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[ToxicAdam]

Bryan Adams dead at the age of 43.


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Kind of an interesting and unlucky career. He debuted in the WWF as Crush, the third member of Demolition (in an effort to reinvigorate their popularity). After that gimmick, he was involved with the horrible Gang Wars angle where he was a member of Nation of Domination and then shaved his head and became a member of the biker gang DOA.

He quit the WWF in protest of Bret Hart's treatment, just before the WWF really took off.

WCW picked him up in 1998 and stuck him in the NWO at the tail end of their popularity. He was essentially beat-up fodder for people like Sting and DDP. For a brief while he was one of the two bald henchmen that worked for Vince Russo (called Creative Control).

In 1999 he was rebranded into one of the worst gimmicks of all time, Demon (based on the rock band KISS). He was able to get out of that and then was teamed up with Bryan Clark (Wrath) to form a tag team called Kronik. Won the WCW tag titles .. but by then WCW was going belly up.

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No word on how he died. His wife found him dead in bed with no visable signs of trauma.

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

god damn.

I was just reading about him the other day. This "sport" is so fucked up.

 

[dem]

noo!
not the kona crush!


man wrestling is fucked up

 

[jobber]

we have a wrestling thread ya know

 

[Rodeo Clown]

This topic should have just been titled "Bryan Adams dead." so everyone could rejoice before finding out it wasn't the singer.

 

[ToxicAdam]

This topic should have just been titled "Bryan Adams dead." so everyone could rejoice before finding out it wasn't the singer.

I thought about it .. but that would be too cruel to give people such false hopes. :lol

we have a wrestling thread ya know

Do we? I haven't followed it in 6 years, so I had no idea.

 

[worldrunover]

That sucks. RIP

 

[Manics]

This topic should have just been titled "Bryan Adams dead." so everyone could rejoice before finding out it wasn't the singer.

Man, your comment cuts like a knife.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Steroids will kill ya.

 

[USD]

And he was one of my favorite wrestlers in WCW/NWO Revenge.

 

[sprsk]

Atom Bomb!!

I wonder if this is steroid related.

 

[jobber]

Do we? I haven't followed it in 6 years, so I had no idea.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179863

 

[sprsk]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179863

He's not really an active wrestler, why should it be posted in there?

 

[yacobod]

i remember one of his silly finishers was the heart punch lol

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179863

So?

I haven't really watched wrestling in about 7-8 years, but I still want to know when "big" news hits. If TA hadn't posted this, I would've never known.

These forum police are annoying.

 

[levious]

Man, your comment cuts like a knife.

well done!

 

[Hydro_Alexis]

I wonder if this is steroid related.

When is it not?

 

[Forgotten Ancient]

When is it not?

When it's a double-homicide, suicide.

 

[worldrunover]

When it's a double-homicide, suicide.

Not necessarily.

 

[NintendosBooger]

You could have used another photo. The first thing I saw was Macho Man and assumed it was him...

 

[ToxicAdam]

You could have used another photo. The first thing I saw was Macho Man and assumed it was him...

Do a google search .. not many for him by himself.

 

[worldrunover]

Do a google search .. not many for him by himself.

Plus RIGHT UNDER IT he wrote Bryan Adams.

 

[koam]

No, you don't post a death in a giant thread, you make a new one. I, and anyone else who doesn't look through the big thread, would never know. Anyway, I liked him, sad to hear.

 

[NintendosBooger]

Do a google search .. not many for him by himself.

I don't know if this would work: http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/pictures/CrushDOA.jpg

Sad day for wrestling fans.

RIP, BA.

 

[alr1ght]

RIP

 

[OmniGamer]

Weird...he's on a "Wrestlers" episode of Family Feud on the Gameshow network channel right now

 

[The Internet]

Atom Bomb!!

I wonder if this is steroid related.

He wasn't Adam Bomb, but he was his tag partner in WCW for a bit.

 

[NintendosBooger]

RIP

Oh, that's a perfect snapshot. Wasn't he a member of the NWO when all the prime wrestlers jumped on the red and black faction?

 

[BobLoblaw]

This thread was posted almost the same exact time yesterday.

 

[besiktas1]

Crush :*(

 

[sprsk]

He wasn't Adam Bomb, but he was his tag partner in WCW for a bit.

Ahh you're right.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Well this sucks even if he did ruin Demolition.

 

[Propagandhim]

In 1999 he was rebranded into one of the worst gimmicks of all time, Demon (based on the rock band KISS).

Just when you thought wrestling couldn't get any dumber...

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

RIP!!!

 

[LakeEarth]

Just when you thought wrestling couldn't get any dumber...

Oh, you should listen to how much money KISS got for doing the WCW thing. Millions. Millions for a couple of performances and the KISS demon which obviously had no chance of becoming popular.

 

[koam]

Oh as for the topic line, you real should have included his name

"Pro-wrestler Brian Adams dead"

or

"The wrong Brian Adams is dead"

 

[Suburban Cowboy]

how did the WWF treat bret heart?

 

[ToxicAdam]

how did the WWF treat bret heart?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Screwjob

 

[Zinista]

RIP.

 

[Bildi]

That sucks.

 

[arab]

i opened the thread and saw a picture of macho man randy savage and almost shit myself based on the title...

 

[bumpkin]

D'oh! R.I.P., Bryan. Thanks for the memories!

Used to love playing as him in the SNES Royal Rumble game. His head-squeeze "kona crush" finisher was great.

 

[Goldrusher]

Famous people are dropping like flies...

 

[koam]

i opened the thread and saw a picture of macho man randy savage and almost shit myself based on the title...

Macho ain't 43 :lol

 

[Alucard]

This topic should have just been titled "Bryan Adams dead." so everyone could rejoice before finding out it wasn't the singer.

STFU. It's impossible to hate on the man who wrote the awesome "Summer of '69."

 

[koam]

Holy shit, wtf?

I was looking at Macho Man's entry and realized that Scary Sherri died this year.

 

[thefro]

STFU. It's impossible to hate on the man who wrote the awesome "Summer of '69."

Yeah, that and "Kids Wanna Rock" almost make up for the crappy pure pop stuff.

 

[Snowden]

If I were in the wrestling business I think I'd take this as a sign to get out.

 

[hobbitx]

I still remember people imitating that move when I was a kid, the 90's were so awesome.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Nevermind........