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Fanfest TimeKeeper #1 Contender Posts: 224 Gender:	RIP Mike Awesome Feb 19^th, 2007, 3:37pm Sad News Former ECW World Champion Mike Awesome aka Mike Alfonso Died Saturday night in his Tampa Home.When Friends come by pick him up at 10:30pm that night discovered his body and found him hanging believed was an suicide
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JWLJN Champion Posts: 263 Gender:	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #1 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 3:51pm Just saw this on the WO. Just when it seemed like the deaths were slowing down a bit...Bam Bam and now this. He had some really good matches, especially against Masato Tanaka, but he never found a way to make it to the top. He'll be missed. -J\/\/
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JeffofNC Champion Posts: 300	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #2 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 5:12pm Anyone know when he passed His real name was Mike Alfonso he was only 42 RIP big man Jeff
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bobbyryates Champion Posts: 4445	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #3 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 5:58pm truely a nice man. treated me and my friends extremly well. he will be missed.
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Sniper Niles Champion Everybody's gotta price for the Million Dollar Man Posts: 864 Gender:	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #4 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 7:34pm I'm in total shock....never saw this one coming. A great talent, and a great worker, that will be sorely missed. Rest in Peace Big guy. **BONG***
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Re: RIP Mike Awesome
Reply #5 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 9:33pm

Sad news indeed. It is a real blackeye for the wrestling business that so many former stars (and current stars) have been dying young. You don't see the same ratio of athletes in other sports dying this young. What is the problem. Is it drugs? Is it the fact that there is no offseason and wrestlers don't have a homestand, like baseball players, football players, etc. play half their games in their home city? Or is there just a big spiritual downside to professional wrestling? I would like to hear the opinons of others. If Dennis Condrey or other retired wrestlers who post on this board don't get too mad from reading my post, I would like to hear their thoughts.

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JBLCENAFAN

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Re: RIP Mike Awesome
Reply #6 - Feb 19^th, 2007, 10:39pm

I think alot of it is a mixture of pain and fame , the pain of all the bumps and the road wear , and the downside of fame which is losing that fame and dealing with going back to everyday life. One day you are on a jet talking to your gardener and boom in an instant you are cutting your own grass again and waiting and hoping for the phone to ring...

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JeffofNC Champion Posts: 300	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #7 - Feb 20^th, 2007, 9:40am I agree with that assessment I just hope and pray this isn't a repeat of 1993 we lost lots of good men that year Jeff
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shopai316 Junior Heavyweight Posts: 36	Re: RIP Mike Awesome Reply #8 - Feb 20^th, 2007, 8:12pm WOW-I was shocked to hear this sad news. Too young. My prayers go out to his friends & family. He will be missed. RIP big man.
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AngryJoHNNY

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Re: RIP Mike Awesome
Reply #9 - Apr 2^nd, 2007, 4:15am

Quote from GarvinStomp on Feb 19^th, 2007, 9:33pm:

Sad news indeed. It is a real blackeye for the wrestling business that so many former stars (and current stars) have been dying young. You don't see the same ratio of athletes in other sports dying this young. What is the problem. Is it drugs? Is it the fact that there is no offseason and wrestlers don't have a homestand, like baseball players, football players, etc. play half their games in their home city? Or is there just a big spiritual downside to professional wrestling? I would like to hear the opinons of others. If Dennis Condrey or other retired wrestlers who post on this board don't get too mad from reading my post, I would like to hear their thoughts.

Wonderful question. I'd imagine it just varies. I can't answer it because I've never been and probably never will be subjected to the life of being a professional wrestler.

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