REST IN PEACE TO 1995 WWE HALL OF FAMER, GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE!!

TODAY, NEWS BROKE THAT 1995 WWE HOF'ER GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE DIED AT THE AGE OF 79!  STEELE TURNED PRO IN 1967 AND WAS A MAJOR "HEEL FOR THE THEN WWF!  THE ANIMAL HAD FEUDS WITH BRUNO SAMMARTINO, BOB BACKLUND, AND PEDRO MORALES!  GEORGE WOULD BITE OPEN AND BITE THE TURNBUCKLE PADS!  GEORGE SPOKE IN GRUNTS ON CAMERA WHILE PROTRAYING AN IMBECILE DURING HIS CAREER!  OUTSIDE THE SQUARED CIRCLE, STEELE WAS A TEACHER AND EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY!  I WATCHED GEORGE WRESTLE THEN WWF CHAMPION BOB BACKLUND IN 1983 @ THE YORK SUBURBAN HIGH SCHOOL GYM!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH THE ANIMAL IN CIRCA THE LATE 90'S!  HE GRABBED MY HEAD AND I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT OFF!  TALKED TO HIM ABOUT HIS CAREER!  TOLD ME HE WOULD SUCK A LIFE SAVOR TO GET A GREEN TONGUE.  MOREOVER, THE EATING OF THE TURNBUCKLE PADS STARTED WHEN SOMEONE THREW A PILLOW IN THE RING!  HE TOLD ME HE HAD 2 OPTIONS: THROW IT BACK OR BITE IT AND CHEW IT UP!  THE REST IS HISTORY!!  THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!  GODSPEED TO HIS FAMILY!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED 1985 WWF TOPPS CARDS BY GEORGE THE ANIMAL STEELE!!