Obituaries
Jackie Crockett, dead at 76, ‘just one of the boys’
Jackie Crockett, who died on Wednesday night, was more than just a cameraman for Jim Crockett Promotions and later WCW. For one, he was the youngest...
Japanese wrestler Yutaka Yoshie passes away
Yutaka Yoshie, a former IWGP Tag Team Champion, passed away suddenly while wrestling as a freelancer for rival promotion All Japan Pro-Wrestling...
Jones family grateful for outpouring of love for little brother Virgil
The silence on the other end of the telephone lasted for at least 15 seconds. Antoinette Jones, her older brother, Donald (“Donnie”), and his wife...
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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...