• Old School WWF Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF/WCW Veteran The One Man Gang aka ‘The African Dream’ Akeem (Real name: George Gray) celebrates his birthday today.
After touring the territories for several years, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation from 1987 until 1990, and then worked for Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1991 and again from 1995 till 1996.
The last time he was seen on television was at WrestleMania X-Seven, when One Man Gang was a participant in the famous Gimmick Battle Royal.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONE MAN GANG!
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• Old School WWF Superstar Celebrates His Birthday
Old School World Wrestling Federation Veteran Outback Jack (Real name: Peter Stilsbury) celebrates his birthday today.
After the box office success of the 1986 movie ‘Crocodile Dundee’, the WWF brought in its own version of Paul Hogan’s film character.
He started well but was eventually turned into a ‘jobber to the stars’ before he left the promotion in may of 1988.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OUTBACK JACK!
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• On This Day In Wrestling History (February 12, 2019) – Old School WWF Legend Passes Away
On this day in 2019, we lost Old School WWF Legend Pedro Morales at the age of 76.
Pedro Morales was the first so called ‘Triple Crown Winner’, as he was the first wrestler to become a former WWWF/WWF World Heavyweight Champion, former WWF Intercontinental Champion and former WWF World Tag Team Champion.
Morales wrestled for the World Wide Wrestling Federation from 1970 until 1975 and then again for the now renamed World Wrestling Federation from 1980 till he retired in 1987.
In 1995 he was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame (now known as WWE Hall of Fame) by Savio Vega.
REST IN PEACE!
October 22, 1942 – February 12, 2019
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