Dave Mckigney

Last updated by on April 28, 2014

Dave McKigney was known for wrestling real life bears, including the famous wrestling bear known as “Terrible Ted”..
~~~July 1978: Dave McKigney accidentally left the bear cage door open, and it resulted in a horrible scene..
~~~The bear went into his house, up the stairs and tragically mauled his girlfriend, Lynn Orser, to death!
~~~All of Dave McKigney’s bears were confiscated by the Ontario Humane Society..
Dave McKigney operated a promotion in Southern Ontario and Newfoundland (summer) called “All Star Wrestling”..
Dave McKigney also trained a lot of wrestlers who made their way through the Canadian Independant Circuit..
July 5, 1988: Dave McKigney died in a car accident along with Adrian Adonis & Pat Kelly on the Trans Canada Highway..
Dave McKigney’s step-daughter (after he married Lee Gargus) wrestled under the name “Rachel Dubois“..