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Post by rinaldo on Jan 16, 2017 9:19:04 GMT -5
No matter the trial an all, a piece of my youth just vanished. Lotsa memories. RIP.
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Post by kalgoroth on Jan 16, 2017 12:29:06 GMT -5
No matter the trial an all, a piece of my youth just vanished. Lotsa memories. RIP. Pretty big issue to just brush over! But then I sympathise as Benoit was my favourite wrestler...!
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Post by deezy on Jan 16, 2017 15:57:05 GMT -5
Difference between Snuka and Benoit is Snukas case was thrown out twice and in the eyes of the law, is an innocent man.
I didn't know him personally, he could've been a violent druggie or a great guy, all I know is he took a coconut and jumped of cages for us bruddas.
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Post by rinaldo on Jan 16, 2017 16:45:44 GMT -5
THE flight, IMO.
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Post by RKing85 on Jan 16, 2017 23:23:53 GMT -5
I know he is innocent in the legal sense....but in my opinion he got away with murder (I know my opinion doesn't mean shit in this instance, but you know what I am saying)
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Post by rocketking on Jan 17, 2017 11:54:37 GMT -5
I think John and Wai on Review-A-Raw articulated my feelings better than I could. But I will point out that Snuka was not acquitted, he was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial. I know that still falls under the umbrella of "innocent until proven guilty" but it shouldn't be ignored that he was never actually cleared of the charges levied against him, not to mention that he was found culpable in a civil trial.
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Post by Christian Small on Jan 17, 2017 12:25:34 GMT -5
It really has tainted his legacy, a hell of a career that is now marred by this murder case. It's strange but this didn't get the outcry that I thought it would when I read about his death, usually I come across a ton of posts online when a wrestling legend dies but didn't see much for Jimmy.
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Post by RKing85 on Jan 17, 2017 23:12:47 GMT -5
the media reports of his death that I saw I thought all did a good job of bringing this up. Yeah they talked about his pro wrestling heyday, but every single article I read (maybe 4 or 5) also brought up the Nancy death.
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Post by siredger on Jan 18, 2017 0:22:04 GMT -5
Well that was hard to dismiss, considering that the ruling was made about 2 weeks ago that he was unfit to stand trial. It still was kinda fresh to our minds.
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