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[Vasara]

Tony Halme aka Ludvig Borga has died at the age of 47. He was founf dead at his home in Helsinki, Finland. During his career he was also a professional boxer, MMA fighter, singer, author and a member of the Finnish parliament.

R.I.P. Tony

[Juha82]

Originally Posted by Vasara

Tony Halme aka Ludvig Borga has died at the age of 47. He was founf dead at his home in Helsinki, Finland. During his career he was also a professional boxer, MMA fighter, singer, author and a member of the Finnish parliament.

R.I.P. Tony

I agree R.I.P Tony, REST IN PEACE.
I think he was a good guy from his heart even if he has some personal problems and was a bit aggressive guy(but when he drinks himself for drunk it means problems, without it he was OK though?).
Halme got bullied at the school i know.
I have a sympathies for him!!!

[caps05]

RIP Ludvig!

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

-- Bret Hart will be back on WWE TV next week when he appears on RAW. It's expected that the WWE Hall of Famer will now be a regular character leading upto WrestleMania.

The angle between McMahon and Hart has been scripted all the way to the planned WrestleMania match, with Hart having input in the planning.

Also speaking of Hart, his merchandise on WWE.com is said to be selling like crazy.

And some really good/fun news as I see it,

-- Steve Austin has been confirmed as the guest host for the March 15 edition of WWE RAW.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

More people tuned in to see Mike Tyson on Raw last night than the huge 12 year return of Bret Hart last week. Raw rating was a 3.7 For Iron Mike, and a 3.6 for the Hitman.

Far cry from the 6 and 7's Raw and Nitro used to pull.

[MrFrost]

I got a night lab so Im gonna miss all of it anyways. You know if they replay any of this stuff like WCW used to do back to back?

[LappyTaffy14]

Just watched part 2 of the greatest matches on WWE Classics on demand. Boy o Boy was Rock vs. Hulk Hogan Electric at Wrestlemania 18. The crowd was on FIRE! Awesome, just awesome. I recommend everybody get WWE classics on demand. For only 7.99 you get matches from the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. WWE, NWA, AWA, ECW, and WCW. They even have my favorite, the Monday Night Wars. Right now its 2/23/98. You get to see both Nitro and Raw. Sadly, they don't show anymore Chris Benoit matches, or ever mention his name.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

Originally Posted by LappyTaffy14

Just watched part 2 of the greatest matches on WWE Classics on demand. Boy o Boy was Rock vs. Hulk Hogan Electric at Wrestlemania 18. The crowd was on FIRE! Awesome, just awesome. I recommend everybody get WWE classics on demand. For only 7.99 you get matches from the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's. WWE, NWA, AWA, ECW, and WCW. They even have my favorite, the Monday Night Wars. Right now its 2/23/98. You get to see both Nitro and Raw. Sadly, they don't show anymore Chris Benoit matches, or ever mention his name.

I was there. UN F*CKING REAL ATMOSPHERE. Believe me, watching it on DVD does it no justice at all.

[Bench Clearer]

Originally Posted by caps05

RIP Ludvig!

Indeed. I will always be reminded of his squash over Marty Jannetty at Summerslam 93, and how the WWF was trying to build him up basically to be their version of Ivan Drago (except for the fact that he was Finnish, I know). Rumor has it that he was in line to be the WWF champ headed into Wrestlemania X with Bret Hart and Lex Luger as the top contenders. But because of his injuries they had to go back to having Yokozuna as the monster heel champion.

By the way, I think it's neat how he was able to do so many different things during his 47 years. Sounds like he led a pretty cool life.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

-- Press in Saugas, MA, are reporting that a criminal complaint was filed against WWE star Randy Orton on Tuesday night for assault and battery.

A 15-year-old autograph boy alleges that Orton assaulted him in the parking lot of Kowloon restaurant outside of Boston, which is a regular haunt of WWE stars when they are in town.

The boy told police that Orton spat gum in his face and used profanity. When the boy's mother interjected Orton allegedly told her, "so sue me."

Lt. Leonard Campanello of the Saugas Police Dept. told www.wickedlocal.com/saugus that another juvenile male also in the
parking lot at the time of the altercation reported witnessing the exchange between Orton and the 15-year-old.

Interesting.

[LappyTaffy14]

He should break character when he's in public.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

Originally Posted by LappyTaffy14

He should break character when he's in public.

I'm surprised Legacy didn't show up and jump the kid from behind.

[Humpzilla]

YouTube- Randy Orton goes off on Mexican Reporter

[Machinehead2k5]

Originally Posted by BROKEN*ORBITAL

I'm surprised Legacy didn't show up and jump the kid from behind.

Ted was probably filming The Marine 3 and Cody was filming The Race to Magic Mountain II.

[BROKEN*ORBITAL]

Here is a clip from CNN doctoring some footage of a John Cena interview they did in '07, where they try to make it look like he's admitting to taking steroids. BUNCH OF F*CKEN ASSH*LES.

The clip shows what CNN aired, and the footage they chose not to air, but later had to (I"m assuming the WWE legal team was calling them). Again, total bullsh*t attempt to f*ck over Cena here.

CENA INTERVIEW WITH CNN