tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post116271180630320214..comments2023-11-05T03:12:10.925-06:00Comments on Renegade Eye: Memphis Wrestling Legend Sputnik Monroe Passes.Frank Partisanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-60431285138951301442010-09-23T18:15:01.462-05:002010-09-23T18:15:01.462-05:00I remember watching him on tv. As he used to say ...I remember watching him on tv. As he used to say "the heavenly body from outer space - the body that men feared and women loved". <br /><br />Truly an American one of a kind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-67343167226414207212007-11-02T11:03:00.000-05:002007-11-02T11:03:00.000-05:00I grew up with Bubba and Nat in Louisiana.I had th...I grew up with Bubba and Nat in Louisiana.I had the privilege to both know him first, as a teenager and later, train with him in the ring. The world lost one of the greatest "heels" in the business when we lost Sputsy. It's been a year and we miss him still. He was one of the funniest guys ever, and at the same time he was one of the toughest SOB's on the face of the earth! He gave me a chance to live my dream in the ring. But he didn't cut me any slack because I was female. He made me train with men in the ring to "toughen me up" so when I went out to make my "masked debut" I wouldn't take a bump like a "sissy". Thanks Sputsy, you'll live forever in my memories! "The Masked Enforcer"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-67681618927232846772007-06-19T22:49:00.000-05:002007-06-19T22:49:00.000-05:0051 yrs. old now I can remember as a kid my dad tak...51 yrs. old now I can remember as a kid my dad taken us to watch the matches in the early 60's and I can still hear "Sputnik The Sweetman Monre" R.I.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1163559149173011842006-11-14T20:52:00.000-06:002006-11-14T20:52:00.000-06:00we will miss you tremendosly popa rock, and i will...we will miss you tremendosly popa rock, and i will keep you alive in halee's heart and mind. she is 8 so she's not to young to forget you....<BR/> shelly and haleeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162969223481611022006-11-08T01:00:00.000-06:002006-11-08T01:00:00.000-06:00WHAT A MAN POPPA ROCK.,LITTLE DID I REALIZE WHAT A...WHAT A MAN POPPA ROCK.,LITTLE DID I REALIZE WHAT A LEGEND HE WAS, IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE IN WRESTLING. READING ALL THE STORIES ABOUT HIM, I'M GLAD I HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING HIM. MY HEART IS SADDENED BY HIS DEATH AND MY LOVE TO NATALIE AND BUBBA/ LOVE YOU POPPA ROCK AND WILL MISS YOU. NIBBLERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162855280306817222006-11-06T17:21:00.000-06:002006-11-06T17:21:00.000-06:00wow ren. Like so many others I had never heard of ...wow ren. Like so many others I had never heard of himjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162827161544933482006-11-06T09:32:00.000-06:002006-11-06T09:32:00.000-06:00I never heard of Sputnik and I grew up in Memphis....I never heard of Sputnik and I grew up in Memphis.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for this wonderful story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162770095340309852006-11-05T17:41:00.000-06:002006-11-05T17:41:00.000-06:00And thanks for all your great comments on Just Dah...And thanks for all your great comments on Just Dahlia!Dahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364216407000101165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162769992371965242006-11-05T17:39:00.000-06:002006-11-05T17:39:00.000-06:00Great human story in a world of so many inhuman st...Great human story in a world of so many inhuman stories! Thanks. I learned something.<BR/>DahliaDahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364216407000101165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162768700922235262006-11-05T17:18:00.000-06:002006-11-05T17:18:00.000-06:00Sputnik didn't like it, when others got more atten...Sputnik didn't like it, when others got more attention than him. That is why he pulled that stunt with Gene Barry.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162767414769617062006-11-05T16:56:00.000-06:002006-11-05T16:56:00.000-06:00Great post, great story, great man. He should get ...Great post, great story, great man. He should get the recognition he deserves, hopefully one day he will be known outside Memphis. I wonder what the Gene Barry story was all about, though. Was it based on dislike of Barry, was it just a promotional gimmick, and was Barry in on it? Maybe we'll never know.SecondComingOfBasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336586430250490679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162757470259921692006-11-05T14:11:00.000-06:002006-11-05T14:11:00.000-06:00What a story! I had never heard of him either. Gre...What a story! I had never heard of him either. Great post Ren.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230080850680753260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162747100171284302006-11-05T11:18:00.000-06:002006-11-05T11:18:00.000-06:00Lovely image, great story, an unsung hero.Lovely image, great story, an unsung hero.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162744078670028992006-11-05T10:27:00.000-06:002006-11-05T10:27:00.000-06:00Great post. Thanks for that.Great post. Thanks for that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11704331.post-1162727003022233422006-11-05T05:43:00.000-06:002006-11-05T05:43:00.000-06:00Nice article. I had no idea who he was.Nice article. I had no idea who he was.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303928618967944030noreply@blogger.com