WM: Absent Friends
HeadLocker — Jay Shannon
Absent Friends: The WrestleMania Performers We Have Lost.
Our resident philosophers, Jay Shannon, pays tribute to the men and women who helped establish Wrestlemania as the greatest wrestling card of all time. These great performers are gone…but never forgotten.
With the recent passing of Andrew “Test” Martin, I got to thinking about other stars that we’ve lost over the years. As part of my Wrestlemania series, I wanted to take a few minutes to pay my respects to and bring up a few remembrances of some of the best in the business. While they’ve moved on to the next reality, their legacies will shine like the noon-day sun, forever. I dedicate this column to my own late wife, Linda, a life-long wrestling fan who sat with me for 14 of the previous 24 Wrestlemanias. I watch this year’s show…for both of us.