Jim Cornette on Steve "Mongo" McMichael 

"Now listen ... Mongo is ready to wrestle" - Steve Mongo McMichael

Thank you guys for reading my comment! Haha and I appreciate the beginning, absolutely loved that 😂😂 Jim Cornette saying my name in any sense especially a roasting way is fantastic

I was lucky enough to meet many of the Bears players back in 1991 and Steve McMichael was so incredibly nice, I will never forget it. I didn't care if he was a skilled wrestler or not. I marked out when he showed up in WCW and I tried not to miss anything he did.

Who remembers Mongo's Briefcase of Doom? It was so powerful, it would send his opponent flying even if it didn't come anywhere close to connecting.

Mongo is a really nice guy who could tell a story as good as Jim. I wish him well in his fight over ALS.

My favorite Mongo line came from the 85 Bears 30 for 30. "I got cut by the Patriots because they said I was out all night in the Combat Zone partying....and I was"

God bless you, Mongo. My thoughts and prayers are with you, your wife and the rest of your family and friends, Sir.

My fiancé was diagnosed almost 2 years ago. 31 years old, mother of two kids. Wouldn’t wish this hell on my worst enemy.

“You calling me a cream puff Kama?” - Mongo

Yeah, Mongo wasn’t the greatest in the ring, but watch his matches, he WAS OVER with EVERY crowd! He would get pops during matches that other guys would have dreamed to have. His personality was 100% a horseman. He never was gonna have 5 star classics, but he was damn entertaining in ring and on the mic.

Jim's comment on Debra was great "hey, let's keep this positive" LMAO

ALS is horrible. The mother of my brother-in-law was just withering away, it was heartbreaking.

I just found about this tragic turn of events 2 days ago when I saw a recent interview with McMichael. Holy $ hit. He doesn't even resemble the person he was in the 80's and 90's. he is literally withering away and doesn't even have the use of his arms anymore. Terribly sad, but he is taking it in stride and appears to be at peace with what lies ahead while being tremendously appreciative of the life he has led. Very brave outlook and a stark reminder to all of us to live our lives to the fullest during the time we have. None of us knows how much time is left so it is imperative to stop procrastinating and saying "what if". Squeeze the maximum value out of every day. Your health is your most valuable asset.

"Look at this venue here! This place is apropo and that don't mean your digging around in the dirt with farm implements baby!" -That's our Mongo

He would have met him at Wrestlemania 11. Mongo was one of the NFL players in LT's corner.

When Mongo was with the Horsemen, I never felt like his clunky in-ring work really hurt him that much. He wrestled a half-brawling style that was pretty much exactly what someone might expect from a big, burly football player. And working as a heel, being the brawling bully enforcer who powers through guys when he has the advantage, but who can get out-muscled by the bigger babyfaces and out-wrestled by the smaller ones, is kind of a perfect spot to be in. Especially when he was surrounded by top-tier workers who could already bring that part of the show to tag team matches.

man I saw that the other day, and he talked about how you can think you superman and then life shows you how human you are, MAN

Proffesor Stephen Hawking suffered from ALS. Most people once diagnosed only have a few years. The Proffesor lived decades on. Only passed away a couple years ago.

Mongo was memorable on Nitro back in 1995 with his little chihuahua on commentary. He actually captured the WCW United States Championship. Sad to hear about him these days, poor guy.

I wouldn't wish ALS on my worst enemy. Best wishes to him.

ALS really sucks but if there is the smallest silver lining it's that Steve can hear people say all the nice things about him that most people don't get said about them until they pass away. Big love to you, Mongo!

Loved Mongo's selling in the ring. Sorry to hear of his present condition 😔

Remember him having a fight with Kama on RAW around the WrestleMania 11 era

Amyotrophic = No Muscle nourishment Lateral Sclerosis = Sclerosis/dysfunction of the cortical spinal tract in the spine, aka motor control is gone Like anything, if you are not using it, bc u physically cannot, the nerves are blocked/cannot work, u lose it, so they lose muscle/atrophy, can barely speak bc they lose many nerve functions, and cannot use arms or legs when it gets bad, again you become a brick basically Sucks bc u can feel things, u have sensory, and pain and temp, but u can’t react to them, u can’t move Perhaps the classic case is not Lou Gehrig, but Steven Hawking

Mongo should be in the NFL hall of fame. Was on the greatest defense ever. Had 9 seasons with 7+ sacks as a DT in a run heavy Era. Finishing with 95 sacks total. That puts him as 46th on all time sack list but just about everyone in front of him is a DE or LB. 2 all pro seasons. He just gets overshadowed by The Fridge and Singletary.

Partied with Steve and Deborah A Bunch From 82'-06'. Just Great Friends now! Romeoville,Illinois Mongo McMichael come support Steve!

They did the Ice Bucket challenge around 2014 to raise awareness and funds. ALS also took Stephen Hillenburg the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants

My favorite Mongo moment in wrestling is when he called Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Bobby “The Stain” Heenan.

I had a huge group of WCW guys come in my club back in the 1990s. Chris Jericho Chris Benoit Eddie Guerrero - a few other people- Steve McMichael was one of the group. Out of every wrestler that came in that night, he was the friendliest and the nicest and seem to have the most fun. He seem like he loved what he was doing, and he enjoyed meeting people. All the other guys were respectable but he was the most memorable.

Mongo was great, cause he introduced us 2 debra and her puppies

Thank you for the Topic.

Prayers to "Mongo" and his Family!!!

Mongo was a great promo and a half-decent "enforcer" role in the horsemen, when the horsemen went away for a brief period in 97/98 and he was left as a single, his inexperience in the ring showed but I tihink he acutally brought something to the table as a horseman.

My mom lost two sisters to ALS. It’s absolutely a horrible disease

Mongo was thrown into pro wrestling without much training. With that to consider, he was very impressive. Dennis Rodman was a very underrated wrestler IMO.

this guy had some of the best pro football , pro wrestling , and strip club stories ever told. and he would gladly share them with just about any fan who approached him. such a great humble man to fans. also was a hell of a pro football player. he was overshadowed big time by singletary, hampton and dent 3 hall of famers that played with him on the same defense. he has some very serious pro football accolades to his credit including being a 5 time All Pro.

Honestly shocked that the art wasn't a Blazing Saddles reference.

The interview he did with walter payton's son made me sad. Prayers for him and his family.

Was shocking to see how thin he's gotten :/

I wrote some comedy sketches based around Mongo...I was living in Chicago and he was on the sportsball radio a lot...he worked his gimmick, but was always great with the people...an original, to be sure...

I know 2 ppl who have ALS amd it's very tragic b/c both men are wonderful ppl.

The names get em everytime lol

Steve McMichael was a reason I loved WCW. He had a personality in the ring. He was entertaining and interesting.

"Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo"

Just to add to Brian Last’s point about Lou Gehrig’s concussions. He did not just have concussions playing football at Columbia University. Gehrig also had concussions from playing baseball (they did not have batting helmets back then, so those hit by pitches to the head were really awful), but Gehrig kept playing on even while injured (the man was the Iron Horse).

Heenan: Mongo, I’ve never seen someone fall so far so fast. Mongo: Bobby, don’t measure me by your limitations.

Wouldn't Jim have crossed paths with Mongo during the Bam Bam/LT Mania buildup?

Wait seriously they actually think ALS is a football related disease talk about sheltered geeez it has nothing to do with concussions or CTE

I got excited when I seen this I thought it was my question lol

I thought he was a better commentator than wrestler. He wasn't the best but he held his own. His reaction when Madusa showed up dumping the WWF women's belt in the trash was great. Then he said something about them losing their minds in Connecticut. Very sad to hear this news.

Mongo was an awesome to me as a kid. Sad to hear this

He was at wrestlecade when you were there. You said you should have had a bell because I was the first one to buy your DVD’s. He didn’t look well then.

Mongo was a seventh inning guest singer of take me out to the ball game at Wrigley field.... he was ejected by the umpire... lol

Mongo has one of the best personalities overall as a human being. You can tell the man could control a room with his energy alone. Hell of a football player who later joined announcing and then wrestled and became a member of the Horsemen. Met him a few times at some Bears conventions and so on and couldn’t have met a better dude!

I'm sorry to hear 1994 Green Bay Packer has this cruel disease. Good thoughts to Mongo!

Mongo is a class act! I got to see him wrestle at nearly every wcw show i attended and he did not disappoint!

None of which explains why the picture is of Cornette with JR wearing a wig.

DAMNIT Last, we've just finished composing ourselves, this is a respectful topic 😂😭😂

ALS Lou Gerhig's Disease is named for Lou Gerhig bcz he was the first high profile person to be diagnosed, it is A progressive neurological disorder which results in weakened muscles and deformity. How common is condition? Very rare (Fewer than 20,000 cases per year in US) It is one of Muscular Dystrophy Association type illnesses, like the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Telethon

I'll still make my planned Debra comment but keep it respectful and positive out of respect for Mongo. Debra was and still is one of wrestling's most beautiful women and she never became Sable 2.0. She stayed in the areas where her talents were. IF she'd have made a move to a different role, it would have needed to be as a backstage interviewer, ala Terri Runnels. As long as she didn't HAVE to raise her voice much it was tolerable. From what I understand, she was naturally funny and was quick witted with the fans and the boys and was respectful with everyone, she didn't have heat with any of the Women's division that I'm able to think of.

Yes, Chesterton! I'm near that town and we're near Chicago. (Yes, we can all file that under "Who Gives a Shit?")

I always enjoyed his matches My thoughts and prayers are with Mongo and his family 🙏🏼😔

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Jim Cornette my favorite manager of all times

Honestly Mongo is a great guy! I actually donated to his go fund me. Mongo brought me a lot of joy on the football field and wrestling ring.

I would want Steve Mongo MCMichael deserve to be playable WCW legend of being The 4 Horsemen Ric Flair Dusty Rhodes Steve Mongo MCMichael and different members Tommy wildfire Rich Austin Idol Andre the Giant as 4 Horsemen of next video game to next future WWE and 2k creator team.

Mongo calling out the worst MLB umpire in history, Angel Hernandez, before "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a classic.

Mongo can no longer do anything without the help of his wife and family. Keeping Mongo in my thoughts and prayers! Thanks for entertaining us on the field and in the ring!

Mongo had so much charisma in his prime. He was a natural villain pro wrestler.

Never mind that shit.... HERE COMES MONGO!!!!!

Mongo was a special referee in TNA for one match, I wonder if it was the same time Cornette was there.

God bless him and his family always liked Mongo on monday night nitro

ALS is also what Stephen Hawking had and what Jason Becker from the band Cacophony has.

Sorry to hear this. I always enjoyed Mongo in WCW. Praying for you, Steve. Hook 'Em.

video starts at 1:23 they need to just get on with the question.

He was at wrestlemania 11

He was in the moment, and I think I ll watch him again...........

Mongo was a special guest referee in a tag match involving Beer Money. Not sure if Cornette was still there in TNA

I forgot he was on RAW too

Yay Chesterton!!

Prayers to Steve

I liked Mongo. Not the best in the ring of course, but I never heard he was reckless or hurt anyone. He was good enough in the ring that his character filled in the rest, and I always thought he was fun to watch.

So Mongo got the Nitro gig because he was so impressive on Raw? I didn't know that. Always wondered why this random retired football star got such a high profile announcing job with no experience. It was probably Bischoff trying to keep him from the WWF. He... sucked at announcing. I've been watching the Monday Night Wars on the network and my brother kept asking "when does he become a wrestler?" He had the personality part of being a wrestler down pat. He had good promos and if you just tuned in and saw him being interviewed he wouldn't stand out as inexperienced. And a guy with a great personality who isn't a great wrestler is nothing new and lots of guys like that got over. You just need to book them so they don't have to do long technical wrestling matches. They also usually get over better than the guys who can wrestle but don't have any personality. Morph Mongo and fellow Horseman Dean Malenko into one wrestler and you'd have a superstar.

I was a young teen when Mongo got added into the Horsemen. I didn't get it. I thought he sucked. After a year or so, I started to learn about how much work he put in with The Bears. 2x Pro-Bowl. SB Champ. All around cool dude. Wish Mongo McMichael the best.

Jason Becker has beat the odds and is still living with ALS he got in his early 20’s while on tour with David Lee Roth. I am saddened by Mongo getting this terrible disease. My thoughts are with him and the family.

I had front row seats at Nitro In Cincinnati the night Rick Rude was on Raw and Nitro the same night. The reason I mention this, when Steve McMichael was wrestling that night he was pushed against the railing and he whipped back and I was a bit to close to the rail, and was lightly head butted with the back of his head (it was just luck for me that the angle he was swung into the railing was just an inch or two to the left of me, or I would have been in some serious pain

Mongo was a horseman he was legit

What about wrestlemania 11 in 1995? Mongo was part of LT's group...

Mongo LOOKED like a star, was an ACTUAL star, and a perfect fit for the Horsemen. I don't care if he couldn't work, Ric Flair would want to hang out with someone like Mongo before he hung out with vanilla midgets like Benoit and Malenko.

The cause of ALS isn't entirely known, but it is does appear to be diagnosed more frequently among people who have participated in professions that caused them to take repeated blows to the head. Much like CTE, there does appear to be some correlation between multiple concussions and a higher risk for developing ALS. As Mongo was both a professional football player and wrestler, there is virtually no doubt that he has sustained multiple concussions in his lifetime. Though he was somewhat rough in the ring, he was very good when considering that he had been wrestling less than a year before he debuted in WCW. There are guys in AEW right now that have been wrestling for years that aren't as good as Mongo was. I am sorry that he has this battle in front of him, and I couldn't think of a worse way to go. Hopefully it will be quick, and he won't have to suffer for decades like some people have. Anyone deserves better than that. I wish him the best.

He was entertaining as hell in the ring. He was really over and had a good look. He just needed some training and polishing. He was a huge star in wrestling for awhile. Seems like a nice guy too.

Steven Hawking had ALS.

For someone who spent their life training and succeeding at something else (football), I always thought Mongo did a yeomans job in wrestling the time he was there.

'Never mind that shit, here comes Mongo'

I feel for the topic. But you must release the unedited banter you both just went thru

I would love to hear Bishoff thoughts on this subject

As a 8~ year old in '95->, Mongo McMichael was my most hated wrestler besides Roddy Piper, Ric Flair and Hogan. Sad to hear he's not doing well, wish all the best going forward.

I thought Jim would have been with WWF during L.T v Bam Bam Mongo was part of the all star team

Mongo was a personality that fit perfectly in to wrestling. Was he good in the ring? No. But his personality carried him over. He did respect the business which is why he wanted to be a part of it. His diagnoses is heartbreaking cause as the disease progresses he won't be able to showcase that personality anymore.

I’m surprised not even during wrestle mania 11 he did all that build up with diesel