Silent Jay
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Post by Silent Jay on Jan 10, 2010 15:19:00 GMT -5
Ludvig Borga dead at 47
The death of the superstar, whose real name is Tony Halme, was reported by a news website in his native Finland. The cause of death is not known at this time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2010 15:20:46 GMT -5
I just posted this as speculation in the Borga thread because I wasnt sure of it authenticity.
RIP Ludvig Borga
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jan 10, 2010 17:02:40 GMT -5
Yeah, I too just read a bit more of this shocking news on Wrestlezone.com and I just can't believe it. Man, why can't these guys make it to 50?? Is there some sort of curse against wrestlers making it to 50 or what??
I mean, come on. 47 years old??...That's still way too young to die.
Tony Halme a.k.a. Ludvig Borga will be greatly missed...
R.I.P.
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Post by Chicago on Jan 10, 2010 17:08:25 GMT -5
Damn, what a shame.
Borga would've definitely been in a main event program with Luger (or against Bret for the WWF title) had he not suffered a serious ankle injury.
47 is way too young, and unfortunately he won't be the last former wrestler to die before the age of 50.
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jan 10, 2010 17:12:10 GMT -5
47 is way too young, and unfortunately he won't be the last former wrestler to die before the age of 50. It's so sad to say, but you are right. We just lost "Dr. Death" Steve Williams a little over a week or so ago and he was only 49. Now, barely a week later, Ludvig Borga passes away at 47... I have a feeling 2010 will be a bad year for wrestling.... |
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Post by LeighD on Jan 11, 2010 10:00:39 GMT -5
RIP Ludvig Borga. I liked the angle he had in the WWF during his 1993 run. I wish injury hadn't hurt his career as i think he would have been a great heel.
I truly hope news of passing wrestlers will not be what it was in 2008, when for the first 6 months it seemed like a wrestler of wrestling personality passed every few weeks (Bigelow, Crush, Sherri, Kronus, Awesome, etc).
On a side note, I always wanted to see a Steiner Brothers vs. Yokozuna & Borga match. I just always thought the team of Yokozuna and Borga was interesting.
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Post by indywrestling on Jan 11, 2010 10:22:26 GMT -5
o wow, thats too bad, i thought for sure wwf was goin to give him an ic title run, he had the belt for like wat 2 minutes wasnt it, then the decision was reveresed or something of that nature its on youtube i beleive
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June
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Post by June on Jan 11, 2010 11:31:24 GMT -5
o wow, thats too bad, i thought for sure wwf was goin to give him an ic title run, he had the belt for like wat 2 minutes wasnt it, then the decision was reveresed or something of that nature its on youtube i beleive I saw that match too, but I'm not upset that he did not win the IC Title, I feel he was actually above the IC Title and should have been in the World Title hunt instead. |
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Post by Mr. Old School™ on Jan 11, 2010 17:37:42 GMT -5
Man, I am still in shock over Tony Halme's death. I just can't believe it. I just put in SummerSlam '93 to watch his match with Marty Jannetty and he was impressive. He was a tremendous heel.
On a strange, bizarre note, the match that followed was the "Rest in Peace" match between The Giant Gonzalez and The Undertaker.
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