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Tarzan Tyler

**Camille Laurent Tourville** (December 4, 1927 – December 24, 1985), better known by his ring name **Tarzan Tyler**, was a Canadian professional wrestler and manager. He was one-half of the first WWWF World Tag Team Champions, along with Luke Graham.

## Professional wrestling career

Growing up in Montreal, Tourville was named "Tarzan" by his friends by the time he was 10 years old. Tourville competed as an amateur wrestler until he was spotted by local promoter Sylvio Samson, who started booking him. He began wrestling in Montreal throughout the early 50s as Tarzan Tyler.

His first bout in the Montreal Forum saw him compete against Don Leo Jonathan as a face. Tourville also competed as Tarzan Tourville, and under this name, wrestled in Maple Leaf Gardens for the first time in 1958.

On May 27, 1960, Tourville teamed with the Mighty Ursus, defeating Oattem Fisher and Luther Lindsay to win the Stampede Wrestling International Tag Team Championship, and dropped it in July to Jim Wright and Gypsy Joe.

Tyler moved to the United States during the 1960s after having spent nearly 10 years wrestling in Canada. He found success while wrestling in Texas, winning the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Jay York among other titles. In 1964, he would wrestle as a heel in Florida and also served as a booker.

Tyler was known for using a loaded boot, where he tapped his boot on the mat three times (to slip a foreign object) before kicking his opponent; this earned him his nickname of "The Boot".

By 1965, Tyler began to wrestle for the WWWF, challenging Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF Championship albeit unsuccessfully. He often competed for world championships against such stars as Verne Gagne, Lou Thesz, and Dory Funk Jr.

Managed by Captain Lou Albano, on June 3, 1971, Tyler and Crazy Luke Graham defeated Dick the Bruiser and The Sheik to become the inaugural WWWF World Tag Team Champions. Later that year, he would also face Pedro Morales at a show in Madison Square Garden during the main event for the WWWF Championship.

On November 12, he and Graham defeated WWWF International Tag Team Champions The Mongols (Geto Mongol and Bepo Mongol) for their titles. They lost the World Tag Team Championship on December 6 to Karl Gotch and Rene Goulet. In 1963, Tyler was injured during a match with André the Giant and he was paralyzed for months.

By the 1970s, he returned to Montreal and worked for Grand Prix Wrestling initially before it shut down, then appeared as a top heel for George Cannon's *Superstars of Wrestling*. Tyler was a manager for Gino Brito's Lutte Internationale before his death.

## Death

On December 24, 1985, Tourville died in a car crash along with fellow wrestler Pierre 'Mad Dog' Lefébvre and referee Adrien Desbois in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve upon returning from a wrestling event in Chicoutimi, Québec. Their car had slid on a curve, killing them after they hit a row truck. He was 58 years old.
Emiko Kado

**Emiko Kado** (January 28, 1976 – April 9, 1999) was a Japanese female professional wrestler.

## Professional wrestling career

Kado had her first match in February 1999 at the ARSION First Anniversary Show at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall in front of 1550 people, losing to Aja Kong.

She went on to wrestle fourteen more matches in her short career, losing every one.

## Death

In her last match, on March 31, 1999, she teamed up with Michiko Omukai to face the team of Mariko Yoshida and Mikiko Futagami. About 22 minutes into the match she suffered a serious injury from a blow to the head.

Kado was rushed to a hospital in Fukuoka, where she died from intracerebral bleeding on April 9. Kado's wrestling-related ring death was the second to occur in Japan (the first was fellow joshi wrestler Plum Mariko).
Ron Slinker

**David Ronald Slinker** (October 30, 1945 – March 28, 2008), better known by his ring name, **Ron Slinker**, was an American professional wrestler and martial artist who competed in several North American promotions.

## Early life

Slinker began studying martial arts at a young age and attained the rank of second dan black belt in judo and sixth dan in Yōshūkai. He joined the United States Marine Corps at age 17 before attending the University of Tampa. He worked as a police officer for the Tampa Police Department for ten years. Slinker also taught Yoshukai Karate under Mike Foster, coaching his fighters in the Battle of Atlanta (1976) among others. He competed in 29 karate tournaments, of which he won 27. In 1971, he was named to the United States judo team. That year, he also won the Amateur Athletic Union Southeast heavyweight championship in judo.

## Professional wrestling career

Slinker wrestled for International World Class Championship Wrestling, Mid-South Wrestling (later Universal Wrestling Federation), World Wrestling Council, Florida Championship Wrestling and the National Wrestling Alliance. At times, he was managed by Woman or competed as part of Kevin Sullivan's Army of Darkness.

While competing in Tennessee, he challenged Jerry Lawler for the Memphis version of the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship on April 10, 1978, but was unsuccessful. On May 4, 1979, he won his first championship belt by defeating David Schultz for the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship, a title Schultz soon regained in a rematch.

Slinker also competed as a tag team wrestler, teaming with Kendall Windham, Edward Leslie and Ron Bass. On December 25, 1978, at the NWA Mid-South Superdome Extravaganza, Slinker and Bass competed in a tournament to determine the new holders of the NWA United States Tag Team Championship. They faced André the Giant and Dusty Rhodes but were defeated.

Competing in a tag team with Sgt. Rock in 1990, Slinker also won the NWA Florida Tag Team Championship. They won the title on November 12, 1990, and held the belts until the title was abandoned.

After retiring as a professional wrestler in the early 1990s, Slinker managed Ron Bass and Robert Fuller before becoming a promoter and booking agent in Florida. Slinker met Rob Szatkowski and suggested he change his ring name to Rob Van Dam, a name he has used ever since. He also introduced Szatkowski to Japanese promoter Giant Baba and helped him find work in World Championship Wrestling. While working for the United States Wrestling Association, Slinker also helped train such wrestlers as Flex Kavana, who later gained fame as The Rock.

## Death

Throughout much of his life, Slinker struggled with addiction. He was arrested on multiple occasions, which led to charges of theft and conspiracy to deliver drugs. Slinker died on March 28, 2008, of liver failure, brought on by a lifetime of alcoholism.
Earl Patrick Freeman

**Earl Patrick Freeman** (August 23, 1932 – December 28, 1989) was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name **Paddy Ryan**, who competed in North American and international promotions during the 1950s and 60s.

## Professional wrestling career

Earl Patrick Freeman began wrestling professionally during the 1950s finding success in Northland Wrestling Enterprise in North Bay, Ontario, Renfrew, Ontario and Western Quebec as Bud Freeman. Competing in European and Japanese promotions during the 1970s as both Bud Freeman and The Zebra Kid, Freeman returned to North America in the 1970s.

Under his best-known ring name **Paddy Ryan**, Freeman would find great success in Superstar Championship Wrestling teaming with John Quinn to defeat Ray Steele and Luke Brown for the SCW Western States Tag Team Championship in Seattle, Washington on November 20, 1973. He defeated Eddie Sullivan for the SCW Western States Heavyweight Championship in 1975. In addition, he had a longstanding hot feud with Lumberjack Luke. He later lost the title to Ripper Sawyer.

After the close of SCW in 1976, Freeman appeared in Stampede Wrestling teaming with Bret Hart in his debut match against Mr. Hito and Mr. Sakurada in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 1978, he would hold the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship defeating Mr. Sakurada in Calgary, Alberta on September 1, 1978. He eventually lost the title to Kasavubu.

During the early 1980s, Ryan wrestled for Al Tomko's All-Star Wrestling based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Teaming with Chief Jay Strongbow and Goldie Rodgers, he also served as a mentor to younger wrestlers such as Greg Lake. After his retirement in 1982, he lived in Port Moody, British Columbia.

According to Slam Wrestling: *"He always had time for the fans, and handicapped children were the ones that really touched his heart. When they were brought to the matches in their wheelchairs, he would often come out before his matches to make sure they got the autographs and pictures they wanted."*

## Death

Because of difficult living and ring injuries, he remained in poor health.

On December 28, 1989, Earl Patrick Freeman died at his home after he suffered a stroke, which led to a massive heart attack; he was 57 years old.
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Mike Lozanski

**Michael Anthony Lozanski** (November 13, 1968 – December 18, 2003) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

## Professional wrestling career

Under his Tigre Canadiense persona, Lozanski was a regular for EMLL and was the man responsible for Chris Jericho heading to Mexico for the first time. He feuded with Villano IV in 1991, losing his mask to him. He continued to work regularly in Mexico until 2001 in the Monterrey territory.

In Japan, Lozanski worked tours for All Japan Pro Wrestling as well as Tokyo Pro. He worked in Europe for a number of companies including Otto Wanz's CWA promotion. Lozanski was the final W\*ING International New Generation World Junior Heavyweight champion, defeating Jimmy Backlund in April 1993 at an independent event in Florida, holding the belt until the promotion closed in March 1994.

Although he never caught on nationally with WWE or WCW, Lozanski worked a number of different independent promotions in Michigan and Chicago. Anthony held the USWA Tag Team championships in 1993 with Jeff Gaylord and Moondog Spike. He also held the IWA Puerto Rico Junior Heavyweight championship in 1994.

Within the United States, Lozansky might be best remembered for his brief stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling under his real name, working undercard matches in late 1998. His highest profile bout was against Mikey Whipwreck at A Matter of Respect '98 at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia. He also challenged Rob Van Dam for the ECW World Television championship during that timeframe.

## Death

Lozanski died in his sleep on December 18, 2003, at the age of 35 in his home. A heart condition or fluid to the lungs was initially the culprit of his death; a heart attack is listed as the cause of death.
Dead wrestler database Wiki

Welcome to all of you who have visited the **Dead Wrestler Database**. To put it short, this website features biographies for those who were involved in the wrestling business, including the wrestlers, managers and valets, referees, promoters, as well as other personalities.

Some pages will feature photographs of a wrestling personality's gravesite. Credit goes to Online World of Wrestling for the majority of the images used in this site. Every other image used in this site belongs to their respective owners.
Stan "The Man" Stasiak

**George Emile Stipich** (April 13, 1937 – June 19, 1997) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name **Stan "The Man" Stasiak**.

## Professional wrestling career

Under his birth name, George Stipich, he made his wrestling debut in Quebec, Canada. He used the nickname "Crusher" early in his career, and a bear hug for a finisher. Later, he was nicknamed "The Man" with a heart punch as his finishing move. He adopted his ring name from another wrestler named Stanley Stasiak (real name Ignacy Josef Stasiak) who had died in 1931 from sepsis stemming from a match with Ed Don George in Toronto.

During his stay with World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1971-1979, Stasiak would get one of the biggest opportunities of his career, as he won the WWWF Heavyweight Championship on December 1, 1973, defeating Pedro Morales, who held the championship for nearly three years.

Unlike wrestlers today, Stasiak was given little notice about winning the title before it took place. They acknowledged Pedro Morales to avoid riots following the ending of the match.

According to him, he was sitting in the dressing room in Philadelphia and the road agent came to discuss the match. Stasiak considered this a formality as he had been having the same discussion, nearly verbatim, in every major city on the Eastern seaboard for the last two months. However, this time it was different, as the agent told Stasiak that Morales was to give him a belly to back suplex and as the ref makes the count, Stasiak raises his shoulder up after two, while Morales' shoulder stays down, thus Stasiak would win the championship.

According to friend and fellow wrestler Frank Dusek, the company wanted to make Bruno Sammartino its champion again, but did not want Sammartino to defeat then champion Morales in the process, so they needed a heel wrestler to win it.

Stasiak was used as a transitional champion, defeating Morales for the championship belt and holding it for just nine days before dropping it to Sammartino on December 10, 1973. Stasiak also had a WWWF Heavyweight Championship title shot against Superstar Billy Graham in 1977.

In 1974 to 1975, Stasiak fought Johnny Valentine in NWA Mid Atlantic and Toronto. He received an AWA World Heavyweight Championship title shot against Nick Bockwinkel in 1978 in Toronto.

From there he went to Pacific Northwest where he teamed with Roddy Piper. In the early 1980s, he did commentary there and also worked as a photographer.

For several years he was the tag team partner of The Gladiator and wrestled primarily out of the Cow Palace in the San Francisco area. Stasiak and The Gladiator maintained a fairly long term rivalry with the team of Ray Stevens and Peter Maivia. Stasiak left the WWWF in 1979.

## Death

Stipich died of heart failure at the age of 60 on June 19, 1997 in Toronto, with Tony Borne (father of Matt "Doink The Clown" Osborne) giving the euology at his funeral. He had been waiting for a heart transplant. His son is chiropractor and former professional wrestler Shawn Stasiak.
Thanos

**Thanos** was a genocidal warlord from Titan, whose own main objective was to bring stability to the universe by wiping out half of all life at every level, as he believed its massive population would inevitably use up the universe's entire supply of resources and condemn this. To complete this goal, Thanos set about hunting down all the Infinity Stones, being confident that the combined power of the Stones would achieve his goal. Thanos forged alliances with Loki, and Ronan the Accuser, in order to track down some of the Stones: However, both alliances cost Thanos much of his resources, including the Mind Stone and the loyalty of his daughters, Gamora and Nebula. Fed up with all his subordinates' ongoing failures, Thanos made the decision to seek and procur the Stones himself, and he began by forcing Eitri to create the Infinity Gauntlet for him so that he would be able to wield the power of the Stones safely.

Thanos then engaged in a ferocious crusade in order to obtain the Infinity Stones. During his mission, both Thanos and his Black Order invaded multiple planets and slaughtered thousands to gain the stones, including Loki and the Asgardians. This quest even forced Thanos to sacrifice his beloved Gamora, in order to take the Soul Stone. Thanos soon found himself challenged by the alliances of the entire universe's greatest heroes, which included the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. However, despite facing off against the powerfully combined opposition and the wrath of Thor, Thanos still ultimately triumphed as he completed the Infinity Gauntlet, using it to finally complete his goal through the Snap, which resulted in half of all life in the universe being wiped out with a mere snap of his fingers.

Following his Snap, Thanos had then ensured this could never be reversed by destroying all of the Infinity Stones, resulting in the Avengers tracking him down on Planet 0259-S, where Thor executed him with Stormbreaker. For five years, the universe continued to live on with the devastating ramifications of his actions. In 2023, the Avengers resurrected the victims of his Snap after traveling through time to collect the Infinity Stones, and while they came across an alternate version of himself, with great personal sacrifice, they finally ended his reign once and for all.
Rick Bolton

**Richard Wayne Bolton** (January 17, 1951 - December 5, 2000) was a Canadian professional wrestler.

## Professional wrestling career

Born on January 17, 1951, Bolton was involved in an accident at the age of 15, when he was hit by a car. The accident seemed to be a blessing in disguise; he developed an unique ability to twist his arm all the way around.

Bolton began wrestling in Canada around the mid 70s, primarily in his native Chatham. His career was not only limited to Canada, however, as he also worked in Detroit and at one point, Puerto Rico. Other promotions he worked for included the WWA in Indianapolis and Michigan Championship Wrestling.

He found championship success for George Cannon’s Superstars of Wrestling promotion out of Windsor, with Bolton becoming the lightheavyweight champion for a time. The WWF's Vince McMahon Sr. soon found out about Bolton and took advantage of the trick surrounding his arm.

On June 13, 1981, during an edition of WWF Championship Wrestling in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Bolton faced George "The Animal" Steele. During the match, Steele stomped, kicked, and bit him, until he trapped Bolton in his finishing manuever, the flying hammerlock. On cue, Bolton dislocated his shoulder, making it appear that Steele had ripped Bolton's shoulder right out of its socket. This did not hurt Bolton, but at the time, the fans believed it was real and Steele claimed that fans called two ambulances.

By the mid 80s, Bolton's career had started to wind down, and he attempted a comeback on a few shows in the 90s near his hometown of Chatham.

## Death

On December 5, 2000, Bolton died of a heart attack caused by clogged artery and a blood clot in Chatham, Ontario, aged 49.
Sailor Art Thomas

**Arthur Thomas** (January 30, 1924 – March 20, 2003), better known as **Sailor Art Thomas**, was an American Merchant Mariner, bodybuilder, and professional wrestler.

## Early life

Thomas was born in Gurdon, Arkansas, and moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 1935. After his mother's death he was raised in a Wisconsin orphanage and in foster homes. Thomas spent 27 months in the United States Merchant Marine. Serving in a construction battalion, Thomas helped build an airstrip in Guam.

## Professional wrestling career

After leaving the Merchant Marine, Thomas worked for Greyhound Lines before becoming a professional bodybuilder. After joining a bodybuilding troupe, he began touring the United States.

Thomas was eventually spotted by promoter Jimmy Demetral, and trained to be a pro wrestler. He made his debut in 1943. Thomas would usually be introduced as a "just discharged" Navy seaman, wearing a regulation "crackerjack" uniform and pea coat, and enter the ring as a plant to oppose the villain's dishonorable tactics.

Throughout the early 1960s, Thomas won a series of tag team championships around North America: the Worldwide Wrestling Associates International Television Tag Team Championship with Lou Thesz in California, the Maple Leaf Wrestling NWA International Tag Team Championship with John Paul Henning in Toronto, and the NWA Detroit World Tag Team Championship with Bobo Brazil in Detroit.

In 1962 and 1963, Thomas won the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in the Texas-based Southwest Sports promotion on two occasions. Thomas also competed for the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1963 to 1964, teaming with Bobo Brazil and Bruno Sammartino.

In April 1972, Thomas won the WWA World Heavyweight Championship of the Indianapolis-based World Wrestling Association, defeating Baron von Raschke. The title was held up the next month after a bout between Thomas and von Raschke.

He retired from professional wrestling in 1981. Thomas was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2016.

## Death

On March 20, 2003, *The Capital Times* newspaper noted that he was seriously ill at a hospice facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. Thomas died there later that day after complications from cancer; he had been diagnosed just a month prior.
Nick Gulas

**Nicholas Tom Gulas** (September 3, 1914 – January 21, 1991) was an American professional wrestling promoter in the Southern United States, partnered with Tennessee promoter Roy Welch for decades. Gulas was also known as "The King of Managers", "King B", and the "Dean of Promoters".

## Professional wrestling career

Gulas became involved in professional wrestling in the 1940s, working both as a manager and later behind the scenes as well as a promoter in Florida. In the late 1940s he joined with Roy Welch to form the "Gulas-Welch Wrestling Enterprises Inc." promotion, based in Memphis and Knoxville.

In 1949 the group joined the National Wrestling Alliance, a national sanctioning body that divided the US into territories. The promotion became known as NWA Mid-America at this point.

In 1953 they added Knoxville to their territory as promoter John Cazana joined the group, expanding the territory across several states. Over the years NWA Mid-America worked closely together with the surrounding southern NWA territories, especially those run by Roy Welch's siblings. With time Roy Welch's health began to fail, which led to him bringing in Jerry Jarrett as a booker to help handle the day-to-day work behind the scenes.

In the early 1970s, his son George became a wrestler for NWA Mid-America and was promoted as one of the top names in the territory despite not being a very talented wrestler according to the wrestlers in the territory.

In 1977 Gulas' insistence on making George Gulas one of the featured names in the promotion led to a split between Gulas and Jerry Jarrett, who broke away from Gulas and began the Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) in Memphis, essentially splitting Tennessee between himself and Gulas.

By late 1980 NWA Mid-America closed down and Gulas went into semi-retirement as did his son George Gulas since no one wanted to hire him as a wrestler. Gulas helped start the careers of such wrestling stars as Tojo Yamamoto, Jackie Fargo, and Jerry "The King" Lawler in the 1960s and 1970s, the Bounty Hunters with Jimmy Kent, and the Interns with Dr. Ken Ramey in the 1970s and 1980s.

## Death

Nick Gulas died on January 21, 1991, aged 76, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Man Mountain Mike

**Gary Michael Fletcher** (September 15, 1940 – April 30, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who was best known by his ring name, **Man Mountain Mike**.

## Professional wrestling career

Fletcher was discovered by Al Lovelock, who wrestled as The Great Bolo. Lovelock trained Fletcher as a wrestler, and Fletcher made his wrestling debut in 1968.

He wrestled as a tag team with Haystacks Calhoun, who also weighed over 600 pounds. Their combined weight was over 1200 pounds in the ring.

Mike was wrestling with "Iron" Mike DiBiase on July 2, 1969 in Amarillo, Texas, when DiBiase suffered a fatal heart attack in the ring during the match. DiBiase was pronounced dead at the hospital. DiBiase's death was not related to professional wrestling; he died as a result of high cholesterol.

Mike later wrestled in British Columbia, where he had a series of matches against Don Leo Jonathan in 1970 and 1971. Mike wrestled for Championship Wrestling from Florida in the early 1970s. He participated in many battles royal and, because of his size, was difficult for opponents to throw over the top rope and eliminate. As a result, the promotion billed him as "the acknowledged king of battles royal" and promoted many of these matches as "featuring Man Mountain Mike". On one occasion in 1972, his participation led to a feud with Buddy Colt, as Colt caused Mike to be eliminated from a battle royal.

While competing for NWA Hollywood Wrestling, Mike won the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship with tag team partner Butcher Brannigan on August 31, 1974 at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, California. At that time, Brannigan was feuding with Porkchop Cash, Cash teamed up with Victor Rivera to face the champions, who dropped the title belts to the challengers.

Man Mountain Mike toured Japan as a wrestler in 1975. He had a series of matches against Antonio Inoki. Mike was unable to defeat Inoki in singles matches or in tag team competitions. He later wrestled for the World Wide Wrestling Federation. He competed in both singles and tag team matches, which included teaming with Crusher Blackwell on February 20, 1976 in a loss to WWWF Tag Team Champions Louis Cerdan and Tony Parisi.

After retiring from the ring, Mike opened Man Mountain Mike's Drycleaners, as well as a taxi service; he also drove a school bus.

## Death

While working as a bus driver, because he was a large man, he had to put his seat all the way back, but on April 30, 1988, he banged the back of his leg on the seat track and his leg was cut open. Along with diabetes stemming from his size, he developed a staph infection in the cut on his leg, causing blood clots, which killed him at the age of 47.

The ring name Man Mountain Mike was later used in the Canadian Maritimes by Mike Shaw, who also competed for the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling as Bastion Booger and Norman the Lunatic, respectively.
Nicole Bass

**Nicole Fuchs** (*née* **Bass**; August 10, 1964 – February 17, 2017) was an American bodybuilder, actress, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling valet. She worked for companies such as Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation and XPW.

## Professional wrestling career

Nicole Bass was born on August 10, 1964 in Middle Village in Queens, New York. Nicole Bass found success as a bodybuilder in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. She won the 1997 NPC National Bodybuilding Championship.

She started her professional wrestling career in Japan in August 1998 for NEO Women's Pro Wrestling she won a tournament defeating Kyoko Inoue. Bass debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) during the first half of 1998. She aligned herself with Justin Credible, Chastity and Jason. She participated in feuds with Tommy Dreamer, Mikey Whipwreck and Beulah McGillicutty.

Bass soon joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), debuting as Sable's villainous bodyguard at *WrestleMania XV* on March 28, 1999. She became involved in an extended feud with Debra McMichael.

This culminated in a mixed tag match pitting Bass and Val Venis against Jeff Jarrett and Debra at the 1999 WWF Over the Edge, which took place directly after the death of Owen Hart at that pay-per-view.

Bass was then aligned with Venis until she accidentally whacked him with Jarrett's guitar, which occured after losing a bikini contest to Debra. The following week, she interfered in a match between Debra and Ivory, with Debra losing her Women's Championship due to Nicole's interference.

This led to a brief alliance between Bass and Ivory, which ended abruptly when Bass left the WWF and filed a lawsuit against the organization for sexual harassment, claiming she was sexually assaulted backstage by Steve Lombardi. In 2003 the case went to court and was ultimately dismissed.

Bass continued to wrestle on the independent wrestling circuit and did bookings for public events and for personal training. She wrestled her last match in 2002.

## Death

On February 16, 2017, girlfriend Kristen Marrone posted a statement on Bass' official Facebook stating that Bass had been hospitalized after being found unconscious at her apartment. Later that day, she was declared to be medically brain dead following a myocardial infarction.

Her family and friends were with her that evening as she was taken off life support. Bass died on February 17, 2017 at the age of 52.
Curt Hennig

**Curt Hennig** (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his stage name **Mr. Perfect**, was an American professional wrestler who competed for the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling promotions.

## Professional wrestling career

The son of wrestler Larry "The Axe" Hennig, Curt Hennig was one of the most popular stars in the AWA before he turned heel and won the AWA World Heavyweight Title from Nick Bockwinkel. He used a roll of coins given to him by Larry Zbysko and he held the title for close to a year before going to the WWF.

Hennig was one of the most hated and at times loved WWF performers during the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning the Intercontinental Title on two occasions. During a temporary injury-forced retirement in 1992, he became "consultant" to Ric Flair during Flair's World Title run in the WWF. Together with Bobby Heenan, they were the three most hated men in the promotion. He injured his back and had to retire.

After briefly returning to active competition in 1993 and 1994, he spent some time as a color commentator for WWF programming, and in 1997 he signed with WCW. He briefly joined the Four Horsemen but turned on them when he hit Ric Flair in the head with a cage door. In turning, he joined the nWo and soon had his childhood best friend, Rick Rude, by his side. He won the United States Title in late 1997, and the World Tag Team Titles in 1999 with Barry Windham.

Near the end of his WCW run, he was the leader of The West Texas Rednecks with Barry, his brother Kendall Windham and Bobby Duncum, Jr. They were supposed to be heels to feud with rapper Master P's **No Limit Soldiers** but the southern WCW fans cheered them and the storyline was soon dropped. The Rednecks recorded a country song titled *I Hate Rap* that received some airplay.

He returned to WWE in 2002 as a surprise competitor in the Royal Rumble but was released from the company later in the year after supposedly becoming intoxicated and getting into a fight with Brock Lesnar on a return flight from the United Kingdom. After being fired from the WWE, he went on to work for TNA and Jimmy Hart's All Star Wrestling.

## Death

On February 10, 2003, Hennig was found dead in a Brandon, Florida hotel room, at the age of 44. His death was a cocaine overdose, otherwise acute drug intoxication.
J. Prodigy

**Jeremy Adam Davis** (March 31, 1974 - February 29, 2004) was an American professional wrestler. He is known under the ring names **J. Prodigy** and **BDL**, working on the independent circuit.

## Professional wrestling career

Jeremy Adam Davis was born on March 31, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky.

On December 30, 1998, Davis started wrestling professionally after a stint in backyard wrestling, which is attributed to one of his ring names, **BDL**. He defeated Suicide Kid in his first match.

On January 7, 1999, BDL defeated Suicide Kid and Twiggy Ramirez in a three way match to successfully capture the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Title. The fighting champion defended his title against the likes of Harry Palmer, Tarek The Great, GQ Masters III, and Phoenix, but lost it to Palmer some time later.

Nonetheless, BDL continued to take on various competitors, but failed to regain the title multiple times. Outside of wrestling, he was a manager for Rent-A-Center.

## Death

Davis died on February 29, 2004 at the age of 29.
Gypsy Dan Curtis

**Daniel E. Curtis** (January 11, 1961 - December 29, 1998) was an American professional wrestling promoter and manager based in Michigan.

## Career

Curtis was a photographer for a wrestling magazine based in New York around the time WrestleMania 3 took place in 1987 in Pontiac, Michigan. In the early 1990s, he met with "Coach" Kurt Schneider, which lead to the creation of the Motor City Wrestling (MCW) promotion.

They taped TV shows out of the Madison Heights studio and also ran shows at the Michigan State Fair. Dan was described to have evolved into "the true messiah of pro wrestling". Adopting the nickname of "Gypsy", he also managed heels including Man Mountain Lancaster, White Lighting, The Outlaws, The Nightmares, and Killer Kanerek. Motor City Wrestling was the only Michigan wrestling promotion seen regularly on TV. He would often shoot fireballs at opponents too.

Around 1997, the CWF folded, so Dan Curtis teamed with Johnny Diamond to form the NSWA (Northern States Wrestling Alliance). The company featured stars including past legends like the Bushwhackers (Butch Miller and Luke Williams), Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, and the Honky Tonk Man. In December that year, the NSWA and ICP presented Stranglemania Live at St Andrews in Detroit, and the show was a success.
When the NSWA folded, Dan begain working on the largest project of his wrestling career in 1998. Hellfire Wrestling was presented to a sold out crowd at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.

## Death

Curtis died of a massive heart attack at his apartment on December 29, 1998, at the age of 37, days after the Hellfire event. Dan was diabetic and had complained about having the flu. He had been hospitalized a few months prior to his passing and jokingly told close friends that he "almost died".
The Dominion

Allies: TBA

Enemies: The United Federation of Worlds

Leaders: The Founders

Main locations: Dominion outposts in the Gamma Quadrant

   *A group of beings led by shapeshifters called the Founders, the Dominions' main goal is to control the universe. After devastating losses in the war with the United Federation of Worlds, the Dominion was forced back to their outposts in the Gamma Quadrant.*
Blue Thunder Tornado

**David Wayne Daniels** (October 8, 1969 - September 21, 1988) was an American aspiring professional wrestler.

## Life and career

Daniels was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on October 8, 1969. He was an alumni of Daniel Webster High School, having graduated in the Class of 1988 according to a *Find a Grave* user.

As a professional wrestler, he wrestled in a technical style and adopted the ring name **Blue Thunder Tornado**, but his career only lasted a year and he did not receive his full potential.

In his memorial page on the Daniel Webster website, a user by the name of Ron McClanahan said: *David was always upbeat and had a smile on his face I remember we all used to have a lot of fun in Mr. Arnett's drafting class getting into trouble. My last memory of David was when he brought in a video tape of himself doing amateur professional wrestling at a small venue he had on a mask and everything and was doing moves off the top rope! It was pretty cool I remember we gave him a pretty good ribbing about it though. But he just took it with a smile on his face.*

## Death

On September 21, 1988, shortly after graduating from high school, Daniels died from injuries sustained in a forklift accident, and was only 18 years old at the time of his death.
Chief Thunder Mountain

**David C. Mosier** (1960 - August 16, 1991) was an American professional wrestler known as **Chief Thunder Mountain**. He was a lifelong resident of Bordentown, New Jersey.

## Professional wrestling career

Mosier began training for professional wrestling at Larry Sharpe's Monster Factory training center. In November 1987, he adopted the ring name Chief Thunder Mountain.

This was documented in a story by the *Morning Call* published in May 1988. Mosier weighed about 400 pounds at the time of the story and said that he worked as a bouncer at a bar.

Chief Thunder Mountain worked for promotions like International World Class Championship Wrestling (IWCCW) and the World Wrestling Alliance (WWA), where he was a two-time holder of the WWA Tag Team Championship with Big Hoss McAlister.

## Death

Mosier died of a heart attack on August 16, 1991, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during Labor Day weekend.
Basil Bozinis

**Basil Bozinis** (October 3, 1974 - February 18, 2002) was an American professional wrestler.

## Early life

Growing up, Bozinis was a Metallica fan and competed as a powerlifter, finishing second in a "Toughman" event at age 19. Bozinis had always followed wrestling; within two years in California, one of his friends introduced him to Rick Bassman, who trained him.

## Professional wrestling career

He began wrestling for Bassman's company Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) thereafter, working his first match in November 1999, known as Bad Boy Basil. During his tenure there, he faced many stars including future WWE Champion John Cena, then known as The Prototype. He was also simply known as Basil, forming a tag team with Alkatrazz known as the Definition of Pain.

According to his UPW profile: he competed in a UPW vs. NFL Toughman contest: *"Basil performed spectacularly, living up to his legit tough-guy image. After defeating two of his opponents in convincing fashion, Basil was pulled from the Tournament in a much disputed decision.*

On January 27, 2000, Bad Boy Basil defeated J. D. Dempsey in a tournament final to win the vacant UPW Heavyweight Championship, after previous champion Mike Bell was stripped off the title. He held the title until dropping it on March 29 to Smelly.

On June 20, 2000, Basil was one of four wrestlers that were announced to be signed to a WWE developmental deal, but sadly, he suffered from drug issues which cost him the deal. Despite this, he continued teaming with Alkatrazz until 2001.

## Death

On February 18, 2002, Basil was found dead at the age of 27. His cause of death was determined to be a drug overdose as he had heroin, cocaine, methamphetamines and the painkiller Nubain in his system. Rick Bassman had told investigators that Basil was an avid user of steroids.
Billy McGuire

**Billy Leon McCrary** (December 7, 1946 – July 14, 1979) was an American professional wrestler, who was one half of the tag team known as the McGuire Twins with real-life brother Benny.

## Professional wrestling career

Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina on December 7, 1946, he began using the stage name McGuire, as it was easier for ring announcers to pronounce; he and his brother gained popularity as tag team wrestlers and in carnival stunt shows.

Billy along with his brother would use the move "Tupelo Smash" as a finishing move which involved one of the twins, either him or Benny diving belly-first onto a prone opponent; they would follow this with "The Steamroller", where a twin would roll back and forward over the opponent.

## Death

Billy McCrary died on July 14, 1979, at the age of 32, following a motorcycle accident in Niagara Falls en route to Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Benny lived for 21 more years, until his death at age 54 on March 26, 2001 of heart failure. Always close, the brothers are buried side by side in a graveyard near Hendersonville. Their grave is marked by a 13-foot wide granite headstone, which is believed to be the largest in the world.
Bubba Douglas

**Andrew Douglas** (October 14, 1943 - February 15, 1986) was an American professional wrestler.

## Professional wrestling career

Born Andrew Douglas on October 14, 1943 in Lakeland, Florida, Douglas had a background in football before he entered the squared circle. He had his first match on June 17, 1975, as Andrew Douglas, where he lost to Steve Kovacs in the National Wrestling (NWA), where he would spend the majority of his career in.

He had his first win in a ten man tag team match on June 28, where he teamed with George Gulas, Jerry Jarrett, Luke Graham, and Norvell Austin to defeat Bill Costello, Lorenzo Parente, Mike Boyette, Mr. Suzuki, and The Assassin. Eventually, he would adopt the ring name Bubba Douglas, a name he kept for the entirety of his career.

At one point, Bubba Douglas used to wrestle as Booker T; the name is synonymous with two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T Huffman.

## Death

Douglas died on February 15, 1986, after suffering a heart attack at the age of 42 in Polk County, Florida.
Little Beaver

**Lionel Giroux** (January 14, 1934 – December 4, 1995) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name **Little Beaver**. He is best known for his appearance in a six-man tag team match at WrestleMania III in 1987.

## Professional wrestling career

Lionel Giroux was born on January 14, 1934 and began his wrestling career in 1949, at the age of fifteen, and then began to wrestle for promoters in Quebec.

He, along with Sky Low Low, became two of the most famous midget wrestlers in wrestling. This was proven by both of their drawing power, using it to command a large portion of the live gate for wrestling events.

Giroux helped to create the comedy matches that have since become a trademark for midget wrestling in Canada and the United States. In 1973, Giroux won the Pro Wrestling Illustrated Midget Wrestler of the Year award.

His last in-ring appearance was at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan in 1987, at the age of 52. Giroux, wrestling as Little Beaver, teamed with Hillbilly Jim and fellow midget wrestler the Haiti Kid, defeating King Kong Bundy and his midget tag-team partners Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook, after Bundy was disqualified for attacking Little Beaver.

During the match, Giroux suffered a back injury at the hands of Bundy after he was bodyslammed and had an elbow dropped on him by the 458 lb (208 kg) Bundy, which forced him to retire from professional wrestling (through the match Beaver had "annoyed" Bundy including elbowing him in the stomach, delivering a drop kick that had literally no effect, and slapping him with his moccasin which Bundy claimed "stung like a son-of-a-bitch").

In a 1998 interview Bundy said he hoped that he wasn't responsible for Giroux's early death, saying he wouldn't want that on his conscience. A few months after WrestleMania III, during a match at the Boston Garden that aired later on WWF Prime Time Wrestling, Giroux (again as Little Beaver) was in Hillbilly Jim's corner for a match against the One Man Gang.

In a comical match eventually won by Hillbilly via a countout, Beaver got involved on several occasions, including antagonizing Gang's manager, Slick, throughout the match and hitting the back of Gang's head with a broom after the match was finished. The 450 lb (200 kg) Gang finally caught Little Beaver in the ring and after delivering a blow that sent him sprawling, he followed Slick's orders to hit Beaver with his 747 Splash.

## Death

He died on December 4, 1995 of chronic emphysema in Saint-Jerome, Quebec at the age of 61.
Abe Zvonkin

**Abraham "Abe" Zvonkin** (March 6, 1910 – August 22, 2002) was a Canadian track and field athlete, an all-star and Grey Cup champion Canadian football player and professional wrestler.

## Early life

Abe Zvonkin was born in New York City, son of Russian immigrants. The family later moved to Canada when Zvonkin was only two. He attended the Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where he began playing football.

Zvonkin began his football career in 1933 with the Hamilton Tigers of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, but when he attended Queen's University he became an all-star in 1934 with the Queen's Golden Gaels. He returned to the Tigers for 3 more seasons in 1937, ending with his enlistment during World War II. He played two more seasons with the Hamilton Flying Wildcats, winning the Grey Cup in 1943, his last season.

## Professional wrestling career

Zvonkin began his wrestling career after he was inspired by Whipper Billy Watson. He debuted on March 28, 1944, defeating Al Dunlop by disqualification. From the beginning Zvonkin played the heel, thriving in the role.

Over the years Zvonkin wrestled under a number of different identities or ring names, including masked characters Mr. X and the Purple Phantom from 1949 to 1950. He formed a successful tag team with Jack Dillon.

He also worked as "Mr. E" during his time in Alberta in 1954 as well as under his real name, playing off his Russian heritage. Zvonkin won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship in Calgary with Jim Henry on May 7, 1954, defeating Jean Baillargeon and Seelie Samara. They held onto the titles until June 4, when they dropped it to George and Sandy Scott; the latter recalled of Zvonkin being the first wrestler to break his nose.

After retiring from professional wrestling in 1961, Zvorkin would travel the United States and Canada competing in dog shows for many years.

## Death

Zvonkin suffered from bad knees from football and wrestling, entering the Shalom Village in Hamilton in May 2001. Zvonkin died from cancer on August 29, 2002, at the age of 92.
Mirik

Allies: Hellians

Enemies: Olympians

Leader: unknown

Main locations: Mirik dimension

*A race of parasitic humanoids, the Mirik can spread their infection through touch and via kiss - with the "Mirik's kiss" causing an instant and unstable transformation. The Mirik wish to conquer all of reality and are currently at war with beings called the Olympians.*
Chris Tolos

**Christopher Salvatore Tolos** (December 5, 1929 – August 13, 2005), better known as **Chris Tolos**, was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was the brother of John Tolos, who he formed a regular team with.

## Early life

Christopher (often said as Kris) Tolos was the oldest of the three children born on December 5, 1929 to Greek parents, Nicolaos and Evangelia (Evangeline) Tolos, in Hamilton, Ontario where he and his brother John played football, hockey, lacrosse and track, and learned to wrestle.

## Professional wrestling career

Chris got into professional wrestling via Wee Willie Davis and made his debut in Buffalo around 1951. He debuted as a heel at first, losing preliminary bouts to such performers as Johnny Barend, Sandor Kovacs and Don Beitelman (Curtis), all of whom he would fight many times over the years.

He soon formed a team with his brother John. They held numerous tag titles, including the WWWF U.S. tag titles in 1963, the NWA World tag titles in Florida in 1964 and in Detroit that same year, the World and Canadian tag titles in Vancouver in 1967 and the Pacific Coast tag belts in California in 1953.

After they finished a match, John would say "Isn't that right, brother Chris?" and Chris would reply, "That's right, brother." They capped off their statement with their trademark mantra: "There's only one way to spell wrestling, and it's T-O-L-O-S!". They won a plethora of tag team belts across many places and faced some of the best tag teams during their era, which has been described as the golden age of tag team wrestling, including Bill and Dan Miller, George and Sandy Scott, and Antonino Rocca and Miguel Perez.

In 1972, Chris went to Los Angeles and teamed with John as babyfaces, against Black Gordman and Goliath, one of his few stints as a babyface. In the late 1960s he feuded with Iron Mike Dibiase in Omaha, and was a contender for the NWA World title.

## Death

Chris Tolos died of cancer on August 13, 2005 at the age of 75. His brother and tag team partner John died in May 2009.