Bad Times Don’t Last: Remembering Razor Ramon

Hey yo.

That toothpick was the 1993 equivalent of Lil’ Wayne’s lighter. (Image via the Sun)

How am I doing? Better than you, chico. Yesterday, we lost one of the true greats. Scott Hall also known as Razor Ramon, aged 63, was taken off of life support and ultimately succumbed to complications from a heart attack he suffered over the weekend. I can’t even lie – I didn’t expect it to have the impact that it had. When I look back, though, it makes sense. It has always hit me hard when pro wrestlers pass away. When Eddie Guerrero died I cried for 3 straight days. But seeing all the love and outpouring of attention Scott Hall received unlocked a core memory in me and one I was happy to live in, for a moment. When I was around 5 years old, my father left my home, never to return. It would be an understatement to say that our relationship has been complicated ever since. Don’t get me wrong, I love my father, but he and I don’t have a lot in common, and we don’t see eye to eye on a lot of things. Common Ground But when it came to fandom, dad and I always found common ground in pro wrestling. One time when I was sick, my dad came into my house with a plastic bag, full to the brim of action figures of different wrestlers. It was the coolest thing EVER. This bag had everyone – the absolutely despicable Roddy Piper, the over the top and electric “Macho Man” Randy Savage, the unfailingly good Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.

This but 90’s. That Jeff Hardy is sick though. (Image via Twi…