Balls Mahoney IS The Wrestler
Mar 2, 2009 12:49:37 GMT -5
Post by Spinch on Mar 2, 2009 12:49:37 GMT -5
Mr. Rechart’s life, his career, even his scars and bruises, bear a striking resemblance to those of the Ram.
“I haven’t seen the movie,” Mr. Rechart said after a wrestling show earlier this month at the V.F.W. hall here. “I know it must be excellent because I’m a big Mickey Rourke fan. I’ve heard he’s portrayed as an over-the-hill broken-down wrestler who isn’t very smart. That’s me, at least the broken-down part.”
He has the medical problems to prove it, readily rattling off a long list of lingering injuries he has sustained in the ring.
“Both my knees are shot,” he said. “I got a torn A.C.L. in one leg that I never got fixed. In ’97, I broke my C2, C3 and C4 vertebras in the ring. A move went wrong and I got dropped on my head. Both rotator cuffs are shot. Every single day is a struggle with pain.”
Mr. Rechart’s forehead is a bulbous collection of scar tissue running from one side of his face to the other. He looks like a mugging victim.
“The scars are from forks, cheese graters, barbed wire, light bulbs, glass, beer bottles,” he said, listing the various items opponents have used to attack him. “If it’s not nailed down, I’ve been hit with it.”
“I haven’t seen the movie,” Mr. Rechart said after a wrestling show earlier this month at the V.F.W. hall here. “I know it must be excellent because I’m a big Mickey Rourke fan. I’ve heard he’s portrayed as an over-the-hill broken-down wrestler who isn’t very smart. That’s me, at least the broken-down part.”
He has the medical problems to prove it, readily rattling off a long list of lingering injuries he has sustained in the ring.
“Both my knees are shot,” he said. “I got a torn A.C.L. in one leg that I never got fixed. In ’97, I broke my C2, C3 and C4 vertebras in the ring. A move went wrong and I got dropped on my head. Both rotator cuffs are shot. Every single day is a struggle with pain.”
Mr. Rechart’s forehead is a bulbous collection of scar tissue running from one side of his face to the other. He looks like a mugging victim.
“The scars are from forks, cheese graters, barbed wire, light bulbs, glass, beer bottles,” he said, listing the various items opponents have used to attack him. “If it’s not nailed down, I’ve been hit with it.”
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