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JR remembers two WWE Legends that has passed during this week, here is that excerpt from his blog:

This week marks the deaths of two great in ring performers and long before their time. Frank “Bruiser Brody” Goodish was murdered in a shower stall in Puerto Rico and Frank’s alleged killer never was punished for his crimes, at least not formally. One would assume that any person who unnecessarily takes another’s life would have, at best, a guilty conscience over the heinous act. Frank was one of the brightest minds I ever encountered in the wrestling business but had a bad reputation for being a major problem to deal with for wrestling promoters over the years. I never saw this side of Frank personally but knowing some of the promoters that Frank worked for as an independent contractor handling his own business deals, travel arrangements and creative direction why should the wild haired brawler have trusted these wrestlers turned promoters based on many of their track records? I am not condoning “holding up” a promoter or not keeping one’s word but the Frank Goodish that I knew was a sharp, college educated athlete who was on his way to becoming a sports writer before breaking into pro wrestling and was never any thing but a friend to me. One learns quickly in this business that one treats others the way they treat you and by how one wants to be treated. I vividly remember when Bill Watts teamed Frank with Stan Hansen and how the two former West Texas alums beat the hell out of many of their “nameless” opponents. This was not done because they were simply school yard bullies but because they were physically intense and were encouraged to be such by Watts. Plus, without his glasses ‘Ol Stan was damned near blind as a bat and his nasty right hand often times found his adversaries closer to Stan than perceived. No one ever said this line of work equated to ballet.

Terry Gordy also died this week a few years back of an apparent heart attack at only 40 years of age if I recall. Gordy, without question, was the best teenage, pro wrestler that I ever saw in my life. The big kid who rarely, if ever, lifted a weight was damn good when he was just 16 years old which may have become a curse for “Bam Bam” instead of a blessing. Having a teenager go on the road with wrestlers in the territory days was akin to a unique form of child abuse as there were plenty of bad habits a young, impressionable kid could pick up trying to fit in and to be “one of the boys”. Gordy picked up plenty of these bad habits but no one can ever take away the fact that Terry, who was a wonderful person away from the “demons”, became one of the all time best “big men” in the game and that his work with the Fabulous Freebirds wasn’t a major development in talent presentation within in the business. I don’t think that Terry even finished his high school education which is another reason that I personally would not hire even a prodigy like Gordy and put him on the road full time to essentially manage their own free time and to have to sort through all the good things and the bad things that would be thrown at them as a traveler in the wrestling world. I still stand by my statements of the past, if you want to be a wrestler, get your college degree first to have something to fall back on because the VAST majority of wannabes will NOT make it to a level whereby they can earn a good living and prepare for their and their family’s future. More on JR……

- Florida Championship Wrestling has their first televised wrestling on air this passed Thursday. WWE superstars in attendance were John Cena, Chris Jericho, Nature Boy- Ric Flair. and the WWE Divas. Here are the results of FCW tapings….

WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes did the announcing for the event. Future WWE Superstars Nic “The Natural” Nemeth posed with Y2J. Photos for the event…

New bodyguard for Brian Kendrick (exclusive pic)