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Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 24, 2021 3:13:08 GMT -5
Quite gutted by the news that Corporal Kirchner has passed away... In my eyes he was really underrated in the WWF. Attachment Deleted |
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oldschoolfool
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Post by oldschoolfool on Dec 24, 2021 10:26:35 GMT -5
What? First i'm hearing of this...terrible news. Got to see him wrestle the iron sheik at a HS show the fall of '86. Also was lucky enough to have the bearded variant of his LJN figure. RIP
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@brit_figs
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Post by @brit_figs on Dec 24, 2021 17:57:09 GMT -5
I would LOVE a Leatherface figure made by Chella!
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Post by mad2009 on Dec 25, 2021 2:46:29 GMT -5
He should have had a longer wwf career. What's the reason he didn't? He was talented.
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Post by Ruby Fusion on Dec 25, 2021 4:12:55 GMT -5
He should have had a longer wwf career. What's the reason he didn't? He was talented. I guess in the beginning WWF had big plans for him, as he was a replacement for Sgt. Slaughter who had left the WWF: this explains why he got 3 regular LJN figures (clean shaved face, stubble and full beard). However, replacing Sgt. Slaughter, that's filling some pretty big shoes. Bare in mind that before this great opportunity, he was a jobber in the WWF known as RT Reynolds. He became Corporal Kirchner, after Vince discovered he'd been a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. The audience didn't like him as much as they liked Sgt. Slaughter, he was a legitimate badass, but also pretty stiff in the ring: that was a fatal mix for his downfall in '80s WWF... Personally I immediately liked him as a kid. Ofcourse his greatest fame would come in Japan as Leatherface/Super Leather, being the toughest hardcore wrestler in 1992. |
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