natepadberg
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Joined on: May 8, 2016 19:44:35 GMT -5
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Post by natepadberg on Apr 17, 2020 8:00:02 GMT -5
Sadly it's all too common when someone big dies, not just in wrestling, of any fame. I'm just glad I was able to find the set for his figure. Saw the four only once, and I didn't hesitate to get them. Just always bugged me I never was able to find Mean Gene, and will probably never see Monsoon either. I have Finkel's BAF. I doubt I will ever get my hands on a Monsoon i purchased the BAF fink head as soon as the news was posted before scalping occured. RIP howard!!! (could cheap out and throw the head on a ricardo rodriguez, but will be out a classic mic. i got lucky with okerlund at retail, the damn day he died. i too want gorilla, but don't think i'll ever find him  |
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 17, 2020 10:42:31 GMT -5
I have Finkel's BAF. I doubt I will ever get my hands on a Monsoon i purchased the BAF fink head as soon as the news was posted before scalping occured. RIP howard!!! (could cheap out and throw the head on a ricardo rodriguez, but will be out a classic mic. i got lucky with okerlund at retail, the damn day he died. i too want gorilla, but don't think i'll ever find him I never saw Okerlund at retail. I managed to get him in a trade on here |
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Post by drifter on Apr 20, 2020 15:44:28 GMT -5
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Tommy Dreamer discussed the death of Howard Finkel and Finkel's health problems in recent years:
"A lot of people said Howard had a stroke. Howard did not have a stroke. Howard had a rare genetic brain disease. His brain was shrinking and I hate that because the whole out think the Fink and he was slowly losing his mind. He had stroke-like systems but he kept falling because of his brain. I didn't post pictures of us on social media. I took them all the time I would visit him, but Howard had such pride. He didn't want the people to know that he was sick. He didn't want people to feel sorry for him. He was literally just sitting there watching the Mets game until it was time to watch wrestling."
"I posted a picture last night on social media and everyone kept hitting me up about the note over my shoulder. I went back and I looked, and this was when Howard was in a bad state. Howard couldn't, sadly, use a cell phone anymore because of his hands. If you handed him the phone, which is what I would do every time I would visit, I would FaceTime with Justin (Credible). Howard's medical note above my shoulder said, please put channel 43 on at 8 p.m. on Monday Nights. Wrestling is on. That was his medical note. He loved us. We were his family. That's all he had. He loved performing in front of the fans and he loved us, unconditionally."
Thanks to WrestlingInc.com for the quotes.
Man, it's sad to hear about the problems he was having, but at least it's good to know he had friends that regularly visited him. Sad to think of Fink, with the mind he had, slowly loosing it. Kinda like when Bobby Heenen lost the ability to speak at the end of his life. But it seems with both, despite the medical set backs, they still managed to be able to find the joy in life.
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Post by JC Motors on Apr 21, 2020 15:45:14 GMT -5
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Tommy Dreamer discussed the death of Howard Finkel and Finkel's health problems in recent years: "A lot of people said Howard had a stroke. Howard did not have a stroke. Howard had a rare genetic brain disease. His brain was shrinking and I hate that because the whole out think the Fink and he was slowly losing his mind. He had stroke-like systems but he kept falling because of his brain. I didn't post pictures of us on social media. I took them all the time I would visit him, but Howard had such pride. He didn't want the people to know that he was sick. He didn't want people to feel sorry for him. He was literally just sitting there watching the Mets game until it was time to watch wrestling." "I posted a picture last night on social media and everyone kept hitting me up about the note over my shoulder. I went back and I looked, and this was when Howard was in a bad state. Howard couldn't, sadly, use a cell phone anymore because of his hands. If you handed him the phone, which is what I would do every time I would visit, I would FaceTime with Justin (Credible). Howard's medical note above my shoulder said, please put channel 43 on at 8 p.m. on Monday Nights. Wrestling is on. That was his medical note. He loved us. We were his family. That's all he had. He loved performing in front of the fans and he loved us, unconditionally." Thanks to WrestlingInc.com for the quotes. Man, it's sad to hear about the problems he was having, but at least it's good to know he had friends that regularly visited him. Sad to think of Fink, with the mind he had, slowly loosing it. Kinda like when Bobby Heenen lost the ability to speak at the end of his life. But it seems with both, despite the medical set backs, they still managed to be able to find the joy in life. Man that is so sad. That literally broke my heart reading that |
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