R.I.P. Nick Bockwinkel

Nick Bockwinkel has passed away at the age of 81

One of the greatest of all time and with Ray Stevens they formed one of the best tag teams in the history of wrestling winning the AWA World Tag Team Titles on 3 occasions.
He was also one of the greatest World Heavyweight champions winning the AWA World Heavyweight Title 4 times.  He was so trusted and loved by AWA owner/promoter Verne Gagne when Stan Hansen refused to come back from Japan in 1986 to defend the title, he stripped him and handed it to Bockwinkel as a transition champion but left the title on him for 308 days.  Bockwinkel dropped the belt Curt Hennig on May 2nd 1987 at SuperClash 2 in San Francisco CA.