A friend of mine went the gene labell roast..

[crazyjoe380]

He told me alot of martial artist where there.. (mma)


bass rutten.. etc.....


ok, so everyone was clowning labell. "this was a coming out of the closet" party.

"oh yea you wanna wrestle right little boy".. type of jokes..
some guy came out like.. ... ok.. try to guess what martial artist this mma guy was trying to make fun of as he came out to mess around with gene..

he came out in coat with pillows in his stomach. pony tail n shit..
i think.. lol... steven seagal.. oh man he said they clowned his ass.. about how gene was training steven and he choked him out and he pissed all over himself.. lol



and he said something at the end jumped off.. two tables were going to go at it.. lol..
alot of egos flying around.


he told me the securtiy were like.. i aint getting envolved..


what a roast!

[MrPoopy]

I've heard that story about Gene choking out Seagal but I figured it was crap. Not that I'm a big Steven Seagal fan or anything. Gene probly could choke out that sorry dude.

[Toudiyama]

I could only find reference to it in one posting on another forum And that mentions it happening on the set of a movie

[Tim Mousel]

The choke out story is true. I heard it from a very reliable source

[Toudiyama]

Originally posted by Tim Mousel
The choke out story is true. I heard it from a very reliable source

Darn Tim I assumed hearsay wasn't allowed as evidence

[Aaron04]

I have also heard that the story is true from a very reliable source.

[Tom Yum]

Well, Segal is an actor first. Aikido isn't known for its ground work and Judo Gene Labell has wrestled/practiced judo since the 50's (I think?). The man has been grappling before most of us have been alive.

How did this choke out take place? Was it a challenge or just grappling?

[Toudiyama]

On the set Segal is supose to have claimed that he could break out of any hold so Lebell was allowed to put the chokehold on, he didn't need to attack

Lebell was already a National Heavy weight Judo champion in '45 and in '55

[MrPoopy]

The responses I've read on this thread really show how little you guys know about martial arts. It's obvious Seagal was doing the possum animal form and he successfully escaped Lebell!