Obituaries
Ernest Rheault, dead at 94, was a key Manitoba figure
Ernest "Frenchy" Rheault, one of the biggest characters to ever come out of Manitoba, who was both a wrestler and promoter, has died. He was 94. In...
Respected Arkansas promoter Rockin’ Rickey Rowland dies
Arkansas wrestling wrestler and promoter Rickey Rowland died November 27, after a months-long fight with cancer. He was 59. Since there was a...
Japan’s Mighty Inoue dead at 75
Former Japanese champion Mighty Inoue has died from a heart issue. He was 75 years old. Sueo Inoue, who was born in Osaka Prefecture on April 12,...
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Arizona veteran CC Star dead at 56
Charles Campbell, a veteran of the rings of Arizona who was best known as CC Star, died on November 27, after an emergency appendectomy put him in the hospital for a number of days. He was 56. The news was broken on Facebook by a number of colleagues and friends, just...
Wrestler turned actor Scott L. Schwartz dead at 65
Scott L. Schwartz, who has died at the age of 65, liked to bill himself as "Hollywood's Ultimate Bad Guy" -- though that was decidedly all promo material that he learned from his pro wrestling days. Instead, tributes are flowing in for a truly nice guy. Long-time...
Guest column: Fuzzy Sayers always supported my career
By "AZEEM THE DREAM" AZEEM MOHAMMAD - For SlamWrestling.net The death of long-time pro wrestling performer, friend, and family man Jonathan "Fuzzy" Sayers comes to a complete shock to us all. Jonathan was a tremendous person inside and out. He was a rare person you...
Sheena, the Missing Link’s valet — and wife — dies
There was only one woman who could control the mysterious Missing Link, and it was Sheena. To wrestling fans in Texas or Mississippi, it was an odd act, even in pro wrestling. A jacked, unspeaking, Neanderthal grunting wrestler, accompanied by a well-dressed, reserved...
BC wrestler/manager Jonathan ‘Fuzzy’ Sayers dead at 75
Jonathan "Fuzzy" Sayers has died, 13 years after he first revealed to SlamWrestling.net that his end was near. It was not a work when, in 2011, he talked about his hepatitis C diagnosis, which happened in 2005, and how he had started to really feel the changes the...
Miss Peaches dies, reunites with Ron Starr
To Jackie: Thank you for always being there for me through thick and thin. I don’t know what I would’ve done without you. Love, Bobby Back in the fall of 2016, former two-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion Ron Starr and I had just completed the manuscript for...
