Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Caden Matthews (30)
Barry Wolf (33)
Rorschach (34)
Escoria (35)
Espiritu (40)
Cathy Dingman (45)
Violencia (47)
Kurt Angle (47)
Steve Doll (51)
Doug Furnas (56)
Mr. Ito (67)
Tugboat Taylor (70)
Dick Butkus (73)

Deaths
Earl McCready passed away on this day in 1983. Born June 15th, 1908, he was 75.

Mike Mazurki passed away on this day in 1990. Born December 25th, 1907, he was 82.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Jun Nishikawa (29)
JTG (31)
Hikaru (34)
Matt Bentley (36)
Mr. Aguila (38)
Mark Bell (39)
Steve Bradley (40)

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Fuego (34)
Louie Ramos (39)
Rey Mysterio (41)
Mephisto (47)

Deaths
Joel Dorn passed away on this day in 2007. Born April 7th, 1942, he was 65.

Ozzy Osbourne is a wrassler?

Maybe you should think before copying and pasting.

I think they (profightdb) just list anyone who in any way has been associated with wrestling.

I provide a valuable and accurate service to the Wrestling Forum with this thread. If people don't like my inclusion of various celebrity acts who've been involved with professional wrestling, they don't have to read this thread. Just sayin'.

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Today's Wrestling Birthdays (Dec. 12)
Jigsaw (32)
Jeremiah Riggs (33)
Eddie Kingston (34)
Vaquero Fantasma (37)
Jerome Crony (39)
Bobbi Billard (40)
Chad Collyer (41)
Ultimo Dragon (49)
Sabu (51)
Jason Knight (52)
Kazuhiko Ogasawa (56)
Tom Gerhardt (58)
Coco Negro (59)
Gary Michael Capetta (63)
José Lothario (81)
Bob Barker (92)(RAW Guest Host)

Deaths
Bill Longson passed away on this day in 1982. Born June 8th, 1906, he was 76.

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Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Michael Elgin (29)
Hi-69 (34)
Missy Sampson (37)
Naohiro Hoshikawa (41)
Emory Hale (46)
Boris Zhukov (56)
Fuerza Guerrera (62)
Junkyard Dog (d. June 2nd, 1998) (would be 63)
Leroy McGuirk (d. September 9th, 1988) (would be 105)

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Yosuke Santa Maria (24)
Taylor Nicole (32)
Johnny Jeter (34)
Brain Damage (38)
Greg Hemphill (46)
Roger Kirby (76)
Axel Dieter, Sr. (82)
Al Costello (96)

Deaths
Mike Bell passed away on this day in 2008. Born March 18th, 1971, he was 37.

Eddie Quinn passed away on this day in 1965. Born in 1906, he was 59.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Kenta Kakinuma (29)
Jimmy Preston (31)
René Dupree (32)
Jonah Adelman (36)
Elix Skipper (38)
Midori Saito (45)
Bruno Sassi (45)
Kendall Windham (48)
Chocoball Mukai (49)

Deaths
Rikidozan passed away on this day in 1963. Born November 14th, 1924, he was 39.

Brady Boone passed away on this day in 1998. Born August 22nd, 1958, he was 40.

Russ Haas passed away on this day in 2001. Born March 11, 1974, he was 27.

Max Mortier passed away on this day in 2003. Born November 26th, 1928, he was 75.

the father of puroresu

hundreds of people would crowd around one small tv in japan to see their hero Rikidozan.

the bastard responsible for his death only received a 7 year sentence. He stabbed Rikidozan one night at a club with a knife soaked in urine.

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Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Psycho Clown (30)
Murat Bhosphorous (36)
Eagle Sawai (48)
Men's Teioh (49)
The Sledgehammer (50)
William Perry (53)
Eddie Steinblock (60)
Dr. Jerry Graham (85)

Deaths
Blue Demon passed away on this day in 2000. Born April 24th, 1922, he was 78.

The Spoiler passed away on this day in 2006. Born March 4th, 1940, he was 66.

Iowa's own Frank Gotch passed away today in 1917.

Frank transcended wrestling. He was a huge sports hero and icon of his era.

Hollywood even wanted Gotch. Frank was a simple farm boy from Humboldt who ended up back there to spend his final years.

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Yeah, I'd heard where one half of The Vaudevillians, Simon Gotch (NXT) got his last name based on Frank. I have no idea how profightdb could leave him off their list. Perhaps I'll e-mail them and see how or if they respond.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Jeff Boom (29)
Rey Azteca (31)
Lionheart (33)
Kaimana (34)
Kazushige Nosawa (39)
Nick Dinsmore ("Eugene") (40)
Kiyoshi Tamura (44)
Pedro Otavio (48)

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Eric Escobar (36)
The Messiah (38)
Trish Stratus (40)
Rob Van Dam (45)
Espectrito (49)
Terry Austin (50)
Stone Cold Steve Austin (51)
Sputnuk Monroe (87)

Deaths
Chuck Adcox passed away on this day in 1992. Born May 25th, 1927, he was 65.

Donn Lewin passed away on this day in 2010. Born in 1926, he was 84.

Pretty star-studded birthday list today. :y:

Sputnik is no longer around to celebrate his birthday btw. He died back in 2006 at age 77.

those who don't know the name Sputnik Monroe or his story should know it.

He really helped put an end to segregation in Memphis and the south for sporting events.

He noticed that the black fans would sit up at the Ellis Auditorium in what they called the Crow's Nest. It would be full and the white section would have plenty of seats left.

He told the promoter that unless he let his black friends sit where they wanted he was gonna be leaving.

the promoter eventually got rid of the segregation at Ellis Auditorium allowing blacks to sit wherever.

Sputnik may have been hated by whites but was a hero to black fans.

He would look up at the crows nest and give the black power symbol.

Sputnik was also arrested various times for being at what they called "Negro Cafes". It was actually illegal for a white man to be at a black establishment.

He was the first white man to be defended by a black lawyer in Memphis.

Cops gave up trying to ticket him after awhile. He said I served my country in world war 2 I should be able to drink wherever I want too.

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Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Jeff Gant (25)
Ricky Martinez (27)
Bushranger Kelly (30)
Ann Brookstone (37)
Dakota (38)
Villano IV (46)
Erik Watts (48)
Reggie White (54)
Hubert Numrich (55)

Deaths
Mike Anthony passed away on this day in 2003. Born January 1st, 1968, he was 35.

Hey was clearly looking to have his bike stolen. Why would he go there??

I think he thought that's where he needed to go to pick up a $90 Coleman water heater with 10-year guarantee.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Chris Gray (28)
Diamante Azul (33)
Armando Alejandro Estrada (37)
Gran Akuma (42)
Takeshi Rikio (43)
Mark Coleman (51)
Super Strong Machine (59)


I miss Armando. I use to love when he'd show up and say his trademark line, "My name es...Armando...Alejandro...Essssstrada! Listen...HA-HA!, to ME!". Always cracked me up or at least put a huge smile on my face. Thought he was sort of an underrated/forgotten ECW GM, too.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Biff Busick (30)
Wes Brisco (32)
Diego (33)
YOSHIYA (39)
Keizo Matsuda (40)
Mark Kerr (47)
Mike Shane (48)
Del Wilkes (54)
Ron Bass (67)

Deaths
Umanosuke Ueda passed away on this day in 2011. Born June 20th, 1940, he was 71.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Doc Gallows (32)
Mistico (33)
Josef Von Schmidt (39)
Chris Nelson (41)

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Gary Jay (30)
Manabu Soya (31)
Bio-Hazard (32)
Arik Cannon (34)
Rob Terry (35)
Kenny Miller (36)
Momoe Nakanishi (37)
Jamie Noble (39)
Brady A. Dezire (42)
Mima Shimoda (45)
Donald Brackens (46)
Keiji Mutoh (53)

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Chris Hero (36)
Hyper Brave G Valion (39)
Toru Owashi (41)
Christopher Daniels (44)
Brad Anderson (46)
André Baker (51)
Angel Mortal (56)
Ricky Knight (62)

Deaths
Harvey Martin passed away on this day in 2001. Born November 16th, 1950, he was 51.

Tarzan Tyler passed away on this day in 1985. Born December 4th, 1927, he was 58.

Pierre LeFebvre also passed away on this day in 1985. Born February 24th, 1955, he was 30.

It should be noted that Tyler and LeFebvre were killed along with referee Adrien Desbois in a car crash while returning from a show in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada.

How bout we let this thread die?

Hmm, let me think...How about NO.

Christmas Edition
 

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Rusev (30)
Rhaka Khan (34)
Chris Harris (42)
Woody Farmer (80)
Mike Mazurki (would be 108)

Deaths
Rollin' Hard passes away on this day in 2008. Born September 24th, 1974, he was 34.

Wilbur Snyder passed away on this day in 1991. Born September 15th, 1929, he was 62.

Billy Martin passed away on this day in 1989. Born May 16th, 1928, he was 61.

No-one was born or died on December 26th? Damn must have got a PS4 with Fallout for Xmas and he's got no time for rasslin posts

the legendary Gorgeous George died on Dec. 26th 1963

RIP to a true legend! George was responsible for the sale of more tv sets than just about anyone. Only Milton Berle sold more.

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George and Bing Crosby
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Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Sendai Sachiko (26)
Tommy Lanford (28)
Dean Allmark (30)
Pat Buck (31)
Ric Converse (36)
Jerome Le Banner (43)
Tom Howard (46)
Dennis Knight (47)
Mark Starr (53)
Steve Allen (d. 2000) (would be 94)

Deaths
Mike Davis passed away on this day in 2001. Born November 2nd, 1956, he was 45.

Reggie White passed away on this day in 2004. Born December 19th, 1961, he was 53.

Gorgeous George passed away on this day in 1963. Born March 24th, 1915, he was 48.

Danny Fargo passed away on this day in 2003. Born June 16th, 1959, he was 44.

A lot of guys who died young. As if that wasn't sad enough, 3 of the 4 died of heart failure. Fargo died of cancer.

@Shisen: I was in bed early last night. Got up ~ 9 AM local, checked the interwebz for showtimes of Star Wars, saw that there was a 10 AM showtime, so I hustled to get out there in time to see it at the matinee price.

Sorry for taking so long today to get you asian names to crack wise about.

@Seth: Well, I imagine the late great Steve Allen, whom as I mentioned sadly passed on in 2000 had 2 of his own shows, The Steve Allen Show and The New Steve Allen Show, was a panelist on What's My Line? and was also involved with I've Got A Secret also probably moved some sets.

Last but certainly not least, he originated The Tonight Show as host. Without him there may very well have never been Jack Paar, Johnny, Jay, Conan or Jimmy Fallon.

Fuck Steve Allen that PTC bitch. Censor this \dx/

Whoa, why all the hate, STD? You didn't get a lump of coal for Christmas did you?

I probably could've/should've noted that Allen's connection to wrestling was in the early TV days when CBS apparently asked him to do announcing for shows. His WP says he noted that there were moves that nobody knew what to call them and so he came up with names for moves, a lot of which are still in use today, although there is a "citation needed" note next to that info, so take it for what you will.

12/27
 

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Hikari Minami (21)
Andy Leavine (28)
Keith Loughman (29)
Patrick Bentley (32)
Dunkan Disorderly (33)
Cesaro (35)
Tim Arson (39)
Chyna (43)
Diablo (44)
Bill Skullion (46)
Bill Goldberg (49)
Mike Barton (53)
Bill Eadie (71)
El Gran Markus (77)

Deaths
Motoshi Okuma passed away on this day in 1992. Born in 1941, he was 51.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Lolita (25)
Taryn Terrell (30)
Courtney Taylor (31)
Amanda "The Bloodthirsty Vixen" (33)
Aiden Frost (36)
La Medusa (39)
MIKAMI (42)
La Hechicera (43)
Tarek the Great (46)
Lanny Poffo (61)
Tatsumi Fujinami (62)

Deaths
Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister of the band Motörhead passed away today. Born December 24th, 1945, he was 70.

Today's Wrestling Birthdays
Wil Maximo (28)
Kerry Awful (30)
Kyosuke Mikami (32)
B-Boy (37)
Crusher Bones (47)
Mark Madden (55)
La Pantera Surena (60)

Deaths
Steve Williams passed away on this day in 2009. Born May 14th, 1960, he was 59.

I'm looking forward to when you do the birthdays for January 8th

You forgot Dick Fitzwell age (69) today. Wrestled out of the Florida Territory