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Mat Matters: Me and Butcher, unexpected buddies

Where to start? Paul Vachon and I have been friends since 2001. Should I start with the in-person dinners? The laughs on the phone? My weak attempts to speak French with him? The fun chats with his wife, Dee, who he called "Sarge" for all her years in the US military....

Paul ‘Butcher’ Vachon dead at 86

Paul "Butcher" Vachon, the last of the Vachon family, has died. He was 86. For the last number of years, he lived in a retirement home just over the Quebec-Vermont border, with his wife, Dee. More recently, he had lost his voice and could not speak in more than a...

Ted DiBiase mourns Virgil

The Million Dollar Man, whose career was so intertwined with Virgil's in the WWE, commented publicly today about his passing. On Ted DiBiase's own Everybody's Got A Podcast show, he spoke about the death of his colleague and friend. "We continued to be friends. I...

Wrestling world remembers Virgil

The wrestling world is mourning the loss of Mike Jones, also known as Virgil or Vincent, who died on February 28, 2024. SlamWrestling.net collected what some had to say. https://twitter.com/MarcMero/status/1762883073656422573 Chris Jericho on Facebook Sorry to hear...

‘Virgil’ Mike Jones dies

Mike Jones, who wrestling fans knew as Virgil and Vincent, has died. He was 72. The news was confirmed by Pittsburgh referee Mark Charles III who had one of many who continued to look in on Jones as his health failed. Charles III posted to Facebook on the morning of...

Ole Anderson dead at 81

How to sum up the life and times of Alan Robert Rogowski, better known to wrestling fans as Ole Anderson? Start with the adjectives: Grumpy, curmudgeonly, brilliant, grouchy, talented, stubborn, Horseman, direct. But one word comes up more than any other when talking...

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