How did Chuck Norris become the godfather of toughness?

The Chuck Norris jokes started in the summer of 2005 as the result of a thread on the SomethingAwful forums. A thread started ... After the thread died out a teenager named Ian Spector decided to make a web page called the "Vin Diesel Fact Generator" to be a repository for the "facts" and allow visitors to make new "facts". read more

Chuck Norris — paradoxically tough. Jean-Claud Van Damme — epic split. Of course Chuck Norris could not let Van Damme steal the whole party and in the best spirit of his brand a parody was produced — that displays his paradoxical toughness in full glory. read more

Chuck Norris didn’t like to lose. Sometimes after suffering an embarrassing defeat, he would set his sights on a rematch — and would almost always win. Except against Tony Tulleners. By all accounts, Tulleners was one tough dude — so tough that Norris just couldn’t figure out how to score a victory over him. read more

The underlying theme in most Chuck Norris movies is usually one man faces near insurmountable odds and he must use only his fists (and occasionally many, many weapons) to survive and triumph. Walker aired on CBS, starting in the spring of 1993 and running until 2001. read more