Talk:Verne Gagne

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Birthdate and first match

I was obvious vandalism by 152.163.100.198, however, I noticed that the previous user, 70.224.166.40, had changed some details of Gagne:His birthday and first match location (see [1]). Does anyone know the real story here? --Hansnesse 04:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

According to the book, Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All-Time, which was edited by Dave Meltzer, Gagne's first match was in Texas. There is some dispute as to when Gagne was born, I've seen as many sources list his birthday being 1926 as I have 1923.

In the new AWA DVD, Verne stated he was born in 1926.--DrRisk13 02:21, 23 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Date of birth?

A discrepancy exists between Verne Gagne's date of birth. Yahoo Search shows May 10, 1923 and Wikipedia shows February 26, 1926. Somebody ought to make a clarification. Musicwriter 02:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Once again, in a WWE produced DVD on the AWA, Verne (out of his own mouth) stated he was born in 1926.--76.24.239.1 (talk) 03:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

'Accidental' Death Scandal

Just breaking, but its important to get ready for a big edit:

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=539943

Allegedly he threw a 97 year old fellow Resident of "Friendship Village" to the ground and that person has died from the injuries. 169.132.18.249 (talk) 17:36, 19 February 2009 (UTC) ~~Aparently the family of the victim said that Verne had no idea what he was doing and that they feel sorry for him. His alzheimers must be really bad.~~[reply]

Yeah, that makes sense. Imagine they get into an argument and suddenly he thinks he's back in the ring and performs a suplex on the guy or whatever.. the guy suffers from some broken bones that, at the age of 97, are not going to heal.

Messed up, but very interesting and pertinent. 169.132.18.249 (talk) 16:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The attack was not a wrestling move. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WRESTLER_DEATH?SITE=ORBAK&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.49.201 (talk) 13:56, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]