RIP Mr. Fuji

Another figure from my childhood passes away. Mr. Fuji, in my opinion; one of the greatest managers of them all, passed away last week in his 80's. A cause of death was not determined.

Good God, Fuji had all the bad guys. I remember him with the Powers of Pain; I remember him with Demolition. I remember him alongside Yokozuna, throwing salt in the eyes of Bret Hart.

Thank you Fuji for the great memories.

I can still hear him saying he's going to torture his opponent and make him suffer.

RIP Rowdy Roddy Piper

Rowdy Roddy Piper has died of cardiac arrest in California at the age of 61. My plans to watch the WWE Network tonight late night and some WCW content have been put on hold. Tonight, to honor the Hot Rod, I'll be lighting a candle in my own way by trying to find some of his best matches or best segments of Piper's Pit.

I didn't see the first Wrestlemania live or anything. My parents rented it for me time and again in a stack of videos from the movie rental store. It was my first exposure to pro wrestling. And Rowdy Piper was in the main event of that Wrestlemania.

His match with Bret Hart for the IC title was a great one that I remember vividly. I remember him going half black and half white with Bad News Brown. I remember seeing him and Ric Flair wrestle live on Monday Night RAW when I was in attendance in 2006. I might have seen him one of the last times he was in the ring.

And so pro wrestling loses yet another member from my childhood. A good man. This one really stings - this one was a 'big' one. The Royal Rumble in Heaven just got a huge pop.

Mabel RIP

Another wrestler in the sky, today it's Mabel/Big Viscera. He died of a heart attack at age 42.

One thing I really liked about Mabel was when he was with Men on a Mission. He came up with the Wrestlemania Song on Wrestlemania the Album which to this day is one of my favorite WWF moments or creations:



RIP Mabel