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Pro wrestler King Kong Bundy, Hulk Hogan's rival, dead at age 61

2019-03-05

[AOL] Pro wrestler King Kong Bundy, the 458-pounder who played the heel to superstar Hulk Hogan in the 1980s, has died at age 61.

"Today we lost a Legend," Bundy’s friend David Herro announced on Facebook Monday.

"Very sad news," wrestling star Brutus Beefcake wrote. "He was a kind soul."

Bundy, whose real name was Christopher Alan Pallies, famously faced Hogan for the WWF heavyweight championship in 1986′s WrestleMania 2, the event that became a staple for the industry. Bundy, often cast as the heel, or villain, lost that staged cage match.

He also wrestled in the inaugural WrestleMania, defeating Special Delivery Jones in nine seconds, WWE (formerly the WWF) noted on its website.

Posted by:Besoeker

#4 Bundy, often cast as the heel, or villain, lost that staged cage match.

It's real to me, dammit!

Posted by: Raj 2019-03-05 17:17

#3 Also, the inspiration for Al Bundy's surname.

It may look like two opposing sides, but it is just all part of the same show.

Welcome to Kayfabeocracy.

Posted by: charger 2019-03-05 15:52

#2 4) It provides a model for current American politics with the Democrats as the faces and the Republicans as the heels. It may look like two opposing sides, but it is just all part of the same show. You may know it as the Uniparty.

Posted by: SteveS 2019-03-05 11:48

#1 For all the criticism studio wrestling has taken over the years, I see a couple things:

1) A LOT of people get a lot of entertainment value from it.

2) The ones I met seemed very aware of how lucky they were to make money at it.

3) A "family" much like old time carney people. Give me that over media manufactured hipster bullsh*t any day...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-03-05 10:21

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