Below you will find everything that happened in Professional Wrestling history on March 10th.
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 10, 1993) – Old School WWF Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 1993 we lost Old School WWF Veteran ‘Canada’s Strongest Man’ Dino Bravo (Real name: Adolfo Bresciano) at the age of 44 due to a homicide / ballistic trauma.
Dino wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation during the 70s and then again from 1985 until 1992, but is most likely never going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame because of the circumstances of his death.
In 1978 he won the WWWF Tag Team Titles with his tag partner Dominic DeNucci, when they defeated the team of Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 10, 2007) – Old School Wrestling Legend Passed Away
On this day in 2007 we lost Old School Wrestling Legend ‘The Big Cat’ Ernie Ladd at the age of 68 due to colon cancer.
Before his career in professional wrestling, Ernie Ladd was a Defensive tackle for the San Diego Chargers and the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Big Cat wrestled for the WWWF during the 60s & 70s (among many other territories) and was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame (now known as WWE Hall of Fame) in 1995 by Bobo Brazil, after Ernie was already inducted into the short-lived WCW Hall of Fame a year earlier in 1994.
REST IN PEACE ERNIE LADD!
November 28, 1938 – March 10, 2007
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (March 10, 2010) – Old School Wrestling Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2010 we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran ‘Gentleman’ Jerry Valiant (Real name: John Hill) at the age of 68 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
From his debut in 1959 until his retirement in 1988, Jerry Valiant wrestled for several territories, such as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA), St. Louis Wrestling Club (Wrestling At The Chase), NWA Big Time Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Continental Wrestling Association (Memphis Wrestling), Vancouver All-Star Wrestling, … among many others.
His greatest accomplishment was probably winning the WWF Tag Team Championship with his kayfabe brother”Luscious” Johnny Valiant on an episode of WWF Championship Wrestling, that was taped on March 6, 1979.
REST IN PEACE JERRY VALIANT!
July 8, 1941 – March 10, 2010
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• Old School Lucha Libre Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School Lucha Libre Veteran Pierroth Jr. (Real name: Norberto Salgado Salcedo) celebrates his birthday today.
From his debut in 1984 until his retirement in 2008 Pierroth Jr. wrestled for pretty much all the major promotions in his home country Mexico, but here in the United States, fans mostly remember him for his time in the World Wrestling Federation during the 1996-1998 AAA/WWF talent exchange agreement.
The highlight of his WWF stint, where he was just known as “Pierroth”, was entering the 1997 Royal Rumble match with number 9. He was eventually eliminated by fellow lucha libre veteran Mil Máscaras.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIERROTH JR.!
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• Old School Wrestling Jobber Would Have Celebrated His Birthday
Today would have been the birthday of Old School Wrestling Veteran Randy Barber.
Randy Barber did televised jobs as an enhancement talent for various promotions during the 70s and 80s, including the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Jim Crockett Promotions (NWA), Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF), American Wrestling Association (AWA), Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, … and many others.
In 1989 Randy returned to the NWA’s #1 promotion, which was now owned by Ted Turner and renamed World Championship Wrestling (WCW), as “The Raider” but was still used solely as enhancement talent.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY & REST IN PEACE!
March 10, 1958 – January 1, 2008
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