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		Former pro wrestler Doug Furnas dead at 50 from Parkinson's. He'll no longer be able to get any heat (bleacherreport.com)		39
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Ed Finnerty		2012-03-04 08:53:47 AM

I'll bet that made him hard to pin down.

cman		2012-03-04 10:15:34 AM

This headline wins on soooooo many levels

LucklessWonder		2012-03-04 10:24:07 AM

Can't sya I'd really heard of him, but it looks like he was bigger in japan.

cman		2012-03-04 10:34:11 AM

LucklessWonder: Can't sya I'd really heard of him, but it looks like he was bigger in japan.

He wanst really that popular here in the US. IIRC he had a short WWF run in the mid 90s, and he really didn't amount to anything

bionicjoe		2012-03-04 10:49:59 AM

Ed Finnerty: I'll bet that made him hard to pin down.

LOL

I had stopped watching by the mid-90s. No memory of him.

Rwa2play		2012-03-04 10:50:18 AM

Tremendous wrestler. So sad. RIP Doug.

SharkTrager		2012-03-04 11:01:16 AM

LucklessWonder: Can't sya I'd really heard of him, but it looks like he was bigger in japan.

He was huge in Belgium.

hbk72777		2012-03-04 11:56:24 AM

Link (new window)
One of his first matches. He was a house when he started. It wasn't until he went to All Japan that he lost some mass and learned to wrestle.

He did have a brief run in NWA/WCW in 88 or 89, but he never did anything of note. He did have the largest legs in wrestling at one point, made Kevin Sullivan look scrawny.

four95		2012-03-04 12:36:52 PM

RIP Betty Furness

MrFisher_84		2012-03-04 12:37:15 PM

at WrestleMania 13
Link (new window)

WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

In ECW
Link (new window)

MattyFridays		2012-03-04 12:51:21 PM

Furnas and LaFon were over in ECW, but they respected a lot of guys with good workrate.

expobill		2012-03-04 12:56:32 PM

sorry

when duke buzzer beats UNC, there are 5 threads here.
when UNC kicks their ass at Coach K court, none?

why?

eas81		2012-03-04 01:14:40 PM

expobill: sorry

when duke buzzer beats UNC, there are 5 threads here.
when UNC kicks their ass at Coach K court, none?

why?

desmotivaciones.es

9beers		2012-03-04 01:30:14 PM

expobill: sorry

when duke buzzer beats UNC, there are 5 threads here.
when UNC kicks their ass at Coach K court, none?

why?

Yes, we never get any threads when Duke loses.

saintstryfe		2012-03-04 01:33:17 PM

I remember them from ECW, very sad. At least Parkinsons is not the usual wrestling death. So sorry for his family.

expobill		2012-03-04 01:43:32 PM

eas81: expobill: sorry

[desmotivaciones.es image 500x749][www.spartanblog.net image 307x400]

not Mad, just wondering?
thanks for the Bo Ryan pic!

buckeyebrain		2012-03-04 01:55:30 PM

Did you hear about Doug Furnas' last match?
He lost to The Undertaker.

machoprogrammer		2012-03-04 01:57:22 PM

MrFisher_84: WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

I don't get how they can call them boring, when they actually had some pretty impressive moves (that drop kick and powerslam was pretty impressive), while teams like the Powers of Pain were way more boring.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-03-04 02:55:54 PM

machoprogrammer: MrFisher_84: WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

I don't get how they can call them boring, when they actually had some pretty impressive moves (that drop kick and powerslam was pretty impressive), while teams like the Powers of Pain were way more boring.

No gimmick to speak of, and they were in the WWF at an odd time... between the cartoon era and the attitude era.

If they had been there a year later, they may have been bigger. A Year earlier, they would have been saddled with a ridiculous gimmick, like the Bodydonnas or Smoking Gunns.

P-Money All $tar		2012-03-04 02:56:26 PM

Championships and accomplishments.
From wiki

All Japan Pro Wrestling
AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship (5 times) with Dan Kroffat

Extreme Championship Wrestling
ECW World Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Phil Lafond

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI ranked him # 138 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1997

Universal Wrestling Association
UWA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Dan Kroffat (Philip Lafond)

USA Wrestling
USA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

USA Tennessee Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

5 Star Match (1992) with Dan Kroffat vs. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Sendai, May 25
Match of the Year (1992) with Dan Kroffat vs. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Sendai, May 25

/check out the last two matches listed. Good stuff.
// mostly read about him in PWI, inside wrestling, etc

No Line For Beer		2012-03-04 04:23:48 PM

I thought it odd that their (Furnas and LaFon's) hook in WWE was trying to convince people that they were actually exciting because they were one of the most exciting teams when they were in WCW.

They were also members of Team "Canada" at the Survivor Series which had the distinction of featuring no Canadians. (Furnas, LaFon, Bulldog, Neidhart)

MrFisher_84		2012-03-04 04:29:46 PM

No Line For Beer: I thought it odd that their (Furnas and LaFon's) hook in WWE was trying to convince people that they were actually exciting because they were one of the most exciting teams when they were in WCW.

They were also members of Team "Canada" at the Survivor Series which had the distinction of featuring no Canadians. (Furnas, LaFon, Bulldog, Neidhart)

According to wiki, Phil LaFon is Canadian. But yeah, Furnas from Oklahoma, Anvil from Florida, and the Bulldog was.. well... British.

Captain Steroid		2012-03-04 04:51:57 PM

Well, that sucks. :-(

Dumb-Ass-Monkey		2012-03-04 05:34:49 PM

Sad. Very underrated wrestler. Wrong place, wrong time, otherwise he and LaFon could have been huge in America.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-03-04 05:41:37 PM

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: Sad. Very underrated wrestler. Wrong place, wrong time, otherwise he and LaFon could have been huge in America.

Most of the '96-'97 WWF Tag Teams got the shaft.

The Headbangers were never utilized properly, and eventually, were split up and one of them became Beaver Cleavage.

Furnas and Kroffat were just... there.

Legion of Doom were given Droz and forced into that horrible Drunken Hawk angle.

Bulldog and Owen were a makeshift team, at best.

I Said		2012-03-04 05:45:29 PM

FirstNationalBastard: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: Sad. Very underrated wrestler. Wrong place, wrong time, otherwise he and LaFon could have been huge in America.

Most of the '96-'97 WWF Tag Teams got the shaft.

The Headbangers were never utilized properly, and eventually, were split up and one of them became Beaver Cleavage.

Furnas and Kroffat were just... there.

Legion of Doom were given Droz and forced into that horrible Drunken Hawk angle.

Bulldog and Owen were a makeshift team, at best.

The were also ALWAYS squash fodder.

Kane's wreckingball debut period was him dismantling the best tag teams AND the low ranking singles competitors, thus presenting the tag teams on that level.

I can't recall a period of "Strong tag teams" since the 80's.

FirstNationalBastard		2012-03-04 05:51:31 PM

I Said: FirstNationalBastard: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: Sad. Very underrated wrestler. Wrong place, wrong time, otherwise he and LaFon could have been huge in America.

Most of the '96-'97 WWF Tag Teams got the shaft.

The Headbangers were never utilized properly, and eventually, were split up and one of them became Beaver Cleavage.

Furnas and Kroffat were just... there.

Legion of Doom were given Droz and forced into that horrible Drunken Hawk angle.

Bulldog and Owen were a makeshift team, at best.

The were also ALWAYS squash fodder.

Kane's wreckingball debut period was him dismantling the best tag teams AND the low ranking singles competitors, thus presenting the tag teams on that level.

I can't recall a period of "Strong tag teams" since the 80's.

'99-'01.Forgetting the teams that were just singles stars thrown together to win the belts (like the Rock and Sock connection, or the Two Man Power Trip), that period had the Hardys, the APA, The Dudleys, Edge and Christian, and the New Age Outlaws.

I Said		2012-03-04 05:53:53 PM

FirstNationalBastard: I Said: FirstNationalBastard: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: Sad. Very underrated wrestler. Wrong place, wrong time, otherwise he and LaFon could have been huge in America.

Most of the '96-'97 WWF Tag Teams got the shaft.

The Headbangers were never utilized properly, and eventually, were split up and one of them became Beaver Cleavage.

Furnas and Kroffat were just... there.

Legion of Doom were given Droz and forced into that horrible Drunken Hawk angle.

Bulldog and Owen were a makeshift team, at best.

The were also ALWAYS squash fodder.

Kane's wreckingball debut period was him dismantling the best tag teams AND the low ranking singles competitors, thus presenting the tag teams on that level.

I can't recall a period of "Strong tag teams" since the 80's.

'99-'01.Forgetting the teams that were just singles stars thrown together to win the belts (like the Rock and Sock connection, or the Two Man Power Trip), that period had the Hardys, the APA, The Dudleys, Edge and Christian, and the New Age Outlaws.

Ah, good call. The Hardeys were in there too, right? Forgot that stretch of tag teams.

Gunny Highway		2012-03-04 06:45:05 PM

Shame. RIP

Hilarity_N_Sues		2012-03-04 07:33:53 PM

MrFisher_84:
WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

What a boring tag team might look like. (new window).

MagSeven		2012-03-04 08:03:25 PM

Never got the chance to watch Furnas, but the pic used in the article looks a lot like Mideon.

mc_madness		2012-03-04 08:26:58 PM

Wrestling is fake

LucklessWonder		2012-03-04 08:35:28 PM

mc_madness: Wrestling is fake

So is this
images.wikia.com

verbaltoxin		2012-03-04 09:46:09 PM

Did anybody watch the ROH ippv today?

SharkTrager		2012-03-04 09:55:43 PM

In related news, the CM Punk/Chris Brown feud is heating back up with Shawn Merriman deciding he wants to stand up for woman beating.

Jim from Saint Paul		2012-03-05 11:10:37 AM

FirstNationalBastard: Smoking Gunns

I loved their theme as a kid.

Jim from Saint Paul		2012-03-05 11:33:07 AM

Hilarity_N_Sues: MrFisher_84:
WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

What a boring tag team might look like. (new window).

Crowd is super hot for this match. Love it.

The crowd makes the event most of the time.

Jim from Saint Paul		2012-03-05 12:17:46 PM

Jim from Saint Paul: Hilarity_N_Sues: MrFisher_84:
WWE calls them boring last year
Link (new window)

What a boring tag team might look like. (new window).

Crowd is super hot for this match. Love it.

The crowd makes the event most of the time.

Announce dude is like a japenese Jim Ross.

BAHDAWD KING-SAN!

KUNG POW!

KUNG POW!

KUNG POW!

saintstryfe		2012-03-05 02:35:08 PM

FirstNationalBastard: '99-'01.Forgetting the teams that were just singles stars thrown together to win the belts (like the Rock and Sock connection, or the Two Man Power Trip), that period had the Hardys, the APA, The Dudleys, Edge and Christian, and the New Age Outlaws.

WCW had some good teams there too - Kronik, 3 Count (Yes, they were good, as wrestlers, yes the gimmick sucked) and the Filthy Animals (Rey-rey and Juvie) and ECW had RVD/Sabu, Impact Players and the FBI.

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