Ricky Jackson Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 http://www.f4wonline.com/more/more-top-sto...bow-passes-away Just read this. He was from a different era, but for some reason I like watching some of his 70s matches, especially for his comebacks. I know he isn't very highly regarded as a worker, but he was a pretty big star in 70s New York. Plus he wrestled a dude in a shark cage once. The feathers in the mouth angle with Ladd from Georgia is also good (based on the more famous, and lost, angle with Arion in 74). RIP Chief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 I can't find anything on Jim Ross' Twitter saying anything about Strongbow dying. And all sources I can find via Google credit Jim Ross for the news. Did he delete the post or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 For those out there with a sub, how was part 1 of Dave's bio on Strongbow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 So I was able to read part 1 of Dave's bio. He writes that the angle in WWF where Valentine broke Strongbow's leg in 79 came BEFORE and inspired the angle in Mid-Atlantic where Valentine broke McDaniel's leg (the famous "I Broke Wahoo's Leg" T-Shirt angle). I thought it was the other way around. Wasn't it? Dave also writes that Strongbow was involved in Tatanka's introduction to WWF "in 1994". Besides being off by two years, I think he was confused with an angle involving Strongbow and McDaniel where they awarded Tatanka a ceremonial headdress which led to some heel (can't remember, was it Bigelow?) attacking them. Was Strongbow involved in Tatanka's introduction in 1992? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I think it was IRS who destroyed the headdress, because Tatanka didn't pay taxes on it or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Yep, it was IRS. And to answer my own question, the McDaniel leg-breaking preceded the Strongbow leg-breaking by two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Damn. Valentine did not like him some Native Americans. They should've repackaged him as Greg "The Smallpox Blanket" Valentine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Jackson Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Now that you mention it, there almost seems to be a reoccuring theme of racism associated with Valentine's late-70s/early-80s character. Besides Strongbow and McDaniel, he also feuded and did injury angles with Pedro Morales and Tito Santana. He had a mini-feud with Tony Atlas in 1982. He also turns up randomly during a promo segment with Slaughter and Kernodle during their famous feud with Steamboat and Youngblood and delivers a "slant eyes" comment about Steamboat. Of course you could say there was a reoccuring theme of racism associated with ALL of wrestling back then, so maybe it really isn't that noteworthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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