EdgarTheSlouch Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015   "Fantastic" Tommy Rogers passes awayMonday, 01 June 2015 12:09  By Dave Meltzer Thomas Couch, best known as Tommy Rogers from the 80s and 80s tag team of The Fantastics, passed away this morning in Honolulu, where he has been living since 2006. Couch, who just turned 54, had been having legal troubles in recent years stemming from fighting. He was to be sentenced tomorrow over a fight with police officers and feared a long prison stay. At this moment, the cause of circumstances of his death are pending. There was no note left, and according to one of his best friends, he had been in good spirits in recent days. He was found at about 3 a.m. by his roommate in a chair in front of a computer, gurgling. The roommate called 911, but he was unable to be revived. Tommy Rogers always finished high in lists of the most underrated pro wrestler of the 80s and 90s. He was small, but was as solid a worker as there was in wrestling, with a great physique. He and tag team partner Bobby Fulton were best known for their matches with The Midnight Express and The Sheepherders that were among the best matches of the late 80s.  The team held the UWF and World Class world tag team titles as well as the NWA U.S. tag team titles. "Fantastic" Tommy Rogers passes awayMonday, 01 June 2015 12:09  By Dave Meltzer Thomas Couch, best known as Tommy Rogers from the 80s and 80s tag team of The Fantastics, passed away this morning in Honolulu, where he has been living since 2006. Couch, who just turned 54, had been having legal troubles in recent years stemming from fighting. He was to be sentenced tomorrow over a fight with police officers and feared a long prison stay. At this moment, the cause of circumstances of his death are pending. There was no note left, and according to one of his best friends, he had been in good spirits in recent days. He was found at about 3 a.m. by his roommate in a chair in front of a computer, gurgling. The roommate called 911, but he was unable to be revived. Tommy Rogers always finished high in lists of the most underrated pro wrestler of the 80s and 90s. He was small, but was as solid a worker as there was in wrestling, with a great physique. He and tag team partner Bobby Fulton were best known for their matches with The Midnight Express and The Sheepherders that were among the best matches of the late 80s.  The team held the UWF and World Class world tag team titles as well as the NWA U.S. tag team titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraserbee Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 (edited) Sad news about Tommy Rogers and a real shame it seemed to have gone a bit unnoticed. As Meltzer's brief obituary says, he was one of the most underrated wrestlers of his time. I am a big fan of the Fantastics vs Midnight Express feud from 1988 NWA. My favourite Fantastics match though is the match they had with Joe Malenko and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi in AJPW back in 1990. Poor Kikuchi took a proper kicking in that match. Â Here it is http://youtu.be/vu58uNzZjlo. Edited June 2, 2015 by fraserbee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 For new subscribers. Month long free trials are pretty common. Netflix, Now TV, Amazon Prime etc. Â Yeah, but imagine if you were an entitled, cretinous wrestling fan with no concept of those things. The WWE are cunts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted June 4, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe. Not a great start for Joe? That's what you get from that story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted June 4, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 4, 2015  Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe. Not a great start for Joe? That's what you get from that story?  I think he’s deducing that management won’t be looking too fondly on Joe if he’s injured Tyson Kidd in his first main roster match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Bad for both guys as Tyson has been on a roll. Was the injury actually caused by Joe or did he get injured during the course of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Â Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe. Not a great start for Joe? That's what you get from that story? Â Story said surgery wasn't needed, and I find Kidd bland as fuck. More worried about Joe getting blamed for it and messing up his push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted June 4, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 4, 2015 Â Â Â Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe.Not a great start for Joe? That's what you get from that story? Story said surgery wasn't needed, and I find Kidd bland as fuck. More worried about Joe getting blamed for it and messing up his push. That's cool if surgery wasn't needed, a spinal cord injury sounds as bad as it gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Â Â Apparently Tyson Kidd suffered a spinal cord injury in a dark match with Samoa Joe before Raw on Monday. Not a great start for Joe. Not a great start for Joe? That's what you get from that story? Â Story said surgery wasn't needed, and I find Kidd bland as fuck. More worried about Joe getting blamed for it and messing up his push. Â You're more worried about someone's push than someone's spine being injured? Regardless of whether you like Kidd or not, that's a bit of a weird way of looking at things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Courtesy of wrestlingobserver.com.... Alicia Webb is dating Shawn Daivari. They've been together for years. Webb was Ryan Shamrock in WWE in the late 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted June 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2015 Ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2015 I knew there was something keeping me from getting through the day. Now I'm complete knowing Davari is fucking Ryan Shamrock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitsky's back acne Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Hence why I put it in the 'minor news items that don't deserve a thread' thread.It is minor news and certainly does not deserve a thread.Hell, if wrestling observer felt it newsworthy enough to post on their site I reckon it's good enough for the ukff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted June 5, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 5, 2015 It was in the daily update as a clarification of something discussed for 10 seconds during their Impact review. It wasn't news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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