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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:38 pm

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Falling like dead pine trees in a hurricane:

"Mike Sharpe: Former WWE Athlete Known as 'Iron Mike' Dies at Age 64, Reports Say

Sharpe was found in his Hamilton, Ontario, apartment, news outlets reported. He was involved in the WWE in the 1980s-1990s. He began using a wheelchair in 2007 due to injuries and health issues."

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Wanderer

Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:41 pm

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Remember him well from the WWWF days.

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Curious Hair

Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 5:42 pm

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First David Bowie, now this?

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Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 8:54 pm

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Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:49 pm

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I watched a ton of wrestling in the 80s and 90s, but I don't remember this guy at all.

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Minooka Meatball

Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:58 pm

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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote:

I watched a ton of wrestling in the 80s and 90s, but I don't remember this guy at all.

He was one of the regular jobbers in the pre-"Attitude" WWF era. Did a lot of grunting and growling IIRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1ctguu2_Cg

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Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:03 pm

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Worst. Jobber. Ever

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Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:05 pm

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If you watched a lot of WWF in the 80s you saw him.

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Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 10:29 pm

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RFDC wrote:

If you watched a lot of WWF in the 80s you saw him.

You know, it's funny...one of the guys I work with and I were talking about 80's jobbers today, and I actually uttered the phrase, "I wonder what Iron Mike Sharpe is up to these days".

I guess I know...

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:53 pm

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Henning vs Sharpe, your referee Bill Alfonso, Darkside's neighbor as ring card girl, and Heenan on commentary looking for a better channel towards the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAiAr8efbhM

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Iron Mike Sharpe

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:56 pm

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Sharpe is described in at least three books by former wrestling personalities; Dynamite Kid, Hulk Hogan and Gary Michael Cappetta, and by longtime WWF wrestler/commentator Gorilla Monsoon, as having shown characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder, as evidenced by a preoccupation with cleanliness that caused him to spend hours washing his hands or showering at arenas and meticulously folding and re-folding his clothing. According to Cappetta, Sharpe's behavior earned him the nickname "Mr. Clean" among his co-workers.

At a televised house show in the Boston Garden in March 1986, Monsoon even joked to fellow commentator Lord Alfred Hayes that Sharpe had the first match of the night at a previous Boston show, and was still in the showers when they locked up later that night forcing him to spend the night in the Garden.

During the match (which he lost to Corporal Kirchner), Monsoon also pointed to Sharpe's known dedication to fitness and looking after his body and noted that, "If more people took care of themselves like Iron Mike Sharpe, then about 20 million more Americans per year would live past the age of 65." Ironically, Sharpe died eight months and nine days before his 65th birthday on January 17, 2016.

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