Famous former wrestlers
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/23/06 05:32 PM
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I was just getting ready to post this page! Wade Schalles was a speaker at the State Leader Conference and had a few interesting ideas!
I will expound later!
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 12:39 AM
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Let's not forget Abraham Lincoln, and Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert.
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 03:29 AM
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Denny Hastert was apparently a pretty good wrestling coach.
Hopefully he'll run for president one day, if only so that we might have a "President Denny."
What nation wouldn't fear us?
Also--I'm a little shocked that Med Riller wasn't on the "famous people who wrestled" list. Weird.
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 01:24 PM
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Who would have thought PeeWee Herman would be a two time Florida hs state champ.
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 01:39 PM
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Wow, PeeWee was that? Amazing. Fascinating. What weight?
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 02:08 PM
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While I may have been an undefeated junior high school/intramural wrestler my status as a famous person is only in my own mind! I do not believe that this qualifies myself in the same company as the rest of the list� unless you compare me to Geraldo. If he can make the list then anybody should be able to achieve the distinction as famous!
Thanks Prant, Med Riller
I�m not very smart� but I can lift heavy things!
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08/24/06 03:20 PM
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Have to throw this one in:
A high school teammate of mine, Michael Anderson, was one of the founders of Ameritrade, the online stock trading company.
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08/24/06 03:25 PM
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....and the PeeWee thing is just scary on so many levels....
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/24/06 10:42 PM
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There are many presidents who wrestled. If I am not mistaken Washington Taft and I think maybe Teddy Roosevelt all wrestled
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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08/25/06 03:38 PM
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens State Champ.
Want some get some, bad enough, take some!
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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09/12/06 05:36 AM
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Manute Bol Samuel Johnson Beakman from Beakman's World Richard Kiel John Wilkes Booth Charles Nelson Riley John Rambo Master Splinter Starscream the Deceptacon Eggplant Wizard the Gordon's Fisherman
all wrestlers, i swear
Maybe you're not an ugly human, but a good looking ape.....with exceptional verbal skills.
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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09/12/06 07:38 AM
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lookwhosback
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Here's a couple:
Tab Thacker, All-American at North Carolina State, who played the fat kid on the Goldie Hawn movie.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeldt. He was supposed to speak at the kick-off rally for the 2003 NCAAs at Kemper Arena, but it was the night the Iraq War began � he was a tad busy.
Also, former Kansas City Chief great Curley Culp was an NCAA champ at Arizona State.
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09/12/06 07:42 AM
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lookwhosback
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Oh yeah...
And, of course, there were Kurt Angle and Brock Lesner who were famous for being embarrassments.
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What doesnt kill us only makes us stronger
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09/12/06 10:34 PM
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I was just going to say Adam Vinatieri, so instead I'll add Tim McGraw to the list.
Troy Reitcheck
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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Kansas Native who is currently a star in the WWE, Bobby Lashley.
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09/15/06 07:12 AM
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Originally posted by chewbacca: Charles Nelson Riley AMAZING!
Seth Farley
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Re: Famous former wrestlers
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09/15/06 11:55 AM
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lookwhosback
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No one in the WWE counts as a wrestler or as famous.
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