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Old 02-02-2023, 01:09 PM   #1
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“The Genius” Lanny Poffo passes away
News coming out on Twitter. 68 years old. RIP

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Old 02-02-2023, 01:21 PM   #2
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Terrible news.

Vastly underappreciated talent
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Old 02-02-2023, 02:01 PM   #3
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At least he gets to see his brother again.

I wish we were all that lucky.
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Old 02-02-2023, 03:13 PM   #5
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I always liked him as a kid. Had no idea he was Macho Man's brother until way later, and always got a kick out of rewatching stuff later knowing that at the time I didnt know, stuff like this:



RIP Genius
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Old 02-02-2023, 03:26 PM   #6
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He was SUCH nice guy. I'd shoot him questions on fb and he always responded.

Always loved watching Lanny. First guy on WWE that I saw do all these cool moves.
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this thread is way too short for such an interesting,articuluate, humble and lovable dude like Lanny.
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Old 02-03-2023, 07:13 AM   #8
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suckin his own dick for eternity. rip.
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Old 02-03-2023, 09:18 AM   #9
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I'm pretty sure he was the first wrestler in North America to do a Moonsault, and brought a lot of high-flying and acrobatic techniques to wrestling that nobody else was really doing in the territories that he worked.

It's equally impressive that he could recognize when that wasn't necessarily working for him, and pivot so successfully to character work and gimmicks. The Genius was a fantastic heel character that could have run for so much longer as a manager well into the modern era.
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Old 02-03-2023, 11:15 AM   #10
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You watch the Regis and Kathy Lee appearance that Lanny and Perfect did, and Lanny completely steals the show.
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Old 02-03-2023, 11:41 AM   #11
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Remember that Macho Man bought the rights to the Gorgeous George gimmick with the intention of giving it to Lanny, and Lanny worked his ass off to get in shape for a return to TV. But they never called him, for years, and Mach eventually gave the name to his GF.

If Lanny had been working WCW B-shows with that gimmick in the late 90s, it would've made for more fun YouTube wormhole stuff as a lot of Saturday Night is.
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Met him a few times. Sat and had drinks for awhile. Nice guy. RIP.
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Old 02-03-2023, 03:02 PM   #13
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I heard this....I met him many a times as a buddy and former roomie does NJPW comentating...he was a good guy
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This is terrible news. I always loved him when he was with the Beverley Brothers…underrated heel tag team and manager.

I do hope he didn’t choke to death on his own massive hog, even though that would be pretty funny.
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Old 02-04-2023, 11:41 AM   #16
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“It is of no shame that I choked on my shlonger
My only regret is that I live no longer.”

RIP to Lanny and congrats to 2 Cold Scorpio for taking over as the living record-holder.
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Pssssh Robert Fuller has something to say about that
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Had no idea Lanny was born in Canada. Calgary, to be specific.

Damn. Probably the best wrestler to come from there.
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Old 02-04-2023, 02:55 PM   #19
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Definitely the best technical wrestler from Calgary
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Well that's because no one serious has ever came of Calgary, Alberta, Canada to lay the title of the best there is, the best there was, or the best there ever will be.

Until Lanny came because he is a Genius
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