Comments on: Where Are They Now? WWF Superstars

By: Buffer

Buffer — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Actually, George the Animal Steele was profiled on ABC News Now this weekend (2/28/09. He is retired living in Florida. He invested well and seems very happy.

By: Sukaru

Sukaru — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Jimmy Superfly Snuka performed an emergency open heart surgery on me with his left hand, while diffusing a bomb with his right hand…..did I mention he was blindfolded at the time?

By: EV

EV — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Someone above mentioned The Fabulous Moolah. Interesting fact I’m not sure how I know: she was the youngest of 13. And the only girl. With 12 older brothers, how could you NOT grow up to be a pro wrestler?

By: Lisa H

Lisa H — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:54:00 +0000

This one predates the WWF, but “The Russian Bear” Ivan Koloff retired to a little town in North Carolina. That’s not his real name, and I believe he’s actually Canadian. I know his family ran a nursery (the plant kind, not the child care kind) as of a few years ago. My dad and uncle used to buy plants from him for their landscaping business. He was apparently a super nice guy, and they remembered watching him on tv growing up. They always got a kick out of talking to him.

By: TheBear

TheBear — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:10:00 +0000

Realtor must be a popular trade for ex-wrestlers. Jim Neidhart is doing it as well, at Airdrie just north of Calgary.

Bad News Allen was also in Airdrie working as a security guard at a mall up until his recent death.

By: bas

bas — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:04:00 +0000

Andre the Giant was a family friend of my fiance’s. His grandmother was a nurse at the hospital near Ellerbe, North Carolina where Andre lived and was being treated during the later part of his life. They struck up a friendship, and I believe he even attended a few family barbecues. Everyone who met him describes him as shy, gentle, and a very pleasant to be around. But the way I understand it he was generally in a lot of pain due to his gigantism. It always makes everyone sad to talk about him, that was just how much they thought of him.

By: mitch stein

mitch stein — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:56:00 +0000

You are partially correct but I feel I must amend one of the wrestlers profiles.
Nikolai Volkoff, he still wrestles! He just did three shows for us, at Devastation University in Pennasuaken NJ, If you really ever want a true to life history lesson of who is where and who did what you could always come down to our gym and pick my partners brain (Doc Diamond) or send him a request on his myspace page.

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:56:00 +0000

For reasons I cannot explain my boss gave me a postcard of the Fabulous Moolah. It is pinned to my wall looking awesome!

By: Erin

Erin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:09:00 +0000

Honestly I don’t know if he fits into this era, but, “THE CLAW” Baron VonRashke, was a substitute teacher at my school. He was pretty laid back and not crazy like some subs get. He showed us a few music videos he was in (Psychodelic Furs and another one I don’t remember). Mr. Rashke was one of the good subs.

By: Cheezy

Cheezy — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:38:00 +0000

I went to a time share sale in Las Vegas and met one of the commentators I watched growing up from the WWF. It was surreal knowing I used to see this guy as a kid interviewing some of my favorite stars and now he’s sitting in a chair across from me trying to sell me a time share. For the life of me I can’t remember his name though!