richaveli83
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One of the few decent human beings in professional wrestling. RIP.
R.I.P. Bobby Eaton
- Thread starter Buzzed Lightyear
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Same I watched all the WCW weekend shows so I grew up seeing a ton of the utility guys(Eaton,Arn,Finlay,Regal,etc). No surprise with thier talent they became some of my fav wrestlers. I only wish I could've saw more of the Midnights in their prime. Bobby was a great rassler and the type of guy we lost with dubseedubya going away.
every single time a wrestler i grew up with dies..someone like bobby eaton i feel some sort of way about it...like i took watching the wrestling i grew up with for granted...he was a staple on those WCW b-c shows..watching him, brad armstrong, z-man along with the others you guys mentioned..even past his prime when he was doing the blue bloods shyt with regal and taylor..that shyt was gold...they don't make wrestlers like him no more
Saysumthinfunnymike
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indeed but as a singles wrestler was very good too! he had a nice TV title run... Bobby could just wrestle really well... damn
cornette is def feeling this...he is retweeting damn near every tweet ppl are posting about him on his twitter
Saysumthinfunnymike
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GOAT theme and entrance
Yessir. 5:05 on a Saturday night was SPECIAL at my house growing up
any conversations or thoughts or concerns needed to be expressed before then or after.
because during WCW/NWA you weren’t talking about anything unless it was wrestling.
HipHopStan
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Stone Cold told a funny Bobby Eaton story on his podcast once. I'm not sure if Steve was involved in the match, but Bobby went out there and put a good 15 minute match in that just wowed everyone. Once Bobby got to the back, Steve, still a young rookie at the time, decided to ask Bob why he did certain things during the match and every answer to every question he asked was Bobby just looking up at him, kind of confused, and answering "I don't know." back. He basically put on a great match and just did things out of pure instinct for no rhyme or reason. Gotta love it.
yeah steve thought the world of bobby..he put him over big in his bookStone Cold told a funny Bobby Eaton story on his podcast once. I'm not sure if Steve was involved in the match, but Bobby went out there and put a good 15 minute match in that just wowed everyone. Once Bobby got to the back, Steve, still a young rookie at the time, decided to ask Bob why he did certain things during the match and every answer to every question he asked was Bobby just looking up at him, kind of confused, and answering "I don't know." back. He basically put on a great match and just did things out of pure instinct for no rhyme or reason. Gotta love it.
BlackAchilles
Veteran
Damn pour out a 40
Yup, Austin said that working with Eaton was like taking a night off because you never had to worry about anything when you were in the ring with him.
Redwood
Superstar
RIP to another legend 
Notice how he always shifted his weight to the opposite side to not land on the other guy. And he made sure his leg was properly bent to land on the guy's neck either.
I knew Eaton was in a lot of tag teams over the years but I didn't know he and Koko B Ware were a team let alone held a title (the AWA Southern Tag Team Championship btw) back in the day until I stumbled across this picture:
