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Post by skullrxw1 on Jul 29, 2007 12:47:14 GMT -5
Found this on Wrestling Observer
Karl Charles Istaz, known internationally as Karl Gotch, passed away at 9:45 p.m. Eastern time tonight. He was a few days shy of 83 years old.A former place-winner in the 1948 Olympics in London, Istaz went to the famed Wigan school where he learned submission wrestling. He migrated to the U.S. where he had a reputation in some circles as the toughest man alive.He ended up becoming a legend in Japan, where he was eventually nicknamed "The God of Professional Wrestling." He was the trainer for New Japan Pro Wrestling and later the original UWF, and his influence in students like Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada led to the rise of shootfighting and eventually MMA in that country.
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Post by brethitmanhart on Jul 29, 2007 13:19:20 GMT -5
Personally I have never heard of him but RIP. Atleast he lived a long time unlike alot of wrestlers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2007 13:30:44 GMT -5
I seriously thought he died last year....
but errr... yeah
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2007 14:47:50 GMT -5
RIP. Karl Gotch's piledrivers were awesome.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jul 29, 2007 16:06:21 GMT -5
Geez, another one to die this year. That's really unfortunate. Well, one way to look at it, he lived a long, full life, unlike so many others before him.
R.I.P. Karl Gotch
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Post by superbad on Jul 29, 2007 22:48:05 GMT -5
If anyone should ask, Karl Gotch was one of the wrestlers to take after. He never took steroids, he was a holocaust survivor, and he's always looked on the brighter side of things.
RIP Karl, another legend lost
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