AshC Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 What sad, sad news. What a one-off he was. Cheers Dusty. Â Nice tribute from a friend of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 I uploaded Jim Cornette's Fighting Spirit Magazine column on Dusty from June 2013: http://www.fightingspiritmagazine.co.uk/art/columns/489/rip-dusty-rhodes-19452015 A really good read. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Murtz Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Really gutted by this. RIP Dusty. Definitely one of the best promos I've ever heard. Â Raw will be pretty emotional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Would it be out of the question for them to do a Raw is Dusty? He was on the books as a trainer and had been on screen this year, pretty much every development talent in the past few years worked with him as well as most the top end talent (Orton, Cena, Show)Â Â I realize it being the night after MITB its unlikely, but it'd be a fitting tribute for one of their most loved guys. Â I also wonder where Cody will go from here? Surely they'll turn him back to normal Cody rather than the alternate reality Stardust "Cody's dead" deal he's been doing in recent months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotlightmagnet1 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 That is shocking, couldn't believe rest.  Rest In Peace, thanks for so many moments both in front and behind the camera. That is shocking, couldn't believe rest.  Rest In Peace, thanks for so many moments both in front and behind the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Really, really sad news. One of the betht ever. RIP Dusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 That SummerSlam promo, from the transcript thread in Gold: Â "What I call it Gene is EMOTIAAAN. This great sport and the World Wrestling Federation is built on EMOTIAAAAN. Sapphire took the moneeeeh, that's fiiiine. (pause) Â I offered up my INNOCENCE to her, she paid me back in SCORN, NOW only AMERICA can give me shelter from the storm. And I am in a storm, baby. And walking out towards that cadillac and many thousands of fans were screaming "when you gonna get MAD Big Dust, when you gonna get BAD Big Dust, when you gonna get EEEEVEN Big Dust?" And Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar Man, the man that can buy anything BUT Dusty Rhodes the American Dream, BUT the American way of life that lives in this heart! Ted DiBiase I'm getting BAD baby and I'm comin' for you! (storms off)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wideload Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Really saddened by this. Had the pleasure of meeting him in NJ the day before Wrestlemania XX. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Zeus Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Terrible news. Â The Steve Austin podcast with Paul Heyman popped into my iTunes yesterday so I listened, and heard Heyman's story of how he persuaded Dusty that Austin should be in the Dangerous Alliance and clinched it by saying he was from Texas like Dusty. Â SummerSlam 1989 and WrestleMania 6 are my greatest memories of Dusty. Seen criminally little of his NWA tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Been offline since 3.30 this afternoon as I had to go into work for overtime, get home and flick my wifi on on my phone to be hit by the news on Twitter, my heart absolutely sank, I was a massive fan of the Dream when I was growing up and the news of his sad passing has hit me almost as hard as Warrior's did last year. There will never be another promo guy like him, he was that charismatic. Think a promo/match tribute marathon is in order once this weekend is done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members mim731 Posted June 11, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 11, 2015 Real kick in the balls.reading the news. I was at a gig when the news came through, and I was absolutely gutted. A wonderful performer, a huge influence, and easily one of the best promos ever. RIP Dusty, just dining with kings and queens for you from here on out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 12, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2015 Holy crap. Unbelievable news. One of the greats. It will be odd to live in a world with Dusty Rhodes not kicking about. Â ADDED: It's made the BBC's main news as well. Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-33104825 Â ADDED AGAIN: People slag off his WWF theme song, but I found it unbelievably good. A right toe-tapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Just saw it had made BBC News website, you know a wrestling death is big when the BBC report it. With regards to the cause, The Wrestling Observer reported it as he had a fall at his home and his kidneys dehydrated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted June 12, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted June 12, 2015 Just saw it had made BBC News website, you know a wrestling death is big when the BBC report it. Â Yeah, right on the first page of news too (as of 8am today). I don't think Warrior's death ever got a mention like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Warrior's death did make the main site, but when you clicked you were redirected to the article on Newsbeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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