Showing posts with label wrestling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wrestling. Show all posts

Friday, January 23, 2009

Hailing from the island of Vallejo at a combined weight...

What WWF needs is 2 sets of Samoan twins with another brother in prison who escapes for PPVs and their dead brother talking from the grave?

This is a way off and a teenager was beat unconscious and almost to death (watch raw footage here) but the story of the Tili brothers is curious like the Younger brothers and would make a great wrestling angle. Yeah i know its sick but with wrestling at times tip toeing the line of reality and fake the Tili brothers would be better off in the squared circle. This CBS news story fills in the holes of the brutality that they handed out and has pictures of the brothers. What caught my attention was their back story;
"Members of the Tili family are known to police as both victims and perpetrators of crimes in the city. One member of the Tili family was fatally shot by police after a robbery at the Toys R Us store in 2005.
Raymond and Roy Tili were burned when their home was firebombed on September 13, 2002.
The Tili family has feuded with the Strong family in Vallejo over the years. Charges related to the firebombing were dismissed against one of the Strong family members when the district attorney's office said it did not have enough evidence to convict him."
In the video news story it mentions another brother is in jail for murder. The saga of the Tili brothers is full of drama, sadness and craziness (who robs and gets blown away at a Toys R US? ) and maybe I shouldnt be making light of tragic events but if wrestling has taught me anything its.....that.....ugh....Heres a longer version of the beating and one of the greatest ones after...











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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Mickey Rourke is THE RAM


I am not sure if this has already been brought up here but just in case it hasn't, there is a new movie that is getting its U.S. premiere this week called "The Wrestler" and it stars Mickey Rourke of Sin City fame and as Randy "The Ram" Robinson. (So Cool!) The film follows the life of Rouke's character who is a washed up wrestler whose 80's heyday has long since past, and he is spending his time working at a grocery store and picking up random wrestling gigs at high school auditoriums. All the while he is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Evan Rachel Wood, and a local stripper, Marisa Tomei. (So Hot!)
Before you go getting all excited, you should know that the movie is only playing in New York at the film festival there and is not set to be released until December 19th. However, there are some reviews hitting the net and they all seem very favorable to ole Mr. Rourke. Here is one from Salon.com. This could be the comeback role he has been looking for.
For you film fans, the movie was directed by Darren Aronofsky who is responsible for the very awesomely disturbing & depressing "Requiem for a Dream" and also "Pi". He also directed "The Fountain" but let's try to forget that.
If you are like me and are thinking that this is a contender for movie of the year, then CLICK HERE and you will be taken to the official website. There is not much there bu you can enter your email for future updates.
-Peace and Bodyslams.

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