Pete Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Meltz: Quote Royce Carney, who was best known as The Bug and Mr. J.R., passed away on 3/30 due to complications for diabetes at the age of 67. Carney had told friends last week that he wasn’t feeling well because his blood sugar had gotten so high that he was having trouble seeing and speaking. Mr. J.R. was brought in as a heel manager by Ole Anderson in Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1984, with the initials being a takeoff on J.R. Ewing. He managed Ivan Koloff, Scott Irwin and Kareem Muhammad. He worked at the Detroit Metro Airport and did indies in Michigan as late as 2019. He was trained by Malcolm Monroe Sr., and worked in the 80s and the 90s for Monroe’s promotions like Midwest Championship Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling and other Michigan independents and also managed The Sheik late in Sheik’s career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 3/21/2021 at 6:49 PM, odessasteps said: (Not even a new page) Ha! I think I was having internet issues that evening and the board refused to reload when I refreshed my browser. When I posted my vid, it looked like I was the first post behind the obituary. Sorry, Matt.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) Weird. Two people that managed Farhat dying in recent weeks. checks wiki before making joke ... wow. Creatchman died in 1994. Edited April 3 by odessasteps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peck Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Love the story of Flair taking Piper over there as his bodyguard and Piper getting paid with a spittoon full of cocaine. Flair said Piper was complaining about Flair getting paid in actual money while "shoveling that shit up his nose" (Flair's words). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 (edited) On 4/2/2021 at 4:23 PM, Pete said: Royce Carney, who was best known as The Bug and Mr. J.R., That's the best "name matches his occupation" I've seen since the time I had a mechanic whose last name was Tyre. Edited April 6 by Technico Support Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Curt McGirt said: Love the story of Flair taking Piper over there as his bodyguard and Piper getting paid with a spittoon full of cocaine. Flair said Piper was complaining about Flair getting paid in actual money while "shoveling that shit up his nose" (Flair's words). It was one of those matches that Piper almost got shot by soldiers right? Its been a while since I read Ric's book . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 I think so, either that or the crowd tried to riot and the soldiers had to hold them back? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 In absolutely horrific news, WWEPC employee Cornell Gunter announced the death of his infant son yesterday night. TW: Child death due to negligence. Spoiler Apparently the story is the doctors and nurses did not believe his child was in distress which led to him being born without a heartbeat and giving him brain damage that led to his death. And it only gets worse from there... Thread: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 4/13/2021 at 10:50 AM, RIPPA said: I met her a couple times and even interviewed her for a news story I did on Mitch Ryder's XCW Midwest promotion. She was a great old-school fan, getting into it with heels and cheering the babyfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintedbynumbers Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 1 hour ago, Log said: I met her a couple times and even interviewed her for a news story I did on Mitch Ryder's XCW Midwest promotion. She was a great old-school fan, getting into it with heels and cheering the babyfaces. A staple of any older IWA_MS show. I am an idiot though and always assumed she was Ian's wife for some reason. I remember her and pipe guy (is he alive still) being at all the older 2001-2005 era shows. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zimbra Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Ed Toscano, who wrestled in the Jersey indies as Havoc and was half of The Solution along with Papadon, passed away suddenly this week, no cause of death announced. I just happened to rewatch some of their stuff recently and they were a pretty decent poor man's Hit Squad. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 From the new WON Quote Miguel Coronio, 65, who wrestled under the name Taras Bulba in the famed Titanes en el Ring promotion in Argentina, passed away on 5/5. Another Argentina-based wrestler, Joe Alamo, passed away the same day from COVID-19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofuture Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 He was only 58. Damn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Damn. RIP New Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 What the fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 He just had a match last month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tromatagon Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 This one fucks up my shit man. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimo Necro Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 RIP New Jack. “Natural Born Killers” just hit, and shit just got real wherever you have passed on to. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Last night Jack from World/Inferno died. I was sad. Now Jack died, and I'm mad. Fuck. I'm gonna go get in the car and yell awhile. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 New Jack is the definitive real one. All-time great promo and a legitimate badass. A true entertainer and frightening human being. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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