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"Iron" Mike Sharpe passed in Hamilton over the weekend.
Mike-Sharpe.jpg
"Iron" Mike Sharpe passed in Hamilton over the weekend.
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NO!!! This is terrible.....another of my favourite youth sports figures gone far too soon.....
Nobody was ever better outside the ring during a match.
I only watched the midgets.
Not the "sharp"est Mike in the ring.
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The former Argo you are referring to is Hacksaw Jim Duggan
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Oh for sure...many other wrestlers fall into that same category as Iron Mike....thought I would share my favorite wrestling memory that I posted on Canoe sports years ago... hope people on the forum don't object...
I recall at a live WWF event held in Kitchener in the late 1980's. A group of us had seats above the entrance that the wrestlers used to enter the ring. When Iron Mike walked down the aisle towards the ring, we rose up out of our seats, wearing black forearm bands, making loud "Iron Mike" noises.
Iron Mike (the man was huge by the way), stopped, looked up at us and grinned. It was priceless. He subsequently lost to Hillbilly Jim that evening.....
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NOT PC (Politically Correct).
But I saw midget wresting live once ... Little Hitler (in full Nazi uniform, with a mustache) VS Little Beaver (full Indian garb with a headdress, and reddish make-up).
Oh none of those midget wrestlers had PC names. There was the Haiti Kid who Roddy Piper I believe gave a mohawk before the terrible boxing match with Mr. T at Wrestlemania 2. There was also Lord Littlebrook, Little Tokyo and Sky Low Low. Remember when King Kong Bundy bodyslammed and elbow dropped Little Beaver at Wrestlemania 3?
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As Angelo points out, Iron Mike got a bit of a push when the WWF was transitioning from territorial entity to national entity. I think he wrestled Bob Backlund when he was champion. But, by the time Superstars debuted in 1986 he was pretty much doing jobber duty (with a twist).
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Interesting tidbit
Glenn Kulka had a brief WWF tour or look did he not ?
Kulka = very good CFL D-lineman; played a bit of pro hockey (in one of the lower minor pro leagues); later in his career had some pro MMA bouts; and acted in the fine sport of pro rasslin". = what a multi-sport athlete.
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