into what he became rather than based on his own admittedly horrible diet. My original argument was simply that the guy is in horrible shape to the point of being physically unhealthy. I'm not pretending that he's fallen into some Jake "The Snake" style hole in which he'll always be remembered for. He has lived a pretty hard life suffering multiple concussions, broken bones and whatnot and there is no fucking way that his doctors support his current lifestyle of over-eating with what looks like no exercise whatsoever. I do know that he has been advised by his doctors not to ever wrestle again, so it's really not unthinkable in the least that he might be headed for the dirt. Every time I see him he looks a little worse, sounds a little worse. I would speculate that he's a good candidate for heart failure within the next 5-6 years. He's not much younger than my own father who passed away relatively young after living a fairly unhealthy life and over-eating. He too accomplished many of his dreams before he gave up and eventually died and he didn't look nearly as bad as Foley when he had the heart attack that took his life. Just from reading his books I can confirm that his #1 way of dealing with pain, injuries and stress was loading up on ice cream with his buddy Abdullah. With his complaints about his shoddy knees, his talk about the use of pain-killers I think it's personally reasonable to suggest he may have a problem with addiction, whether or not he is strung out on heroin, crack and meth like 40% of former pro-wrestlers. It sucks, but it's what I think and it's more valid a position then, "He can totally do whatever he wants now because he's rich!" Rich people die too, bro. |
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06-22-2013, 10:25 PM | #53 | |
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having grown up watching him, I can understand being concerned for Foley and wanting him to have a long healthy life, but the fact that you think you're some kind of expert on how he should live or behave is pathetic. It has nothing to do with how much money he has or whether he's accomplished his goals. He's a free human fucking being with free will and as long as he doesn't harm anyone else, he can do whatever he wants and live the way that makes him happy. |
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06-22-2013, 11:43 PM | #54 |
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What the fuck is DTTS on?
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06-23-2013, 03:07 AM | #55 |
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Oh god, who fucking cares
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06-23-2013, 03:52 AM | #56 |
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He's just mad that Jolly Ol Saint Mick has been downing the Swiss Rolls, and he isn't one of them.
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06-23-2013, 07:54 AM | #57 |
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You people are talking about Undertaker vs. Mark Henry II at WrestleMania... some of the same people that bitch about how new talent doesn't get a chance to shine, especially at WrestleMania, are talking about wanting to see Undertaker vs. Mark Henry at WrestleMania... for the second time. Come on...
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06-23-2013, 08:07 AM | #58 |
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I wanna see Henry and Big Show form the Natural Disasters 2. Henry could be mudslide and Big Show could be, I dunno, Blizzard.
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06-23-2013, 12:29 PM | #59 | |
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That real shit. I cannot argue with this. This is a good counter-point. Take note BigCripz. |
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06-23-2013, 09:24 PM | #60 |
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Im starting to hope DTTS dies soon. hes become so horrible.
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06-23-2013, 09:46 PM | #61 |
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06-25-2013, 05:46 AM | #62 |
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I often think about how general opinion on Henry has seemingly gone from an almost universal "he's terrible" and his name being brought up as a waste of money every time releases were mentioning, to being pretty much universally beloved. Henry is classified as "good" these days, which is good for him.
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06-25-2013, 12:18 PM | #63 |
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I loved when he was wrecking shit. Tearing doors off cages and slamming Big Show through the same cage and stuff. Total badass. Even still, I don't generally need his actual matches to go any longer than 14 seconds or so.
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06-25-2013, 12:26 PM | #64 |
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I hate how they bill that the WWE title is the only title he hasn't won yet.
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06-25-2013, 12:36 PM | #65 |
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I think they meant world titles.
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06-25-2013, 12:38 PM | #66 |
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06-25-2013, 12:39 PM | #67 |
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06-25-2013, 12:41 PM | #69 |
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Now that I think of it, the only match that he was in that sticks out in my memory as 'good' was when he won the WHC from Randy Orton.
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06-25-2013, 12:41 PM | #70 |
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Yeah, that one. Weird.
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06-25-2013, 01:03 PM | #71 |
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06-25-2013, 01:17 PM | #72 |
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I think they mean it's the only title WORTH winning that he hasn't won. He's never been the Divas champion ever, but I'm willing to let that ride.
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06-25-2013, 01:18 PM | #73 |
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Now that I think about it, I would love to see Mark Henry as the Divas champion.
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06-25-2013, 01:18 PM | #74 |
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Almost happened with Kharma, I guess.
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06-25-2013, 01:25 PM | #75 |
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I would hate it if he won it then DB cashes in on him
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06-25-2013, 01:31 PM | #76 |
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Yeah, that would kinda suck for both him AND Bryan. Bryan needs to win the title clean when/if he does it.
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06-25-2013, 11:57 PM | #77 |
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DTTS should be a motivational speaker! With a book series, too!
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06-26-2013, 11:09 AM | #78 |
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In the works.
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I do get that as a former World Champion, it seems logical that Henry would only make a lateral move, but they should explain it as such. Or talk about Henry has been chasing the WWE Title since he debuted in WWE.
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