SABU dead at 60.

[HHJ]

Can't watch it yet, is it that match, which they had to stop prematurely, because the fire was just overwhelming?

Yeap

 

[HHJ]

Authentic AF. He would have been great in Attitude Era, I think, but much later on - yeah, hardly a chance to let him shine the way he does.
Still, that's kinda strange WWE didn't want Bill Alfonso to cut promos instead of him

It's a control thing. They wanted Sabu to just play ball, fall in line even a little bit. But that's not who he was

 

[The_Drinker_of_Skies]

Yeap

That was a sick visual, I remember watching that. It seemed like the whole ring would just burn the hell down along with the guys

 

[JackWhite]

Brutal. 60 is too young to go.

RIP.

 

[The_Drinker_of_Skies]

It's a control thing. They wanted Sabu to just play ball, fall in line even a little bit. But that's not who he was

Sad truth. I think I read something about his WWE days, something which said Sabu often fell asleep in a locker room when he wasn't wrestling in the ring, that's how bored he was with what he was doing back then
I remember when I showed Sabu's matches and SvR 2008, where he was playable, to my school friends. Damn, they quickly recognized him for who he was

 

[HHJ]

Even before the bad bump he took, that last match was hard to watch.

I remember that Mick Foley was briefly considering coming back recently but then thought better of it.


He did manage to lose a ton of weight by getting in shape though so that's good.

These guys just love performing so much

 

[HereticBD]

Brutal. 60 is too young to go.

RIP.

60 years is a pretty long life for the average Pro-Wrestler.

Don't be sad that he died. Be happy that he truly LIVED. We only get one go on this Earth(as far as we know), and he made the most of it.

RIP.

 

[Thrawn33]

Will never forget a late night TV promo for an ECW tape of Xtreme Moments:

"Relive the exciting moment when Sabu SNAPPED HIS NECK against Chris Benoit!"

RIP you crazy fucker

 

[Danespina]

I would buy magazines just to see pictures of the guy.

Heck yeah, I remember buying this book from my scholastic book club just because Sabu was featured on the back cover.

 

[neverwas]

well,i can honestly say, this one hurts. me and a friend used to have to buy the vhs tapes of the japanese cards he was on, off of eBay.

 

[ICHEERTHEBULL]

Will be blasting that and this a lot today

 

[greygoose]

Damn, I remember having to record ECW on Friday nights/Sat mornings at 1 or 2ET to watch that shit during HS. With the White Zombie intro and them dirty skanks.

I always wished Sabu & New Jack teamed up (maybe they did, but idk).

 

[TerraRayzing]

Feels like yesterday when he put Cena through the table.
His match with Rey is one of my favourite matches of all time.
RIP ECW OG.

 

[Pierce 34]

Tore his bicep open pretty bad during the barbed wire match with Funk. And taped it together. He also repaired his own wounds everytime he had a bad cut in Japan

RIP hardcore legend. Thank you for all you did in the ring

@HHJ

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Even before the bad bump he took, that last match was hard to watch.

I remember that Mick Foley was briefly considering coming back recently but then thought better of it.


He did manage to lose a ton of weight by getting in shape though so that's good.

These guys just love performing so much

I think the problem for guys like Sabu is that there's a lot of younger wrestlers who idolised him growing up that are willing to enable him to wrestle, but their dream match with Sabu is a Sabu ECW style match so he's doing things that he just shouldn't be doing at his age (if that Janella match is anything to go by).

It's fine for someone like Jerry Lawler who can just turn up, throw a few decent punches, maybe take a bump if he feels like it, slap a couple of holds on, hit a piledriver and go home, but Sabu has to go through tables and shit.

RIP to him though, absolute madman and I don't think people today can appreciate just how different he was at the time.

 

[LEWIS540]

He was like the opposite Goldberg/Ultimate Warrior.......gave so much to the business he loved, but got so little back.

 

[HHJ]

He was like the opposite Goldberg/Ultimate Warrior.......gave so much to the business he loved, but got so little back.

A true outlaw, a throwback to the olden days.

 

[HHJ]

 

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[HHJ]