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Post by jimsteel on Nov 25, 2023 7:23:26 GMT -5
 INDY WRESTLER PASSED AWAY wXw wrestler Absolute Andy passed away in his sleep last night at 40-years-old, following a long illness. Andy won every major title at wXw. 16 Carat Gold Winner, wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion, wXw Shotgun Champion, 5x World Tag Team Champion, wXw World Heavyweight Champion. He is the only wrestler to have these achievements on his resume. Over 330 times, Andy laced up his boots for wXw and stepped into the ring against the best of the best. Bryan Danielson, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jeff Jarrett, Walter, Ilja Dragunov and Tommy End (Malakai Black) |
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Post by TTX on Nov 25, 2023 10:14:43 GMT -5
RIP
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 4, 2023 21:08:52 GMT -5
 Mike Willis, a fixture on the indy wrestling scene in the Pacific Northwest since the early 2000s as Dropkick Murphy, has died. He was 40. Willis started training in 2000 under “Rocket” Randy Tyler and Mike Roselli, and debuted in February 2001. The 6-foot-4, 212-pound Willis is most known as Dropkick Murphy in the Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling promotion. In ECCW, he was a four-time tag team champion (three times with Scotty Mac, once with Sid Sylum) and held the ECCW Hardcore title. As well, ECCW was, for a time, affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance, and Murphy was a two-time NWA Canadian Junior heavyweight champion. Scotty Mac was both a frequent tag team partner, faction member and a close friend. He also worked as DK Roc and under his real name. Dropkick Murphy appears on other Pacific Northwest shows. Vance Nevada teamed with him briefly in Portland in 2004, as part of a faction with Fidel Sierra known as the International Cartel. Nevada said that Willis was “always amiable, unassuming and a really animated character both in the ring and around the boys.” |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 8, 2023 10:39:25 GMT -5
 Former indy wrestler Danny Angus passed away |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 14, 2023 16:41:54 GMT -5
 Former wrestler Mike Doggendorf passed away at 73 |
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Post by Pete on Dec 14, 2023 21:49:15 GMT -5
 Also an RIP to Osamu Kido--a student of Karl Gotch's and while never a top star in New Japan, always a credible opponent and one of the key figures in the first two incarnations of Akira Maeda's UWF. And possessor of maybe the most magnificent hair in Japanese wrestling history (think NFL draft guru Mel Kiper, Jr. as a Japanese wrestler). He was 73 |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 14, 2023 23:39:13 GMT -5
R.I.P. Osamu Kido
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Post by TTX on Dec 15, 2023 5:31:00 GMT -5
RIP
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 19, 2023 23:01:46 GMT -5
 Former wrestler,promoter+trainer Awesome Richard Arpin passed away |
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Post by Wookie7969 on Dec 29, 2023 7:17:26 GMT -5
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