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It is my unfortunate responsibility to report that Mike Alfonso (better known as Mike Awesome) has past away at the age of 42. According to those close to the family, Awesome was discovered in his home Saturday evening in Tampa, Florida.

Several friends were scheduled to come to Mike’s house in Tampa to pick him up for a Saturday night out on the town. At 10:30 p.m. EST friends entered the home after he failed to answer the door and found him hanging. His death is believed to be suicide, pending the results of the autopsy.

Mike Awesome was a former ECW Champion and worked with WWF, WCW, and was a top foreign superstar for FMW in Japan. At the time of his death he was working as a realtor for Coldwell Banker.

On behalf of myself and the entire LordsOfPain.net staff, our thoughts and prayers go out to Mike’s friends and family.

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SLAM! Wrestling out of Canada is reporting that former WWF star Bad News Brown has passed away. Here is the article:

slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2007/03/06/3704792.html

Bad News Allen dies suddenly

Former Olympic judo bronze medalist Allen Coage -- better known to wrestling fans as Bad News Allen and Bad News Brown -- has died suddenly. He was 63.

Coage died early Tuesday morning in Calgary at Rockyview Hospital, having been rushed to the hospital, complaining of chest pains.

Three weeks ago, Coage underwent hip replacement surgery and had been making progress on his recovery. Monday night, he was home alone and called longtime friend Gerry Morrow, complaining of chest pains. Morrow got him to the hospital.

Coage broke into professional wrestling through the New Japan Pro Wrestling organization, training in Japan and spending the first few years after the 1976 Montreal Olympics in that country.

He was a star in the Calgary Stampede promotion as Bad News Allen, having bloody feuds with the likes of The Dynamite Kid, Archie 'The Stomper' Gouldie, Bret Hart and others.

In the WWF of the late 1980s, he was known as Bad News Brown, and feuded with Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper.

He had been working the last number of years as a security guard at a mall; "Teenagers are a pain in the ass. You always have to run them off," he said in July 2006. Apparently they didn't know who they were messing with. "It don’t matter to them, they're tough."

Coage is survived by his wife Helen and their children.

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WWE Hall of Famer Ernie Ladd passed away last night, according to TheNewsStar.com. Ladd, 68, had been battling cancer since 2004.

Professionally known as the “Big Cat,” Ladd was one of the premiere professional wrestlers of the 1960s and 1970s. Long-time fans in the Northeast particularly remember the havoc he wreaked in WWE throughout the ‘70s as one of the biggest names the territory had ever seen. Managed by the Grand Wizard, Ladd was a persistent challenger to WWE Champions Bruno Sammartino, Pedro Morales and Bob Backlund.

Prior to a successful career in sports-entertainment, Ladd earned fame as a dominant football player at both the college and pro level. He was a star lineman for Louisiana’s Grambling State University in the late ‘50s, and was recruited in 1961 by the AFL’s San Diego Chargers. He was a member of the Chargers’ 1963 AFL Championship team, and appeared in four straight AFL All-Star Games from 1962-1965. In addition to the Chargers, he also played for the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs.

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Confirmed: WWE Confirms Sabu's Release

The following is from WWE.com:

WWE has come to terms on the release of Sabu. We wish Sabu all the best in all future endeavors.


also vito as well

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Sandman could be next I be hearing

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PWInsider.com are reporting that WWE Hall of Famer Sherri Martel, real name Sherri Russel has passed away. Martel was 49 years old. Sherri held the WWF and AWA Women's titles in her career and was also the manager of Macho Man Randy Savage and Shawn Michaels. As of yet no cause of death has been determined.

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Fabulous Moolah passes away
Written: November 3, 2007

WWE is saddened by the passing of Lillian Ellison, who was known to sports-entertainment fans as Hall of Famer Fabulous Moolah. She passed away last night in Columbia, S.C.

In the world of women�s wrestling, there will always be one irrefutable legend that stands head and shoulders above the rest: The Fabulous Moolah. She was the longest reigning champion in the history of her chosen sport, or any sport for that matter. And with more than 50 years in the business to her credit, she established a legacy that will never be forgotten, making her name synonymous with female wrestling.