$heriff Tom
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 19, 2006 19:22:31 GMT -5
The following was issued by WWE today:
Former WWE Superstar Thomas Spear, professionally known as Corporal Kirchner, passed away of natural causes Sunday in his home in White Marsh, Md. He is survived by his two sons, daughter and step-daughter, as well as two grandchildren.
A Vietnam veteran, Kirchner is known for defending his country in the ring as well as out. He is not only revered as one of sports-entertainment’s toughest competitors, but also one of its greatest patriots.
In the early 1980s, Kirchner was a close protégé of another patriot, former WWE Champion and Hall of Famer Sgt. Slaughter. Perhaps one of Kirchner’s most celebrated victories took place at WrestleMania 2 where he defeated WWE Hall of Famer Nikolai Volkoff in a Flag Match. Sigh. He will be missed. I actually have a tape of Calgary Stampede stuff (Benoit, Owen era) and he was a big player over there. I will watch some of that.
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Post by MSBNYY on Oct 19, 2006 20:48:59 GMT -5
Couldn't have been that old. Steroids.
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Post by globix on Oct 19, 2006 23:39:18 GMT -5
I like how defending his country in the ring comes first, (waving the flag against Nikolai Volkoff) and defending it out of the ring (VietNam) comes 2nd
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Post by sancho231 on Oct 20, 2006 4:07:49 GMT -5
Wasn't he the Oringal Leatherface in IWA japan? i seem to remember him fro the Foley book.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 20, 2006 7:09:07 GMT -5
Yes, he was. He actually wrote a book of his own, but aside from the hardcore wrestling sites I cant find it to where I would be willing to pay for it. He admits it was a somewhat "fictionalized" account of the wrestling business, basing a lot of it off his own experiences in Japan and the like.
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Post by $heriff Tom on Oct 21, 2006 14:05:22 GMT -5
Story has turned out to be a hoax. While intenet hoaxes are common, its rare a big site falls for it, like WWE.COM did. Actually, just about every wrestling site jumped on this after WWE.COM reported it.
WWE has since removed the story.
We been had!
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Post by MSBNYY on Oct 23, 2006 7:15:28 GMT -5
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