Rev Ray Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 I saw Roy lucier retweeted Tokyo sports is reporting rumi kazama of llpw has passed away at age 55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 12 minutes ago, Rev Ray said: I saw Roy lucier retweeted Tokyo sports is reporting rumi kazama of llpw has passed away at age 55 She was good. Very underrated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Rumi's classic hair match. I was lucky enough to meet her at a few of the OGs snacks/bars. She had big charisma in person. I was happy to buy her drinks. This one makes me especially sad. She's younger than me. My health is going downhill too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Ryan "Keiji" Sakoda, A SoCal wrestler who had a cup of coffee in WWE as one of Tajiri's henchmen died on 9/2. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 Ahh that's a shame, I remember him being fun as an undersized guy with some neat power offense, but got overshadowed by the flashier Yang and Tajiri. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 (edited) Velocity was a major part of re-esablishing my love of wrestling. Akio, Sakoda, Tajiri, Paul London, Billy Kidman, Chavo Guerrero, Ultimo Dragon, Jamie Noble, Spike Dudley, and ever other low-card 2004 Smackdown cruiserweight were my jam in high school. I was never a WWE guy, really, but that division was probably my high point in being a committed WWE stan, the semester before I figured out how to torrent RoH shows. Sakoda might be a short-lived undercard guy and a forgotten talent but I'm more sentimental about him than plenty of World Champs. RIP. Edited September 28 by John E. Dynamite 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf&Subs Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 I remember Sakoda as the guy you get if you wanted to trick puro marks to your show. I hardly remember Sakoda as Tajiri’s vague yakuza henchman, but I do remember him wrestling for UPW in the days when they would run their barely visible shows on Real Player TV. He was a very basic early development system performer at time I watched. His finisher was a rolling elbow, and I think I remember he used the mist. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zendragon Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 He's in the movie Prescription Thugs made by Chris Bell, brother of Mike Bell of the Perry Saturn incident. Talks about drug use in pro wrestling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted September 30 Share Posted September 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) former indy wrestler Jacob Ladder also passed away this past week at the age of 47. Edited October 8 by DreamBroken 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) What a sad loss. The iconic belts made by Reggie Parks. Thoughts go out to his family and friends xxx. Edited October 8 by The Natural 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Thank you, Reggie Parks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 PRO WRESTLER AND LEGENDARY BELT MAKER REGGIE PARKS PASSES AWAY BY DAVE MELTZER | @DAVEMELTZERWON | OCT 8, 2021 3:37 AM Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Reggie Parks, a journeyman wrestler who may be best known as the maker of championship belts for pro wrestling and other combat sports, died on October 7 at the age of 87. Parks died suddenly. He had just a few weeks ago been in Las Vegas for the Cauliflower Alley convention and had seen many of his friends. Parks was known for having a great physique, which he kept well into his 40s where he remained lean and muscular and worked for years under a mask as The Avenger to hide his face had aged. He did most of the championship belts in the 70s, 80s, and 90s for almost every promotion, and made a number of belts for the UFC and boxing as well. Virtually all the iconic title belt designs in WWF and WCW were handcrafted by Parks. He was a native of Edmonton and started wrestling for Stu Hart at the age of 20 in 1955. He went all over the world during a full-time career that went until 1982, and he still was used as enhancement talent for WWE through 1986. He worked everywhere, touring a number of territories every year, although he did base in the AWA from 1963 to 1973, mostly wrestling in prelim matches. For decades, Parks was the go-to guy when it came to making championship belts. At times, because of his rock-hard abs, he would do the cast-iron stomach gimmick where he’d let heels punch him in the stomach, he’d flex his abs and not sell, a gimmick made more famous by Pepper Gomez. Parks ended up retiring and living in Arizona, where he ran both a carpet cleaning business and his belt manufacturing business. His most successful territory would have been the Omaha territory, running in Nebraska and Iowa. From 1965 until the territory closed in 1973, Parks held the Tag Team title nine times, with partners Danny Hodge, Tim Woods, Doug Gilbert (twice), Woody Farmer, and Stan Pulaski (four times). In 1977, Parks briefly held the International Heavyweight title in the Amarillo territory, winning it from Johnny Weaver and losing it to Ciclon Negro. With his touring, Parks likely worked with almost every name wrestler in the United States and Canada of the 50s, 60s, 70, and early 80s at one time or another. His most frequent opponents were major stars, like Larry Hennig, Art Nelson, Harley Race, Mad Dog Vachon, Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson, Ric Flair, The Spoiler, Bob Orton Sr., Dusty Rhodes, and The Assassin. Parks' first taste of major championship stardom came in San Francisco in 1961 when he teamed with Enrique Torres to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Magnificent Maurice & Big Ed Miller. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 I had no idea who Reggie Parks was until I checked this thread, but the look of the 1980s wrestling belts are a pretty big part of my wrestling fandom. The Winged Eagle and the rectangular Intercontinental belts are my two favorite championship belts until this day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Look through this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo_Tsuruta Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 (edited) I came across Reggie Parks name while fantasy booking AWA but I'm not sure I've seen a match of his. Nice to know he designed those cracking belts, RIP fella. Edited October 11 by Jimbo_Tsuruta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 JC on Reggie Parks Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christopher.annino Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 I didn't see it mentioned here yet, but according to a posting on Reddit, BAD BOY Hido has passed away. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Damn, I feel sorry for Kudo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Weird, I just looked him up yesterday for no apparent reason when looking up something about Kudo. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 TNR has lost a member. I shall do the brief bros dance in his honor! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 25 Share Posted October 25 (edited) Plata, brother of Oro and who was later Oro II, passed away a few days ago at the age of 60 from a heart attack. Edited October 25 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 A few people are reporting the death of Tom cusati / royce profitt on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Royce did pass away. Naylor confirmed it earlier tonight sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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