5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (March 22)

1. Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

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No, that's not the name of Jerry Lawler's autobiography, but an impossibly real truth in the ageless form of 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong.

'Bullet' Bob Armstrong wrestled his last match over the weekend at the age of 79 (seventy-nine). He was born in the same year World War II started. Reading through his history yields the account of a proper man's man. You'll never feel even remote sympathy for a WWE babyface after reading it.

So Kofi Kingston ran through five guys on SmackDown in some very on-the-nose booking. Big whoop. Bob Armstrong, as a young man, broke his face. Not WWE-speak "broken face", i.e. a damaged orbital. He broke his actual face, all of it, when a bench he was working out on collapsed, and the weight he was lifting crashed down on him. This freak accident took his nose clean off.

Requiring £38,000 of corrective plastic surgery, instead of recuperating, the verbal maestro Armstrong simply donned a mask to power through, and repackaged himself as the Bullet. Even into his 60s, still wrestling after four very successful decades for some reason, he was advised after knee surgery to only wrestle again after four months. He returned in weeks.

A raised glass to you, Bob, and you are forgiven for siring Road Dogg.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!