Rose is truly a wrestling lifer. He never gained huge fame, but he had a solid and lengthy career. Early on, Rose had a fairly muscular physique.
Later as age and food consumption caught up with Rose, he incorporated it into his gimmick. The WWF (now WWE) ran a series of vignettes featuring Rose selling the Buddy Rose Blow Away diet plan. Rose had fun with the weight jokes, using them to his advantage to build his character. (Oh for the days when a wrestler built his own character...).
There is one other important thing to note about Rose. Despite his girth, he always was a great worker. He never let the weight get in the way of his in-ring work.
I met Rose for the second time at the Wrestling Reunion in Tampa in 2005. He participated in a 6 man tag match consisting of him, Col. DeBeers and Bob Orton Jr. against Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Jimmy Valiant, which would turn out to be his last match to date.
Buddy Rose (with a ham sandwich) and me in Tampa, FL-January 2005.
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ham? it looks more like roast beef.
Miriah-
Can we settle for beef and ham? I believe Buddy's sandwich was double-stacked.
Good eyes though and thanks for stopping by.
I watched The Plyboy back in the 70s when he wrestled with Portland Big Time Wrestling.He tag teamed with Jesse The Boddy Ventura. . I also seen Rose in person in Seattle Wa. at the Coliseum fight Andre the Giant, awesome stuff.
Twas RB.
I stand corrected. It was roast beef.
I seen that match in Seattle too, I remember Rose's white hair was completely red with his blood when the match was finished
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