News on these two deaths coming in from WresltingInc.com/www.wrestlinginc.com (We were alerted to these two events/wrestling deaths, by local wrestling historian Rick Chong.) “The Masked Assassin” Jody Hamilton, the father of former WCW/WWE referee Nick Patrick….Also with Jody Hamilton/”The Masked Assassin, you have the former tag-team partner of former Winston-Salem wrestling school operator and wrestling promoter, Ken Spence…Ken always used to tell us that he was a tag-team partner with Jody Hamilton/”The Masked Assassin, back in the days of Georgia Championship Wrestling…That is what Ken Spence told us, and I am not here to dispute what Ken was telling us,…
Three professional wrestling deaths to report from over the weekend with Nikolai Volkoff, age 70, Brickhouse Brown, age 57 and Brian Christopher(Lawler), age 46, all gone….. Nikolai Volkoff, a very big name for the WWE/WWF, died from dehydration and other issues…Brickhouse Brown, who made a name for himself in World Class Championship Wrestling from Texas and other stops, died after a battle with cancer and Brian Christopher, the son of Jerry “The King” Lawler, maybe had the saddest ending, as he died after hanging himself in his jail cell…..Christopher worked in the USWA and the WWE… Christopher had battled drug…