• Old School Wrestling Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WCW/WWF Veteran Billy Kidman (Real name: Peter Gruner Jr.) celebrates his birthday today.
Billy Kidman, who was originally trained by Wild Samoan Afa, joined Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling in 1996 and stayed with the promotion till the bitter end in March 2001, but the World Wrestling Federation picked up his contract right away and he wrestled for them (later renamed WWE) until 2005.
He was part of various factions during his career, such as The Raven’s Flock (WCW), The Filthy Animals (WCW), The New Blood (WCW) & The WCW/ECW Alliance (WWF).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILLY KIDMAN!
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (May 11, 2019) – Old School WCW Veteran Passed Away
On this day in 2019 we lost Old School Wrestling Veteran Silver King (Real name: César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón) at the age of 51 due to a heart attack in the ring.
If you were watching Ted Turner’s WCW TV during the famous Monday Night Wars, you will most likely remember him as one of the luchadores that were part of the Cruiserweight Division.
Silver King lasted from 1997 till 2000, before he returned to his home country Mexico.
He died from a heart attack while working a match in the UK in 2019 and was later posthumously inducted into the AAA Hall of Fame.
REST IN PEACE SILVER KING!
January 9, 1968 – May 11, 2019
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• Old School WWF Veteran Celebrates His Birthday
Old School WWF Wrestler ‘Max Moon’ aka Paul Diamond (Real name: Thomas Boric) celebrates his birthday today.
In 1991 & 1992 Diamond was also known as Kato (under a mask), one half of ‘The Orient Express’, before he took over the Max Moon character that was originally adapted for Konnan (who only wrestled as Max Moon once and then quit).
He also tagged with his long time friend and Tag Team partner Pat Tanaka in various other promotions such as the American Wrestling Association, Continental Wrestling Association, Eastern Championship Wrestling and even had a short run together in Ted Turner’s World Championship Wrestling.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL DIAMOND!
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