05/18/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Gino Brito, the Blue Meanie, and Jimmy Snuka celebrate birthdays today.

Boyd Pierce was 70 when he died on this day in 1999.

05/17/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Earl Hebner and Alex Wright celebrate birthdays today.

Davey Boy Smith was 39 when he died on this day in 2002.

05/16/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Johnny Rodz, Charles Wright (a/k/a Papa Shango), and Mike Bennett celebrate birthdays today.

Emile ‘King Kong’ Czaja died at the age of 61 on this day in 1970, and Andy Kaufman was 35 when he passed in 1984. Little Coco passed away when he was 40 on this day in 1993. Shoichi Arai died at 36 on this day in 2002, and Alex ‘Big Dick Dudley’ Rizzo was 34 when he passed that same day. Ricky Cortez died at the age of 83 on this day in 2008.

05/15/2013 – LEGENDARY WRESTLING REFEREE PASSES

We have learned that longtime referee Ron West has passed away at the age of 65. We do not have much information at this time, but we know he was on the road with the Cole Brothers Circus.

05/15/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Kevin Von Erich and Ron Simmons celebrate birthdays today.

Farmer Boy Townsend died at the age of 32 on this day in 1965, and Ben Alexander was 51 when he passed in 2002.

05/14/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Robert Fuller, Vader, Dwayne Bruce (a/k/a Sarge), Tommy Rogers, and Zack Ryder celebrate birthdays today.

Eddie Baker died at the age of 36 on this day in 1937, and Fred Atkins passed at 77 in 1988. George Gordienko was 74 when he died on this day in 2002.

05/13/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Danny Hodge, Linda Marx, Ray Lloyd (a/k/a Glacier), and Jimmy Yang celebrate birthdays today.

Jumbo Tsuruta died at the age of 49 on this day in 2000, and Abe Ford was 90 when he passed in 2002.

05/12/2013 – ‘MID-ATLANTIC MEMORIES’ OF A BYGONE WRESTLING ERA

From Mike Mooneyham:

Recreating the feel of a bygone era is no small feat.

But that’s exactly what Greg Price is attempting to do with a wrestling documentary that is expected to be released next summer.

Price, along with videographer John Andosca, is producing “Mid-Atlantic Memories,” a feature-length documentary that aims to capture the sights, sounds and feel of one of wrestling’s most revered territories and eras.

“I’m completely stoked about the opportunity we have to put something together that will conjure up everybody’s positive memories of when they grew up watching wrestling,” says Price, the brainchild behind the annual Mid-Atlantic Wrestling Legends Fanfest.

“I think there’s a tremendous audience out there for not only the product, but for the wrestling itself ... the wrestling from your childhood.”

Thousands of fans, from all corners of the globe, flock to the summertime gathering to relive some of their most cherished moments when they faithfully followed Mid-Atlantic wrestling.

Price hopes to expand that Fanfest experience with his documentary.

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05/12/2013 – TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS AND MEMORIAMS

Doug Basham and Ricky Ortiz celebrate birthdays today.

Buck Davidson died at the age of 81 on this day in 1989, and Danny Little Bear passed at 65 in 1991. Johnny Eagles passed away at the age of 64 on this day in 1999. Penny Banner died at 73 on this day in 2008, and Leo Garibaldi passed the same day at 78. Jet Monroe passed away at 70 on this day in 2010.