Obituaries
Lucha libre exotico star Pasion Kristal drowns
The wrestling world has lost a groundbreaking and memorable lucha libre exotico star. It was reported 45-year-old Pasion Kristal drowned while...
Ontario veteran Bob Biladeau dies of COVID
Every wrestling journey begins somewhere, and for Bob Biladeau, who died Friday at the age of 64, it started in a carpet warehouse. Biladeau was one...
Tony Marino dies
Brian Blair, a long time friend of Tony Marino, posted the sad but not unexpected news that Marino had died on May 28. He was 90. "Tony Marino left...
More Headlines
Mat Matters: Deepak Massand will be missed
There will be one less Christmas card arriving this year at my house. Deepak Massand has died. Most will just go "Who?" and move on. But here's why you shouldn't. Deepak Massand is probably the greatest self-promoter I have met in all my years in wrestling. There was...
Paul Christy dies
Paul Christy, a long-time wrestler based out of Chicago, has died. He was 82. He was born Paul Christerson in the Chicago area on March 20, 1939. He went to Mt. Carmel Catholic High School and Harper High School, and was a competitive swimmer. While working at the...
Don Kernodle (1950-2021): Remembering ‘Kernodledoodle’
The best night of Don Kernodle’s life was one when he got beat. It happened August 12, 1983, when Jay Youngblood pinned Kernodle in the middle of the ring in the Greensboro, N.C., Coliseum to end “The Final Conflict,” one of the most memorable and engaging tag team...
Mat Matters: An XPW New Jack experience, and a Vic Grimes rant
The sudden death of New Jack on May 14 got me thinking back some wild times two decades ago, and how he'd always refer to me by, "Hey Canuck!" I had done a film titled BC Bodyslams, focused around the Vancouver, BC-based ECCW promotion. Through the process, I became...
George Tahinos’ New Jack Photo Gallery
The original incarnation of ECW had so many, well, originals. New Jack (Jerome Young), who died on May 14, 2021, was a big part of the extreme promotion, and photographer George Tahinos was there along the way shooting New Jack in The Gangstas and as a solo wrestler....
Grand Prix’s Michel Longtin led a jolly old life
From John Lennon's Bed-In in 1969 to Mad Dog Vachon's farewell tour in Québec in 1986, there was Michel Longtin. He died May 14, at age 77. In between, he was the public relations man for Grand Prix Wrestling, run by the Vachon family. Longtin was brought into the...
